Journey to the Naruto World

About another month passed in the blink of an eye. Worth mentioning was that after obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit, Yota finally no longer had to strike first in every battle, nor did he need to keep watching the Fourth Division at all times.

With some personal time at last, Yota spent a while searching and actually found Suiko Town in the New World. In a cave full of bats, he found the Vampire Fruit.

He solemnly put away the Devil Fruit. Although vampires were indeed somewhat inferior to Mythical Zoan-types like dragons, Phoenixes, Great Buddhas, and Yamata no Orochi, it was still a top-tier Devil Fruit, no less powerful than Yamato’s Okuchi no Makami Fruit.

In truth, for someone who could only eat one Devil Fruit, the Dark-Dark Fruit might not necessarily be stronger than the Vampire Fruit. Only for someone capable of eating multiple Devil Fruits would the Dark-Dark Fruit’s ability to seize other people’s Fruit powers become so highly valued.

Moreover, after this period of training and refining his body’s structure, Yota’s strength had not only increased greatly, but his potential had also risen to its current limit. What now restricted his body modifications and further potential growth was instead his shallow medical knowledge.

Knowledge and technology in the Pirate World were severely fragmented. While its overall level might not be much worse than that of the Naruto World—and in some respects even far surpassed it—the difficulty of gathering it was much greater. This only strengthened Yota’s resolve to go to the Naruto World.

Thus, one morning, without saying a word to anyone, Yota left the Pirate World.

In any case, no matter how long he stayed away, Yota could set the time of his return to the very next second, so there was no need for farewells.

As for the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit, that was Kaido’s territory. Yota was in no hurry, and if he could grow much stronger in the Naruto World, then perhaps Kaido’s Azure Dragon Fruit was not beyond consideration either.

Though the two Fruits might be equally precious, the Azure Dragon Fruit was way cooler than the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit!

Naruto World.

Yota slowly walked out of a rather bustling tavern and let out a long breath. "I didn’t expect the Third Great Ninja War to have ended quite some time ago."

"Come to think of it, I really didn’t investigate the news carefully last year. The war had probably already ended when I came here last time to learn ninjutsu."

"Konoha has even replaced its Hokage with Minato Namikaze!"

Inside the tavern, Yota had only made a few casual inquiries, yet he had learned quite a bit of common knowledge. For example, the end of the Third Great Ninja War, Konoha changing Hokage, and Orochimaru’s defection.

"I wonder where Orochimaru ran off to. Also, is Akatsuki in the Land of Rain now? Both of them are true treasures."

There was no need to say anything about Orochimaru. His profound knowledge of the human body, along with all kinds of Bloodline Limit samples and research, made him a treasure trove for Yota, a Munch-Munch Fruit user.

Akatsuki also possessed two treasures: the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Rinnegan.

"So I’ve decided… I’d better go take a look at Konoha first!"

Orochimaru was first-rate at preserving his own life; who knew where he was hiding now? Yota also had no idea whether Akatsuki had returned to the Rain Ninja Village. But Yota knew one thing very clearly—Konoha would soon be hit by disaster!

After all, judging by the timing, the Nine-Tails’ Attack should happen next year. Naturally, Yota had to head to Konoha and reap some benefits!

"But before that, I’ll be a Bounty Hunter Ninja for a while and test the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power!"

The Dark-Dark Fruit could also be called the Black Hole Fruit. It represented the natural phenomenon known as a black hole. It possessed the ability to infinitely attract and compress objects, as well as absorb them into Dark Space.

Though it was worlds apart from a true black hole, the Dark-Dark Fruit was still a powerful Fruit that combined the dual attributes of gravity and space.

Some of this Fruit’s standard techniques should work in both the One Piece World and the Naruto World, but Yota was uncertain about some others.

For example, the Dark-Dark Fruit inherently suppressed all other Fruit powers. As long as someone was caught by its power, a Devil Fruit user could not use their ability. But whether this power worked on the Chakra system was difficult to say.

Naturally, Yota needed to test these questions. Otherwise, if it failed him in battle, he would not even have time to regret it. Being a Bounty Hunter Ninja was the best way to do so.

In a small forest, several ninjas with panic written all over their faces were fleeing at full speed.

"Damn that Black Shadow Ninja! Why did he have to come after us?"

"Save your breath and keep running! I’ve heard that this Black Shadow Ninja is ruthless. Everyone he kills dies horribly, and he’s extremely strong. By now, he’s nearly wiped out all the rogue ninjas in this area."

"Damn it, just let me escape. Otherwise…"

"Otherwise what?"

A leisurely voice sounded beside them. The ninjas’ expressions changed drastically as they looked ahead at the tall black figure.

Dressed entirely in black and wearing a black mask, with faint black mist leaking from his body, he gave off an extremely dangerous feeling.

"Damn it, we can’t escape. Everyone, fight for your lives!" The leading ninja let out a savage roar and raised his hand. The enormous Fuma Shuriken on his back was immediately hurled out.

The several ninjas behind him also changed expression and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release—Great Blaze Flower Technique!"

"Wind Release—Great Breakthrough!"

Wind and fire merged into towering flames that surged violently toward the Black Shadow Ninja standing before them.

The Black Shadow Ninja facing them remained unhurried. He extended one hand, and dense black mist spread outward. The spinning Fuma Shuriken seemed to be drawn by something as it shot into the black mist, while the towering flames were sucked clean away as if by a dragon drinking water. In the end, every attack vanished without a trace.

"Die!" With a roar, a ninja unexpectedly dropped from the air. His coldly gleaming ninja blade instantly slashed down onto the Black Shadow Ninja’s shoulder.

Yet with a sharp clang, the ninja felt both hands shudder violently. It was as though he had struck not a human body but incomparably hard steel. The sharp ninja blade snapped at once.

The Black Shadow Ninja’s hand, wreathed in black mist, slowly reached toward the ninja’s neck. In theory, any ninja could have avoided such a slow attack, but the sword-wielding ninja only felt a terrifying force of attraction continuously pulling at him, leaving him utterly unable to move.

At last, the ninja felt an icy chill at his neck as the Black Shadow Ninja seized his throat. He struggled desperately, but the Chakra within his body drained away like water released from a floodgate, sucked completely dry by that black demonic hand.

As his Chakra was exhausted, he felt his blood, spirit, and physical strength being continuously absorbed as well. In his daze, he vaguely recalled the bodies of those killed by the Black Shadow Ninja, which had looked like nothing but skeletons.