Memory Alteration

"Waaaaaah!"

Several thousand meters above the ground, an azure dragon sped forward, twisting and turning through the air. Three small figures trailed beside him, pulled along by Flame Clouds.

It was Yota, traveling with Violet, Kyros, and Charlotte Pudding.

Violet and Kyros were doing relatively well, but Charlotte Pudding, who had spent all her life on Cake Island and had seen little of the world, was flying this high in the sky for the first time. She immediately began screaming loudly, though it was hard to tell whether she was venting her excitement or simply terrified.

However, Yota had also noticed that Charlotte Pudding’s attainments in Yin Release were truly astonishing. Or rather, the Three-Eye Tribe was naturally gifted with powerful spiritual energy, and coupled with the power of the Memory Fruit, her eyes, which had originally possessed only two tomoe, had now evolved into Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Could it be that leaving the Charlotte Family had caused an emotional change that let her break through her bottleneck?

In truth, Yota was fully confident that Charlotte Pudding could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. He had long discovered that the awakening of the Three-Eye Tribe’s abilities and the Sharingan’s power complemented one another.

An ordinary Uchiha could only use their own spiritual energy to stimulate the evolution of their Sharingan, while Charlotte Pudding’s spiritual energy, combined with the power of the Three-Eye Tribe, stimulated the evolution of her eyes at the same time.

Meanwhile, the Sharingan’s power could in turn promote the awakening of the Three-Eye Tribe’s abilities. It could be said that when Charlotte Pudding awakened her Three-Eye Tribe power, she would certainly awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan as well—perhaps even a Mangekyo far stronger than that of an ordinary Uchiha.

He had already tested this with Pudding’s bloodline. After undergoing body modification that imitated Charlotte Linlin’s physical structure, at least eighty percent of the Chakra in his body had originally been occupied by Yang Release, which represented physical power. Now, though, Yang Release accounted for only seventy percent. The missing ten percent came from the increase in his spiritual energy after the Three-Eye Tribe modification.

Unfortunately, Yota had no desire to grow another eye on his forehead. Otherwise, his spiritual power could have surged even further.

Of course, Pudding’s bloodline was only an unexpected little bonus. The true greatest gain was Charlotte Linlin’s body structure. Yota was now absolutely confident that even without using Chakra abilities or Devil Fruit powers, he was probably already half a step beyond the Four Emperors in strength.

His own defense was especially formidable. Even without using Haki, he could withstand anti-materiel sniper rifle fire. Even the naval cannons mounted on ordinary Marine warships posed no real threat to him.

In the modern world, it would take at least missile-level attacks to injure him. If he activated Haki, then aside from certain superweapons, he could completely ignore every other kind of attack.

Only now could Yota finally declare with confidence that among all the damage sponges in the Pirate World, he was the toughest of them all!

They traveled on and on, but flying through the sky was far from enjoyable. At first, Charlotte Pudding had still been in the mood to scream and shout, but the cold air and fierce winds at high altitude soon taught her a lesson. If not for the Pirate World’s naturally tough physiques, the three of them would probably have been freezing with runny noses by now.

Around noon, Yota casually found an island to land on. He took out some food from the Dark Space, and after they had eaten their fill, Yota had Violet point out the way before continuing toward Kaido.

By around evening, the group had already caught sight of the island nation occupied by Kaido.

Naturally, while Yota and the others saw the island nation, the people on it also saw the enormous and exceptionally conspicuous dragon flying through the sky. For a time, the entire country seemed to descend into chaos.

After transforming back into human form and landing on the ground, Yota had barely taken a few steps when he heard a series of thunderous footsteps. Moments later, several giants appeared before him.

"Who are you people? What are you doing in Beasts Pirates territory?"

Before Yota could speak, Pudding stepped forward instead. Her three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan glowed red at once. "Have you forgotten? Big Fool, Second Fool, Third Fool—we’re members of the Beasts Pirates too!"

The giants froze for a moment. The pattern of the Sharingan reflected in their eyes, and shortly afterward, they scratched their heads. "Ah, seriously, my memories are all muddled up. I actually forgot Lord Yota."

"Yeah, yeah. Forgetting something that important really is inexcusable."

Violet and Kyros stared at Pudding in astonishment. They had never expected the seemingly delicate young girl to possess such an ability.

Pudding smiled with faint pride. The Memory Fruit’s power had fused with the Sharingan. As long as she made eye contact, she could easily alter the memories of anyone below a certain level of strength.

Otherwise, those three giants could not possibly have such strange names as Big Fool, Second Fool, and Third Fool. Pudding had clearly tampered directly with their memories.

Yota also gave Pudding a somewhat surprised look. This ability was almost no different from Kotoamatsukami. It simply worked through memories and lacked Kotoamatsukami’s forceful compulsion.

Yet Pudding had only awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and she already possessed an ability comparable to Kotoamatsukami. Even if much of that was due to her Devil Fruit, it still showed just how extraordinary her talent was.

After following the three giants for several steps, they heard another set of footsteps. This time, the newcomers were Kaido and King, both wearing wary expressions.

"Ah, Boss Kaido! Boss Kaido, Lord Yota is here!"

The three giants hurriedly spoke, and Kaido’s expression twisted after hearing them.

King snapped, "What nonsense are you three fools talking about? Since when did that raider become a lord of the Beasts Pirates?"

"Huh!?" The three giants looked at one another, utterly confused. "But before… wasn’t Lord Yota always the leader of the Beasts Pirates?"

"I&$%&…!" Even someone with King’s temperament was angered enough to start swearing. Kaido merely frowned and looked at Yota. After sweeping his gaze over him, he turned to Pudding, who was standing there snickering.

"King, don’t get angry. Their memories were probably altered." Kaido, who ought to have had a violent temper, spoke calmly. "I know you. You’re the Charlotte Family’s Memory Fruit user, Linlin’s Three-Eye Tribe daughter. You’re the one who altered their memories, aren’t you?"