Super Card System
Chapter 737: The Great Swordsman of Wano Country

“Should we wait until you’ve finished this game before we leave!?”

Ian and Marco stared speechlessly at the trio on the other side of the spider web. After a long pause, they finally said this.

“No, no!” Ace hurriedly threw the cards in his hand onto the small table in front of him, saying, “We’re done, we’re done!”

But Fujitora regretfully said, “What a pity. I finally felt like I could win a round…”

At this moment, Uncle Fujitora’s face was already covered with paper slips, even more than the combined total on Ace and Izo’s faces. Ian couldn’t help but think to himself: You’re blind, yet you’re playing cards with others? If it were mahjong, that might make sense—you can at least feel the tiles—but how can you play ‘Dou Dizhu’ with poker cards? No wonder you’re losing so badly…

As for why they were sticking paper slips on their faces while playing ‘Dou Dizhu,’ Ian guessed they probably didn’t have any money on them…

Sometimes, he really felt that Uncle Fujitora was adorably silly…

Izo also cheerfully waved to Ian and Marco in greeting. The three of them tore off the paper slips from their faces, finally looking a bit more normal.

Standing up, Fujitora came to the spider web and said to Ian through it, “We figured you might be arriving around now…”

“What’s going on?” Ian asked in confusion. “In such a prison, why didn’t you escape on your own?”

Originally, Ian had imagined that the three of them were probably imprisoned in something like an underwater cell, unable to escape because the water nullified their Devil Fruit powers. But when he arrived at the prison, he found it wasn’t like that at all. The prison environment wasn’t harsh; in fact, it seemed quite comfortable. Not to mention, the three of them were even able to play cards, which was proof.

“Ah, it’s a long story!” Fujitora sighed. “It’s not that we don’t want to escape; we just can’t!”

“Is it because of this spider web?” Ian noticed that neither the other prisoners nor Fujitora and the others got too close to the spider web. Realizing there might be something strange about it, he didn’t rashly touch it with his hands but instead drew his blade and poked at it with the tip.

However, something strange happened. The spider web, which he had expected to easily poke through, turned out to be incredibly flexible. As Ian’s blade tip pierced it, the web deformed and indented inward but didn’t break. Ian even noticed that as the web deformed, the resistance on the blade tip rapidly increased.

“It’s useless!” Ace told Ian. “This spider web is said to be able to withstand tens of tons of pulling force, and the more force you apply, the greater the rebound force…”

Ian realized this too, so he stopped pushing forward and tried to withdraw his blade to see if he could just cut it directly. But then he discovered that he couldn’t pull his blade back!

Because the tip of the blade was stuck to the spider web!

Just that tiny area of the blade tip was stuck to the web—it was unbelievable. When Ian tried his best to pull the sword out, the entire spider web bulged outward with the blade tip, but it just wouldn’t break!

“What the hell!” Ian couldn’t pull out his sword even using both hands and exclaimed in surprise, “What kind of spider web is this? Is it Spider-Man’s?”

Ace and the others didn’t know who Spider-Man was, but Izo explained to Ian, “This is the web of an adult Tsuchigumo (Earth Spider). Unlike juvenile Tsuchigumo, the web of an adult is incredibly strong. In Wano Country, this rare beast is also considered a type of yokai…”

With a ‘boom,’ a burst of black flames emerged on Ian’s sword. He decided not to foolishly try pulling the sword out by hand and intended to burn the web away.

However, the Demonic Flames that had always been invincible finally met their match at this moment. Under the high-temperature scorching of the black flames, the spider web didn’t burn away as expected; instead, it became even more crystal clear!

At this point, not only Ian but even Marco and the others widened their eyes.

How could this be!?

“Don’t bother trying!” Ace shook his head. “I even tried burning it with my own flames, but it had no effect at all. This spider web seems to be able to withstand extremely high temperatures. I don’t know the principle… To eliminate it, you must use high-concentration saltwater! That’s what Izo said…”

“Where am I going to find high-concentration saltwater at this time?” Ian frowned as he studied the spider web, wondering if he should try using the Black-Winged Demon with added Haki to slash it.

Just then, a sudden shout came from beside them: “Hey-ya!” Ian and Marco turned to look and found that Bonney had reverted to her original size. She was standing in an empty cell next to them and suddenly kicked out fiercely at the wall facing Ace and the others!

Her kick was quite powerful; the stone wall immediately cracked with several fissures. This made Ian’s eyes light up—yes, if they couldn’t break through the front spider web, they could try from the side!

But before he could act, Fujitora shook his head and said, “Don’t waste your energy. There are spider webs inside the walls as well, whether it’s the ceiling or the floor. The stones of these cells are essentially glued together on the spider webs!”

“Do we really have to find salt and water?” Marco scratched his head.

“Plus, we need to find medicine!” Izo quickly added. “Besides these spider webs, the three of us also have a kind of parasite in our bodies!”

“Parasites!? What’s going on!?” Ian was stunned, realizing that ever since arriving in Wano Country, they kept encountering all sorts of strange things.

“In Wano Country, there are actually quite a few Devil Fruit users!” Izo explained. “Although these Devil Fruit users are called ‘users of witchcraft,’ Wano Country also has things to counter them. In the nearby seas of Wano Country, there’s a special type of Sea King. On its body lives a rare small creature called a ‘Sea Sponge Worm.’ If these Sea Sponge Worms enter a person’s body, they emit a strange energy that interferes with the Devil Fruit’s wavelength, producing an effect similar to Sea Prism Stone… Although it doesn’t weaken Devil Fruit users like Sea Prism Stone, it prevents them from using their abilities. Ace and Mr. Fujitora are both Devil Fruit users. Now, they’ve been injected with these Sea Sponge Worms to prevent them from using their powers to escape… These worms can only be expelled from the body with a special medicine…”

“I…” Ian didn’t know what to say. These things, which feel like parasites, could be used to deal with ability users!?

Wano Country seemed like a feudal society, with many technological products from the outside world completely absent here. But unexpectedly, their use of these strange and rare beasts could achieve effects that even some modern technology couldn’t…

“Alright, Marco, Bonney, you wait here. I’ll go outside and find some saltwater!” Ian said.

But Ace looked curiously at Bonney and asked, “I’ve been meaning to ask, who is this woman?”

“She’s your cousin!” Ian casually replied, ignoring Ace’s stunned expression, and turned to leave through the original entrance.

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly emerged: “No need to look for it; I have brought the saltwater you need!”

Everyone turned to look and saw that at some point, a figure had appeared in the prison corridor. It was a tall man wearing wooden clogs and a black samurai outfit. He hadn’t styled his hair into a samurai topknot but had his long hair tied up and hanging down behind his head. He wore a black eye patch covering his left eye, with a horizontal scar across the bridge of his nose, giving him a resolute appearance.

In his left hand, he held two sheathed swords, one of which looked somewhat familiar. In his right hand, he carried a sake gourd. Casually tossing it, he threw the gourd toward Ian. Seeing Ian instinctively catch it, he then said, “Inside is saltwater. Just sprinkle it on the spider web!”

Ian and Marco looked warily at this suddenly appearing samurai. They could feel an inexplicable aura emanating from this man. Although his expression was calm, there was a hidden strength beneath that calmness!

“Who are you?” Ian asked him.

However, the samurai did not answer Ian but looked toward Fujitora inside the cell and said, “Issho, my friend, long time no see!”

Fujitora sighed and said, “I should have guessed it was you. For a prisoner to obtain things to play with, naturally, it must be due to the care of someone important…”

“Uncle Fujitora, you know him?” Ian asked Fujitora.

“Yes!” Fujitora nodded. “He is the strongest samurai beside the shogun, Wano Country’s greatest swordsman—Lord Saijo Yito…”

Huh!? Upon hearing this name, Ian suddenly remembered what the samurai of the Shirasaki family had told him. The man before him was the great swordsman most respected by the samurai of Wano Country!?

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