Super Card System -
Chapter 740: The Informed Moria
As they spoke, Moria’s sinister and terrifying three-masted ghost ship had already docked.
A huge gangplank was laid on the shore. Moria’s tall figure stepped onto it, walking off the ship. Following behind him was his subordinate Absalom, the lion-headed user of the Clear-Clear Fruit.
“Heh heh heh heh!” Moria let out his signature eerie laugh as he walked down from the ship. Addressing Crocodile, who was sitting on a rock by the shore wearing a cloak, he said, “Sandbag Crocodile, we meet again! So, didn’t expect this at all, did you?”
Crocodile tilted his chin up and replied, “Gekko Moria… You really did come under the moonlight! But I’m puzzled; weren’t you supposed to be dead, you bastard?”
Reiju and Robin also looked at Moria. Everyone still remembered that after the Battle of New Edd war, the World Government had indeed listed Moria among the casualties in the newspapers. In fact, he was the only Shichibukai member on the casualty list from that war. At the same time as the report came out, the World Government naturally revoked Moria’s Shichibukai title…
But now, Moria appeared in front of everyone safe and sound… Well, not exactly safe and sound. The guy had thick bandages wrapped around his big, fat belly.
Upon hearing Crocodile mention this matter, Moria’s face twisted with rage. He couldn’t help but touch the wound on his abdomen—a painful memory left by Doflamingo.
Just like a person who has lost their shadow, even if their body has already melted halfway under sunlight, as long as the shadow remains intact, they can instantly recover. Similarly, Moria, the Shadow-Shadow Fruit user, wasn’t so easy to kill. Doflamingo did pierce Moria’s body at that time, but before that, Moria, anticipating danger, had already transferred a part of his shadow in advance, hiding it in the shadows of nearby rocks. After Doflamingo left, this part of the shadow returned, effectively restoring Moria’s physical state instantly, re-energizing him and bringing him back from the brink of death.
However, because the string Doflamingo used to pierce his body was imbued with Haki, Moria’s physical body was still injured. Doflamingo, in his hurry to leave, didn’t fully confirm whether Moria was truly dead, which allowed Moria to escape with his life. Otherwise, if he had died before his shadow returned, the Shadow-Shadow Fruit’s abilities would have dissipated instantly, and he would have truly died.
In the past few months, he had been hiding to recover from his injuries, which was why his abdomen was still wrapped in bandages.Recalling this experience, Moria couldn’t help but be filled with rage, gritting his teeth and saying, “I won’t die, so someone else must!”
Although Moria didn’t know why the World Government wanted Doflamingo to kill him, it didn’t matter. It was enough that he knew who the culprit was. So he said, “Where is your captain, Black Dragon Ian? I’m here to seek cooperation. As the new Emperor, he’ll definitely be interested in the information I bring!”
“Cooperation?” Crocodile laughed exaggeratedly and said, “Moria, I always thought you’d just hide in the Florian Triangle playing with those zombies by yourself. I didn’t expect you’d want to cooperate with others someday!”
“Hmph! What’s wrong with that?” Moria glared at him and said, “The seas nowadays are not what they used to be. You, Crocodile, have joined the Dragon Hunter Pirates. Jinbe has now boarded the Straw Hat Pirates’ ship. Among the former Shichibukai members, only Dracule Mihawk and the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock still retain their titles, but the World Government and the Navy can no longer command them. The newly appointed Buggy the Clown is just a guy who wants to make money and find treasure. The World Government only has Edward Weevil and the now Pacifista Bartholomew Kuma at their disposal. One could say that the entire Shichibukai system is already in name only. In such a situation, I have to find a way to protect myself!”
“So, you want to become an ally of the Dragon Hunter Pirates?” Crocodile asked.
“That’s right!” Moria laughed again, “Heh heh heh heh! Crocodile, you should know who defeated me when I first entered the New World, right?”
“It was Kaido,” Crocodile nodded.
“Exactly!” Moria said through gritted teeth, “That bastard… that demon! He killed all my comrades back then. I’ve remembered this hatred all my life. So later, I accepted the World Government’s invitation to become a Shichibukai, using the privileges of the Shichibukai to accumulate strength in the misty seas of the Florian Triangle…”
At this point, Crocodile impatiently tapped the rock he was sitting on with his hooked hand and said, “Moria, I’m not interested in hearing about your past experiences. Get to the point!”
“Hmph, your personality is as annoying as ever!” Moria snorted unhappily.
“Likewise!” Crocodile retorted.
However, Moria suppressed his displeasure and said, “I’ve fought with the Beasts Pirates and survived, so no one knows them better than I do. I have information on Kaido’s ‘Three Calamities’ and a way to kill Kaido. If the Dragon Hunter Pirates cooperate with me, I’ll provide this information to you!”
“…” Crocodile looked at Moria as if he were an idiot and said, “You think information about the Three Calamities can be a bargaining chip for cooperation? Are you out of your mind?”
“Heh heh heh heh!” Moria laughed and said, “People only know that Kaido of the Beasts has three major disasters under him, but most have only seen Jack the Drought, right? As for the other two, you might have heard their nicknames, but how many truly know their identities and abilities?”
Crocodile and Reiju exchanged a glance. Being reminded by Moria, they realized that they indeed knew very little about the other two Calamities.
“Then tell us,” Crocodile said. “The captain and vice-captain are not here now, so I’m fully in charge. You need to at least show me your sincerity!”
“Alright, the situation of the Three Calamities might not be considered major information, so I’ll tell you,” Moria waved without looking back and said, “Absalom, come here! … Absalom? Absalom!”
He called several times but didn’t hear a response from Absalom. Turning around, Moria found that Absalom was looking at Reiju and Robin with a lecherous expression…
Reiju had long noticed Absalom’s lustful gaze. Seeing that he was still like this, she immediately became displeased. Reiju suddenly vanished from her spot, instantly appearing beside Absalom, delivering a whip kick to his face!
Absalom’s teeth flew out of his mouth, and his entire body was violently knocked away, bouncing off the sea surface repeatedly like a skipping stone before finally landing in the distant waters.
“…” Everyone watched as this character, who hadn’t said a word since appearing, was so quickly taken out. For a moment, they were speechless. Only Reiju clapped her hands, leisurely walked back, and exchanged a high-five with the smiling Robin.
“What exactly do you want to say?” Crocodile asked Moria.
“Wait… wait a moment, let me get that idiot back first…” Moria wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking that the Dragon Hunter Pirates were indeed not to be trifled with. Such a beautiful woman had instantly taken out his subordinate with a single kick.
The zombies on Moria’s ship would be useless if they touched water, so the only one who could jump into the sea to rescue Absalom was Hogback, who hadn’t disembarked yet.
After Absalom was finally rescued, he had already passed out. His mouth full of sharp teeth had been shattered into pieces by Reiju’s kick, and he lay motionless on the ground as Moria pointed at him.
“See that?” Moria pointed at Absalom and said, “The modifications on Absalom—his mouth and jaw are from a lion, and he has elephant skin on his body. He’s filled with beastly strength. I originally had Hogback modify him to prepare him to face ‘King the Conflagration’ among the Three Calamities!”
“You mean, King the Conflagration… is a lion?” Robin asked Moria with a strange look.
“Yes, a fierce and powerful giant lion!” Moria said with lingering fear. “Of course, that’s his transformed state. I don’t know if it’s the power from his awakened Zoan Devil Fruit or if his Devil Fruit is an Ancient Zoan type. But King the Conflagration’s lion form has a size far surpassing ordinary Zoan users. After transforming, he’s even taller than Jack the Drought’s mammoth—a giant beast! That’s absolutely the power of a Beast King!”
“You modified such an idiot…” Reiju pointed incredulously at the unconscious Absalom on the ground and asked Moria, “To deal with a Beast King!? Are you sure you know what you’re doing?”
Moria was a bit embarrassed. Absalom was not only a pervert but also far below Moria’s expectations in terms of strength. However, since he had always been loyal, Moria kept him around as an officer…
So he couldn’t help but defend himself, saying, “Of course, I didn’t plan for him to face King the Conflagration alone. In fact, to counter the numerous Zoan users of the Beasts Pirates, I’ve also created many zombie beasts… They can all attack together when the time comes…”
Yes, among the many zombies Moria had created using his shadow powers, quite a few were various strange zombie beasts. You should know that ever since his defeat at Kaido’s hands, during his time hiding in the Florian Triangle to lick his wounds, Moria had always considered the Beasts Pirates as his imaginary enemy. Not only did he modify Absalom, the lion man, to counter King the Conflagration, but he also specially sought out the corpse of the demon Oars to deal with Kaido, his greatest enemy, infusing it with shadow powers to revive it.
Because Oars had the same gigantic size and body as Kaido, with similarly huge curved horns. Even after becoming a zombie, Oars seemed to possess an immortal body like Kaido…
Originally, if nothing unexpected happened, perhaps when he had accumulated enough strength, Moria would challenge Kaido of the Beasts again. At that time, Oars would be his greatest trump card against Kaido.
But unfortunately, due to the appearance of the Straw Hat Pirates, Moria’s efforts were all ruined…
Every time he thought of this, Moria’s heart twitched with pain.
“Alright, let’s set aside King the Conflagration for now. What about the other one, Queen the Plague?” Crocodile asked.
“Yes, that’s who I’m going to talk about next!” Moria nodded, his expression becoming serious. “Indeed, Queen the Plague is a female, but many people might be mistaken. Although she seems to rank second by nickname, she is actually the true leader among the Three Calamities!”
“Oh!?” Crocodile asked curiously, “Why?”
“Besides being the strategist of the Beasts Pirates, there’s another very important reason!” Moria raised his head and pointed to the full moon in the sky, saying, “That is, never fight Queen the Plague on a full moon night!”
“Because she is a warrior from Zou, a powerful and mysterious… Nine-Tailed Fox!!!”
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