Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu

The merchant was just an ordinary man. Aside from money, he had no other talents. This opportunity was something he could only dream of.

"Fine. One hundred ten million it is."

"Straightforward."

Afterward, the merchant did not hesitate. He had come to bid on goods in the first place, so he immediately took out one hundred ten million in cash and handed it to Leiyin. Leiyin also gave him the Rubber-Rubber Fruit.

And so, Leiyin had cleverly extorted a huge sum of money.

It was said that after taking the [Rubber-Rubber Fruit] home, the merchant could not bear to eat it. Instead, he sold it to someone else at an even higher price. After changing hands several times, it eventually ended up with the Four Emperors' [Red-Hair] Shanks. In the end, as everyone knew, it was eaten by a kid named Monkey D. Luffy.

Of course, that was a story for later.

After the merchant left, Leiyin immediately activated the system for drawing ninjutsu.

Leiyin selected the "A-Rank Ninjutsu" category.

System: Confirm extraction?

Confirm.

Three large golden cards bearing the character "Ninja" appeared on the ground. Leiyin tapped the one on the left.

The card slowly turned over...

Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu (A-Rank): This technique is an enhanced version of the B-Rank technique [Shadow Clone Jutsu]. It can create numerous shadow clones at once.

Leiyin could not help feeling secretly delighted. His luck had really been good lately...

This was the ninjutsu he had always wanted. It had evolved from the [Shadow Clone Jutsu] created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Most importantly, the clones created by this technique were all tangible!

It was just like the Great Sage Equal to Heaven: by blowing on a single monkey hair, he could summon tens of thousands of monkey soldiers.

Just imagining himself summoning tens of thousands of combat-capable clones with this technique— even if they could not kill anyone, they could certainly scare people to death.

Right, he had obtained the A-Rank [Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu], and as delighted as he was, he still had business to handle.

With that thought, Leiyin walked straight toward the auction house's backstage area...

When he arrived backstage, the first thing he saw was row upon row of iron cages, each containing all sorts of people.

Needless to say, this underground illegal auction house mainly dealt in human trafficking.

Wait. During the fight just now, Leiyin had heard "Donquixote Family." Could the boss of this illegal organization really be Donquixote Doflamingo?

As he was thinking, cries for help came from the people in the cages on both sides. "Big brother, whoever you are, please, please save us!"

"I'll kneel to you."

"We really don't want to be slaves!"

Besides the waves of pleas, Leiyin also saw the beautiful girl who had just been auctioned for five million locked in the iron cage on the far left near the entrance. She was gripping the bars with both hands and staring at Leiyin longingly, hoping he would lend her a hand...

Leiyin was incredibly exasperated. He had originally come to see if there were any valuable goods he could "seize" and take back, exchange for Beli, and use to draw more ninjutsu so he could grow stronger. He had not expected to encounter something like this.

Fine, fine. Unable to withstand their pleas any longer, Leiyin drew the [Kusanagi Sword] from his back and coated it with lightning. "Kusanagi Sword—Chidori Blade!"

Amid a crackling roar, the [Kusanagi Sword] swept out a circular arc of lightning Sword Qi that spread in every direction. With that single strike, all the iron cages were opened.

When Leiyin returned the [Kusanagi Sword] to its sheath, the liberated slaves surrounded him from every direction...

"Sir, thank you so much!"

"We're free!"

"You're our hero!"

"You're our savior!"

Leiyin was thoroughly annoyed. "All right, if you've been rescued, then hurry up and run. If you get captured again, I'm not saving you a second time."

Upon hearing this, everyone bowed to Leiyin, then scattered like frightened birds and beasts.

Leiyin continued searching backstage for valuable items that had not yet been auctioned.

But he had not expected to run into a tough opponent this time.

While Leiyin was searching around, a group of men in suits rushed out. Then, a relatively familiar figure stepped out from among them.

He wore a fur-trimmed hat, had two facial markings, and was dressed in a red cloak. His appearance resembled that of a tribal native.

Could this be?!

The highest-ranking officer of Donquixote Doflamingo's Spade Army, Diamante?!

Diamante was a Paramecia user of the Float-Float Fruit. He became furious whenever someone harmed the Donquixote Family, would not allow the family officers to show the slightest hesitation or wavering, and absolutely forbade anyone from disobeying Doflamingo's orders.

Donquixote Doflamingo controlled both the legal and criminal worlds. He had official connections as well as dark forces at his disposal. In private, he operated illegal human auction houses, providing slaves for Celestial Dragons and wealthy nobles while kidnapping beings of every race. He dealt in arms throughout the underground world, with influence spanning the entire world. He served as a broker in the underworld under the code name "Joker," secretly kept the evil scientist Caesar Clown, produced Artificial Zoan Devil Fruit Smile, and secretly sold Artificial Devil Fruits to the Four Emperor Kaido behind the Navy and Government's back.

Without a doubt, Diamante was the Donquixote Family's boss in charge here. The remaining forces that Leiyin had beaten senseless had gone to report the situation to him.

Upon hearing this, Diamante flew into a rage. "What idiot got tired of living and dared to cause trouble on the Donquixote Family's turf?!"

Thus, he brought his men over aggressively to settle the score with Leiyin.

The two sides stood facing each other. Diamante drew the western sword at his waist. "Kid, you really must be tired of living. How dare you cause trouble here? Do you know whose territory this is?"

Leiyin casually picked his ear. "Your boss is that [Clown], right? I was just thinking of paying him a visit."

Diamante was startled. "You know about us?!"

Leiyin smiled. "You kept shouting 'Donquixote' over there. Anyone could hear you."

Diamante swung his sword. "Kid, stop spouting nonsense. Forget our young master—even I can crush you into pieces!"

"Take this! Bull Horns!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the western sword in Diamante's hand transformed into the shape of a "bull" and charged mercilessly toward Leiyin. Leiyin quickly raised the [Kusanagi Sword] to block the attack.

But that was not the end. The blade shaped like a "bull" suddenly straightened and thrust directly at Leiyin. Leiyin hurriedly dodged, narrowly avoiding the strike.

If Leiyin had not been fast, he would certainly have been injured by that attack.

As expected of the Donquixote Family's strongest fighter.

The attack still had not stopped. After Leiyin dodged, Diamante suddenly unleashed another strike. "Sword—Longsword!"