Kuja Pirates Appear

Houka continued reclaiming and expanding his territory in the latter half of the New World alongside his family.

At the same time, he guided his three sons in developing their Mythical Zoan abilities.

The Qilin's nightmare, fire-control, and earth-control abilities; the Nue's purple flames and potent venom.

And, of course, the highly promising Yamata no Orochi ability.

Aside from its eight lives, each of its heads had the potential to develop various elemental powers.

It definitely would not be as useless as Kurozumi Orochi from the original timeline.

There were also Stussy's Nine-Tailed Fox ability, Shimotsuki Furiko's Okuchi no Makami ability, Magnolia's vortex ability, Amatsuki Toki's Time-Time Fruit Ability...

Even Charlotte Linlin sought Houka's guidance in developing her Soul-Soul Fruit Ability.

Over the past two years, even Brook's Revive-Revive Fruit Ability had been developed to a fairly impressive level under Houka's guidance.

He was stronger than Brook had been two years after joining the Straw Hat Pirates in the original timeline.

During these two years, Houka had strategically contracted his forces not only to recuperate and grow, but also to resolve Charlotte Linlin's soul-related issue.

Once Linlin became a dual-fruit ability user, her strength would undergo a qualitative transformation.

Now, through the combined efforts of Houka, Brook, and Vegapunk, Charlotte Linlin had successfully resolved the hidden danger within her soul and gained the potential to become a dual-fruit ability user.

Houka had already begun searching for a suitable Devil Fruit Ability for Charlotte Linlin.

With Linlin's Steel Balloon physique and the versatile Soul-Soul Fruit Ability, she no longer lacked the elemental powers of a Logia.

Therefore, Linlin's second Devil Fruit Ability naturally had to be a Mythical Zoan ability, the favored power of this era.

Kong's Mythical Zoan Griffin ability had now reincarnated, and both the World Government and the