As Gecko Moria died, the shadows he controlled were completely freed from his control.
Unlike Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability, Gecko Moria's Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability completely ceased to work upon its owner's death.
Kyros on the warship received word from Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the others. Once the battle was over, he swiftly brought the few Marines aboard ashore. After reaching the castle, he followed Yoriichi's orders and had the pirates shackled one by one and taken back to the warship.
There were fewer than ten pairs of Seastone handcuffs aboard Yoriichi's warship. In this era, the secret Marine factories that processed Seastone had pitifully low output. Not to mention a Marine Branch in the New World like Tsugikuni Yoriichi's—even Marine Headquarters had very few Seastone handcuffs in reserve.
The Marines' weak control over the seas was also closely tied to the scarcity of Seastone weapons.
There was no counting how many Devil Fruit users existed on these seas. Dealing with Devil Fruit users often required the help of Haki. Setting aside the rare Logia Devil Fruits, even ordinary Paramecia Devil Fruits or Zoan Devil Fruits became something ordinary people could not contend with once their users developed their abilities even slightly.
For ordinary people to fight ability users, they often had to undergo harsh training and break through the limits of the human body. But compared to the speed at which nature produced ability users, such a training cycle was far too slow.
The reason this world had become so out of control was, in no small part, due to the existence of Devil Fruits.
The name Devil Fruit did not come from their side effects.
Eating a Devil Fruit was equivalent to gaining the power of a devil. Ordinary people often became swollen with pride after suddenly obtaining strength far