"Thank you, Garp!"
Warring States Period took a deep breath, and the complexity in his eyes gradually turned to resolve.
That was right. Just as he and the others had always upheld back then—why had they joined the Marines? Why had they remained unwavering for so many years, even unto death? And why had he become Fleet Admiral?
Was it not all for the "justice" in their hearts? With evil spreading everywhere and pirates covering the seas, they had to uphold the "justice" in their hearts. Evil would surely be punished!
Over the years, he had feared this and worried about that. His compromises with the World Government and various other powers had worn away who knew how much of his fighting spirit.
"Uchiha Shin!" Warring States Period roared. Empowered by his strength, his voice was like thunder, instantly drowning out every pirate's cries.
He had eaten the Buddha-Buddha Fruit, a high-tier Paramecia-type fruit with tremendous power.
In the multiverse, Buddhas were a special kind of existence. They differed from innate gods and from immortals who cultivated their way to power. They were more like "enlightened ones" who had seen through the rules. In the Central Primordial World, there was also the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss established by Buddhist beings who had reached the Other Shore, its might surpassing even a certain Creator's Mount Celestia.
Once one's strength reached the very peak of the multiverse—what was known as stepping onto the Other Shore—their life form underwent a qualitative transformation. It was a power beyond imagination.
Anything even remotely connected to them, no matter how distant, would inevitably be tied to a sliver of karma in the unseen.
For example, the "Satan Fruit" Shin had found back then had nothing whatsoever to do with Lucifer. From its emergence and growth