Heading to the Flower Capital! Two Heaven-Defying Devil Fruit Abilities

"Answer... ah, never mind!"

Lin Ye gripped the falling blade, his hand wrapped in Conqueror's Haki. Just as he spoke, his Observation Haki detected people entering its range in the distance.

Snap!

The blade broke. Lin Ye tossed aside the broken weapon and turned to leave.

Behind him, the pirate dropped to his knees, clutching his throat with both hands.

A moment later, Lin Ye saw the people his Observation Haki had detected. Unfortunately, they were not pirates.

They were raggedly dressed and frail, with the classic look of Wano Country residents.

He sized them up, while the terrified people opposite him also studied him.

Only after Lin Ye turned and left did they finally let out a breath.

"Was he one of them?"

"Probably not. If he were, he definitely wouldn't have let us go."

After Lin Ye left, they spoke in low voices, their expressions easing somewhat.

Lin Ye paid no attention to the sounds behind him. His Observation Haki had already detected a large gathering of people.

Kuri!

When Lin Ye arrived, he immediately knew where in Wano Country he had landed.

Had Moria and Kaido's great battle still broken out in Ringo?

Very likely.

Lin Ye asked some terrified townspeople for a map of Wano Country, then discovered that to reach Ringo, he would have to cross the entirety of Wano Country.

He was not disappointed. Instead, he felt that this was not bad at all.

Crossing all of Wano Country meant he could harvest along the way.

After asking for directions, Lin Ye immediately set off.

"Report it quickly! An outsider pirate has arrived! The officials in the Flower Capital said that anyone who reports an outsider pirate will be rewarded with lots of food."

After Lin Ye left, the people who had seemed so obedient just moments ago immediately became excited.

This scene was noticed by Lin Ye, who had kept his Observation Haki active.

Lin Ye rested a hand on his sword hilt.

Ordinary people rarely dropped entries, so Lin Ye seldom attacked them. There was little to gain from it.

The probability of entries dropping was proportional to the target's strength.

Especially these sallow, emaciated people.

However, Lin Ye did not draw his sword. He merely slowed down.

He was alone. Rather than searching for them himself, it was better to let them come to him.

As for these people—

Once the matter in Wano Country was over, he could take them away along the way.

Before that, it would be best if they could call over more people.

Lin Ye headed toward the Flower Capital on foot.

News that an unfamiliar pirate had appeared in Kuri was swiftly delivered by these people to nearby Wano Country samurai.

In less than half a day, Lin Ye encountered the first group to arrive.

However, these people did not delay Lin Ye's progress.

As he walked, Flying Slashes shot forth, cleaving every samurai blocking his path into two.

Lin Ye glanced toward the far side of a nearby hill. Someone was hiding there, but Lin Ye did not kill him.

If he killed them all, how would the news spread?

Anticipation flashed through his eyes as he continued onward.

Behind the hill, a samurai pressed his back tightly against the ground. He did not even dare breathe too heavily, his face filled with terror.

Only after a long while, when he heard nothing, did he relax slightly.

After taking a furtive glance, he did not dare linger at all. He got up and ran.

Flower Capital.

Kurozumi Orochi stood in a high pavilion, watching a dancing figure in the street below as he burst into smug laughter.

"What a pathetic sight!"

Kurozumi Orochi laughed until tears came out. Even the crown atop his head trembled as though it might fall off.

"Orochi-sama, a pirate has landed in Kuri. He is a formidable fellow."

Whoosh!

A figure leaped over and landed beside Kurozumi Orochi, startling him into a shudder.

Kurozumi Orochi flew into a rage, turning and kicking the kneeling man.

"Bastard, how dare you frighten me?"

"My apologies, Orochi-sama. Kaido's side has just sent word that once a pirate is discovered, men are to be dispatched immediately to surround and kill him."

At the mention of Kaido's name, Kurozumi Orochi's body trembled.

"Then send people."

With a wave of his hand, Kurozumi Orochi turned back to enjoy the dance of the burly man below.

Hearing this, the ninja who had appeared raised his head and glanced at Kurozumi Orochi. Then his gaze shifted toward the old man with large earlobes standing beside him.

Fukurokuju.

The leader of the Oniwabanshu ninjas under Kurozumi Orochi.

After he gave the ninja a slight nod, the kneeling ninja rose, leaped away, and vanished.

Kurozumi Orochi muttered to himself as he watched below, but when Kozuki Oden reached a particularly wonderful part of his dance, he immediately clapped his hands in delight and cheered.

Kozuki Oden still held considerable prestige in Wano Country. Such disgraceful behavior would surely make many people disappointed in him.

Kurozumi Orochi chuckled, looking extremely pleased with himself.

Down on the street below.

Kozuki Oden, naked except for a loincloth, sang his own accompaniment while twisting his body.

Everyone on the streets of the Flower Capital stared in utter disbelief at the sight.

Kozuki Toki hid in the shadows with her son and daughter, watching Kozuki Oden with worry and sorrow written across her face.

Yet the two children in her arms watched Kozuki Oden sway his body and burst into giggles.

Elsewhere.

Lin Ye's plan succeeded without any surprises.

At first, those who came were not samurai, and there were not many of them.

But in less than half a day, the ninjas became fewer, and Wano Country samurai began arriving instead.

The speed at which he swung his sword did not slow in the slightest. No matter who came, none could halt his advance.

Even those flashy ninjas were unable to hide from his Observation Haki.

However, quite a few miscellaneous ninutsu entries dropped, though none of them were useful.

The fact that most could only yield one Blank Entry after being broken down showed just how watered-down those ninjutsu were.

Although their quality was low, their quantity was enough to make up for it.

Wano Country was a fairly large island, but it was not large to Lin Ye.

Even though he deliberately slowed down to give them time to send people after him, he still reached the Flower Capital within a day.

Lin Ye looked at the Flower Capital before him and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Other than obtaining a large number of Blank Entries, he had two more goals this time.

Two Devil Fruit users.

Kozuki Toki and Kurozumi Orochi.

Both of their Devil Fruit abilities were utterly absurd.

Kozuki Toki's Devil Fruit ability was related to time. Not only could she travel through time herself, she could even send people twenty years into the future.

That ability was simply outrageous.

He just did not know whether it could travel backward in time.

But whether it could or not, Lin Ye would not let this ability go.

Time-related abilities would be an enormous gain no matter which aspect of them he obtained.

Even if it merely accelerated his own time, it would still be tremendously useful.

The other was Kurozumi Orochi's Yamata no Orochi Fruit ability.

The rest did not matter much. The most important part was the ability to revive even after being killed.

It was equivalent to having nine lives.

If he could get it, it would greatly improve his strength.