I Came for Copper Mud Pellet

The fat pirate followed the skinny pirate, completely bewildered.

He suddenly realized what was happening after taking just two steps.

That's not right!

The person who attacked their factory and whom Jhin sent out to find—wasn't that guy named Akuta?

The fat pirate, realizing what had happened, immediately turned around in a rage.

"You're the madman who attacked us!"

Just as he turned around, a shadow dagger pierced through his chest.

The fat pirate froze, then collapsed limply onto the shadow tentacles of the Akuta.

Behind him, another skinny pirate had already taken off running!

"Let's grease the muddy road!"

Akuta looked at the fat pirate lying on the ground without any emotion, then retracted Shadow Thorn into the shadows and shook his head with a smile.

Your companion is much smarter than you.

Akuta looked up in the direction where the skinny pirate had disappeared.

That guy ran incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, he was just a tiny dot on the distant mountain path.

At this moment, Akuta naturally realized what was happening.

The skinny pirate had already realized what was happening.

The reason he talked so much nonsense was simply to buy himself time to escape.

"Run, run!"

Akuta did not give chase.

His current goal is to inflict greater losses on Kaido.

As for one or two ordinary pirates, they were not among Akuta's primary targets.

The next day.

Oni Island, Ash's Room.

In just a few days, Jin felt as if he had aged ten years.

The good news is that the guy called Akuta hasn't attacked any new mines.

The bad news is that he started attacking processing plants and transport fleets.

In just a few days, Akuta has destroyed several processing plants and a large amount of supplies!

With the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, Akuta could easily sneak into the vicinity of the processing plant and set it on fire.

What angered Jin even more was that after each fight, Akuta would leave his name on the spot!

This is outrageous!

Jhin slammed his fist on the table, smashing it in two.

The entire lower ranks of the Beasts Pirates are now talking about a madman in Wano Country who appears and disappears unpredictably, and even King can't handle him.

If this continues, the morale of the Beasts Pirates will collapse!

The fact that morale is low is a minor issue; the more important thing is that if things continue like this, the news will reach Kaido's ears!

Although the Akuta has destroyed a lot of Kaido's supplies in the past few days.

But King didn't tell Kaido any of this.

According to Jin's report, the Akuta's sneak attack was very well controlled by them.

The Beasts Pirates' interests in Wano Country have not been disturbed in the slightest, and it's only a matter of time before they capture the Akuta.

But Jin knew he had to catch the Akuta as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if he keeps reporting victories, and then that Demon Lord Akuta launches a sneak attack on Ghost Island, where will he put his face?

As the wisest man in the Beasts Pirates, King immediately came up with a good idea.

"Someone come here!" Jin shouted towards the outside, "Bring over that guy who found the Akuta yesterday!"

Jin was calling out to the skinny pirate who had escaped from the jaws of the Akuta yesterday.

A moment later, the skinny pirate was brought over by his subordinates.

"Lord Jin... you were looking for me?"

The skinny pirate stood trembling to one side.

Jin looked at the skinny pirate and spoke with a cold expression.

"Tell me everything that happened last night when you encountered Akuta, without omitting any details!"

The skinny pirate shuddered and quickly spoke:

"Yes, yes! Last night, my partner and I were patrolling the mountain roads in the Suzugo area when we suddenly encountered a young man..."

He briefly recounted what had happened last night.

However, he didn't give a complete description, but instead gave his encounter yesterday a simple artistic embellishment.

He deleted the part about Akuta showing up and introducing himself, and then the probing process of "the factory burning down".

They portrayed Akuta as a despicable villain who launched sneak attacks!

His partner was ambushed and killed by Akuta while on patrol.

He himself fought Akuta for eighty-one moves before narrowly escaping Akuta's clutches!

After hearing this, Jin didn't have much doubt.

He had only one question regarding his subordinate's account.

"Are you sure he was controlling shadows during the fight?"

"I would never be mistaken!" the skinny pirate assured him.

He spoke with tears streaming down his face, as if recalling something sad.

"I watched with my own eyes as that bastard named Akuta used a tentacle made of shadow to pierce through my good brother!"

Jin closed his eyes, his mind racing.

The ability to control shadows?

At first glance, it does indeed sound exactly like Moria's Shadow-Shadow Fruit.

"So... there really was an outsider who ate the fruit that should have belonged to Moria, or rather..."

Jin opened his eyes, a cold glint flashing within them.

Moria isn't dead?

Although the survival rate for ability users who fall into the sea is very low, anything is possible. Maybe Moria really didn't die?

Did you see what he looked like?

Jin asked casually.

He had no hope, but to his surprise, the skinny pirate actually saw the Akuta!

"Yes, Lord Jin, yes!" The skinny pirate nodded repeatedly.

"Oh!" Jin's eyes lit up. "What does he look like? A pirate? A samurai? Or something else?"

The skinny pirate tried hard to recall.

"Lord Jin, what he's wearing... to be honest, doesn't look like a pirate, nor does it look like a samurai."

"Um?"

"He was dressed very neatly, and the style of his clothes was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. It looked very... modern! The fabric of his clothes seemed to have a high artistic element!"

"Highly artistic? How high?"

"I'm not sure," the skinny pirate shook his head. "It feels at least three or four stories high."

Jin slowly stood up, walked to the wall, and gently tapped the Wano Country map hanging there with his finger, finally stopping at a mountain path in the Ringo region.

"That madman didn't chase you."

"Yes," the skinny pirate quickly replied, "He seems to look down on a nobody like me."

Jin didn't reply, but he had already made up his mind.

The fact that the other party possesses the ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit and deliberately let the messenger go shows that he has no intention of concealing his whereabouts.

Such arrogance is either extreme hubris or a sign of ulterior motives.

Jin turned around.

"Pass on my order: starting today, increase the number of transport convoys, and halve the number of guards on each convoy!"

The skinny pirate was stunned:

"Half? Lord Jin, wouldn't that mean an even greater loss?"

Jin gave him a cold look.

"Just do what I tell you to do. I have my own plans!"

Jhin's idea was simple.

Akuta bullies the weak and fears the strong, always targeting the vulnerable.

Sending a large force to search might not even catch him.

Since that's the case, let's follow Akuta's line of thought!

Wasn't he planning to ambush the supply convoy?

Then send out more transport teams so he can launch as many surprise attacks as he wants!

Meanwhile, Jhin took the opportunity to infiltrate a transport team.

If Akuta dares to make a move, I can appear on the spot and take him down!