Demon King of Songs, Tot Musica

After putting on his shoes, Uta took the Yamata no Orochi Fruit and excitedly ran into the nearby forest.

Kuranos was utterly speechless. That stupid mother.

Before long, Uta arrived in the forest, holding the Yamata no Orochi Fruit in both hands and raising it forward.

The screen remained silent for a few seconds.

"What are you doing?" Kuranos asked after the silence.

"Mr. Devil, let's begin." Uta said expectantly.

"What do you mean 'let's get started'? You're the one who has to do it. You can't build a raft, but you can't cut down trees?"

Upon hearing this, Uta's eyes widened. "How am I supposed to chop down a tree without an axe? Mr. Demon, you're very powerful, aren't you? Just use your demonic power to finish it off in a flash!"

"..."

"..."

The person and the fruit faced each other in silence for a long time.

Kuranos let out a long sigh, a wave of mental exhaustion washing over him.

Uta also sighed.

"It seems our shipbuilding project has failed."

"You idiot, you're a complete waste. Aren't you supposed to be an ability user? You can't even cut down a few trees?"

"I'm Devil Fruit User, all I can do is sing~ Mr. Devil, do you want to hear me sing? I'm really good at singing."

"Never mind."

Completely convinced, Kuranos had a thought, and the fruit slipped from Uta's palm.

As it falls to the ground, the fruit's shape begins to change rapidly; it expands continuously and quickly transforms into a human form.

Uta took two steps back in surprise, covering her mouth and staring in disbelief at the scene.

In the blink of an eye, a fruit transformed into a long-haired, gloomy man.

"You... you..."

"What do you mean, 'you'?"

Kuranos glared at him coldly, thoroughly annoyed by this human; in the end, he had to do it himself.

Ignoring her, Kuranos swung his right arm, transforming into a giant purplish-black python. The python opened its blood-red maw and bit off a towering tree.

Then, the second tree, the third tree...

Uta snapped out of her daze and suddenly saw a glimmer of hope for leaving, her delicate face beaming with excitement.

"Go for it, Mr. Devil!"

"Shut up."

Let me sing you a song.

"Shut up."

"Oh..."

Uta's excitement remained undiminished; he obediently sat down under a nearby tree, eagerly anticipating the day the raft would be completed.

When told to shut up, she really shut up and didn't say another word after that.

Half an hour later, a simple wooden raft was completed.

Kuranos towed the raft toward the shore, with Uta following like a shadow.

"Mr. Devil, isn't something missing from your raft? Where's the mast? Where's the sail?"

"Unnecessary."

"Yes, we need it... How can we sail without sails? Are we just going to drift with the current?"

Uta's eyes lit up, and he turned and ran towards the city ruins. "Wait for me! I'll go look for it; I should be able to find materials to make sails."

Kuranos didn't want to pay any attention to the other party; he truly didn't need sails, as his own abilities were sufficient for navigation.

However, he then thought that he might have to return to the island later and would need a local, so he waited patiently.

Soon after, Uta returned excitedly, bringing back materials for making sails.

After some simple work, Kuranos completed the raft.

The moment the raft was pushed into the water, Uta excitedly jumped aboard first.

"The taste of freedom, we're setting sail! Hurry up, Mr. Devil, what are you waiting for?"

That bastard... acting like she built this ship herself.

A cross appeared on Kuranos's forehead, but to argue with a weak human would make him seem petty.

"Hmph, shut up."

Kuranos gave a cold snort.

Soon, the raft sailed away from the shore, and an excited Uta began to sing on the boat.

Kuranos sat cross-legged, completely unable to appreciate human singing.

They sailed aimlessly into the deep sea.

Uta, carefree and oblivious, saw no hope of leaving and didn't consider the consequences at all, while Kuranos, skilled and daring, was unafraid of the dangers of the ocean.

Whether Lady Luck smiled upon Kuranos this time or simply turned her gaze toward Uta was unclear.

At dawn on the second day, Kuranos, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.

He first glanced at Uta, Uta was lying asleep on his side under the mast, before looking up at the three o'clock direction.

In the thick morning fog, a ship was faintly visible.

"You stay on the ship, I'll take care of them!"

Regardless of whether Uta could hear him, Kuranos casually left a sentence, then moved swiftly towards the distant ship.

He glided across the sea and disappeared into the thick fog in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 211 The Demon King of Songs, Tot Musica

The Hedgehog Pirates.

The night watchman yawned and climbed down from the lookout tower.

"Shift changed."

"Thanks for your hard work."

The navigator was a young man. He habitually took out his Three-Needle Log Pose and glanced at it, and was immediately shocked.

"Oh no, we've veered off course!"

"What's wrong?"

The night watch crew member immediately regained some clarity; veering off course in the New World was no joke, and who knew where they might end up?

"This damn fog... It was fine last night, but when I woke up this morning, the directions were all wrong."

The navigator stared intently at the Log Pose.

The Three-Needle Log Pose should have been pointing to three different islands, but at this moment it seemed to be affected by the magnetic interference of the other islands, and all three needles were vibrating to varying degrees.

In the current situation, it's impossible to determine direction using a pointer.

"What should we do now?!"

The crew members on deck gathered around, their faces ashen.

Facing the angry stares of the crowd, the navigator, sweating profusely, said:

"Don't, don't get agitated. Right now, we can only get out of this thick fog first, and then we'll figure out how to get back to the correct course. You go and inform the captain; I'll go check the situation in the waters ahead."

Fearing his companions would tear him apart, he quickly ran to the bow of the boat.

Thick fog blanketed the deck, and everyone's eyes followed him until he reached the bow, at which point only a silhouette could be barely seen.

"I'll go inform the boss."

Some people turned to walk towards the cabin.

Suddenly, a scream rang out; it was the navigator's voice.

"Walker, what's wrong?!"

"Monster... monster!"

Terrified screams echoed across the deck, and the crew members stared intently at the bow as if facing a formidable enemy.

A massive black shadow gradually emerged from the thick fog. The first thing that caught their eye was a giant, purplish-black python, which was biting the corpse of navigator Walker as it slowly approached the group.

Everyone was terrified, and the combatants all assumed a defensive posture.

As the outline gradually became clearer, everyone could see that the tail of the purplish-black python was connected to a gloomy, long-haired man, and the python was the man's left arm.

"He's an ability user! Quick, someone go and inform the boss!"

Bang!

The cabin door was pushed open forcefully, and a thin man, only 1.5 meters tall, stepped out.

"What's going on so early in the morning...?"

The words abruptly stopped mid-sentence, and the thin captain's expression changed slightly. "Who are you?"

He stared at Kuranos, his entire body rapidly changing. Sharp needles sprouted from his skin, and his hair exploded like fireworks, each strand becoming incredibly sharp.

The next instant, three needles shot out from his head, hurtling towards Kuranos's eyes.

Kuranos opened his mouth, and his long tongue suddenly transformed into the shape of a snake, biting down on the three attacking thorns.

"Zoan ability? Hmph, pointless resistance."

As the words fell, Kuranos's right hand transformed into the maw of a giant python, its Poison Head spewing out a large cloud of poisonous mist that instantly spread outwards.

Seeing that the situation was dire, one of the pirates immediately shouted a warning:

Hold your breath! This is probably...

Before the word "poison" could even be uttered, the poison had already entered the person's body.

He froze, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed to the ground, convulsing.

Subsequently, the remaining crew members also contracted the virus.

Only the emaciated captain managed to withstand the poison gas; his eyes were bloodshot, and he staggered but did not fall.

"You... bastard! Who are you? Why did you attack this ship?"

"Do pirates need a reason to fight each other? Although I'm not a pirate."

Kuranos retrieved his Poison Head and Bone Head, and even the small snake that his tongue had transformed into returned to its original form.

He walked up to the captain, ignoring the needles covering his body, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him up.

"Den Den Mushi, hand over the Den Den Mushi."

Is this a monster?

The gaunt captain was shocked. He was Zoan Hedgehog Fruit user, Echidna Model, whose body was covered in highly poisonous needles, yet they had no effect on this person.

"On me...!"

He intended to retrieve the Den Den Mushi to save his life, but he didn't expect that the poison gas he inhaled during that brief conversation would directly destroy his nerves.

His head lolled to the side, and he immediately foamed at the mouth and lost consciousness.

"Useless! Can't even withstand this little bit of poison."

Kuranos shook his head, reached into the other person's pocket and took a Den Den Mushi, then casually discarded the person.

Just as he was thinking of dialing Ain's contact number, Kuranos realized with a sharp mind that Den Den Mushi could also be poisoned, and it would be terrible if he poisoned it too.

So he transformed his left arm into a giant python once more, [Devouring Head] rapidly devouring the surrounding poisonous mist.