Chapter 1: Marubu Namoto and Kaido, Shikigami Temple and Mahoraga
1. Brain-Brain Fruit pickup point!
2. Gold-Gold Fruit pickup point!
3. System pickup point!
4. Punch a Celestial Dragon!
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Sea Circle Calendar 1476.
A warship flying the World Government flag slowly sailed toward the azure sea. Soldiers of the Vodka Kingdom lined up on the shore to salute, their posture respectful to the point of sycophancy.
Inside the iron-scented cell at the bottom of the ship.
Marubu Namoto felt his head burning abnormally, as countless memory fragments churned and reorganized in his mind.
When the storm subsided, he finally understood—he had transmigrated to the Pirate World sixteen years ago, but his memories of his past life had only fully awakened at this moment.
Over these years, he had gone from a stray in the ruins of a battlefield to rolling through seas of blood alongside the "Strongest Warrior" Kaido, step by step growing into the army's "Strongest General."
However, when the birds are gone, the bow is cast aside; when the rabbits are dead, the hounds are cooked.
After the war was won, the kingdom immediately sold them to Mary Geoise.
At this moment.
The warship was escorting the two of them toward a turning point in their destiny.
"How ironic..." Marubu Namoto sighed lightly.
"Brother, you're finally awake!" A young man with horns on his head, bound in iron chains, eagerly shuffled closer. "You're not actually willing to go to Mary Geoise and be a dog, are you?"
Going to Mary Geoise meant either being brainwashed into CP0 or controlled by Imu to become part of the God's Knights...
Do you accept such an ending?
Marubu Namoto asked himself, then shook his head decisively. "No."
Kaido's suspended heart finally settled, and he immediately wanted to break his chains. "Hehe, then I'll make my move now!"
"Look at you, always in a rush," Marubu Namoto calmly stopped him. "We wait until the ship's cafeteria serves lunch before we act!"
"Huh...?"
Kaido froze for a few seconds before reacting. "Brother, what did you eat to make your brain grow? It works so much better than mine!"
Marubu Namoto narrowed his eyes, his brain working at high speed.
If the plot proceeded normally, Kaido would rampage on the warship, successfully escape, and begin his drifting life at sea.
Two years later, he would step onto Hachinosu and become an apprentice of the Rocks Pirates at the age of fifteen.
But what about me?
Although I am three years older than him, my body isn't as durable as his.
In the crossfire, I might just catch a bullet.
Oh well! Roll credits!
Marubu Namoto sighed inwardly. "The memories awakened too late. Otherwise, if I had planned ahead, I wouldn't be this passive."
Time passed silently in the gloom.
Not long after, the sound of an iron door sliding came from the end of the corridor, followed by approaching footsteps.
A Marine stopped in front of the cell holding a wooden bucket and dumped an entire bucket of fruit into the cell.
The air, full of the smell of rust, was instantly masked by the sour scent of rot.
"I wondered what kind of Strongest General or Strongest Warrior they were... Tsk, how boring, just two stinking brats..."
The Marine soldier left with a look of disappointment.
Kaido was only waiting for the cafeteria to open, so he closed his eyes, too lazy to look.
The cramped cell seemed unusually quiet.
However.
Marubu Namoto's gaze accidentally swept across the floor, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
It was because a rotten apple in front of him was currently turning from yellow to purple, its skin twisting and bulging, with several green sprouts quietly unfurling.
A few seconds later, it had actually turned into a strange fruit covered in spiral patterns, looking like a cluster of snails hugging each other.
"Devil Fruit!"
Marubu Namoto's memory suddenly jumped, and an answer was on the tip of his tongue.
It was the Logia type Dark-Dark Fruit that Blackbeard had spent half his life chasing!
He forced himself to clear all distracting thoughts, refusing to analyze the pros and cons of the Dark-Dark Fruit's abilities or whether it suited him.
There was only one image in his mind:
— Zehahaha, it is this ability that chose me!
Without hesitation, Marubu Namoto leaned down and bit into the fruit, enduring the indescribable strange taste and forcing himself to swallow it.
Instantly.
A power exploded within his body. Billions of cells felt as if they were pierced by lightning, hot and frantic.
At the same time, his consciousness suddenly detached from his body.
When his thinking became clear again, Marubu Namoto was already positioned above a vortex of darkness.
A magnificent pure white palace was slowly rising from the center of the vortex beneath his feet.
He fell rapidly, penetrating the dome and stepping inside the hall.
A layer of gray mist flowed across the floor of the palace. It was empty and boundless, the entire structure towering and spectacular, like a temple built by giants.
Before he could examine the surrounding environment in detail, a grand voice boomed out.
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"Detected that you have eaten a Secret Treasure of the Sea, the Shikigami Temple is officially opened for you!"
"You will currently obtain three authorities!"
"One: You can control the power of darkness more freely!"
"Two: The Shikigami Temple can tame Zoan Devil Fruits, transforming their cores into Shikigami! If you tame a Mythical Zoan, the Shikigami Temple will also provide a special reward!"
"Three: Storage!"
"Detected that you do not possess a Shikigami. The Shikigami Temple grants you a perfectly tamed bound Shikigami!"
"Congratulations!"
"Obtained: Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga!"
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As soon as the voice fell, a white figure solidified within the divine temple.
Its pale body looked like carved marble, four fleshy wings extended from its eye sockets, a tail like a walking stick insect hung behind its head, and a dharma wheel was suspended above it, looking like a ghost god.
It was the Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga!
"Mahoraga, the strongest Shikigami born from the Ten Shadows Technique inherited by the Zenin clan in Jujutsu Kaisen. No one has ever tamed it; it is usually used as a last resort for mutual destruction."
Marubu Namoto quickly formed a guess about his golden finger. "Is the Shikigami Temple a crossover version of the Pirate World and the Jujutsu World?"
"However, there are differences... for example—"
"The Dark-Dark Fruit replaced the Shadow Technique, and Zoan Devil cores replaced the Cursed Spirit Shikigami."
Thinking of this, the corners of Marubu Namoto's mouth curled into an arc. "This wants me to collect the power of Mythical Beasts to construct my own unique dark Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden in the Pirate World!"
Imu can use darkness manipulation to mass-produce an army of demons.
Can't I just clap my hands and unleash Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden?
Azure Dragon, Yamata no Orochi, Nika...
Fengxi, Horse Bone, Itsumade...
Facts have proved that the Mythical Zoan species are the answer to this version.
The future of Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden is bright