Puppet Possession

"Rumble—"

Deep inside the castle.

The huge cold storage is opened.

Various corpses appeared in front of Luke and Perona.

"Hiss~, are you shocked?"

It's different from the ugly and horrifying skeletons and mummies on the left.

The corpses on the right are arranged in an orderly manner.

It's so lifelike.

Not as rotten as imagined.

It was as if they had just died and been frozen.

Moreover, the leader was Moria's tall corpse.

Even the disastrous wounds caused by Luke's finger have been repaired.

"Moria-sama..."

Perona's eyes widened.

Full of excitement, she jumped forward while her tears were about to flow out.

"Luke-sama, except for Moria's body, I have only repaired these zombie generals, including the swordsman Ryuma and Captain John..."

Dr. Hogbugu pointed at these corpses and said with pride: "I haven't had time to get the other corpses yet!"

After listening to Luke's suggestion just now, he was no longer obsessed with the destruction of Cindry's body.

Instead, he was full of expectations for the future, thinking that after these days of busy work, Luke would completely trust him.

Then, apply for an advance of salary for the next ten or twenty years.

Go to a popular auction house in Sabaody Archipelago and buy a female slave who is good at singing and dancing.

Transform and train her into the perfect Cindry.

"You did a good job; it was indeed perfect..."

Luke nodded with satisfaction.

Looking at the swordsman Ryuma's corpse, the previous rotten face is no longer present. Instead, it's replaced by a resolute and aging face.

Even the chest, limbs, and other parts showed no traces of decay.

It was as if he had really just died.

The zombies created by implanting shadows in this way will definitely be able to maintain stronger combat power.

He was somewhat looking forward to the appearance of Oars after he was completely repaired.

"Then, are you ready to resurrect these guys?"

Dr. Hogback asked, full of expectation.

"Luke-sama, please help me resurrect Kumashi..."

Perona's eyes lit up.

She immediately couldn't wait to beg Luke.

At the same time, she deliberately turned her head, gestured toward Dr. Hogback, and said loudly: "Also, Hogback, please remember to help me transform Kumashi, preferably in a kawaii way!"

Her favorite zombie toy, Kumashi, has become unable to move due to the loss of its shadow.

Naturally, she hopes Luke can recover it.

"Hiss, I won't help you, you brat!"

Dr. Hogback was very proud and squeezed the other party.

"Damn it, you third-rate fat otaku doctor!" Perona bared her teeth angrily and glared at this guy.

"Nani? What did you say?"

"Third-rate fat otaku doctorr!"

"Smelly brat..."

"Don't make any noise; be quiet..."

Luke waved his hand and stopped the quarrel between the two.

He walked towards Moria's body: "I'm going to do an interesting experiment!"

In the astonished eyes of Perona and Hogback: "You what?"

"Brush…"

Only the shadow at Luke's feet was seen.

As if it had self-awareness, it flew directly up.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, it sank into Moria's body.

"Brush—"

Without warning, Moria, who was already dead, suddenly opened his eyes.

Perona and Hogback were shocked and subconsciously retreated behind Luke.

"Bang...bang..."

Moria stood up, stretched his body there, pumped his fists, and swung his legs…

There was a strong wind pressure.

"Shave!"

Suddenly.

Moria stepped hard.

Then he disappeared like lightning and appeared at the other end of the cold storage.

"If I control it myself, Moria's body will be able to exert considerable fighting power!"

Staring at Moria, Luke frowned: "But, without real consciousness, it is better to plunder other people's shadows and make them into zombies!"

Through the ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, he can implant other people's shadows into corpses to create a zombie with an independent personality.

Logically speaking, his own shadow should be more effective.

Moreover, maybe it can be made into the most advanced homies like Big Mom.

"It's useless, Luke-sama..."

Dr. Hogback reminded there: "Moria-sama has tried this before, but he needs to inject his own shadow into the corpse, and he needs to be distracted all the time to control it..."

"This kind of puppet without self-awareness is not a real zombie at all!"

"This is how Oars's body was brought back!"

He had seen it before.

Moria attached his shadow to Oars.

Manipulate this ancient giant who has been dead for hundreds of years and place its huge body in the castle.

"Yeah?"

Luke's eyebrows raised; he was not surprised at all.

It is impossible that Moria has not tried such an experiment.

"Bang..." He manipulated Moria's body to sit back down.

A dark shadow separated directly from his body.

Moria returned to his original appearance again.

"Do you want to turn Moria into a zombie?"

Dr. Hogback immediately suggests: "With the ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, only by injecting other people's shadows into the corpse can you create conscious zombies!"

"That's not necessarily true..."

Luke was noncommittal.

He believed that the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit was much more than that.

Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit Fruit can use her own soul to create the most advanced homies.

In the same way, the Shadow-Shadow Fruit may be able to create the most advanced zombies.

Just take some time to develop his own devil fruit abilities in depth.

Everything is possible.

"Dead people can be controlled, but what about living people?"

Luke's eyes were burning.

He looked at Hogback and Perona.

He directly selected Perona as the target of the experiment: "Perona, stand still and don't move!"

"Luke-sama..."

Perona was shocked.

But there was no time to dodge.

In the blink of an eye, under Luke's control.

The swift shadow clone had already arrived in front of her.

"Possessed!" 

It was like a fluid, and it came in directly through her open mouth.

"Ahhh…!"

Perona exclaimed.

Her whole face turned pale with shock: "My body..."

As if she had lost control of her body, she moved involuntarily and came in front of Luke.

"Negative Ghost!"

Perona raised her right hand, and a translucent, somewhat eerie ghost flew out from her palm and floated in the air.

"Gulu! You can actually use Moria-sama's abilities so quickly!"

Perona felt as if her body was out of control and was being manipulated by invisible forces, and she couldn't break free at all. 

Perona's face was full of shock, and she couldn't believe it.

Moria can also do such a thing.

She had seen Moria use her shadow to manipulate corpses or living people.

But how long did it take for Luke to gain the Shadow-Shadow Fruit?

He can already use it so skillfully.

"Luke-sama, you are indeed powerful, and you are worthy of being chosen by the Shadow-Shadow Fruit..."

Dr. Hogback was also a little surprised.

With a flattering smile on his face, he reminded Luke: "Use the ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to control living people and use their devil fruit abilities... It is indeed possible, but it requires a high skill level."

"Furthermore, if the target's willpower is too strong, they may break free."

"Even if they can't break free if they resist during the battle, it will still have a great impact!"

"Is that so?"

Luke nodded.

The shadow clone was taken back and the possession of Perona.

For a guy like Moria, who has lost his spirit and is completely decadent, there is no need to use such a troublesome way to manipulate others by using shadow clones.

Because normally, no matter how strong the pirates in the first half of the Grand Line are, they cannot be stronger than Gecko Moria himself.

There is really no need to be distracted by controlling these devil fruit users to fight.

He can simply use his shadow to crush the target easily in a simple and crude way.

Moreover, Moria, who stayed in the first half of the Grand Line all year round and hid in this foggy sea, rarely encountered those with relatively powerful abilities.

But Moria didn't know that at all.

This is where the true value of this devil fruit lies.

"This is an unexpected surprise!"

The corners of Luke's mouth raised, and his eyes flickered.

There are some special devil fruit abilities in this sea, and they are quite useful.

Even if it can only be manipulated briefly, it can also play an unexpected role.

What's more, just wait until your strength reaches a higher level and develop the ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit in depth.

It may not be impossible to do it, just like manipulating the zombies created by implanting shadows.

Turn others into puppets who obey his orders.