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Chapter 296, page 295: Not Hades, but Hades!

But that's not all.

Mercer sensed the concept of the Door-Door Fruit within his body, achieving perfect harmony between mind and body. He used his Observation Haki to mark coordinates around the island ship, and a series of semi-transparent spatial doors opened in front of him.

Gather your body around yourself.

A dense spatial force surged forth from it, constantly condensing and engulfing the gray mist.

Use physical strength to exchange for spatial essence.

Moses thought it was a great deal.

He smiled as he sensed the refining speed of the spatial essence becoming faster and faster.

"Radiance, if you get tired, your consciousness can rest inside your body."

Guanghui: "No, I feel very energetic right now and don't feel tired at all."

This body is very strong.

"Alright, let's continue."

As time goes by, high-quality spatial essences are refined.

It was then absorbed by the bodies of Messer and Radiance, and its body began to change.

As spatial affinity continues to improve, Mercer can sense that the energy required to open the spatial gate is also decreasing.

Positive changes result in sharper thinking and improved nerve reflexes.

As consumption decreased, spatial gates opened one after another, revealing increasingly dense spatial power.

It remains a positive change.

This is like a snowball rolling downhill.

One month later, on a clear morning.

Moses woke up in bed.

With external perception, one can clearly perceive the frequency fluctuations of the surrounding space, and raise one's right hand to manipulate the air in front of one's face.

A barely perceptible ripple of space appeared beneath my fingertip.

"Honey! Are you awake?"

Hancock propped herself up and placed her right hand on Mercer's chest, her eyes filled with joy.

Mercer's hand, which had been manipulating the ripples in space, landed on the back of her neck, his thumb rubbing her chin as he looked at her and smiled:
"You should sleep a little longer."

Hancock lowered her upper body onto Moses' chest, burying her head in Moses' neck, and chuckled.

"I just want to look at you like this, so that every morning when I open my eyes, you're the first thing I see."

With his right hand on her waist, Mercer couldn't speak, but simply turned his head to touch her cheek.

Hancock didn't mind, she just pressed herself tightly against Mercer's body.

A delicate fragrance wafts by, and the curtains on the luxurious bed greet me; this is Nine Serpents.

Heart to heart, they are closely intertwined.

They felt each other's heartbeats and the fluctuations in their breathing.

"Honey! Are you carrying a dagger?"

Mercer chuckled and said, "Well, then help me find my scabbard."

"Alright! I've found it. Let me help you sheath the dagger."

Hancock blinked and said with a bright smile.

The signs of spatial comprehension have already emerged, so time will pass quickly.

After getting up and washing up, Moses smiled as she looked at Hancock, who was standing in front of the dressing table wearing a beautiful black and blue cheongsam with lace trim.

"You are already beautiful enough."

Hancock, her lips glossy, smiled slightly and said with a delighted grin:
"Of course I know I am the most beautiful, but I want to be even more beautiful."

"You're so vain!" Mercer laughed.

Hancock puffed out her cheeks and her lips pursed slightly.

"I'm only being vain because I want to go out with you and make you look better."

"Ha!" Mercer laughed at her excuse. "Do I need anyone to give me face?"

Hancock paused, then said, "That makes sense."

Mercer doesn't need to give face to anyone; who among those who are respectable would dare to disrespect him?

"We're going to Fishman Island to take care of some business this time. Pack a few sets of clothes and I'll pack them for you later."

Hancock nodded and smiled:

“It was already prepared and is placed right by the bedside.”

Mercer turned his head and saw a package three meters in diameter. His lips twitched.
How much stuff have you prepared?

Hancock winked playfully and said, "A year's worth of your and my daily necessities, a year's worth of your and my clothes, and some snacks and dried fruits to eat on the road."

"It's not too much, and I don't know if I can find anything that fits you outside. So I've prepared things we might need in advance."

Mercer chuckled, "You really know how to manage a household well, that's good."

Hancock blushed and blinked at Moses, "Is this a proposal?"

"Our married life is very harmonious, and we love each other. Proposing marriage is too narrow-minded."

Hancock blinked, her face unusually flushed; she felt that Mercer was right.

"Okay! Honey! Let's go then."

Hancock appeared before Mercer like a gust of wind and took her arm.

The gray fog swallowed the luggage.

Soon, they arrived at the ship.

Looking at the already tidied White Star and Shark Star, Thunder Cloud Dragon on the deck swelled up in size.

They were led to the dragon's head.

Seeing how reluctant Peipei and the others were to part ways,
Mercer smiled and said, "I'll be back in a few days."

He patted Lei Yunlong's head and said, "Let's go."

Chant

After a deep dragon roar, the Thundercloud Dragon, its body wreathed in flames, flew into the sky.

after one day.

There is a sheet of ice on the sea in front of us.

A vortex of gray mist appeared on Messer's body, swallowing them into the small world.

His figure transformed into lightning and merged into the magnetic field. In the blink of an eye, he followed the magnetic field to the interior of the Fishman Island Dragon Palace directly below.

The gray fog spread out, and three people, a dragon, and a gray cloud appeared in the outside world.

Neptune and Otohime, who had been given advance notice, were already waiting here with their men.

Otohime returned some time ago.

Neptune, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he looked at his beloved daughter whom he hadn't seen in so long, swam over quickly: "White Star."

Bai Xing was equally excited: "Father, Mother!"

A few seconds after the family was reunited, Neptune looked at Moses with gratitude in his eyes.

Neptune: "Mr. Mercer, it's been a long time."

Mercer smiled and nodded: "Long time no see."

Neptune looked at Hancock with amazement in his eyes and a smile on his face:

"Hello, Miss Hancock."

Hancock gave a slight nod in greeting, and Neptune looked flattered.

As for the guards of the Dragon Palace behind him, they all had hearts in their eyes and looked like they had lost their minds.

Hancock chose to ignore it.

Neptune blinked and said enthusiastically:
"We're going to the banquet hall. I've already had food and music prepared."

Moses and the others followed him.

A banquet.

A song and dance performance.

……

After the banquet.

Moses brought Hancock to the Sea Forest. Using his Observation Haki, he sensed two figures appearing there.

Before long, Moses looked at a two-story hut between the ship graveyards.

Standing in front of the house, I watched the Tom brothers lounging in deck chairs, reading the newspaper and drinking tea, enjoying a very pleasant life.

Hearing footsteps, Tom looked up at Mercer, paused for a moment, then quickly stood up and laughed: "Hahaha, who do we have here? It's Mr. Mercer!"

You are a very rare guest indeed.

As she spoke, she looked at her younger brother Dan and smiled:
"Quickly prepare some tea."

Dan, standing to the side, looked at Moses and smiled:

"Hello, Mr. Messer, you are a big shot now, as is this Miss Empress."

He looked at Hancock with a friendly expression, his eyes sparkling with amazement. Even though he only liked the mermaid, he still thought she was incredibly beautiful.

After a while,
They sat together drinking tea.

Tom looked at Mercer with curiosity in his eyes: "Mr. Mercer, what made you decide to come here?"

Moses didn't mince words and looked at him directly, saying, "I want to make a copy of the design blueprints for Hades."

Upon hearing this, Tom's eyes narrowed, and he looked at Moses with disbelief:

"Pluto? Blueprints."

Seemingly surprised, a few seconds later, seeing the serious expression in Mercer's eyes, Tom's face turned pale, then flushed. After a while, he sighed helplessly and said:
How did you know the item was with me?

"Well, how should I put it? I have the ability to find treasure, and I found it the first time we met."

Tom's lips twitched, and he looked at Moses with a helpless expression:

"Then why didn't you take it last time?"

Moses smiled. "Because I've looked through the propulsion system. I can tell that the ship you built for me used those technologies."

Now that my ship has eaten the Ship-Ship Fruit and awakened its soul, I thought I'd come and ask for it so she could learn from it and improve herself.

I received a blueprint for an ark that could fly into space a long time ago.

I want to combine two things to build a spaceship.

After we get tired of playing on this vast ocean, we'll go play in the cosmos together.

Tom stared at Mercer in disbelief, feeling as if he were hallucinating.

He stammered, "Really?"

Mercer smiled and nodded. "Could you let me make a copy of the blueprint?"

Tom's expression hardened as he stared intently at Moses. After a few seconds, he looked at Moses seriously and said:

"I can give you the blueprints, but you must promise me that you will not let Hades do anything to harm ordinary people."

Moses nodded, about to speak, when Hancock glanced at Tom and said calmly:
"You think my Moses has his eye on Hades' weapon system? Don't be ridiculous."

"Given Moses' methods, if he truly wanted to cause destruction, he wouldn't be comparable to a mere Hades."

Tom's lips twitched, and he also recalled what kind of person was standing in front of him.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get the blueprints right now," Tom said with a wry smile.

Moses nodded and smiled.

A few minutes later, Tom came over with a blueprint and solemnly handed it to Moses.

Moses thanked him.

I took out a camera Den Den Mushi and started taking pictures. Time passed, and half an hour later...

Take a picture of the last page.

Moses handed the Hades design blueprints back to Tom, who accepted them in surprise.

Moses laughed and said, "Returning it to its rightful owner."

Tom said helplessly, "Why don't you take the original manuscript with you? This thing is a hot potato for me."

Moses refused: "No, just keep it safe yourself, whether you take it to your grave or pass it down to future generations."

This is something you decide for yourself.

I'm just a passerby, and I'm not a shipwright; this thing is of no use to me.

Tom nodded: "Alright, then I'll stay."

Moses chatted with them for a while, then said goodbye.

Wearing sunglasses, the two strolled around Fishman Island like an ordinary couple, enjoying delicious food and buying beautiful clothes.

We went back to the Dragon Palace to stay that night.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

For the first five days, I took Hancock to the island to play and eat delicious food.

The next five days were spent exploring the deep sea outside Fishman Island with Shirahoshi.

this day.

At the gates of the Dragon Palace, Neptune looked at Moses with a reluctant expression:

"I'm leaving Shirahoshi and the others in your care."

Moses looked at the four siblings and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, the Eternal Ark will also be a trial for them."

There will be injuries, but we'll be there to watch over you. Unless you're extremely unlucky, you won't lose your life.

Neptune, though frustrated, expressed his understanding.

Looking at his eldest son, Shark Star, he said seriously:
"Remember to listen to Mr. Mercer while you're there, and take good care of your younger siblings."

Shark Star nodded with a serious expression:
"Don't worry, Father, I will. You must also take good care of yourself. We will become very, very strong under Mr. Moses."

From now on, we will protect Fishman Island.

Moses nodded to him, and the gray mist engulfed them. In the blink of an eye, a bolt of lightning shot upwards and disappeared.

Neptune watched this scene and exclaimed:

"Mr. Mercer is very mysterious."

Otohime nodded in agreement:

"That's right, we need to get along with him properly."

“I know, that’s why I sent the children over. The three brothers are all adults now, so it’s good for them to be trained and broaden their horizons with Mr. Moser.”

Staying on Fishman Island all the time won't broaden your horizons.

Otohime agreed: "I saw him defeat Whitebeard and his crew with my own eyes. That battle is still vivid in my memory."

This is the first time I've realized that humans can be that powerful.

……

Fantasy City, Eternal Ship.

It took them half a day to get back here.

Shark Star took his two younger brothers to the top floor of the administration building for resettlement.

Shirahoshi returned to the ship and played around with everyone.

Mercer sat at the bar and handed a stack of blueprints and the Ark Maxims to Radiance, who was sitting behind the bar.

"These are the world's top-tier blueprints for ships, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

Our goal is to transform your hull into a spaceship capable of operating on land, sea, and air.

"Take a look first. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. As for the energy system, you can focus on using electricity."

Moses thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand. Radiance smiled and extended his hand, which was then swallowed by the gray mist.

With their bodies in a state of near-fusion, Moses manipulated the gray mist to extract the Rumble-Rumble Fruit power from the Cold Dew.

It merges into the body of radiance.

Glorious is a trinity chimera that can hold three Devil Fruits. This was created a month ago through an experiment using fruits that were not suitable for her.

Users of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit are well-suited to use it as an energy source.

His brilliant A+ grade physical attributes also allow him to easily control three Devil Fruits.

As for losing the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, it had no impact on Moses whatsoever.

Concepts. Thunder. Electromagnetic force. Geomagnetism.

These three concepts alone can perfectly cover all the effects of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and they can also be combined with other concepts, making it even more interesting.

As the gray fog spread, a radiant figure appeared outside, sitting on the bar, head tilted, eyes slightly closed.

The curvaceous body was pulsating with dazzling blue and white electric arcs.

Makino, on the other side, looked at Mercer in surprise and asked, "What's this, Glorious?"

Moses laughed and said, "I gave her my Rumble-Rumble Fruit."

Makino smiled and said:
"I knew it! With the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Radiance will become even stronger. If nothing unexpected happens, she'll be the strongest among us besides you, right?"

Moses shook his head and laughed:

"Hancock, Yamato, and Illustrious are evenly matched. If they really fight, Illustrious will most likely lose."

(End of this chapter)