Black Clover: The Son of Fire Dragon Igneel

Chapter 529: SFDI - 529

The modifications to his body had still affected Kuma in the end.

Because Drake’s punch had damaged the mechanical structure in Kuma’s body, making him lose his combat power directly.

But Vegapunk was worthy of being the world’s number one scientist, and the important parts of the machine that he had implanted into Kuma’s body had been made of memory alloy, which could self-repair to a certain extent.

Even if it had temporarily stopped operating because of Drake’s attack, it could have recovered to the extent that it wouldn’t have affected Kuma’s basic activities after a period of time.

So Drake hadn’t been certain if seastone handcuffs could have completely restricted Kuma, who had been modified by Vegapunk, so he had taken out the binding magic tools that he had prepared for Acnologia, just to ensure that there wouldn’t be any accidents.

At the same time that Drake had been dealing with Kuma, the Straw Hat Pirates had also worked together, beating down Moria.

Although they had indeed been affected by Drake and Kuma’s battle in the middle, the final failure had definitely been Moria’s own fault.

The Straw Hat Pirates had treated that Oars zombie, who had been entrusted with all of Moria’s hopes, as a sandbag, and if he had wanted to rely on him to take revenge on Kaido, Drake could only say that Moria’s brain had been broken by Kaido’s spiked club.

Moria had been defeated, and the shadows that he had collected for so many years had also returned to their original owners’ bodies.

As usual, there had naturally been a banquet after the battle. And the pirates on Thriller Bark who had had their shadows stolen had also participated, and the sinister atmosphere on the island had seemed to have disappeared completely.

Drake and Stella had also participated, and strangely enough, Kuma’s reaction hadn’t been intense, and he hadn’t even tried to break free of the bindings on his body, just sitting quietly in the corner.

Kuma’s devil fruit ability had already been developed to the point that he could have repelled the pain on other people’s bodies, but his own life had always been entangled by pain.

Kuma had been born as a Celestial Dragon’s slave, and he had watched his father be killed by the Celestial Dragons at will with his own eyes.

In the end, he himself had also been regarded as prey in a hunting game, and he had been fortunate to have had Ivankov and other comrades’ help to eat the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi, escaping with his life.

Because of his Buccaneer race bloodline, Kuma hadn’t even dared to accept Ginny, the woman he had loved, and he had ultimately caused Ginny to be abducted, and she had been married to a Celestial Dragon.

But misfortune hadn’t disappeared because of Kuma’s blessings, and it had still descended upon Ginny.

Ginny had been abandoned by the Celestial Dragons because she had contracted the incurable disease of Sapphire Scale, and she had transformed into a stone statue before Kuma in the end.

And Ginny’s daughter Bonney had also contracted the same disease, and it had been determined that she could only live to ten years old.

To cure Bonney’s illness, Kuma had been running around everywhere with her, and he had only been able to trade with the World Government in the end, having the world’s number one scientist Vegapunk treat Bonney.

And the contents of the trade had been that Kuma had had to accept Vegapunk’s modifications, and he had even had to erase all of his consciousness, completely becoming a war machine that the World Government controlled.

This trade had actually been trading Kuma’s life for Bonney’s life!

Kuma had thought that this had been worth it, and he had insisted on fulfilling his promise, so he had obeyed the World Government.

Especially after having learned that Bonney had recovered, and she had seen Luffy, he hadn’t had any complaints even though all of his consciousness would be erased soon.

Bonney’s illness had already been cured, and she had even escaped the World Government’s surveillance, becoming a pirate, and Kuma could have left directly if he had wanted to.

A lot of people had thought that what Kuma had done had been stupid, but fulfilling his own promise had been Kuma’s own choice, and no one could have criticized this.

It was just that a person who had been so kind to the extreme like Kuma had only been able to endure a fate of suffering, and what had caused his tragic fate had still been trash like the Celestial Dragons, and it had made people feel especially unreconciled.

But Drake hadn’t needed to think about so much, and his mission had been to grab Kuma, sending him before Bonney, and as for the other things, he would let the father and daughter resolve it themselves.

Raising his wine glass, Drake had listened to Brook, who had transformed into a skeleton, playing and singing that famous song "Bink’s Sake" before the piano.

This song had also been called the pirate song, and Drake could sense the feeling of freedom and unrestraint in the song while listening to it.

Speaking of Brook, Drake hadn’t run into him at all while having stayed on Thriller Bark for so long.

Drake had still been quite interested in his Yomi Yomi no Mi, as well as his body, which had transformed into a skeleton but had still had normal physiological functions.

Just as Drake had been thinking about whether he should have researched it without permission, Zoro had walked over, sitting down beside Drake.

He hadn’t been as severely injured as in the original plot this time, and he had just wrapped a few circles of bandages around his body.

And as in the original plot, he had also battled the zombie of Ryuma, and had defeated him this time.

During the battle at Enies Lobby before this, his sword Yubashiri had been damaged by Shu, a marine captain who had been the ability user of the Sabi Sabi no Mi, so he had put the sword that he had been hanging behind his waist before at his waist... which had been the sword that Drake had forged, which he hadn’t named yet.

Drake had glanced at it, saying, "Why aren’t you using that Shusui?"

Zoro had put his hand on the sword hilt, opening his mouth, saying, "That’s someone else’s sword, and I have to use my own sword if I want to fulfill my ambition!"

Drake had smiled, and Zoro had indeed not disappointed him in other places apart from the regretful point of his hopeless sense of direction.

The black sword Shusui had indeed been of extraordinary quality, but Zoro had still chosen to forge his own black sword. But this had also been what he should have done for someone who had wanted to become the world’s strongest swordsman.

And having comprehended cutting steel and flying slashes, Zoro should have already subdued that sword, and he could have drawn his sword freely, so he didn’t have to worry about him anymore.

Zoro and Drake had clinked their glasses, opening his mouth, saying, "That person over there should be one of the Shichibukai, right? You’ll definitely have no shortage of troubles after taking action against him."

Drake had pretended to look troubled, saying, "There’s no helping it, who told us to accept the request!"

Zoro had grabbed the sword hilt, saying, "Notify me at any time if you need help, and I’ll definitely put in all of my strength to repay this guy’s kindness."

Zoro’s tone had been serious, even though he had known that Drake had been far stronger than him. Even if he had staked his life, he might not have been able to help with the troubles that Drake couldn’t have resolved.

Drake had smiled, saying, "That’s indeed reliable! But you also have to continue becoming stronger, and your current strength is far from enough, whether it’s for Luffy’s dream, your own ambition, or wanting to repay me."

Zoro had picked up his wine glass silently, taking a sip, and to a man like him, promises would only be kept in his heart, but they had had a weight that had surpassed any language.

After putting down the wine glass, Zoro had taken out a gem-like crystal from his pants pocket, saying, "This thing was left behind in the ashes of the Going Merry, and it should be related to you, right!"

Drake had received the crystal, saying, "I almost forgot about it, and this is indeed something that I left behind on Skypiea. The Going Merry’s soul is preserved inside."

Zoro had breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "As expected, Merry hasn’t left us, and we owe you again!"

Drake had said, "I’m not acting to have others owe me anything, and it’s just that I wanted to do this. This child wants to continue sailing with you, and I’m just helping him fulfill his wish."

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