The status of the siblings Presley and Davy D. Tinajet was a bit awkward.
Maron, the Mafia leader, was no less embarrassed; even though he had eaten the Paramecia Type Cannon-Cannon Fruit, he actually couldn't defeat Fang Huo's Blood Servant, Captain John.
John's Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability indeed countered his Cannon-Cannon Fruit ability to some extent.
Even Silver Axe Fierce's Dice-Dice Fruit ability was similarly countered by the Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability, requiring Silver Axe Fierce to use stronger Armament Haki to offset the magnetic influence.
This made the strength of John, the Blood Servant, not only equal to Ganzi and Bolo Gram but even allowed him to go toe-to-toe with the King Cadre, Silver Axe Fierce.
Maron knew that Fang Huo's Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and Captain John's Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability also had powerful combination moves.
In fact, his Cannon-Cannon Fruit ability could also be combined with Fang Huo's More-More Fruit ability.
Allowing the power to increase tenfold or a hundredfold.
Rocks was a bit disdainful of his strength, making Maron really want to demote himself from his Cadre status and just join Fang Huo's command.
Fortunately, Maron and Ganzi now had a powerful combination skill with their Cannon-Cannon Fruit and Bomb-Bomb Fruit abilities, allowing him to barely maintain his status as an Cadre.
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The 'weaklings' on the Sword of Xebec leaned against the ship's railing, their eyes flickering as they looked at the magnificent warship opposite them, their minds filled with constant thoughts.
On the magnificent galley, Shimotsuki Furiko stood at the bow holding her son Kogetsu Ryuma; after more than a year, they could finally return home.
Also on board were Shimotsuki Kōzaburō, experts from the Amatsuki Family, and the King of the Ugetsu Kingdom, Ugetsu Tenshoura.
Ugetsu Tenshoura was the younger brother of the [Udon Daimyo] of Wano Country, Ugetsu Ten'aira.
Now that he had become the king of an island, he was nominally one rank higher than his brother, Daimyo Ten'aira.
Meanwhile, Fūgetsu Kisaburō was on the Sword of Xebec as a Rocks Cadre, rather than on the Immortal Venerable as Fang Huo's retainer.
"Congratulations, Kozaburo."
"How come you got married and had a child without even notifying me? I would have liked to attend your wedding."
When Fang Huo stopped by the Shimotsuki Kingdom to pick people up this time, he discovered that this fellow, Shimotsuki Kōzaburō, had actually quietly gotten married and had a child.
His son was named Shimotsuki Genzo.
"My Lord, we only held a simple wedding witnessed by our clansmen."
"There was no need to trouble the Family Head with such trivial matters."
Shimotsuki Kōzaburō spoke respectfully; while he was on the Great Expedition and expanding the territory for the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire, he had unexpectedly hit it off with a female swordsman, and the two shared a mutual admiration.
Both possessed the clean efficiency and decisiveness of swordsmen, so they quickly and efficiently got married and had a child.
Kozaburo's wife was named Raina, a commoner female swordsman who could barely be considered a swordmaster, capable of unleashing flying slashes.
"Then I'll make up for it with gifts. These two alloy great grade blades will be my gifts to your wife and son."
"You can name them yourselves."
Fang Huo brought out two super-alloy long blades synthesized from the Gate of Justice and the ancient robot of Elbaf.
The Gate of Justice had stood in seawater for eight hundred years without corroding, and Elbaf's ancient robot had a history of over three thousand years.
The stability of this alloy longsword was enough to be passed down for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
Giving generations of successors enough time to slowly 'season' them into Supreme Grade Black Blades.
This type of alloy weapon was most suitable for family inheritance.
Fang Huo told the Kozaburo couple about the characteristics of these two blades.
"Thank you, Family Head!"
Shimotsuki Kōzaburō hurriedly thanked Fang Huo along with Raina, his tone a bit excited.
These were top-tier blades!
Most importantly, this was an honor bestowed by the Family Head.
Originally, he had planned to collect rare metals and personally forge a sword for his wife.
Now that Fang Huo had gifted them two long blades of the great grade blade rank, he could save a lot of time.
His wife, Raina, had more than once shown envy toward the Wado Ichimonji.
Kozaburo had many times wanted to give his most cherished Wado Ichimonji to his wife, but Raina had always refused.
How could she take her husband's favorite possession?
And Kozaburo didn't dare give his wife the cursed blade Sandai Kitetsu, which he had exchanged with Kozuki Sukiyaki for the enma.
The Shogun Sukiyaki had originally used a Sandai Kitetsu to trade for the enma that Kozaburo had painstakingly forged using special Haki metal.
The quality of the enma was even half a grade higher than the Wado Ichimonji.
Now Fang Huo, the new Family Head, had gifted two great grade blades at once.
The difference was immediately clear!
Shimotsuki Kōzaburō would forever remember this kindness and honor in his heart.
"One shall be named Shimotsuki Heart, and the other Shimotsuki Kindness!"
Shimotsuki Kōzaburō quickly named the two long blades.
He would give his beloved Wado Ichimonji to his wife, while he would use the new blade Shimotsuki Kindness and leave Shimotsuki Heart to his son Genzo.
In the future, their Shimotsuki Family would also possess three heirloom swords of the great grade blade rank.
Beside them, Ugetsu Tenshoura saw how favored Shimotsuki Kōzaburō was, actually being gifted two famous blades by Family Head Fang Huo; he was truly envious.
He wondered if he would be granted a famous blade by Fang Huo when he got married and had children in the future.
Shimotsuki Kōzaburō immediately gave the Wado Ichimonji to his wife, his tone very firm.
Raina couldn't argue with him and finally happily accepted the Wado Ichimonji.
The two of them showed off their affection right in front of Fang Huo, Ugetsu Tenshoura, and the others.
Fang Huo didn't care for this 'dog food' and decisively went to find comfort from his own wives.
His women were more beautiful, more powerful, and there were more of them!
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This Flying Fleet sailed grandly into the waters of Wano Country.
Ignoring the natural barrier of Wano Country's waterfall, they flew directly into the inner sea, targeting Onigashima.
Fang Huo wanted to turn this desolate Onigashima into a base for salvaging and repairing the pluto battleship.
They didn't know yet whether the pluto battleship, soaked in seawater for eight hundred years, would actually need repairs.
This happened to be the specialty of the Great Hammer Corps.
These artisan giants were also looking forward to studying this ancient weapon to see if they could mimic some of its craftsmanship and techniques to integrate into Elbaf's shipbuilding technology.
Perhaps even replicate a pluto battleship.
In any case, Elbaf's Tree of War could provide a large amount of adam wood.
Fang Huo had also collected many different metals and alloys.
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As the Flying Fleet of the Rocks Pirates and the Giant Race flew into Onigashima.
Inside Shimotsuki Castle in the Ringo District.
The 10-year-old Kozuki Oden, holding the famous blades enma and Ama no Habakiri, challenged the 21-year-old Shimotsuki Ushimaru for the 101st time.
Both were dual-wielding swordsmen.
Shimotsuki Ushimaru was quite helpless against the challenges from the Shogun's son and was forced to comply.
Kozuki Oden had shamelessly stayed at Shimotsuki Castle for over a year.
During that time, he had been caught and brought back twice by Kozuki Sukiyaki, but he quickly escaped both times.
He had found a Sorcery Fruit, so how could he give up the chance to go to sea?
If Kozuki Sukiyaki really wanted to sever their father-son relationship.
Then he would go to sea himself and conquer a massive kingdom.
Even larger than Wano Country!!
No one could stop his yearning for freedom and adventure!