One Piece: Groudon the Beasts

Chapter 308 Yin-Yang Techniques!
The Godora, the prison.

Inside the room made of sea stone, Junzi, dressed in prison clothes, was chained to a pillar, his eyes were covered with a black cloth, and an iron bar was stuffed in his mouth.

Unable to move, unable to speak, unable to see.

To prevent the opponent from escaping or being killed remotely by Im, the preventative measures have been taken to the extreme.

"Ta! Tat! Tat!"

The sound of footsteps approached from afar, followed by the sound of a door opening.

Junzi slowly raised her head. She couldn't see anything, but by her hearing, she knew that two people had come to her.

As a member of the Knights of God, she was imprisoned for the first time, and the fear of falling from heaven to hell filled her heart.

Will she die?

"Did you find anything?"

“Lord Goode, I found a mark on her back.”

"let me see."

"Please wait."

Junzi could feel the chains on his body being loosened, and then his clothes were taken off. He wanted to run away, but he had no strength.

Her wrists and ankles were shackled, her connection with the Holy Land was severed, and the feeling of being completely naked made her feel helpless.

My body is shaking uncontrollably.

"Huh?! What's this?!"

The man's voice was filled with surprise and doubt.

Junzi froze.

Oh no, the mark has been discovered!
"The Sky-Soaring Dragon's Hoof?!"

Goode looked bewildered.

Junzi had a brand of the hoof of the Sky Soaring Dragon on his back, a mark normally reserved for slaves.

However, this Sky Dragon Hoof is slightly different; it is enveloped by a pentagram magic circle, making it look like a combined mark.

Goode frowned in deep thought.

His guess was correct; Junzi did indeed have Im's contract mark on him, and this mark was likely the key to his abilities such as summoning, teleportation, and regeneration.

Destroying it might break the contract between Junzi and Im.

But what on earth is the Sky Soaring Dragon's Hoof?

He didn't believe that the shameful mark branded on slaves would appear on a Celestial Dragon who called himself a god.

There are two possibilities.

First, Im's contract mark is the pattern on Junzi's back.

Second, the contract mark on Junzi's back was added later and has nothing to do with the Sky Soaring Dragon's Hoof in the center.

If the answer is the second point, it means that Junzi was once a slave, but it is somewhat unbelievable that he became a member of the Knights of God while being a slave.

Unless the military unit has sufficient value.

"Could it be the same situation as mine?"

Goode pondered.

The Celestial Dragons once invited him to join them, and perhaps Junzi was the same way. He showed enough talent and uniqueness that he was eventually chosen by Im and given the status of a Celestial Dragon.

The power Im had previously displayed had terrified him; it was not only beyond reason, but its domineering aura was also terrifyingly strong.

As the mastermind behind the world government, it is only natural that someone who has lived for 800 years possesses such power.

However, the exaggerated numbers and incredibly complex mechanisms gave him a headache, which is why Junzi was extremely important to him.

Women are currently his only source of information about Im.

"Chikara!"

"Ah."

Chikara handed him a fire poker.

Good picked up the fire stick, and the temperature of the stick immediately soared. The Groudon mark at the top turned into a bright, translucent orange-red, radiating a high-temperature heat wave.

Everything else can wait; the mark must be destroyed. He doesn't want Im to descend upon his ship!
Goode's gaze sharpened, and he raised his stick to strike.

"Zi~~"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The smell of burning filled the room. Bound by the sea stone, Junzi was completely unable to withstand the pain and fainted while whimpering.

"Give her some treatment, and hand over the interrogation to Speed. Make her reveal all the information she has about Im."

"Yes."

Goode tossed the fire poker aside and turned to leave the cell.

Regardless of whether the other party was a slave before, they are now an enemy. We'll wait until we extract information about Im through torture before taking them out to test whether the contract has truly been broken.

Gentleness is impossible.

Goode soon arrived on the deck.

The surrounding area was still shrouded in thick fog, with visibility not exceeding fifty meters. Staying in such an eerie environment for a long time would make one feel depressed.

Fujitora sat at the table, and the priest stood by, waiting.

"Lord Goode, you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, I want to have my fortune told."

Goode pulled out a large bill and slapped it on the chief's head: "Calculate the direction of our next voyage. I need to find a ship that is related to evil creatures like bats or zombies."

"Bats, zombies?"

The palace attendant quickly hid the money before pondering Goode's question.

Are you perhaps looking for a cemetery?
That's simple; she has many related offerings.

The priest's eyes darted around, then he sneakily approached Goode and asked, "Lord Goode, would you like to get a more accurate calculation?"

"Ok?"

Goode glanced at the chief priest, speechless, and pulled out a few more Berries from his pocket. He handed over the money and then disappeared.

He couldn't even see how it disappeared.

"Lord Goode, you are so handsome!"

The priest was overjoyed. Instead of taking out the divination tube to tell fortunes, he took out talismans and some other miscellaneous props, as if he were about to perform a ritual.

He held the talisman between his right index and middle fingers, made a series of special hand gestures with his left hand, and chanted incantations.

"Entering the shikigami to see the dream."

As the woman chanted the incantation, the talisman in her hand emitted a faint golden light, and the runes on it flew out and landed on the paper fox on the ground.

"Oh!"

The paper fox transformed into a translucent fox made of light, picked up the offering, and ran through the air into the sky, before turning back to look at everyone.

The priest arrogantly raised his chin, adopting the demeanor of an old shrine charlatan: "It is the shikigami Tamako that I summoned. As long as you follow it, you can find the unclean places related to zombies and the like."

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Goode stared in disbelief.

"Is this some kind of Yin-Yang magic?"

"Oh? So you knew, sir!"

The priest immediately lost his composure.

I originally wanted to put on an act, but I didn't expect that Gu De knew about Yin-Yang techniques.

Even in Wano Country, not many people know about Yin-Yang techniques; it's a specialty of their clergy.

When the Kin-Inari Shrine was so poor that it couldn't even afford to eat, she would go down the mountain with her mother and use her yin-yang magic to swindle money from the rich. In reality, it was all just a bunch of tricks to fool people.

However, after she ate the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit, her Yin-Yang Arts became real, allowing her to summon useful shikigami and cast spells.

It's quite energy-consuming.

"good."

Goode's eyes looked strange.

Devil Fruits need to be paired with the right person to unleash their true power. Compared to the previous owner, Chomei, Kuji, who knows the legend of the nine-tailed fox and has studied Yin-Yang techniques, is perhaps the most suitable candidate.

He hadn't paid much attention to it until now, but it seems there are quite a few potential stars around him.

"Palace Master, don't stab me with voodoo dolls again."

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Gong Si shrank back and gave an awkward smile.

Were we discovered?
(End of this chapter)