“….A person’s subconscious can’t lie to themself!”
Yamato was speechless, that made too much sense, it was so true.
Based on the man’s voice coming from the shadow, she could judge that the statement “I am you, you are me” was a lie.
As the shadow said, her subconscious still believed she was a woman. That’s why she made this judgement.
“Get out! You bastard! You’re making me so mad!”
“Haha, I’m helping you see your own heart. Why are you angry?”
“Get out! Come out now! Let’s settle this!”
Yamato glared fiercely at the shadow beneath her feet.
The dark shadow looked like a boiling pot of black water, with wisps of black smoke rising upwards. It gradually transitioned from a flat surface to a three-dimensional form, and a completely black figure slowly emerged.
“Who are you?”
Yamato furrowed her brows slightly, this bizarre appearance was clearly some kind of Devil Fruit ability.
“Proudmoore Erik, you can call me Erik.”
“Never heard of him, you’re not part of the crew!”
“Seems you don’t read the papers.”
Erik found a large stone nearby and sat down, crossing his legs: “My advice was serious. On your own, you won’t be able to beat Kaido even after training for ten years, or a hundred years.”
“Don’t underestimate women!”
Yamato angrily raised her spiked club and swung it at the shadow.
With a bang, the spiked club went right through Erik’s body, shattering the stone he was sitting on.
“Logia?” A hint of surprise flashed in Yamato’s eyes, then she retorted: “BIG MOM’s strength is no weaker than Kaido’s! Women can be strong too!”
“She has 43 husbands.”
“BIG MOM is one of the Four Emperors, just like Kaido!”
“She has 39 daughters.”
“BIG MOM is called ‘The Queen of the Whole Cake Island’!”
“She has 46 sons.”
Yamato: “???”
Can you please focus on what I’m saying!
Yamato was so angry her chest was heaving, she raised her spiked club and swung it at Erik again.
Erik stood still, shaking his head without dodging: “You resort to violence when you can’t win an argument. As expected, most women in the world won’t admit their mistakes unless they admit they married the wrong person.”
The spiked club was enveloped in Armament Haki, it swept past Erik but once again went through him.
Yamato was stunned.
She clearly used Armament Haki, yet she still couldn’t hit him. What was going on?
One of the basic abilities of Armament Haki is that it can grasp the physical form of Logia users, but what she was witnessing was a complete upheaval of her worldview.
“Who are you?!” She was full of surprise, she sensed something was wrong.
“I told you my name is Erik, you’re simply ignorant and don’t have a good habit of reading the news, so you don’t know me.”
“I know your name now! I’m asking, why can’t I hit you, you idiot!!”
Yamato was going crazy.
Her emotional outburst suddenly released a surge of powerful Haki.
It wasn’t Observation Haki, nor Armament Haki.
It was the rarest of the three Haki types, Conqueror’s Haki!
Legend has it that only one in a million people can awaken this power, representing the qualifications of a “conqueror.”
Don!
With Yamato as the center, it was like a strong wind had swept past, Erik was in the middle of it, and he endured Yamato’s Conqueror’s Haki.
“That’s a decent Haki, but it’s still too raw.”
Erik said cheerfully, if he had a child with Yamato, would they inherit this talent?
Suddenly.
The system’s message appeared in front of him.
【Ding, your family’s fame has increased, current fame: Level 3】
【You have received a fame reward, your skill Child of the Shadow has gained the advanced ability ‘Shadow Mark.’】
Erik had a confused look on his face, what did he do? He didn’t do anything, why did his fame suddenly increase?
As far as he knew, there were only two ways to increase fame.
First, have children and build a family.
Second, let more people know about the Proudmoore family.
This upgrade clearly wasn’t the first one.
It meant that just now, someone suddenly spread word about the Proudmoore family… who could it be?
Without thinking too much, it was a good thing after all, Erik started studying his new ability.
【Shadow Mark】：An advanced ability of Child of the Shadow. You can now mark the shadow of any person, no matter where you are, you can instantly arrive, ignoring spatial distance.
Before, Child of the Shadow could only be used to teleport through the coordinates of the offspring of the Proudmoore family.
Now it has gone a step further, and it can be used on anyone.
But it requires you to actively mark the target’s shadow.
This ability is very convenient, but it doesn’t add much to fighting strength, it’s a support ability.
“Conqueror’s Haki doesn’t work either?”
Seeing that her Conqueror’s Haki couldn’t intimidate him, Yamato was immediately discouraged.
Erik came back to his senses and chuckled: “If you want to fight me, you should call your father to be your opponent.”
After a moment of silence, seeing how dejected she was, he comforted her: “Are the shackles on your hand something Kaido put on you?”
“This?”
Yamato’s anger came and went quickly.
Normally, no one would talk to her, her father Kaido had a bad relationship with her, and the other members of the crew didn’t dare get too close to her either. Now that someone came to chat with her, it was pretty good.
“Kaido put these on me to prevent me from escaping, there’s a bomb inside, if I leave the range of Onigashima, it will explode!”
“I’ll take them off for you, I’ll take you for a walk outside.”
With that, Erik took a few steps closer.
“Ah? Don’t mess around! It really will explode… I think? ” Yamato wasn’t sure if it would really explode, were there really such cruel parents in the world?
But thinking about leaving Onigashima, she felt a hint of excitement.
It was like a rebellious child who always liked to go against their parents.
“Don’t worry, painless, close your eyes.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“What if it explodes? Can I trust you?”
“Shhh! Quiet, I hear footsteps, it must be Kaido’s men, your Conqueror’s Haki startled them.”
Erik held up an index finger and made a silencing gesture.
Hearing this, Yamato was slightly startled, she activated Observation Haki and also discovered that someone was rushing towards them.
At once, she didn’t hesitate any further, gritting her teeth, she closed her eyes.
“Do it! Do it now!”
“Done.”
“Ah?”
Yamato was stunned, she opened her eyes and saw that the shackles on her wrist were indeed gone.
What… what happened?
She didn’t feel a thing!
“Wow~ you’re amazing!”
Yamato excitedly wanted to hug Erik, she shouted: “I’m free! You bastard Kaido, I’ll never come back!”