They all witnessed how Bakora was affected by the hypnosis, and none of them wanted to appear like that in front of the public. It would be worse than death.
Boa Hancock's expression shifted slightly. She hadn't expected the other party to possess such a terrifying ability, and it would have been better if she had known about it in advance.
"Marigold!"
Uh-huh!
Next to Boa Hancock, a stout woman with long orange hair and a massive figure leaped lightly and landed gracefully in front of Kai. She pointed a gigantic sword at him and declared, "Man, I will chop off your head..."
Kai raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute, the person fighting you is not me; it's Itachi."
Uh-huh!
A slender figure appeared beside Kai.
"Your opponent is him."
"A kid?! You actually sent a kid to fight me?! You're looking down on me!!"
Marigold's anger flared as she saw Uchiha Itachi, who was clearly just a child in his early teens.
Kai smiled faintly and replied, "Are you underestimating me? This is a battle where the fate of my Uchiha clan is at stake. How could I underestimate him? Itachi is a genius of my Uchiha clan, and I'm sending him out because I value him highly."
"Itachi, I leave her to you."
"Okay." Uchiha Itachi nodded firmly.
Marigold glared at Uchiha Itachi and warned, "Kid, I won't show you any mercy just because you're a child."
With that, Marigold's body began to expand, transforming into a half-human, half-snake form.
"Ah! Lord Marigold!!"
"It's happening! Gorgon's spell!"
"Ah! What a majestic figure!"
"This is the proof of the warrior you become after defeating the monster Gorgon!"
"The cursed imperial sister is so charming!"
…
All the Amazon Lily villagers in the stands erupted with excitement.
"What's this?!"
"A person turned into a snake? This doesn't look like ninjutsu, nor does it resemble a Transformation Technique."
Everyone in the Uchiha clan, who had just arrived in this world and were still unfamiliar with its dynamics, looked on in surprise at the transformation before them.
Kai, who had already made his way to the stands, explained, "This is the ability of the 'Devil Fruit.'
There's a special fruit in this world called the 'Devil Fruit.' If you eat it, you gain incredible powers. However, those who consume a Devil Fruit are cursed by the sea and can't swim in seawater.
Despite this drawback, the powers gained are considered far more valuable. That's why these fruits are extremely precious and relatively rare in the ninja world.
In terms of money, a Devil Fruit can be worth around 100 million taels, with the more valuable ones fetching prices in the tens of billions."
"100 million?!"
"Tens of billions?!"
"Is that for real?"
The Uchiha clan was taken aback. Was it really that expensive? This was astonishingly valuable!
The salary of the Konoha Guard was only 50,000 taels a month, and the Uchiha clan's annual expenses of 100 million taels were already significant, let alone tens of billions.
Such immense wealth was astronomical for the Uchiha clan, which had been suppressed by Konoha's top brass for many years. Uchiha Fugaku, however, was thinking deeper: "Kai, how powerful is this Devil Fruit?"
Kai nodded, his expression turning serious. "It's very powerful. Devil Fruits are divided into three categories: Zoan, Paramecia, and Logia."
"Zoan is the one in front of you. She's likely using the 'Snake Fruit' in its cobra form. The advantage of Zoan Devil Fruits is their recovery ability. If developed to the level of awakening, the user can become an immortal warrior, able to recover quickly even from fatal injuries."
"Paramecia is also very powerful and grants various superpowers. Some can control gravity to pull meteorites from space, while others can use vibrations to shatter the earth and split the sea."
"Logia is known as the strongest type. It allows the user to control and transform into natural elements like wind, fire, and lightning. Some can freeze the sea, while others can incinerate anything in their path."
Everyone in the Uchiha clan was taken aback by this information. Initially, they thought the world was straightforward, but they didn't expect it to have such potent abilities.
One member remarked, "Isn't such power comparable to that of the Hokage?"
Kai nodded affirmatively. "To be precise, many strong individuals in this world surpass the Hokage. Perhaps only the strongest, the First Hokage, can rival them."
This was a bit exaggerated, but it was not far from the truth. At least it made the Uchiha clan realize that this world was far more complex than they had imagined.
"…"
Everyone in the Uchiha clan was stunned by Kai's words. The Hokage was already recognized as the strongest person in the village, and the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, was revered as the God of Ninja.
Being called a 'god' implied that the First Hokage possessed god-like power. In that era, only Uchiha Madara, the ancestor of their clan, could rival him.
Both of these legendary figures had perished together, and for a long time, no ninja had been worthy of the title 'god.'
Currently, the only one referred to as a 'god' in the ninja world was Kai, known as the 'Sword God.' However, in terms of actual power, he clearly did not match the First Hokage or Uchiha Madara.