The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

[Kozuki Momonosuke has been a smart child since he was young. Influenced by the death of Kozuki Oden, he has a natural resistance to any strangers. He will not accept food and drinking water from strange children. His suspicious nature was reflected in his character very early on.

However, doing so also saved his life. The food and drinking water on the ship were indeed problematic and had a very powerful hypnotic effect. Of course, the children did not know this; it was all a trick played by the adults on the ship.

The purpose of knocking down these children is to facilitate loading and unloading. Then they will be carried into different laboratories in batches to prevent them from running around. If they break the experimental equipment, Caesar Courant will get angry, and the experimenters around him will be implicated, and even if they don't die, they will be badly injured.

After the children on the boat all fainted, Kozuki Momonosuke could only endure the hunger in his stomach and pretend to sleep like the other children. He didn't dare to run away rashly at the moment. The adults around him who were armed with guns were definitely not easy to mess with. If he was not careful, he would be shot. 】

[He was transported along with other children by adults in a cart. Ever since Momonosuke Kozuki entered the laboratory area, the boy's sixth sense has been reminding him that this place is very dangerous. He cannot continue to sit there and wait for death. He must escape from here if he wants to survive.

While the experimenter was talking to his companions, Kozuki Momonosuke took this opportunity to leave the cart. He did not dare to stay in the experimental area, so he had to overcome his fear and enter the garbage dump, which is the so-called mass grave.

In the dark garbage dump, the eight-year-old boy began to live with corpses, searching for food on the bodies every day to survive. When he was really hungry, eating the corpses of his own kind was his last option.

He took the difficult first step towards cannibalism, overcoming negative emotions such as nausea and collapse. Kozuki Momonosuke gradually began to adapt to the life underground. He accumulated experience in cannibalism from scratch, knowing which parts of the corpse were delicious and how to preserve the corpse. This inhuman life lasted for half a year.

[Not only corpses were thrown into the garbage dump, but also some other experimental waste or chemicals. It was God's blessing that Kozuki Momonosuke was not poisoned to death. His tenacious will to survive made the adults ashamed.

Hard work pays off and things soon took a turn for the better. An unknown artificial devil fruit was accidentally thrown into the garbage dump by an experimenter, and there was nothing wrong with what he did.

The artificial devil fruit that Caesar Clown created for the Beasts Pirates had a very high scrap rate in the laboratory. Later, the yield rate of the artificial devil fruit was improved by enslaving the Dontada clan. However, even if an ordinary person eats the artificial devil fruit, there is a 50% chance that they will not gain any abilities. The side effect is that other emotions are erased and only the smile is retained.

Fruits of unknown origin were thrown down from above, but the cautious Kozuki Momonosuke did not eat a single one of them, and just let them rot in the garbage dump. For him, it was safer to eat human flesh, as who knew if these fruits were poisonous or not.

However, many things were beyond his control. For several days, no fresh corpses were thrown down from above, which caused Kozuki Momonosuke's human flesh stocks to be consumed in large quantities. Soon, the human flesh food reserves were exhausted, and he once again faced the risk of starving to death. 】

The sky curtain was matched with the dim lens, and Kozuki Momonosuke appeared to be covered in dust and dirt. He could hardly replenish the necessary water for his body every day, and he had no extra water to wash his body.

The boy had not eaten for three days, and there had been no fresh corpses to throw into the garbage dump. He had just drunk the last drop of water. Kozuki Momonosuke was so hungry that he even lost the strength to move. He could only lie on the garbage to endure the hunger. He could still sleep through the first day, but he could not sleep for the next two days. He could only wait for death with his eyes open and gasping for breath.

The stench of various garbage around, the pungent smell of chemicals, the smell of rotting corpses, the above three smells blended together, quickly marinating Kozuki Momonosuke. From multiple angles, the boy has become one with this garbage dump, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will stay here forever.

Even though he was a very strong man, Kozuki Momonosuke still shed tears of grievance at his dying moment. The ups and downs of life were too cruel for a child.

He misses his past superior life, his naughty and cute sister, his gentle mother who is good at cooking, and his father who is a powerful warrior. What was originally a beautiful family was broken overnight. Whose fault is it?

The weak Kotsuki Momonosuke shed tears and said dejectedly: "Mother, Father, I really can't hold on any longer, I really can't hold on any longer, I'm going to starve to death here, why do I have to endure all this".

[A kaleidoscope of children plays out in his mind. In the warm and beautiful scene, his mother Kozuki Toki is making delicious food for him, his father Kozuki Oden is exercising in his sight, his sister Kozuki Hiwa is lying on his lap with her little head, playing with the new toy. Everything in Kozuki Momonosuke's eyes is so beautiful, his family is there, everything is there.

"Brother, why are you crying? Aren't you happy living with us?"

The well-behaved Kotsuki Hiyori took the initiative to wipe away her brother's tears, while Kotsuki Momonosuke just stood there and did nothing. The boy's spirit gradually dissipated. At this moment, he did not want to go back to that dark garbage dump. The boy wanted to live with his family, and his will to resist was about to collapse.

But soon the scene in front of his eyes changed. The beautiful scene and his family all disappeared, and Kaido's lifelong nightmare appeared again. He grabbed Kozuki Momonosuke's neck.

"Your father is a fool, Your Highness. After your death, the Kozuki clan will be completely finished. Go to hell!"

The trachea and throat tightened at the same time, and Kozuki Momonosuke felt the risk of suffocation. Facing the invincible enemy again, the boy was not as unbearable as the first time. He overcame the fear of death in a few seconds. He wanted to live and he wanted to seek revenge on Kaido, the King of Beasts. How could a man of the Kozuki family die here?

"I am the man who leads Wano Country. I will never die before my parents' revenge is avenged. Kaido, the Beast, Kurozumi Orochi, I will take your lives"]

The strong emotional fluctuations made the boy break through his state of mind, and he immediately exited from the dying state. An aura of looking down on the world emanated from his young body. The domineering domineering aura was awakened at this time, and the aura of a king that was unmatched among millions of people appeared on a child.

Black and red lightning condensed around him, and several waves of domineering aura burst out one after another, causing a small collision in the garbage dump, which raised a large amount of dust. Most of the obstacles were pushed away, causing many things to change positions, and noise was inevitably produced.

As luck would have it, an intact fruit slowly rolled down to the side of Momonosuke Kozuki's legs.