"Her luck really isn't that great," Meiser said, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
It's unlucky enough for someone to be eaten by a Sea Beast or Sea King once in their lifetime, but that idiot Camie has been eaten more than twenty times...
He really didn't know how she had managed to live this long.
"No..." Shakky hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually, in a way, her luck is also quite good." Seeing Meiser cast a questioning gaze at her, Shakky explained, "Think about it. If her luck wasn't good enough, how could she have been captured so many times and still be alive and well?"
Meiser fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, then the corner of his mouth twitched. "That's true."
Although that idiot had been eaten and captured numerous times, she always managed to turn peril into safety, didn't she?
Just like this time. Although she was captured by a Slave Hunting Group, she was ultimately rescued by him...
Thinking of this, Meiser didn't know what to say.
"What happened later?" Shakky asked.
"Later..."
Meiser thought for a moment and said, "After sending Camie and the other one into the sea, I used Shadow Clone and the Transformation Technique to take on their appearances, then I drove the slave ship to the port of Mary Geoise."
"Then, using their identities, I successfully entered the outer area of Mary Geoise."
"Just as I was considering whether to change my identity, a Celestial Dragon came right to my door."
At these words, Shakky burst out laughing.
"So you used that hypnosis ability of yours to take down this Celestial Dragon?!"
"Yes." Meiser nodded. "With a Celestial Dragon as a puppet, things became much easier."
"Using the Celestial Dragon's identity, I successfully entered the inner city of Mary Geoise."
Recalling what he had done, the corners of Meiser's mouth began to curve up unconsciously. "So... you got all this stuff from the Celestial Dragons' treasure vaults?" Shakky said, glancing at the bags on the ground.
"Mhm, yes."
Meiser casually picked up a bag, opened it, and said, "I took out a total of seven Celestial Dragons and plundered seven of their treasure vaults."
"And these seven Devil Fruits were found in those seven treasure vaults."
As he spoke, Meiser placed the seven boxes containing the Devil Fruits on the table, then opened them, revealing the fruits inside.
Glancing at the seven Devil Fruits, Shakky remarked with a sigh, "You went to Mary Geoise to stock up, didn't you."
It was a matter of incredible luck for others to encounter even one Devil Fruit in their lifetime, yet this kid Meiser had managed to get seven at once...
This was truly outrageous.
"This is just the beginning," Meiser said with a chuckle. "The Devil Fruits are just a small part. The most important things are the treasures and Berries. That's the real haul!"
Based on the money he exchanged back in the City of Seven Waters, he had made at least tens of billions from Mary Geoise this time!
It could be said that from this day forward, their Straw Hat Pirates would no longer be short of money!
Even if a guy like Luffy ate to his heart's content, it would be impossible to spend all this money.
Shakky fell silent for a moment, then said with some emotion, "You really struck it rich this time, kid."
The wealth of seven or eight Celestial Dragons, how much would that be?
Wouldn't it be in the tens of billions?
That amount of money was enough to buy two Rogers.
"I certainly did strike it rich," Meiser nodded. "It's just that dealing with those things is a bit troublesome."
After saying this, Meiser decisively shut his mouth, then stared at Shakky without blinking.
Seeing this, Shakky rolled her eyes. "If you want me to help you deal with it, just say so, kid. What are you staring at me for?"
"Hehe, I was just afraid it would be too much trouble..."
"What trouble?"
Shakky picked up another cigarette and said, "If I can't even handle this after being in this business for so many years, I might as well quit."
She had nine ways to dispose of these gold and silver treasures!
Nine ways, you understand!
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Sister Shakky," Meiser said.
With that, Meiser leaned forward and lit the cigarette in Shakky's mouth, which made her laugh.
"You kid..."
Taking a drag from her cigarette, Shakky shook her head and then smiled. "Alright, I'll take this job."
"However... I'll need a twenty percent cut."
Perhaps afraid that Meiser would think she was being a bit greedy, Shakky explained, "This twenty percent is for operational costs, not money I'm making for myself."
Even for her, disposing of these stolen goods required funds.
Greasing palms, buying connections, hiring experts to transport the treasures, and so on—all of it cost money.
And the more treasure there was to handle, the higher Shakky's costs would be, so asking for a twenty percent cut was not excessive.
"That won't do," Meiser said, shaking his head.
Shakky raised an eyebrow. "What, you're not planning on making me work at a loss, are you, kid?"
From what she knew of Meiser... he wasn't that kind of person. So why would he say something like this now?
"No, no, no, you've misunderstood, Sister Shakky," Meiser said, shaking his head. "What I mean is, let's split it seventy-thirty."
Shakky was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "You're willing to add another ten percent?"
"If the transaction value is ten billion, that's one billion Berries. You'd better think it through."
One billion Berries was no small sum!
Even for her, earning one billion Berries was not an easy task.
"No matter what, I can't let you work for free," Meiser said.
Seeing that Shakky was about to say something else, Meiser added, "I might need your help with information in the future, Sister Shakky, so please accept it. Just consider it an advance payment for intel."
One had to maintain proper social etiquette; otherwise, even the best relationships would slowly grow distant.
Shakky opened her mouth, then shook her head with a helpless look. "You, you..."
"Alright, your big sister will accept this ten percent."
"That's great."
Meiser nodded at her words, then smiled. "But I won't be giving you money for the White Transponder Snail, okay~"
Shakky rolled her eyes. "You've already let me earn so much, how could I have the nerve to ask you for money?"
She was a bit greedy, true, but that was with outsiders.
With her own people, it was naturally different.
"Alright."
Meiser nodded, then glanced at the building behind them and said, "Should I put the treasure in there?"
The treasures he planned to have Shakky handle this time were mostly antiques and cultural relics that were difficult to circulate.
These items accounted for about one-third of his total haul.
The rest were things that were easier to sell, so Meiser wasn't in a hurry to deal with them.
As for the Berries...
After looting the treasure vaults of seven Celestial Dragons, he had obtained about ten billion Berries!
And these Berries could be spent directly, so Meiser didn't plan on taking them out.
"You want to take them out now...?"
Shakky looked back at her warehouse, thought for a moment, and said, "How much stuff are you taking out?"
"How big is your warehouse?"
"I have a basement below, about two hundred square meters," Shakky said, tapping the ash from her cigarette.
Meiser pondered for a moment, then nodded. "That should be enough to hold it."
"Should be..." The corner of Shakky's mouth twitched. "Just how much good stuff did you get...?"
A two-hundred-square-meter space wasn't enough for Meiser to give a definite answer. Could this kid have taken the Celestial Dragons' floor tiles too?
"You'll know in a moment," Meiser said with a grin.
"Alright."
Shakky nodded, then glanced at the Devil Fruits on the table and said, "So what do you plan to do with these Devil Fruits?"
"If you don't want them, I can help you sell them as well."
Although the probability of these Devil Fruits being discovered was higher, as long as the price was right, there would be buyers willing to take the risk.
"Wait a second."
Meiser took out an encyclopedia from his Ninja Tool Pouch and said, "Let me check the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia first."
He hadn't looked at this Devil Fruit Encyclopedia since he got it, so he had to identify them first.
Looking at the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia Meiser placed on the table, Shakky said, "I didn't expect you to get your hands on this too."
"Whoa, the records are really detailed!"
It was not an easy task to obtain such a detailed Devil Fruit Encyclopedia on the outside!
It had to be said, Meiser's luck was truly good.
"It's an exclusive item for the Celestial Dragons, of course it's detailed," Meiser said with a smile. "If you want it, you can take it and make a copy."
"That would be wonderful~" Shakky said with a grin.
Such a detailed Devil Fruit Encyclopedia would be of great help to Shakky, so she didn't stand on ceremony with Meiser.
Meiser nodded and began to search for the names of these Devil Fruits in the encyclopedia.
"Zoan-Bug-Bug Fruit: Mantis Form..."
"Zoan-Pig-Pig Fruit: Boar Form..."
"Paramecia-Brick-Brick Fruit..."
"Seriously, what is all this junk?" Meiser said with a speechless expression.
He had originally thought he could get a few powerful Devil Fruits from Mary Geoise to boost Nami and the others' combat power.
But the result... was that several of them were trash?
"They're still Devil Fruits, aren't they," Shakky said with a chuckle. "Each one can sell for at least one hundred million Berries."
If they were put up for auction, the price of a Devil Fruit would multiply several times over!
Meiser thought for a moment, then nodded. "That's true."
Afterward, Meiser continued to search for the other Devil Fruits, but in the end, he only found the name of one more.
The Cloud-Cloud Fruit!
That's right, it was the very first Devil Fruit Meiser had seen!
"I didn't expect this to really be the Cloud-Cloud Fruit." Looking at the description of this Devil Fruit's ability, Meiser stroked his chin and said, "And it's a Logia type."
This Devil Fruit was the most suitable for Nami, since that girl loved to fight using the weather.
If she ate this Devil Fruit, she would gain the ability to create clouds with her own power.
Then, what fell from the sky would be entirely up to her!
Most importantly... clouds can fly, right!
With an added flying ability, this "Goddess of Internal Conflict" would have a much stronger survival capability!
"The Cloud-Cloud Fruit, huh."
Shakky took the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, glanced at it, and then smiled. "It's a Logia type. The ability is quite good."
After putting down the encyclopedia, Shakky looked at Meiser and asked, "Are you planning to eat this Devil Fruit yourself?"
"I'm definitely not eating it. For me, this thing would be a pure debuff," Meiser said, shaking his head.
He could also create cumulonimbus clouds with Ninjutsu, so there was no need to give himself a weakness to seawater.
"Uh..."
Shakky thought for a moment, then nodded. "That's true."
This kid Meiser's own abilities were already monstrous enough; there was indeed no need to eat a Devil Fruit.
Then, Shakky said, "So you're planning to sell this Devil Fruit?"
After speaking, Shakky paused, then showed a regretful expression. "To be honest, it's a real shame to sell a Logia type ability..."
Logia type abilities were extremely rare. Even she hadn't encountered many, so she felt it was better to keep it for themselves.
"Of course I'm not selling it," Meiser said. "I'm saving this for a crewmate."
"A crewmate?"
"Mhm."
Meiser nodded. "The reason I got these Devil Fruits was to increase my crewmates' strength."
Once the World Government found out he was still alive, they would one hundred percent send people to besiege them.
At that time, the weaker ones might be in danger, so their strength had to be enhanced.
And these Devil Fruits were the gifts Meiser had prepared for his crewmates!
"Increase their strength, huh..."
Shakky thought about what Meiser had been doing during this time, then nodded. "That's indeed what should be done."
In two years, the World Government would definitely hunt down the Straw Hat Pirates, so it was right to increase the crew's strength.
Then, Shakky said, "Then you should keep this Cloud-Cloud Fruit."
"Mhm."
A Devil Fruit that could enhance his crewmates' strength was something he would naturally keep, as it would also increase their chances of survival.
"What about the other abilities?"
Casually closing the lids, Shakky looked at the other three Devil Fruits and asked, "What abilities are these three?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know?"
Shakky was stunned for a moment, then said with some surprise, "Even the World Government's Devil Fruit Encyclopedia doesn't have records of these Devil Fruits?"
"That's right."
Meiser nodded. "I've searched through this entire Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and haven't found any records of these three, so I have no way of knowing what their abilities are."
Shakky pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then said, "It seems these three must be Devil Fruits that have only appeared in recent years."
"In recent years?"
Meiser said with some surprise, "Can completely new Devil Fruits appear?"
"Yes."
Shakky nodded. "Although I don't know where these Devil Fruits come from, but... new abilities do indeed appear every so often."
As she spoke, Shakky glanced at the three unknown Devil Fruits and said, "No one knows what kind of abilities these newly appeared Devil Fruits have, so you can only gamble."
"Win the gamble, and you gain an incredibly powerful ability. Lose the gamble, and you just become a landlubber with no significant changes."
"A landlubber with no significant changes, huh..."
Recalling Chopper's Devil Fruit ability, Meiser muttered to himself, 'If I remember correctly, Chopper ate the Zoan-Human-Human Fruit: Human Form Devil Fruit, right...'
If a human ate that Devil Fruit, wouldn't there be no change at all?
Thinking of this, Meiser fell into deep thought.
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