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Enel's body plummeted from the sky, completely drained of fighting strength.
His already mediocre physical stats had been sliced nearly in half by that single black blade. If Chrollo hadn't held back to steal the fruit, the cut would have split him clean in two.
Thud.
He crashed into the ground, unconscious.
Chrollo descended slowly and stood over him, looking down with calm satisfaction.
"Finally…"
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit—invincible Observation Haki Heart Net, instant teleportation, stealth, alchemy, flight, catastrophic destructive power, long-range precision strikes, mind-reading, future sight, immunity to physical attacks… all of it was his now.
He was finally about to become the ultimate Happy Superman.
Chrollo's eyes shone with pure anticipation as he reached out.
[Detected that the Host has stolen the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.]
[Logia Type · Rumble-Rumble Fruit]
[The user can transform their body into lightning and freely control it. Among all Logia fruits, this one possesses overwhelming offensive power. Lightning form grants fluid movement and lightning-speed travel. It can melt and forge metal with electric heat, generate massive thunderclouds spanning thousands of kilometers, and call down lightning anywhere. The user can also restart their own heart with an electric pulse. By forming an electric field, the fruit massively enhances the range and power of Observation Haki.]
[Rating: Rarity: S / Potential: S / Practicality: S]
[Appraisal Comment: I am electricity. I am light. I am the one true myth.]
[Overall Rating: S-Rank. Host receives 16 Free Attribute Points.]
As expected… the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was unquestionably S-rank.
After the Float-Float Fruit, it had been a long time since he'd claimed another S-rank ability.
A new lightning-etched page appeared in the book floating before Chrollo and quietly flipped open.
CRACKLE—
Blue arcs danced across his skin. His originally jet-black hair turned electric blue, strands standing on end. Even his pupils glowed an eerie cyan. With his bangs pushed back by the lightning, the inverted cross tattoo on his forehead stood out clearly.
His already handsome features now looked even more mysterious and otherworldly.
Elegant. Profound. Absolute rationality wrapped in unfathomable enigma.
If the Troupe had to describe their captain at this moment with one word—
Uvogin and the others walked over and stared, grins splitting their faces.
"Now that's what a god looks like," Uvogin muttered in awe.
Chrollo raised his head slightly. The dense thunderclouds above scattered, and the sky returned to clear blue. Nobunaga used the Float-Float Fruit to stabilize the crumbling Upper Yard.
Notifications from [Bandit's Secret] flooded in one after another.
First, Chrollo opened his attribute panel.
Just as he thought… after obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his pitiful Observation Haki of 1 (F) instantly became a brand-new sixth stat:
Observation Haki: 80 (A+)
After evenly distributing the 16 points from the fruit, his panel now read:
[Name: Chrollo]
[Attributes: Strength: 80 (A+) / Agility: 80 (A+) / Intelligence: 81 (A+) / Stamina: 78 (A+) / Armament Haki: 80 (A+) / Observation Haki: 80 (A+)]
[Awakened Nen Ability: Bandit's Secret (Specialist · Evolved)]
[Aura Capacity: 1,090,000 (Ant King Level)]
[Currently Held: Nen Abilities: 24 types (Click to expand)
Stolen Devil Fruit Abilities: 14 (Click to expand)]
Every stat except Stamina had broken through the 80 barrier.
In other words… his raw physical numbers had officially reached Emperor's Right Hand level.
On top of that, his aura capacity had finally surpassed Royal Guard level and entered Ant King territory.
Chrollo tested it…
His Observation Haki now spread like Meruem's En—dozens of kilometers, easily covering the entire sky island.
With the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, these monstrous stats, and his endless arsenal of stolen abilities, calling him Emperor-level was no exaggeration.
After nearly six months in the pirate world, Chrollo finally had the power to stand on the true stage.
He spread his arms, savoring the qualitative leap in his senses after breaking 80. The corner of his mouth curved up.
"This feels… really good."
After checking his stats, Chrollo pulled up the latest mission completions.
[Detected player led the team to defeat Blackbeard Pirates member—Lafitte. Plunder Ability triggered.]
Lafitte, former West Blue police officer infamous for excessive violence, later joined the Blackbeard Pirates. Bounty: 42.2 million berries.
[Reputation Points Gained: 4,220]
That had to be Machi's handiwork. Chrollo raised his arm and felt the faint joy and excitement coming from Machi and Robin's archaeology team. "Looks like they've reached the City of Gold~"
He planned to regroup with them soon—the ancient text there was something he was very curious about.
Next notification:
[Detected player led the team to defeat Donquixote Family senior officers Buffalo and Giolla. Plunder Ability triggered.]
Buffalo: Spin-Spin Fruit user, can turn any body part into a propeller.
Giolla: Art-Art Fruit user, can turn targets into whatever artwork she imagines.
[Reputation Points Gained: 3,500]
"You do that?" Chrollo glanced at Bonney.
Bonney nodded and lifted two ridiculously ugly babies from the basket on Wyper's back.
"Here, these two."
Chrollo waved his hand. "Trash bin."
Their abilities were garbage. No need to waste book pages.
The Spin-Spin Fruit was literally just a propeller—useless.
The Art-Art Fruit sounded strong on paper, but it offered zero combat boost. Any Armament Haki user could ignore it completely.
Chrollo kept reading:
[Detected player led the team to defeat Skypiea's "God"—Rumble-Rumble Fruit user Enel. Conditions met. Plunder Ability triggered.]
Enel: Extremely powerful Heart Net Observation Haki, developed his fruit to an absurd degree, but terrible physical skills and clear weaknesses.
[Estimated Bounty: 500 million. Reputation Points: 50,000]
[Detected player led the team to quell the chaos on Skypiea and end the century-long land dispute between the Skypieans and Shandians. Conditions met. Plunder Ability triggered.]
[Reputation Points Gained: 20,000]
[Player's Current Total Reputation: 219,070]
Chrollo stroked his chin. As expected, Pakunoda and Shalnark had smoothly resolved the hundred-year feud between the two races.
Those two had always been the diplomatic MVPs of the Troupe.
"Let's go," Chrollo said. "Since they've wrapped up over there, we'll head straight to Machi and Robin."
Truthfully, he was very curious about the second of the nine critical Historical Poneglyphs.
What Chrollo didn't know was…
Pakunoda and Shalnark had indeed ended the century-long conflict.
The reason Hina's Marines hadn't interfered…
…was because Blackbeard had suddenly appeared and handed her a prisoner.
Whitebeard Pirates 2nd Division Commander—bounty 550 million berries—the infamous pirate Fire Fist Ace.
Teach's demand was simple: trade Ace for a Warlord seat.
Hina, sharp as ever, immediately judged that this prisoner was far more valuable to the Navy than some floating island. So she chose to withdraw and head back the way they came.
Hina walked ahead, subtly glancing back at the Sea Prism Stone-cuffed, unconscious Ace… and at Teach walking behind them with his hands behind his head and that greedy, ambitious grin on his face.
Her expression grew heavy.
She could feel it…
A storm was coming. High above the Grand Line, an unprecedented dark cloud of turmoil was slowly gathering.