He put the box down, opened the lid, and suddenly revealed the three Devil Fruits inside.
One was dark purple and looked like a banana, one was snow-white like a pineapple, and one was light red like a pomegranate.
"Let me introduce them." Shanks smiled, saying, "Two of these three are Animal-type, namely the Ox-Ox Fruit and the Dog-Dog Fruit. As for what forms, I'm not sure. The third one is a Paramecia-type, the Lie Fruit."
"Lie Fruit?"
"Don't ask me what the specific ability is, no one knows without eating it." Shanks pushed the box in front of Vladimir, "Now, I'm giving them to you."
Vladimir looked at that pineapple-shaped Devil Fruit, thinking in his heart what exactly the Lie Fruit was.
Compared to the pure Animal-type, many Paramecia-types weren't simply amplifying combat power, but had strange abilities.
However, he was just thinking about it. Vladimir wasn't interested in doing more research. Anyway, they would all be absorbed in the end.
Thinking like this, Vladimir drew out some money from his pocket, handing it over, "Although you definitely don't lack money, I still have to give you what I should give. This is 1 billion! In addition to this, our Phantom owes you a favor."
Seeing this, Shanks didn't delay. He had Lucky Roux receive the money, then asked, "Actually, I'm more curious, what exactly do you want to do by collecting so many fruits?"
"Regarding this point, I'm sorry I can't tell you."
Vladimir curled his lips, saying, "Compared to this, you said earlier that you had something to talk to me about?"
Silence.
Shanks was silent for a moment, then said, "Your Phantom has been hiding in the dark for so long, and suddenly appeared so ostentatiously, what exactly is your purpose?"
Recently, all forces had investigated intelligence about Phantom, but had gained very little.
The first to appear was the Shadow Fiend, whose first move was to sneak into the Holy Land and assassinate the Celestial Dragons, shocking the world with one move.
Afterward, another member, Ibaraki, appeared on the Sabaody Archipelago, provoked the Navy, and injured an admiral.
Then the Navy sniped Ibaraki at the entrance of the New World, but unexpectedly provoked out Phantom's executive Nine-Tailed Fox for the first time. Facing the encirclement of two admirals, it injured one and left calmly.
Afterward, they captured Four Emperor Charlotte Linlin's son, threatening the Four Emperor.
After that, one executive after another appeared, until recently when the Sea Dragon alone sniped the Navy's large fleet, its strength comparable to the Four Emperors, directly shook all forces.
Until now, intelligence about Phantom's captain, "Vladimir," was all a mystery, it wasn't clear whether it was a man or a woman.
Of course, the most crucial thing was what was the purpose of this group of people hiding in the dark...
"Purpose?"
Vladimir laughed lightly, his gaze directly looking at Shanks, "Four Emperor Shanks, what do you think our purpose would be?"
"Laugh Tale?" Shanks said in a deep voice.
"No, we're not interested in the legendary end-point island of the Grand Line."
Vladimir grinned, saying, "After leaving here, I'm going to go to Big Mom's Cake Island to start a war with them. If you want to know our purpose, you can come with us! At that time, you'll be clear."
"What?!"
As soon as these words came out, all the pirates on the deck were startled.
"Are you crazy!" Shanks' expression was grave, "You want to kill Big Mom? Do you know what that means?"
Vladimir's expression was calm, and his tone was as normal as usual.
He said lightly, "You're thinking too much, it's just that she provoked us, and we're going to teach her a lesson."
Hearing this, a group of pirates were speechless in succession.
Opening their mouths to teach the Four Emperors a lesson, the arrogance of this group of Phantom could be seen!
"Are you really going to Cake Island?"
Shanks said gravely, "I know you're strong, but going to the other party's territory alone to start a war isn't a wise move."
Kaido was a good example. His personal strength was so strong, and no one could kill him, but facing the Navy's encirclement, he still drank defeat with hatred.
If Vladimir challenged Big Mom's entire crew alone, the ending wouldn't be much different, unless it was at sea, possessing uniquely advantageous conditions.
"Who said I'm alone?"
Vladimir was very calm, slightly sipping some wine.
"Are there other Phantom executives?" Shanks' expression changed slightly, "Speaking of which, there's been a rumor circulating recently, that some executive of your Phantom attacked Impel Down."
"You even know that?" Vladimir was a little surprised. The Navy had sealed off the news for the sake of face, "There was such a thing, but I didn't do it, the Lich King did it."
"Lich King?"
"One of the executives, the commander of the Undead Legion. You can think of him as the ruler of the land." Vladimir said casually, "Because he did too much, in order not to cause too much trouble, we declared that the Lich King had betrayed the captain, and had left Phantom."
Hearing these words, Shanks was speechless for a time.
The Sea Dragon was the ruler of the ocean, and now there was actually another ruler of the land, was there also a ruler of the sky?
"Lich King, is that another Four Emperor-level powerhouse?" Taking a deep breath, Shanks couldn't help but be a little shocked.
"Not exactly."
Hearing Vladimir deny it, Shanks suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Not only him, but the rest of the crew also relaxed a little.
However, even so, daring to attack Impel Down, without a doubt, he must be a top powerhouse.
"You Phantom..." Shanks opened his mouth, saying helplessly, "It really is a place with a lot of talent, experts like clouds."
"You flatter me."
"Among the executives, are you the strongest?" Shanks asked tentatively.
To this, Vladimir smiled without a word, pondered for a moment, and then said, "No, I am not. Besides the executives, there are also vice-captains above them, and above the vice-captains is our captain 'Vladimir'!"
Vladimir!
This was not the first time that Red Hair had heard this name. He had even thought about the famous experts of the past fifty years, but none of them fit the image.
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