Chapter 112: The Ownership of Three Devil Fruits
"We've been made fools of, Shiki!" Big Mom crushed the newspaper with force, her eyes revealing a gaze of anger. In this state, even her own children felt an overwhelming sense of fear. Shiki's expression was also incredibly grim; right now, the Pirate Island was nearly a ruin.
The entire island had been severed from the middle, and the massive chasm emitted a purple glow.
The environment there had been completely altered. Upon entering the chasm, it felt as if even one's breathing was entangled with electric current. The seawater surged in, continuously crashing against the rock walls.
What Shiki was thinking about now was how to explain things to Rocks and the others when they returned. The territory and property on Hachinosu didn't belong to just one person. There was Rocks, Ou Choku, Whitebeard...
Although the only things stolen were his two Devil Fruits, a portion of the other people's treasures had also been sunk to the bottom of the sea.
"That guy Newgate is easy enough to deal with, but the others... especially John..." Just the thought of having to face so many people at once gave Shiki a bit of a headache.
"Hey, Linlin, how about we just go solo?" Shiki suddenly thought of this brilliant idea. "I've long wanted to establish a Flying Pirate Crew. With your power and mine, plus that brat Kaido, the three of us would be enough to turn the world upside down!"
"Are you an idiot? Turning the world upside down isn't that simple." Big Mom didn't seem very afraid. "At most, we'd just get besieged by them. What's there to be afraid of?"
"I just find it troublesome." Shiki smoked a cigar, sprawled casually on his chair. "I've more or less had enough of this current life. You're about the same, aren't you?"
It wasn't really a matter of anything specific, but in the eyes of the outside world, the current Shiki was indeed playing second fiddle to someone else.
"Mama, mama..." Big Mom didn't answer directly, but she laughed instead. In reality, most of the high-ranking officers weren't the type to settle down.
Out on the sea, a massive ship was sailing.
"Shiki and Linling, those useless wastes, they actually let newcomers ride on their heads!" A man was absolutely furious after seeing the news. "If my treasures were lost, I absolutely wouldn't let them off!"
"Save it, John. We all know Shiki and Linling's capabilities. Besides, you never leave your treasures on Hachinosu, do you?" A man holding an axe retorted.
John choked on his words; indeed, he wouldn't leave his treasures on Hachinosu for long periods. For a man like him who loved money as much as life itself, he didn't fully trust even his current partners.
"It's just that most of it isn't there!"
"Alright, John, stop obsessing over that little bit of treasure. Once we overturn this world, then the entire sea, no, even the Red Line will belong to us!" The captain of the pirates was tall and burly, his aura extraordinarily bold. From his eyes, one could see his ambition and madness.
"Captain Rocks, we can't just let this matter slide, right? No matter how you look at it, we are the ones who were provoked." Ou Choku laughed. He came from the Flower Country, a nation somewhat similar to Huaxia, though in Ren's eyes, it was just Oda drawing a tiger and ending up with a dog. Ren had never placed this country in his sights.
"Of course not. However, right now, we have more important things to do!"
"Are we really going to make a move on them? Those Celestial Dragons?"
"Naturally. If we don't drag the old kings from the top of the world, we won't be able to become the new kings! You don't object, do you, Newgate?" Rocks' gaze settled on a robust, tall blonde man.
"I don't care either way. I don't like those guys either." The young Whitebeard sat by the ship's gunwale, propping his head up with one hand.
Honestly, Whitebeard was the guy John understood the least. This man didn't seem to have much interest in money, and he wasn't very enthusiastic every time they divided the spoils. However, this was a good thing for him, so John didn't dislike him.
Ren didn't forget to have Kurozumi Semimaru find some researchers, and then he returned to Wano Country alone.
This time, he had two harvests. One was the Vampire Fruit that had been originally stolen; he had immediately began to assimilate it, but there was still a long way to go before he could achieve complete assimilation.
Besides that, there was another fruit.
——Paramecia: Door-Door Fruit.
"I didn't expect such a fruit to be in Shiki's hands."
Obtaining the Door-Door Fruit was absolutely an unexpected delight. This fruit held great potential. Of course, things like Dimensional Doors were impossible to develop; that simply exceeded the upper limit of this world.
However, the Senkaimon (World-Penetrating Door) from the Bleach world was entirely possible.
The most powerful aspect of this fruit lay in its connection to the domain of space. Time and space had always been very complex and powerful. By the same logic, defeating the Devil Soul of the Door-Door Fruit was also very difficult.
Dealing with rule-type Devil Souls was far more troublesome than dealing with Zoan types or other simple output-type Devil Souls.
But this was considered a happy dilemma.
"Vampire Fruit, Door-Door Fruit... The fruits requiring assimilation training have increased again." Ren sighed. He hadn't forgotten that his Okuchi-no-mikami, Daido,, and Ripe-Ripe Fruit still hadn't completed their assimilation.
"The Vampire Fruit is the priority, then the Door-Door Fruit. I'll leave the others for now." Ren thought. Actually, at this point, what he valued wasn't just combat power. Special-type fruits like the Door-Door Fruit were also very important.
"The Bomb-Bomb Fruit is actually quite good, especially since the version update in the future will mean that even explosions can kill people." Ren said jokingly. In reality, of course, there wouldn't be such a BUG. Although technology would indeed progress, this also proved the potential of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit from the side.
Ren couldn't guarantee if it could reach the level of a 'Little Boy' explosion, but at the very least, this fruit had the ability to cultivate a Yonko-level combatant.
He didn't plan to assimilate this fruit himself, but he had also more or less found a candidate for it in his heart.
Currently, the only candidate was Enel, though he was still just a brat crawling around everywhere. That kid had talent, but Ren didn't know if his physique could meet Ren's requirements after training.
Ren hoped to find a user with sufficient physical abilities for this fruit, after all, this fruit was more suited for close combat.
"Guys with potential... Enel..." Ren thought about who else hadn't grown up yet. There were many such candidates, but he didn't know where those people were when they were young.
"If I really can't find anyone, I'll wait until later to go bring Ace back."
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