Raiden Ei looked at Chidori-jo and walked towards him. "Death is the end of everything, and also the beginning of everything. Come!"
Chidori-jo reached out his only remaining hand and picked up the broken sword that had fallen to the ground. "I didn't expect... to die so quickly. By the way, are you really a Sword Master?"
Raiden Ei spoke truthfully, "I have no reason to lie to you."
Chidori-jo burst into laughter upon hearing this. "Hahaha, I actually get to die by a Sword Master's blade! The most glorious death for a swordsman is to die at the hands of a stronger swordsman! And to die in a duel, this isn't a loss at all."
Raiden Ei... Do all these sword users have water in their brains? It's truly hard to understand. It's getting dark, time to send them on their way. She stomped on the ground and charged directly at Chidori-jo, covering a few meters in an instant, swinging the Musou Isshin in her hand.
Chidori-jo stopped laughing, raised his broken sword, and adjusted his stance. "Good timing, this is my last move, kill..."
"Too slow," Raiden Ei cut down Chidori-jo before he could finish speaking. Really, he was already slow enough, and he still wanted to announce his move name.
Chidori-jo's corpse fell to the ground. At this moment, only Auraisu, who had eaten the bug-bug fruit, remained in the great hall. Raiden Ei had been using Observation Haki to keep an eye on him, to prevent him from escaping. However, this person had been fiddling with insects. "Phew... it's your turn, Insect King!"
Auraisu felt Raiden Ei's cold gaze and quickly turned to look at her. Seeing that all his subordinates were dead, he frantically pulled out a Golden Short Gun from his clothes. "You... don't come any closer, I'm going to shoot."
Raiden Ei ignored his words and walked towards him step by step. "Do you have no other abilities besides your Devil Fruit power?"
Auraisu no longer cared about his insects and kept backing away. "With such powerful insects, what other abilities do I need? Having insects is enough."
Raiden Ei got closer and closer to him. "Indeed, with just these insects, if you didn't encounter some powerful individuals, you could definitely swagger through the East Blue. But these insects are just a number to some people. Do you have any last words?"
Auraisu retreated to a corner. "Please spare me! I have Berries, weapons, and connections with nobles. As long as you let me go, I can be your dog, you can do anything to me."
Auraisu frantically pulled the trigger, "Bang!"
Raiden Ei swung her sword mercilessly. "If you were my dog, I wouldn't be able to sleep."
Looking at Auraisu's corpse, Raiden Ei felt that this person had utterly wasted his Devil Fruit. Besides raising insects, he truly knew nothing else.
Suddenly, an idea came to her. Could Auraisu, when placed in the system backpack, be converted into energy? She acted on the thought immediately. While the body was still fresh, the Devil Fruit probably hadn't left his body yet.
Raiden Ei put Auraisu's corpse into the system backpack and immediately opened the system panel with her mind:
energy conversion system
Initial Panel:
Energy: 2656
Raiden Ei
Age: 0
Physique: 6 + (50000)
Armament Haki: 4 + (10000)
Observation Haki: 4 + (10000)
Haoshoku: 1 + (10000)
Backpack: Kusanagi no Inabikari (10927), Auraisu's Corpse (4020), Sloop, Fruit, Berries, Books, raft, Wooden Barrel, Sundries
She directly found Auraisu's corpse in the backpack and discovered the energy value next to it: "Over 4000 energy points, the Devil Fruit should still be in his body. Now that Auraisu is dead and his corpse is in the backpack, can the Devil Fruit still reappear in the sea?"
Raiden Ei recalled a theory she had once heard: could a Devil Fruit be contained by perfectly sealed Sea Stone? She really wanted to know. Now, she didn't know if the system backpack could block the Devil Fruit's regeneration mechanism in the sea. If the Devil Fruit was truly contained within the system backpack, would it become a new Devil Fruit?
She wanted to know all of this now, and for that, she had to take some risks. If the system backpack couldn't block the Devil Fruit's regeneration mechanism and it disappeared from the backpack, she would lose over 4000 energy. However, if the system backpack truly contained the Devil Fruit and it regenerated within the backpack, then she would have a method to separate Devil Fruits in the future.
Raiden Ei thought for a moment and decided to experiment. Over 4000 energy wouldn't make her invincible in the world, and she would encounter more Devil Fruit Users in the future. It was a small risk that could lead to immense benefits.
Time passed, and Raiden Ei continuously observed the changes in the backpack with her consciousness. The more she watched, the slower time seemed to move. Finally, the number next to Auraisu's corpse suddenly changed to 20. She knew that the Devil Fruit had separated from Auraisu's corpse.
Raiden Ei's expression remained tense as she searched the backpack with her consciousness to see if there was a Devil Fruit inside. If there was, it meant the system backpack had contained it; if not, it meant the system backpack also couldn't block the Devil Fruit's regeneration mechanism in the sea.
After a little time, Raiden Ei finally found a fruit with strange patterns among the other fruits. Next to it, the number 4000 was displayed. She took the new Devil Fruit out of the system backpack.
A yellow fruit with green patterns immediately appeared in Raiden Ei's hand. "Hehe, I gambled correctly. From now on, I can separate Devil Fruits like this from Devil Fruit Users I kill. This one seems to be called the bug-bug fruit, and it's quite disgusting. They call it 'bug-bug,' but why are you really a bug?"
She put the Devil Fruit back into the backpack. She didn't plan to convert it into energy yet; she would save it for later when she needed it.
The sun had long disappeared from the sky, and the dark night covered everything. The scattered corpses were quite eerie. She threw Auraisu's corpse back onto the ground, not wanting those 20 energy points. This could be considered her bottom line!
Raiden Ei prepared to loot the place first to see what was there. Using her Observation Haki, she still sensed people in a few places, so she went there first to check. As expected, they were all imprisoned Slaves.
She didn't want to release them yet; there were too many people. After she finished looting the place, she would notify the Marines to clean up.
She spent an hour searching the entire house but only found some firearms. These were not what she needed, so she put them all into her backpack. It was better than nothing.
Raiden Ei ran towards the Marine Branch. She had to finish things quickly, otherwise, she would be up until early morning again. She moved through the night at her fastest speed.
It took her 5 minutes to reach the Marine Branch. She used Observation Haki to find Kaiweiya directly. The guards had seen her before, so they naturally didn't stop her, and she walked straight to Kaiweiya's office door.
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