Pirate's Talent System

Island 47.

About a dozen people were slowly walking past the edge of the street without attracting anyone's attention. Even ordinary people who noticed these people immediately looked away.

Among the dozen or so people, quite a few of them had a round smiley face logo on their shoulders or backs, which represented Doflamingo, one of the Shichibukai under the king.

walked for a while.

More than ten people met a man in black who had been waiting here in a dark corner.

"Did you bring something?"

Among the members of the Don Quixote family, the leader of the explosion, Gradius, stepped forward and asked the man in black in a deep voice.

The man in black spread his hands and said, "How could the boss entrust me with such an important thing, I'm just here to meet with you, and then take you to the trading place we set."

"Hmph, you guys are really cautious."

Gladius snorted coldly.

The man in black smiled and said: "After all, you are the famous Don Quixote family. We are just small people, so of course we have to be extremely vigilant. Have you brought all the money?"

Gladius stared at the man in black, his eyes flickered twice, and he waved his hand. Several members of the Don Quixote family behind him stepped forward and opened the box they were carrying. Bailey.

"..."

The man in black looked at Bailey in the box, showing a hint of greed, swallowed his saliva, and said to Gladius, "[-] million Bailey and [-] million worth of ammunition are only Bailey here. "

Gladius said with an unchanged expression: "It is impossible to trade so many arms here at once, you can take us to the trading place, don't play any tricks!"

"bring it on."

The man in black smiled awkwardly and said, "Our boss has prepared something for you."

Under the leadership of the man in black, Gladius and others put away Bailey who was holding the money, left this dark alleyway, and walked towards a certain shore pier.

And just as they left, a figure wearing a cloak suddenly appeared in the dark street. He gently lifted the cloak, looked at the direction where Gladius and the others were leaving, and showed a slightly grimace on his face. Weird smile.

"Hohohoho, the Don Quixote family, the forces that will be dealt with next... What exactly is such a large transaction?"

Just as Lafitte was about to follow, the phone bug in his pocket suddenly rang. He connected to the phone bug, and the voice of Robin telling him to go back to the boat came from the other side.

"...Hmm, I see, but I found something interesting here, a big deal for the Don Quixote family, and there may be unexpected gains."

Robin on the other side of the phone bug was silent for a while, and then relayed what Ross meant: "The captain said you can move freely, be careful."

"Ok."

The corner of Lafitte's mouth raised a strange arc, he put the phone bug into his pocket, turned into a black shadow, and quietly followed Gladius and the others.

Gladius and the others walked more and more remote, gradually walking towards the periphery of the island, but Lafitte's concealment and tracking ability were unquestionable, even so, he still easily followed without being noticed by anyone.

at last.

Gradius and members of the Don Quixote family came to a shore of the Chambord Islands, and a medium-sized ship was parked alone on this remote shore.

"Boss, the Don Quixote family is here."

The leading man in black came to the side of the boat, shouted at the boat, and then heard footsteps on the boat, and soon a man wearing a captain's cap and a brown beard walked out of the boat with twenty subordinates He got down, holding a wooden box in his hand.

Gladius stared at the wooden box in the opponent's hand, waved his hand at his subordinates, and told them to open the box again, revealing a large number of Baileys inside.

"Hmm, [-] million Berries..."

The captain with the brown beard looked at the boxes of Baileys, with a flash of greed in his eyes and a smile on his face. He slowly opened the wooden box in front of him.

In that dilapidated wooden box, there is a devil fruit in full bloom. Its appearance is quite different from that of animals and superhumans. The whole body is earthy yellow, and it seems to be covered with sand.

Nature... rustling fruit!

Nearly two years have passed since the death of the sand crocodile, and this natural devil fruit finally appeared on the sea again!

The Don Quixote family's transactions in the dark world are all over the sea. After Ace's death, they can find the burning fruit, so naturally they are also able to find the rustling fruit!

"This is natural, the fruit of the rustle."

Gladius looked at the exquisite devil fruit, and his eyes flickered. Although he had already eaten the superhuman explosion fruit, he still showed incomparable seriousness and solemnity for this natural rustling fruit worth [-] million. look.

If this devil fruit can be obtained, the Don Quixote family can easily train another cadre or even the highest cadre to expand its power.

"Then deal."

Gladius took a deep breath, motioned his subordinates to deliver the money, and at the same time reached for the rustling fruit in the wooden box.

Regardless of whether the next step is to directly turn around, overturn the deal and take Bailey back, or just complete the deal, this fruit is the most important, and it must be in your hand first.

however.

Just as Gladius reached out to grab the rustling fruit, a thumb-sized cylindrical object suddenly flew over from a distance and fell into the field.

boom!

Before the thing fell, it exploded suddenly, turning into clouds of mist in an instant, covering the area with a radius of tens of meters in an instant.

The brown-bearded captain was startled, and subconsciously wanted to take back the wooden box in his hand. Seeing this, Gladius' expression tightened, and he took a step forward to grab it.

but.

Just when his fingers were about to touch the wooden box, a mahogany walking stick suddenly popped out from the mist, and with a bang, it flew the wooden box out of Brown Beard's hand and hit the back of his hand at the same time.

Gladius felt a pain in the back of his hand, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes for an instant.

who? !

How dare they meddle in the transactions of their Don Quixote family!

In anger, Gladius didn't back down. With a flick of his finger, he threw a bunch of explosive projectiles in the direction of the mahogany cane, covering the area.

boom!boom!boom!

The violent explosion roared and exploded in the field, and instantly dispelled the diffuse smoke, which was also mixed with the screams of the people who were accidentally injured, but Gladius couldn't care so much anymore, and the fruit of the rustling must not Snatched away!

While bombarding those who dared to snatch the Rustling Fruit, Gladius jumped, passed through the smoke, rushed into the air where the wooden box was lifted, stretched out his right hand, and grabbed the wooden box.

"Dare to destroy the business of the Don Quixote family..."

Snatching the wooden box in his hand, Gladius returned to his indifferent face, snorted coldly, and looked down at the area bombed by him.

The fog dissipated, and there was no one in that area, only a field of cherry blossom petals.

"It's pretty fast to escape!"

A cold light flashed in Gladius' eyes, and then he slowly looked at the wooden box in his hand, and slowly opened it.

But the moment the wooden box was opened, the expression on his face froze instantly.

The wooden box was empty, and the devil fruit had long since disappeared, replaced by three pink cherry blossom petals, echoing the cluster of petals on the ground, as if mocking him for being an idiot.

"Damn! Damn! Damn!!!"

"Who is it, who is it?!"

Gradius's face was ashen, he gritted his teeth, and his face showed ferocity and rage. He was about to activate the devil fruit ability to blow up this area, but no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find it again. See no trace.

The only thing that left an impression on him was the mahogany cane, and the black figure hidden in the mist, with only a little figure visible.