One Piece: Three Fruits, Starting with the Dark-Dark Fruit

Sig woke up slowly at Aokiji's feet and heard the conversation between Aokiji and Aramaki.

"250 million Baileys? I'm glad you found it."

"Heh, after all, he's a bandit, so he's not presentable. Using him as bait is a good use of his abilities."

Sig's face showed a look of bewilderment, and he murmured,

"Bait? What bait?"

"Huh? This guy is awake."

Huangmu squatted down, and his five fingers turned into five wriggling green vines, which tied him up under Xige's horrified gaze.

Sieg had never heard of a devil fruit, and he yelled in fear.

"Monster! Help!!"

Being called a monster, Huang Mu was not angry but happy. He clapped his hands and said,

"Very good! Very energetic! It looks like bait material!"

After saying that, Huangmu immediately ordered people to prepare a small boat to push down the warship. After throwing Sig on it, he grew a dandelion behind him, and released a vine to pull Aokiji, and the two flew into the sky together to observe.

The boat carried Sig and drifted on the sea with the wind. Sig was indeed very energetic. With his upper body tied, he kept struggling in the cabin, shouting for help. No one knew who he was counting on to save him.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly in the sky and the weather was extremely hot. Sig, who was exposed to the sun below, soon wilted due to the heat.

With Aokiji, a human-shaped ice block, in the sky above him, Aramaki naturally wouldn't feel hot. Besides, he was a vegetative state and could carry out photosynthesis. The stronger the sunlight, the more energetic he would be.

Seeing Sig below was motionless, Huangmu curled his lips and said to Aokiji,

"Hey, cool it down when you get there. The bait doesn't look fresh anymore!"

Upon hearing that, Aokiji immediately released a beam of white cold air which sprayed onto Sig below. The latter shuddered and jumped up from the cabin, making a series of comfortable sounds.

This went on for several times. When it was afternoon, Aokiji, who had been an air conditioner for the whole day, looked at the sunset in the sky.

"Huang Mu, is your information accurate? I haven't seen a single fish in the whole day!"

Huang Mu glared and said,

"It's better than the method you used before!"

"Then tell me where your strength lies?"

"Its strength lies in... um, why don't we go back today? I'm a little hungry."

"Don't you need to eat?"

"Kuzan, don't make me slap you..."

The two men were so absorbed in their quarrel in the sky that they didn't even notice that a shadow had suddenly emerged from the sea water beneath Sig's boat.

The next second, a huge eel head rushed out of the sea. It was the king of the near sea.

It stared with its scarlet eyes at Sig in the cabin. Sig was so scared when he saw the King of the Sea that he couldn't even shout for help.

Aokiji and Aramaki in the sky had expressions of ecstasy on their faces.

"Auntie! (Right now!) Ice Age!!"

"One cough! (Go ahead!) The forbidden hatred is so strong!!"

The sea water along with Sig and the King of the Near Sea on it were instantly frozen. Then a huge tree man fell from the sky and smashed the King of the Near Sea, who had turned into ice sculptures, and Sig into pieces with one punch.

Looking at the flying ice chips, Aramaki and Aokiji were both stunned.

The two looked at each other, and Huang Mu said hesitantly,

"Is this definitely the sea king that Senior Jiger mentioned? Isn't it a little weak?"

Aokiji frowned and responded,

"That's right. Although it's a little smaller, it's definitely a sea king. And it does look like an eel. Senior Jiger also said that there's only one sea king nearby."

"So...our mission is accomplished?"

"Well...stay for two more days, confirm it, and then go back."

The two stayed in Windmill Village for another two days, and then commanded the warship back to Marinford.

......

Holy Land Marie Gioia,

Spandine was standing in front of the Fegalando family's home, rubbing his hands, and said to the two golden armored guards standing guard at the door with a smile on his face,

"You two, please go in and inform Saint Galin that Spandaine wants to see you and that I have something to give to Saint Jiger."

One of the golden armored guards nodded, turned around and walked into the clan territory, and came back to Spandine a few moments later and said,

"You can go in."

After saying that, the golden-armored guard turned around and led the way.

Spandine thanked him from behind, took an iron cage covered with black cloth from the arms of a follower behind him, and followed the golden-armored guards into the clan territory.

The golden-armored guard brought Spandine to Saint Galin's bedroom, and then retreated silently.

In the bedroom, Garin was listening to Vegapunk's report.

Since the sleeping Zig was sent back to the tribe, Garin would call Vegapunk from the research institute from time to time to check on Zig.

When Spandine arrived here, he didn't dare to breathe and stood at the entrance of the hall with his head down.

Vegapunk stood opposite Garin and told Garin the test results he had obtained today.

After hearing that Jiger's physical data were normal, Jialin asked,

"So how long will it take for him to wake up?"

Vegapunk sighed softly upon hearing this. This was the first time he had come to examine Zigg. After each examination, Garin would ask this question.

His answer to this was always,

"I'm sorry, I can't say for sure. According to common sense, Jiger Sheng should be able to wake up at any time, but as you know, Jiger Sheng's physical condition is a little special, and some theories don't work on him."

Garin frowned slightly. This was obviously not the answer he wanted.

But apart from Ziger himself, Vegapunk is the person who knows Ziger's body best and is the world's number one scientist. If he can't wake Ziger up, then no one else can do it.

Vegapunk felt helpless. In fact, he also wanted Ziger to wake up. After all, Ziger had been sponsoring his various scientific research.

In addition to astronomical funding and a safe and stable research environment, these sponsorships also include various rare experimental materials, such as devil fruits and famous swords. Ziger is really willing to give!

Although Zig often scares him, Vegapunk can feel that Zig still respects science and recognizes his abilities.

For Vegapunk, it is really hard to find a "good boss" like Zigg.

He also tried to use some methods to stimulate Jiger to wake up under the instruction of Garin, but even in a sleeping state, Jiger's body's defense ability was extremely terrifying. Conventional methods such as electric shock were not even a tickle for him.