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

Lucia ran back to her residence crying, covered herself with a quilt, and tried her best to stop herself from crying out loud.

She didn't know Jiger's situation. She only knew that Jiger was suffering great pain and might even lose his life at any time.

Recalling every moment she had spent with Jiger, she felt increasingly sad.

After a sleepless night, the next day, Lucia went out to work with red and swollen eyes. She cleaned the yard with empty eyes, and Jiger's painful screams seemed to still echo in her ears.

Ever since Jiger was taken away, no one has come to this courtyard. But today, Lucia had just arrived and a heavy sound of footsteps came closer and closer. It was the two men in white and a guard in golden armor from yesterday.

They walked up to Lucia and stood still. The golden armored guard pointed at Lucia, whose height was just up to his knees, and said coldly,

"Is that her you're talking about?"

The two men in white nodded repeatedly. After they went back yesterday, they became more and more scared. They were afraid that Lucia would tell others about their conversation and implicate themselves.

So they found a golden-armored guard who was in charge of monitoring the laboratory and said that a slave had overheard the secret.

Upon hearing that the target was just a humble slave, the golden-armored guard did not take it seriously and came here directly with the two men in white.

The golden armored guard looked calm. He first asked,

"Little ghost, who is your master?"

Lucia was a little scared at first, but when she heard this, she raised her head and said with a firm look,

"My master is Jig Saint!"

The golden armored guard nodded slightly after hearing this, thinking in his mind,

A slave of Jigshen? Isn't that equivalent to a slave without an owner? It would be much easier to deal with such a slave!

He grabbed the clothes on Lucia's back, lifted her up roughly, and said coldly,

"Oh, that's easy. You heard some bad things yesterday, and now I have to shut you up forever."

After saying that, he ignored the two men in white and walked outside carrying Lucia.

The Figalando family has a rule that if a slave is to be executed, it must be done outside, and the lowly blood cannot be allowed to pollute the noble family land of the Figalando family.

She was alone, and the only person she cared about was Jiger.

The territory of the Figalando family was very large. The golden-armored guard carried Lucia and swaggered through several courtyards. When passing by a bedroom, a majestic voice stopped him.

"Hisai, where are you going?"

The body of the golden-armored guard named Xisai froze. He slowly turned his head and saw Jialin sitting on a chair inlaid with various gemstones, with his arms folded and looking at him indifferently.

The moment Xisai saw Jialin, he immediately knelt on one knee and lowered his head and said,

"Lord Saint Galin! This slave has committed a capital crime, and I am about to take her out and deal with her."

Garin glanced at Lucia who was held in Xisai's arms, raised his eyebrows, and felt that she looked familiar.

He stood up from his chair, slowly walked to the kneeling Xisai, looked down at Lucia and asked,

"What's your name?"

Lucia lowered her eyes and replied mechanically,

"Lucia."

This kind of indifferent attitude was absolutely disrespectful to a slave. Xisai frowned, threw Lucia to the ground, and scolded her,

"You little bastard! How dare you speak to Saint Galin like that!"

Xisai's blow was quite powerful and Lucia felt as if her whole body was falling apart. However, she still struggled to get up from the ground and met Xisai's eyes without fear.

Lucia's behavior made Xisai furious. If Garin hadn't been beside her, he would have killed this disrespectful slave immediately.

Garin remembered the origin of Lucia. Wasn’t this the birthday gift he bought for Jiger?

He asked,

"I remember you were Jiger's slave, what crime did you commit?"

When Jiger was mentioned, Lucia's suppressed anger suddenly erupted, and she shouted at Jialin,

"What crime do you care what I committed? If you want to kill me, just do it! Even Saint Jiger was locked up and tortured by you, so what am I, a slave?!"

"Huh? What did you say?"

Garin frowned, and Xisai, who was standing by, felt something was wrong when he saw this. He didn't care about any rules, he turned his palm into a knife and slashed hard at Lucia's neck.

Bang!

With a dull thud, Xisai was kicked away by Jialin, and his body slid along the ground.

He covered the dented armor on his chest and stood up with difficulty. As soon as he looked up, he saw Garin's cold face. An extremely domineering aura slowly emanated from his body. Under the pressure of this aura, the ground under Xisai's feet began to crack.

"Did I let you move?"

Garin did not make any move, but Xisai was struck hard. He fell to his knees with a thud and shouted in panic,

"It's me who deserves to die! Lord Saint Galin, please spare my life!"

Jialin ignored him. He turned to look at Lucia and said in an unquestionable tone,

"Tell me what happened."

It only took a moment from the time Xisai attacked to the time he was knocked to the ground. Lucia hadn't reacted yet and was still standing there stupidly.

Garin was already very impatient, and his aura suddenly increased, pressing Xisai to the ground, causing him to scream.

Lucia finally came to consciousness, and seeing Xisai's miserable condition, she vaguely felt that things seemed to have taken a turn for the better, so she gave it a try and told him everything she had seen and heard yesterday.

Jialin listened quietly, his expression becoming increasingly gloomy.

After Lucia finished speaking, he walked up to Lucia without saying a word and said coldly,

"You should still remember the location of that place, take me there."

Lucia nodded vigorously and hurried to the front to lead the way for Garin. Garin didn't even look at Xisai on the ground, but stepped on his body and walked over.

When they arrived at the white building where Jiger was imprisoned, the remaining golden-armored guard at the door saw Garin with an unpleasant expression and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

Garin just looked at the door in front of him. With his excellent hearing, he had heard the groaning coming from inside the door. It was his nephew Jiger.

Without waiting for the guard to open the door, he punched it directly, and the heavy iron door exploded like a fragile mirror, revealing the scene inside.

On a snow-white bed, Jiger was lying with needles all over his body, surrounded by a group of terrified people in white clothes, and Gulando, who looked like Garin but had a cone-shaped hairstyle.

After hearing the noise, Jiger raised his head with difficulty. He looked at Jialin and Lucia at the door and murmured in pain.

"Uncle Garin, Lucia, save me..."