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

Looking at Jig lying on the bed in front of her, Lucia burst into tears. She shouted "Saint Jig" and was about to rush over, but Garin grabbed her and looked at Gulando and asked coldly,

"Gullando, what on earth are you doing? Didn't you say you were curing Jiger's illness? What illness hasn't been cured for so long? And you made Jiger look like this!"

Gulando placed the green injection in his hand on Jiger's bed and responded calmly,

"Why are you here to take care of this instead of practicing hard? Jiger is very ill, how can he be cured so easily? It hurts me to see him like this every day, he is my own son!"

Gulando deliberately emphasized the last few words, and the meaning was very clear, telling Garin not to come and meddle in other people's business.

Jiger on the bed struggled to speak, and Gulando held his mouth and whispered,

"Poor child, you'd better stop talking and have a good rest."

Garin's eyes flickered. He didn't know whether what Gulando said was true or not, so he could only stand there silently.

Seeing that Jialin had calmed down, Gulando raised a hidden smile. Just as he was about to ask Jialin to leave, Lucia, who was held by Jialin, suddenly shouted,

"He's lying! I heard what these people were doing with Jiger yesterday!"

Gulando frowned, pinched the crescent-shaped pendant on his chest, and pulled out a mini knife from it.

He held the knife and slashed it through the air, and a sword energy shot out towards Lucia.

"court death!"

Swish!

At this critical moment, Jialin also drew the sword at his waist to block the flying sword energy.

However, because he acted in haste, the aftermath of the sword energy still affected Lucia who was standing next to him, leaving a thin line of blood under her left eye.

Bright red blood flowed out of the wound, but Lucia was completely unaware. She grabbed the hem of Jialin's clothes tightly and begged,

"Please take Lord Jiger away. If he continues like this, he will die!"

Garin was upset by Lucia's shouting. He pushed Lucia away, but before he could say anything, Jig, who was lying on the bed, saw the injured Lucia suddenly open her eyes wide, and a violent electric current burst out of her body. He said angrily,

"Lucia!"

Gulando quickly withdrew his hand. He stared blankly at his palm which had turned black from the electric shock and suddenly fell into a state of madness.

"Hahaha, I succeeded! I succeeded!"

Jialin was shocked by the scene before him. He stared at Gulando and asked,

"What the hell is going on? Are you really doing some kind of experiment on Jig?! You better explain it to me!"

Gulando stopped laughing, tilted his head and looked at Jialin, saying,

"Jialin, are you ordering me around as my younger brother? You haven't become the head of the family yet!"

Garin pointed his sword at Gulando and responded stiffly,

"So what? Have you forgotten that as the leader of the Knights of God, I have the power to judge the Celestial Dragons? Now, I want you to tell me exactly what you did."

Gulando was stunned for a moment, then he covered his face with his hands and burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha! Yes, the leader of the Knights of God, so majestic!"

As he laughed, the expression on Gulando's face became more and more ferocious. He suddenly looked into Garin's eyes and said through gritted teeth,

"That position should have been mine. Stop showing off in front of me. Don't you want to know what I did? Okay! I'll tell you!"

He lowered his head and looked at Jiger who was already stunned, and said in a feminine voice,

"I admit that even if I practice harder, it will be hard for me to surpass you in strength. But I have a good son. His talent is even stronger than yours. Tell me, how can I waste such a body?"

As he spoke, Gulando gently stroked Jiger's forehead. His hand was not cold, but Jiger shuddered.

"Gig's body is like a rough jade that needs to be carefully developed. For this, I have put a lot of effort into it."

He walked to a table, grabbed a report from it and threw it at Garin, saying,

"Look at this genius design!"

Jialin took the report and read only two pages. A chill ran down his spine. He threw the report to the ground, glared at Gulando and shouted,

"You are absolutely crazy! Jiger is just a child, how could he endure such an experiment!?"

Gulando snorted coldly and said,

"It's not your turn to care about my child yet. If you have nothing to do, please don't disturb my research."

Garin had no intention of leaving. He approached Gulando with his sword in hand and said word by word,

"Leave Jig to me. You are not worthy of being a father."

Facing the angry Garin, Gulando looked surprisingly calm. He raised his arm and said frivolously,

"Oh? I almost forgot, you're going to be a father soon, right?"

Click!

The floor was cracked by Garin's steps. He stopped suddenly and looked at Gulando in disbelief.

"You, how did you..."

"How should I know? Haha, my dear brother, you only know how to practice all day long. How many things in the family do you know? What little thing can be hidden from my eyes?"

Garin looked grim, and he just stood there with his sword in hand. Gulando sneered a few times and continued,

"I advise you to stop meddling in other people's business. If that matter gets out, I'm afraid you won't be able to be a father anymore!"

"you!"

Garin's lips trembled with anger. At this moment, he really wanted to chop Gulando with a sword, but Gulando's words really hit him hard.

Gulando slowly walked to Jialin, patted his shoulder, and said softly,

"Don't be so nervous. We can just not interfere with each other. Besides, my experiment is of great benefit to Jiger. How can I joke about my son's life?"

Garin gripped the hilt tightly, gritted his teeth and said,

"How long will this damn experiment of yours last?"

"It's almost done. Didn't you see the electric current that burst out from Jiger just now? This proves that the direction of my experiment is correct. As long as I am given some more time, I can create for him the most perfect body in the world!"

Having said this, Gulando silently added in his heart,

“And for myself, too.”

Jialin closed his eyes and slowly exhaled. Then he turned around and took Lucia away.

After leaving the laboratory, Lucia was still crying and begging Garin to save Jiger. Garin turned his head away and said coldly,

"Don't cry, you are very loyal to your master, which is very good. I will arrange you to join the guard team. Practice hard there. When Jiger comes back, you can become his personal guard!"