One Piece: Under the Throne

After arriving at the clearing in the forest, Leo was still very polite and waited for the other Den Den Mushi to offer their tributes before coming to the ancient costume Den Den Mushi.

But today, the Den Den Mushi didn't pick food like usual. After eating cucumber yesterday, it completely lost interest in the tribute food, not to mention the delicious rum. After waiting for all the believers to leave, the Den Den Mushi looked expectant when Leo came over.

"Hail, Immortal. I brought you a lot of fruits today. Please enjoy them."

"Fruit! I thought you were going to bring me some cucumbers again."

"Don't be disappointed, Immortal. My fruits are not ordinary fruits." After saying that, he handed a large bowl of fruit salad to the ancient costume Den Den Mushi.

Looking at the colorful fruit salad, the ancient-style Den Den Mushi was very hungry. While saying polite words, he ate his meal in big mouthfuls.

Leo glanced at the empty bottle under the tree stump and immediately realized that the guy was pretending to be drunk yesterday. Leo did not point it out to him, but just built a fire in the open space and put the frying pan on it.

"Young man, are you going to cook it on the spot? I prefer to eat it raw."

Leo casually spread some base ingredients on the bottom of the pot, and then said calmly: "Don't worry, the ingredients will be more delicious after cooking. I wonder what you think about what I talked about yesterday, Immortal?"

"Should I go out to sea with you? Let me think about it."

"My Immortal, I wonder how much you know about cooking. A master once said that high-end ingredients often only require simple cooking."

The ancient-costume Den Den Mushi nodded in agreement: "That's a very wise statement!"

At this moment, Leo suddenly put his hand on the shell of the ancient Den Den Mushi: "As expected, you also agree with this statement. Our ideas are really the same!"

The ancient-style Den Den Mushi felt a chill for no reason: "What...what are you going to do?"

Leo kept smiling, but the words he said scared the ancient Den Den Mushi so much that it almost shrank back into its shell: "I have promised my companions that I will take you back. Since you don't want to go with me, I can only take you away."

In times of crisis, the ancient Den Den Mushi finally stopped hiding and activated its ability to escape.

Confucius said: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall."

Leo had long been on guard against the ancient Den Den Mushi. In the original story, Chopper was a little elk who ate the Human-Human Fruit before he could speak. The guy in front of him was so cunning that he must have eaten a devil fruit, but it seemed that the ancient Den Den Mushi ate a mythical beast.

Before the ancient Den Den Mushi could escape, it was caught. Leo wrapped it in sea water on a thought, and it was caught before it could finish its day.

Seeing that his escape had failed, the ancient-costume Den Den Mushi burst into tears: "Brave man, don't be violent, don't be violent!"

"First of all, please speak nicely to your father. I am not afraid to tell you that I am also a Devil Fruit user. You cannot escape from my grasp. Now I will give you another chance to reorganize your words. I hope you can make the right decision."

As he spoke, Leo released the ancient costume Den Den Mushi from the water prison. However, right after it was freed, the guy disappeared in a flash, as if he had teleported.

Leo was not in a hurry even though the ancient Den Den Mushi escaped. He sat calmly on the tree stump waiting for it to come back by itself.

After a while, the ancient costume Den Den Mushi came back by itself, jumping and skipping.

"Why don't you run away?"

The ancient-dressed Den Den Mushi smiled flatteringly: "Big brother, let's talk it over."

Originally, Den Den Mushi had used its power to escape, but when it ran to the other side of the island, it found that the island was surrounded by huge waves, as if it was going to swallow the island in the next second. This discovery shocked the Den Den Mushi so much that its eyes almost popped out, so it had to go back and have a good talk with Leo out of fear.

Seeing that the ancient-dress Den Den Mushi began to speak Mandarin, Leo nodded with satisfaction: "Tell me what's going on with you first."

The ancient costume Den Den Mushi stroked his beard and sighed. Just as he was about to lament about his life experience, he found Leo staring at him, so he had to hold back the next words he was going to say.

"I am a commoner... Oh no, I was originally an ordinary Den Den Mushi on the island. Because of my congenital deficiency, I was rejected by other Den Den Mushi and even driven out of the territory. I was wandering alone and was so hungry that I couldn't stand it anymore. As a result, I found a strange fruit. After eating it, I could speak inexplicably."

"Why are you born with deficiencies?"

Hearing this, the two big eyes of the ancient Den Den Mushi drooped down: "I can't send signals to other Den Den Mushi. We usually communicate with signals, but I can only receive signals and not send them. So everyone thought I didn't want to communicate with them, and after a long time they began to reject me. The first 100 years were really hard. Life has only gotten better since I ate that fruit."

"Wait a minute? More than 100 years? Don't lie to me. Don't think I don't know the lifespan of Den Den Mushi."

The ancient Den Den Mushi hurriedly explained: "After eating that fruit, I felt that I could live longer. I can't remember how long I lived, but I only remember that the original island was much larger than it is now. Originally, this island was inhabited by humans, but later due to a natural disaster, everyone fled to the sea."

"As a Devil Fruit user, how much do you know about your abilities?"

"What I say can have special powers. The sentence I just said was for escaping. It's also the one I'm most proficient in."

Leo looked at the ancient Den Den Mushi with a look of regret, "Yes, and what you ate might be a very precious mythical beast devil fruit."

After hearing what Leo said, Den Den Mushi immediately asked back: "Since the fruit I ate is very powerful, why was I still caught by you?"

"Because your true form is too weak, stop talking nonsense. Come with me and leave here today. It's better for you to follow me than to be a charlatan here."

"We haven't discussed the salary yet!"

You ride a horse...

Leo weighed the pan, the meaning was self-evident.

"I will devote my whole life to this cause until my death."

Leo pouted. He was made to laugh and cry by this spineless Den Den Mushi. "Okay, follow me. I won't let you die. My name is Leo. You can call me by my name or by Captain. What's your name?"

"Fairy!"

Leo: “…”

"From today on, you will be called Prime Minister."

Ancient Den Den Mushi: “…”

After saying this, Leo stood up and was about to leave, but the Prime Minister immediately stopped him and said, "My Lord, wait a minute. Let me take all the treasures I have collected over the years."

Leo raised his eyebrows. You, a Den Den Mushi, have treasures? It can't be an apple core or rotten vegetable leaves, but Leo couldn't refuse the newly recruited brother. He put the Prime Minister on his left shoulder and let it point the way to the place where the "treasure" was hidden.

After walking through the jungle for a while, they came to an open area. There were many dilapidated houses here, which were obviously the remains of a human village. They walked around the village and came to the foot of a small hill behind. After pushing aside the weeds, a cave appeared in front of Leo.

"My Lord, this is it. My treasures are all inside the cave."

The Prime Minister jumped off Leo's shoulders first and crawled in. Leo followed closely into the cave.

The cave was not big and was a bit damp. In this environment, Leo had even less hope for the prime minister's treasure.

After walking a few steps, he came to a corner. As soon as Leo turned around, his jaw dropped and he stood there with his mouth open.

How did this thing get here?