The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

On the edge of the cliff between life and death, Kozuki Momonosuke rediscovers his desire for revenge. He cannot die in a garbage dump in disgrace. He wants revenge on Kaido, the King of Beasts, on Kurozumi Orochi, and on this unjust world.

The boy grabbed the fruit that rolled to his feet. He knew that this thing of unknown origin must not be a normal fruit, but there was no normal thing in this purgatory.

Moreover, the fruit in his hand had fallen into the garbage dump for some time, but it had not rotted for such a long time. This violated the laws of nature, and even a child could notice the strangeness.

Without water or food, Kozuki Momonosuke kept moving his throat. He couldn't even swallow the saliva in his mouth to quench his thirst, let alone swallow it. His chapped lips and bloodshot eyes meant he wouldn't be able to hold out for long. The boy might die of thirst before he died of hunger.

"Mother, father, sister, please protect me. As the heir of the Kozuki clan, I cannot die here."

With desperate courage, Kozuki Momonosuke began to eat the fruit in his hand in big bites. The thing in his mouth tasted more disgusting than any other food, a taste that was hard to describe, "It's so disgusting! I've never seen anything so disgusting."

Although the boy complained that the fruit was unpalatable, he still ate it all, even the core. He chewed it hard and swallowed it. The moisture and energy in the fruit pulp flowed into Momonosuke's body. After the full meal, he immediately felt very happy.

"I wish I could get out. This is not a place to stay for long."

Kozuki Momonosuke regained some strength and sat up, leaning on his arm with one hand and standing still. He would not feel hungry as long as he did not move. He had to think about how to leave the garbage dump. Eating human flesh to survive was not a solution after all. If he kept eating the corpses of his own kind, he might lose his humanity and become a beast.

"If only I could fly, I could definitely fly out of the garbage dump"

The boy imagined himself turning into a bird, a free flying bird, and then Kozuki Momonosuke began to float upwards, his feet gradually left the ground, and by the time he realized he was not dreaming, he was already several meters above the ground.

Kozuki Momonosuke wanted to pinch himself to see if he was dreaming, but his human palm had turned into the claw of a creature, a true dragon claw.

The human's body has been transformed into a dragon body, but it is a pink and harmless color. Kozuki Momonosuke has turned into a little pink dragon with auspicious clouds circling around its body. It is these auspicious clouds that are created out of thin air that allow the pink dragon to have the ability to fly.

Suddenly gaining the ability to fly, Kozuki Momonosuke finally knew what fruit he had eaten. That unpalatable fruit must be a devil fruit, and it should be an animal-type devil fruit. It was really a blessing in disguise.

"With such a convenient ability, what am I waiting for? I want to leave here."

The little pink dragon flew towards the entrance of the garbage dump. He could only leave from the sky where the garbage was dumped. He began to cheer himself up: "I can do it! I can do it!"

As the little pink dragon was about to come into contact with the light directly above, its face was illuminated. But just when Kozuki Momonosuke was about to succeed, the shadow brought to him by Kaido, the Beast, reappeared in his mind, and he actually began to fear heights from the bottom of his heart. The boy was really surprised that he would develop acrophobia at this time.

Fear made him unable to control his body. As his mood changed, the auspicious clouds gradually dissipated, and the little pink dragon began to fall down in panic. His fear of heights overcame his will, and the devil fruit could no longer function.

He fell down the same way he flew up, "I am so unwilling to accept this, Father."

The huge impact of falling to the ground caused Kozuki Momonosuke to lose consciousness instantly. If he had not eaten the devil fruit that could enhance his physical fitness, with his current weak body, he would have been dead long ago after falling from a height of several decades with his head hitting the ground first. Perhaps there would be no hope of survival even for an adult male.

The unconscious Kozuki Momonosuke caused a big commotion and therefore attracted the attention of a new Shichibukai. No one would have thought that in such a purgatory-like place, there was actually a child who survived.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but when Kozuki Momonosuke opened his eyes again, what he saw was a bright place. Judging from the layout, it should be a man’s private bedroom.

The dirty and smelly clothes were changed into a white hospital gown. The suspicious boy didn't dare to make any sound. He just looked around with curious eyes, trying to guess who rescued him. He didn't want to be a guinea pig in an experiment.

Someone is coming? When Momonosuke Kozuki heard footsteps outside the house, he immediately closed his eyes alertly. He didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend, or whether pretending to be dead or unconscious was the right way for him. The rest of the work was left to his ears to feel.

He artificially lowered his heart rate and kept his breathing steady, pretending to be unconscious. A familiar face to the audience pushed the door open. Before entering the room, the man glanced at the boy on the bed, then put the sword in his hand on the table, found a stool to sit down, and crossed his legs in his signature pose.

In the world of pirates, he is the one who likes to cross his legs the most. As the temporary owner of this room, he doesn't want an outsider to occupy his bed. "Stop pretending. I noticed you were awake when you were at the door. You little brat is quite cunning."

After hearing this, Kozuki Momonosuke remained unmoved and continued to pretend to be dead. Soon he heard the sound of a knife being unsheathed. The other party was about to use the knife, but he did not move. However, he was extremely scared in his heart, knowing that if the knife fell on him, his skin would be torn apart.

The owner of the bed did not tolerate the boy, and Guikui chopped directly towards the other party's sleeping place. Kozuki Momonosuke caught the sound of breaking air with his ears, and instantly realized that the other party was going to attack for real.

The boy rolled over in time to avoid the weapon. Since the person moved, he could not pretend anymore. He stood up from the bed and roared: "I'm still a child, you really want to kill me!"

The facial muscles of the adult who did it twitched slightly. He didn't expect that the first words of this rescued brat after he woke up were moral kidnapping. If he really wanted to kill Kozuki Momonosuke, he would not have rescued him from the garbage dump in the first place.

Moreover, the child in front of him had an unusual physique. He saw with his own eyes that he fell from a height and hit his head on the ground. Not only did his little head not explode immediately, but he was only knocked unconscious. Miraculously, there was no wound on the back of his head.

From a doctor's perspective, the boy who was picked up not only had no obvious external injuries, but also no internal injuries such as concussion. This abnormal physique is really a child. Whose child has such a talent? Could he be a dwarf?

"Be polite to your savior, you little brat, don't you have any adults to teach you manners?"

The owner of the bed is very curious about the boy's identity. He has survived until now by eating human flesh. His determination to survive is really admirable.