Fruit of the Mind

"Yeah? But I'd still like to try it, and I wonder if Red Count-san will give me a chance?" Longinus stared at the road.

"Can't do it, it's a natural talent, to me it's the body's instincts in general, how am I supposed to tell you what I can't even explain to myself?" Redfield refused without hesitation.

"Since Red Count-san doesn't want to say anything, I won't force myself. But there are still long days ahead, and I won't give up so easily!" After sensing a flicker of emotion within Redfield, Longinus pretended to be disappointed but firm in his words.

Seeing Longinus turn away, Redfield's heart was relieved and, at the same time, said in a quiet voice, "If effort can make up for everything, what need is there for genius? Whether it's Roger or me, the world is inherently unfair!"

Longinus put his hands in his pockets and walked out without a word.

"What's the point of telling me even if you don't want to, Red Count? I want what I want, and no one can stop me!" When walking out of prison, Longinus' lips quirked up, "Reading memories, an ability that is almost as good as foretelling the future, if it works well, can completely compensate for my last weakness, which is the gap in combat experience with those who are truly strong!"

"You're quite right, Red Count; if the effort is useful, what need is there for genius? The world is true, unfair!" Longinus looked more and more relaxed, and his thoughts began to drift away.

"Now, there's still Queen Otohime's 'speech' of Kenbunshoku that she hasn't gotten, but there's no rush, the power of 'speech' only works when you become a genuinely great person! "

"After all, the same words are crazy talk when they come out from the mouths of lesser men, but they are wise words when they fall into the mouths of greater men, and the world is such an unfair place, that's why you have to work even harder to get to a position where you can enjoy such injustice!"

...

It's late at night, and occasionally there are a few dreams and howls.

In the torture room, which still reeked of blood, the faint light cast two silhouettes onto the walls.

"No, we can't wait like this any longer, that brat has dug out almost all of the puppets I control in some strange way. If this continues, I'll never be able to turn over a new leaf in this prison!" The person who spoke was battered and bruised all over as if he had just gone through the most severe torture, but the strange thing was that there was no sign of pain on his face, and instead, he roared in a hideous low voice.

"Shut up, are you trying to draw the others here?" A deep voice rang out, and it was none other than Head Jailer Ember, dressed in a tight suit.

"Of course you don't care, even if the plan fails, you can continue to be your warden, but I'll have to wait for death in this dark prison, and you know that's ... woohoo!"

Ember's bushy hands caught the pirate in mid-air and said indifferently, "Are you challenging my boundaries?"

"Let go ... let go, I ... I got it!"

Only when the other side softened did Ember indifferently release his right hand.

The pirate who landed on the ground took a big breath of air and said a long while ago, "This is a puppet that I had a hard time controlling, and I almost let you kill it."

"It wasn't me who tortured him into losing his will, do you think you can control him with that level of development? Nijo?"

"I'm being held in Freezing Hell, and it's not easy enough to control him from one floor to the next!" Nijo resented.

"Your Mind Fruit is fine for the weak, but it hardly works on someone a little stronger. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in so much trouble."

"Heh! If that were true, I wouldn't have to work with you!"

"Let's not talk about that nonsense. I admit that I did underestimate that newcomer from the Marine this time, someone worthy of a name like Monster of Monsters in the Marine Headquarters, but he saw through the imitation fruit's ability at a glance."

Ember said calmly and steadily, "I was hoping to use the perfect opportunity of everyone being together to start a riot, but now I've got them alerted instead! The good news is that, at best, they guessed that the pirate who escaped from prison had some connection to me, and they should not be able to deduce the connection between your existence and the series of previous escapes yet."

"What do we do now?" Nijo asked as he took control of the puppet.

"Too late for meticulous planning, tomorrow, you will control the first three levels of prisoners as much as possible to cause a riot. I will ..."

"Wait, the pirates who weren't found hiding their abilities in the first three levels are only four left, and it's hard to cause any major riots with their power," Nijo promptly warned as he took control of the puppet.

"In that case, you'll control the other pirates to launch suicide attacks, even if those pirates can't escape their cells, but the mass suicide of so many prisoners and your four puppets at large will always attract some of their attention."

Ember said methodically, "Even just three minutes would be enough time for me to release you, and as for what kind of riot you'll cause next, it has nothing to do with me as the Head Jailer!"

"Hiss! You're even planning to do it yourself, aren't you afraid of exposing yourself?" Nijo asked in shock.

"Huh? At this point, the more you look ahead, the easier it will be to lose sight of what's at stake, and since there's no turning back, you'll have to put all your money on the line!"

"Hahahahaha! The Head Jailer is ruthless enough to believe that after Magellan made such a big mistake and lost his position as Vice Warden, the next Chief Warden of Impel Down is your bag!" Nijo flattered.

"Chief Warden Impel Down? Heh. I'm not interested in that!"

"There's no need to hide it from me, is there, Head Jailer-dono? If you're not that interested, why bother counting Magellan, but don't tell me it's because of pure hatred!"

"Hate? I don't know what to say!" Ember said indifferently, "I just don't want some loser who spends all day in the toilet on top of me!"

The Nijo-controlled puppet sounded breathless, "This guy is a pervert, no, he was already a pervert! To even think of risking so much to get Magellan off for that reason, I now find the hatred argument much more plausible!"

"One last reminder, if you get caught, consciously finish yourself off and don't give me any trouble!" The cold and solemn voice of Ember rang out again.

"Don't worry, you've helped me so much at any rate, and when it comes to that, I'll never get you into trouble!" The puppet controlled by Nijo smiled falsely, while in his mind, he thought, "At best, he won't hesitate to report you!"

[PS: Many of you are still struggling with the bilocation thing, so I'll emphasize for explanation here: At the moment, the main character's alter ego is mainly played by himself, and due to different souls, different specialties (physical/swordsmanship), and even different looks under the mask (Seimei Kikan), it's usually not suspected. Of course, this is a flaw. The early stage is fine, no one will link the two completely different people, but the two identities are notable characters in the late stage. If they can not appear at the same time, every time is bound to cause suspicion. So, in the mid-term, the protagonist will solve the problem temporarily through some method, and then wholly solve the problem in another way at a later stage.]

(It's written in the text because many readers don't seem to read the sentiments at the end (.??︿??.). I don't want to pay for the words, so I'm just going to p a p again. (￣▼￣))

[PS: The current ranking of recommended votes is 365, and I wanted to set a goal of 300, but I thought about it or forgot it, and I just wanted to give everyone welfare, and set an easy 350 ＾０＾~, after reaching the ranking, it's the same as last week for three consecutive days and three shifts.]

[PS: Author fungus doesn't write the text of the case, about 1 hour 1 thousand words, plus bath idea rest and so on, about 7-12 points to code two chapters, usually stick to one point +, code a half chapter to sleep, so the full day of the week can more than three chapters to save manuscript. Although the spare copy, that is for the pop more prepared after the shelves, so ... Author bacteria try! (ㄒoㄒ)]

I'm sorry for all the nonsense you've read. (￣y▽￣)~*:: Cover my mouth and laugh.