Chapter 65

Days before Mora arrived on Whitebeard's ship.

Marineford, Office of Fleet Admiral Sengoku.

There were two people in the office. The one at the table had a long black beard braided into a braid and an Afro-style hairstyle. Now he sat frowning and looked at the man in front of him. This man was quite tall and wore a yellow striped suit, he stood quite relaxed, as if nothing bothered him at all.

"Borsalino, so what's up with the Blood Star?" Sengoku asked with a frown.

- It's okay, Kuma got rid of them. Even though it was a little strange ... - Kizaru replied relaxed.

- Strange? - The admiral was surprised.

Borsalino nodded.

- Yes, somehow easily Kuma defeated this James D. More, I thought he was much stronger. Looks like the rumors were lying.

Sengoku chuckled.

- Lied? He was able to kill Jonathan, you yourself know how strong he was once. A simple weakling could not kill him.

- He was already old, anything is possible. Maybe this guy was just helped ... - After these words, Kizaru grinned and added: - Silvers Rayleigh for example.

- What? Rayleigh ?! Sengoku exclaimed as he stood up from his chair. Then he calmed down and sat back down with the words:

- What do you mean? What's on him?

Kizaru chuckled.

- I ran into him on Sabaody, he tried to help this kid escape.

- And? Sengoku asked.

- As I said, Kuma figured it out. - answered Borsalino.

Sengoku frowned.

- I'm not talking about that, what's up with Rayleigh, where is he now?

- Escaped ... - the Admiral held out, and then said: - I could hide in the sea, there I could not pursue him.

Sengoku exhaled and leaned back in his chair.

- I see ... No wonder, he always knew how to hide. Well, at least this "Sea Devil" won't be a problem anymore. Then Sengoku rummaged through the papers and took out one of them, handed it to Kizar and said:

- Here, this is your next business.

The admiral accepted the sheet and left the office.

Sengoku sat for a long time in thought, and then muttered:

- What connects you with him, Rayleigh ...

***

A couple of weeks before. On a snow-white island, in one of the buildings, a man with long brown hair was sitting. He had green glasses and a cigarette in his mouth. At the moment he was reading the newspaper and grinning:

- Hehe, well done, did not disappoint the old man. 380 lyamas, this is a record among beginners!

A white-haired young man in a black top hat approached the man with glasses and asked:

- Rotret-san, what are you reading?

Rotret looked at the speaker and said with a grin:

- Yes, my unlucky student finally crawled out of the shadows, I really thought that I would die by that time, ha-ha-ha.

- Disciple? - The blonde was surprised.

Rotret nodded.

- Exactly, "Sea Devil" is my student! Ah ha ha ha. The man laughed proudly.

***

East Blue.

Loguetown. Marine base.

A beautiful girl with dark hair and red-rimmed glasses, read the newspaper and could not believe her eyes:

- Impossible ... Mor-san, is he ... Pirate? Tashigi said incredulously.

Next to her sat a large man with ash-colored hair and smoked three cigars at once, he grinned and said:

- I knew it was worth catching him then.

Tashigi threw the newspaper on the table and said:

- But why? I do not understand? He was unlike the rest of the pirates ...

Smoker exhaled smoke and said with a grin:

"The most dangerous pirates are never like them, he is one of them.

- And what should we do? - asked the girl.

Smoker shrugged.

- How do I know? Since he finished off the vice admiral, then we will not compete with him, we will do our job here.

- But after all ... - The girl wanted to object, but Smoker interrupted her: - None, but if you want to know the reason, then become stronger.

At the man's words, the girl simply nodded, and then got up and left the chief's office.

Smoker exhaled smoke and muttered:

- What is she ...

***

Present time.

New world. High above the clouds stood a blue-haired youth holding a strange purple fruit in his hand.

- Well, is it time to master the power of darkness? - I said with a grin.

"Interface!" - I said mentally.

And immediately before my eyes appeared the already familiar tree of development. Everything here was available except one - "Royal Khaki". I'm not sure how to unlock it, perhaps I will never be able to do this at all. Although it doesn't matter, the royal will has few uses, now I have nothing to do with this ability. What matters now is ...

I looked at the Fruit tab and saw the green text:

["2nd Fruit" Cost of 3 Development Points]

Okay, there was not ...

I put three points into the second fruit and didn't feel much, everything was as usual, only the "Fruit" tab had two branches, one of which was still empty.

Well, I guess I need to eat some fruit ...

I sighed and began to eat the purple fruit.

* Chawk * * chawk *

- Brr, the taste is still awful ... - I grimaced. After a couple of seconds, I completely ate the fruit and there was nothing left.

Hmm, now let's see:

- Interface.

The interface changed a little, now the second fruit tab was not empty, and it said there:

[Yami Yami no Mi:

Absorption strength from 0 to 100

Strength of Darkness from 100 - 300

Power of Logia from 300 - 500]

Hmm, I wonder ... This is probably why Teach could not control Logia completely, he simply did not master the full power of the fruit, but simply used the initial power of absorption. Well, I don't really need to pump the fruit, I don't need it for battles, but just to test its strength. Although, perhaps in the future I will revise its benefits, but so far I do not really see it. I don't have enough points, and then spending them on the second fruit is not very profitable.

Even if I cannot absorb the powers of others with the help of the logic of darkness, at least I was able to take this fruit, and now no one will get it. Indeed, even if he cannot absorb the powers of others, he is quite dangerous for other fruits, since it completely nullifies their powers. In any case, it's worth checking it out in action, so it's worth going where I intended from the very beginning - Sky Island.

Enel will be a good test subject, and his fruit will be a good purchase if I succeed, so let's start with him.

Whitebeard gave me a good idea when he sent me flying. I just now realized how stupid I was, I just could fly through the sky to the New World, and not under water. Hmm, good ideas don't come right away ... Okay, now at least I don't have to look for fellow travelers, I'll go straight to the place, I hope it won't take much time.