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The mayor suffered a lot of attacks, and he couldn't completely control the energy in his body. The strange powers, in order to resist Haki, couldn't recover either.
His eyes were now filled with despair. He knew that if he continued like this, he would definitely die.
As the attacks continued and the sacrifices continued to interfere, the mayor's body began to change drastically. His size began to shrink slowly. The energy in his body seemed to be slowly disappearing. His resistance to Haki was also slowly weakening.
Seeing this, Buggy knew that the other party might not be able to hold on. When the mayor's body returned to normal, he seized the opportunity and quickly stabbed En'yō into the mayor's chest. This time, there was no energy blocking it. The sword pierced the mayor's heart directly.
After landing a blow, Buggy immediately retreated a certain distance. This was to prevent the other party from launching a death blow or doing something like a mutual destruction. After all, this strange Sacrifice Fruit ability might have this kind of method.
After this stab, the mayor seemed to lose all his power source. His body, under Buggy's watch, collapsed like mud.
The mayor wasn't dead yet. His eyes looked at Buggy. His eyes were filled with despair and hatred. Looking at Buggy, the mayor said in a voice filled with hatred, "Kid, someone will avenge me."
After saying this, the mayor seemed to want to say something else. But before he could speak, his eyes widened instantly. In an instant, he seemed to lose all his spirit. His pupils began to scatter. His entire body died completely.
At the same time, the Sacrifice Space seemed to shatter like glass. The space fell apart, and different collapses appeared in different places.
Seeing this situation, Buggy didn't bother with the mayor's body. The collapse of the space proved that the Devil Fruit user was dead. There was no need to worry about it anymore.
Buggy quickly flew towards the spatial rift that the mayor had opened through sacrifice before he died. He was going to escape from here through the spatial rift.
Although he felt that this change might not pose a danger to his life, this was after all a space collapse. He wasn't completely sure about the dangers involved. There were unknown risks. And the spatial rift had already opened. So, escaping through the spatial rift was his best choice.
At the last moment of the Sacrifice Space's complete collapse, Buggy used the Split-Split Fruit's ability to escape smoothly through the spatial rift.
When he escaped the Sacrifice Space, he couldn't help but look back. He saw that the space, including the mayor's body, instantly turned into nothingness. Then, it was pitch black. The entire space turned into eternal darkness.
Seeing this scene, he admitted that he had been arrogant. He had misjudged the power of the space collapse. If he hadn't escaped smoothly through the spatial rift, he might have died inside.
When Buggy escaped, the spatial rift that the villagers had used for sacrifice instantly turned into a point and disappeared into the void.
Buggy looked at the disappearing spatial rift with lingering fear. He touched the protruding object on his chest and smiled.
"Captain, you're injured. Let me treat you."
Buggy's current situation was obvious to anyone. His clothes were torn and tattered. Some places were bruised and purple. And he was covered in blood.
Most of this blood was the mayor's, but it also included Buggy's. He had also lost a lot of blood. He was seriously injured.
The crew members' faces were full of anxiety. They didn't rush to ask about the situation in the space. Instead, they stood aside and watched Hogback treat Buggy's injuries.
Hogback quickly treated Buggy's external injuries. The internal injuries were more troublesome, but Hogback gave him some medicine to treat them. But it wouldn't heal immediately. It would take some time to recover.
After his injuries were treated, the crew members also started asking their questions.
"Captain, did you take care of the old mayor?"
"The mayor is dead. The space collapsed because he died."
"Captain, did you get it?"
When everyone mentioned this question, Buggy took out the thing he was holding.
What appeared in Buggy's hand was a pineapple-shaped, dark gray fruit with colorful patterns.
This was their biggest gain this time. It was the mayor's fruit: the Superhuman-type, the Sacrifice Fruit.
As for getting this fruit, Buggy had planned it. Before entering the Sacrifice Space, Buggy had hidden a fruit on his body.
Buggy had made this guess and made these preparations based on the Sacrifice Space and the nature of the Devil Fruit.
The Sacrifice Space was a separate space. And the Devil Fruit, after the user died, would randomly choose a fruit as its carrier. And in such a separate space, with Buggy carrying a fruit, the chance of getting this Sacrifice Fruit was very high. Of course, there was also a high chance of failure.
But there was no cost to trying it. If he guessed correctly, he could get this magical Devil Fruit. So, before going in, Buggy took a fruit from the villagers and put it on his body.
Before going in, under the crew's strange gazes, he simply explained it. This was why the crew asked this question when he returned.
Looking at this fruit, Buggy couldn't decide who to give it to.
Weevil, nominally, was his cousin. Their relationship was the closest. He didn't have a Devil Fruit ability. Logically, Buggy would feel most at ease giving this fruit to him.
But with Weevil's intelligence, as well as his physique and powerful martial arts and swordsmanship, this fruit was completely useless to him. His intelligence wasn't enough to develop this fruit. And his own strength was already so powerful. Eating this fruit wouldn't be of much use. Instead, it might make him a landlubber. This would be a waste of a powerful fruit.
Daddy, he was a sniper. This fruit wouldn't be of any use to him either. If he ate it, it would distract him. And it would also waste his talent and this fruit.
Kuro, Buggy had high hopes for him. But this fruit clearly didn't suit his style. In Buggy's heart, he either wanted to train him to be a martial arts expert or find him a powerful Zoan-type fruit to make him a powerful Zoan-type user. This Sacrifice Fruit clearly didn't fit.
Hogback, Buggy didn't consider him for this fruit. He was the ship's doctor. He wasn't a good fit for this fruit. If he really wanted to eat a Devil Fruit, it would be those fruits that were more related to medicine.
So, there was only one person left on the ship: the chef, Jessica. She was too weak. Buggy even felt that he might not be able to train her in anything other than cooking.
But if Jessica ate this Devil Fruit, then she would have strength. And she might become a powerful user on the ship.
She would also have the ability to protect herself. She wouldn't have to hide whenever there was a fight like she does now. This would add a layer of protection to her life and lay a solid foundation for her future.
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