The Pirate Garen

The war is over, the winner has been divided.

Galen won the life of Akainu and also won the title of the strongest man in the world from Whitebeard.

This battle did not hurt the friendship between the two sides.

Although Whitebeard felt a little displeased with Galen's insistence on saving Akainu, but he was willing to admit defeat, and thinking of Galen's past saving grace, he simply and neatly handed Akainu into Galen's hands. All the sailors who came were released.

Galen's subordinates helped to collect the remnants, treat the wounded, and temporarily took over the battered naval fleet.

After arranging these aftermaths, the night was dark and the meal time was past.

Everyone was a little hungry after the long battle, so Whitebeard simply set up a banquet on the flagship Moby Dick, and specially invited Galen to join the banquet.

Whitebeard occupies the main seat, while Galen's seat is arranged next to Whitebeard alone, which can already sit on an equal footing with Whitebeard.

A group of captains sat on both sides, with expressions of surprise, shock, or sigh, with complex and tangled expressions.

None of them could get over the shock of their father's defeat and conceded defeat, so the atmosphere at the banquet seemed a little cold.

However, the specialty of pirates is holding banquets.

As soon as the food and drink were on the table, the captains began to chat and laugh lively.

Even Marco and Sachs, who had just been seriously injured by Akainu during the day, were covered with magic bandages made of black technology. They were full of blood and demons, and sat at the wine table eating and drinking vigorously. stand up.

"I was unlucky this time"

Saqi drank wine and told his brothers about his experiences in the past few days:

"It's just a routine cruise, and I ran into Zefa, a lunatic."

"It was hard to get out of Zefa's prison, but it fell into the hands of Akainu again."

"Thanks to the brothers who arrived in time!"

Saqi thanked the brothers with a glass of wine, and Tiqi, who had the best relationship with him, immediately responded sincerely:

"Brother Saatchi is in trouble, how can we sit idly by?"

"When I was trapped in Advance City, didn't I rely on my father and brothers to rescue me?"

"Without the help of my brothers, I would have died at the hands of Akainu long ago."

"Hahaha"

The two good brothers who were suffering from the same disease looked at each other and smiled.

And Saqi looked at his good brother Tiqi, and suddenly remembered some important things.

"Pity!"

Sach sighed with some regret:

"During this cruise, I took care of a small pirate group, and got a natural fruit by chance."

"I originally planned to bring it back and give it to Brother Tiqi as a gift, but I didn't expect to run into Zefa before I left."

"The fruit was also seized by him, and I don't know if it is still there."

"oh?"

"A natural fruit?"

The captains' eyes lit up, and Tiqi's heart moved even more.

Everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates knows that Tiki has always wanted to have the fruit ability of the natural department.

He had gone to the Chambord Islands just to buy natural fruits, and when he saw the injustice, he roared and turned himself into a dragon-slaying warrior.

So not only Saatchi, but other captains have been helping Tiqi keep an eye on the news of the natural fruit.

"Brother Saatchi, how do you know it's a natural fruit?"

"What kind of natural ability?"

Tiqi's heart was throbbing, and he couldn't help asking for details.

And Galen also noticed what they were discussing, and quietly cast his gaze over.

"It's on the devil fruit illustrated book, it seems to be."

Saqi was drunk, and after thinking for a while, he replied in a daze:

"Dark fruit."

"Dark fruit?!"

Tiqi jumped up excitedly, which attracted the attention of all the captains.

And Tiqi couldn't care less about pretending to be a good old man at the moment, all the words "dark fruit" floated in his mind, and the dead dream revived irresistibly.

Then, Tiki covered his empty heart.

The dark fruit came, but the heart was gone.

He only felt a burst of colic in his heart, and the wound that had already healed became extremely hot, as if he had been pierced by the red dog magma once again.

But in the midst of this pain, Tiqi's ambitions and dreams came back inch by inch, occupying his entire mind:

still have a chance!

If I can wait for the dark fruit, then I will definitely find a way to repair my heart!

These days, Tichi has never given up trying to save his dream.

Tiqi has been visiting famous doctors on the sea, and also inquired about a black technology therapy called "heart transplant", which is said to be able to cure his lack of heart.

So, let me fight for my dream again!

There was a sense of pride and ambition in Tiqi's heart, and he couldn't help but excitedly grabbed the hand of his good brother Saqi:

"Brother Thatch!"

"Where is that dark fruit now?"

"not sure."

Sach said with some embarrassment:

"If it wasn't eaten, it should still be on Zefa's warship, right?"

"Forehead?"

The smile on Tiqi's face stagnated, and he felt that he had been hit by Aokiji's Ice Age head-on.

Zefa's warship was captured and taken away by Akainu, and now the Akainu's fleet is temporarily taken over by Galen, that is to say

The dark fruit he dreamed of is now in Galen's hands?

Tiki turned his head and saw the meaningful smile on Galen's face.

His face turned green instantly.

"Hahaha"

Galen smiled kindly:

"Don't worry, Brother Teach."

"Is it a dark fruit?"

"I'll go back and look for you after dinner!"

"Hahaha"

Tiki laughed with tears in his eyes: "Thank you."

Not long after the banquet, in the lounge of the empty boat.

The dark fruit that Tiqi dreamed of was so easily placed in front of Galen and his younger brothers.

"boss?"

"Shall we send this fruit over now?"

Luo also followed Galen to the banquet just now, knowing Galen's "commitment" to Tiki.

"what to give!"

Galen smiled sinisterly, not as kindly as at the banquet:

"This is a good thing, of course we have to keep it for ourselves!"

"Forehead"

Luo habitually showed a strange expression.

He has been with Galen for a long time, and he still can't accept Galen's sinister face that is unknown to outsiders.

"Who is it for?"

Galen completely ignored Luo's eyes, and just calculated carefully on his own:

The dark fruit cannot be turned into elements, but it can convert the damage into double pain to achieve "invincibility". It can also achieve the "silence" effect that blocks the enemy's fruit ability through close contact. This requires the ability user's own will to be strong enough. Still a strong gymnast.

However, Galen's digital model is not compatible with fruit abilities, and most of the strong men under his command already have fruit abilities.

The only Zefa who has no fruit ability has broken his right hand and still wears the Hailoushi mechanical arm, which is not very suitable for eating devil fruits.

"Reiju."

"Come and eat this dark fruit?"

Galen thought for a long time, and finally decided to give this dark fruit to Reiju.

Reiju is Germa's reformer. In addition to her strong body, she was also born to be insensitive to pain, which is suitable for displaying the characteristics of the dark fruit.

"good."

Reiju nodded obediently, she basically obeyed Galen now.

And since Galen said that this dark fruit is a good thing, Reiju is not worried that she will get some useless fruit ability.

However, she didn't take a big bite out of the devil fruit like those bold men.

After all, anyone with knowledge knows that a devil fruit tastes like shit;

To gain the power of a devil fruit, all you need to do is eat a small bite of the fruit.

That being the case

Those men who insist on biting a big mouthful of "shit" are indeed real men.

Reiju brought a set of knife and fork fruit plate, slowly cut a hole in the dark fruit, removed a small piece of fruit, and finally inserted it gently into the mouth with a fork.

The movement is light and elegant, showing the demeanor of a noble princess.

However, as soon as the pulp entered the mouth, Reiju couldn't help frowning tightly.

"How about it?"

Galen asked impatiently.

Reiju put down the knife and fork in an orderly manner, picked up the water cup to rinse her mouth, and gently wiped the water stains on the corners of her mouth with a napkin, and finally said in a flat tone:

"It's really hard to eat."

"However, I seem to have obtained the fruit ability."

Then, Reiju stretched out her light white fingers to try to exert force, and there was a small black light cluster between her fingers.

It is like a miniature black hole, exerting a weak gravitational force on everything around it.

"This ability is indeed miraculous."

Reiju casually glanced at Luo next to him, and there was a burst of splendor in her eyes:

"I seem to be able to see the devil fruit energy in other capable users."

"Dark fruit. Seems to be able to absorb this kind of energy?"

"oh?"

Galen was curious, so he immediately entered the digitalization mode and picked up the spell fragments of the dark fruit.

Sure enough, his perception also quietly changed.

For those with dark fruit abilities, the elusive devil fruit energy is visible.

That kind of energy resides in the heart of the capable person, and then merges with the blood of the capable person's whole body, forming an unbreakable community.

The unlucky Luo immediately became Galen's test subject.

He tried to touch Luo at close range with his hands, but the dark tide of the dark fruit could only temporarily seal Luo's fruit ability, but could not absorb this energy at all.

"I see."

Galen recalled the scene in the original novel where Tiki absorbed the shocking fruit from Whitebeard's corpse, and boldly guessed:

When the capable person is alive, the devil fruit energy and the capable person are completely integrated and cannot be absorbed by the darkness.

Only when the capable person dies and the energy of the devil fruit leaves the body and finds another lodging object, can the gravitational black tide of the dark fruit take advantage of it and wait for the opportunity to absorb this strange energy.

This conjecture makes sense, but it is difficult to verify.

Galen couldn't find a random ability user to kill, so he had to let go of the idea of ​​​​testing the effect of the dark fruit for the time being.

After some thought, the three-minute duration of Galen's Skillful Stealing Hand was up.

The ability of his pirated dark fruit disappeared instantly.

"Galen!"

Reiju couldn't help exclaiming:

"you"

"The devil fruit energy on your body has come out!"