Don't Own anything.
'thought'
"Speech"
"Tvs, Radios, and Text via book or newspaper... when those are around..."
"You have my thanks for saving my country, my kingdom, and my prescious daughter." The king before me nods his head once. "You have saved Vivi not just once, but twice in mere hours... I doubt she could have escaped Crocodile's clutches on her own, and the bomb... if you hadn't found it, I'm sure that all of Alubarna would have been erased."
"I was just looking for a place to get a vantage point." I happily reply with a kind smile.
"We should talk about your reward... regretfully, as of this moment, Alabasta needs its money to restore the damages done to it by Baroque works... I have also heard of your deal with my daughter... I beg of you. Please. Could you allow us to keep your share of the monetary and material assets from Baroque Works?"
"Hrn. I could find myself agreeing to that... in exchange for something that you may have a hard time selling." I hum, my hands clasping together as I smile brightly. "Tell me. Do you have any spare devil fruits laying around?"
"Ah. I see." The king mutters.
"The truth is, Devil fruits are unique. I can't get them anywhere else. I can get money, water, steel, brick, or wood anywhere I want... but not Devil Fruits... or Seastone. Thus, I'd be willing to give up all of the Baroque Works assets Vivi has agreed to give me- except the Sea Prism Stone cage or any devil fruits we find- in exchange for devil fruits."
"The kingdom of Alabasta has four devil fruits in its possession. But we don't know what any of them do. Are you sure?"
"How many can I take?" I ask.
"Baroque works was an incredibly large organization that had roots over almost all of the Grand Line. For all of their assets- excluding that sea prism stone cage you were locked in, and any devil fruits we can find- I'd be willing to part with two of them."
"Done." I agree instantly with a bright smile. "I'd also like to let you know that in the future, I would more than likely be open to purchasing the remaining devil fruits. I'll even let you know what the devil fruits are as well."
"You- You can appraise devil fruits?!"
"I can." I nod once with a proud smile.
He looks to the falcon man standing beside him and rises to his feet. "Then let us go to the treasury."
I follow behind him as he leads me through the halls, Pell following behind us.
We eventually come to an absolutely massive iron vault door. King... Cobra... walks over to the vault and silently takes a pendant from under his robe. He slots it into an indent within the vault door. The falcon zoan turns into his hybrid form and flies up, grabbing the large wheel with his taloned feet.
He slowly spins the lock, causing large bars of metal to slide from the floor, the walls, and the ceiling.
The large door creaks open as the king steps inside. "Please. Follow me."
I nod once and follow after him, my tail swishing back and forth as my eyes lazily skim the room.
Gold. Beri. Jewelry. There's even a few grade blades over there in the corner. But from an lookover only one is even slightly impressive, and even then, it's only one of the fifty 'Skillful Grade' blades.
Overall, it does look a little barren for a kingdom the size of Alabasta.
We eventually come to a large chest hidden away at the back of the room.
The king slides a key into it and opens it, revealing four vibrant fruits sat upon silken cushions.
I crouch beside the chest, observing each fruit.
The first fruit is a deep black color. It looks a bit like a slightly opened almond nut, with the shell-like sides being a deep black with swirls while the inside is a nice gold color.
Mushi-Mushi No Mi Model: Scarab (Bug-Bug Fruit Model: Scarab)
A Zoan devil fruit granting the consumer the ability to transform in between their natural state and a large man-sized scarab beetle. Special qualities may be unlocked through awakening.
Estimated Current Market Value: 810,000,000 Beri
"Huh?" I mutter quietly to myself. 'it's so... valuable...'
Notice: some insect fruits increase the strength of the consumer far more than most other common Zoans. It's not as drastic as the insect in question, such as ants being able to lift 10-50 times their own body weight, but a person who consumes an Ant Zoan might be anywhere from 2-5 times stronger than they originally were.
"You've got something pretty nifty right here." I announce as I gesture to the fruit. "A Scarab Zoan."
The king's eyes widen briefly, seemingly surprised that I can actually do what I said I could.
I look to the next fruit.
Foku-Foku No Mi: (Fork-Fork Fruit)
A paramecia devil fruit that turns the consumer into a fork human... yes, really. Why are you laughing? It'll totally be useful. I mean. Technically it makes you metal, right? Or maybe plastic?
Estimated Market Value: 96,000,000 Beri
I blankly stare at the fruit with a flat expression.
It is a silvery pear, not looking special in any way.
"Fork-Fork fruit." I let out a quiet sigh. "Disappointing compared to the first."
I glance to the next, this one a dark grey like the fork fruit, but appearing to be an apple, it has a small yellow frill around the stem, with a red tip.
Taiho-Taiho No Mi: (Artillery-Artillery Fruit)
A paramecia devil fruit that turns the consumer into an artillery human who can turn any part of their body into a gun barrel and convert almost anything they can get their hands on into 'shells' to fire.
Estimated Market Value: 234,000,000 Beri
"Artillery-Artillery Fruit. Lets the eater pick stuff up and... turn them into bullets? Plus they can turn their limbs into gun barrels. Not entirely sure how it works, but it's pretty decent among devil fruits." I note with a small head tilt.
The next fruit is a pale-yellow pear, the bottom half is white, making it look similar to a bowl; with the numerous swirls on the yellow top half, it sort of looks like a bowl of ramen.
Buro-Buro No Mi: (Broth-Broth Fruit)
A Logia devil fruit which turns the consumer into a 'Soup Man'. A man made of soup. What kind? It's up to the whims of the soup man. Hot, Cold, Spicy, Sweet, Or Savory, the soup man cometh for all the varieties of soups.
Estimated Market Value: 590,000,000 Beri
"Soup Devilfruit." I finish with a low hum.
"I will give you all three of the other fruits if you do not pick the scarab fruit. Scarabs are a symbol of the desert. Having someone as the holder of the scarab fruit will truly help bolster our forces after this war."
"Hrn. Alright. I guess I'll agree to that." I sigh. "Admittedly, it's the most valuable fruit here, so I suggest only giving it to people who you really trust. I mean, it's incredibly valuable. Worth almost as much as the other three combined. I can sort of see why, to be honest."
"Insects have an exoskeleton, so it'd have built in armor, then the benefit of an internal skeleton while in hybrid form, insects are also typically monstrously strong and can lift possibly hundreds of times their own body weight, though I doubt that transfers over to devil fruits. Plus some beetles can fly. I'm unsure if the Scarab is one of them."
"They are." Cobra nods quietly. "Thank you for your Appraisal. I will be sure to find someone trustworthy for the devil fruit."
"No problem." I smile brightly as I take my prizes.
Zoans may be interesting... but I don't plan on becoming a scarab beetle.
I quietly sit underwater, surrounded in a tube of ice created by my special icy sword. A frown rests on my face as I sit cross-legged on a waterlogged desk. I tilt my head and scratch my cheek, trapped in a sole bubble under the numerous gallons of water Crocodile had stolen with his dance powder.
Even dead that fucking prick has been a pain in my ass.
I glare down at the small safe under his desk, the trio of dials that lock the safe quietly spinning due to some watery hands gripping the locks, miniature needles repeatedly jabbing out from the edge and the centermost part of the lock.
Poisoned needles.
Figured that out the hard way. I accidentally pricked my finger, then BAM, the bleeding just doesn't stop, my vision is swimming, blood dripping from my nostrils.
Sandy bastard. Being able to ignore poison and shit by just making your hand semi-solid sand.
Luckily Argo sold me some antidotes a while back when she first offered me some poison.
The Antidotes follow the classic game-like line of thinking where there is only one poison status effect... and they cure it all, thus SAO antidotes are poison cure-alls.
Regretfully, Crocodile didn't tell me his safe's code as I was cleaving his head off.
It's quite a complex safe. Only being solved because I know magic to quietly open it.
I doubt that this sort of thing would be opened by the marines or the Alabasta Military.
Too much effort.
The marines might have been able to with the likes of Smoker, but I doubt he'd want to be sat here for so long. Plus it's underwater. They'd need to drain it first.
Anyways, back to the locked safe.
First I need to turn the left dial to the right until I get to position thirteen, then the centermost, larger dial goes the other way to position forty one. The next, the one in the upper right corner. Twenty.
Left eighteen. Right twenty-five. Left one. Center twelve. Right sixteen, center eight, center forty seven, left eleven, and finally to the right.
Twenty. Nineteen. Eighteen. Seventeen. Sixteen-
*Click*
The mechanism clicks, causing me to freeze abruptly. I carefully loop a watery hand around the handle and twist it, causing the several bars keeping the safe locked to snap open.
Inside the safe... is nothing more than a button.
It's a floor safe about two inches deep... with a big stone button inside.
Of course I've got to fucking push it.
I push it with a watery hand and back away, fully expecting some form of gas to shoot of the box.
*Chrzzz* the sound of stone grinding upon stone reverberates throughout the flooded room.
I turn around to see a wall with crocodile's portrait being pulled down, water beginning to slosh through a gap at the top of the door.
I fling my hands forwards, clenching my fists, then swing my arms back, causing the nearby water to lunge backwards, passing over me in a wave that wets my body. I barely even blink as the ice wall in front of me cracks and breaks, causing a flood of icy water to wash over my form, pieces of ice battering my torso.
I don't care.
As long as whatever's in there is safe.
I wade through the water as the wall continues to slowly drift downwards, passing through the walls of the open bubble of air I've made in front of the door.
My face becomes extremely pale as I spy what's behind the door.
Well... I mean, technically It's safe.
A blast door made of sea prism stone sits there, five dials on the door, one in each corner and one at the very center.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" I violently scream, clutching the sides of my head.
It had taken two hours to solve three little wheels.
And those were small I got lucky with the corner dials only being able to go up to twenty-five... and the centermost one being fifty.
I had to redo everything after missing even a single little step.
And I had no idea where to go after each little click. If I went to the center roller if I was meant to go to the left, I had to restart after slowly meandering through all fifty positions.
Each of the corner ones are the size of the largest one in the floor locker... and the centermost one?
Two hundred possible positions.
"I hope you are burning in hell Crocodile."
"Alllll our times have come!" I sing to myself as I sit cross-legged on the floor, my phone sitting on my lap, quiet tunes playing from the speaker. "Here, but now they're gone."
"Seasons don't fear the reaper. Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain" I hum as the top left tumbler clicks.
I freeze, pausing my tunes.
I grab a piece of paper and quickly write out the number the dial stopped on.
Each of these had five cycles... the only one which had four... is the bottom left one.
I order my watery grasp to grab the tumbler and begin to slowly twist the bottom left wheel.
'Come on... eight hours. I had to stop literally several times to get more air and eat something.
*Click Click Click Click Click*
I rocket to my feet, instantly bending forwards and snagging my phone out of the air before it can strike the wet floor.
A watery appendage reaches over and grabs a large door handle.
With a loud noise, the door creaks open, causing a shaky smile to cross my face, I sniffle slightly, the chilled air starting to get to me.
It's open...
It's actually open.
As the door opens all the way I prop it open.
It would suck if I got locked inside, so I'm going to take as many steps as possible to avoid that outcome.
I grin as I pluck the bolts keeping the hinges together.
*CRACK*
I scramble to get out of the way of the falling door, letting out a brief sigh of relief as I look over the contents of the safe.
It's a room four feet across, five feet deep, and six feet tall.
Sort of nostalgic in a way, I suppose.
It's not that much smaller than what I started in. There are two layers of shelves around the wall of the safe creating three layers. The floor, middle shelf, and the top shelf.
I almost start salivating at what I see on the inside.
Fifteen gold bars.
well over fifty silver bars.
All looking like they were just smuggled out of fort knox.
These are some hefty motherfuckers, the gold looks to weigh about thirty pounds per bar, the silver, being a naturally lighter metal, is probably at around fifteen or so.
I nearly creamed my pants at the sight of the gold, but the several suitcases of Beri are equally as tantalizing.
I know I said I'd be giving up material assets and money, but honestly? Fuck them. I already gave them the Scarab fruit when I could have totally picked it and the soup logia.
Nobody has to know I have this
Now for the unique items.
A sheathed blade rests in the far corner flanked by two more swords, the pommel a dazzling white as blue silk ribbons are tied along the handle in a crossing x-shaped pattern, the guard is the same misty white sea-foam color as the pommel of the blade.
Shio No Yure:
One of the 21 'Great Grade' swords of the world, originally forged in Wano, this blade found itself in many battles, and through numerous decades found its way passed down from wielder to wielder. The blade is fickle, when held by a swordsman who doesn't meet its standards, it might not even allow itself to be pulled free of its sheath, and even if you manage to get it out, it is unlikely to cut despite its incredible sharpness if you are unskilled.
Estimated Market Value: 60,000,000 Beri
I quietly reach over and pick it up.
*Click*
I can hear something in the sheathe slide shut.
I frown and grab the handle, gently tugging at it.
It doesn't budge an inch.
Huh... this is... interesting?
My analyzation digs deeper into the blade. It appears that whoever made this blade gave it some form of automatic lock that prevents it from being drawn unless someone channels armament haki into it.
Interesting.
Well, I guess I should be learning how to use Haki now.
I've got tons of things I need to learn.
Haki, the Six Powers, how to actually wield a sword and not merely rely on sword skills.
The next blade has less of an aura about it, this time being a simple longsword with a black handle and handguard. There is a small yellow crescent in the center of the handguard, clearly representing a moon. The sheath itself is a dark black color with dozens of tiny white specks across it, signifying starlight.
By unsheathing it slightly it is revealed that the blade is a brilliant pearl white color.
Moonflash:
One of the 50 'Skillful Grade' Blades. Moonflash is sharp and extremely dangerous, yet its dazzling blade glimmers under the shining moonlight and twinkling stars, some say it's pretty enough to let you cut people without them even resisting.
Estimated Market Value: 4,500,000 Beri
A blade that can produce a slight hypnotic effect under the moon and night sky.
Its appearance also increases its value quite a bit.
It's sort of like a collector's piece.
The next weapon also appears to be in the same quality of blade, however, this one is a long dagger, perhaps a gladius. It has a black leather grip with an orange handguard and pommel, the image of a yellow and orange sun sits in the center of the cross guard of the weapon, the sheath is a dark black coloration with numerous yellowish lines going from the tip to the end, looking like rays of sunlight.
Sunspot:
One of the 50 'Skillful Grade' Blades. The Sunspot is a sibling sword to the creator's previous work, the Moonflash, it is just as deadly as its counterpart, however, unlike the Moonflash, the sunspot was made to be excruciatingly reflective. Blindingly so. Most light that strikes the blade is in fact magnified by its polished sheen. This makes it quite a distracting weapon for both wielders and opponents.
Estimated Market Value: 4,250,000 Beri
Sort of self-explanatory.
Super reflective and meant to be wielded in an offhand. Just as valuable as an art piece as a legitimate weapon.
My eyes are drawn to a book and several rolls of parchment.
Crocodile's Notebook:
It probably has some interesting information within.
Estimated Market Value: 10,000 Beri
I'll read that later.
I look to the first roll of papers
Chemical Formula: Dance Powder:
The formula to create a powder that when burned creates rain.
Estimated Market Value: 900,000 Beri
Huh. Neat.
Chemical Formula: Hero Water:
The formula to create 'Hero Water', a strange elixir that tremendously increases the strength of someone to superhuman levels... at the cost of ending their lives in the next 5 minutes.
Estimated Market Value: 11,000,000 Beri
This could be useful in the future.
Now for the fun bit!
The seven swirled fruits sitting in miniature chests.
The first, a dark gruff looking cube-like fruit with a green T shaped stem.
Toishi-Toshi No Mi: (Whetstone-Whetstone Fruit)
A Paramecia devil fruit which transforms the consumer into a Whetstone Human, allowing them to sharpen any and all things into their 'most sharp' state at will by rubbing it against their body.
Estimated Market Value: 182,000,000 Beri
Interesting.
The next, a bunch of blue bananas, but instead of the gentle curve a normal banana would have, they are a sharp ninety degree angle.
Mageru-Mageru No Mi: (Bend-Bend Fruit)
A Paramecia devil fruit which makes you a bending human. You can bend almost any materials as if it were made of paper.
Estimated Market Value: 216,000,000 Beri
Sort of okay, I guess. I can see the value of folding things.
The next fruit appears to be some form of durian, but with black and white stripes, sort of like a zebra. The raised spikes on the fruit curl towards the ends, showing the classic devil fruit swirl.
Itachi-Itachi No Mi: Model: Badger (Weasel-Weasel Fruit Model: Badger)
A Zoan devil fruit which allows the consumer to transform in between a badger form and their original state. Badgers are quite resilient creatures, and the Badger Zoan reflects this masterfully.
Estimated Market Value: 320,000,000 Beri
The next is just an orange apple with swirls. Nothing all to interesting to look at.
Nagu-Nagu No Mi: (Fuse-Fuse Fruit)
A Paramecia Devil Fruit which allows you to fuse two objects into each other, someone's feet to the floor, the ends of a cut rope, the bullet to the inside of a barrel. The only downside is you typically have to forcibly be touching at least one of the objects (And be touching it to the other target) for the fusion to take effect.
Estimated Market Value: 443,000,000 Beri
Genuinely sort of a good effect. Huh.
The next is reddish in color with a sole large bump on the front, it looks similar to a pineapple, with swirl-like 'scales' lining its entire surface
Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Ceratosaurus (Dragon-Dragon Fruit Model: Ceratosaurus)
An ancient Zoan devil fruit which allows you to transform into the mighty Ceratosaurus, a fairly large theropod dinosaur from the late Jurassic period.
Estimated Market Value: 1,050,000,000 Beri
The next appears to be a greenish dragon fruit with numerous swirled scale-like extensions along its sides.
Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Ankylosaurus (Dragon-Dragon Fruit Model: Ankylosaurus)
An ancient Zoan devil fruit which allows the consumer to become an Ankylosaurus, a walking tank of a dinosaur covered in armored plates, with a tremendously powerful tail-club. It can also roll up into a spikey ball increasing its defense while giving it a great option for mobility! Because the ancient Ankylosaurus could totally do that! You can't prove it otherwise, can you?
Estimated Market Value: 1,525,000,000 Beri
Crocodile had some good shit.
The last fruit looks a little melted, it's a silvery grey color, fairly small amongst the devil fruits I have seen, the fruit appears to originally be some form of pear.
Suisei- Suisei No Mi: (Mercury-Mercury Fruit)
A logia devil fruit which turns the consumer into a mercury man. This logia is special as it takes aspects from three of the main states of matter, Solid, Liquid, and Gas. The sturdiness and durability of solid metal, all the fluidity of a liquid, and the floaty capabilities of gas. The fact that mercury is extremely toxic is merely icing on the extremely powerful cake!
Estimated Market Value: 3,250,000,000 Beri
I blink down at the fruit with a frozen blank stare.
Holy shit.
Move the fuck over sand sand fruit. I've found MY new power... which I won't be eating yet as I still have to transfer all this stuff back home and drowning under all this water doesn't sound very fun. Honestly, I'll probably take a nap as well. I've been awake for a good twenty-four hours straight by now.
I rub my hands together a devious smirk crossing my features as I begin to transfer things into my requip space.
It's not large enough to store everything... especially the silver and gold bars. But it's enough for me to be able to store my most valuable possessions- the devil fruits- and the water-soluble things, such as the papers.
I transfer two bars of gold to my requip space, pick up a stack of three silver bars and begin my slow march across the flooded room, holding my breath as I walk to the sea prism stone cage.
I pull the water back quietly and open the door, my mind straining at keeping two places dry at once.
"Heyooo I'm baaack~" I call out into the shop, seeing two figures stood inside.
"Oh! Mr. Argo! Welcome back!" Silica smiles as she leans out from behind the tall, red haired fairy tail mage, she flinches. "OH MY GOSH! ARE YOU HURT?!"
Erza turns, looking over me, her eyes widening briefly as she can see the cut in my clothes and the red staining the edges.
"I'm fine. I did almost get cut in half a couple of hours ago, though."
"H-Hours? Sir... you have been gone for an hour at most." The girl whispers. "A-Are you okay?!"
"Time Dialation. And yes. I'm fine." I explain as I toss the bars inside, dropping the gold atop it. "Excuse me, Erza. Could I please have a moment of your time? I'll give you those three silver bars if you help me get some things."
"Of course." The woman smiles with a slow nod.
The three silver bars on the floor disappear as she walks to the door and steps out, eyes straying around the underwater cage.
"Where... are we?"
"This is the third world. We are in some desert country who just had someone ignite a revolution. We are currently in the hidden office of the bad man who started this entire thing. He is very dead so most of this is free for the taking. Someone's going to loot it. Why not me?"
I close the door to my shop and slowly walk forwards, giving Erza ample time to stick close by me and follow along without getting wet.
We come to the open door of the safe.
"This is what I need you to transfer."
Her eyes widen at the wealth inside the safe. "Well... I can see why you were so ready to part with that many silver bars so easily."
"Oh, I was paying for the quick trip of requip with one of the bars... the other two, on the other hand." I crouch down and rap my knuckles on the sea prism stone door that's flat on the ground.
"I want you to tear the safe out of the wall and transfer it back to my shop. The same with those bars."
"Why?" The red haired woman questions.
"This is Sea Prism Stone. An unprocessed ore harder than diamonds and a genuinely monstrous affinity for water magic." I answer as I run my hand along the back of it.
"You plan to give it to Lisbeth?" The woman realizes.
"To refine into its complete metal state... and make probably one of the most durable weapons in Aincrad." I smirk with a quiet nod.
"Very well. Asking for the fairy tail guild when you need something destroyed is just common sense." The red haired woman proudly announces. "I believe I'll ask for a set of armor and a weapon of this sea prism stone when the time comes."
A tremendous greatsword with a blunted edge appears in her grasp as she shifts into a bulky yellow armor. The items within the safe disappear into her own requip space as she takes humongous blade in both hands.
"We are also surrounded on all sides by water, so keep that in mind." I point out suddenly.
"Alright. I will keep that in mind." The woman nods as she hefts her weapon above her head.
I let out a quiet yawn as I sit up from my spot on the couch, the smell of food reaching my nose.
The universal wake-up call.
I look over my shoulder to see a brown head of hair bobbing about just behind the half wall in the kitchen.
I slowly stand up and stretch, my joints popping as I force back another yawn.
Silica's head peeks up over the wall. "Oh! Argo! You're awake! Breakfast is almost ready."
"You didn't need to cook for me, Silica." I sigh as I slowly wander to the kitchen.
"But you're letting me live here for free! The least I can do is help out and fix you breakfast." The red eyed girl pouts at me, quietly looking away with the tiniest of blushes. "b-besides... it feels pretty good to be able to use my skills."
"Fine." I relent as I take a seat at the dining table. "What are we having?"
"Well, I don't exactly know what you like, so I really hope you like it." The girl smiles as she turns to the stove and gives a pot a quick stir, she appears to be searing some fish in a pan.
A nearby rice cooker lets out a quiet beep, signifying that it's done cooking. "I've made some Miso soup, salmon, and some rice."
"That sounds really good." I compliment.
"T-Thank you..." She bashfully whispers.
Several plates and bowls are sat on the table, a plate with numerous seared fillets of salmon, then a large bowl of rice and two bowls of soup with cubed tofu in it, plus some green onion. Then an extra empty serving bowl for other things.
"Wow." I mutter to myself, much to the brown haired girl's embaressment.
I take the empty bowl she had given me and dip out some rice into it and snag a piece of fish with the chopsticks she had laid on the table.
"So, what's on the agenda today, boss?" The girl beams.
"Don't call me boss... Please. Just call me 'Argo'." I gently chastise.
"Yes sir!"
Does she get off on disobeying me or something?
I'm not even going to bother. Not worth the time.
"Anyways." I sigh as I take a bite of fish. "I need to teach you the conversion of currency. Most are actually about even with Yen so it's pretty simple. Then after that I'm probably going to see about expanding the shop or maying a couple more rooms... personally I am feeling... training room. I nearly died recently, soooo I've got a couple of powers I want to train."
"I'm... glad that you are okay." She sullenly mutters. "I don't have many friends and it would hurt me greatly if you died."
"I don't have that many friends either, to be honest. There's 'The Bold', but honestly, I'd only say that only the main group of Asuna, Kirito, Argo, and Lisbeth are truly 'friendly'. The rest are sort of all business. Then there's Levy and Erza."
"Am I your friend?"
"I'd say so." I nod once.
My answer seems to lift her mood even higher.
We fall into a comfortable silence as we return to eating.
"This is really good." I complement after taking a spoonful of soup.
"T-Thank you." She whispers with a bashful smile.
I continue eating briefly before scratching the side of my head. "Ah. Wait. There are probably a couple of things I need to check out as well. Tell me, what does the sword art online system think of this?"
With a flash a cubic devil fruit appears in my hand, the girl looks up at it, tilting her head as a screen appears before her.
"Oh. Sorry. I don't have enough skill to prepare that." The girl frowns.
"H-Huh? Prepare?"
I stand and slowly walk around the table, looking over her shoulder.
Devil Fruit:
{SSS-Rank Cooking Ingredient}
Requirement: Cooking Proficiency 1000
Summary:
A devil fruit is a unique fruit said to hold a demon within. Each fruit when eaten grants the consumer a special 'Unique Skill'. You may only have the powers of one fruit at a time*.
When not properly prepared, this fruit tastes excruciatingly bad, in addition, the consumer gains a tremendous weakness to water and anything radiating the aura of the sea. These side effects are removed if the fruit is properly prepared by a master chef. In addition, you may eat additional devil fruits to change your power, the new skill replacing the original one you had. But please be aware, If you try to eat several improperly prepared fruits, you will be killed by the power of the fruits.
Notice: Some fruits grant you the capability of eating more Devil Fruits, but that is a slim minority of 'Zoan' fruits.
A savage grin slowly crosses my lips.
This bodes well.
"Wait a second..."
I forgot to yoink Crocodile's golden plated hook.
"FUCK!"
To the victor goes the spoils! After several hours of safe cracking, our boy has secured WEALTH. FAME. POWER. Now he just need to get a certain friend to give him the key to UNLIMITED POWAH!
The real question is if he wants to be a metal man or the equivalent of a lycanthrope dinosaur.
Decisions, Decisions!
Also I had 2 separate people not realize that 830M Beri is equal to roughly 8.3 Million DOLLARS. One was even super arrogant about it
I should probably also mention that Argo was singing '(Don't fear) the reaper'… I have to specify this because I've had cases where people DON'T SEARCH UP THE LYRICS LIKE A NORMAL FUCKING PERSON.
Guest Reviews:
Guest 001: The world government removes the bounties of people who are warlords. And there's no sense in giving a corpse a bounty.
TobascoSlacks: Moria really had one of the biggest downgrades in history. Went from fighting Kaido to a fucking bowling pin.
Beansoup: Yeah, Argo at the moment isn't much of a fighter, but soon enough he'll be kicking names and taking ass.
JustAFan123: Oh man, I wonder who Argo is going to give the Sand Sand fruit... who does he know that would be thematically appropriate?
Guest 001: The 'They didn't do X because of pride' is a really flimsy excuse. Like, you're taking over an entire fucking country and looking for an ancient weapon. Why are you lowering yourself to the level of some random pirate?
Anyways, I'll see you all later!