One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 190 Two Fruits
"Thank you...thank you both for your help."

In the ruins, a burly man crawled out from the only remaining crowd. He was King Dord III of Riku.

He did not die. Since the official battle, he had been trying to avoid the aftermath of the battle and protect the unarmed civilians. This was his duty as a king.

Although he disliked and even hated Borsalino's way of acting without regard for the safety of others, he also understood that it was the best choice at the time.

Dold could see that Borsalino alone was no match for Beth, and all his actions had to be aimed at delaying the opponent.

What's more, he blamed Borsalino, but he couldn't express it on the spot. This was the responsibility and experience that a king should have.

"Ah~ You are the king of this country, I didn't expect you to survive~"

Borsalino raised his head and said after just a glance, his tone casual, making the dragon beside him feel a little embarrassed.

How can you talk like that? Others have finally survived, but you speak like they deserve to die!
Long wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and said hurriedly:

"Don't worry about this, Your Majesty. This is how my friend usually speaks. I hope this incident has not caused too much harm to you and your country."

"It's okay. From this... uh... young friend? Well, since the beginning of the fight with this young friend, I have roughly guessed what kind of person he is. I understand, I understand!"

Although Dold III was also very angry, he had to try to comfort himself in his heart and say nice words to express his understanding.

Although it is no surprise that both of them are navy officers, Dressrosa is not a member of the World Government, so no one will care if any accidents occur.

Now we should be thankful that they are willing to save our country. We should not ask too much from them and we should try to please them to prevent secondary damage from the navy.

Dold vaguely guessed that they seemed to be coming for the Bess Pirates, and their target was the two boxes containing devil fruits that Borsalino was holding earlier.

In this case, there must be reinforcements behind them. He now just wants to send them away quickly, then restore his country, and find some brave warriors to train.

By the way, go seek help from the "forest fairies" Dontata clan.

"Oh, by the way, those two fruits should be in your daughter's hands now. She was watching the battle over there just now. She was quite brave~"

"what!"

Borsalino's words instantly scared Dold half to death.

Damn it, how on earth did Scarlett get out! Didn't he tell her to stay at home? !
This silly girl is really, he is the famous King Dold III, why did he give birth to two daughters like this? They all like to do things with huge risks.

Isn't it good to be a normal princess?

"I'm sorry, my Scarlett must have caused you some trouble, my friend. I still have some strength, I'll get those two boxes for you, and by the way, let her come over to apologize."

"It's not that serious. No need to apologize. Just help me return the two boxes that I gave her for temporary safekeeping. I have to go back and report."

"No problem, leave it to me!"

Dold patted his chest and spoke, his voice strong and powerful, not like that of a seriously injured person.

Soon, only Borsalino and Long were left at the scene, one lying down and the other sitting casually.

After seeing that Dold was far away, Borsalino spoke, his tone was very playful, and he said to Long with a clear meaning:

"Hey, Long, the mission objective only says one fruit, right~"

"Let's just go back to the warship. Don't worry about those CPs. I set up a wind barrier nearby before I came. I can sense the movements of everyone coming in and out. Don't worry, no one will know about this!"

Long also spoke with a smile on his face, but his expression looked a little vulgar.

Of course he understood what Borsalino meant, as he had informed them of this detail in the phone call he had made earlier.

Devil Fruits are a rare good thing! Anyway, the World Government only wants one fruit, so it’s not too much to take the other one, right?
As for the difficult problem of how to determine which fruit the World Government is looking for, the natural way is to use Den Den Mushi to contact the omnipotent teacher Ross!
Although I don't know how he did it, Mr. Ross seems to know many secrets about devil fruits.

The World Government will definitely not secretly search for a useless fruit, so one of the two devil fruits must be special!
As for the other fruit, they had no choice but to accept it with reluctance.
"Well, I'm sorry for what happened earlier. I'm giving this back to you. I haven't opened these two boxes yet."

Not long after, Dold, covered in blood and scars, came with his little daughter Scarlett.

Scarlett looked at Borsalino who was lying on the ground with complicated eyes. She first apologized for something that happened before, and then handed the two boxes in her arms to Long.

Which woman doesn't love a hero? Although Borsalino is only good-looking and has a somewhat vulgar temperament, he doesn't quite fit the image of a hero, but his previous actions are indeed what a hero should be like.

He has the courage to fight against powerful enemies and never cowardly surrenders in the face of threats. Just like his father, he is a real man!

But...I should have been hated a long time ago, right?

Scarlett sighed after seeing Borsalino's extremely bland expression. She had missed out on a powerful and heroic partner just because of her own prejudice against commoners.

She vowed that she would never judge someone by their status again.

"Thanks. We'll leave first. Thank you for your help, Dragon." Borsalino stood up. He could feel that the little girl Scarlett had changed, but what did that have to do with him?
To him, women are a huge hassle and he would rather be single all his life than look for a troublesome partner.

Therefore, no matter how good the impression Scarlett made on him, or how much her behavior was in line with his wishes, he would not be shaken even in the slightest.

Navy men have iron wills and wills that will never be influenced by women!

If you don't believe me, just look at what happened to those generals in the navy who had wives. This is the result of not maintaining a steel will!

"Ah, let's go, let's go back first, goodbye both of you!"

"goodbye!"

"Good-bye..."

Long waved his hand, turned his palm upward, and the hurricane carried himself and Borsalino away into the distance.

Although it can't be compared with Mr. Ross's comfortable way, it's good to be able to fly. Why do you need a bicycle? Others don't even have the ability to fly!
...............

Nearly four or five hours later, Long brought Borsalino to Zefa's warship.

Because it was a return voyage, there was no need to rush. Dragon did not go at full speed on the way, but tried his best to take care of the feelings of the injured Borsalino.

"Mission accomplished, Mr. Zephyr. Now we just need to talk to Mr. Ross and we'll know which devil fruit to steal."

In the main cabin of the ship, Long and Borsalino came to Zefa's small office. After he casually threw two boxes on the desk, he lay on the sofa with Borsalino to rest.

After flying for most of the day, he was a little tired.

After Long finished speaking, Borsalino weakly raised his left hand and shouted:

"Hey~ Mr. Zefa, I'm covered in wounds. Can you give me a few days off to recuperate?"

The dragon beside him stared at Borsalino blankly, but then he sighed and continued to lie on the sofa to rest.

No, you really dare to bring this up?

That’s right, you really are that kind of person.

In just a few seconds, Long experienced two mental transformations.

"No! You should eat and drink as needed. Get up early tomorrow to do morning exercises. It's good enough that I let you go to the interrogation room every afternoon to slack off. Don't push me!"

"Ah, don't be so angry, Mr. Zefa, I know, I know, can't I just not mention it~~"

After saying this, Borsalino lay on his back on the sofa, watching Zefa slowly open the two boxes and take out the devil fruits inside.

The first one is an ordinary fruit of pure purple, without any eye-catching appearance features. It is exactly the same as an ordinary devil fruit, and you won’t find it anything special just by looking at it.

But the second devil fruit is very different!

It was a metallic fruit, wrapped in golden lines. The gentian looked like lightning, and the whole thing looked like a compact bunch of grapes. Each small fruit had two circles of patterns on it, and a small lightning growing on the outside.

Very unique! It is totally incomparable to the first fruit!

"How about it, Mr. Zefa, do you know these two devil fruits?"

Long asked Zefa symbolically, but the answer he got was as expected.

Zefa looked at the two fruits carefully, shook his head, and then said:

"I'm not like Mr. Ross, who can memorize the entire Devil Fruit. Without the illustrated guide, I don't know what these two fruits are, what they are used for, and which one the World Government needs."

After putting down the two devil fruits, he picked up the Den Den Mushi beside him, entered a number and dialed it.

Leave professional matters to professionals, just ask the magical Magic Ross.

"Bru-bru-bru-bru~ding!"

"Hello? Zefa, aren't you guys on your way back? What do you want me for? Is there something that you need my help to solve?"

"Yes, that's true. We received a secret mission on our way back. Don't worry, I have white Den Den Mushi to prevent eavesdropping."

"Okay, whatever you say."

"Well, this mission is to assist the CPs lurking in the New World to defeat a pirate group, seize a fruit from them and hand it over to the World Government, but now two fruits have appeared, so..."

"Oh! I see. Okay, describe the appearance. Leave it to me."

(End of this chapter)