One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

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Seeing that the other party did not eat the Dark Fruit on the spot, but hurriedly left, 'Little Finger' Jerry subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, as planned, they immediately called in the next person.

Same tone, same performance.

“恭喜了，你以4亿3千万的价格成功‘强买’下了这颗暗暗果实。有人出到了4亿2千5百万，只比你少了5百万贝里。”

"Hahaha, luck really is on my side. Where's the stuff? Give it to me!"

After the transaction was completed, the man did not linger. Guided by Jerry, he hurriedly left through another secret passage with the Devil Fruit in his arms.

And so, one person after another walked in.

One 'Dark Fruit' after another was sent out.

Most people were cautious and did not eat it on the spot, but instead hurriedly left through the secret passage as quickly as possible.

But there are also those impulsive young people who eat it on the spot.

However, when they forced themselves to swallow the Dark Fruit despite the nauseating taste, what surged out of it was not power, but poison powerful enough to kill twenty elephants!

Some didn't even finish their food before dying from the poison on the spot.

What kind of trade fair is this? It's a shocking scam designed to fleece unsuspecting investors!

Chapter 517 A Shocking Deception!

As rumored, 'Little Finger' Jerry is extremely greedy.

It seems that he has reformed after losing two little fingers and has even made a name for himself at the trade fair.

But in reality, his inherently greedy nature has not changed at all.

He's just playing the long game.

He is using his hard-earned reputation and the entire trade fair to set up this grand scheme, preparing to harvest enough韭菜 (a metaphor for retail investors) and then run away immediately!

What Dark-Dark Fruit? Of course it's fake!

Long-haired and bald were also his shills who were planted at the scene beforehand!

He knew, of course, that no one outside could come up with 3 billion Berries, but if it were 'reasonably' reduced to 30 million Berries, it would be a different story.

Once they get wind of it, any real buyer who's coming for the Devil Fruit will be prepared to spend at least 300 to 500 million Berries.

After all, even the worst Devil Fruit has never been worth less than 1 million Berries.

Then all you need to do is perform the whole act well and not let anyone see through your act.

Everything was going according to his script.

He sold each fake Dark Fruit for hundreds of millions of dollars!

Ten people would be worth over three billion Berries!

It’s so profitable!

At this point, Baldy and Long Hair were also called in one after another.

"Quickly, arrange for someone to transfer all this money away."

"We need to be quick; someone might have already discovered the problem."

Baldy and Longhair were extremely excited and had immense admiration for their leader.

It turns out that the 'integrity' they considered the most useless thing could actually be monetized in this way!

More than three billion Berries! You couldn't earn that in several lifetimes!

Just as 'Little Thumb' Jerry was running away with his men, some of those who had escaped outside finally realized they had been scammed.

Some people died from poisoning after eating the 'Dark Fruit' once they reached a safe place.

Some were targeted, and after a fierce battle, the survivors ate the 'Dark Fruit' and then kicked the bucket.

Several groups were even robbed at the same time, and no one knew whose was the real one.

"Damn it, we've all been scammed!"

"This isn't a Devil Fruit at all, it's fake!"

"What? Fake? Impossible! I spent a whopping 5 million Berries to buy it!"

"Huh? 5 million? I only spent 4 million to buy it..."

"I am 350 million Berries."

Blanch!

When several identical 'Dark-Dark Fruits' appeared together, the truth finally came to light.

Then, connecting it to what had seemed off before, everything suddenly became clear.

"Damn it, how dare they treat us like fools!"

"Little Thumb Jerry, you're fucking dead!"

"Let's all go over there, find him, and settle the score!"

"Yes, don't let him get away."

……

A group of men, each with their own men, returned in a fit of rage.

But by then, the place was already deserted.

With all the leeks harvested, how could Jerry possibly stay put and wait for someone to attack him?

Foz-Foe couldn't help but feel fortunate.

Thankfully, the bait they offered was a Logia-type Devil Fruit. If it had been an Ancient Zoan or Mythical Zoan, there would probably be one more person who had been fooled.

Unable to find the perpetrators, these people had nowhere to vent their anger, so they naturally began to cause destruction in Dressrosa in an attempt to make up for their losses.

Then things escalated.

King Riku sent his royal army to suppress these people, and a fierce battle ensued, resulting in casualties on both sides.

Seeing that the situation was about to escalate out of control, King Riku had no choice but to personally intervene and stop the fight.

After learning the details, King Riku's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

This is a completely undeserved disaster!

But he couldn't let these people continue to act recklessly.

All they could say was that they would help find the group.

Some people still wanted to push their luck, so King Riku made a harsh statement, refusing to back down an inch.

In the end, these people had no choice but to come down the steps.

After all, if they really fought to the death, it might bring great chaos to the country, but at the same time, none of them would be able to leave alive.

If they really did that, Jerry, who's hiding away, would probably be laughing in his sleep!

So we can only swallow our anger for now and hope to find 'Little Finger' Jerry.

In such a short time, the other party must still be hiding somewhere in this country.

King Riku immediately issued an order, instructing one part of the royal army to keep an eye on these people, while another part went to search for the whereabouts of 'Little Finger' Jerry.

Regardless of whether they can find it in the end, they've already made this gesture. If they still want to cause trouble, do they really think they have no temper?

……

"Dark fruit?"

With the matter escalating to such an extent, Abel naturally received the news as well.

He then immediately summoned someone and carefully inquired about the details of what had happened.

However, these people only knew hearsay and didn't know many details. They only knew that there was a guy named "Little Thumb" Jerry who used some fake Dark-Dark Fruits to swindle billions of Berries, and then disappeared without a trace.

Countless people are now searching for this person's whereabouts.

Some forces have offered bounties of hundreds of millions; if the intelligence is accurate, one can become instantly rich!

But what Abel was thinking was, how exactly did this guy called 'Little Thumb' Jerry manage to fool so many people?

Is it just based on its reputation for 'integrity'?

Don't these people even check it after they receive it?

too weird!

"It seems we need to find a few of the parties involved to ask about the situation, and it would be best if we could also get back one of the so-called 'Dark Fruit' to take a look at."

Just do it!

Abel went out immediately.

It's no secret who has been scammed.

So he quickly found a group of people.

"what is your job?"

"Who I am is not important. If you want to live, start answering my questions honestly from now on."

"court death!"

Abel sighed helplessly; he knew it would end up like this.

A few minutes later, apart from the corpses scattered on the ground, only the hedgehog-headed man was still alive.

However, he was already terrified.

"Can you answer my question properly now?" Abel asked 'gently,' afraid of scaring him to death.

The hedgehog-headed man nodded quickly.