One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

None of the soldiers showed any fear; on the contrary, they were full of fighting spirit and shouted as they jumped off the Qilin and charged toward the white-robed priest.

Luo adjusted his hat, and in a flash, he disappeared from the deck.

When Bepo saw that Luo had also gone down, he panicked. He quickly dropped the snail in his hand, jumped off the ship, and charged towards the priests with a roar.

Palmer also rushed out.

A few minutes later, when Luo Xia and the others happily carried a large pile of gold artifacts back to the open space where the Kirin was located, they saw the figures of white-robed priests lying on the ground, as well as naval soldiers cleaning up the battlefield.

"What's going on? Who are these people in white?"

The lark stepped forward and asked the soldiers, puzzled.

The soldiers, of course, had no idea who the white-robed priest was.

However, soon after Luo used his long sword to cut the unfortunate Asura into more than a dozen pieces right in front of them, the white-robed priest immediately voiced all these questions.

They were all eager to answer, afraid that if they answered too slowly, they would be on the path to certain doom.

"Priest? God? Enel, the God of Thunder?"

Lark blinked and turned to look at Rorschach.

"Brother Rorschach, this is bad! That old woman might have mistaken you for someone else. She thinks you, who can unleash lightning, are that Thor Enel."

"The ability to transform into lightning and manipulate lightning... this kind of ability..." Law's expression became somewhat solemn. "Could it be the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which hasn't appeared on the sea for over two hundred years? If it really is that ability, then this guy named Enel can truly be revered as a god."

As he spoke, he glanced at the composed Rorschach.

This guy in front of me is just a half-baked lightning manipulator, yet he's already this awesome.

If we run into the person in question...

Luo raised his hand and pressed it against his face.

The person in question might get beaten up pretty badly...

"Luo, what are you thinking about? Come over here and help me check if this is a Logia-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit."

Rorschach's voice startled Rorschach awake.

He walked forward with a look of astonishment, looked at the snow-white, cloud-shaped fruit in Luo Xia's hand, and asked in surprise, "This...where did you get this?"

Seeing the surprised expression on his face, Luo Xia felt a little smug and recounted what had happened, leaving Luo stunned.

"Holy crap, is this for real? The Express Shrimp delivered a world-class Logia-type Devil Fruit to you? This isn't just an Express Shrimp, it's like your ancestors have appeared to you."

Even though Luo is usually aloof, he couldn't help but complain at this moment.

There was no way he could hold it in any longer.

Because it's really too outrageous.

The naval soldiers around them who overheard the conversation were all dumbfounded.

What is that?

Could you pick up a Logia-type Devil Fruit on your next trip to Sky Island?

Bepo and Pamel were practically drooling, their eyes glued to the fruit Law was holding in his hand.

That's a Logia-type Devil Fruit!

As long as you eat it, you will gain immense power.

It's not even inferior to the Zoan-type Mythical Beast ability possessed by the Major General.

Rorschach said impatiently, "Stop keeping me in suspense and just tell me whether this is the Cloud-Cloud Fruit or not? Have you even looked at the Devil Fruit encyclopedia?"

Luo looked at Luo Xia and Yun Que with a complicated expression, and handed back the snow-white fruit in his hand.

He said in a muffled voice, "If this fruit wasn't deliberately made to look like this to disguise itself as a Cloud Fruit, then it is indeed a Cloud Fruit."

"Disguise? How do I disguise myself?" A question mark appeared above Yun Que's head.

"The mold is made by first creating a mold in the shape of a Devil Fruit, then fitting it onto some fruits before they ripen, allowing them to grow into the shape of a Devil Fruit. Then, someone paints the unique spiral patterns of the Devil Fruit onto it. To make it more realistic, they might even inject some special ingredients into the fruit..."

Luo gestured with his hand.

"You can do that?" Hibari and the surrounding naval soldiers all gaped in astonishment.

Even Rorschach was somewhat surprised.

This world even has this kind of gameplay?

Who on earth came up with this brilliant idea?

Soon, Luo gave him the answer he wanted.

"This is just a small business tactic, a little trick played by Doflamingo."

It can only fool those stupid and power-hungry guys.

The Donquixote Family sells hundreds of Logia-type Devil Fruits, hundreds of Zoan-type Devil Fruits, and hundreds of Paramecia-type Devil Fruits every year.

The most popular fruits are the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Logia-type Magma-Magma Fruit, with over two hundred of each type sold annually.

"More than two hundred Tremor-Tremor Fruits and Magma Fruits?"

Lark and Rorschach both gaped, speechless with astonishment.

"Are these guys idiots? Whitebeard and... and my dad are perfectly fine, they're not dead at all. Where did they get a second Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Magma-Magma Fruit?"

The lark couldn't understand.

"The emperor is far away, and big shots like Whitebeard and Admiral Akainu are too far removed from ordinary people. Who knows if they have... cough cough."

In short, there are far more fools and rich people in this world than you can imagine.

And most importantly, the Don Quixote family members are not fools.

Of course I know what kind of people I can scam and how much money I can get out of them.

Therefore, a Tremor-Tremor Fruit or Magma-Magma Fruit might be worth hundreds of millions of Berries in the hands of their lower-level dealers, or it might only sell to you for five million Berries.

Five million Berries! In exchange for a chance to become the strongest in the world, would you take it?

Even knowing there's a 99% chance it's fake, most people would still take the gamble. What if it's real?

Law shrugged. "Otherwise, where do you think Doflamingo got all that money? Did he really do legitimate business with you? Honest and trustworthy? Give me a break."

Rorschach couldn't help but agree wholeheartedly.

Indeed, there is only one type of person in this world who won't be fooled by someone like Doflamingo.

That's what a poor person is...

As long as I'm poor enough, no one can swindle money from me!

Chapter 303 Natural-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit

"Since Law said there's a more than 90% chance that this Devil Fruit is the Logia-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit, then Hibari..."

Rorschach handed the snow-white, cloud-like fruit to Lark, smiling slightly, and asked, "Would you like to try some?"

"Mmm! I'll eat it!"

Yun Que pursed her lips, took the fruit that Luo Xia handed her, and amidst the envious gazes of everyone, put it to her mouth. Without hesitation, she opened her mouth and bit off a piece of the equally snow-white flesh inside.

The translucent fruit flesh, which looked as white as crystal, caused Yun Que to wrinkle her face, contort her features, and twitch as soon as she took a bite.

"It's...it's...it tastes awful!"

Yun Que let out a painful groan, feeling waves of nausea rising in her stomach as if she were strongly repelling the extremely disgusting taste from entering her body.

This feeling of nausea doesn't seem to originate from taste, but rather from the bloodline factors of life.

It's as if life itself is resisting the integration of the Devil Fruit.

But as the fruit pulp slid down my throat and into my stomach, this intense feeling of nausea and resistance gradually disappeared.

"Waaaah... It tastes awful. I swear I'll never eat another Devil Fruit in my life~."

The lark pouted, tears welling up in its eyes from disgust.

Luo Xia's lips twitched as he listened, and he rolled his eyes.

"You can't eat it even if you want to. Actually, Devil Fruits aren't that bad. Have you forgotten the coffee at G2 Base?"

"Coffee? You're right. Compared to the coffee at Lieutenant General Gumir's place, this fruit doesn't seem so bad."

Lark shivered and quickly shook his head to clear away the extremely bitter taste that he could feel just from the memory.

Looking at the snow-white fruit in her hand with a small bite taken out of it, Hibari blinked, looked up at Rorschach, and then turned to look at Rorschach.

"This... should I continue eating? I seem to have heard that you only need to take a small bite of a Devil Fruit to gain its power, and you don't need to eat the whole thing."

Luo Xia and Luo exchanged a glance.

Luo Xia stroked his chin and muttered, "That's what they say, but just to be on the safe side, I ate the whole Kirin Fruit back then."

Luo nodded expressionlessly. "The Op-Op Fruit isn't big; I swallowed it whole back then. As for whether eating a small bite or the whole thing would affect the power's effectiveness, I can't say for sure. After all, there aren't two identical Devil Fruits in the world to experiment with. So..."

He looked at the lark with pity, its mouth slightly open. "So I still suggest you eat the whole fruit. It's not very big, just a few bites."

"is it?"

Yun Que looked at Luo Xia with a pained expression, hoping for some advice.

Rorschach could only smile and reach out to pat her head, encouraging her, "Keep it up! Do you want to become the first female admiral in the Marine Headquarters? This Logia-type ability has a much higher growth potential than Smoker's Smoke-Smoke Fruit. No pain, no gain. Don't regret it if you miss out on a bite of the fruit and can't grow to your full potential in the future."

"The first female admiral in the Navy Headquarters?"

Suddenly, two beams of light appeared in the lark's eyes.

She drank the whole bowl of chicken soup that Luo Xia fed her.

Click, click, click...

Then, under the astonished gazes of Rorschach and Law, Hibari, like a rabbit eating a carrot, quickly gnawed at the Devil Fruit in his hand with his two rows of snow-white teeth.

In just a few seconds, the fist-sized, snow-white fruit was completely devoured, bitten and swallowed whole.

After finishing eating, Yun Que gagged and quickly raised her hands to cover her mouth, desperately trying to suppress the urge to vomit. She took a few deep breaths and gradually calmed down.

"Can...can you feel anything?"