I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Kro didn't rush to deliver the fatal blow; each strike landed precisely outside of vital areas, spurting blood that stained his clothes, but none of them were in mortal danger.

As time passed, Luo soon began to pant heavily due to exhaustion.

when!

The long sword Ghost Cry in his hand was also knocked away by Kro's attack, and his tiger's mouth was cut open and bleeding.

"This is not an enemy I can handle right now, but something's strange about it; he could have killed me a long time ago."

Luo gritted his teeth. He was almost exhausted and had even run out of knives, but Kro continued his unhurried attacks, like a cat playing with a mouse, teasing his prey again and again.

He was breathing heavily, blood was flowing from his body, but his mind was still relatively calm as he analyzed the current situation.

He figured it out... Luo's gaze fell on Sieg.

The man in sunglasses on the bench in the distance is clearly in cahoots with Chloe.

This person had been watching the game leisurely, displaying remarkable composure, which seemed to be related to Kro's performance.

This made Luo feel even more desperate.

He couldn't handle one Kro, and the other side even had another person leisurely watching the battle.

"It's a complete cat-and-mouse game! But even if it's an insurmountable enemy... don't think you can humiliate us so easily and gracefully!"

Luo gritted his teeth.

With his strength nearly exhausted, he prepared for one last desperate attempt.

"ROOM!"

He stretched out his palm, ignoring the blow that Kro had struck at his hand. With his palm facing down, the hollow vortex quickly unfolded into an invisible energy shield. This time, the spherical space was exceptionally large, enveloping the sunglasses-wearing man in the distance.

Then....

"exchange!"

The pebble in his right palm vanished instantly, and a pair of sunglasses appeared in his hand the next instant.

In that instant, Law used the power of the Op-Op Fruit to exchange sunglasses for the man in sunglasses!

"I'd like to see who's behind this—"

Luo gritted his teeth and glared fiercely at the man on the bench in the distance.

A pebble rolled off the man in sunglasses' face, and he seemed a little dazed, not quite reacting yet.

But that ordinary yet handsome face caught Luo's eye.

The next second, the man's face darkened, and another pair of sunglasses flashed into his hand, which he quickly put on his nose.

But that fleeting glimpse of that face just now exploded in Luo's heart like a thunderbolt!

Let's talk about the rebirth of Devil Fruits.

Let's talk about the concept of Devil Fruit rebirth in the lore.

It's not appropriate to put it in the main text; if I do, some people will probably accuse me of padding the word count.

I couldn't fit it all in the author's notes, so I'm putting it here. I'll need it in the next chapter, so I'm posting it here to avoid arguments.

In the original One Piece manga, the act of "stealing a Devil Fruit" has occurred three times so far.

1. Blackbeard kills Whitebeard in the Marineford War.

2. On Punk Hazard, Caesar revived the slime's Salamander Fruit.

3. Dressrosa, Burgess of the Blackbeard Pirates, attempted to steal the Gum-Gum Fruit but failed.

Here I will only discuss the latter two matters.

the first

In Punk Hazard, Caesar demonstrates the bioweapon "Death Kingdom" to the bigwigs of the underworld. It is actually a "slime" that has consumed a salamander fruit and then explodes into poison gas.

After the slime died, the Devil Fruit was reborn in a nearby fruit bag, giving birth to a new Salamander Fruit.

This indicates that Caesar possesses an effective method for Devil Fruit regeneration with a relatively high success rate.

Only after repeated successful experiments can one demonstrate to others and attempt to sell slimes as biological weapons.

In other words, let the poison gas eat the Salamander Fruit ------ the slime self-destructs ------ the fruit is reborn ------ the poison gas eats the fruit.

This is a cycle.

second.

In Dressrosa, Burgess appears carrying a large package, claiming he will take the opportunity to kill the dying Luffy and steal his Gum-Gum Fruit.

This shows that Burgess believed he could seize the Devil Fruit on the spot by killing Luffy, and that Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit ability was not a necessary condition for obtaining a Devil Fruit.

Occam's razor leads to a simple, plausible conclusion: Burgess used the same method as Caesar, with a bundle of fruit in his package.

...

If Oda doesn't add any new settings afterward, such as the fruits in their packages being specially made, and only specially made fruits can become Devil Fruits.

The above two points lead to a simple conclusion:

If, like Burgess, you carry a bag of fruit and kill a Devil Fruit user, you can cause the fruit to regenerate on one of the fruits in the bag. (Manual bolding)

..................

I've seen a lot of posts saying that you need Lucky Fruit to play this way... that's really confusing.

The Lucky Fruit exists in the movie, but not in the One Piece manga.

After becoming one of the Four Emperors, the Blackbeard Pirates repeatedly practiced and successfully hunted down many Devil Fruit users.

Obviously, none of them could be users of the Luck-Luck Fruit.

I suspect the lucky fruit mentioned in the post is a secondary setting from someone else's book.

Let me make another wild guess: this user of the Lucky Fruit might actually be a member of the main characters?

This kind of secondary setting is similar to how in Naruto, shadow clones are commonplace, but only Naruto's shadow clones are considered overpowered; it's a kind of cheat code that only the protagonist can use.

So, it still comes down to this:

It's fine if other people's settings are justified in their own books, but don't use other people's secondary settings to argue with me, and don't use my secondary settings to argue with other books.

Chapter 1037 My Heart and My Actions Are as Clear as a Mirror 1-2

Click.

Upon seeing the face clearly, Luo instinctively squeezed his hand, crushing the sunglasses in his hand, the shards of glass embedding themselves in his palm.

He felt as if he had just left the beginner village and was chatting with his companions when Kaido suddenly fell from the sky, leaving him with immense psychological trauma.

Luo took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little dizzy again.

Was he seeing things?

The man in sunglasses on the bench finally stood up and looked over expressionlessly.

Kro, who had been flashing around, finally stopped. His face was ashen, and Luo could even see tiny beads of sweat on his forehead.

His hopes were quickly dashed.

The man who had long since disappeared from the world's sight is still alive?

Luo's heart sank heavily.

Perhaps, in a moment of grief and anger, he inadvertently stumbled upon a great secret!

What should he do now?

Pretending to be nonchalant, he switched the sunglasses back with his hands.

Or should you pretend nothing happened and not recognize the other person?

Luo, who is usually meticulous and calm, was thrown into chaos for a moment.

The next second, a dark shadow attacked, and he swayed, finally being knocked unconscious by a blow from the ashen-faced Kro.

"west...Lord Wang Rixiong..."

Kro turned to look at Sieg, cold sweat gradually forming on his back.

He looked around; there was no one on the streets, but what lay behind the windows of the houses on either side?

Sig's face appeared for only a brief second, but did anyone else witness it?

After all, Wanwu Island is a melting pot of all sorts of people, and many powerful forces have left their mark here.

It's not impossible that someone is secretly watching.

.....................

When Luo woke up, he found himself bound hand and foot in a large prison cell.

The shackles were clearly made of seastone, and he felt weak and powerless all over, while the other members of the Heart Pirates were also bound on either side of him.

"You're awake."

A deep voice came from in front of me.

The man wearing sunglasses stood in front of him expressionlessly.

He did nothing, but Luo's breathing suddenly became rapid.

He recalled what had happened before.

"Looks like you're still a bit green. You just woke up and couldn't hide your first reaction... Looks like you know who I am," the man said in a low voice.

Luo's expression froze; he was powerless to refute.

His nervousness was hard to hide in front of such an important figure.

The man took two steps back and paced around the cell.

Sweat beaded on Luo's forehead. He remained silent, neither begging for mercy nor questioning him.

Is he hesitating?