One Piece: Start Collecting Nicolo

"Sir, would you like me to go to the South China Sea..."

Bartolomeo's eyes flashed coldly, and he made a throat-slitting gesture.

Bonnie opened her mouth and said, "Wow, you're such an extreme person! This obviously has nothing to do with you, right?"

"What Barto hates most is the ugliness of human nature! Although this guy hasn't done anything evil, he has offended many people because of his personality and has been slandered by many people."

Caesar said cheerfully, "There's a saying in Rogue Town: if you find someone doing good things without leaving their name, that person is most likely Caesar. And if you discover a bad deed but don't know who did it, it must be Bartolomeo!"

"This is word of mouth! Hehehahaha..."

Bartolomeo laughed heartily, looking very pleased with himself.

"What's so good about this?"

Bonnie muttered and turned to look at Caesar: "But Caesar, why are we being rewarded?"

"Robin has the ability to decipher historical texts. This ability directly threatens the World Government's rule over this ocean, so she has been evading the World Government's pursuit for all these years."

Caesar explained to Bonnie that although the other person was only a child of six or seven years old, he was also his companion.

"And now with a strong man like me by my side, the threat posed by this ability to the World Government has naturally increased greatly. This is something the World Government absolutely does not want to see. And for the sake of the stability of the ocean, the Navy will not allow such a thing to happen either."

"Humph, a bunch of hypocritical guys..."

Bartolomeo snorted coldly and chewed the half-cooked steak hard. Because he chewed so hard, his masseter muscles looked very obvious.

"Those guys don't care about anything except the gold in the sky."

"Speaking of which... where are we heading this time? Have we prepared a nautical chart in advance?"

Big Bear looked at Caesar, worried that something like what happened in the South China Sea would happen again.

"Target... Kokoa West Village in the East China Sea. Don't worry, I won't make that kind of stupid mistake again."

Recalling the days he had spent drifting at sea, Caesar smiled awkwardly: "We're going to pick up our navigator this time. It's not too far from here."

"Cocoa Xicun, Navigator..."

Bartolomeo smacked his palm, recalling the time he hired Nami. "Ah, is that the little girl?"

Big Bear was puzzled: "Child?"

Bartolomeo shook his head. "Not really. She should be around fifteen or sixteen, right? Back then, when the girl's village was taken over by the murlocs, it was the master who asked that hero, Garp, to take action and resolve the situation."

Big Bear cast a questioning look at Caesar: "Another girlfriend?"

Caesar rubbed his temples: "Why do you think so? I haven't even seen her yet."

Big Bear smiled slightly and didn't believe Caesar's nonsense at all.

This man said he wanted to conquer the world. He hasn't seen the ability to conquer the world yet, but he has seen the means to conquer girls!

And Caesar...

To be honest, he did have feelings for Nami.

This girl is definitely the best one Caesar has ever seen in his two lifetimes in terms of appearance, personality and character.

Besides not being able to control...

But this can be cultivated. When you reach your twenties, your temperament will naturally improve.

"And not to mention a navigator, we're still short of a swordsman. Perhaps we should find two more mermaid companions. After all, our entire ship is full of people with special abilities. If a shipwreck occurs, the entire force will be wiped out."

"Originally, I was thinking of building a new ship, but Aokiji came so suddenly that we had no choice but to set sail as soon as possible. But before setting sail, I have to talk to someone first..."

Caesar said as he took out his Den Den Mushi and called Doflamingo.

Bulu bulu ka!

The call was quickly connected, and the face of the Den Den Mushi in Caesar's hand was distorted into that of Doflamingo.

"Long time no see, Dover..."

Chapter 78: Dark Clues

"Fufufu... Long time no see, Mr. Caesar. How's baby5?"

"That's good, but it looks like you haven't found any news about the Dark-Dark Fruit yet?"

Hearing the low laughter from the other end of the phone, Caesar snorted lightly. He played the emotional card right away. It was obvious that this guy was really panicked now.

"There's nothing we can do about it. This ocean is so vast, and devil fruits are rare. Searching for just one particular fruit is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Two months is really too tight..."

Doflamingo said cautiously, "But I've found the blind swordsman you were looking for, and I've also found the devil fruit we agreed on..."

"Oh?"

Caesar raised his eyebrows slightly: "I'm quite curious, what kind of fruit are you going to give me?"

"Fufufu, come to think of it, the three fruits I found this time are all pretty good, and one of them seems to have some connection with you..."

"Three fruits?"

Caesar was a little surprised: "I remember there weren't two?"

"Fufufu, maybe you remembered it wrong..."

Doflamingo smiled and said, "I remember it very clearly. I bet one, and then in the arena, I promised you two more, didn't I?"

"You really know how to behave..."

Caesar smiled. He thought Doflamingo later promised to give him two pills in total. This guy was really willing to give.

"Okay, I'll take it. Now, which three are they?"

"They are the Parahuman-type Disease-Sickness Fruit, the Animal-type Snake-Snake Fruit in Anaconda form, and the Ancient Cat-Cat Fruit... in Sabertooth Tiger form. How about that?"

Doflamingo chuckled softly, "When I first saw the Sabretooth tiger form, I was a bit surprised. Later, I asked around and found out that Fo Zver had been killed by you long ago."

"It's really good. Do you have any other fruits? I'll take them all at the price we agreed on!"

Caesar was a little surprised. Compared to the Sabretooth Fruit, he was more surprised by the Disease-Disease Fruit. He remembered that it was the ability of Poison Q, the doctor of the Blackbeard Pirates. He didn't expect it to fall into Doflamingo's hands.

"temporarily unavailable."

Doflamingo shook his head regretfully. "Even I can only find so much in a short period of time. Once this thing appears on the market, it's not difficult to get it. The real difficulty lies in the fact that many fruits often regenerate in sparsely populated primeval forests, where no one passes by for who knows how many years."

"Also, according to my information, there are quite a few animals in this world that have eaten devil fruits, so finding them will be very difficult."

"Thank you for your trouble. Let's have a chat. Where is he now?" Caesar asked.

"That swordsman, Mr. Swordsman, is currently in the Kingdom of Sroka in the North Sea. Do you need help contacting him?"

"No, just keep paying attention."

Caesar said calmly that Yixiao was undoubtedly a decent character. Doflamingo had a group of criminals under his command, and any hasty contact with them might damage his image in other people's eyes.

"Then this fruit..."

"I'll send someone to get it."

Caesar said this and hung up the phone. Thinking about the Flame-Flame Fruit in the original plot, he really couldn't trust those scoundrels under Doflamingo.

After thinking for a while, Kaiser dialed Hanafza's number.

This guy went out to sea again shortly after being redeemed. Although his position as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea was abolished, his original power is still there, and he is still collecting ancient species everywhere in the paradise.

Because of the relationship with Kaido and the fact that he was redeemed by him personally, the relationship between the two is pretty good.

Their strength is acceptable, but the key point is that based on Caesar's contact with them, they are much smarter than Doflamingo's men.

Bulu Bulu Ka…

"Moshimoshi? This is Hanafza!"

"It's me, Caesar."

"Caesar? Ahahahaha, Caesar, ignore me, kid!"

Hearing it was Caesar, Hanafzai seemed very excited. "I heard from my son that you actually made Kaido suffer a loss... I saw in the newspaper that you are in the South China Sea now? When do you plan to come to the Grand Line?"

"Maybe in a while. I'm in the East China Sea now."

Caesar smiled and said, "I have something I want to trouble you with. You are in Paradise now, right? Can you help me deliver some devil fruits from Joker? I hope you can come there in person!"

"Devil Fruit?"

Hanafzai became interested. "Are you building a faction? What kind of fruits are they? Are there any ancient species?"

"There's one in the shape of a saber-toothed tiger. It's the one that belonged to Fo Ziver."

Caesar sighed. "I'm not interested in ancient seeds, but I'm also short of fruit right now. If you have other fruits, how about I trade with you?"

"Then I happen to have a few good ones here."

Hanafzai said casually, "What kind do you want?"

"I'm not picky. Fantasy beasts and nature-types are all fine."

"You...are a bit shameless."

Hanafza was silent for a moment. "Before you say anything more shameless, I must tell you one thing. That big-mouthed True God that Yamato girl had was found by me!"

"Huh? Is there such a connection?"

Caesar was stunned: "Thank you so much!"

"Well... forget about the mythical beasts. Those are even rarer than the natural ones."

Hanafza was a little helpless: "But I do have a Nature-type fruit in my hand. Do you want the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

After the words fell, the air suddenly became silent.

Big Bear and Bonnie stopped eating and looked at Caesar silently. Because of Caesar's previous instructions, they both knew that this was the fruit that Caesar valued most at the moment.

Caesar also slowly sat up straight, looking at the Den Den Mushi in astonishment: "The Dark-Dark Fruit... is with you?!"

"Why? You want it?"

Hanafza was a little surprised by Caesar's reaction. "Although this fruit is a nature-type, it can't be elementalized. It also has the drawback of doubling the pain. Besides being able to restrain users with special abilities, it's pretty good. But wouldn't seastone be more useful?"

Caesar was also a little surprised. Judging from Hanafza's reaction, he obviously didn't know that the Dark-Dark Fruit could plunder the power of other fruits.

How did Blackbeard know that?

No, judging from the reaction during the Battle of Marineford, before Blackbeard seized Whitebeard's abilities, the plundering of their abilities was just a guess!

But what basis did the other party have for making this conjecture?

And didn’t the previous users of the Dark-Dark Fruit discover this ability?

Caesar's mind raced as he took a deep breath. "This fruit is indeed useful to me, but we're all family, so I can't take advantage of you. So, let me give you a Sabertooth Tiger Fruit, a Buffalo Fruit, and an Anaconda Fruit in exchange for your Dark-Dark Fruit."

"Oh, there are two more animal-type ones?"

Hanafza was a little surprised: "In that case, you are in the East China Sea now, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"There's an uninhabited island about three hundred nautical miles due east of the 162nd Marine Branch Base. The ocean currents around that island are very special. They allow entry but not exit. At least the rookies from the East China Sea definitely can't leave. So a few years ago, I hid some treasures there, including a devil fruit. You can go look for them. The rest of the treasure is just a treat for you."

"Oh?"

Caesar was a little surprised: "You also hid treasure in the East China Sea?"

"Isn't it normal for pirates to hide treasure?"

Hanafza laughed heartily. "Those pirates who are even slightly famous usually have their own treasure troves. If you have time, you can go to those uninhabited islands with dangerous environments. They pose no threat to a man of your strength anyway. Who knows, there might be some unexpected surprises there."

"Thank you very much!"

"If you want to thank me, please find me more ancient seeds."

Hanafza grinned and said, "Don't worry, I will personally deliver this Dark Dark Fruit to you. Where are you in the East China Sea now?"

Caesar didn't rush to answer. He suppressed his excitement and asked, "Which island in Paradise are you on now?"

"Sanfarud."

"That Carnival Island? Enjoying life?"

"Yes, my territory is nearby. After being captured by that bastard Whitebeard last time, I suddenly realized that my strength has declined a lot in the past two years. After all, I can't compare with a monster like Kaido. After two more years of wandering on the sea, I should almost think about retirement. Of course, it would be even better if I could hold my grandchildren before retiring."

"Yes Yes Yes…"