The Warrior of Love

"what?"

The henchman stared outside with his eyes wide open, his throat heaving and sweating as he spoke to the Den Den Mushi.

"That Jiang Liu now...seems to be hanging out with the supernovas. I'm not mistaken, it's Luffy, the Straw Hat Boy from the Straw Hat Pirates!"

"Well……"--

"what happened?"

"Nothing, I just feel like someone is watching me."

Jiang Liu turned around without caring and suggested to Luffy and the others: "We have almost been to all the fun places in the amusement park. Now it's time to do some serious work."

"Eh? There are so many places!"

Unexpectedly, the one who was most reluctant to leave was not Cammy, Lulu or Chopper, but Luffy, who was like a big child.

"By the way, what were we originally going to do?"

"Uh..." Jiang Liu calmed himself down and tried to make his expression look kinder.

"Looking for a coating craftsman."

"Oh, that looks interesting!"

Luffy was talking when his attention was attracted by a certain amusement facility. Without saying a word, he pulled Chopper, Lulu, and Camie over there.

They looked so heartless, not at all like they had just discussed topics like racial discrimination and the slave trade.

No, it was because he understood the fishman's situation that he wanted to let Kimi take the opportunity to have fun.

Luffy is just a bit thick-skinned, but he is actually very sensitive to other people's mood changes.

Of course, he may not have realized the deeper meaning of his actions, he just did what he wanted.

"Alas... aren't you guys coming along?" Sighing, Jiang Liu turned to look at the fishman Xiaoba and the afro Brook who stayed here.

"I don't need it." Xiao Ba shook his head.

Brooke picked up a cup of hot coffee with milk and said, "Yeah, yeah, it was such a great game. I was so excited that my bones are almost falling apart. I need to take some calcium supplements...Um, Mr. Jiang Liu, it's embarrassing that you keep staring at me."

"Sorry, I'm just a little curious about where all the coffee you drank went." Jiang Liu opened his eyes wide and observed carefully, even using his Observation Haki, but still could not see any clues.

After the food entered Brook's jaw, it should have flowed out, but in fact it seemed to have disappeared out of thin air and no trace could be found.

"Oh, I want to know this question too."

Brooke adjusted his bow tie and said formally, "I should no longer be considered a human being. I am only a skeleton, but how can I still move normally and even eat... Mr. Jiang Liu, I can even burp or fart. Do you want to see?"

"Ah, this is not——"

"Pfft...oh, sorry, I couldn't help it."

"Uh……"

"I have these normal human reactions, but in terms of physical structure, I am really just a skeleton. The food I ate probably went into some bottomless pit."

This is how Brooke finally defined himself.

"I can only say that the Devil Fruit is worthy of the name "Devil" - I am the best example of this statement."

"Devil Fruit..." Jiang Liu frowned.

Now that he has come to the world of One Piece, how could he not have thought about something as magical as the Devil Fruit?

But as Brook said, it is called "devil" after all, and the abilities it grants are sometimes close to miracles, and sometimes make people feel like a curse.

It was difficult for him to make up his mind to eat a devil fruit whose specific power he didn't know. Even if it had appeared in the original book, Jiang Liu would still hesitate.

It should be noted that the strength of a person with ability is not necessarily caused by his ability.

Just like the Wood Release in Naruto, it is completely different when used by the first generation and when used by others.

The abilities of devil fruits do vary in level, but the basic strength of the user is also very important.

The Tremor-Tremor Fruit is known as the strongest superhuman fruit, but if Whitebeard had not developed it to the point where it could shatter the atmosphere and create earthquakes and tsunamis, who would have known that this fruit had such terrifying possibilities?

If someone else uses it, it might just be the effect of a sex toy, and it’s called the most obscene superman style…

In Jiang Liu's opinion, Blackbeard tried every means to get Whitebeard's body. It was not so much that he was eyeing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but rather that he was eyeing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit that had been "developed to the highest stage by Whitebeard."

Although there is no basis for this, Jiang Liu guessed when he read the original novel in his previous life that when Blackbeard plundered abilities, he should have directly plundered the "developed abilities", so he would be so adept at it from the beginning, and could display extremely powerful strength without any training.

(Or maybe he is extremely confident that he can surpass his father... But given Blackbeard's personality, he must be absolutely sure to obtain the strongest "Spear (Tremor)" and "Shield (Dark)" before he is willing to risk entering a battlefield where basically everyone wants him dead.)

Another example: rubber fruit.

Even though it was eaten by the protagonist, the "Rubber Man" itself is not a remarkable ability. For an ordinary person, at most it would be immune to ordinary punches and kicks. It was only after Luffy developed Gear 1 and Gear 2 that it became so powerful.

In fact, the rubber fruit is the most common physical ability and is not conspicuous among all the fancy abilities.

Another example is Doflamingo among the Seven Warlords of the Sea. His String-String Fruit is actually not very strong, but he has developed his abilities to an unprecedented level.

In short, there is a lot of uncertainty when it comes to the pros and cons of Devil Fruit abilities. Except for the natural system, which is a sure win, you basically need to take a gamble.

After all, the weakest natural element has elementalization, and this alone ensures a steady harvest in the first half of the Grand Line.

But the elemental system is really rare!

After worrying for a while, Jiang Liu suddenly remembered that he didn't have any fruit. Stimulated by "poverty" again, he quickly calmed down.

After a while, Luffy came back with several children of all ages who were tired from playing. This time, Jiang Liu finally dragged them out of the amusement park while saying "definitely next time", "I'll come back later", and "Lulu, be good".

"But this island is so big, where can I find it?"

Luffy rode the bubble car with great interest and seemed not to mind going around the island a few times.

Jiang Liu thought for a while and said, "According to the old man's character, if he wants to find someone to attack, he will definitely find the one with the most money... Got it.

I remember a few days ago that a chamber of commerce was holding an anniversary sale, where they were auctioning off various items, including rare giant slaves and devil fruits. There couldn't be a better fat sheep than this."

Luffy tilted his head: "Hey, are we looking for the coated uncle or the pirate? This uncle doesn't sound very serious."

"Well..." Jiang Liu smiled with an ambiguous tone, "He did do it before, and he was quite famous, but now he has retired."

Chapter 78: Goodbye Rayleigh

"Please, let me out! I still have—"

"Get out of here! Smelly slave, don't dirty my uniform!"

"what!"

"Tsk, the blood is all over here, bastard!"

"Alright, alright, stop hitting him. The boss will be mad if you kill him."

"Bah! You saved your life, you bastard!"

Ka-

The steel door closed again, leaving only the faint candlelight in the cell, illuminating the people with different expressions but all keeping silent.

On the ground lay a man with blood spitting from his mouth, his clothes torn and he was wearing shackles.

It is worth mentioning that the people here have different genders, ages, and temperaments, and are treated differently. Some people do not have any scars or dirt on their bodies, nor do they have any restraining props such as shackles. For example, the beautiful woman in a dancer's costume only has a collar around her neck.

But some did not wear collars, but instead were fitted with heavier shackles. This was the treatment given to most of the male slaves who looked dirty and thin.

It is obvious that the one wearing the collar is more valuable, and that collar is specially made to prevent slaves from escaping. After recognizing the master, if they try to escape or disobey the master's orders, the collar will be detonated.

"cough……"

After a while, the fallen man choked on a mouthful of bloody yellow-green liquid, and crawled up from the floor while groaning.

Although everyone felt sorry for each other and had become slaves, they were now too busy feeling sorry for themselves and worrying about their own fates to have the mood to help this poor man.

The man had no choice but to stand up by himself and found a place to sit down with his knees hugged. He stared at a certain place with lifeless eyes and kept muttering something in a low voice.

The man next to him thought he was a little weird and was afraid that he was sick, so he couldn't help but move his butt away.

After a while, he became curious again and turned his head to listen carefully.

All I heard was "I'm sorry".

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry, it's all my fault... I'm sorry... It's no use anymore... It's all Dad's fault..."

"Hey you!"

I don’t know if it was because the same thoughts were evoked, but the other person’s eyes also turned a little red.

"Is there anyone waiting for you back home? I still have a wife and son... but this time it's really over, we'll never meet again."

"Do not."

The somewhat nervous man trembled and said, "That's not the case. I don't know if there is anyone waiting for me."

"what?"

"But even if there is, I can't wait... I am such a useless man!"

The man slammed his fists on the cold ground in regret. They were a pair of big hands covered with calluses and with extremely strong joints, belonging to a working man.

"If, if I could..."

"Shut up!" the slave sitting on the other side suddenly shouted.

"You're still saying this now... I don't want to end up like this! Never seeing my family again, never having freedom again, being ordered around and humiliated by others for the rest of my life... I don't want this to happen if I can help it!"

The man almost roared as he said this, but after he finished speaking he became dejected again. Even the entire cell fell silent, and a silent emotion filled the entire dark space.

There was no more talking, only the devilish whispers kept echoing...

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"If you don't have an invitation, the entrance fee is 100,000 Baileys per person. Pets and children combined will cost 100,000 per person, a total of 600,000 Baileys!"

"Hey? Do you need so much? Nami didn't give me much money this time. Do you have any, Chopper?"

"Just now at the amusement park... Sorry, I was too greedy!"

"Well, I'm just bones left, can I be considered half a person?"

"Hachi-chan?"

"Let me see……"

"Is this enough?"

"Ugh?"

Including the guard at the auction house, everyone looked down at Jiang Liu in surprise - the little girl in front of him was only half his height.

Lulu easily took out bundles of one million Baileys from her small backpack, and they were as brand new as if they had just been withdrawn from the bank.

"Uh..." The security guard was considered to be well-informed in places like this, but it was rare to see a little girl being so generous.

It’s better to say that children don’t come back to this place which is not suitable for children…

Jiang Liu touched Lulu's head helplessly. He was the only one who knew that Lulu should be the richest person present. After all, Jiang Liu did not take a penny more from the money earned these days. It was Lulu who took the lion's share.

Don't be fooled by the small size of the bag she carries. It has actually been transformed using her ability. Many of her little treasures are hidden in it. The cash she carries with her is probably no less than 10 million Baileys.

The people from the Straw Hat Army didn't think too much about it. Luffy and Chopper were always thick-skinned and didn't think about whether it was reasonable or not. They happily followed Jiang Liu and the others into the auction house.

At this time, quite a few people had already sat down in the venue, but most of them were wearing masks of various shapes. There were very few people like them who were not wearing any masks.

Jiang Liu's Observation Haki was already very powerful at this time. After a rough exploration, he felt that there were at least three or four powerful auras in the field that were very different from ordinary people. That kind of aura was full of blood and barbarism. It didn't seem like they would come to such a luxurious place to buy slaves.

"Ok?"

He suddenly felt a familiar breath, and when he looked over there, his expression instantly became strange.

Luffy and the others were shouting and looking around when Jiang Liu suddenly walked towards a certain spot in the seats, causing them to follow him in surprise.

"What's wrong Jiang Liu?"

When they came over, they found Jiang Liu talking to a very handsome old man.

"You are really here..." Jiang Liu looked at Lei Li in silence, "What happened this time? You are not a slave, but a buyer?"

"Ah, you don't understand, boy."

Rayleigh held the bottle and posed with his hands spread out.

“I can’t help it.”