One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

Just as the man was about to leave the room, Ross suddenly called him back.

"By the way, Rush."

"This woman is my friend. I hope you can keep what has happened these past few days a secret for now... well, keep it a secret."

“At least until we find her, I don’t want this information to be all over the place.”

Rush released his hand from the door, turned around, and solemnly promised:

"Don't worry, I'm very discreet and know what I should and shouldn't say, but please forgive me."

"What's happening here definitely can't be kept from Boss Kibsen. After all, we've mobilized quite a few people, and the personnel are quite complex, so there's a possibility that some information might leak out."

"It's alright. Rumors about me are already flying everywhere. Those people will naturally be able to tell the truth from the falsehood."

"Yes, then I'll take my leave now."

Rocks got up and walked to the window, watching Rush close the iron gate of the manor and leave.

"I'm going to the palace."

"Don't rush, Lox. There aren't many reasons why Alice went to the vault, but I suspect it's highly likely to be to raise the funds for her trip."

Ross gestured to Hana Hanafuda to stop Rocks, who was about to climb out the window.

"Wait patiently for a few days, Rush will come looking for us again. Those underworld emperors are always looking for an opportunity to make contact with me."

"They won't miss this opportunity that has come knocking on their door; Alice and the others might be on one of the nearby islands."

Lockes listened patiently, and seeing Ross's confident demeanor, couldn't help but ask:

"Have you guessed what it is?"

"It's hard to say, let's wait patiently."

Ross refilled Rocks' empty glass.

"Four days is enough time for them to use the resources at hand to find clues."

……

Three days later, on the sixth night of their arrival in the Kingdom of Lulucia, Ross and his party arrived.

It was still that slightly gloomy manor.

The "purr" of the Den Den Mushi echoed in the darkness.

Kacha--

"Sir, do you have some time now?"

After receiving an affirmative reply, the Den Den Mushi immediately responded:

"I've come to see you now. Boss Kibsen has made some new discoveries."

Not long after, Ross saw Rush again in the study.

“Three months ago, our men spotted the target on Drum Island, but…”

Rush glanced cautiously at Ross's expression.

"She fought with the former king there and eventually fell off the snow mountain and disappeared."

Falling off a snow-covered mountain?

Seeing Rose's expression darken, Rush quickly added:

"There's good news too!"

“A few days ago, an eyewitness said that the group of killer rabbits in Labang on Drum Island were following a woman around.”

"I understand. Please convey my gratitude to Boss Gibson. Feel free to contact me if you need any help in the future."

"Yes, I understand. I won't bother you any longer."

Drum Island, Labang...

Ross moved a chair to the window and sat down, propping his feet up on the windowsill and reclining halfway.

Former King?

Ross remembered several legends about Drum Island, one of which was about the Gluttony Fruit.

Like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, that fruit seemed to possess its own consciousness.

They always choose a specific location when they respawn.

Wapol has not yet been born, meaning the current king is Wapol's father, while the previous king...

Perhaps he was the previous user of the Gluttony Fruit.

He remembered that in the original work...

Wapol used the power of the Gluttony Fruit to swallow his subordinates, and then used the "Gluttony Factory" to fuse Jess and Cromarimon, creating the combined monster "Jess Marimon".

In other words, what Zoro and Luffy said when they met Blackbeard in the original work—

It wasn't that guy, it was that group of guys.

Actually, he was swallowed by his predecessor's Gluttony Fruit and then merged into one monster.

However, due to the death of the previous king, no one has been able to undo the fusion "surgery" of the previous Devil Fruit user since then.

Just as the future Empress who ate the Love-Love Fruit said, the next Devil Fruit user cannot undo the buffs imposed by the previous Devil Fruit user.

Blu-ray Blu-ray Blu-ray~~

Brubrukacha—

"It's me. Where's Lox?"

The Den Den Mushi looked around aimlessly, and it took a long time before someone answered.

"what happened?"

"Go find Crocus now, take Laboon to Drum Island immediately, and don't wander around once you arrive on that island."

"Go straight to the palace and guard the former king. He should be a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user who ate the Gluttony Fruit. Don't let him eat Alice and Teach."

Ross held the Den Den Mushi (snail phone) and looked up at the moon.

“If I’m not mistaken, Teach might be ill, and Alice is looking for a way to cure him.”

"Remember what I said: secretly find the user of the Gluttony Fruit, and follow him. You might be able to find your family."

"Until then, whatever happens, don't interfere, unless Alice walks out of the darkness herself."

"...Thanks, Ross, I'm off right now."

Chapter 179 Mischina Olga, Hana Hanafuda's Special Abilities

The next day at noon, Ross was strolling around the streets, planning to buy some supplies he would need for his upcoming voyage.

"Is everything done?"

Under the astonished gazes of passersby, Hana Hanafuda, in her human-beast form, broke free of invisibility.

Hana Hanafuda glanced at the tourists running around in all directions and nodded.

“I sent him to the underworld when dawn broke, and these are the things I sent him with me.”

Ross looked at the suitcase that Hana was carrying.

“It’s all Pele and gold. When I went to find that old man last night, he was in his room counting money.”

"That's perfect. Let's go buy a few more cases of dried meat and wine. We'll be crossing the doldrums afterward, so we need to prepare as many supplies as possible for the voyage."

"learn."

Following half a meter behind Ross, Hana asked where Ross had rushed off to last night.

"We've found Alice and Teach's whereabouts. They should be on Drum Island, the famous land of doctors."

Hana Hanafuda immediately gleaned crucial information: "The Land of Doctors? They're sick?"

"Perhaps. I've already sent Locke over there; hopefully he'll make it in time."

Just as the two entered a wine shop to select suitable wine, a commotion and the clanging of armor suddenly came from the street outside.

"Get out of the way! Everyone get out of the way!!"

"Seal off the city gates! No one is allowed to enter or leave! Act quickly! We must find the murderer who killed President Odysseus!!!"

"..."

"The soldiers have been mobilized. How strange, isn't today the day the nobles hold their banquets?"

The liquor store owner stood at the door, looking around and occasionally speculating with the owner of the shop next door about the reason.

"Didn't they just say that Odysseus is dead? Give me twenty cases of this rum, please."

"Twenty boxes?! Coming right up, please have a seat, boss!"

Upon hearing that it was a big deal, the liquor store owner forgot about gossip and moved a chair behind Ross.

He breathed on the top of his head, wiped his hands frantically with his sleeves, and then rubbed his hands together to ask for money.

Hana Hanafuda simply opened the box and let the owner do the accounting himself.

"And could you also get us a trolley and some elastic ropes for securing it?"

"do not worry!"

The wine shop owner picked out the most valuable gold from the large box, his smile even brighter than when he saw his own parents.

"Please wait here for a moment, I'll have them go to the warehouse to get the wine."

The shop owner turned around and kicked the employee who was still gossiping at the door.

"You bunch of idiots, still slacking off here! Hurry up and go to the warehouse and move twenty cases of wine! Take the cart I left there too, it's for the guests!"

Shortly after the clerk left, two soldiers rushed into the liquor store.

"Routine inspection, who are you two?!"

"They are my guests, they often buy wine from me, is there anything I can help them with?"

With the gold as a symbol of power, the shop owner stepped to the very front, his expression showing little fear.

“I pay my taxes on time every year. My brother is Captain Stone, the Royal Guard responsible for the King’s security. Is there anything else you want to ask?”

The two soldiers exchanged a glance and silently left the shop.

The captain of the Royal Guard is not someone they can afford to offend.

Hearing the questioning voices coming from the shop next door, Ross shook his head.

Sure enough, no matter what world you're in, those with connections always get preferential treatment.

"You've really come at the worst possible time, running into something like this."

The shop owner took out the eggplant wrappers and loose tobacco leaves from the cashier's drawer and assembled them.

"Would you like one? It's made with tobacco leaves reserved for royalty. Although it's just scraps, it tastes better than other cigars."

"I don't like the taste of cigars."

Ross smiled and declined, then asked about the banquet for nobles in the Kingdom of Lulucia.

“That banquet is held every summer. It’s called a banquet, but it’s actually a means for King Sézi to cultivate his network of connections.”

"Officials from the World Government, nobles from friendly kingdoms, and sometimes even big merchants from the underworld or admirals from the Navy Headquarters are invited."

The shop owner cut the cigar, lit it, and took a deep, satisfying drag.

"In short, all important figures who are of benefit to the king will receive an invitation."

"I had the privilege of delivering drinks inside once before, tsk tsk tsk~~"

"You wouldn't believe it, all the servants inside are women, each with fair skin and a great figure."

"Anyway, they are all good women that we commoners can't get to meet. Sigh, this world is really absurd."

Ross had no intention of causing trouble; with his current strength, it was like a max-level character returning to the starting village.

The characters you encounter will all be newcomers.