The Float-Float Fruit! The Op-Op Fruit Appears

Morgans's information arrived sooner than expected.

"Lin Yuan, the World Government has a special transport ship leaving Mary Geoise in three days. It will pass through the New World." Morgans kept his voice low over the Den Den Mushi. "The cargo aboard is no ordinary shipment."

"What is it?"

"Devil Fruits. Apparently, there are three of them, and one is the Float-Float Fruit."

Lin Yuan's fingers paused.

The Float-Float Fruit. It was Golden Lion Shiki's ability, allowing him to make objects float in the air. In the original story, the Golden Lion obtained the fruit and used it to dominate the seas. But now, it was still in the World Government's warehouse.

"What about the other two?"

"The information didn't say. I only know they're rare varieties, or they wouldn't be worth having CP Agents escort them personally."

"Got it."

Lin Yuan hung up the Den Den Mushi and stood.

Ginny was going over the account books. She looked up at him.

"Going out again?"

"To raid a ship. Three fruits, and one of them is the Float-Float Fruit."

"What about the other two?"

"We'll find out when we take them."

"Who's going?"

"Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, and King. They're all going this time."

King stood by the window and turned to glance at him.

"Why do I have to go?"

"Because the Float-Float Fruit is for you."

King didn't ask why. He simply nodded.

Somewhere in the New World.

A World Government transport ship was sailing through the sea. The ship wasn't large, but two warships escorted it on each side, and at least fifty CP Agents crowded its deck. Two heavy cannons stood at the stern, their dark muzzles aimed out over the water.

"Quite a show of force." Kaido stood on a Micro Door, looking down at the fleet.

"Three fruits are worth this much protection," Lin Yuan said. "Kaido, take the two warships on the left. Bullet and Kuma, the two on the right. King, you're coming aboard the transport with me."

"Understood."

"Got it."

Lin Yuan raised his hand and opened a door beneath each of the four men.

Kaido landed on the deck of the first warship on the left.

"Who goes there?!"

"A pirate—!"

"Open fire!"

The marines raised their guns and fired. Kaido neither dodged nor blocked. The bullets struck him as though they had hit a steel plate, bouncing off with a series of metallic clinks.

"Wororororo..." Kaido laughed and swept his iron club across the deck. Three marines were sent flying into the railing, blood spilling from their mouths.

"Too weak! Too weak!"

The warship's Rear Admiral drew his sword, coated its blade in Armament Haki, and charged at Kaido.

"Die, pirate!"

Kaido raised a hand and seized the blade. The Rear Admiral's expression changed drastically. He tried to wrench the sword free, but it didn't budge.

"You—!"

Kaido punched him in the face. The Rear Admiral flew more than ten meters and crashed into the sea.

"Next."

On the second warship to the left, the marines' legs had already gone weak with fear.

On the right side of the fleet, Bullet landed on a warship's deck.

"Fuhahahaha!" Laughing, he slammed a fist into the deck, tearing a huge hole in it. Seawater surged up through the opening. Two marines fell in, screaming as the water swallowed them.

"Monster! He's a monster!"

"Fire! Open fire!"

Bullets flew at Bullet. He crossed his arms in front of his face, Armament Haki covering his entire body. The bullets struck him without leaving so much as a mark.

"My turn."

He punched the mast, snapping it. It came crashing down onto the railing, crushing several marines beneath it.

On the other warship, Kuma landed steadily. Rather than attack at once, he raised his palm and aimed it at the marines charging toward him.

"Don't come any closer."

The marines ignored him and charged with their swords raised. Kuma thrust out his palm. An air cannon exploded with a roar, blasting more than a dozen marines into the sea.

"I told you not to come closer."

The warship's Vice Admiral gritted his teeth and charged, swinging his sword. Kuma stepped aside and struck him in the back with his other palm. The Vice Admiral flew off the ship and skidded across the sea for nearly a hundred meters before coming to a stop.

On the transport ship, Lin Yuan and King stepped out of a door.

The CP Agents on deck immediately surrounded them. There were a good twenty or thirty of them, all armed and glaring fiercely.

"Spatial Ability User! Lin Yuan!"

"Kill him! The World Government is offering a huge reward!"

"Attack!"

The CP Agents swarmed them. Some used Shigan to strike at Lin Yuan's throat, while others kicked Rankyaku at King's head.

Lin Yuan didn't move.

King stepped forward. The flames on his back erupted, transforming into a fire dragon that lunged at the CP Agents with bared fangs and claws. Wherever it passed, clothes caught fire and skin was scorched. Screams rang out all around.

"A Lunarian!" one CP Agent cried. "One of that exterminated race—"

Before he could finish, King kicked him in the chest. He flew more than ten meters and smashed into a cabin door, splintering it.

Lin Yuan raised his hand and opened doors beneath several charging CP Agents. They stepped into empty air and fell into the sea.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

The remaining CP Agents exchanged looks, none daring to advance.

"Lead the way," Lin Yuan said. "To the lower hold."

Deep in the lower hold was a small room reinforced with seastone.

Two CP Agents stood at the door. When they saw Lin Yuan and King, their faces turned pale.

"H-how did you get in here?!"

King wasted no words. The flames on his back became two fire dragons, which coiled around the agents and threw them out of the cabin.

Lin Yuan opened a Micro Door on the door, and its lock sprang open. He pushed his way inside. A chest sat in the center of the room, with another lock on it.

Another Micro Door. The lock opened.

Lin Yuan opened the chest.

Three Devil Fruits lay silently on a bed of velvet.

The first was snow-white all over, with cloud-shaped patterns on its surface—the Float-Float Fruit.

The second was dark red, with scale-like bumps on its surface.

The third was emerald green and shaped like a leaf, with clearly defined veins. A faint glow covered its surface, like a beating heart.

Lin Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.

He recognized this fruit, not from an illustrated guide, but from memory. In the original story, the World Government had placed a bounty of five billion Beli on this fruit. It was the most special of them all.

The Op-Op Fruit.

"What's wrong?" King saw that something was off about Lin Yuan's expression.

"Nothing." Lin Yuan suppressed the turmoil in his heart. "This fruit is worth even more than the Float-Float Fruit."

"How much?"

"Five billion."

King's hand paused.

"Five billion?"

"Five billion. That's the bounty the World Government put on it." Lin Yuan picked up the Op-Op Fruit, examined it, and put it back down. "We can't just give this fruit to anyone."

"Then who gets it?"

Lin Yuan was silent for a moment.

"We'll wait for the right person."

He packed the three fruits into the chest and handed it to King.

"You carry it."

King took the chest and nodded.

Back on deck, the CP Agents had retreated to the stern. None dared come forward again.

Lin Yuan glanced at them and raised his hand, opening a massive door at the bottom of the transport ship's cargo hold. On the other side was the warehouse on Hachinosu.

"Take the chest back first," he told King.

King carried the chest through the door and emerged empty-handed a few seconds later.

"There are weapons in the hold too," King said. "Should we take them as well?"

Lin Yuan glanced at the CP Agents.

"Take them. Take everything."

Kaido, Bullet, and Kuma had already done a thorough job of smashing up the four warships. One after another, they came through the doors.

"Moving cargo?" Kaido asked.

"Yes. Weapons, food, ammunition—anything we can carry."

"Wororororo... All right!"

They began carrying things through the door. The CP Agents stood where they were, not daring to move.

Ten minutes later, the transport ship had been emptied.

"Let's go," Lin Yuan said.

They all disappeared through the doors at once.

The CP Agents slumped onto the deck, their faces ashen as they stared at the empty cargo hold and the damaged warships.

"Three fruits... All gone."

No one answered.

On the sea, the four warships and the transport ship drifted with the waves. Their masts were broken, their decks damaged, and their crews were floundering in the water.

Hachinosu.

The warehouse was piled high with freshly plundered supplies. The three Devil Fruits sat on a table, and Ginny had walked around them several times.

"This is the Float-Float Fruit. It's for King." Lin Yuan picked up the snow-white fruit and handed it to King. "This is the Op-Op Fruit. It's worth five billion, so we'll hold on to it for now."

"Five billion?!" Ginny's eyes widened.

"Five billion. That's the bounty the World Government put on it."

Ginny swallowed and turned to look at the emerald-green fruit.

"What about this one?"

Lin Yuan picked up the dark red fruit and examined it.

"I don't know. I haven't seen it in the illustrated guide."

"A new fruit?"

"Maybe."

He put the fruit back in the chest and closed the lid.

"We'll keep it for now and talk about it later."

King stood to the side, holding the Float-Float Fruit.

"Eat it now?"

"Eat it now."

King didn't hesitate. He took a bite.

The moment the fruit entered his stomach, a strange power burst forth inside him. He closed his eyes and felt it.

"How is it?" Lin Yuan asked.

King opened his eyes, raised his hand toward a huge boulder in the corner of the warehouse, and gently crooked a finger.

The boulder slowly rose and hovered in midair.

"I can control them," King said. "Any object."

"Try coating it with Armament Haki."

King took a deep breath. Jet-black Armament Haki spread from his arm to his fingertips, then out into the air. The boulder's surface began to darken until the entire stone was coated in Armament Haki.

"It worked."

The corners of Lin Yuan's mouth rose slightly.

"That's enough, then."

(End of chapter 29)