Munch-Munch Fruit

After finishing off the wounded, Nojiko and the others arrived at the bar where Lin Yu was. Hearing the sounds from the second floor, they looked at each other.

"Big Sister Makino, Big Sister Nojiko, let's go loot the pirates' treasure."

Kaya blushed furiously at what she heard and found an excuse to pull Makino and Nojiko away.

By then, every pirate in Whiskey Town had been thoroughly wiped out by them, so it was perfectly safe.

"Let's go too."

Hearing this, Anna and Charloss followed after them as well.

Since Lin Yu automatically obtained treasure and Bounties whenever he wiped out pirates, neither of them had ever experienced the fun of looting treasure.

An hour later.

Empty-handed, Kaya and the others walked back toward the bar with dejected expressions.

"These pirates were way too poor. We didn't find a single piece of treasure."

"Exactly. What a waste of time."

"Could Big Brother Lin Yu have already taken it all?"

"..."

The moment Kaya said that, Nojiko and the others all fell silent.

They had actually forgotten that Lin Yu possessed the ability to automatically collect treasure.

Thinking of it, they suddenly felt like a bunch of fools.

When the dejected group returned to the bar, they saw Lin Yu and Reiju.

Lin Yu was sitting on a sofa on the first floor of the bar, drinking. Reiju leaned against him beside him, her face pressed to his chest. She was smiling radiantly, her complexion glowing.

Looking at the lovey-dovey pair, then at Reiju's flushed, peach-blossom face, Kaya and the others all curled their lips.

Seeing that they had returned empty-handed, Lin Yu could not help but laugh.

The moment the last member of the Pirate Crew had died, Lin Yu—who had been busy teaching Reiju Swordsmanship—received the notification and directly stored all the Pirate Crew's treasure aboard the God Slave.

Naturally, Kaya and the others found nothing when they went looking.

"Let's go. It's time to head to Little Garden."

Lin Yu stood up and took the lead toward the God Slave.

Anna and Charloss hurried after him.

Feeling Nojiko and the others' gazes, Reiju's pretty face turned scarlet, and she hurriedly followed behind Lin Yu.

"Let's go."

Makino took Kaya and Nojiko by the hand and followed Lin Yu as well.

Baroque Works' secret base in Little Garden.

After sailing for a day, Lin Yu soon piloted the God Slave to Little Garden and successfully found Baroque Works' remaining operational base.

"According to the Baroque Works agents, everyone you're looking for is in Alabasta now."

"They opened a café in Yuba, the trading city in western Alabasta. It's in the nearby desert..."

Inside the base, Reiju washed her hands and checked herself to make sure she had not gotten any blood on her before sitting in Lin Yu's lap. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she spoke.

At this moment, Reiju greatly enjoyed making such intimate gestures with Lin Yu.

"Mm. In that case, once Kaya and the others finish watching the Giant Tribe's duel, we'll set off."

Lin Yu buried his face in Reiju's neck, inhaling her scent as he spoke with a smile.

They had already gotten acquainted with Dorry and Brogy, the two Giant Tribe warriors who were still dueling, and had been invited by them to watch their battle.

Kaya, Anna, and the others had naturally never seen the Giant Tribe before, so they happily agreed and were currently outside watching the two duel.

Sensing Lin Yu's change, Reiju blushed, climbed down from his lap, and tried to polish Lin Yu's sword the way Makino did.

The former Reiju would naturally never have done such things.

But now, as long as it could make Lin Yu happy, she was more than willing to do them.

After her mother's death, Reiju had been treated as a tool by Gage. Besides servants, the only people around her were her three emotionless brothers.

This had left Reiju, who possessed emotions yet had no control over her own life, living in loneliness all along.

That was until she met Lin Yu and was completely conquered by him.

By the time the Giant Tribe's duel ended, Reiju had already polished Lin Yu's sword.

The group reunited and set off for Alabasta.

After sailing for some time, Lin Yu and the others arrived in Drum Kingdom.

Thinking of Chopper's special Rumble Ball medicine, Lin Yu sought out the witch Kureha.

He hoped to obtain her Medical Notes and the Rumble Ball formula.

Under Kaya's adorable offensive, Doctorine Kureha instantly fell and directly treated Kaya as her own Granddaughter, personally teaching her medicine.

Lin Yu knew that Doctorine Kureha's medical skills were exceptional. Since this was a rare opportunity for Kaya, they docked in Drum Kingdom for two days.

While Kaya studied medicine under Doctorine Kureha.

Lin Yu, who was training Anna and the others, was also left dumbfounded by a pie falling from the sky.

That pie was Drum Kingdom's former king, Tinplate Wapol, who possessed the Munch-Munch Fruit.

After Wapol was sent flying by Straw Hat Luffy, the people of Drum Kingdom overthrew him from his position as king.

His pirate atrocities were also exposed, and he was pursued by the Marines. He hid throughout Drum Kingdom, wandering from place to place as he waited for a chance to escape Drum Kingdom and make a comeback.

So when Wapol saw the unattended God Slave docked by the shores of Drum Kingdom, he set his sights on it.

And then...

Then there was no more then.

The moment Wapol boarded the ship and prepared to secretly sail away with the God Slave, Reiju discovered him. She had remained aboard the God Slave, designing an underwater Battle Suit in the laboratory.

Reiju was extremely furious over Wapol's attempt to steal the ship.

She understood very clearly how important the God Slave was to Lin Yu.

And Lin Yu had entrusted such an important ship to her alone. To Reiju, that meant Lin Yu trusted her deeply.

Reiju did not want to betray that trust.

Thus, she was exceptionally enraged by Wapol's actions.

Reiju, striking in fury, gave Wapol no chance to explain himself.

One group poison attack paralyzed him, followed by a single slash that directly beheaded him.

Just as Reiju killed Wapol on her side.

Lin Yu instantly received a notification on the other side.

Ding! You killed the captain of the Tinplate Pirates. You may automatically obtain his treasure and Bounty, or forgo the treasure to obtain his Devil Fruit.

Ding! Paramecia-type Munch-Munch Fruit, valued at 370 million Berries... Payment required...

Looking at the Devil Fruit in his hand.

Honestly, Lin Yu was a little dumbfounded.

He had done nothing at all. He had merely been sitting outside Doctorine Kureha's castle, watching beautiful women play Beach Volleyball around a bonfire.

Yet he had directly obtained a Devil Fruit.

And it was the Munch-Munch Fruit, which had the special ability to synthesize Wapol Metal.

Wapol Metal was a type of Memory Alloy. It was extremely expensive, and this material could also be used with Germa Technology to manufacture Battle Suits.

Lin Yu already had Reiju, who could produce Science Combat Suits. If he also had the Munch-Munch Fruit...

That seemed to mean he could mass-produce Germa Technology's Science Combat Suits.

"Young Master!"

Anna's call pulled Lin Yu from his thoughts.

Putting the Devil Fruit into the Extra-Dimensional Storage Box, Lin Yu looked up at Anna and Charloss, who were playing Beach Volleyball in bikinis amid the snow, and asked in confusion:

"What is it?"