A tall man with shifty eyes was being chased by Bater's men and rushed up to him.
"Monrila, you bastard!"
Bater was furious; he had gone to great lengths to obtain that fruit.
He originally planned to find a connoisseur to appraise the fruit if he had the chance; if it was good, he would eat it, and if it was ordinary, he would sell it. He never expected that his own subordinates would have such malicious intentions.
"Mr. Bater, who told you to be so careless today?"
The man had a smug look on his face.
It wasn't a secret that Bater possessed a Devil Fruit, and he had coveted it for a long time.
Even if we don't know what kind of fruit it is, Bater has kept it for so long, so it can't be anything ordinary.
Having worked by Bater's side for so long, he had long since figured out the other party's habits.
Bater would take out the Devil Fruit every day to touch and look at it, and then put it back in the safe, so Monrila never had a chance to get it.
Just now, he saw that after listening to his subordinate's report, Bater simply put the fruit in the cabinet, left it unlocked, and ran out.
He knew his chance had come!
And so, the scene we see today came to be.
"Monrila, hand over the fruit right now, and I might consider being lenient with you!"
Bater was no longer obsequious before Cifer; instead, he exuded a strong killing intent.
"What a pity~ The Devil Fruit is already inside me! Hahahaha~"
Monrila touched her belly, her attitude extremely arrogant.
"You..."
What is your Devil Fruit power?
Just as Bater was about to curse in anger, Cifer stepped forward and interrupted him.
"Ulquiorra?!"
Overjoyed and preoccupied with Bater, Monrila only then realized that the legendary man was standing right next to him!
"There's nothing to be afraid of... I'm now a noble Devil Fruit User..."
Even so, his legs still trembled uncontrollably.
Can't you hear me?
"Yes... no... no... I heard it!"
The man before her was so imposing that Monrila's speech became somewhat slurred.
"Show it to us."
"Yes!"
Monrila then realized something was wrong, because no matter what he did or how he searched, he couldn't feel anything different about his body.
"Bater... you did this on purpose, didn't you!"
Monrila could only think that Bater was setting a trap, deliberately placing a fake item there to lure her into stealing it.
He had forced himself to eat the fruit, peel and all, despite the disgusting taste, and the thought of it made him want to vomit.
"What do you mean?"
Bater had a bad feeling. Could it be that the Devil Fruit was fake and he had been deceived?!
"Stop pretending! You've achieved your goal, just kill me!"
Monrila slumped to the ground, resigned to his fate. He had thought this was his chance to rise to power, but he never expected that this opportunity would lead to heaven.
Bater remained silent, his anger reaching its peak, but he dared not act rashly in front of Mr. Cifer.
"Can you swim?"
"Hmm? Yes!"
Seeing that Cifer spoke, Monrila felt that she might still be saved and became excited.
"Mr. Cifer, this is..."
Bater didn't quite understand what he meant.
"Take him to the beach. If he can escape from the sea, I'll pay for your Devil Fruit."
"What nonsense! A Devil Fruit is none of Mr. Cifer's concern!"
Bater snapped his fingers, and his men surrounding Monrila lifted him up, awaiting his orders.
"Hahaha~ It's Mr. Ulquiorra who's going to let me go, Bater, you can't go against his word!"
Monrila laughed wildly, never expecting that she could find a way out of this situation. She was indeed destined for great things!
"If you keep babbling, I'll cut your tongue out."
Cifer glanced at him and immediately shut his mouth.
Afterwards, Bater and the others escorted Monrila to the coast. After continuing to stroll and eat for a while, Cifer also tore open space and arrived at the scene.
"Throw it away!"
At his command, the crowd lifted Monrila and threw him into the sea.
"Wuhu~"
The latter thought this was a rebirth for him, little did he know...
"Help me! Help me!"
After falling into the water, he tried to swim as usual, but found that he had no strength and could only slowly sink, so he began to panic.
Bater and the others looked at Cifer, awaiting his orders.
"Let's fish it out."
Cifer only spoke after the other person had been in the sea for dozens of seconds without showing any signs of struggling.
"Phew~ I'm saved~"
After being punched in the stomach by one of Bater's men, Monrila spat out a mouthful of water and then regained consciousness.
"Chop off his hand, slowly."
"If you disturb me, I'll rip your tongue out too."
Before he could catch his breath, Cifer casually sat down on a rock and issued another devilish order.
"Wait! Mr. Ulquiorra..."
Monrila was about to beg for mercy when she met those terrifying eyes and couldn't say a word.
"Hold him down, I'll handle this!"
With the opportunity for revenge right in front of him, how could Bater miss it? He directly snatched a large sword back from his subordinate's waist.
After glancing at Cifer to make sure he had no objections, he began to slash at Monrila's arm, but each slash only reached the bone before stopping.
The latter gritted his teeth, his face turning bright red, and dared not utter a sound.
"Stop!"
Cifer walked to his arm and examined it carefully.
"It doesn't seem to be either the Logia or the Zoan."
The fact that he could drown proves he did eat Devil Fruit. Even in such a critical situation, he didn't transform into an elemental form, and his physical strength and healing abilities are no different from an ordinary person...
Is it another one of those so-called Paramecia?
Nolan is already an exception, Cifer doesn't believe it's a coincidence that the two Devil Fruit happened to be near him were eaten and neither of them showed their abilities.
"Kill them!"
"No!"
To this day, Monrila still can't understand why, even though she had gritted her teeth and kept quiet without making a sound or putting up any resistance, she still couldn't escape death.
With a swift stroke of his knife, Bater ended up killing Monrila, who lost his life due to his own cleverness and greed.
"No, not exactly..."
Cifer had thought that there might be a one in a billion chance that his Devil Fruit ability was similar to Brook's, which could only be activated after death.
Unfortunately, Cifer could not sense any trace of a soul.
"It seems the problem isn't with the fruit..."
The problem lies with myself!
"Bater, find a way to get me a Devil Fruit, any kind will do. Remember, you must seal it away properly! I will give you a satisfactory reward after it's done."
"Clear!"
Bater's anger and frustration at losing his Devil Fruit vanished at this moment. He clung to the coattails of the two Shichibukai, and the future looked promising!
"Please don't let me catch you!"
Cifer grew increasingly curious about what secrets the Devil Fruit might hold.