After more than half a year of secret investigation, Red Count Raid finally found what he had been looking for—or rather, something that could fulfill his wish.
Whether it was a Devil Fruit or something else was irrelevant to Red Count Raid. With his strength, it did not matter whether he had a Devil Fruit or not; he was still one of the world's foremost powerhouses!
Yet what Red Count Raid had found happened to be a Devil Fruit: a clue to the Zoan Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit: Vampire Form.
The clue Red Count Raid obtained was that this Devil Fruit was stored in the treasury of some noble in Queen's City of Spring on the Grand Line.
Two hundred years ago, Queen's City of Spring had been home to a Viceroy who never seemed to age. Everyone had wondered about the secret of her eternal youth, until the truth was exposed and revealed a horrifying reality: youth had to be sustained with fresh blood—specifically, the fresh blood of virgins.
More than two centuries had passed since that legend, and few people in Queen's City of Spring still knew of it.
Queen's City of Spring was a picturesque coastal tourist city on the Grand Line, with springlike weather all year round. Tourists came in an endless stream, making it a prime vacation destination.
That night, Red Count Raid silently infiltrated Queen's City of Spring. Draped in a crimson cape, with a blue enchantress pinned to his chest, a black high collar tilted upright, and a purplish-black umbrella in hand, he looked like a medieval nobleman. He stood atop a towering spire and looked down upon the city below.
Buzz...
His blood-red cape fluttered as Red Count Raid wore an elegant, aristocratic smile. With a thought, an incomparably powerful and dense