Looking at the pirates he had taken out, Yota showed no reaction and headed straight for the Captain's room.
Most pirates on the seas were no good, and this Dire Wolf Pirate Crew had even dared to wreak havoc and slaughter people within Whitebeard's territory. Their nature was easy enough to imagine, so Yota had not held back at all.
"The Captain's room should be here!"
Treasures like Devil Fruits, if a pirate crew's Captain did not intend to eat one himself, would generally not dare entrust it to his subordinates.
After all, a single bite was enough for the thing to take effect. And if it happened to be some ridiculously powerful fruit, the crew member might even turn the tables and seize control in the end.
Even if the Captain managed to suppress that crew member again, the Devil Fruit that had been eaten would never come back.
"That Captain just now was a Zoan-type Fruit user. In other words, he can't eat another Devil Fruit. That raises the odds that there's a Devil Fruit on this ship by quite a bit." Muttering to himself, Yota entered the Captain's room and began searching for loot.
Whenever this happened, Yota was deeply grateful for the knowledge he had learned at the Ninja Academy. At the very least, it was extremely useful for finding secret rooms and other hidden items. Observation Haki was highly useful for locating living people, but searching for inanimate objects was a little more difficult.
Gently pulling aside a painting in the Captain's room, Yota's breathing immediately grew heavy.
Behind the painting sat a small iron box. At sea, such small boxes were generally used to store Devil Fruits.
Naturally, a little box like this could not stop Yota. As a ninja, he knew a few