"Was it Seastone that prevented the Devil Fruit's power from dispersing? What an interesting development." Longinus narrowed his eyes as he picked up the Devil Fruit from the ground and muttered to himself.
"So, if I set up a Seastone fence around the area, the Fruit's power could only obediently parasitize fruit within the fence? But what would happen if there were no fruits inside the fence?"
Longinus shook his head with a smile, took out the finely crafted, preservative-treated wooden box he had prepared earlier, and placed the Fruit inside.
He would not have any use for this Fruit anytime soon, so he needed to find somewhere to store it.
Observation Haki spread through the surroundings. After repeatedly confirming that there were no survivors, Longinus still set the entire place ablaze.
He, Longinus, was ridiculously cautious.
He steered his small boat to New Leaf Island, thirty nautical miles away.
After finding the familiar location, Longinus carried the little wooden box and dove into the sea, swimming ever deeper.
At a depth of roughly a thousand meters, sunlight had long vanished, leaving only endless darkness.
Before long, Longinus felt his way through the boundless darkness and found a cave. The seawater churned as though some monster were swimming out from within.
It was a Sea King resembling a centipede enlarged thousands of times. Its savage mouthparts were as terrifying as the swaying gates of hell, while the sounds of its thousands of legs paddling through the water lent the deep ocean floor an eerie air.
At that moment, the Giant Centipede Sea King seemed to realize that the creature before it was not to be provoked. It raised its upper body straight up and issued a silent threat.
A trace of crimson flickered deep within Longinus's eyes, gradually consuming his