Are Devil Fruits Useful?

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Forty-one black, Heavy Motorcycle, led by a specially made motorcycle comparable in size to a car, carried a group of the Army and soldiers as they sped across the plains.

The strong wind that rushed towards them blew against their bodies, causing their black Coat of Justice to be stretched vertically in mid-air.

Shiryu, Doberman, Onigumo, and the others rode their bikes with bent backs, listening to the thunderous roar and the whistling Hayate as it tore at their clothes. The thought that they were in another world stirred a surge of excitement within them.

Although the environment of this Otherworld is rather ordinary.

Not long after leaving the Star Gate Base, they discovered numerous construction sites along the way, including logging, stone transport, and land excavation. Judging from some of the already constructed areas, it appeared that buildings of various sizes were under construction.

A few minutes later, everyone saw an incredibly long stone wall appear in the distance, seemingly cutting the entire earth in two.

In fact, Shiryu and the others were not wrong.

The World Government has decided to make the Ashika Peninsula its headquarters city in the Kabane World, so it has enclosed the entire peninsula with this stone wall.

It was named the 'World Wall', and a huge emblem of the World Government was printed on the nearly 100-meter-high steel gate.

It means that passing through this Great Wall signifies stepping into a new world, whether it's entering or leaving.

To this end, more than 3,000 local workers, thousands of large engineering vehicles that were disassembled and reassembled, and Pica, a senior architect from the Construction Division, were mobilized!

In addition, on the city wall, there were Army soldiers holding automatic rifles, standing tall and proud at their posts, with Large-caliber Cannon beside them, and World Government flags flying next to the cannons.

Under the watchful eyes of many soldiers, the Heavy Motorcycle convoy surged out of the wide, flat city gate.

"What's this?"

As soon as they emerged from the somewhat dark doorway, their attention was immediately drawn to a large expanse of gray-black ground in the distance, its color a stark contrast to the earthy yellow ground beneath them.

While driving the motorcycle, Onigumo hesitated and said, "It looks like magma? But there doesn't seem to be a volcano here."

Upon hearing his reminder, Doberman and the others also noticed that the gray-black rocks were indeed covered with numerous pores and were pitted and uneven, with holes of varying sizes everywhere, as if a fierce battle had taken place there.

"Enough with the nonsense, keep your mouths shut while we're on the move!"

Just as they were discussing amongst themselves, Douglas Bullet, who was leading the way, suddenly turned around and angrily berated them.

This surprised many people, who didn't understand why the man had suddenly become anxious. But some people immediately made a connection and their lips curled up meaningfully.

Fortunately, the 'Demon Shark' Vice Admiral's strength was enough to intimidate them, and no one dared to make a fool of themselves by mocking him.

After leaving the inexplicable area of magma rocks, the convoy arrived at a very lively place in about ten minutes.

Hundreds of large trucks were parked on both sides of the main road, as if waiting for something, and a large number of the Army soldiers were guarding the area.

As everyone followed Bullet to the designated motorcycle parking spot, a series of Rumbling echoed throughout the station.

A few minutes later, as a white Armored Train pulled into the station, many workers who had been waiting for a long time went up and, together with the people on the train, unloaded large boxes one by one, and then worked together to transport them onto trucks. Once a truck was full, it drove directly onto the main road.

Before long, a long line of fully loaded trucks appeared in front of Shiryu and the others, heading towards the direction they had come from with a noisy commotion.

"This is Ashika Station, a recently built train station by the World Government. It has eight tracks leading to Hinomoto and is mainly used for transporting natural resources, manpower, troops, and equipment. It is one of the main targets that our Army must protect in this world!"

Douglas Bullet led them quickly into the station, explaining the situation in a deep voice as he went.

Upon seeing so many "Coat of Justice" approaching, the Army soldiers along the way stopped in their tracks and gave the most standard military salute.

"Next, we'll be taking a train to Kyushu, the southernmost part of the country. There are still large numbers of Kabane ravaging the region, and occasionally some natives hiding in the deep forests try to fight back and attack us. Be careful!"

Although most of the allied punitive force had been massacred, some still managed to escape alive.

They gathered a group of conservatives and, taking advantage of the environment of Mount Hinomoto, began to wage guerrilla warfare, which did indeed cause quite a few minor troubles.

Fortunately, with the arrival of a large number of CIPHER POL members, they took over the task of clearing out these mountain Nezumi, supposedly to give the newbies who had just graduated from Guanhao Island some practice.

Next.

Forty-one officers transferred from the navy sat on a train that had been stripped of its armor and converted into a normal train with windows, and traveled rapidly along the long tracks across the land of this Otherworld kingdom.

During this journey, they passed through Kurokawa Station and Sendai Station, and only stopped at a place called Kongokaku because the train needed to replenish fresh water, food, and for maintenance.

"This is the capital of this country. The leader isn't called a king, but a general, a young girl with blond hair who's not even twenty years old. You have five hours of free time. I won't wait for anyone who's late. Go back to your homeland on your own then!"

Onigumo, Doberman, Shiryu, and the others stepped out of the carriage and looked around at the station, which appeared to be significantly larger and more luxuriously decorated than Ashika Station.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing Bullet's words, they all straightened their chests and saluted, then left the station in twos and threes with the flow of people.

"Wow, not bad. So those are people from Otherworld? They look no different from us."

Because the station is situated above the city center, a colonel could look down upon the vast expanse of wooden houses and buildings and the densely packed crowds of men, women, and children walking along the streets.

"Their clothes look a bit old-fashioned, and they're all quite short."

After strolling around for an hour or two, Shiryu and his companions got bored. Apart from the antique pavilions with their green tile roofs, which gave them some novelty, there was really nothing else to see.

As for the food, I tried some grilled chicken skewers and tamagoyaki, but it was just so-so. After all, the Marine Headquarters canteen can provide all kinds of cuisines from all over the world. No matter what you want to eat, they can make it fresh for you. The selection of ingredients is also more abundant. They even put Sea King meat on the table.

However, the local people and the armed soldiers patrolling by looked at them with utmost respect, their awe and worship undisguised, even to the point of seeming exaggerated.

Because everyone in Kongokaku already understood that these people wearing coats with the word "Justice" on them were high-ranking officers of the World Government, and each of them was said to have the terrifying strength to take on a hundred people!

Just as these forty-one officers were casually strolling around the city, the Ayame Yomogawa in Shogun Castle also received the news.

"Keep an eye on them and don't let anyone get into conflict with them!"

"Yes, General!"

As the Samurai who had come to report left, the young, dignified, and beautiful new Female General sat on the general's chair on the high platform, murmuring thoughtfully, "Just how many officers like them do they have left?"

Ayame Yomogawa's feelings toward the World Government are complex.

She already knew that the latter was hauling away the country's gold, Copper Mine, Iron Mine, and Timber by the truckload, and that large numbers of opponents were being killed every day.

She even knew that the World Government was planning to build schools to teach them their world's language and that they were also planning to change the nation's currency to a paper money called 'Beli'.

He himself had become Puppet General who could only obey orders and rule.

However, correspondingly, because the World Government completely eliminated the Kabane most areas, they no longer had to face the constant threat of death.

This also led many post stations, including Kongokaku, to allow the people to cultivate farmland outside the city. Everyone's living space suddenly became several times larger. In addition, the various daily necessities that were transported from time to time also made hot rice and fragrant meat dishes appear on the tables of every household.

She had to admit that the people had never lived such happy lives.

"Do you think our choice was right? How will our descendants view us?"

Ayame Yomogawa raised her beautiful eyes to look at Kurusu, who was standing to the side. This former Samurai guard was now the highest military commander of the Shogunate and her newlywed husband.

"Don't think too much about it. We can't fight back at all. Let them do what they want from now on," Kurusu, dressed in a High-grade Samurai Attire Kurusu down and put her arm around the other's shoulder to comfort him.

"Too."

Ayame Yomogawa shook her head, finally revealing a charming smile, "I wonder how Ikoma, Hozumi, and Horobi are doing on the Sea Star ~"

"No problem, they are all 'Nue' among the Kabaneri, after all. I believe they can live well no matter where they are." Kurusu stood up and said with emotion, "Actually, sometimes I've thought about becoming Kabaneri."

"Why?"

"Because I'm too weak, I have no power to protect you right now," Ayame Kurusu at Ayame with deep affection.

He actually harbored some wariness towards the World Government, and as a Samurai Swordsmanship, after witnessing the combat power of those Army, he would definitely yearn for even greater power.

At the very least, he hoped he would have the ability to escape from Kongokaku with Ayame no matter what happened.

But reality is cruel. As people from the Kabane World, their physical constitution is much weaker than that of the Sea Star Person, so there is no possibility of them mastering Supernatural Swordsmanship or Physical Arts.

Ayame Yomogawa was actually aware of these things, so she used her status as a general to specifically ask Senior Director O'Connor about them.

"I've heard that in the Sea Star World there's a Devil Fruit that grants a person Divine Power simply by eating it. That 'God of Sand' is Devil Fruit User."

Hearing his wife's words, Kurusu looked at her in surprise, "There are such amazing things? You mean..."

Ayame Yomogawa smiled slightly.

"Hmm, I'd like to ask Senior Director O'Connor if we could get a Devil Fruit, but I don't know if it would be useful to people from our world."

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