The Monkey King's Miracle Wine

The group continued to advance through the fruit forest. Suddenly, rustling sounds came from the woods, a great commotion, and many creatures were approaching them.

Finally, Teach saw the appearance of these creatures: a group of monkeys, a group of golden-furred monkeys, who were also the overlords of this island. The first thing they saw were the fruits in Teach and the others' hands. They pointed at Teach and the others, clearly very angry, chattering to each other.

Teach's Observation Haki sensed their thoughts and understood what they were saying. All the fruits on the island belonged to the King, and they had stolen the King's fruits. They needed to be taken to atone for their sins and be dealt with by the King.

This King should be the Monkey King. When he had previously covered the island with his Observation Haki, he had sensed a rather powerful aura on the island. However, he had also heard something about the King's Miracle Water, which he didn't understand.

These golden-furred monkeys continuously approached, surrounding Teach and the others. Some monkeys were even holding weapons, which were wooden sticks. They wanted to capture Teach and the others. Seeing the monkeys' aggressive advance, Mobius prepared for battle but was stopped by Teach. Teach smiled, "No need to resist. Let's go with them and see. Perhaps something interesting will happen."

Hearing Teach's words, Mobius and the other two did not resist. Seeing that the four showed no resistance, one of the monkeys even walked up to them, giving them a look that clearly said, "You're sensible." Mobius felt like hitting it.

The four were thus led into the mountains by these monkeys. The deeper they went into the mountains, the more monkeys they saw. These monkeys looked at Teach and the other three with curiosity. However, it seemed there was an important event going on, and these monkeys were very busy, picking fruits everywhere and transporting them up the mountain.

They finally arrived. There was a cave, and outside the cave was a large rock. A giant golden-furred monkey was lying on the rock. It was about five meters tall, with a strong body, bare-chested, holding two small female monkeys in its arms. Behind it, two female monkeys were fanning it with banana leaves, and on either side, two other female monkeys were peeling bananas and feeding them into the Monkey King's mouth. It was living the dream, truly at the peak of monkey life.

It was lying there very lazily. Seeing Teach and the other three, it looked somewhat confused. One of the monkeys escorting Teach and the others stepped forward and reported to the Monkey King that these four monkeys of unknown origin had stolen fruits on this joyous occasion. On this day, stealing fruits was forbidden, so they had been captured and brought to the Monkey King for judgment.

In the eyes of these monkeys, they had never seen the outside world, nor had they interacted with humans. On this island where monkeys were the overlords, they were also monkeys, but they were hairless monkeys.

After listening to the monkey's words, the surrounding monkeys became very angry. They yelled furiously at Teach and the others, vowing to teach these four unknown monkeys a good lesson.

Then, the Monkey King stood up and raised its palm. The surrounding monkeys immediately quieted down. The Monkey King spoke, essentially saying that these four monkeys might not have known their rules, and it was best not to make a big fuss on this important day. Everyone should be happy, so they would let them off this once.

Hearing the King's benevolence, the surrounding monkeys cheered. The leader walked up to Teach and the others and chattered, saying that the King was in a good mood and would let them off this time, allowing them to join in. Next time, they wouldn't be so lucky. They had to remember that on this day every month, no fruits could be eaten. All fruits had to be given to the King first, so the King could create the Miracle Water. After speaking, this monkey left.

Mobius and the others listened, completely confused. "Boss Teach, what are they saying? I don't understand any of it," Mobius asked. He knew Teach could understand some animal languages.

Teach told them what he understood. "Don't be angry. They probably think we're their own kind. Let's just wait. I'm more curious about what else they'll do for this event," Teach said with a smile.

They saw monkeys continuously transporting all sorts of fruits here, piling them up in heaps, and putting them all into a stone pool about five meters in diameter. The monkeys had cleaned the pool, and it was quite clean. It also contained some spring water, which the monkeys had brought from the mountains.

The monkeys had simple stone or wooden bowls placed in front of them. In front of the Monkey King was a wine jar. Yes, a wine jar. Teach could smell a rich aroma of wine, a delicate fragrance of a wine he had never tasted before.

Now, Teach had guessed what this event was about, but he didn't know how these monkeys would do it.

The event was about to begin. Monkeys continuously surrounded the stone pool, their gazes fixed on the Monkey King, their eyes shining with devotion.

The Monkey King stood up and chattered a long speech, saying this was the Miracle Water bestowed by the gods. Then, it officially began. The Monkey King spread its arms, emitting a peculiar energy. A stream of blue liquid emerged from within its body, swirling around its body. The surrounding monkeys stared intently at the Monkey King, some cheering with excitement. Every time they saw it, it was so thrilling. The King was truly a spokesperson for the gods.

"Boss Teach, what is this!" Mobius's eyes flashed with surprise. He had already figured something out.

"That's right, this Monkey King is actually a Devil Fruit user. Let's keep watching. I wonder what kind of ability it is," Teach said, looking at the Monkey King.

Under the gaze of the many monkeys and Teach's group of four, the Monkey King let out a great roar. The mysterious liquid outside its body flowed into the stone pool, enveloping the fruits and merging with the spring water. The fruits began to melt at a visible speed, dissolving into the blue liquid. The water gradually changed color, turning a deep blue. The spring water in the stone pool, along with the fruits, was transformed into a wine at a visible speed under the Monkey King's ability, fermenting the fruits thousands of times faster, completely skipping the long time required for winemaking.

Then, the Monkey King retracted its ability, drew some of the wine, put it into the wine jar in front of it, and covered it with leaves. Teach saw that the wine in the Monkey King's jar had a more intense aroma, a clearer color, and was even more delicious. As the Monkey King, it naturally enjoyed the best things. The wine it drank was the essence of these fruits.

The surrounding monkeys stared intently at the wine in the stone pool. Its rich aroma intoxicated them, but they dared not make any move, all waiting for the Monkey King's command.

The Monkey King raised its arms and shouted, "Let's celebrate together!" All the monkeys became excited and rushed towards the stone pool, using their stone and wooden bowls to scoop up the wine.

This was authentic Monkey King Wine, Teach thought, smelling the aroma. He knew of it but had never had the chance to taste it. He never expected to have the opportunity to taste Monkey King Wine in this world. He smiled at Pito and the others behind him, "Let's go, we'll taste it too. This is the finest wine."

Saying so, Teach stepped forward, took out a bottle of Rum from his backpack, and instead of going to the stone pool, he walked towards the Monkey King. The Monkey King looked somewhat confused, but Teach smiled and walked up to the Monkey King. It had to be said that even when sitting, the Monkey King was still so tall, especially its broad shoulders and strong arms, which contained astonishing power. Teach didn't know how it trained; was it born that way? Impossible, this Monkey King didn't look like it exercised.

Teach took out two bowls from his backpack, placing one in front of himself and the other in front of the Monkey King, sitting opposite it. The Monkey King was somewhat interested in the exquisite bowls, but its attention was quickly drawn to the bottle of Rum in Teach's hand. As a Devil Fruit user capable of brewing wine, the Monkey King was very sensitive to alcohol. It could sense that this was different from the wine it brewed with its ability.

Teach opened the bottle of Rum, and a rich, distinct aroma wafted out. The Monkey King sniffed, its eyes lighting up. Devil Fruits could subtly influence their users, and this Monkey King, with its wine-brewing ability, was clearly a super alcoholic.

Teach first poured the Rum into the bowl in front of the Monkey King, filling it to nine-tenths full, and then poured some for himself.

After pouring the wine, Teach set the Rum bottle aside, near the Monkey King. He picked up the bowl of wine with one hand and toasted the Monkey King. The Monkey King had been waiting impatiently. It picked up the wine bottle, but instead of drinking directly, it cleverly imitated Teach's gesture, raising it. However, due to its size, its hand was much higher than Teach's.

Seeing this, Teach burst into laughter, "Hahaha! This is my favorite Rum. Let's try it together." He raised his bowl and gently clinked it with the Monkey King's bowl, then began to drink heartily.

The Monkey King understood Teach's words and smiled. Coupled with its impatience, it began to enjoy the fine wine with Teach.

For the Monkey King, the Rum was too little; it drank it in one gulp and didn't get the satisfying feeling of drinking. Its gaze fixed on the bottle of Rum Teach had placed in front of it. It was very intelligent, and its survival instincts made it vaguely sense a fatal threat from Teach, a premonition it had never felt before. It also sensed that Teach was not of their kind.

Teach clearly noticed the Monkey King's gaze and smiled, guessing its thoughts. He took out two more bottles of Rum from his backpack, holding one in each hand. With his thumb under the cap, he applied a gentle force, and with a "pop," the cap flew off. He then placed both bottles in front of the Monkey King, "Let's drink together. There's plenty of Rum."

Seeing Teach's action, the Monkey King's eyes lit up. It gently picked up the wine bottle, afraid of breaking it. It wanted to imitate Teach, but it was somewhat difficult because its hands were too large. With a slight exertion of its fingers, "Crack!" the bottle cracked, but only the neck of the bottle split. The Monkey King was startled, and the wine leaked out, flowing down the bottle to the ground. The Monkey King became anxious and instinctively used its ability. The remaining wine was instantly controlled by it, floating in mid-air, not a single drop falling to the ground.

The Monkey King seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. It took out its standard large wooden bowl and controlled the Rum from the two bottles of Rum, along with the remaining wine from the previous bottle, to flow automatically into the wooden bowl, filling it about eighty percent full. Then, it began to heartily savor the Rum.

The flavors were different from the Monkey King Wine it brewed, but both were fragrant. Having gotten used to the fruit wine like Monkey King Wine, tasting this new fine wine gave it a special feeling. Its ability had changed; it felt like it could also brew this kind of wine, but wine couldn't be created out of thin air; it still needed raw materials.

However, this wine was still inferior to the Monkey King Wine it had painstakingly brewed, it thought with a confident smile. It hugged the jar of Monkey King Wine beside it. Brewing each jar of this wine consumed a lot of its energy and took a long time to recover.

Opening the leaves sealing the jar, a rich wine aroma wafted into the air. This was the first time the Monkey King had shared its treasured delicacy with anyone. As for the other ordinary Monkey King Wines, it could produce as much as it wanted with its ability. However, normally, only a few people could taste it; only on this day each month could all the monkeys enjoy the fine wine to their heart's content. Teach had undoubtedly earned its approval. He was powerful and had no ill intentions, and he had shared fine wine with it, opening up a new world for it.

So this was called wine. It wasn't the only thing in this world that made wine. There were other wines in other parts of this world, even many kinds, with various flavors it had never tasted before.

The Monkey King used its ability, controlling the Monkey King Wine to flow into Teach's bowl and its own large bowl. Teach's eyes lit up. What was he doing this for? Wasn't it for this wine? Looking at the filled bowl, the Monkey King picked up its wooden bowl and, like Teach had done earlier, raised it in a toast.

It found this gesture very interesting, especially when drinking with others. However, on this island, no one had been qualified to drink with it before. It decided to teach this gesture to its kin later, to perform this action when drinking with other monkeys.

Teach smiled. Seeing the Monkey King's gesture, he was surprised at how well it imitated it. He found it very amusing. It seemed like a person, not an animal. Facing the Monkey King's toast, Teach naturally wouldn't ignore it. He stared into the Monkey King's eyes with a smile, raised his wine cup, and returned the toast.

The Monkey King smiled, opened its large mouth, revealing its teeth, and lowered its wine cup towards Teach's bowl, gently tapping it. The wine in the full bowl sloshed due to the shaking. However, the Monkey King's ability was activated, and the wine perfectly floated in the air, then flowed back into Teach's bowl as if rewinding.

The man and the monkey laughed heartily, then together enjoyed the Monkey King Wine that was originally exclusive to the Monkey King.

Teach drank the Monkey King Wine heartily. He felt that the Monkey King Wine contained strong energy, which slowly enhanced his strength and physique. This enhancement was gradual. The energy in the Monkey King Wine needed to be digested. Unconsciously, Teach used Life Return to quickly digest the energy in the Monkey King Wine, and his physical strength rapidly increased.

However, with his current physique, such an enhancement was very limited. It was only effective with the first sip; the more he drank, the weaker the effect became, gradually having almost no effect. But this enhancement was enough to save him half a year of hard training, which was undoubtedly a huge surprise for him. No wonder the Monkey King looked like it hadn't exercised but possessed such a powerful body and broke through racial limitations to grow so large.

Breaking racial limitations was not uncommon in this world. As long as one trained hard and ate a lot, especially high-energy foods like Sea King meat, both humans and animals could continue to grow. The Monkey King was clearly the result of drinking this Monkey King Wine year-round.

"What a fine wine. This Monkey King Wine actually has such a powerful effect; it truly lives up to its name as a miracle," Teach exclaimed. "However, we won't be staying on this island for long. We'll be leaving soon. It was a pleasure meeting you here. My name is Marshall D. Teach." As he spoke, Teach extended his name, extending his hand.

The Monkey King heard Teach was leaving and wasn't surprised, though he hadn't expected it to be so soon. He extended his hand and shook Teach's, wanting to introduce himself but unsure how.

Teach saw the Monkey King's predicament and smiled. "Then let me give you a name."

The Monkey King's eyes lit up at this, a flicker of anticipation in them. Teach thought for a moment, though he already had an idea. "How about Kakarot? Shall I call you Kakarot?" Even though the Monkey King wasn't the warrior race he had in mind, it fulfilled a wish of his.

The Monkey King was very pleased. He excitedly patted his chest to express his joy.

"Wait a moment, come with me to the shore. I have plenty of delicious Rum on my ship. I'll give you some then. If you're frugal, it could last you a long time." Meeting the Monkey King made Teach very happy. Befriending it would bring no harm and allow him to taste rare and delicious Monkey Wine.

One should know that Teach's Rum wasn't the common kind drunk by ordinary pirates; it was high-class stuff, each bottle worth fifty thousand Belly. With money, Teach naturally wouldn't skimp on himself.

Monkey King Kakarot was very happy to hear this. He knew he hadn't misjudged Teach. While he was used to Monkey Wine, trying a different flavor would be nice. Teach's Rum was very good and suited his taste. Perhaps he could even combine it with Monkey Wine to research a new kind of fine liquor. He hadn't had such thoughts before, but now that he knew about various types of alcohol, he naturally wanted to research new varieties. As a monkey who loved wine, his abilities were uniquely suited for this.

Although Monkey Wine is a fruit wine, its alcohol content is very high. The monkeys around them, already dizzy and disoriented, were proof of this. This Monkey Wine was also among the top three strongest wines Teach had ever tasted. Teach hadn't drunk it yet, but he could tell just by analyzing it with his Observation Haki.

It was a level above Teach's high-class Rum. If it appeared on the seas, he dared to guarantee it would immediately become popular. After all, it was a creation of ability, extremely pure, and more advanced than anything made by hand.

As for the Monkey King Wine, that was the ultimate delicacy. Its taste was a level above Monkey Wine, and more importantly, its effects were practically heaven-defying.

Afterward, Teach and the Monkey King continued drinking. The Monkey Wine had a strong after-effect. Mobius, unable to restrain himself, took several more gulps, and the potency hit him. His body couldn't support it, and he became completely drunk. Pito and Wos fared even worse. They had barely drunk any alcohol and hadn't developed a tolerance. Glancing at the pathetic Mobius, Teach thought with a hint of mockery, He's still just a child.

On the shore, two hours had passed. Mobius was somewhat sober. Teach, carrying Pito, and with Mobius carrying Wos on his back, they were still unconscious. Their alcohol tolerance was too low, and it would likely take a long time. Teach had no intention of waking them.

Only the Monkey King had come to the shore. The other monkeys were asleep. Coupled with the precious Rum, it didn't want to share with the other monkeys. There were enough raw materials to continuously produce Monkey Wine, but the Rum, before it could be researched, was one bottle less each time it was drunk. It didn't want the other monkeys to know.

It looked curiously at Teach's ship, the vessel Teach used to sail the seas and arrive at this island.

Teach brought down more than two crates of high-class Rum from the ship. Teach had originally bought three crates, with thirty bottles in each. He gave the remaining Rum to the Monkey King, as he didn't know when they would meet again.

The Monkey King naturally wouldn't accept without reciprocating. As a gesture of goodwill, it used its ability, and the Rums automatically broke their seals, flowing out of the bottles and gathering around it.

At the same time, the Monkey King controlled its brewed Monkey Wine, pouring it into individual bottles. Teach hadn't expected the Monkey King to do this and couldn't help but smile.

Finally, the Monkey King produced half a vat of Monkey King Wine for Teach. As the Monkey King, it must have secretly hidden some Monkey King Wine; it wouldn't drink it all every time.

However, Teach had it store the Monkey King Wine in those empty bottles. Teach had some empty bottles, and while the Monkey King's wine jars were crude, its ability could prevent the alcohol vapor from escaping. It couldn't give it to Teach like that; it needed to be put into sealed bottles.

Seeing that Teach had some empty bottles, the Monkey King thoughtfully filled the remaining empty ones with Monkey Wine.

"Kakarot, goodbye. Next time, I will return. When I do, I will bring more fine wines," Teach said with a smile, waving to the Monkey King on the shore as his ship sailed away. "Also, be careful of other humans. They might covet your fine wine and try to take it by force."

The Monkey King waved goodbye and nodded, indicating it understood. It patted its chest confidently, saying, "Don't worry, I'm very strong."

But Teach understood that the Monkey King had taken his words to heart.