Fake Delivered (34)

Next, while waiting for Tesoro to deliver the "Pure Gold," Ron began preparing contingency measures.

According to Olga, someone had discovered Lantern Grandpa's whereabouts months ago and had even blown out one of its eyes with an explosion.

For that reason, Ron had to prepare for the worst and assume that others knew Pure Gold's whereabouts.

A few days later, CP0's chief, Bald Zero, returned.

Hard work paid off. Having personally led the expedition, he had found some extraordinary clues in the sea and had returned to report them.

"So the explosion Olga sensed was caused by Oric?"

Ron quietly frowned. This was not good news.

"Is the information confirmed?"

"Yes!"

Dorte swiftly replied through the Den Den Mushi. "There is a Sniffle-Sniffle Fruit User within the government, and Zero brought him along this time."

"While conducting a routine inspection after discovering the shipwreckage, he unexpectedly found Oric's scent lingering on it... The Five Elders have already sent people to the site to collect more remains, hoping to use them to determine where Oric came from."

The Sniffle-Sniffle Fruit was a rare and unusual type among Paramecia Devil Fruits. Unlike the Rubber-Rubber Fruit and Mochi Mochi Fruit, whose superhuman physiques remained constantly active, it also differed from the Slow-Slow Fruit and Mane Mane no Mi, whose supernatural powers could be used at will.

This type of Devil Fruit only enhanced a certain part of its user's body, such as the eyes, nose, mouth, throat, and so on.

Activating its Fruit Ability also required reliance on those organs.

Wapol, the former king of Drum Island, with his Munch-Munch Fruit; Princess Violet of Dressrosa, with her Glint-Glint Fruit; Bartholomew Kuma, with his Paw-Paw Fruit; and Edrag, with his Sound-Sound Fruit, all belonged to this category.

They all sounded like ridiculous, weak abilities.