Sairona's Devil Fruit

"Good luck." Xil pushed the Devil Fruit to Sairona.

"Ah~ my luck..." Sairona suddenly remembered being tricked two years ago, and then thought about getting on Rono's pirate ship, "It's not very good."

After bidding farewell to Xil, Sairona returned to the hotel and found Rono, relaying Xil's request. Perhaps it was because Sairona was holding a sniper rifle in his right hand, Rono didn't go off-topic. After listening carefully, he asked, "The Marines aren't paying?"

Sairona was also stunned. That's right, they could have extorted a huge sum. The Marines had brought immense profit to the Gongdongtalio Family when they sold the two of them.

"Then ask for double their bounty?" Sairona weighed the pros and cons, and gave an answer.

"Double? That's too little? This is the Pirate King's son, 5 times, no less." Rono looked disdainful and held out five fingers.

"It's not my money anyway, you go talk to the Marines." Sairona said calmly.

"Uh, right." Rono awkwardly retracted his hand. "My eloquence is a bit... you know, you should go say it."

"I wouldn't let you go even if you wanted to," Sairona looked at Rono with an expression of seeing an idiot.

"..." Rono was speechless.

"Gelu Gelu," Gelu also said.

As for whether Ace could be captured, Rono wasn't worried at all. Would a little brat newly arrived in the Grand Line have Haki? How strong was his physical combat? With Sairona added, he would die even if he didn't want to. Uh, but it seemed they were supposed to capture him alive.

After discussing with Rono, Sairona returned to his room and looked at the Devil Fruit on the table with mixed feelings. Finally, he gritted his teeth and decided that if it was the Vulture Fruit, he wouldn't transform and would just use the vision enhancement.

"Awooo-- gag--" Sairona almost died of disgust. He finally understood why everyone said Devil Fruits tasted like shit. The taste of fermented shit and leftovers mixed with yogurt for a month would definitely make you want to vomit just by smelling it. Devil Fruits turned that smell into taste, torturing your taste buds.

When he almost vomited his bile, Sairona finally blocked out the taste and tested his fruit. Not being the Vulture Fruit made Sairona breathe a sigh of relief. His arm transformed into a pair of wings. Sairona frowned; he couldn't hold his gun like this. Second form, Sairona's eyes became deep, his mouth turned into a bird's beak, and sharp claws grew from his feet, splitting his shoes. Most importantly, wings grew from his back. Sairona felt them and roughly assessed the difference between the two forms. The third form was a complete bird-beast transformation, with speed and strength several times that of the second form. The second form excelled in flexibility and versatility, which was exactly what Sairona needed.

Devil Fruit, Zoan, Bird Bird Fruit, Eagle Form, Azure Eagle Fruit. This was Sairona's Devil Fruit Ability.

The Second Day, Rono took Gelu for morning training. He huffed and puffed, working up a sweat. Rono suddenly realized, "Where's Sairona? Is he slacking off today?"

Rono suddenly looked up. A black shadow, over two meters large, was circling above him. "Gelu, look, Dad's going to catch a bird for you. We'll stew it for soup when your Uncle Sairona wakes up."

"Gelu Gelu," Gelu said happily.

Rono activated his Crimson Armor, his muscles bulging. With a whoosh, he leaped into the air, then used Geppo, rising hundreds of meters into the sky.

"Screech--" The Azure Eagle let out a long cry, its beak turned black, and with a flap of its wings, it turned into a black streak of light and slammed into Rono's body. Although Rono was in the air with Geppo, his agility was clearly no match for the ground. He dodged the beak aimed at his eyes, but his chest was gouged with several holes by the Azure Eagle's claws. An Azure Eagle with Haki was truly rare, Rono's eyes gleamed. It must be very nourishing to eat. Gelu should grow taller again.

The wounds healed. Rono's upper body first shed its skin, revealing crimson muscles, and then his upper body was quickly covered in black Haki. With "bang bang bang" sounds of air being stomped, Rono appeared in front of the Azure Eagle at a speed invisible to the eye. The Azure Eagle with Haki's pupils constricted sharply. It clearly hadn't expected Rono to have such speed in the air.

"Black · Heavy Strike Cannon!" Rono shouted the skill name in a chuunibyou manner.

"Damn it, Rono, do you want to kill me?" the Azure Eagle said.

"Huh?" Rono clearly hadn't reacted, only finding the voice somewhat familiar, but his hand didn't stop as he grabbed and slammed down. "Shit!" The goshawk Sairona only had time to utter this one sentence before quickly gathering all his Haki to the spot Rono was attacking. Black Armament Haki faintly gleamed. Bang! The goshawk crashed. Sairona lay in the deep pit, feeling a dull ache in every bone.

"Dad... Dad, Gulu Gulu? (Why is it Uncle Sairona?)" Gelu looked at Sairona in the deep pit and said to Rono.

"Son, you called me Dad!" Rono completely ignored the rest of Gelu's words. He landed and embraced Gelu tightly, so excited he shed tears (imagine a certain green-clad, watermelon-haired man).

"Gelu... Gulu Gulu (Gelu is going to be suffocated by Dad)." Gelu struggled with all his might.

"Oh, oh, oh, it's Dad's fault." Rono wiped away his tears and released Gelu. About to suffocate Gelu stumbled back a few steps, no longer liking his Dad.

"Gelu, come, let's eat the bird. Go call Uncle Sairona. Honestly, still sleeping so late, no sense of time at all." Rono patted Gelu's head and walked towards the deep pit.

"Hey! Sairona, why is it you? Where did you hide the bird?" Rono's eyes widened when he saw Sairona lying in the pit, then he questioned Sairona. That was his prey. Birds that could use Haki were very rare these days.

"Help me up first," Sairona said calmly. If it weren't for the Zoan Devil Fruit strengthening his physique, his bones would have been completely shattered. Although he knew Rono had been holding back, it wasn't to this extent, was it?

"Okay." Rono, with his dot eyes, pulled Sairona out.

"Speak, where is my bird?" Rono looked at Sairona askance.

"I am that bird." Sairona looked at Rono with a completely calm expression.

"...Nani!" Rono's eyes truly widened this time. He quickly put his eyeballs back in, looked at Sairona's expression of "What the hell, made," and then turned to look at Gelu. Gelu had an expression of "Made, idiot."

"Gelu Gulu (I told you, but you didn't listen)."

"Oh! So that's how it is! Come on, let's go eat." Rono stiffly turned his head back, forced a smile, and took a step towards the dining room.

"Are you planning to run away?" Sairona said calmly.

"Rono, Sairona, are you alright? I just heard a loud noise." Xil jogged over.