Is He Hiding His Strength?

"Well, we'll ask them later," Xi Yan nodded and said, "If they want to eat it, they can eat the Devil Fruit I have."

"You even have Devil Fruit?!" Perona exclaimed, staring at Xi Yan in shock.

You're lucky if you manage to get one of these things even once in a while, and the other party still has them?

Of course.

Xi Yan said, "How could I go to Mary Geoise just to steal one Devil Fruit?"

Having finally made it to that place, I'm naturally going to make a killing!

Perona paused for a moment after hearing this, then gave Xi Yan a thumbs up and said, "Reasonable."

Xi Yan smiled upon hearing this, then said, "I just don't know if they're willing to take the gamble."

If he were willing to take the gamble, he wouldn't need to try and get Devil Fruit anymore.

"Let's take a gamble?"

Nami asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

What does it mean to take a gamble?

"Because I don't know what abilities the remaining Devil Fruit possess," Xi Yan said.

After saying that, Xi Yan took out the other three Devil Fruit and placed them on the table.

"There are three more?!"

Looking at those three Devil Fruit, Perona subconsciously swallowed; this was just too outrageous.

Nami, on the other hand, stared at the Devil Fruit on the table with shining eyes, as if she were looking at a pile of money.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not thinking of selling these again, are you?" Xi Yan said irritably, "We're not short of money!"

"Also, this is for Usopp and the others!"

"Oh, right..."

Nami gradually came to her senses after hearing Xi Yan's words, and then gave an embarrassed smile.

Seeing this, Xi Yan rolled his eyes; he was truly exasperated with this guy.

Then, Xi Yan glanced at Luffy was full of curiosity, and said, "What, are you planning to try it?"

"Ah?"

Luffy paused for a moment upon hearing this, then immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no... I won't eat it, I'll die."

Not only would it kill him, but it would also taste absolutely awful, so he would never eat it again!

Xi Yan suddenly found it somewhat amusing; this guy actually knows fear now?

Rayleigh, however, paid no attention to the reactions of the others, and instead stared intently at the Devil Fruit a while.

Seeing this, Xi Yan asked curiously, "Uncle Rayleigh, do you perhaps know what abilities these three possess?"

If the other party knew what this ability was, there would be no need to gamble.

"How could I possibly know information that isn't even listed in the Devil Fruit Illustrated Handbook?" Rayleigh shook his head.

Seeing that even Rayleigh said he didn't know, Xi Yan could only shake his head helplessly and say, "Then we can only gamble."

Then, Xi Yan turned his gaze to Shakky and said, "Shakky-jie, besides the information about these Four Emperors, is there any other noteworthy information about the New World?"

Shakky thought for a moment after hearing this, then nodded and said, "Yes."

"Oh?"

Tell me about it.

"The Shichibukai have been replenished."

"Shichibukai?"

Xi Yan paused for a moment, then asked with some curiosity, "Who will become the New Shichibukai?"

"Buggy."

"Ba... cough cough..."

Luffy nearly choked to death upon hearing the name Buggy.

Then, he looked up at Shakky and said, "Buggy actually became Shichibukai?"

No, wasn't that guy supposed to be weak? Why did he become Shichibukai?

Xi Yan also looked puzzled, clearly not expecting that guy to become Shichibukai.

Is this... is this reasonable?

Nami looked on incredulously; she simply couldn't imagine how someone with a bounty of over ten million Beli could become Shichibukai.

"You find it incredible, right? But he really is one of the New Shichibukai," Shakky said, shrugging.

"How did he do that?" Xi Yan asked curiously.

This time, Shakky didn't answer immediately. Instead, she thought for a moment before saying, "You should still remember what title he has, right?"

"A title for a member of the Pirate King crew, huh...?"

Xi Yan thought about it for a moment, and realized that the probability was quite high.

After all... the influence of this name is enormous!

"It's not just that," Shakky said. "Don't forget his relationship with Shanks."

"And then there are the prisoners he took away..."

"So it's quite normal that it has gained the navy's attention."

Not only did he acquire two highly prestigious titles, but he also recruited the prisoners who escaped from the Underwater Great Prison into his ranks...

It's perfectly normal for someone like that to be recruited.

From the Navy's perspective, at least, Buggy is a truly terrifying pirate!

"That's true, but that guy's strength..." Xi Yan's lips twitched, "Isn't it a bit too weak?"

Recalling Buggy's ridiculously weak strength, Xi Yan's eyelids twitched.

"What if he's hiding his true strength?" Perona said.

Seeing that everyone's attention was on her, Perona said, "Anyone who can become Shichibukai can't be weak, otherwise they would have been killed by the Navy long ago."

She knew all too well what the Shichibukai represented, so she didn't think that guy named Buggy was weak.

Hearing Perona's words, Xi Yan remained silent for a moment, then muttered to himself, 'Could this guy really be hiding his strength?'

But what was his purpose in doing this?

"Is that guy really hiding his strength?" Nami asked with disbelief. "What's he after?"

"How would I know?" Perona shook her head.

Ultimately, she was just stating her guess; whether it was actually true or not, nobody knows.

Listening to their conversation, Xi Yan pondered for a moment, then looked at Rayleigh and said, "Uncle Rayleigh, is Buggy really hiding his strength?"

"I don't know about that," Rayleigh shook his head. "After all, it's been decades since we last met."

Although Buggy was indeed quite strong when he was young, he became much more timid after eating that Devil Fruit, so... he didn't know Buggy's current situation.

"Is that so...?"

Xi Yan stroked his chin and pondered for a moment. If Buggy was really weak, then he probably just had some luck on him.

Thinking of this, Xi Yan recalled some of Buggy's behavior when he was in Underwater Great Prison.

Thinking about it carefully... this guy is really lucky!

'Maybe this old guy only became Shichibukai by luck,' Xi Yan muttered to himself.

At that moment, two images flashed through Xi Yan's mind.

One is called KING, and the other is called Satan.

These two guys are men with incredibly good luck!

"Actually, you don't need to worry about this," Perona said. "Truth to know if he's weak or not, just go find him."

We'll know their strength then.

Xi Yan and Luffy thought for a moment after hearing this, then shook their heads together.

Perona:???

What does this mean?

"I'm just a little curious, so there's no need to go looking for that guy on purpose," Xi Yan explained.

In his opinion, Buggy's strength was most likely to be extremely weak, so he didn't want to bully this person who had fought his way out of Underwater Great Prison with them.

Of course, if the other party is foolish enough to cause them trouble, that's a different story.

Luffy's thought was that Buggy had helped them before, so he wouldn't cause him any trouble.

"Alright."

Seeing that neither of them seemed particularly interested in Buggy, Perona said nothing more.

Xi Yan nodded, then looked at Shakky and asked, "What about the other Shichibukai?"

"A guy named Edward Weevil became one of the Shichibukai!"

Xi Yan:???

"Edward?" Xi Yan exclaimed in disbelief, "Isn't that the Whitebeard Uncle's surname?!"

"Could this be... his son?"

"He does claim to be Whitebeard II, and also Whitebeard's son, but..." Shakky said, frowning, "I've never heard of Whitebeard having a biological son."

"Perhaps it's because this matter cannot be easily exposed?" Nami guessed.

The sons of the Four Emperors are definitely a key target for the World Government, so it's quite normal that they deliberately don't expose them.

"Impossible." Rayleigh shook his head. "Knowing Whitebeard, he couldn't possibly do such a thing."

That guy loves his family to the core!

If she truly had such a biological son, she wouldn't hide him away!

"So you deliberately came out to claim kinship?" Xi Yan frowned and asked.

If that's the case, then this Edward Weevil is rather disliked.

"I don't know if he's trying to claim kinship, but the strength he's displayed is exactly the same as Whitebeard's in his youth," Shakky said. "That's why he was able to become Shichibukai."

That overwhelming power was indeed like that of Whitebeard in his youth, which is one of the reasons why people speculate that this person is Whitebeard's son.

"If that's the case, it's quite possible." Xi Yan thought for a moment, then asked, "When did he come out?"

"You want to know where he was when the Whitebeard Pirates were attacked, right?"

"Right."

"Unfortunately, he didn't step in to protect the Whitebeard Pirates," Shakky said. "On the contrary, he was one of those who attacked the Whitebeard Pirates' base."

Xi Yan:???

Xi Yan stared at Shakky with a face full of question marks, wondering what all this was all about.

He claims to be the son of the Whitebeard Uncle, but instead of helping to protect his family, he joins others in attacking his own territory?

Is this person mentally ill?

"Do you think he's mentally ill?" Shakky asked.

"Isn't this obvious?"

"Yeah, he's definitely mentally ill."

Xi Yan:...

What's the meaning?

I finally had a son, but he's mentally disabled?!

"Based on the intelligence I've received, this person does indeed have some mental issues," Shakky said.

"Is this also the reason he attacked the Whitebeard Pirates' base?"

"No, it's mainly because of his Big Mom," Shakky said, "A woman named Miss Ba Jin."

"This person claimed to want to inherit Whitebeard's legacy, which is why she ordered her son to attack the Whitebeard Pirates ' base."

Xi Yan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then his lips twitched and he said, "So Whitebeard Uncle's debt of gratitude has come knocking on our door?"

This is really a bit outrageous.

"I don't know about that," Shakky said, shaking her head.

She didn't know if it was a romantic entanglement caused by Whitebeard, after all... she hadn't paid much attention to Whitebeard back then.

This time, Xi Yan simply nodded and didn't continue the topic.

Then, Xi Yan said, "Are these two all?"

"No," Shakky shook her head and said, "Besides those two, there's another man who became the New Shichibukai!"

"Who?"

Trafalgar Law.

Trafalgar Law?

Xi Yan raised an eyebrow and said, "Isn't this the Supernovas who appeared with us in the Sabaody Archipelago two years ago?"

If I remember correctly, that guy also had a talking bear with him.

"Yes, it's him."

Shakky nodded and said, "This person instigated the Rocky Port incident, using the power of the Op-Op Fruit to steal the hearts of one hundred pirates."

"Afterwards, he handed over these one hundred hearts to the Navy in exchange for the title of Shichibukai."

As they spoke, Shakky took out the newspaper and placed it in front of Xi Yan.

Xi Yan picked up the newspaper, glanced at it, and then laughed, "It really is this guy..."

The person in the photo is indeed that guy named Trafalgar Law.

"I never imagined that the Supernovas who came to this island with us two years ago would all become Shichibukai," Nami said.

"We are growing, and others are naturally growing too," Xi Yan said.

"That makes sense," Nami nodded.

Then, she picked up the newspaper that Xi Yan had placed on the table and began to read it carefully.

Xi Yan, on the other hand, was recalling a person.

'By the way... what happened to that Red Hair who fought Katakuri?' Xi Yan wondered to himself. 'Was he killed or captured by the Marines?'

After thinking for a moment, Xi Yan looked up and asked, "Shakky-jie, how's that Supernovas who's second only to me and Luffy doing?"

"He?"

"The grass on his grave must be two meters tall by now," Shakky said.

"He's dead."

"Yes, dead."

Shakky nodded and said, "This person was executed by Marine Admiral Akainu years ago."

Xi Yan:???

No, what does this have to do with Marine Admiral Akainu?

Wasn't he fighting Galette and Katakuri?

Could it be that this guy ran away halfway through the fight and then unfortunately ran into Akainu?

Thinking of this, Xi Yan's expression became somewhat strange. Was this guy's luck a little too bad?

After a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, Xi Yan said, "Well, this guy's luck isn't very good."

"It's really not very good," Shakky said. "Otherwise, they would have escaped."

If he hadn't encountered Marine Admiral, this man would have escaped long ago.

"Does he have any information about his Devil Fruit?" Xi Yan asked.

If Franky could obtain the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, it would definitely boost his strength.

"No."

Shakky shook her head and said, "This Devil Fruit isn't very well-known, so finding it won't be easy."

"I see..." Xi Yan rubbed his temples and said, "Then we'll have to talk about it later."