Devil Fruit, Unexpected News [4/4]

"It looked like it had been around for quite a while..."

Shiya looked at the small, battered wooden box and frowned slightly.

"Not necessarily. Maybe it had been worn down by seawater."

Noah held up the wooden box. It was not as heavy as he had expected. Though it was locked, with his arm strength, he could easily snap it open with a little force.

He had no intention of hiding it and opened the box directly.

Unlike the system shop, everything caught by the Somewhat Magical Fishing Rod came from this world. There was no need to worry about opening it and finding something absurdly shocking, like a Henshin Wand.

"Wow, golden legend..."

He opened the lid while providing exaggerated sound effects.

Unfortunately, no dazzling golden light burst forth after it opened. There were only a few scattered gold coins and an oddly shaped oval fruit covered in spiral patterns.

"This is..."

Kizaru, standing nearby, was startled and could not help leaning in. "Hey, hey, you've got to be kidding me. A Devil Fruit?"

What was with this kid?

It was already one thing that he could catch something with smelly socks as bait, but it turned out to be a treasure like this...

Could someone's luck really be this good?

Noah was equally surprised, but his attention was quickly drawn to a prompt window that appeared above the treasure chest, listing detailed information about the item:

[Item: Paramecia-Rust Fruit]

[Type: Devil Fruit]

[Description: Grants the consumer the ability to rust metal. With further development, the range of targets that can be rusted will expand.]

[Value Assessment for This Catch: High]

The Rust-Rust Fruit?

Noah vaguely remembered it. In the manga, this fruit seemed to end up in the hands of Marine Headquarters Colonel Shu. Zoro's sword,