Aokiji's Reflections and His First Meeting with Magellan

Sanjuan Wolf was a Devil Fruit User. Marine Headquarters had already confirmed that much.

But no one had figured out exactly which fruit he possessed. There was no record of it in any existing Devil Fruit encyclopedia.

Intelligence agents suspected it was a Giant Fruit of the Zoan Human-Human Fruit line.

If an ordinary person ate that fruit, they could grow as tall as a Giant.

Sanjuan Wolf was already a Giant by birth. If he had eaten that fruit, it made sense that his maximum size could reach such terrifying proportions...

Should I use Deprivation to take his fruit ability?

"What's wrong?"

Aokiji seemed to notice something odd about Noah and turned to ask.

"Nothing. Just remembered something from the past."

Noah smiled and shook his head. He drew his gaze away from the sword blade, his expression calm again.

Better not.

Wolf was a prisoner the World Government had taken special care to lock up. If he lost his ability after fighting Noah, how would Noah explain that? Mary Geoise would investigate, and he had no desire to invite that kind of trouble.

Besides, the Giant Fruit didn't interest him much. Each incubation cooldown lasted a full three months. He could keep waiting. Sooner or later, a fruit worth taking would come along.

The next two days at sea went smoothly. They didn't even encounter a pirate ship. Bored out of his mind, Noah had only one pastime besides his daily training: chatting with Aokiji.

In the past, their relationship had fallen somewhere between acquaintances and true friends.

At first, Aokiji had been someone Noah could only look up to, while Aokiji had seen him as a promising junior recruit. They had hardly been close.

But as Noah's rank and strength rose to Aokiji's level, Aokiji finally began