The Swamp-Swamp Fruit's Shape Resembles a Lump

In the North Blue, in the Pantanal Sea.

The recent massive unification war waged by the North Blue Underworld Alliance has frightened many pirate crews, causing them to keep a low profile.

Both the Donquixote Family and the Germa Legion are powerful forces with infamous reputations in the North Blue.

Moreover, even the two Dukes of the Goa Empire, who once besieged Beast Kaido of the Four Emperors, have now joined this war.

The North Blue underworld was conquered at an astonishing speed.

On an island in this sea area.

A chubby pirate henchman hurriedly returned to his pirate crew's base.

"Boss!! Goa Emperor's flagship has entered the Pantanal Sea!!"

"News is spreading from the town center that the Goa Empire is offering high prices for Pattern-Pattern Fruit and Devil Fruit."

"1 billion Belly! 1 billion Belly!!"

The pirate henchmen gesticulated wildly, excitedly reporting their findings.

"Hehehe~, Devil Fruit? Why is Goa Emperor looking for Devil Fruit in this sea area?"

Wet-haired Caribou stuck out his tongue, his face sinister and cunning, his small eyes darting around as if he had thought of something.

"Could it be that Devil Fruit has appeared in this sea area?"

Caribou was intrigued. If he found Devil Fruit, he would never sell it to the Goa Empire.

It's most cost-effective to consume this treasure of the sea yourself.

"Big brother, let's go find the Pattern-Pattern Fruit and the Devil Fruit too!"

When Blood-Splat Coribou heard about the 1 billion Belly, his eyes lit up, his chubby belly jiggled, and his green hair swung wildly.

The hair was actually shaped like a green lizard.

"Hehehe~, let's go find it together!"

"We also need to keep a close eye on others. If someone else finds us first, we'll kill them!"

Caribou grinned. Devil Fruit the Goa Empire was searching for might just be some kind of powerful ability.

I must get my hands on it.

1 billion Belly?

If I become powerful, I can steal several billion Belly back.

At Caribou's command, dozens of his Caribou Pirates members began searching for the Pattern-Pattern Fruit from all directions.

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On the Exile Emperor.

"This sea area is called the Pantanal Sea because it is home to the world's largest swamp island, the Pantanal Island."

Angel Robin's expression turned thoughtful. When Wang Shi explored the reasons for the 'inheritance' of the two guardian gods' abilities in Alabasta, he seemed to have discovered some kind of secret.

Devil Fruit abilities seem to favor certain climates, or allow one to be reborn in specific sea areas or onto specific fruits.

Wang Shi had already stated, Zoan Devil Fruit possess a demonic consciousness, and Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit even possess a more spiritual consciousness, and under certain circumstances, they can choose their own masters.

"The largest swamp island?"

Wang Shi smiled faintly; there seemed to be some connection between them.

When demonic powers first emerged from the will of intelligent races, they appeared in Devil Fruit.

When encountering a specific natural environment, a specific animal, or a specific fantasy...

The fruit that Devil Fruit first possesses might also have characteristics of a specific sea area.

In ancient times, the Logia Swamp-Swamp Fruit power was probably born from the power of fear or faith of humans or intelligent races living near swamps.

"Brother Emperor, this Logia Swamp-Swamp Fruit ugly, it looks like a pile of poop..."

Bonney ran up to Wang Shi with the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and started complaining.

I thought it was already amazing that Crocodile ate all those thorns from the Logia Sand-Sand Fruit, which is a Logia-type fruit.

I didn't expect this Swamp-Swamp Fruit even more disgusting.

"It is a bit ugly..."

"Angel, are there any unique fruits near the swamp, like this...?"

Looking at the brownish-red Swamp-Swamp Fruit, Wang Shi found it rather difficult to describe.

Eating Devil Fruit is normally like eating shit, but this Swamp-Swamp Fruit even looks like shit.

This is truly a tragedy!

Logia: Swamp-Swamp Fruit

"Um... this looks a bit like the swamp water chestnut, also known as swamp horse chestnut or swamp ground chestnut..."

"Actually, there are other types of water chestnuts and horse hooves in other muddy areas as well."

"However, its flatter shape does resemble the water chestnut, which is unique to swampy areas."

Wearing a mask, Robin looked at the Swamp-Swamp Fruit's shape in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, pondered for a moment, and then slowly answered.

"Water chestnuts from the marsh, horseshoes?"

"This does look somewhat like..."

This made Wang Shi somewhat hesitant to look directly at the horse's hooves.

Just then, Sanji bought some local specialties from the Pantanal Sea and washed some fruit.

baby5 is peeling horseshoes for Wang Shi.

Looking at the water chestnuts that Baby5 had peeled and handed over, I was surprised to find that even the flesh had a unique brown color.

"You eat it..."

Wang Shi politely declined, banishing the image of the Swamp-Swamp Fruit from his mind.

"Then let's go to the Pantanal Island and enjoy the scenery of the swamps and wetlands."

"I've heard that swamps have the richest biodiversity and are a paradise for birds..."

Wang Shi saw Baby 5 chewing on the brown swamp hooves, he stood up and ordered Nami, Laffitte, Capone Bege to change course.

He glanced at Nojiko and saw her also devouring the swamp hooves.

If she really finds the Swamp-Swamp Fruit, I hope she'll eat it all.

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A day later, the Exile Emperor landed on the Pantanal Island.

Bounty hunters, fishermen, and even unflagged pirate ships flocked to Pantanal Island.

Wherever Goa Emperor was, there were bound to be treasures.

Perhaps the Devil Fruit for which the Goa Empire has offered a high price is located on Pantanal Island.

Instead of blindly searching in the vast ocean and other islands, it's better to search with Goa Emperor.

They need to find the Devil Fruit faster than the Goa Empire, either to collect the high bounty or to eat them themselves.

After spending most of the day exploring and searching on Pantanal Island, Wang Shi and his companions discovered that many people had landed on the island.

This prompted the residents of the Pantanal Island to happily bring out various local specialties to sell.

This Goa Emperor actually brought them so many guests; he's such a kind person.

Many indigenous people live on this swampy island and make a living from this swamp.

It must be said that although this swamp is full of unknown dangers, its abundant resources are undeniable.

Fish, birds, insects... wild vegetables, wild fruits... everything is available.

The Wang Shi and his entourage then spent a few days sightseeing on the Pantanal Island.

It wasn't until Wang Shi saw the sinister-looking Wet-haired Caribou among the growing number of fruit hunters that he finally saw him.

'Is there really some kind of destiny at play?'

Do Devil Fruit really choose their own masters?

Wang Shi sent Laffitte to track Caribou and his pirate gang.

With Laffitte's current strength, he could easily take down the entire Caribou Pirates.

The week that Wang Shi had set aside has passed.

All the underworld forces in North Blue were incorporated into the North Blue Underworld Alliance.

The underworld of North Blue has finally achieved unification.

From then on, the underworld of the Four Blues fell into Wang Shi's hands.

The two Dukes, along with other Baron, the Donquixote Family, and the Germa Legion, arrived on Pantanal Island to reunite.

On the Snail Warship, a group of underworld bosses from North Blue were also on their way to pay their respects to Wang Shi.