Among the many fruit hunters.
Caribou's group appeared quite ordinary; there were many other bounty hunter groups with significantly larger numbers than them.
There are many more people who are stronger than the Caribou Brothers.
Caribou's cunning eyes were observing the possibility of other groups finding Devil Fruit.
He prefers to forcibly seize things rather than search for them himself.
His underlings, on the other hand, were extremely diligent in searching every place for the huge bounty of 1 billion Belly.
"Boss! There are crocodiles in this swamp! Run!!"
Suddenly, one of the henchmen screamed in terror. A gigantic crocodile, thirty meters long, with its ferocious jaws wide open, was excitedly chasing after these delicious prey that had come to its doorstep.
"Damn it, you useless thing!"
When faced with the giant crocodile, Caribou's first instinct was to run away; he showed no intention of saving his underlings.
He didn't even care about his own younger brother Coribou.
In the air, Laffitte watched the pathetic, fleeing pirates, not quite understanding why Wang Shi wanted him to track these good-for-nothings.
Could these useless things possibly yield Swamp-Swamp Fruit?
But the thought that His Majesty had sent Spaden to track a guard, only to have him obtain the Mythical Zoan Nue-Nue Fruit, came to mind.
Perhaps these pirates really do have a chance of obtaining the Logia Swamp-Swamp Fruit.
'I shouldn't have doubted His Majesty.'
"His Majesty is the emperor who controls destiny!"
Laffitte smiled and flapped his wings, following the fleeing pirates, paying particular attention to the cowardly leader.
Caribou, fleeing frantically, was already disoriented and quickly distanced himself from his brother and men.
The crocodile failed to catch up, and a giant python, forty or fifty meters long, set its sights on him instead.
Terrified, he fled again in a panic.
After several attempts to fight back, he realized he was no match for the enemy and could only flee.
He quickly escaped into a swamp.
The sunken floating grass and muddy ground horrified him.
I think I've gone in the wrong direction!
As the giant snake attacked, Caribou panicked completely.
I should have brought a henchman who knows the way with me.
"I don't want to die! I haven't conquered the Grand Line yet!"
Caribou wept uncontrollably as he frantically tried to escape, but his Despair only grew stronger.
With a stumble, Caribou crashed into a patch of swampy grass, slamming his right hand onto a bird's nest and crushing several eggs.
Two white birds with wingspans of four or five meters cried out incessantly in the air, their red eyes fixed on this despicable human.
But the appearance of the giant snake made them afraid to fly down and take revenge.
Caribou immediately got up, wiped the egg yolk off his hands, and exclaimed how unlucky he was.
They're being chased by a giant snake, and now they've attracted the attention of two large birds.
Is God really going to kill him?!
Caribou was about to start cursing when he spotted a strange patterned thing next to the bird's nest.
If you don't look closely, you really would think it's a pile of bird droppings.
"These patterns? Could this be Devil Fruit?"
Caribou excitedly picked up the patterned thing, smelled it, and confirmed it wasn't bird droppings.
"It has to be Devil Fruit, and a powerful Devil Fruit at that!"
Seeing the giant snake attacking, Caribou had no choice but to try anything, and took a bite of the Pattern-Pattern Fruit.
"Hehehe! There really is one?"
"Your Majesty is indeed a true god!"
Laffitte flapped its wings and flew down at lightning speed.
A flash of light appeared as the sword was drawn, and Caribou's raised right hand was severed.
Caribou watched helplessly as the patterned fruit, less than a centimeter from his mouth, fell down.
"How could you possibly obtain what His Majesty desires?"
Laffitte held the Devil Fruit and laughed mockingly.
The giant snake roared past and swallowed Caribou whole.
After the giant serpent ate Caribou, it then greedily looked at the two white birds flying in the air and Laffitte.
The giant snake stood upright and lunged at Laffitte.
"Not just anyone can be messed with, big guy!"
Laffitte thrust out a sharp, thin sword aura, instantly blasting one of the giant snake's eyes. The giant snake, in pain, fled in terror.
Laffitte did not continue the pursuit of the beast; instead, he flew back with the ugly Devil Fruit in his arms.
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On the Exile Emperor.
"They really found it?"
Wang Shi looked at the pile of Devil Fruit that Laffitte had presented and smiled somewhat strangely.
"The pirate His Majesty ordered me to follow did indeed find the Devil Fruit, but he has now perished in the jaws of a snake."
Laffitte flashed a professional smile, speaking casually and without any intention of taking credit.
"First it was the Mythical Zoan Nue-Nue Fruit, then the Logia Swamp-Swamp Fruit. Your Majesty, your prophetic abilities are truly remarkable."
Capone Bege, cigar in hand, stared at the Devil Fruit, his eyes filled with shock.
It's a pity he already ate the Castle-Castle Fruit, otherwise he really wanted Wang Shi to find him an even more powerful Devil Fruit ability.
"It's so ugly!"
Bonney took the Swamp-Swamp Fruit, then disdainfully tossed it back into Laffitte's hands.
Nami and Kaya had absolutely no intention of eating that Devil Fruit; it was too disgusting.
"Does Nojiko want some? Otherwise, we'll give it to Van Augur and Burgess."
Wang Shi asked Nojiko about it; in fact, this Logia swamp ability has quite good potential.
However, Wang Shi would not force his woman.
They want dazzling yet powerful abilities; they can find them eventually.
Everyone looked at Nojiko, waiting for her choice.
Being able to freely choose Devil Fruit ability is already a great blessing.
On this vast ocean, aside from the Celestial Dragons are high and mighty, probably only the Goa Empire enjoys this kind of treatment.
I'll eat it!
Nojiko. This Devil Fruit was a bit ugly, but at least it was a Logia ability.
With a solemn expression, she took the Devil Fruit, took a few deep breaths, closed her eyes, and then swallowed it whole.
Then he knelt on the deck and began to retch, his eyes filled with tears.
She felt as uncomfortable as if she had eaten poop; this Swamp-Swamp Fruit not only tasted like it, but also looked like it.
Everyone fell silent, probably never seeing this scene again in their lives.
Soon, Nojiko's body changed, and his hands turned into a lump of elemental mud.
This is somewhat similar to the Paste-Paste Fruit ability of the Maid Sweetie.
Nojiko and Nami were already used to Sweetie's ability to create a mess.
Now, Nami's reaction to Nojiko turning into mud isn't as strong.
"Try putting the table into your swamp space."
Wang Shi watched as Nojiko adapted to his abilities and then spoke up.
"Good!"
Nojiko hand transformed into a clump of swamp mud, which covered the table before being pulled over and merged into his body.
"It really works, it's amazing!"
Nojiko excitedly tried out her new ability and put the table out again.
The table wasn't dirty at all, and there wasn't a speck of mud on it.
"It looks like it could even fit a person inside."
"Let me merge into your body and see."
Wang Shi walked up to Nojiko with a wicked smile. He really wanted to know what it felt like to be swallowed by a swamp ability user.
Are there any special spaces inside?
"Your Majesty, you're so naughty~"
Nojiko blushed, and her breasts trembled, like Majin Buu, as a ball of elemental energy extended out and engulfed Wang Shi.