The Annoying Fruit Owner

West Blue · Babylon Sea · Assyria Island.

In a remote cave, the boss of an underworld organization stared red-eyed at the Devil Fruit in his hand.

They had snatched this Devil Fruit from a fisherman and even fought fierce battles with other underworld organizations over it.

Those shootouts had caused news of the Devil Fruit to spread completely.

He desperately wanted to eat this Mythical Zoan Fruit himself.

But the World Government had issued a harsh warning: anyone who dared eat this Devil Fruit would face a full-scale joint siege by the World Government and Marine Headquarters.

They would not stop until they killed the ability user and allowed the Griffin Fruit's power to respawn.

That truly frightened this underworld boss, who only cared about making money.

But if he sold it to the World Government, he could receive a bounty of 2 billion Beli.

That enormous sum was enough for him to live extravagantly for the rest of his life.

Originally, this gang boss, Gu Akade, had planned to sell the Devil Fruit to the World Government and make a fortune.

However, this Mythical Zoan Fruit had also drawn a steady stream of pirates and bounty hunters.

Before the World Government's people arrived, he was forced to keep evading pursuit from those pirates and bounty hunters.

By now, more than half of his men had been killed or injured.

They had paid a tremendous price just to escape to this secret cave.

"Bad news, Boss! I heard even Golden Lion Shiki of the Rocks Pirates has arrived!"

A lackey who had gone out to gather information rushed back into the hidden cave in a panic and reported the terrible situation outside to Gu Akade.

"Damn World Government! Damn Marines! Why are they taking so long?!"

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