The Devil Fruit encyclopedia was rare enough, but to a Marine Fleet Admiral, it was merely an ordinary catalog.
"Here. I happened to have one on hand. It isn't complete, though—only about three hundred Devil Fruits are recorded."
Kong took an ancient, illustrated catalog about two fingers thick from a drawer and casually tossed it to Dimon.
"Thanks. You're a good man."
Dimon caught it delightedly. From now on, Mom would never have to worry about him being unable to identify Devil Fruits again.
It was incomplete, but it still listed three hundred fruits. That was barely enough.
So Dimon handed the Elixir of Immortality in his hand to Sengoku.
After receiving it, Sengoku made no unnecessary moves and obediently pushed the three Devil Fruits toward Dimon.
"The transaction is complete. You may leave now."
Sengoku issued an order to leave.
After all, this was a transaction that could not see the light of day. If a Great Pirate lingered in the Fleet Admiral's office and someone saw him, all sorts of absurd stories might spread.
"You really turn cold the moment the deal is done. What's wrong with letting me sit a little longer?"
Dimon casually flipped through the catalog without any hurry to leave.
He snapped his fingers, and a small magic circle immediately appeared on the desk. In the blink of an eye, the catalog and the three Devil Fruits were teleported away together.
"What are you trying to do?" Sengoku asked warily.
"Relax. Let me make a guess..."
Dimon stood, tossed the apple core he had gnawed clean into the trash can, and said with an amused look,
"Those three Devil Fruits were given to you by the World Government, weren't they?"
"So what if they were? Are you concerned about where they came from?" Fleet Admiral Kong spoke calmly.
"As an honest brewer, I'm happy to provide after-sales service."
Dimon said teasingly, "Let's have a fight here. When the World Government asks afterward, you can honestly tell them that the Devil Fruits were stolen by the Great Pirate Dimon."
Sengoku's expression suddenly turned strange.
There was such an after-sales service?
This would indeed give the World Government an explanation, but the price would be the Marines' humiliation.
After all, this was Marine Headquarters, an impregnable military fortress.
If a pirate infiltrated it and even stole three Devil Fruits, it would be humiliating beyond belief.
"Thank you for the offer, but there's no need..." Sengoku shook his head, preparing to refuse.
However.
Steel-Bones Kong suddenly unleashed a powerful burst of Armament Haki. "That's not a bad idea!"
The moment the words fell, he had already launched an attack.
His body shot out from behind the desk and appeared before Dimon, driving out a punch.
He was no desk-bound Fleet Admiral. His strength was undoubtedly at the Admiral level. His punch howled through the air, accompanied by black lightning, completely locking onto Dimon.
Facing that punch, Dimon felt as though he could not evade it.
"So serious? Don't tell me you're using this act as an excuse to capture me?"
Dimon smiled faintly and met it with a punch of his own.
Boom!!
The two fists collided, instantly unleashing terrifying thunder and lightning.
Amid the deafening roar, the Marine fortress building shook.
In that instant, countless Marines on the island looked up toward the fortress rooftop.
A black figure shot into the air and stood suspended there, a pair of jet-black wings gleaming beneath the noon sun.
"You won't get away, Dimon!"
Steel-Bones Kong followed closely behind, leaping before Dimon and attacking again.
At the same time, Sengoku understood the Fleet Admiral's intentions.
Since they were putting on an act, they might as well make it convincing and test this man's strength while they were at it.
He put away the Elixir of Immortality, and his body expanded into a golden Buddha.
Shockwave!
Facing two Admiral-level powerhouses at once, Dimon calmly drew two famed blades.
He first blocked Steel-Bones Kong's attack. Then the enormous golden Buddha palm crashed toward him like a landslide, carrying a powerful Shockwave.
Boom!!
Dimon was blasted from the sky. The instant his feet touched the ground, the earth within a hundred-meter radius around him was shattered by that palm strike, splitting into countless cracks.
"It's the Fleet Admiral and Admiral Sengoku!"
"Why is the Great Pirate Dimon at Headquarters?!"
"A pirate invasion? Impossible! Is he looking to die?"
Countless Marines gasped sharply at the sight.
Near the crescent-shaped bay, Vice Admiral Tsuru, who had been preparing to board a ship, turned back and was briefly stunned by what she saw.
Beside her stood a female Marine around eighteen or nineteen years old, with a spider tattoo on one of her fair, long legs.
She murmured blankly, "How could there be a pirate? This is Marine Headquarters!"
"Brigadier General Gion, come support them with me!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru immediately abandoned her mission and headed for the battlefield.
Seeing this, Gion gripped the beloved sword at her waist and immediately followed.
Elsewhere.
In the plaza before the Headquarters fortress.
Dimon stood upright calmly, looking into the sky as two figures, one large and one small, landed before him in succession.
"As expected of the Marine Fleet Admiral and a Marine Admiral. You're pretty capable."
Dimon praised his opponents with complete ease.
In just that short time, reinforcements had already arrived.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Several Giant Vice Admirals descended from the sky and landed beside Sengoku.
Then more than a dozen Marine Vice Admirals arrived one after another, using Geppo.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Dimon's Observation Haki caught a sneak attack from behind.
Cleansing Shock!
Vice Admiral Tsuru struck toward Dimon's back with her palm.
Just as she was about to succeed, Dimon moved, evading the attack while grabbing her wrist.
"The Wash-Wash Fruit?"
He glanced at Vice Admiral Tsuru. She looked to be around forty.
At that moment, a nimble figure rapidly closed in.
"Let go of Vice Admiral Tsuru!"
Gion gripped the hilt with her right hand and unleashed a lightning-fast draw slash.
The strike of the famed blade Kompira sent its sharp edge locking onto Dimon's right wrist.
Facing the successive attacks, Dimon merely raised the index finger of his left hand.
Gion's blade was stopped.
Her pupils contracted sharply as she cried in shock, "How is that possible..."
"What's impossible about it, little girl? The world is a big place."
Dimon chuckled. He first flung away Vice Admiral Tsuru, whom he had grabbed, then spun and kicked Gion in the abdomen without the slightest gentleness.
The young female Marine, only seventeen or eighteen years old, was violently kicked away.
As for the famed blade Kompira in her hand, it flew free and spun through the air before Dimon caught it.
"Good blade..."
Even while surrounded on all sides, Dimon calmly admired his spoils.
When he looked up, more and more Marines were gathering around him. Every one of them was armed, and their dark gun barrels had already locked onto him from afar.
"Anyway, let's clear the field first."
Dimon's gaze sharpened, and black-red lightning burst forth.
At some point, dark clouds had covered the sky, blocking out the noon sun.
Crackle!
A terrifying wave of Conqueror's Haki swept outward from him. Wherever it passed, anyone with even slightly weaker willpower collapsed one after another.
The rushing Marines were like wheat stalks in autumn, harvested mercilessly by a sickle.
Fleet Admiral Kong shouted sternly,
"Anyone below colonel rank, do not approach! You can't withstand this Conqueror's Haki!!"
In the blink of an eye, the scene became much clearer.
Dimon said calmly, "Come on, bring it. I alone will battle Marine Headquarters."
After saying that, he assumed a stance, moved his feet, and charged fiercely toward Kong.
Two Sword Style: Peach Garden Waterfall!
His blades swung at high speed, both swords wrapped in Conqueror's Haki flashing at once with enough power to level a mountain peak!
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