Dimon's First Devil Fruit

"Stop!"

Saint Gorosei suppressed his anger.

This had hit his weakness: one son missing, one son captured.

Being captured was one thing, but if he were sent to certain nobles with pedophilic tendencies, it would bring shame to the Figarland Family.

Humiliating the family was more unacceptable to him than his son being killed.

"I understand! I will prepare a top-tier Devil Fruit, but..."

"But?"

Dimon raised an eyebrow; this guy still wanted to haggle.

"You must be well aware of what happened at God Valley as a participant. We no longer have any Mythical Zoan or Logia Devil Fruits in our possession!"

Dimon was willing to believe this part.

During the God Valley competition, so many top-tier Devil Fruits were given out as prizes. The World Government wasn't divine; they couldn't conjure things out of thin air.

The Devil Fruits they possessed also needed to be collected from all over the world.

Of course, he only believed half of it.

"So what are you saying? You want time to collect them?"

"We indeed don't have Mythical Zoan or Logia types, but Paramecia..."

Saint Gorosei paused for a moment here.

"There are no shortage of powerful Paramecia Devil Fruits, such as Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit, and I myself possess a Paramecia-type fruit called the 'Age-Age Fruit'!"

Hearing this, Dimon's eyes lit up.

The user of this fruit was Jewelry Bonney.

To be precise, it wasn't that she ate it, but rather someone injected her with an essence extracted from the fruit, and she became an Age-Age Fruit user in her infancy.

Its ability was quite abstract, not only being able to change her own and a target's age but also affecting objects.

Objects affected by the ability would rapidly age until they turned to dust.

Of course, judging solely by these aspects, it seemed like an ordinary Paramecia fruit, hardly a top-tier Devil Fruit.

But the true power of the Age-Age Fruit lay in its "Twisted Future"!

The user could transform themselves into any possible future, as long as they had sufficient imagination.

For example, Bonney imagined a "future like Nika," and she could indeed transform into Nika Bonney.

Like Nika Luffy, her entire body turned white, and she had white flame-like bands.

This fruit would do!

"Not bad, not bad. As expected of a high-ranking Celestial Dragon, your inventory is quite rich."

Dimon teased, honestly feeling a bit envious.

It was like a four-dimensional pocket; rummaging through it could yield some good stuff.

"Since you agree, then there's no problem. Can you return my son now?"

"Give me the fruit first. Once I have it, I will naturally return your precious son to you."

"I'll be waiting for you at the Holy Land to pick him up!"

Saint Gorosei snorted coldly. He guessed Dimon wouldn't dare to come. At that time, they could set up an inescapable net, and even if he had teleportation abilities, there would be a high chance of capturing him.

There was a hint of mockery in his words.

"It seems you haven't grasped the current situation. I might just have to give your son a good beating," Dimon said with a smile.

"..."

Saint Gorosei's lips twitched fiercely. He took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Let's get straight to it. How do you want to trade?"

Dimon smiled, "It's very simple. Place the note I left for you on the table and open it, then place the Age-Age Fruit on top of the note. That's all."

Pangea Castle, Chamber of Power.

"It's that simple?"

After ending the communication, Saint Gorosei looked at the note in his hand, his brow furrowed.

"We'll know if we try," Saturn said calmly, "It's just a 'useless' piece of trash fruit anyway."

The Age-Age Fruit might sound powerful, even deserving of being called a "god-tier fruit."

But it had a fatal flaw.

Simply put, the Age-Age Fruit was merely the power of imagination. However, the clearer a person's understanding of reality, the less firm their conviction would be, and naturally, they would be unable to use the Devil Fruit's abilities.

In other words, when one's perception of reality deviates from the imagined future, it would easily cause inner turmoil.

If one's resolve wavers, their abilities weaken, and they might even be unable to twist the future.

Saint Saturn sneered, "That guy snatched three Devil Fruits and a damaged Devil Fruit Encyclopedia from Marineford a few days ago. He probably saw the description of the Age-Age Fruit in the encyclopedia, but it didn't mention anything about its weaknesses."

The old man holding a sword, Saint Venus, frowned slightly and said, "He's specifically asking for a top-tier Devil Fruit this time. It doesn't seem like he wants to use it for brewing, but rather to gain the ability."

Upon hearing this, the other three shook their heads.

"Isn't he a Devil Fruit user himself? It's not impossible that the more powerful the Devil Fruit, the better the effect of the brewed Elixir of Immortality?"

"We need to find a way to get a bottle of the Elixir of Immortality; we know too little about this thing."

"This guy has provoked us repeatedly; he's already a threat we can't ignore. We need to find a way to deal with him!"

Dealing with him, of course, didn't mean killing him. After all, Dimon's brewing ability was something they cared about. Besides, they couldn't kill him; he was immortal. They had to capture him and keep him under strict guard, just like Rocks.

The Five Elders discussed how to capture Dimon one after another. Saint Gorosei wasn't interested in getting involved; his son hadn't been rescued yet. Turning away from the Chamber of Power, he quickly arrived at a treasure vault within Pangea Castle. The Age-Age Fruit was stored in the vault.

When he opened the vault door and walked in, he suddenly saw a slender figure. Saint Gorosei was greatly alarmed and immediately knelt on one knee. "Lord Imu!"

The one called Imu turned around. With a slight movement of his fingers beneath his sleeve, a Devil Fruit flew out of the treasure chest and slowly drifted towards Saint Gorosei. "Do it here, I will watch."

"Yes!" Without any hesitation, Saint Gorosei followed Imu's instructions, placed the piece of paper on the ground, opened it, and then placed the Age-Age Fruit on top of it. The moment this step was completed, the paper suddenly overflowed with a large amount of black mist. The black mist flowed like calligraphy, instantly drawing a five-pointed star magic circle. In the next second, the Age-Age Fruit was swallowed by the power of the black mist and disappeared.

"It can even do this!?" Saint Gorosei was greatly surprised.

Imu's gaze was fixed on the scene, a hint of surprise in his heart. Reverse teleportation? He didn't know that move either. After a while, Imu said indifferently, "I already know. You may withdraw."

"Yes." Saint Gorosei waited for a moment before standing up, only to find that Imu had already left.

Doflamingo's bedroom.

Dimon took a sip of coffee, in a good mood. The Age-Age Fruit's ability was very powerful; he could eat it. Of course, it had drawbacks, but those drawbacks weren't drawbacks to him at all. Saturn was an idiot; he just didn't recognize its value.

Did Nika exist? Of course, it existed! It wasn't a matter of belief; he had seen it with his own eyes on a computer screen!