Oran did not have a habit of opening gifts in front of others. When Zephyr had sent him a box before, he had only opened it after Zephyr left.
But Charlotte Linlin wanted Oran to open it on the spot. Beyond the meaning of a deposit and a meeting gift, Charlotte Linlin also wanted to show everyone else in the underworld a certain attitude.
She was easy to get along with. If she was happy, she could even give them many things, so they had better not refuse her invitation.
Friendship or destruction—they needed to make the right choice.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
The box was not locked. After Oran opened the clasp, the item inside the treasure chest was revealed: a Devil Fruit.
"The Paramecia Book-Book Fruit. Feld put out a bounty throughout the underworld and had been searching for this fruit. Considering your cooperation, he was probably looking for it on your behalf, wasn't he?
"You gave me what I needed, so I'll give you what you want."
"Thank you, Miss Linlin. I like this gift very much."
"Just call me by my name. We exchanged gifts, so that makes us friends now, doesn't it? Mamamama~"
Charlotte Linlin's way of making friends was sometimes just that simple. Of course, that was when she was in a good mood. If she became irritable someday, she could turn hostile just as quickly.
Whatever happened in the future could wait. For now, their relationship was quite friendly.
"Of course, Linlin. We're friends now."
The Book-Book Fruit was one of the Devil Fruits Oran had asked Feld to search for alongside the Munch-Munch Fruit years ago, but there had been no trace of it all this time.
Finding a specific Devil Fruit had never been easy, even for the World