Sabaody Archipelago, Island 60.
Marine base, Dock 1.
After the Logistics Department received Sephiroth's orders, it immediately mobilized all the coating craftsmen in the base to coat a small warship.
It took nearly half a day. Only in the afternoon, after ensuring the safety of the coating, did the craftsmen finish coating the warship.
Sephiroth arrived at the base harbor carrying an iron cage covered with black cloth. He first glanced at the small warship moored at the dock, already covered in a layer of colorful resin coating.
Then, he turned to look at the fifty soldiers standing in formation beside Frank.
He had instructed Frank to select fifty soldiers from the Special Mobile Unit to accompany him to Fish-Man Island.
These men were basically veterans who had followed him for three years while he served as commander of the Special Mobile Unit. Their loyalty was assured, and Frank had always been sensible in his work...
Unfortunately, their talent was lacking. They were not worth cultivating.
Unless he was willing to give them powerful Devil Fruits...
Although Sephiroth had spent most of each day immersed in research over the past three years.
He had not completely neglected his secret hunting of pirate Devil Fruit users either...
Zoan: Spider-Spider Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Rosamygale Grauvogeli Tarantula Form.
Paramecia: Chain-Chain Fruit, Lush-Lush Fruit, Color-Color Fruit.
He had hunted down twenty-eight ability users, yet only obtained four fruits...
Sephiroth found this quite frustrating. Perhaps he had not found the right fruit for Devil Fruit rebirth, or perhaps some Devil Fruits simply did not reincarnate in ordinary fruits, causing him to miss many powerful Devil Fruits.
He had once returned to the island where he obtained the Vampire Fruit to investigate it.
He wanted to know why that Devil Fruit had appeared there and try