This was absolutely no lie! Just look at Charlotte Katakuri, Charlotte Perospero, and Mr. 3, and it would all become clear.
Charlotte Katakuri possessed the Paramecia-type Mochi-Mochi Fruit; Charlotte Perospero wielded the Paramecia-type Lick-Lick Fruit; as for Mr. 3, he was the user of the Paramecia-type Wax-Wax Fruit.
Seen this way, these three fruits truly were quite similar!
Charlotte Perospero and Mr. 3 in particular had developed their respective fruit abilities along nearly identical lines.
However, despite their similar outward manifestations, their actual combat strength was worlds apart.
This showed that, aside from a very few special Devil Fruits, the true factor determining a character's strength ultimately lay with the user.
What was more, in Moke's opinion, the Paramecia-type Slip-Slip Fruit surpassed those three Devil Fruits in many ways!
"What? It's Buggy the Clown? He's a notorious pirate with a bounty of fifteen million Beli!"
Across the vast East Blue, pirates with bounties exceeding ten million Beli were exceedingly rare.
Yet as a female pirate who had long operated in these waters, Alvida naturally knew all too well the great pirates whose might shook the Four Seas.
The instant she spotted the distinctive Buggy Pirates flag fluttering in the distance, her once-relaxed expression turned dark as water, as though covered by a layer of frost.
After all, a bounty often reflected, to some extent, a pirate's true strength and standing. That was why Alvida, standing at the bow and gazing into the distance, could not help feeling intensely wary.
She swiftly swept her gaze over the mysterious island standing quietly on the sea ahead, then turned toward the Buggy Pirates warship racing toward them at breakneck speed.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Alvida fell into an unprecedentedly difficult dilemma...
If she chose to land on the island and