Seven days later, somewhere in the waters around Alchemi Island.
A warship was stationed there, and the Marines were rescuing the pirates floating dejectedly on the sea and bringing them aboard one by one.
Vice Admiral Tsuru stood on the deck, staring at the wreckage of the pirate ship on the sea. She frowned and asked Gion beside her,
"How many groups has this been?"
As a rear admiral, Gion understood what Tsuru was asking. After thinking for a moment, she said, somewhat baffled,
"The fifth. I just asked them, and like the previous four groups, they were all captured by the Sky Pirate Crew. Strangely, though, the Sky Pirate Crew didn't do anything to them. They merely had that little girl named Ayala touch them, then released them. After that, some encountered terrible weather, some ran into Sea Kings, and some struck reefs. Besides that, all sorts of strange things happened to them. In short, they've had the worst luck imaginable. What exactly is going on, Vice Admiral Tsuru? Do you know?"
After hearing this, Vice Admiral Tsuru let out a long sigh.
"This is troublesome!"
"!"
Tsuru looked at Gion and said,
"I once saw a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia in the scientific department at headquarters. There was one fruit in it that left a particularly deep impression on me. That Devil Fruit was called the Lucky-Lucky Fruit."
Gion immediately understood. She said incredulously,
"Luck!!! A Devil Fruit like that actually exists?"
Tsuru nodded.
"The powers of Devil Fruits are inherently unbelievable. Take the power of my Wash-Wash Fruit, for example. The Lucky-Lucky Fruit is likewise a fruit that cannot be understood through common sense. If the Sky Pirate Crew really obtained that Devil Fruit, then with their already formidable strength, all kinds of incredible technology, and heaven-defying luck,