Bet

Everyone present was drawn to those words, which sounded almost like the ravings of a madman.

Turning around, they saw that the elderly Doctor Gu Jian was staring at Kuromu like a lovestruck pervert. He stretched out both hands and shuffled toward her, seemingly wanting to touch her, while continuing to mutter.

"Where are its wings... Why..."

Kuromu was startled. She glanced at Ye Mu, her eyes seemingly asking whether she could knock the old man unconscious.

Seeing this, Ye Mu's eyes lit up instead.

It seemed his probing had succeeded.

"Doctor Gu Jian, right? I'll answer your questions later. It's not time for you to make your entrance yet."

Ye Mu's deep voice seemed to possess a binding power that reached into the soul. Doctor Gu Jian, who had been wearing an infatuated expression, instantly came to his senses. After noticing the strange looks everyone around him was giving him, he realized that something was wrong, stopped in his tracks, and apologized.

"S-Sorry... I was just... too excited..."

Seeing this, Ye Mu let out a long sigh.

"What a pity. The atmosphere was ruined a little, but it doesn't matter."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze back to Shiki.

"I went to the trouble of bringing Mr. Shiki here from the sixth level of Impel Down, so naturally, it wasn't to reminisce. I came for Mr. Shiki's Devil Fruit..."

"!!!"

Shiki froze, seemingly unable to understand what he meant.

Doctor Gu Jian, however, looked at the red-haired youth. Recalling Ye Mu's introduction earlier and combining it with what he had just said, he suddenly remembered something and shouted.

"You... You're Ye Mu, the captain of the Sky Pirate Crew... Could it be that, just as Nicholas told me, you really possess the ability to extract Devil Fruits from