Op-Op Fruit!

Three days later, the castle that Mislanda had destroyed had already been restored to its original state!

There was no helping it. Susanoo was practically humanity's best assistant!

In no time at all, he completed the castle's construction. In a word, fast!

That afternoon, Reiju found Mislanda with a letter in hand.

"What is it, Reiju? Did something happen?"

Mislanda looked at Reiju and couldn't help asking.

Reiju nodded, then took out a letter.

As one of the top assassin families, the Vinsmoke Family naturally possessed an extremely powerful intelligence network!

They could immediately obtain information that wasn't even available in some newspapers.

"My lord, something major happened in the North Blue recently. The World Government is willing to pay five billion Berries to exchange with a pirate crew for a Devil Fruit!"

"And the name of this fruit is...!"

"The Op-Op Fruit!"

Before Reiju could finish, Mislanda immediately interrupted her and said the name himself!

Reiju looked at Mislanda strangely.

How did he know?

"That's right, it's called the Op-Op Fruit. I don't know what makes it worth five billion Berries!"

The highest bounty in the world right now belonged to Whitebeard, and it was only a little over five billion.

A single Devil Fruit was worth the same as Whitebeard. The World Government had to be insane.

"The World Government isn't insane!"

Mislanda rose from his seat.

"Where is the exchange taking place? In which direction?"

he asked at once.

Seeing this, Reiju grew curious.

"What? My lord, do you want to interfere?"

"Of course. I'm not someone with nothing better to do anymore!"

Mislanda knew this very well.

In this transaction for the Op-Op Fruit, the Donquixote Family and Vice Admiral Tsuru of the Marines would both be involved!

How could such a scene be missing Mislanda, who was in the North Blue?

"The transaction will take place three days from now. The location is Rubeck Island!"

"Understood. Keep training while I'm gone. Wait for me to return!"

In the eyes of other people, the Op-Op Fruit might simply be a Paramecia Devil Fruit.

But to those who understood its true value, it was far from an ordinary Paramecia Devil Fruit.

Once this fruit's power awakened, it could grant someone eternal life!

The price was the ability user's own life.

One person's death in exchange for another person's eternal life. It sounded quite worthwhile!

But Mislanda didn't care about any of that.

He possessed something even more powerful than the Op-Op Fruit: Dragon Essence!

The Op-Op Fruit only granted eternal life, while Dragon Essence could make someone ageless, undying, and indestructible. It was practically the Op-Op Fruit plus!

So Mislanda didn't care about the Op-Op Fruit's immortality.

What he cared about was whether he could use the Op-Op Fruit to stir up trouble!

Luo, Corazon, the Donquixote Family, and Vice Admiral Tsuru of the Marines—putting all these people together would surely be interesting!

In a certain part of the North Blue, a pirate ship was sailing toward the location of the Op-Op Fruit transaction.

On the deck, Doflamingo, dressed in a pink coat and bean shoes with bowlegs and a wild style, sat on the steps.

At that moment, it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. Or perhaps he was both happy and angry.

He was happy because he had obtained the Op-Op Fruit's whereabouts. After all, everyone wanted eternal life.

He was angry because his younger brother, his biological brother who shared both parents with him, was very likely a spy!

Corazon hadn't been here for a year. During that year, Doflamingo had no longer been relentlessly pursued by Vice Admiral Tsuru of the Marines. Before that, when Corazon had been around, he had been chased every day!

That inevitably aroused suspicion!

And the truth was exactly that. Corazon truly was a Marine spy—and he was also the adopted son of Admiral Sengoku!

"Fufufufufu!"

Suddenly, Doflamingo began laughing, veins bulging on his forehead!

"Corazon, you're not a Marine spy, right?"

He truly didn't want his younger brother to betray him, because he didn't want to kill his own family again!

Soon, they arrived at Rubeck Island!

"Trebol, what happened? What's going on here?"

Looking at the situation on Rubeck Island, Doflamingo couldn't help frowning.

He sensed that something had happened!

The island was in complete chaos, and smoke could even be seen rising from it!

Something had definitely happened!

An hour earlier!

After searching for some time, Mislanda finally arrived on Rubeck Island!

"Five Vision All-Seeing, Far Sight!"

He immediately used the Observer's ability, and soon found the traces of Corazon and Luo.

In fact, Mislanda's Observation Haki was already capable of covering the entire island. Rubeck Island wasn't very large, so accomplishing this wasn't difficult.

But Corazon's ability made it impossible for Observation Haki to locate him.

The Calm-Calm Fruit was truly an excellent aid for infiltration!

Since he had come to steal the Op-Op Fruit, Corazon had activated his soundproof barrier the moment he set foot on the island, making no sound at all!

Corazon had hidden Luo in a secluded place, then gone straight to steal the Op-Op Fruit himself!

Tormented by his illness, Luo was barely conscious at that moment.

When Mislanda approached, he could only make out a blurry figure and thought Corazon had returned.

"Mr. Corazon, why did you come back so quickly?"

Luo said weakly.

Mislanda looked him over.

"System, how many points would it take to heal him?"

If he could use points to heal Luo, Mislanda wouldn't mind taking the Op-Op Fruit for himself.

[ Ding! Scanning...! ]

[Scan complete. Healing Luo will require five thousand Strongest Points!]

"Fine, pretend I never asked!"

Mislanda only had 1,100 points at the moment. He was far too short.

"Looks like you have a deep bond with the Op-Op Fruit!"

"In that case, I won't take it from you!"

As he spoke, Mislanda placed Luo inside Black Hole Space, then flew toward the location where Corazon was!

By the time he arrived, Corazon had already obtained the Op-Op Fruit.

But because of his habit of always running into trouble, he tripped while escaping and fell into the middle of a crowd of pirates!

This was a Devil Fruit worth five billion Berries. Naturally, the pirates were furious.

And so...

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After a burst of gunfire, Corazon took several bullets and limped away!

Behind him lay the pirates he had killed!

Looking at the Devil Fruit in his hand, Corazon smiled—he smiled with utter joy!

"Luo, you're saved!"

"That's right, he's saved. But what about you?"

Suddenly, a figure descended in front of Corazon, blocking his path.

Corazon hurriedly raised his weapon and stared warily at the newcomer.

"You're... the Dark King—Mislanda!"

Once he saw the other man's face clearly, Corazon was utterly stunned!

Mislanda's recent actions had shocked the entire world. There was no way Corazon didn't know him!