Pirates: Invincible from the Start

"Karle karle!!"

"Bass Bada, how did you make me forget you existed?"

Indigo looked at Bada and chuckled. "I remember you hadn't eaten a Devil Fruit yet when I came to the Bass Kingdom eight years ago!"

"That's right! I only ate my fruit three years ago!"

"Gentlemen, this way, please. I'll tell you anything you want to know."

With that, he led the way to the edge of the opening and stood beside a rectangular table.

When Kuta and the others approached, Bada hurried to pull out their chairs one by one, acting more like a waiter than a king.

Everything he did seemed designed to curry favor with them.

They were all curious about what kind of enormous trouble could make a king humble himself like this.

Once seated, they all stared at Bada, waiting for his explanation.

The Forget-Forget Fruit

Kuta looked at Bada and unhooked the Wine Gourd from his waist.

"Glug, glug, glug!!"

He raised it, tipped his head back, and took a few swallows.

"Whew..."

A good story naturally called for a drink.

Bada sat down, and a gleam flashed through his eyes as he looked at Kuta's Wine Gourd.

No wonder Kuta asked about Bass Wine as soon as he arrived. He's a drinker!

A drinker is good!

That gave him even more confidence about asking Kuta and the others for help.

He cleared his throat and spoke softly. "I ate the Forget-Forget Fruit and became a Forgotten Person. I can make the whole world completely forget me."

"Then how did you turn into someone else?"

A-Tao took a deep drag on her cigarette, held it between her fingers, flicked off the ash, and blew a smoke ring.

Through the smoke ring, she narrowed her eyes at Bada and asked, "That person is