Logia: Flame-Flame Fruit! Absorption
Rono packed up everything in the room and moved it all into System Space, then left, thoroughly satisfied.
The slaves in the other two rooms had already left. Only Roger was still lying on the gold, looking blissful.
"Let's split everything up."
Rono took out the Devil Fruits, swords, guns, and cannons he had just acquired and laid them out in front of Roger.
"Oh~ Where did you find all this good stuff?" Roger asked, gazing at the dazzling treasures before him.
"You didn't even notice I disappeared for a while just now?" Rono was speechless. This guy really was oblivious.
"Isn't this a Devil Fruit? And there are so many other treasures."
Roger jumped off the gold and stood in front of the loot, admiring it closely like a country bumpkin who had just arrived in the city.
If he hadn't read the original story, Rono would have found it hard to believe that someone like this would one day become the Pirate King, revered by countless people.
"To be fair, let's split the gold, treasures, Devil Fruits, famous swords, and everything else evenly. You can pick first," Rono said.
After all, Roger was the "teacher" who had taught him the Three Types of Haki. Letting him pick first could count as repaying him.
"Forget it. I'm not interested in Devil Fruits, and I already have a sword, so you can have it all."
Roger waved him off. He really wasn't interested in Devil Fruits.
He did like swords, but he thought the one he had now suited him just fine. There was no need to replace it.
"Are you sure? This is the Flame-Flame Fruit, a Logia."
Rono picked up a familiar-looking fruit and showed it to Roger.
He hadn't read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, but he had seen the original story and knew what the Flame-Flame Fruit looked like.
There was indeed a Devil Fruit here that was the Logia: Flame-Flame Fruit!
Also known as the fruit not even dogs would eat.
After all, other Fruits could also unleash flames, such as Mythical Zoans, and their potential was even greater than the Flame-Flame Fruit's.
Even Jinmenwei Jinhuang's sword could produce flames. What more was there to say?
"Oh~ So it's a Logia Devil Fruit. What does it do?" Roger looked utterly confused. Apparently, he had no idea what a Logia was.
"Fine. If you don't want them, I'll take them all. To keep things fair, I'll only take a tenth of the treasure."
Rono couldn't be bothered to explain what a Logia Devil Fruit was.
Besides, the future Pirate King wouldn't care about a Logia Fruit. Roger was a man who would become the Pirate King through Haki and Hand-to-Hand Combat alone.
And he didn't need a sword, either. Roger's weapon was Ace, one of the only Twelve Supreme Grade Swords in the future.
"Hahaha, you said it yourself! What a haul, what a haul!" Roger danced around in delight.
After all, this much money meant he could buy plenty of good wine.
Rono wasn't losing out, either. Even if the Flame-Flame Fruit was one not even dogs would eat, it would still be worth at least 500 million Beli on the black market.
After all, Logia Fruits had a guaranteed minimum level of power. Against an opponent who couldn't use Haki, a Logia was practically invincible.
There were also several other assorted Devil Fruits, each worth at least 100 million. That made the split about even with Roger's share.
They moved all the treasure onto the Revenge, piling it so high that it filled the ship.
"What we robbed this time might have been the Heavenly Tribute from most of an East Blue country."
Looking at the treasure piled almost as high as a small mountain, Roger sighed again.
This haul was incredibly rich. It was enough for him to buy a decent Pirate ship and stock up on a huge amount of wine.
"The Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise must be hurting right about now," Rono said softly, gazing into the distance.
When some people gained, others lost.
The Celestial Dragons of the World Government had lost so much Heavenly Tribute all at once. They would surely be furious.
Thinking of the pained expression spreading across those pig faces made Rono feel a rush of satisfaction.
He really wanted to see those vile Celestial Dragons looking furious and flustered.
"After this, our names should spread across the Four Blues!"
Roger leaned against the deck, looked toward the distance, and raised his arms high with a shout.
After all, they had robbed the Heavenly Tribute, freed so many Slaves, and taken so many treasures. It was definitely a major event that would shock the World Government and the Navy.
Maybe they'd see their Bounties in a couple of days.
Rono was looking forward to it, too.
He wondered how much his Bounty would be after this incident.
A Bounty couldn't represent strength, but it could still say something.
The higher his Bounty, the more attention he would get when he joined the Rocks Pirates later.
"I'm tired. I'm going to get some rest." Then Rono made an excuse to return to his room and inspect the spoils.
First, he chose a sword, picking the one that looked easiest to handle from among the many famous blades.
Now that he had advanced Swordsmanship, choosing a sword that suited him would also improve his strength.
"Famous Sword: Kotetsu. I can't believe it's one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords."
Seeing the name on the blade, Rono was pleasantly surprised.
He hadn't expected to get one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords here. It wasn't a Supreme Grade Sword, but a Great Grade Sword was still an extremely top-tier blade.
Picking up Kotetsu, Rono resisted the urge to swing it. One strike might split the Revenge in two.
Next came the main event: the Devil Fruits.
The system had two uses for Devil Fruits. The first was that once he had a Devil Fruit Ability, he could absorb Devil Fruits to quickly improve his mastery and Awakening of that Ability.
But Rono hadn't found a suitable Fruit yet. The Flame-Flame Fruit had too low a ceiling and even dogs were said to dislike it, so he wouldn't eat it.
If it were a top-tier Logia like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit or the Magma-Magma Fruit, Rono would consider it.
He would also consider a Dragon-type Mythical Zoan Fruit.
Since he didn't have a Devil Fruit Ability yet, he could rule out that option.
That left only one use: choosing one of his abilities to strengthen.
Five Devil Fruits still wouldn't be enough to raise his Three Types of Haki from advanced to top level, and Rono didn't plan to do that anyway.
After joining the Rocks Pirates, he would be able to level up his Three Types of Haki much faster by picking things up than by absorbing Devil Fruits.
"Then I'll save them for now and use them after I get a Devil Fruit Ability. Maybe I can even awaken it directly."
With that in mind, Rono prepared to leave the Devil Fruits in System Space to gather dust.
He would absorb them once he found a suitable Devil Fruit Ability.
[Ding~ Nature Power detected nearby. Absorb it?]
"Nature Power? Does it mean the Flame-Flame Fruit?" Rono immediately understood that this Nature Power probably referred to the Flame-Flame Fruit.
[Absorb Nature Power?] This was the first time Rono had seen this function.
Then Rono carefully looked into the system's functions.
He wouldn't have known if he hadn't checked, but what he found shocked him. After learning about the Nature Power absorption function, Rono was stunned!