The Third Time-This Is the Current [Scholar] Advancement Task (Continued)

"Shut up!"

Adrian shot Golden Lion a cold glance.

Shiki clearly refused to accept it, but under the absolute suppression of Adrian's max-level Ghost Body, he couldn't even get a word out.

Pirates with the potential for Conqueror's Haki rarely submitted to anyone else.

Least of all Golden Lion Shiki, who had been one of the New World's greatest pirates!

But...

He was already dead.

And Adrian had personally summoned his ghost back with Spiritual Pressure.

Submission was no longer his choice to make.

Adrian wasn't after Golden Lion Shiki's Swordplay experience or the vast knowledge he had gained as a veteran pirate.

If Golden Lion Shiki's soul hadn't been so exceptionally rare, Adrian would have wiped his consciousness clean long ago!

Besides, Adrian had never expected Golden Lion Shiki to submit willingly.

Put simply,

he just needed an intelligent ghost to do his work!

At Adrian's instruction, Louf laid out the fruit she had taken from the castle, spacing each piece evenly across the ground.

Several minutes passed. Nothing happened to the fruit.

Then Shanks managed to raise a hand and point first at the fruit, then at himself.

Right!

How could I have forgotten you?

A gleam flashed in Adrian's eyes.

"Shiki, pick out the fruit in that pile that looks most like the Float-Float Fruit!"

"How the hell am I supposed to remember what that shitty thing looked like? I ate it years ago!"

"Pick a fruit, or lose an arm."

"...That one! That peach!"

Adrian bent down, picked up the fuzzy yellow peach Shiki had indicated, walked over to Shanks, and shoved it into his hand.

Shanks didn't understand why Adrian had asked Golden Lion Shiki to choose a fruit, but he still gave him a deeply grateful look.

Starving, Shanks was just about to bite