"Tsk, tsk. I have to say, the Rocks Pirates really deserved their reputation as the true overlords of the previous era! That single crew had stored away at least five Poneglyphs, including a Road Poneglyph!"
"And Charlotte Linlin...
"Other people were born determined to be strong. She was simply born strong!
"With talent that obvious, Big Mom probably already had strength above level 100 when she first left the Rocks Pirates!"
"The lost Poneglyphs... considering God Valley's location, they should all have ended up somewhere in the West Blue. As for their exact locations, I'll have to investigate in detail when I return to the West Blue to harvest players—"
"Huh? Come to think of it, didn't Little Robin encounter an Ordinary Poneglyph while wandering the West Blue after the Ohara Buster Call in the original story? I wonder if it was one of those the Rocks Pirates lost..."
Adrian quickly sorted out his thoughts and drew up a rough "West Blue strategy" for his eventual return to the Four Blues. Then his gaze returned to Kurozumi Semimaru, now devoid of interest.
He had already tested the upper limit of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit's defenses and plundered every last soul memory.
It was time for his experimental assistant to become experimental material!
Adrian called Lumi. The Castle-Castle Fruit's power activated, isolating Kurozumi Semimaru's deeply sleeping body in a separate chamber within the fortress to await the upcoming "Devil Fruit reincarnation experiment."
Without a Devil Fruit Stealing Card, if he wanted to obtain the [Barrier-Barrier Fruit], he could only harvest that limited-edition Shanks Golden Leek that had run away from his vegetable patch!
Adrian rubbed his chin. Come to think of it, didn't Shanks still owe him two Devil Fruits?
This was the perfect place to use them!
The Barrier-Barrier Fruit's incredible