"Nika? That 'Liberation Warrior'?"
Dragon paused, then frowned. "He's only a legend. We shouldn't pin our hopes on something so elusive."
Oh, right, he knew Kuma.
Xie Wen slapped his forehead. He had actually overlooked that.
"Nika isn't just a legend. To be precise, the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika isn't a legend." Xie Wen wagged a finger. "It's just that, like the Void Century, Nika's existence was treated as taboo and silenced by the World Government. And since there aren't countless indestructible stone tablets left behind like the Poneglyphs, hardly anyone knows the legend of Nika anymore."
"But didn't you say it was a Devil Fruit? There's no pattern whatsoever to how Devil Fruits reincarnate, so why have we never heard of a fruit like that in all these years... Could it have fallen into the World Government's hands long ago?"
Dragon immediately identified the key point.
"No, the World Government has never obtained that Devil Fruit in these eight hundred years... Well, to be precise, they probably did briefly obtain it several times, but quickly lost it each time. Supposedly, this fruit is very special, almost as though it has a will of its own and can evade the World Government's searches. The most recent time should have been around ten years ago, when a CP Agent named Who's-Who was transporting the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika and was robbed by Shanks. Afterward, to save his own life, he broke out of prison and fled to serve under Kaido, becoming one of the Flying Six."
"Ten years ago... 'Red-Hair' Shanks?"
Something stirred in Dragon's mind. Something seemed to flash through his head, but he failed to grasp it.
Xie Wen, however, gave him no time to ponder it and continued, "Also, this fruit's abilities are very unusual. Before