"Captain! There's a letter! It's in the training room!"
Kuzan delivered the letter to Shane.
"It's poisoned!"
Thud!
The moment he delivered the letter, Kuzan fainted on the spot.
"Kuma, Ginny, save him!"
Hearing Shane's shout, the two came over.
They each expelled the toxins, on both the abstract and physical levels.
They helped Kuzan escape death!
"Congratulations, your constitution has grown stronger again!"
Shane was pleased. Thanks to CP0's cunning, they had even helped Kuzan grow stronger.
As repayment, he would send them all into the depths of the sea!
He opened the envelope.
The poison was no problem at all for Shane.
"You should have heard my name: Chameleon."
"It certainly wasn't easy following you all the way from the Drum Kingdom to Alabasta."
"I never expected you to see through the tavern scheme, either. But then, you did defeat the Marines aboard ten warships head-on."
"I suppose I underestimated you."
"Come here, to Mock Town!"
"This time, it isn't a fake. I hear you've been searching everywhere for Devil Fruits. I'm sure you'll like this one, too!"
"-Chameleon, who admires you greatly and wishes to cripple you and hand you over to the gods."
Sure enough.
What had happened at the little tavern before had been meant to catch Shane's attention.
They had meant to lure him into a trap, only to get sent straight into the sky.
A News Coo flew across the sea.
Shane tossed out a silver coin in exchange for a newspaper and Wanted Posters.
The contents of the newspaper were particularly eye-catching, too.
"CP9's strongest team leader, Shihu Kelin, has returned from the New World escorting a Devil Fruit and is currently stopping in Mock Town!"
"The Devil Fruit is reportedly the Logia Ice-Ice Fruit, an important fruit soon to be delivered