Who Would Want the Fish-Fish Fruit?

"Condition one, as I assume you already know, requires a Logia Fruit, Dark-Dark Fruit."

"The Dark-Dark Fruit can release an infinite gravitational pull, a pull that even demonic power cannot escape."

"As long as you use the gravitational pull of the Dark-Dark Fruit to bind the Devil Fruit power within the corpse as quickly as possible after killing the Devil Fruit user, you can limit their regeneration time to some extent."

At this point, Blackbeard paused, observing Kuranos's expression.

Kuranos showed no expression, as if he already knew about this.

That's right, this guy is Devil Fruit... Blackbeard thought to himself, suddenly realizing a chilling fact.

Devil Fruits can be reborn; when the user dies, the fruit's power will be reincarnated.

If Kuranos retains such power, doesn't that mean he's practically impossible to kill!?

Blackbeard's body trembled slightly. He had already shown enough awe for the existence of the Seven Deadly Sins, but he realized that he hadn't thought things through enough.

This is a terrifying force composed of demons!

"What are you so nervous about, human?"

Kuranos said calmly, "What about condition two? You can rest assured, we will not break the agreement casually, nor will we eliminate you afterward."

Blackbeard swallowed hard, his figure creeping closer to the courtyard gate, ready to escape at any moment.

To be honest, he somewhat regretted making the deal with the Seven Deadly Sins. Knowing the secrets of the Seven Deadly Sins was, no matter how you looked at it, a huge problem.

"Condition two... I haven't personally verified it, so I can't guarantee its absolute accuracy."

"After fulfilling condition one, the bound Devil Fruit power needs to be reinjected into a fruit, thereby transforming that fruit into a new Devil Fruit and completing one step of the [Rebirth] process."

"But there's a secret no one knows, and I'll tell you now..."

As he spoke, Blackbeard had already retreated to the doorway.

Kuranos was speechless. How could this guy be so cowardly?

Blackbeard grinned, seemingly a little excited.

"Many secrets, when unknown, lead to many guesses, but these guesses are often wrong. The actual secrets are always unexpected and surprisingly simple."

The secret that the Seven Deadly Sins wanted was this.

Kuranos said calmly, "My patience is limited, human."

"Alright, I'll get straight to the point, the secret is..." Blackbeard lowered his voice, his tone becoming deep:

"The condition for Devil Fruit to be reborn... it can only reside in a [fruit that has not yet been seen by anyone]!"

Has it not been seen by anyone yet?

Kuranos was slightly taken aback. As a Devil Fruit taken human form, how could he not know about such a thing?

Since being awakened by his master, he has been reborn more than seventy times.

Looking back now, it seems like it's always been the same.

No one can witness His rebirth.

Whether it was the first random rebirth or the later conscious self-rebirth, the environment at the time met the condition of being [not yet seen by anyone].

Seeing that he was deep in thought, Blackbeard spoke even faster.

"Hahaha, are you surprised even?"

"So, the rest is quite simple. Imagine this: kill a Devil Fruit user, first use the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit to bind the fruit and prevent it from regenerating, then create a dark environment to fulfill the necessary condition of [no one seeing it]..."

"Then, we can control the opponent's respawn range."

"Of course, I haven't actually tried it, so I can't guarantee anything. Anyway, I've told you the secret, and our deal ends here!"

Blackbeard fled with two of his men, and Kuranos did not stop him.

After everyone left, he spoke to the air:

"Master, I'm not sure what this guy is saying is true."

It's alright.

Elegia, rooftop.

Dimon fell into deep thought.

The requirement of "no one can see" is quite unexpected, yet extremely simple.

He recalled many details from the original plot.

During the Paramount War, when Blackbeard plundered Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, he covered the corpse with a black cloth.

So, is this cloth simply there to create a "dark" environment, thereby fulfilling the necessary condition of [being unseen]?

Something's not right.

Dimon then thought of "the storyline two years from now."

In the Dressrosa arc, Doflamingo used the Flame-Flame Fruit Ace had resurrected after his death, as the prize for a tournament.

Sabo stole and ate the fruit. At that time, Blackbeard's subordinate, "Fighting Champion" Jesus Burgess, tried to kill Sabo and steal the fruit's power.

Jesus Burgess isn't Devil Fruit User, so how could he possibly steal it?

Does this mean that only the condition of "no one can see" is required, and the Dark-Dark Fruit is not needed?

This is unreasonable!

If Blackbeard could control the regeneration of a Devil Fruit without the Dark-Dark Fruit- Dark-Dark Fruit?

"Jesus Burgess was carrying a package back then; those probably contained fruits used to revive Devil Fruits, right?"

Even after deep thought, Dimon still couldn't understand how Jesus Burgess could have stolen the Flame-Flame Fruit that Sabo had eaten.

And then he thought of Punk Hazard.

Two years later, in the storyline, a pet of the mad scientist Caesar M. Clown is a cloud of poisonous gas that has eaten Zoan Sala-Sala Fruit in the form of an axolotl.

After it self-destructed, it regenerated on a nearby apple.

At that time, the condition of "no one saw it" was indeed met.

But the rebirth of Devil Fruit is random, so how did Caesar ensure that the Sala-Sala Fruit would be reborn on the fruit he had prepared beforehand?

Is Blackbeard hiding something?

Dimon couldn't help but suspect that Blackbeard hadn't told the whole story.

He could believe the condition that the fruit had not yet been seen by anyone.

This also explains why simply killing an ability user doesn't allow you to steal their abilities.

Because the fruit won't be reborn right under your nose; it will inevitably find a place you can't see to be reborn.

This rebirth is random, so it needs to be controlled by the Dark-Dark Fruit.

When the two are combined, plundering capabilities seem to become feasible.

Currently, Dimon has no information about the Dark-Dark Fruit, so he can't find a user with the ability to kill and test it out.

In the original storyline, Blackbeard plundered the Tremor-Tremor Fruit during the Paramount War, which was also his first time putting it into action.

Among the six prison companions he recruited at the time, Shiryu of the Rain once said something intriguing.

[If this fails, shouldn't we disband?]

This shows that even Blackbeard wasn't 100% certain at the time.

"Interesting, how was the condition '[no one saw]' discovered?"

Dimon's lips curled up slightly, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Blackbeard, where did you get this information? A secret of the Davy Clan? I doubt it."

On the other side.

Blackbeard left the courtyard with Van Augur and Doc Q, hiding two bottles of Longevity Wine in his pocket:

"You all saw what just happened."

With a forced smile, Doc Q said, "Captain Teach, if we tell the Seven Deadly Sins such a secret, are we still going to look for the Dark-Dark Fruit? Lafitte might be very angry if he finds out."

"Of course we have to find them! I only told them the secret of Devil Fruit rebirth, I didn't promise to give the Dark-Dark Fruit to the Seven Deadly Sins."

Blackbeard laughed maniacally, "Hahaha, it's not that easy to find! We've been searching for so many years and haven't found anything!"

What's the difference between a secret that can't be used and one that's unknown?

Trading a secret you don't need right now for two bottles of Longevity Wine with the Seven Deadly Sins is practically free money!

After a brief burst of laughter, Blackbeard suppressed his excitement and said seriously to the two of them:

"Never get into conflict with the Seven Deadly Sins! Those people... they're not human, they're monsters!!"

Chapter 222 Who Would Want the Fish-Fish Fruit?

Blackbeard intends to keep the secret of the Seven Deadly Sins to himself and sternly warns his subordinates never to provoke them lightly.

Van Augur and Doc Q, on the other hand, remained much calmer.

"Teach, you're planning to acknowledge Rocks as your Rocks, so are you going to leave the Whitebeard Pirates next?"

"Not now. I'll make a decision after I see Rocks."

Leaving the Whitebeard Pirates wouldn't be difficult; Blackbeard believed that as long as he had an open and honest talk with his Pops would let him go.

The Whitebeard Pirates didn't have many rules; the only rule they had to follow was—no killing of their own crewmates.

As long as you don't break this ironclad rule, Pops is actually a very easy person to talk to.

"I'll be going to stay on the ship now; you're free to do as you please."

"Great Vajra Thunder Bagua!"

Kaido Conqueror's Haki Coating his spiked club, raised it high, and slammed it down on Red-Haired.

The condensed purple Inazuma, like a nuclear explosion, created a massive mushroom cloud the instant the Red-Haired blocked it with his sword.

The Shockwave swept across an area of several kilometers, instantly turning nearby houses into dust.

"Hehehe... What's wrong, Red-Haired? All you do is defend?"

During the battle, Kaido, in his human-beast form, made a sarcastic remark.

The Red-Haired man said calmly, "Would a man like you really want to Rocks' ranks?"

"That's none of my business, I just don't like you! What I want to do is none of your concern, you brat!"

Kaido to mock him backfired, and he was instead provoked, causing his expression to turn ugly.

The Red-Haired spoke in a deep tone:

"The Rocks Pirates, Rocks formed back then, relied on a pirate game, a competition where pirates wagered their crew members and pirate flags, and the loser had to swear an oath to unconditionally obey the winner."

"I didn't participate back then!"

Kaido his lip in disdain, then suddenly spun around and whipped his tail, sending Red-Haired flying.

The Red-Haired was startled. As he flew backward, his Observation Haki allowed him to glimpse a brief future.

He glanced back out of the corner of his eye and saw the Whitebeard holding the Murakumogiri, throwing a punch at the Red-Haired.

"Gurararara, Red-Haired brat, when Kaido came to Hachinosu, his immense strength caught Rocks' attention. It was Rocks who made me invite Kaido to join us. That guy certainly didn't participate in the kind of game you're talking about."

As he spoke, his fist slammed into the air, the shockwave seemingly tearing through space, and dense cracks spread rapidly.

Red-Haired Shanks swung his sword backhand, blocking the incoming shockwave.

Boom!!

A deafening roar echoed across the entire island, and the shockwaves triggered an earthquake throughout the island.