Chapter 166: 166. Float-Float Baton!
Shiki turned into the living dead.
It also meant that the ability of the Float-Float Fruit had been completely removed!
At this moment, on the battlefield below—
swish!
swish!
swish!
The pirate ships of the Golden Lion Pirates fell directly towards the ground.
"Oni-chan won!"
On one of the pirate ships, seeing the scene of many pirate ships falling, Robin's face remained unchanged. While she understood the situation in her heart, she stepped on the air and moved a few times, flying towards the Angel in the distance.
At the same time—
On the other side of a falling pirate ship, there was a sudden explosion. In the flames all over the sky, Makino's feet sprayed tail flames, and her figure was like a rocket, heading directly towards the Angel!
After a while.
Both Robin and Makino returned to the Angel and successfully reunited with Uta, who had stayed on the Angel and used her Sing-Sing Fruit ability to assist in the battle.
Not for long.
After all the pirate ships of the Golden Lion Pirates fell towards the sea below, Rob held the living dead Shiki in his hand, stepped on the golden flame cloud, and fell from the sky!
"No injuries?"
After taking a look at Makino, Rob asked with a smile on his face.
Hearing Rob ask, Robin, Uta, and Makino all rolled their eyes, expressing that they were a little speechless at Rob's unnecessary question.
"Hahaha—"
Laughing, Rob carried Shiki, the living dead, towards the research area.
He opened his mouth and said:
"I'll go and settle this guy first, and we'll talk later!"
Hearing what Rob said, Robin asked:
"Oni-chan, there may be some people who survived the Golden Lion Pirates... Do you want to destroy them all?"
With the firepower of the Angel and their strength, it is not difficult to destroy all the members of the Golden Lion Pirates who just fell into the sea below. It can be done without Rob's action.
Hearing the words, Rob pondered for a moment, then shook his head:
"There is no need for this!"
"Even if this incident is revealed, it will have no effect on us! On the contrary—the fact that the Angel can fly will make the World Government hate us even more!"
Robin, Uta, and Makino nodded in understanding, having no objection to Rob's arrangement.
Quickly.
After Rob directly carried the living dead Shiki into the research room and treated his injuries, he used the nutrition chamber for cultivating artificial humans to install the living dead Shiki directly!
In the future, if they need to make artificial Float-Float Fruit before he dies, they can just draw blood directly from his body.
"Float-Float Fruit here."
Looking at Shiki in the training room, Rob's eyes were thoughtful:
"The next thing is the Press-Press Fruit! Compared to the ability of the Float-Float Fruit, I am more inclined to load the power of the Press-Press Fruit onto Shinto. A gravity sword sounds very impressive!"
Wielding the power of Devil Fruit's ability transfer, Rob must equip his partner, Shinto, who has transformed into a black sword, with a fruit ability. Rob has thought about configuring the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Flame-Flame Fruit, and other Logia abilities, but he still prefers the Press-Press Fruit!
There's one thing to say, the current Press-Press Fruit ability user can experience the feeling of swinging a sword while activating the fruit ability for a lifetime.
Those tricks—pulling meteorites to smash people, Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger, Hell Journey, and other moves—if used by Shinto, they would indeed be quite impressive!
After Shiki became a living dead, not only did the pirate ship of the Golden Lion Pirates that fought with Robin, Uta, and Makino fall from the sky to the Blue Sea, but even his base camp, the more than a dozen high-altitude islands floating above the clouds all year round, also fell.
The islands fell, and the pirate ship of the Golden Lion Pirates fell. Moreover, there are still some pirates from the Golden Lion Pirates, and the news that Rob and the others met the Golden Lion Pirates and killed Shiki naturally spread.
Three days passed.
This day—
Crash!
The "Paradise" sea in the first half of the Grand Line.
Angel is sailing slowly.
Above the deck of the living quarters—
Rob sat casually on the lawn, looking at today's newspaper in his hand:
[The end of the legend of the last era! "Flying Pirate"—"Golden Lion"—Shiki, was defeated by the "world's strongest"—Rob! Since the beginning of the new era, the first legend of the last era is coming to an end!]
["Golden Lion" Shiki — Once One Piece Roger's deadly enemy, "Four Emperors" Whitebeard Edward Newgate's rival! One of the three legendary pirates of the last era!]
[…]
After reading the newspaper, the corners of Rob's mouth raised slightly, with a nonchalant smile on his face:
"After this news spreads, I don't know how many people's sensitive nerves will be stirred up!"
"But it has nothing to do with me! What's next—I just need to make the Float-Float Fruit according to my plan, and then find an island to build my own base."
When the base is completed and he has perfected the artificial weapon production technology, he can start applying it.
By then—
He'll be able to produce ordinary man-made weapons—terminators with combat power comparable to ordinary Shichibukai. Though the consumption is greater, the combat power is estimated to be as close as Naval Headquarters.
The essence is also closer to humans, or it is an advanced artificial weapon of humans—Seraphim!
Basically—
There is no need to worry about the World Government, nor the power of the Marines.
"Everything is going as planned!"
Putting down the newspaper, with a satisfied smile on his face, Rob lay on the lawn and looked at the sky:
"It shouldn't take long for this sea to start a 'new era' that belongs to me. I'm sorry, Red-Haired—although I promised you before that I will not interfere.."
"But who made so many accidents happen during this period? All of this is the choice of fate!"
At the same time—
Naval Headquarters - Inside the Naval Headquarters in Marineford.
Sengoku looked at the newspaper in his hand with a serious face:
"'Golden Lion' Shiki, was he killed? Could it be that the target who has been sailing in the 'Paradise' in the first half of the Grand Line before is Shiki? No—to be precise, it should be Shiki's Float-Float Fruit ability?"
Apart from the Float-Float Fruit, Sengoku can't think of anything that Rob needs to plot against Shiki. If he wanted to cooperate with Shiki, Rob wouldn't kill Shiki directly.
So—
Putting aside the occasional encounter that led to the outbreak of fighting, Sengoku thinks that Rob's target is Shiki's Float-Float Fruit!
Facing Rob—
Sengoku has always guessed his every move with the greatest malice now, and he thinks that Rob will kill Shiki just for the Float-Float Fruit.
As for the Devil Fruit reappearing randomly somewhere in the ocean after the person with the ability dies?
This is out of Sengoku's consideration!
Anyway—
In Sengoku's eyes, Rob is an extremely evil person. When facing him, everything must be speculated with the greatest malice!
…
New World.
On the Moby Dick—
Looking at the news reported in the newspaper that Shiki was beheaded by Rob, Whitebeard narrowed his eyes:
"There is a high probability that Shiki is not dead!"
"And the biggest possibility is that he has already been captured by that kid! In other words—Is the Float-Float Fruit's ability also captured by him?"
As the person who exchanged artificial Devil Fruits with Rob, Whitebeard confirmed that the artificial Devil Fruits from Rob were indistinguishable from the original Devil Fruits.
Very clear.
When a Devil Fruit user falls into Rob's hands, it is equivalent to the continuous production of the same type of artificial Devil Fruit!
In Whitebeard's view, Shiki, whose body was not found, was definitely not dead but was captured forcefully by Rob. In other words, the current Rob must have mastered the ability of the Float-Float Fruit.
That's the Float-Float Fruit!
Although Whitebeard didn't know how Rob would use it, his instincts told him—
Rob must have mastered the means of using Devil Fruit's ability without eating the Devil Fruit, and even a more terrifying guess, that he can let himself and his sisters eat multiple Devil Fruits!
The former guess is concerning.
If it is the latter guess—
The four siblings would be the most terrifying existence in the sea, absolutely unshakable powerhouses. They can only be befriended, not offended.
The world is changing with each passing day.
Quickly.
Two months passed.
During these two months, the four were still sailing in the "Paradise" and did not return to the sea area of the New World. There was no big news for the time being, and the days were peaceful!
This day—
On the deck of the Angel!
Rob held a baton-like weapon in his hand, with a smile on his face.
He opened his mouth and said:
"A baton with the ability of the Float-Float Fruit—holding it, by consuming your own physical strength, it can be used on anything from a small stone to an island. All applications of the Float-Float Fruit's ability can be performed!"
Ability weapons are powerful.
But to fully display the fruit ability, it is not without any restrictions.
Simple use naturally has no consumption, but to use the ability to a certain level, it needs to consume the user's physical strength or it needs to be able to match it.
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