Pirates of the Death

The Whitebeard Pirates.

Whitebeard, who couldn't even be defeated by the disease, looked a little lonely at this time.

His upright figure was slightly bent.

The wrinkles on his forehead and eyes became deeper.

In his right hand, a small card that was nearly half burned was floating slowly with the sea breeze.

That was the life card.

When the owner was weak, it would shrink, and when the owner recovered, it would return to its original size.

The life card in Whitebeard's hand that was nearly half burned indicated that the owner was in a very bad situation at this time, and might even be in danger of his life.

On the side, Marco hid the newspaper he had just received behind his back and did not disturb him.

"Marco, bring it here!"

However, the keen Whitebeard still found it.

"Dad, take care of yourself!"

Marco sighed secretly and handed him the newspaper with both hands.

Whitebeard glanced at it absentmindedly.

"It's that kid again. Ace also..."

He fell silent again halfway through.

"Dad, how about I go..."

"No need!"

Whitebeard waved his hand, and then waved his hand.

"Bring some wine!"

Marco looked worried.

"But your body!"

Whitebeard snorted coldly, and the needle on his body was pulled out by him.

"I'm in good health, bring some wine!"

"Okay, okay!"

Helplessly, Marco had to walk towards the cabin where the wine was stored.

He could see his father's self-blame and guilt.

After all, Shanks came to remind him, but he still didn't stop Ace from chasing Blackbeard.

...

Dressrosa.

The palace.

"Emperor-level? Fufufufu, if any pirate group can be called an emperor-level pirate group, then this sea would have been a mess long ago!"

Like most pirates, Doflamingo did not believe the content shown in the newspaper at all.

What's more, there was no photo of the Death Pirates appearing in Impel Down, nor any photo of them fighting.

As for why Impel Down was destroyed like that?

This is a doubtful point.

In fact, this was Morgans's mistake.

Faced with big news, he was always a little anxious.

He did have perfect evidence in his hand to prove that everything was done by the Death Pirates, but he forgot that it was the audio of the conversation between the high-level officials of Judicial Island.

And the audio could not be presented in the newspaper.

This led to more people paying attention to the "authenticity" of this newspaper, and its content was even regarded as a joke.

Ordinary pirates are like this, and the Four Emperors are still like this.

…

“This is really a magical island!”

At this time, the Death Pirates, who had been drifting on the sea for more than half a month, came to an extremely strange island.

After nearly two days of observation.

Luo Di discovered a pattern.

After midnight, the island will undergo a magical change.

And because of this change, the island has been divided into two parts since the coastline of the island.

One part is the foundation of the island just above the sea, and the part above it will float or sink over time.

Luo Di called it the ‘floating island’.

There are no humans living on the island, only some huge strange birds.

This kind of bird is also very strange.

They may be only the size of a fist when they are born, but their bodies will double in size every year.

Like the leader of this group of strange birds, it is now more than 20 meters long.

However, the huge body will bring a huge burden, so their lifespan is extremely short, ranging from eight or nine years to five or six years.

However, despite their huge size, they are very gentle because they have lived in peace with the world for many years.

Facing the invaders like Luo Di, they even offered delicious fruits from the island, which was very friendly.

"What a pity!"

At this time, Luo Di was sitting on the head of the strange bird leader 'Corey', chewing an unknown bright red fruit in his mouth.

His left hand stroked its hard feather shaft and soft feather petals, but a trace of regret flashed across his eyes.

Corey can't fly.

Or it's because his body is getting bigger and bigger that he has lost the ability to fly.

And this watershed is ten meters!

In other words, all strange birds over ten meters in size cannot fly. There are hundreds of giant birds like this on the island.

The loss of the ability to fly for a bird that originally could fly is as painful as a fish losing the water source on which it depends for survival.

"I hope that Rabbit Gene can quickly create an antidote to cure this 'strange disease'!

"

With a sigh, he slowly stood up.

Of course, he might have saved these strange birds partly out of sympathy, but more because he saw their potential.

In addition to curing these strange birds, Luo Di had another purpose.

He was very interested in this island.

What exactly caused it to float and sink? The reasons behind it are worth exploring.

Then he jumped and disappeared into the dense jungle.

Core, who was in a deep sleep, did not notice his departure.

…

Today, the island is floating.

When he first came to the island, Luo Di did not know about it.

So it was not until now that he went to the foundation of the island below to investigate.

"This cross section is so flat, it seems that this state has lasted for many years!"

"This rock cross section has also become very thick due to compression! "

Luo Di looked down at the flat cross section formed by continuous grinding under his feet.

Because it is about five meters away from the sea surface, it is rarely flooded by sea water except for the exaggerated high tide and the waves caused by the storm.

However, the area of ​​this foundation is very large, almost endless, and all you can see is gray-brown color.

Of course, there are many other colors, dark red or even brown-black is another tone, those are the cruel colors produced by the merger and squeezing of various creatures by the island.

Luo Di observed it roughly for a while, but a touch of helplessness rose in his heart.

"This island is quite large, but it is also relatively troublesome to investigate..."

He also used the observation color to investigate in advance, but there was no unexpected discovery.

"Demon clone!"

In order to speed up the investigation, Luo Di could only summon the demon clone.

And it was clone after clone, infinite shadow clone.

Almost instantly, hundreds of demon clones gathered around him.

"Go! "

At the command, they swarmed out.

…

Two hours later.

Just when Luo Di was about to give up.

A message came back in his mind.

"Finally, I found something!"

He was slightly happy, moved his feet, and turned into a shadow, and the next moment he came to the side of a demon clone.

There was a very abrupt pit under his feet.

It was estimated to be the size of a basketball.

The slanting sunlight just sank into it, emitting a slightly dazzling light.

There is something inside!

Luo Di bent down and reached out to touch it. After a long time, a look of surprise flashed across his eyes, and a hint of vigilance in his heart.

There is actually a breath of demonic power below!

Devil fruit?

A person who ate the devil fruit?

Or...an object that "ate" the devil fruit?

In general, the third possibility is more likely.

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