From Admiral to Gotei Thirteen

"I didn't expect you to come so soon. I'm not here. Well, this way, you wait for me at the hotel, and I'll go back now." Diarmuid smiled and ordered.

"Understood, then I'll wait for you in the lobby." Lu Qi responded quickly.

"Is Jinbe here?" Diarmuid asked again.

"Ah, no, Boss Jinbe separated me after he sent me to Rapeseed Flower Port. He was going to the rainy land to see Crocodile. I came directly to Albana." Lu Qi said quickly .

"Really? Then I'll go over now." Diarmuid replied without saying anything, and quickly hung up the phone.

After Tina put away the phone bug, Diarmuid said: "Boss Jinping? Hehehe, it seems that Lu Qi and Jinping get along pretty well. I thought they would be a little..."

"What?" Tina asked.

"It's a bit unpleasant. After all, you also know that the relationship between Jinbei and the Whitebeard Pirates seemed to be pretty good before." Diarmuid said softly.

"But all of that has ended in Jam Island, right?" Tina also said softly.Diarmuid's eyes were a little misty, and then he nodded and said, "Yes, all right, let's go."

At this moment, the two had a tacit understanding. No one cared about Virgo, and Diarmuid and Tina left quietly.

2 minute later.

"So, from the perspective of color, this gemstone undoubtedly possesses..." Virgo, while bragging to the pretty girl beside him, glanced at the location where Diarmuid and Tina were just now, and then He froze for a moment.

The words in his mouth also stopped, and he turned his head to scan the venue again.

Ok?Where is my general? .

Chapter 358 Obtained the Dark Fruit!

When Diarmuid returned to the Oasis Hotel.

As soon as I went in, I happened to see Rob.Lu Qi's back.

He was sitting on a guest sofa in the hotel lobby, reading a newspaper in his hand.

He was dressed in a decent black suit and a small top hat. The most important thing was that for some reason, he got another pigeon on the road and kept it by his side. On his shoulder, reading a newspaper with him.

When Diarmuid and Tina approached to the side, Diarmuid saw a suitcase beside Lu Qi.

That is, at the same time when his eyes fell, Lu Qi seemed to sense something, and instinctively raised his eyes to look in the direction of Diarmuid and Tina, with a look of vigilance and vigilance in his eyes.

There is no doubt that this guy seems to be relaxed, reading the newspaper very leisurely, but in fact, he is very vigilant.

But after seeing Diarmuid's smiling expression, the guarded look in Lu Qi's eyes quickly dissipated, and the originally indifferent expression became happy.

He stood up straight away, put down the newspaper in his hand, and prepared to give a military salute.

But Diarmuid waved his hand and said before him: "Okay, don't reveal our identities, I'm here for a tour." Lu Qi smiled, then scratched his head with his hand and said : "Yes, general." "Let's go, go upstairs first, go to the room and talk." Diarmuid waved again.

Soon, the three of them returned to Diarmuid's house.

Tina poured tea for them very naturally, and Diarmuid and Lu Qi also sat on the sofa, talking face to face.

"When I sent you out, you were still a brat, but in a blink of an eye, you have become such a handsome young man." Diarmuid said with some emotion.Lu Qi smiled and said, "Is it really handsome?"

"What? No one has ever said that to you?" Diarmuid asked with a smile.

It can be seen that although Lu Qi looks very cold on the surface, in fact, his personality seems to be quite cheerful?After pretending to think about it, Lu Qi nodded seriously and said, "Many people say I'm handsome." "But compared to me, I'm still a little bit worse." Diarmuid said narcissistically.

Then, both of them laughed.

After laughing, Diarmuid asked again: "How is it? How do you feel? Recently?"

Lu Qi was silent for a while when he heard the words, and then said: "It feels a little weird. To be honest, the atmosphere of the Whitebeard Pirates is very good, and I can be regarded as integrated into it. I get along well with the people there. Even if such a thing happened, even if I was mentally prepared for it, I still feel a little ashamed to some extent..."

Lu Qi told these frankly, and Diarmuid was listening very seriously.

Guo Luqi, I still hope you can understand that this is just a mission, and your identity is the navy. Of course, people have feelings, so I don’t intend to ask you to do anything. I think it’s time to do something. I'll give you a vacation, wherever you want to travel, wherever you want to relax...""

Lu Qi also smiled and nodded when he heard the words: "I thought the same way. I wanted to ask for leave at first, but now it seems that I don't need to ask for it?" "Hahaha, I directly approved it." Diarmuid laughed road.

Then, Diarmuid said again: "So, what are you going to do after your vacation is over?" "What and how?" Lu Qi asked with some doubts.

"What department are you going to join? Regarding your future plans in the navy, I want to hear your own thoughts." Diarmuid said seriously.

After so many years of life and death, Lu Qi found the Dark Fruit for him and successfully brought it back.

Naturally, Diarmuid would not treat him badly, so he attached great importance to Lu Qi's own wishes.

Lu Qi was silent for a long time, and then said: "Is there any place to relax? I don't think I can adjust in a short time..."

"Is that so?" Diarmuid murmured as he reached out his hand to touch his chin.

Then Diarmuid continued: "Well, my original plan is to let you go to the military academy to adjust after you come back. What do you think? The military academy should be considered a relatively leisurely place. You and Mr. Zefa The relationship is also good, and he often talks about you to me."

"Teacher Zefa? I haven't seen him for so many years, I really miss him." Lu Qi smiled and said.After thinking about it, Lu Qi nodded and said, "Alright, then go to the military academy first?"

"Well, let me arrange for you to be an instructor. I will be a teacher in the military academy for a while." Diarmuid said with a smile.

"Okay, General." Lu Qi also said with satisfaction.

"Then, I hope you can regain the state you should have in the military academy, Lu Qi. No, Rob. Lieutenant General Lu Qi." Diarmuid took a serious look at Lu Qi and said.

Hearing this sentence, Lu Qi was stunned for a moment, and his expression was a little complicated, with emotion, relief, and various other appearances.But in the end, he turned into a smile, looked at Diarmuid seriously and said, "Yes, thank you General."

Afterwards, Diarmuid chatted with Lu Qi about many things, nothing more than family squabbles, and some interesting stories about the new world and even the Whitebeard Pirates.

He didn't ask for any information or other messy things.

At this moment, Diarmuid just wanted to let Lu Qi relax, even if it was the dark fruit that was right in front of him, Diarmuid never mentioned it once.

In Diarmuid's opinion, he shouldn't be too utilitarian when he has been busy for so long, otherwise he will appear too impersonal.

After chatting until both parties were thirsty and drank two cups of tea, Diarmuid's eyes were placed on the suitcase next to Lu Qi.At this moment, Lu Qi suddenly smiled and said, "General, are you finally unable to hold back?" "Hahahaha, you have already seen it?" Diarmuid laughed.

"After all, you have been waiting for it for more than ten years." Lu Qi said with some emotion.

Diarmuid nodded, and then asked: "Did I appear a little hypocritical just now?"

Lu Qi seriously shook his head and said, "Absolutely not. It is precisely because I know how long you have been waiting for it, General, that I can better understand the care and love you had when chatting with me before this." Diarmuid smiled, shook his head and said, "This makes me a little ashamed."

Lu Qi didn't answer the words, raised his hand to pick up the suitcase, put it on the coffee table, then entered the password, and soon opened the suitcase.

It really was a devil fruit inside, it looked like lavender, it was hard to tell what kind of fruit it was, and it had weird patterns.

Diarmuid is also a person who has read the devil fruit illustrated book many times, so he can be sure at a glance that it is indeed a dark fruit.

"Thank you." Diarmuid said suddenly.

"It's nothing." Lu Qi shook his head and said.

Then, Diarmuid raised his hand and stretched out towards the dark fruit, and at the moment when he was about to touch the dark fruit, he frowned slightly.Lu Qi glanced at Diarmuid with some doubts and asked, "General? What's the matter?" Diarmuid shook his head and said softly, "It's nothing."

As he spoke, he took the Dark Fruit in his hand, while Tina, who was not far away, looked at Diarmuid strangely.

Perhaps Lu Qi didn't see any changes or doubts because he hadn't been in contact with Diarmuid for a long time.

But Tina, as Diarmuid's personal butler, was obviously able to detect that there was something slightly wrong with Diarmuid's state.

It is a breath of greed.

The moment General Diarmuid reached out to touch the dark fruit, Tina could feel greed in her general's eyes, and this greed seemed to make him a little uncomfortable?

Suddenly, Tina seemed to recall the occasional exchange between Diarmuid and Kuzan.

It seems that the side effect of the general's ability is his greed for devil fruits?hunger?

What's happening here?

At the same time, Diarmuid was also scrutinizing the dark fruit in his hand.

He really felt that something was wrong with him. He had been hiding some secrets all along, such as that he could actively activate the will of steel. With the blessing of this will, he was immune to pain.

Another example, there is an inexplicable little black thing in his body, and he has never figured out what it is all these years?

It's just that I can vaguely feel that under the influence of this little thing, my physical fitness has received some favors in all aspects, right?

For example, he obviously hasn't taken care of it much, and he can even be said to be very rough, but his appearance has always maintained a youthful state.

Obviously he has already started to rush towards the age of 40, but he looks like he is only 25 or [-] years old.

For another example, no matter how many injuries he has suffered, he will heal in the end, not to mention, every time he goes for a physical examination, he still has no sequelae at all, which is very strange.

In short, so far, this unknown little black thing in the body can be regarded as a buff effect, so Diarmuid didn't bother to study it after he couldn't understand it.

Only a few times, when he passed the devil fruit, he would feel a greedy breath, a feeling of hunger and thirst.

At first, he thought it was a side effect of his ability or something, so he had a special exchange with Kuzan and other capable people in the Navy headquarters.

(Wang Qian good)

However, the answers obtained are all kinds of strange, and the side effects of different ability users are not the same. For example, Kuzan's body temperature is very low, which can basically be described as a "hibernation state". Some lazy, but also often love to doze off.

So in the end I couldn't figure out what was going on.

But in the previous few times, even if it was a natural burning fruit, the greed and hunger that came from the unknown in the body will soon dissipate.

Just give Diarmuid a feeling of 'this is not what you're looking for'.

And this time, when Diarmuid was about to touch the dark fruit, he also had that feeling. He didn't take it seriously at first, but after he actually picked up the dark fruit, he realized the difference.

The feeling of hunger, thirst, and greed a few times before will soon dissipate.

But this time, as the time spent in contact with the dark fruit grew longer, the feeling of greed and hunger became more and more intense.

The little black thing in his body that hasn't moved for many years seems to be about to move.

"."what is happening? Diarmuid murmured, and then slowly put the dark fruit in his hand back into the suitcase.

After the dark fruit was released, the feeling in his body also gradually dissipated.

"General?" Lu Qi called softly.

Only then did Diarmuid come back to his senses, smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I finally got this fruit, I'm a little emotional."

Chapter 359 Doflamingo: Tiki, I'll show you a big shot!

Tina with the juice in her hand pushed Diarmuid's door open, and then saw Diarmuid sitting on the sofa with the Dark Fruit in his hand, without saying a word.

"Are you researching this devil fruit again?" Tina put the juice on the table and asked.

In the past few days, Diarmuid played with the Dark Fruit from time to time, as if he was experiencing something.

"Yeah." Diarmuid nodded first, and then said, "This fruit seems very special to me, and I feel like I'm in it...how should I put it, that inexplicable feeling is like, I am here……"

"Assimilation?" Tina asked suddenly.

Diarmuid then raised his head, then smiled and said, "Yes, I have this kind of feeling, it's like the feeling that a gunman treats his gun and a swordsman treats his knife. The appearance of assimilating this devil fruit." "It's weird, how is this possible? Could it be that you will become the world's number one 'big fruit man'?" Tina said a little funny.

"I just think it's impossible, but there's nothing wrong with this feeling. The greedy hunger is slowly dissipating." Diarmuid also said a little funny.

Although there are strange things in the world of Pirates, but this time he really felt a little mysterious.

"It doesn't affect you, does it?" Tina asked again worriedly.

She was really afraid of something wrong with Diarmuid.

In case this guy suddenly became dazed and ate the dark fruit in one gulp, wouldn't he just blow it into pieces?

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with it." Diarmuid nodded, and after a short pause, he added unconsciously: "Should?" "What should I say, don't bother It's gone." Tina complained.

"My heart is itchy..." Diarmuid smacked his lips.

Seeing this, Tina didn't continue to say anything, and changed the subject: "By the way, Hancock has also arrived in Alabasta. She contacted me just now and said that she knew you were here. Would you like to come over and call you?" A hello or something? Speaking of which, you haven’t seen each other for many years, right?”

"Just let her do her own thing. Don't think about anything messy. You don't need to come here to say hello. Maybe we can meet later." Diarmuid waved his hand and said very casually.

"Tsk, she is the most beautiful woman in the world, right? What's your attitude?" Tina rolled her eyes and said.

"In my impression, someone seems to be very dissatisfied with being elected as the number one beauty, right? Who is it? Isn't it our cute Tina?" Diarmuid teased with a smile.

"Tch, but I have a very good relationship with Hancock." Tina curled her lips and said.

Diarmuid didn't answer the topic, but instead said: "Hancock has already arrived, so Doflamingo should be coming soon, right?"

"It's almost there. They shouldn't be a few days away from Lu Qi. Maybe they should arrive in two days. Can Ti Qi explain this strange phenomenon for you?" Tina asked curiously.

"No, maybe I thought it was like this before, but now, Tiqi can't explain it, but it doesn't matter, that's not what I want to ask." Diarmuid shook his head and said.

At the same time, at the gate of Albana, Doflamingo and Tiki were slowly walking into the city.

That's right, on the fourth day after Lu Qi arrived in Alabasta, Doflamingo and Ti Qi finally caught up.

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