Chapter 205: Devil Fruit

"Hahahaha, you old geezer, hurry up and hand over that legendary secret treasure!!"

In the village, a tall woman with a sturdy build, a face full of pockmarks, and looking to weigh at least 800 jin, held a spiked club in her hand and roared at an old man kneeling before her.

Hearing the roar of the fat, sturdy woman before him, the old man trembled all over and begged bitterly:

"This Pirate-sama..."

"Don't call me a Pirate!"

The female pirate, with a face full of freckles, a fat physique, and an ugly appearance, lifted her head with an arrogant look:

"You should call me the most beautiful Alvida-sama in the world!"

"Uh..."

This old man was just old, not blind; he took one look at the mountain of flesh before him, opened his mouth, and truly couldn't understand where this fat pig got such great confidence.

However, seeing Alvida's unkind gaze and the iron club in her hand that looked ready for action, he still lowered his head very tactfully:

"That... most beautiful Alvida-sama in the world, we don't have any legendary secret treasure of the sea here..."

With a loud boom, the old man let out a shrill scream as the black spiked club smashed directly onto the hand he was using to support himself on the ground, instantly crushing that hand into a pile of bloody mud.

"My hand... my hand!!"

Watching the old man on the ground clutching his hand and rolling around, Alvida revealed a very ferocious smile on her face and said:

"If you don't have it, then go to hell!"

"Damn it... Village Chief, let's fight her to the death!"

Behind this old man, dozens of villagers were still kneeling; seeing Alvida's brutality, some of the younger villagers could no longer hold back and stood up.

"Hahaha, you want to fight me to the death? Haven't you recognized the facts yet? The guard squads in your village have already been wiped out by me; do you still think you can turn things around?"

Hearing these words, the eyes of these villagers couldn't help but reveal a look of despair. Alvida was, to a greater or lesser extent, a famous pirate in the East Blue. When she first landed on this island, she was recognized by the island's sheriff, followed by the struggle between the villagers' guard squad and this female pirate.

The result of the struggle went without saying; although Alvida's strength couldn't even be ranked on the sea, and even if converted to the Grand Line, she was just the very bottom of the bottom among pirates, that was still not something a dozen village guards holding spears could handle.

The average strength in the East Blue is the weakest among the Four Seas. This refers not only to the pirates of the East Blue but also to the countries and villages of the East Blue. A pirate with a 5 million Belly bounty is already considered a "Great Pirate" capable of destroying villages and small islands in the East Blue.

The young villagers who had just stood up out of hot-bloodedness were instantly doused with cold water by Alvida's words. Their bodies couldn't help but tremble, as if they remembered the guard squad members who had been smashed into bloody mud.

Seeing this brutal female pirate's eyes growing increasingly fierce, just then, the village chief lying on the ground seemed to catch his breath slightly from the pain and gritted his teeth as he spoke:

"Wait, wait, most beautiful Alvida-sama in the world! We do indeed have a secret treasure of the sea here! I will contribute this treasure to you immediately!"

Hearing this, a look of great joy appeared on Alvida's face, but the villagers behind the village chief all widened their eyes:

"Village Chief-sama... does our village really have a secret treasure of the sea?"

"Is it true? That kind of treasure would appear in our village? I thought it was just a rumor?"

The sweat-drenched old village chief clutched his wrist and gritted his teeth as he spoke:

"There is indeed such a treasure... about seven or eight days ago, a member of the guard squad found that Devil Fruit by the sea, and the news was reported to me... I originally wanted to sell this Devil Fruit and distribute the money to everyone."

"But because I didn't know the type of Devil Fruit, I asked a friend to help me find a Devil Fruit Illustrated Guide. I didn't expect... it would end up attracting pirates."

Different types of Devil Fruits have completely different prices. Even the worst ordinary Zoan and trash Paramecia can sell for 100 million Belly. But if you are lucky enough to get a Mythical Zoan, Ancient, or Logia type of Devil Fruit, it is not impossible to sell them for billions of Belly!

To avoid not knowing the value of what he had, the old village chief naturally wanted to collect a Devil Fruit Illustrated Guide. As a result, he didn't collect the Devil Fruit Illustrated Guide, but instead provoked such a pirate.

In the dense forest next to the village, Uchiha Feiyu and Nami were hiding inside, quietly watching the development of events.

Just as Alvida smashed the old village chief's palm, Nami wanted to rush out, but Uchiha Feiyu pressed a pressure point on her waist, and her whole body instantly went numb on one side.

By the time she recovered, the old village chief had already started explaining about the Devil Fruit. At this moment, Nami could only glare fiercely at Uchiha Feiyu, and then she calmed down again.

After all—a Devil Fruit is worth at least 100 million Belly!

Although Nami is kind-hearted, she is also a total money-grubber. Now that she had heard the news of the Devil Fruit, even if she wanted to stop Alvida and help these villagers, she would have to do it after getting her hands on the Devil Fruit.

"You old geezer, you really don't shed tears until you see the coffin! You forced me to use violence to make you talk. Now hurry up and hand over the Devil Fruit to me!"

Alvida waved her spiked club and said triumphantly to the old village chief. The old and frail village chief gave a bitter smile and sighed:

"The Devil Fruit is in the cemetery at the east entrance of the village. It is buried under the third tombstone from the right."

After speaking, the old village chief sighed and remained silent. Alvida had long been unable to contain herself; ignoring the villagers kneeling all over the ground, she ran directly toward the cemetery at the east entrance of the village.

On the other side in the woods, Nami, who heard the news, also had a look of joy on her face:

"A Devil Fruit, I never thought it would be this kind of legendary secret treasure of the sea! Let's go, we're setting off; we must protect my Devil Fruit from that fat woman!"

Tsk, it hasn't even started yet, and this Devil Fruit has already become yours? Uchiha Feiyu curled his lips slightly, didn't say anything more, and followed behind Nami as they set off.

However, although Nami really wanted the Devil Fruit, she wasn't blinded by it. She never showed herself, but followed far behind Alvida, preparing to launch a sneak attack as soon as Alvida dug up the Devil Fruit.

Although Nami has a little bit of strength now, she is clearly still far behind Alvida. This female pirate can be considered a representative of natural-born strength and thick skin, much stronger than Nami's small frame.

Uchiha Feiyu, following behind Nami, also touched his chin and began to think:

The Devil Fruit Alvida found should be that one, the Slippery-Slippery Fruit, known as the beauty fruit.

This Paramecia Devil Fruit belongs to a very precious type, very similar to the Bara Bara no Mi. As long as you eat it, it can provide the holder with certain powerful characteristics, which can directly immunize against many impact-type injuries.

And its potential is also very powerful. If the developer of this kind of rule-based Devil Fruit has enough talent and imagination, it is not impossible to develop some perverted functions.

Of course, the biggest impression the Slippery-Slippery Fruit gives people is clearly not its special ability, but its almost heaven-defying beauty-enhancing ability!

Although Alvida shouts every day that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, she is clearly not even close to the real number one beauty of the sea, Hancock; it's practically a difference of a fingertip universe.

Or rather, unless she is among a tribe of trolls, Alvida is completely unrelated to the word beauty.

But this natural-born troll, ugly in appearance, irritable in temper, and with a voice like thunder—this strange female creature—after eating the Slippery-Slippery Fruit, turned directly into a charming and beautiful woman, and even her personality became alluring and amorous. It can be called the Devil Fruit that causes the biggest change in the entire Pirate King world.

"However... the Devil Fruit doesn't seem to be of much use to me. Unless the defects can be removed, I don't want to eat any Devil Fruit."

"But this guy Alvida should be of some use to me... for example, to test the method of rank substitution of the Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture..."

The two followed behind Alvida, sneaking toward the cemetery in the east of the village. Uchiha Feiyu also saw the members of the village guard squad who had been smashed by Alvida and took a long sword from the corpse of a guard squad member.

On the sea, weapons can also be considered one of the valuable items, so all the weapons on the looted merchant ship had been taken away by that group of pirates. Only now did Uchiha Feiyu manage to get a sword.

After waving it a few times and finding a feel for it, Uchiha Feiyu curled his lips slightly.

This sword has an unstable center of gravity and uneven thickness; the iron used for forging pursued rigidity too much, to the point that it lacks toughness and has become somewhat thin and brittle—but considering it is just a weapon of a village guard squad member, one cannot expect too much.

At any rate, this weapon now has much greater lethality than his own fists; in the One Piece World, everyone is a damage sponge, and although Uchiha Feiyu felt he was somewhat stronger than Alvida, he did not want to experience the feeling of trying to beat that fat pig down with his fists.

Hearing the sound of Wind behind her, Nami turned her head to glance at Uchiha Feiyu wielding his weapon, then didn't pay much more attention to it.

Even in a peaceful sea like the East Blue, those who can sail the seas are not ordinary people; that Uchiha Feiyu had a few tricks up his sleeve was, to Nami, the most normal thing in the world.

"It seems you're quite capable of fighting, that's great. Wait for my signal in a moment; when I shout to move, you attack with me!"

Nami gave a few offhand instructions, and Uchiha Feiyu nodded perfunctorily with "uh-huhs" and "yeahs," but unfortunately, Nami was currently focused entirely on the Devil Fruit and didn't notice Uchiha Feiyu's expression at all.

It was fortunate that the woman Alvida was not very sharp, and her massive body left clear traces, or Nami's amateurish tracking would have been discovered.

"Found it, it's right here, the village cemetery... Hahahaha, after I eat the Devil Fruit, Straw Hat boy, I will definitely make you pay the price!"

After arriving at the cemetery, Alvida laughed twice, raised the mace in her hand high, and smashed it indiscriminately at the tombstones and the ground; soon, she smashed the tombstones to pieces and created a huge crack in the ground.

Beneath that grave, what was revealed was not a coffin, but a 30-centimeter square treasure chest. Seeing the treasure chest, the female Pirate's eyes lit up, and she reached out her hand and dragged the chest straight out.

"I wonder what kind of Devil Fruit it is... but to match someone as beautiful as me, it must be a powerful and beautiful Devil Fruit!"

While the woman was raving, she slammed the treasure chest hard; how could this ordinary little treasure chest withstand Alvida's monstrous strength? With a "Crack!", it shattered open.

A pink, peach-like Devil Fruit was revealed inside the chest. Aside from the strange patterns, what made it different from a peach was its skin, which was as smooth as a mirror.

"Hmm... what kind of Devil Fruit is this?"

Just at the moment the Devil Fruit was revealed, Nami, who had also been sneaking around to get there, shouted:

"Feiyu, hurry and attack!!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the treacherous little cat burglar retreated instead of advancing, took a step back, and looked with hopeful eyes at Uchiha Feiyu beside her, hoping her partner (cannon fodder) would charge out directly to attract the opponent's attention, but she was surprised to find that Uchiha Feiyu had already vanished.

"Off you go!"

Just as Nami hadn't yet recovered her senses, she suddenly felt a powerful pushing force from behind, and then she was involuntarily sent charging toward Alvida.

"Ahhhhh!! Feiyu, you damn bastard!!"

Having hunted geese all year, she never expected to be pecked in the eye by a goose today; Nami truly hadn't expected that while she usually teased those Pirates and pushed them out as cannon fodder, she had ended up becoming the cannon fodder herself this time.

"Little girl, you also dare to come and compete with me for the secret treasure of the sea?!"

A ferocious expression appeared on Alvida's freckled, fat face. She opened her bloodthirsty maw, raised her massive mace, and then, amidst the whistling Wind, the mace slammed fiercely toward Nami.

Nami, who had already charged out, had a look on her face as if she wanted to cry. Under Uchiha Feiyu's push, she had no way to change direction at this moment, nor could she utilize the advantage of her agile figure; she could only raise her wooden stick and face Alvida, who held the mace, head-on.

With a "Crack!", the wooden stick was smashed directly into two halves. The mace's remaining force undiminished, it smashed toward Nami's face. Nami's pupils dilated, and she raised her arm to block in front of the mace.

Then came another teeth-gritting sound of bone fracture; the mace pushed against her broken arm and slammed into Nami's face, sending her flying directly.

(End of this chapter)