Chapter 160: Akainu: How about we kill the game merchant?

He paused, his eyes excited as he said, "Haven't you all noticed? That rifle, it actually functions like a Devil Fruit, capable of strengthening the user's body?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The entire conference hall, countless Vice Admirals were stunned, and even the two Admiral Candidates and Akainu and the others were taken aback.

"What kind of foolish talk is that?"

Sengoku frowned deeply. A rifle that can strengthen the user's body? Are you Noland from the West Blue?

"It's true!"

"Hasn't everyone noticed? Just now, Buggy's stamina was completely exhausted. Logically, it would be impossible for him to reload armor-piercing rounds, but after getting that rifle, not only did his stamina recover, but the power of the armor-piercing rounds also became stronger."

The crowd frowned.

Indeed, there was intelligence from the East Blue; to be precise, these skills require the consumption of Energy Value to be released, a special energy converted from the spirit attribute.

The way Buggy looked just now, he should have indeed exhausted his Energy Value.

"Report!"

"Marshal, we have discovered a Contractor pirate."

Just at this moment, a Navy soldier came to report.

This pirate was a small fry on the Grand Line who had accidentally picked up a strangely shaped fruit and became a Contractor.

Although most Contractors are in the East Blue, as these days pass, there are always Contract Fruits that drift across the ocean with the currents into other sea areas. It's just that the quantity is very scarce, and floating on the vast ocean, the probability of being picked up cannot be said to be zero, but it is very small.

Unexpectedly, this small-fry pirate had good luck.

However, it is estimated that picking up the Contract Fruit overspent his luck, leading to him being quickly discovered by the Navy and brought to Marine Headquarters.

"Bring him here!"

Sengoku's eyes lit up after hearing the explanation, and he hurriedly ordered.

He was still wondering; he had just ordered the Navy to search for Contract Fruits in the East Blue, and there was news already. Even Kizaru's fruit ability isn't that fast. It turns out someone lucky discovered a Contractor on the Grand Line.

It seems that Heaven itself is protecting the Navy.

Soon, a fierce-looking, burly man covered in chains was escorted into the conference room.

He was originally glaring fiercely at the Navy soldiers escorting him, but after entering the conference room, his whole body began to tremble in fear.

Even if they haven't seen them in person, all islands in the Si Hai and the Grand Line have files on the Navy's top brass, used to intimidate pirates.

Buddha Sengoku, Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, Admiral Candidate Gion.

He was just a small-fry pirate who had just run into the Grand Line with a bounty of no more than 40 million; even the lowest-ranking Vice Admiral could kill him with one punch.

Suddenly seeing these top Navy combatants, his legs went weak with fear, and he thought he had arrived in Hell.

With this lineup, could it be that a Celestial Dragon was mixed in among the civilians I killed?

"Are you a Contractor?"

Sengoku raised his head, revealing a kind smile.

Thump.

The pirate knelt directly on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly and saying, "Spare me! I was forced into a corner by the Nobles of the allied nation and became a pirate. Don't kill me!"

He didn't even have the urge to resist; the gap in strength was simply too great.

That kind of reckless fool like Morgan who dared to swing an axe at Garp is a rarity.

Sengoku frowned, stroking his goatee, and said, "Answer my question."

"Yes, I picked up a Contract Fruit. After completing a Contract Task to capture a Sea King, I got a new skill, and subsequently, I completed tasks one after another and got a weapon."

The pirate confessed everything honestly like beans spilling from a bamboo tube, hoping for leniency.

While speaking, he threw out the weapon from his backpack slot.

It was a Newbie Hand Crossbow.

Seeing Sengoku pick up the hand crossbow with an interested look, the pirate hurriedly explained, "This is a weapon from the Samsara Game. It can enhance my eyesight. Although it's very weak, it allows me to shoot more accurately."

"Enhance eyesight?"

Sengoku didn't feel anything special; non-players cannot use equipment from the Samsara Game.

Hearing this, he looked at the Vice Admiral who was proficient in firearms, the one who spoke of weapons capable of strengthening the human body.

He asked, "Is it because of the structure of the hand crossbow that improves precision, thus causing your accuracy to increase?"

This was the most reasonable explanation.

The stronger the blade, the harder the material and the more Sharp the Blade, the more powerful the Jiangji it can unleash.

The thicker the Armor, the better the materials used, the more it can withstand stronger attacks.

The same applies to firearms; the structure can improve precision, and changes in gunpowder and bullets can increase kinetic energy intensity, firing more powerful bullets.

"No."

The pirate cautiously glanced at Sengoku and said, "It's purely eyesight, vision. After holding this hand crossbow, my dynamic vision suddenly becomes stronger, and I can see objects within a further perspective."

Although it sounds absurd, it is indeed the case.

At the same time,

The various Vice Admirals also discovered clues in the Image Den Den Mushi; besides Buggy, more and more players are starting to drop equipment.

There are Shields that can enhance strength, Blades that reinforce sword energy, and Armor that increases stamina.

"How is that possible!"

Sengoku's eyebrows twisted together; it took him a long time to digest this bizarre intelligence.

How on earth is this done? Is it a fruit ability again?

This has already exceeded the scope of what can be normally understood.

Weapon Fruit?

No, the Seven Warlords of the Sea's Donquixote Family has a Weapon Fruit user, but they only turn themselves into various weapons, and it is impossible for them to have such strange effects.

A Blacksmith Fruit user, capable of forging all sorts of magical weapons?

But how to explain the Qiqiang Jita, the projections, and the various skills? Could it be that the game merchant has eaten several Devil Fruits?

The most critical point is that although Devil Fruits possess various special abilities, the fruit will be reborn after the user dies.

Over hundreds of years, countless fruit abilities have appeared and been recorded in the Devil Fruit Illustrated Guide; especially with the World Government as its backing, the Marine Headquarters' Devil Fruit Illustrated Guide is very complete.

There is simply no such thing as a Skill Fruit or any relevant records of a Blacksmith Fruit.

The abilities displayed by this game merchant seem as if they do not belong to the Pirate World at all; surely he couldn't be an alien, right?

Sengoku took a deep breath and asked, "Are you willing to join the Navy?"

"I am, I am willing!"

The Pirate nodded and agreed without hesitation.

His mind turned quickly, and he understood that under normal circumstances, a Pirate who had committed as many evils as he had would only be thrown into Impel Down.

Being able to face the Fleet Admiral directly and even be asked about joining the Navy must have something to do with the Contract Fruit, so he hurriedly told the Fleet Admiral everything he knew.

"Very good."

After hearing all the information, Sengoku appointed him to the rank of Sergeant and let him leave.

The atmosphere was eerily silent.

Akainu was the first to break the deadlock, saying in a stiff tone: "Although these abilities are numerous and include weapons and equipment that can provide Reinforcement to the body, they are all very weak; any Pirate with a bounty over one hundred million could sweep through them."

"It is conceivable that the game merchant's own strength should not be too great."

"Furthermore, it is very likely that he is a user of a special fruit ability never seen before, one that allows him to achieve his goal of becoming stronger by bestowing these strange items and skills upon others; we cannot continue to sit and wait for death."

"While he has not yet become uncontrollable, kill him!"

(End of chapter)