Chapter 29

One fears not true villains, but false gentlemen.

Now it seemed Sima Di was not the same as Crocodile—he had simply come for the history, his starting point no different from hers.

Thinking of this,

Robin then opened her mouth and said: "What this historical original records, is......"

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27. Giants Are a Side Effect? Green Potion!

"What this historical original records, is the origin of the Giant race......"

Sima Di nodded in understanding—this he already knew.

After all, its suffix was "The Birth of the Giant Race."

Seeing Sima Di wasn't pressing urgently, Robin didn't keep him in suspense any longer.

"The nation that existed before the World Government once researched drugs here that could extend lifespan. Although the research succeeded, the side effect was that it caused people to become giant-sized."

"The ancient dinosaurs outside were byproducts created during the research."

"Because life after becoming giant-sized was quite inconvenient, only some people took the potion back then, and they relocated to what is now Elbaf."

"This research lab was preserved as a historical artifact, protected by a barrier shield to this day."

Sima Di hadn't expected this.

So the conjectures from his past life had only been half right—the Giant race was indeed a product of the research, but the giantification was only a side effect; longevity was the true goal.

However......

"What kind of existence was that nation before the World Government, exactly?"

Really want to go see it!

Robin watched Sima Di's sighing expression, her eyes flickering.

She saw the aura of a "kindred spirit"!

A burning thirst for truth and knowledge, and purely wanting to excavate it, not to use it for some ulterior purpose.

A pure seeker of knowledge!

This was someone Robin had never encountered in the more than twenty years of fleeing in the past.

When Sima Di came back to his senses,

he found Robin for some reason staring at him without blinking, some inexplicable emotion sprouting in her eyes, as if......

She was attracted by some quality of his?

Sima Di tentatively reached out and embraced Robin. The latter immediately snapped awake from that state, but only shifted her gaze in slight fluster, without pushing Sima Di away.

"Oh? Interesting."

Sima Di smiled.

He didn't press his advantage and do anything further, instead releasing Robin's waist and wandering about.

A subtle hint of loss and self-abasement flickered in Robin's eyes, but she quickly composed herself and caught up.

Because this place was preserved as a "memorial hall," many objects were kept inside protective barriers, still functioning normally after several hundred years.

Moreover,

there were explanatory stone steles hung beside the objects, explaining the objects' origins and uses.

Of course,

they were all written in ancient script, so only Robin could translate them.

"Centrifugal sphere, a device for separating the components of liquids and solids or mixtures......"

"Cell cluster culture dish, a carrier used to produce the longevity potion......"

Until finally,

the two stopped before a glass bottle containing a green liquid.

Sima Di said in surprise: "This couldn't be......"

Robin didn't translate immediately, but carefully read the stele, her expression appearing quite shaken.

This made Sima Di itch with curiosity unbearably.

When Robin came back to herself,

she looked at Sima Di with a strange gaze and said: "If this were the longevity potion that could extend life to three hundred years, and you'd also gain the Giant race's powerful physique, would you drink it?"

Although longevity was nice, and being giant-sized also meant tremendous destructive power.

But......

"I wouldn't want it at all." Sima Di shook his head. "Longevity and strength are all I ask for—what I pursue is adventure and freedom. If I drank it, there'd be many places I couldn't go anymore."

With the System, would he still worry about not having them?

Robin didn't know Sima Di's true confidence came from the System, and assumed he was truly that open-hearted, and couldn't help the corners of her mouth curling up.

Then she said playfully: "Then you don't need to worry, because this bottle of potion is...... a potion that separates Devil Fruits!"

Hmm?

What the heck?

Seeing Sima Di's stunned expression, Robin laughed even more happily.

"You didn't hear wrong, this bottle of potion is a product accidentally obtained during the experiment. It can separate the user's Devil Fruit and transfer it to the nearest fruit."

Ah, this......

Listening to it, why does it sound so similar to one of Caesar's experiments? In the anime, he also made a certain Devil Fruit "regenerate" on the spot.

"A bit interesting."

Sima Di condensed his Susanoo, intending to pass through the protective barrier to retrieve that bottle of potion, only to discover this barrier was different from the one outside, harder than steel.

In that case...

【Shatter!】

"Crack—"

"Crash—"

Under the power of the Word Spirit, the protective barrier shattered like glass on the ground, allowing Sima Di to take out the Devil Fruit Separation Potion, playing with it with great interest.

Separating the user from their Devil Fruit!

It could give those dissatisfied with their abilities a chance to swap, and also...

Forcefully plunder the Devil Fruits that caught his fancy!

Sima Di looked at Robin and said, "Are you satisfied with your current Devil Fruit ability? Do you want to swap for another one?"

Robin was about to speak...

Suddenly!

The ground shook beneath their feet, the surrounding buildings collapsed as if rotted, and in the blink of an eye, they buried the two of them!

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28. New Move of the Flower-Flower Fruit! Wood Release: True Thousand Hands: Buddha of the Summit!

Small garden, volcano crater.

This is the active volcano that erupted once before, rarely erupting again after an hour, and the scale is unprecedentedly large, with volcanic ash shrouding the sky over most of the island.

And within the lava column of the volcanic eruption,

Sima Di burst out driving his Susanoo, his expression showing little emotion.

But Robin, in his arms, patted her chest with a lingering sense of fear, causing an immediate surge.

"That was close!" Robin sighed, "Luckily, the collapsing building materials happened to form a safe triangle zone; otherwise, it would have been truly dangerous, with the entire platform submerged in lava."

Sima Di shrugged, indicating...

With the "Luck Halo" present,

"low-level events" like building collapses simply cannot harm him.