Chapter 113: Who Are You Looking Down On?

Though Saint Saint Saiwen's face remained expressionless, his heart bloomed with joy; truly the adopted son of the Fleet Admiral, this demeanor is simply different.

Since you have come, do not think of leaving in the future.

Thank you to the Navy incubation base for sending such talent.

Before Saint Saint Saiwen could speak, Corazon had already given an unrefusable reason.

"Captain, my dream is to become a great pirate like you; this is a Devil Fruit I obtained by chance, and I hope you will let me board."

Golden Lion instantly froze in place.

Something feels wrong, very wrong, ten out of ten wrong.

Do today's young pirates have such good luck?

That brat just now only brought news of a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, but this brat now? He brought a Devil Fruit on his back directly.

Is Barzab blessed by fate, or is this group of pirate brats defying heaven?

Saint Saint Saiwen took it slowly and deliberately—the package Corazon handed over contained a fruit with spiral patterns.

【Whether to accept the Logia-type Smoke Fruit...】

【No】

Is this the Fleet Admiral Sengoku, renowned as the Strategist? Willing to spend so much for his beloved son?

The Smoke Fruit, as the first Logia-type fruit to appear in the manga, possesses the weakest attack power among Logia types.

Besides elementalization, it can solidify smoke to trap or attack enemies, and simultaneously achieve high-speed movement by spraying smoke.

The ability user in the original timeline was Smoker.

Two and a half years ago in Loguetown, Saint Saint Saiwen had even seen the twelve-year-old Smoker, never expecting to steal this boy's future opportunity.

Fate is truly mysterious beyond measure.

"Welcome to join."

Corazon bowed slightly.

"Thank you, Captain, then you are busy."

Watching Corazon leave with the door closed, Saint Saint Saiwen's corner of the mouth couldn't help but rise; if every spy could bring a Devil Fruit.

Then let such good things never stop; please, Navy and World Government, increase your efforts!

I, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, can bear it.

Golden Lion finally recovered from his shock.

"Captain, what fruit is this?"

"The Logia-type Smoke Fruit."

Hearing this, Golden Lion sighed, confirming without doubt: Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen is absolutely destined by heaven.

Otherwise, how could such a strange thing exist in the world? Just two brats coming for an interview, yet one brings news of a Mythical Zoan, the other brings a Logia fruit.

It can't be that there are more coming next, can it?

In a short while, Vergo walked in, first bowing to Saint Saint Saiwen, and then paying respects to Golden Lion.

"Captain, Senior Golden Lion."

"My name is Vergo, from the North Blue, nineteen years old, skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and I have awakened Armament Haki."

Golden Lion immediately breathed a sigh of relief: Good, good, at least this one didn't bring a Devil Fruit.

As the saying goes, once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, but never thrice; one can only say the first two times were lucky, a one-in-a-million probability issue, and now it has returned to normal.

However, Vergo quickly spoke again.

"Captain, before I came, I received news that a Devil Fruit has appeared in Puffing Tom..."

As the words fell, Saint Saint Saiwen smiled slightly.

"Welcome to join, Vergo."

"Thank you, Captain."

Vergo bowed and withdrew, only wiping the cold sweat from his forehead once outside the door, exhaling a long breath while his heart was filled with deep gratitude.

Young Master, loyalty!

Inside the office, Golden Lion could no longer sit still; he stood up, approached the desk, and stared tightly at Saint Saint Saiwen.

Is this the treatment of a child of destiny?

Setting sail and meeting great swordsmen like Mihawk and Master Tenghu, casually going to the South Blue to retrieve the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Bear, with Jin Ni given as an extra bonus.

Even he, Golden Lion, in a sense, actively ran to the East Blue to deliver himself.

Furthermore, the brat Yuzhi Xiliu came to join voluntarily.

Just after capturing蜂巢 Island, three pirate brats selected casually brought three Devil Fruits...

Golden Lion suddenly had a bold thought: During the Battle of Edd War back then, when he clearly held a huge advantage, strangely, towering waves were raised, ultimately allowing the Luo Jie Pirates to escape.

Could it be because of this boy?

Very likely, otherwise how to explain it?

The sea didn't rise a second before, didn't rise a second after, but just as Luo Jie was about to be captured, the Flying Pirates' fleet was mostly destroyed by giant waves.

Damn it, how can a person fight against heaven?

Even more so, the reason Luo Jie could become the Pirate King is because this boy was on Luo Jie's ship?

The Godly Race... Child of Destiny...

So it wasn't that he, Golden Lion, lost to Luo Jie, but simply because Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen was not on the Flying Pirates?

Golden Lion grunted, left the office without looking back, urgently needing a quiet place to be alone and calm down.

Destiny is strange, truly detestable!

Leaving Saint Saint Saiwen sitting there with a completely bewildered expression.

"The ship's wheel was clearly pulled out, so why is Senior Shi Ji still acting so mysteriously?"

The look in the Golden Lion's eyes just now was very familiar to Saint Saint Saiwen, just like those devout believers from his past life, prostrating themselves in a church.

Could it be that pulling out the ship's wheel damaged Senior Shi Ji's brain tissue, causing him to become so mysterious?

Saint Saint Saiwen shook his head, stored the Smoke Fruit into the System Space, and said with lingering desire.

"It's a pity there are only three."

The Navy, the World Government, and other factions really should send more spies over; sending only three spies, who are they looking down on?

Is it that I, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, cannot afford them?

If seventeen or eighteen spies came, the points from the trading platform selling Devil Fruits alone would be enough for Saint Saint Saiwen to clear the direct-sale page of Shangcheng.

Directly fast-forwarding to the Dual Fruit Awakening stage.

"Three Devil Fruits, with an extra bonus of three hard-working laborers... oxen and horses, that is actually quite good."

After assigning various tasks to Master Tenghu, Saint Saint Saiwen called Foxy again.

"Where is that Zoan-type fruit?"

Hearing the inquiry, Foxy carefully unbuttoned his shirt and took out a crumpled, yellowed parchment map from his inner pocket.

"Captain, it's on Lei Shen Island."

"I originally planned to go in, but Lei Shen Island is shrouded by constant thunderstorms, requiring a specially made umbrella to land."

Taking the map, Saint Saint Saiwen glanced at it roughly.

Regardless of whether the whereabouts of the Zoan-type fruit are true, Buggy will definitely like this treasure map, and the World Government is indeed skilled at forging things.

Making it look exactly like the real thing.

Before choosing Honeycomb Island as a base, Saint Saint Saiwen had also considered Lei Shen Island, but Lei Shen Island is only suitable for his own cultivation and is not very friendly to the rest of the crew.

With year-round thunderstorm weather, only someone like Saint Saint Saiwen who ate the Goro Goro no Mi and is a lightning person would not be affected, and would even feel very comfortable.

There are rumors that Lei Shen Island is very likely the awakening place of the previous Goro Goro no Mi user, indeed worth occupying as a cultivation base.

When the Morning Star Pirates entered the New World, they temporarily stopped at Lei Shen Island to land, meaning with Kuma present, one can go to Lei Shen Island at any time.

Putting away the parchment scroll, Saint Saint Saiwen nodded.

"Work hard in the future, go get busy."

"Yes, Captain."