Chapter 142

Im found it difficult to describe his state of mind at this moment.

Was it a kind of surprise, like raising a pig for a long time only to find it had finally grown up and knew how to share the burden with its master?

Previously, Im's plan was to transition slowly from shallow-sea contracts to deep-sea contracts, completely controlling Harald to consume the Elbaf national treasure.

Thereby forging an army of giants to maintain and consolidate the World Government's rule.

And to deal with Nika.

But Im never expected that the useless fools he had raised for so many years would actually bring an unexpected surprise.

"Satan, present it."

Upon hearing this, Saint Satan's excitement almost overflowed from his face, and his mouth pouted with pride.

For hundreds of years, no one among the Five Elders had the qualification to stand on the high platform and approach my lord Im; this record would be broken personally by him, Saint Satan.

At the same time, he would cement his status as the number two speaker of the World Government into an established fact today.

Saint Satan ran all the way, making clattering sounds, to the foot of the Wang Zuo; due to excessive excitement, his legs slid into a kneel before Im, holding the wooden box high in his hands.

And he thoughtfully opened the wooden box, waiting for my lord Im's praise and commendation.

Although the treasure box blocked his line of sight, Saint Satan noticed that my lord Im's breathing had become irregular, obviously caused by being too happy after obtaining the Elbaf national treasure.

"Satan."

Im's voice was indistinguishable as male or female; it seemed like a female voice at times, and at other times it became a mix of male and female voices.

"Is this the Elbaf national treasure?"

Saint Satan nodded frantically.

"Yes, my lord Im."

"The fruit and the information provided by Harald are completely consistent: the world will eventually be submerged by seawater; this Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Noah Ark Form, is the only hope to save Elbaf."

Im stood frozen in place, motionless, and deep confusion and incomprehension flashed through his crimson eyes.

Could it be... Im remembered wrong?!

Or perhaps, over the past eight hundred years, Elbaf had secretly replaced the national treasure from that Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit with the Noah Ark Form?

Noah Ark?

The Noah Ark built eight hundred years ago by Joy Boy and the first Poseidon mermaid Princess... was it formed by the transformation of a Human-Human Fruit user?

If that were truly the case, then what was the Vow Ship on Fish-Man Island?

Repairing the plank road openly while crossing Chencang in secret?

The true Noah Ark was not the Vow Ship docked in the ten-thousand-meter deep sea, but this Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Noah Ark Form?

If the ability user is hated by the sea, then can this Devil Fruit's awakened ability allow it to fly?

To escape the rising seawater through flight?

Excellent, what a clever scheme.

Im recognized the Paramecia-type Ship-Ship Fruit, but just as they had modified the Mythical Zoan Nika Form into the Paramecia-type Rubber Fruit.

Joy Boy could naturally also modify the Noah Ark Form into the Paramecia-type Ship-Ship Fruit.

Good for you, Joy Boy; you are a ruthless person.

Deceiving Im for a full eight hundred years!

Eight hundred years! Im was like a clown, deceived by you and believing your words without question.

Joy Boy, you truly deserve to die!!

Im rose from the Wang Zuo, picked up the wooden box, left a sentence behind, and departed without looking back.

"Very good, very good indeed."

Leaving Saint Satan kneeling in place, he secretly glanced at the empty Wang Zuo after watching my lord Im depart, and then quickly lowered his head again.

This empty Wang Zuo, I really want to sit on it.

Even just once would be fine, just once.

He only received one sentence of praise from my lord Im, yet Saint Satan still felt as sweet as drinking honey water to the core of his heart.

The other Five Elders simply did not have this opportunity.

Only he... If heaven had not born me, Saint Satan, the sea would be eternal darkness for ten thousand ages.

Saint Satan left the high platform where the empty Wang Zuo was located with great reluctance; when he walked slowly, step by step, to stand before the other Five Elders, he proudly lifted his chin.

"Regarding this matter, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen did very well."

"He is worth our great efforts to win over."

The other Five Elders glanced at Saint Satan's large nostrils and nodded in agreement one after another.

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

The performance of the other Five Elders made Saint Satan nod with great satisfaction.

There are distinctions among the Five Elders; those Five Elders who cannot even approach the empty Wang Zuo are obviously not on the same level as him, Saint Satan.

After leaving Flowers Adorn the World,

Saint Satan was in high spirits and came again to the treasury of the Holy Land Mary Geoise, preparing to select a Devil Fruit to give to Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen.

Who else but Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, who likes neither women nor treasures, is only interested in Devil Fruits?

To thank the other party and let him show his face before my lord Im, Saint Satan had no choice but to pick another Devil Fruit as a token of gratitude.

The gift may be light, but the sentiment is heavy.

With this foundation of cooperation, we can cooperate more in the future; after all, it is the Holy Land Mary Geoise paying the bill.

Spending the World Government's money to maintain the relationship with Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen,

Satan Saint felt not the slightest psychological burden.

Moreover, rather than letting the Devil Fruits in the treasury be fed to slaves by the Celestial Dragons of the Holy Land for their amusement, it was better to use them to build a good relationship with Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen.

Satan Saint knew that many young Celestial Dragons took Devil Fruits to auction them in the lower world.

As for the CP0 agents who had been beheaded not long ago, they were merely a group of servants; to be personally slain by Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen was the honor of these servants.

After a moment of selection, Satan Saint's eyes lit up.

"This one it is."

Tons Island, Slumber Town.

The reason this unremarkable small town could be remembered by Saint Saint Saiwen was precisely its connection to the Zoan Vampire form.

The Vampire form did not appear in the main story, but was a character personally designed by the old traitor Oda in the game "One Piece: Unlimited World Red"—

The Haughty Red, Count Red.

And the residents of Slumber Town made their living by selling bats and medicinal herbs.

Strange things often happened in the town, such as inexplicably spreading red mist and swarms of bats covering the island.

Regarding seizing the opportunity of Count Red, Saint Saint Saiwen had absolutely no psychological burden.

He was too lazy to care about plot or no plot; the Devil Fruit in hand was real, go argue with my points.

Under Saint Saint Saiwen's terrifying Observation Haki scan, he finally found Tons Island and discovered in an abandoned basement on the island—

A Devil Fruit with purple-red skin, its surface covered in twisted vortex patterns, with a tender green sprout extending from the top of the fruit.

Vampire Form

Bat Fruit, Zoan Type, Vampire Form.

Saint Saint Saiwen set sail at nine years old and has encountered only two Devil Fruits to date: the Chimera Fruit and this Zoan type found before him by virtue of the God's Eye view.

Buggy eating that Chop-Chop Fruit was a war trophy of the Roger Pirates and had nothing to do with Saint Saint Saiwen.

It felt somewhat like being targeted by the Will of the World.

Indeed, who else but him, selling Devil Fruit specialties of the Pirate World one after another to other worlds; it was already a stroke of luck not to be kicked out of the Pirate World.

【Whether to take the Zoan Vampire Form...】

【No】

After confirming he had not mistaken the Devil Fruit, Saint Saint Saiwen followed the teleporting human pillar, Kuma, back to Honeycomb Island.

When the Donghai Dihuang returns to port, then it can set sail again to find that giant anglerfish.

If the twenty Devil Fruits listed on the trading platform gave Saint Saint Saiwen point freedom for a short time, then pure gold undoubtedly made Saint Saint Saiwen completely free.

That huge lump of pure gold in front of the anglerfish's head could surely sell for at least a hundred million points, right?

Anglerfish Pure Gold

There was just one thing that made Saint Saint Saiwen very sorrowful.

After spending seven days, with the help of Observation Haki amplified by radio waves, successfully finding Slumber Town, yet he hadn't even seen a shadow of the anglerfish.

Saint Saint Saiwen vaguely remembered that anglerfish are attracted by special light.

Then one could create a grand enough light show on the dragon head of the Donghai Dihuang, capable of penetrating the deep sea, as bait.

To attract the anglerfish to bite the hook voluntarily.