Chapter 262: Cage

Smoothie

Seizing the opportunity to take Smoothie over, though this was also due to Lin Yu's little scheme.

But the greater reason.

Was to find someone to feed the Devil Fruit to, allowing him to continue gaining extra abilities.

Because Lin Yu was now acquiring more and more Devil Fruits, among which were many with powerful abilities.

Yet on his ship, the only ones who had not eaten a Devil Fruit were Reiju, Vivi, Jessica, Huang Jinzhou, and Marianu and Afurandela, five people in total.

The rest had all consumed Devil Fruits and obtained Devil Fruit abilities.

And among the four who had not eaten Devil Fruits.

Reiju made it clear she did not want Devil Fruit abilities.

As for Vivi, Lin Yu wanted to get her a powerful Logia or Mythical Zoan type.

The Navy cook, Jessica, had too weak a foundation, and Lin Yu had not yet considered clearly what kind of Devil Fruit to give her.

As for Afurandela and Marianu, Lin Yu had already reserved Devil Fruit abilities for them, which still required him to hunt them down.

That is to say, aside from Jessica, Lin Yu now had Devil Fruits but no one left to feed them to.

And now, Ace's execution was imminent.

After Lin Yu participated in the Summit War, he would definitely obtain several more Devil Fruits.

And it was very likely he would acquire Big Mom's Tremor-Tremor Fruit or Marco's Mythical Zoan Phoenix Fruit, or even Jozu's Diamond Fruit.

By then, the situation of having Devil Fruits but no one to feed them to would deepen further.

So, for the current Lin Yu, seizing every opportunity to find crew members who had not eaten Devil Fruits was his top priority.

If not for the Summit War potentially starting at any moment, it would already be too late to coat the ship and head to Fish-Man Island.

Lin Yu even wanted to visit Fish-Man Island first, pulling Lady Shyarly, Camie, and Bai Xin into the team.

And incidentally, check whether the mermaid ladies in Lady Shyarly's Mermaid Cafe counted as plot characters.

The special crew members Lin Yu could recruit either possessed innate abilities or belonged to the category of plot characters.

And the criteria for judging plot characters had a hard rule.

That was, they must have appeared by name in the original work and had a certain amount of visual depiction.

So, Lin Yu did not know whether those beautiful mermaids in the Mermaid Cafe counted as plot characters.

On the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

'That bastard, not only is he eyeing Smoothie, he actually dares to make a move on Snail!'

Hearing Lin Yu's demand for Snail, Katakuri's forehead veins jumped violently, and nameless rage instantly sprouted in his heart.

However, recalling Mother's instructions, Katakuri took a few deep breaths and spoke heavily into the Den Den Mushi:

"You are going too far!"

Hearing Katakuri's words, Lin Yu chuckled lightly and said into the Den Den Mushi:

"Heh, isn't it your Big Mom Pirates who went too far first?"

"I sincerely proposed a trade with you, yet you treated me like a fool; how can this be my fault?"

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Katakuri felt an unexplained sense of powerlessness in his heart.

He had felt back then that Lin Yu could not possibly fall for a trap, yet he still could not disobey his mother, who was one of the Four Emperors, and could only obey her orders.

Then, Lin Yu's voice continued to emerge from the Den Den Mushi:

"Katakuri, if you are unwilling, then the matter of exchanging Lola for Smoothie ends here."

"If you are willing, then release Peggaway, and we will proceed with the trade at the originally agreed time."

"Finally, if I do not see Peggaway return before dusk, I will take that as you refusing."

Having finished speaking, Lin Yu directly hung up the phone, giving Katakuri no chance to open his mouth and bargain.

Luo Bin, who had listened to the entire conversation nearby, looked at Lin Yu curiously and asked:

"Are you so certain Katakuri will definitely agree to your demands?"

Reiju also looked at Lin Yu with a curious expression, clearly sharing the same thought as Luo Bin.

Lin Yu turned his gaze toward Snail, who was tied to the mast, and stated very confidently:

"It is not whether Katakuri will agree to my demands, but whether the Four Emperors of the New World, Big Mom, will agree to my demands."

"For Katakuri, he certainly will not agree to my conditions; pity, he has a short-tempered mother above him, suppressing him so tightly that he can never achieve anything in this life."

"And according to his mother's temperament, since she has already agreed to my request to exchange Smoothie, she certainly won't mind adding Snail to the deal."

"Because for her, there are plenty of children, but the throne of the Pirate King is only one."

Hearing Lin Yu's explanation, Luo Bin and Reiju finally understood.

Afterwards, the two of them looked at Lin Yu strangely again.

They could always learn some very secret information from Lin Yu's mouth.

Such as the Poneglyphs, or information about the Ancient Weapons.

It seemed as if there were almost no secrets in this world for Lin Yu, making them both curious and admiring of him, feeling he was like an omniscient and omnipotent deity.

Lin Yu did not know what Luo Bin and Reiju were thinking in their hearts; instead, using Leveraging Weight and Lightness, he floated over to Snail, who was tied to the mast, and smiled:

"It seems you do not agree with my view just now."

Snail, who had long since Su Xing but had been pretending to sleep, opened his eyes and looked at Lin Yu, speaking angrily:

"Brother Katakuri will never be as powerless as you say!"

"He will absolutely become the King of the Seas in the future!"

Although Brother Katakuri's ambition was hidden due to Mother's existence, Snail and his close siblings knew very clearly of his dream to ascend to the Pirate King's throne.

Therefore, Snail absolutely would not allow Lin Yu to speak of him that way!

Hearing Snamon's words, Lin Yu was stunned.

He had just thought Snamon would refute his remarks about Big Mom, but he never expected the other to refute the matter of Katakuri instead.

It seems Katakuri's weight in the hearts of his younger siblings is probably even higher than Big Mom's.

No wonder, after Big Mom had her trouble, the rest immediately began supporting him to become the new helmsman.

This personal charm is truly formidable; no wonder the Nanguai Society attracts so many fans.

Seeing Snamon's angry face, Lin Yu smiled and said:

"Katakuri is indeed very powerful."

"However, one mountain cannot hold two tigers; if he continues to stay in Big Mom's pirate crew, his future achievements will truly be very limited."

"Because Katakuri's greatest obstacle is no one else but your mother—Big Mom!"

"As long as your mother is alive for one day, then Katakuri will not have a chance to grow for that one day."

"He will be forever trapped in the cage woven by Big Mom for him!"

Snamon glared at Lin Yu with an angry face, her teeth clenched tightly, wanting to refute but not knowing how to refute.

Because she also felt in her heart that what Lin Yu said was correct.

Seeing Snamon's face full of anger, Lin Yu smiled and said:

"If you don't believe it, then let's just wait and see."

"Before sunset today, after struggling and hesitating for a long time, Katakuri will still release Peggwan."

"Because this is simply not something he can decide!"

Seeing Lin Yu's smiling face, Snamon wished she could beat him up.

After a long while, she gritted her teeth and said:

"I want to make a phone call to Katakuri-nii!"