Chapter 425

"The rising current has been found; the body can be shrunk now."

Upon hearing this, Afrandela hurriedly shrank her body.

Indeed, she was an existence like a keel stone.

The Thriller Bark, being far too massive in size, could not find many suitable things to serve as a keel stone; in the end, Reiju could only have Afrandela enlarge her body to take her place.

The Thriller Bark was able to submerge smoothly, truly thanks to her.

Standing on the bedroom balcony, Lin Yu saw this scene and shook his head, somewhat speechless.

Not long after, Vivi came to his room and said excitedly:

"Lin Yu, did you call for me?"

She had already learned from Smug the news that Ma Erke was dead.

And since Lin Yu was seeking her now, it meant she could finally possess her own Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit.

Lin Yu sat on a chair on the balcony and smiled, saying, "It seems you already know."

Although the Sasa Sasa no Mi of Crocodile would be most suitable for Vivi, he had not yet obtained the Sasa Sasa no Mi, so he could only use the Mythical Zoan-type Phoenix Fruit as a substitute.

Fortunately, Vivi's weapon was a peacock feather, very similar to the tail feathers of a phoenix; the Phoenix Fruit was actually quite suitable for her.

Vivi straddled Lin Yu's lap and said excitedly, "I can't wait any longer."

Seeing Nami, Nojiko, and Michita growing stronger and stronger, Vivi was truly incredibly envious.

Although her foundational strength had already reached the level of a five-star Commodore, compared to Nami and the others, she was still far behind.

Seeing the somewhat excited Vivi, Lin Yu smiled and took out the Phoenix Fruit from his extra-dimensional space.

"You should know the rules, right?" Lin Yu said with a smile.

"Hmph, pervert!"

Vivi gave Lin Yu a coquettish glare, then obediently knelt at his feet.

Regarding Lin Yu's perverted fun when feeding Devil Fruits, Vivi, who had already observed it many times, naturally knew about it.

Lin Yu did not argue; he peeled open the Phoenix Fruit and fed it to Vivi bite by bite.

After Vivi finished eating the Devil Fruit with a pale face, Lin Yu smiled and let her try to use the Phoenix's abilities.

Not long after, a phoenix covered in cyan flames flew continuously within the Thriller Bark.

Seeing Vivi flying continuously in the sky, Lin Yu smiled.

Afterwards, he opened the system.

Lin Yu Already had selected one 'Heart's Desire' ability from Vivi.

Although Vivi's strength had not yet reached eight stars, thanks to Sengoku's arrangement, her bounty had instead directly reached the one-billion level.

That is to say, Lin Yu could select and acquire an ability from her again.

【Ding! Selection successful, acquired Vivi ability: Phoenix】

"Now, whether it's an Emperor or an Admiral, I am not afraid."

Looking at the cyan flames igniting in his hand, the corner of Lin Yu's mouth curled up.

With the special properties and vitality of the Mythical Zoan-type Phoenix Devil Fruit, even if he could not defeat an Emperor or an Admiral, self-preservation should be no problem.

The next moment, another cyan phoenix appeared beside Vivi, flying together with her.

A few days later.

Punk Hazard.

"Tsk, so this is the butterfly effect."

Standing on the Thriller Bark, Lin Yu muttered while looking at the spring-filled Punk Hazard Island in the distance through a telescope.

Punk Hazard, also known as the Punk Hazard Forbidden Zone, was once a Marine research base that detained some World Government prisoners; three or four years ago, due to Caesar Clown's experiments, massive amounts of poison gas were released on the island.

The entire island became a dead island; the few prisoners who luckily survived on the island also lost sensation in their lower limbs due to poisoning.

Afterwards, Caesar Clown escaped confinement, returned here to disperse the island's highly toxic substances, and used the prisoners to resume biological experiments, turning the island into its current form.

And because of his existence, Sengoku did not resign from the position of Fleet Admiral, and the great battle between Akainu and Aokiji naturally did not erupt here.

This also led to Punk Hazard not becoming the Ice-Fire Island from the original story, but rather the spring island form it is now.

Koala came to Lin Yu's side and asked, "Aren't we going to save that country? What are we doing here?"

Koala also knew that the country Lin Yu mentioned was Dressrosa.

Lin Yu said expressionlessly, "There is a scum pirate here who uses children for human experiments; if I don't kill him, I will be very displeased."

"Using children for human experiments." Koala was instantly shocked.

Lin Yu glanced at her and said seriously, "Do you still hold any expectations for pirates? Or are you, like Dragon, thinking that pirates are also a force to overthrow the Celestial Dragons?"

To deepen the rift between Koala and Dragon, Lin Yu basically emphasized the dangers of pirates every single day, as well as Dragon's choice to help the pirate Monkey D. Luffy.

The more he emphasized it, the greater the rift between Koala and Dragon became, making it easier for him to split the Revolutionary Army.

"No." Koala hurriedly shook her head.

Lin Yu nodded and said, "That's good; I will personally kill Caesar and his subordinates shortly."

In the original story, Caesar Clown was a thoroughly scummy bastard, not only ruthless but also used children for human experiments.

But simply because he had helped the Straw Hat crew on Whole Cake Island, he afterwards lived extremely comfortably, which made Lin Yu extremely disgusted.

So, he prepared to kill the opponent first, then go to Dressrosa to find Doflamingo.

Moreover, Caesar Clown's Gasu Gasu no Mi was also a Logia type; he had no intention of giving it up.

He just didn't know if Monet was currently on the island, or if she had been turned into a Bird-Winged Banshee by Law as in the original story.

If not, that would be somewhat regrettable.

Monet, whose appearance was somewhat demonic, he quite liked.

Uh... actually, it's not very regrettable, huh; if it's a Bird-Winged Banshee, Raki, who ate the Bai Yu Peregrine Falcon Fruit, can also transform, and Conis can transform into a Butterfly Elf...

Hmm, if Monet hadn't turned into a harpy, I'd wait until I get the Ro fruit and help her transform then.

Just as Lin Yu was thinking these scattered thoughts, the group quickly arrived at the waters not far from Punk Hazard Island.

Afterwards, the disguised Lin Yu, leading Reiju and nine others, boarded Punk Hazard on the Divine Servant.

On the other side.

Inside the research institute on Punk Hazard Island.

Caesar Clown was drinking red wine while studying research materials related to giantization.

Not long after, Monet entered Caesar's laboratory and said:

"Someone has landed on the island."