Chapter 304

"Bastard!"

Locke's back molars were itching with anger.

The boiling blood gas evaporated with surging heat, making him feel a bit numb with anger.

Just when he was about to be unable to control the fire in his heart.

"My lord!"

"Here!!"

Lei Ounai's surprised voice came to his ears.

Saying it was surprise.

Locke, who was familiar with her, heard a faint joy in it. Instinctively, it made Locke, who was so angry that he was about to twist, calm down a bit. He turned his head and looked at Lei Ounai.

"That is—"

Locke's pupils constricted.

Golden lion fur was soft on her body, flames were swinging on her tail, and with the help of the tail's bounce, Lei Ounai hooked upward, and the whole person crossed most of the space, somehow rushing to the canopy.

The undying flames wrapped around her as she climbed on the dense canopy, looking very conspicuous. Even the overlapping branches couldn't hide her figure, and the firelight from the treetops had already exposed her.

Clearly an ancient tree that looked like a banyan tree, but it wasn't ignited by the flames, and there wasn't even a scorched mark.

But compared to these common senses that violated biological instincts.

The thing in Lei Ounai's hand made Locke look even more surprised.

The appearance was like a banana.

But it was covered with strange and complex patterns, with an indescribable sense of mystery.

Clearly!

It was the treasure of the sea—the Devil Fruit!

"This is... the Book-Book Fruit?"

Locke frowned.

Comparing the memories in his mind, he quickly found the matching patterns and designs.

Must say!

The effect of him rote-memorizing the Devil Fruit illustrated book on the Rocks pirate ship and branding it in his brain was still very useful. At least now, he wouldn't be completely in the dark and could easily recognize the origin of the fruit in his hand.

"My lord!"

Lei Ounai was happy.

The corners of her eyes squinted, and her small eyes smiled like crescents.

"Here~"

She walked over, bouncing and jumping.

Like offering treasure, she handed the strange banana in her hand to Locke.

However, it was indeed offering treasure. Devil Fruit, treasure of the sea, whether it was rarity or value, there was nothing to say. If this wasn't treasure, what was?

"Sure enough, it's a Devil Fruit!"

Feeling the affirmation of the golden finger in his body, he could extract it as energy at any time.

Locke's slightly uneasy heart settled down.

It wasn't that he was worried about gains and losses.

It was just that there were too many ridiculous illusions in this underground base. Even Locke was made a bit suspicious, inevitably feeling a bit tense.

"However..."

"Why can this Book-Book Fruit be picked, while the Devil Fruit I touched just now turned into a bubble in an instant, disappearing without a trace... why is there such a diametrically opposite difference..."

After confirming that the Book-Book Fruit in his hand was real and could really be used.

New problems appeared.

Locke couldn't help but frown slightly.

At least, before figuring out the ins and outs, Locke didn't dare to pick randomly. A casual touch seemed to only shatter one-thousandth, but if converted into an individual, that was a bright Devil Fruit.

When performing tasks on the Rocks ship, he only got a few treasures a year.

"Why exactly?!"

Locke frowned, his face low, as if thinking about some difficult problem.

Could it be the picking method...

Or does Lei Ounai herself have something special...

Or are there requirements I don't know...

Various complex guesses flashed in his mind, and thoughts kept popping up.

Not just him.

Even Esdeath and Najenda beside him entered a brainstorming session.

Akame and Yoru didn't let go either.

Lei Ounai, who succeeded by mistake, pretended to be serious and frowned, standing on the ground with a big horse-riding stance, staring at the ancient tree in front of her with the posture of a big sister, looking serious.

"Could it be..."

"Right!!"

"It must be like this!!"

A surprised voice rang out from Najenda.

Holding the Three Imperial Gods, she had dazzling radiance in her eyes, her gaze burning, as if seeing through everything.

"Not a phantom!"

"Not a technique!"

"Even less a restriction!!"

"It's time... yes, it's time..."

Najenda was incomparably excited, as if she had finally solved a problem she had been thinking about for a long time, her face carrying an incomparably refreshing excitement.

"Time?"