From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 318: Being strong is temporary, but being handsome is for a lifetime.

Pushing open the door of the hotel, Bane stepped inside.

"I'm back." He greeted casually and looked inside to find that everyone was there today.

Zoro and Issho, who had been outside searching for intelligence these days, came back, and Fubuki, who said she wanted to recruit some younger brothers outside, was also there.

Several people seemed to be sorting out information and chatting about something with Zefa and Garp.

After hearing what Bane was saying, Cap responded instinctively: "What did you gain today?"

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Ben. Then his expression froze and he asked in surprise, "Who are you?"

"If your eyes are not good, go get treatment, Mr. Cap." Bane pouted and complained.

"It's not that my eyesight is bad, why did you suddenly change?" Karp shouted in surprise.

This also made the rest of the people in the room look at Bane, and then everyone looked a little surprised.

"Being corroded by the power of another world, his true nature gradually revealed, and he became a demon? As expected, playing with the power of darkness and soul will eventually backfire on him and he will fall into the abyss." Robin touched his chin with his hand, pretending to be serious, and said thoughtfully.

After observing Bane carefully, Zoro said solemnly, "It has indeed changed a lot. What happened to your sword? Why did it turn into a dragon head?"

"Hey, rather than my appearance, you confirmed my heart first? Bastard!" Bane glared at Zoro.

"Oh, sorry, I'm face-blind." Zoro was also talking nonsense seriously.

"It looks like you've gained a lot? Did you gain some new source of power? Did you travel across the world? Or did you come across a randomly opened portal?" Teacher Zefa asked curiously.

He walked to the table, picked up Nami's teacup, took a sip, and after moistening his throat, Bane said, "No, I just found a new application for the Soul-Soul Fruit."

As he spoke, Bane took off the hand cannon and saber from his waist and placed them on the table and said, "See if there is any difference?"

After observing for a while, Fubuki raised her eyebrows and asked, "Homizi?"

"Half of the answer is correct." Bane grinned and said, "It's Homies who ate the devil fruit."

As soon as he finished speaking, the others were stunned for a moment, and then quickly asked about the relevant situation, looking very curious.

Bane also took the opportunity to tell them about his sudden inspiration today and the reason for his change in form.

After Bane finished speaking, Garp said with emotion: "I see, is this the subtle feedback from the Blue Dragon Fruit on your body?"

"To be honest, you are becoming more and more in line with my aesthetic standards, a little bit." Robin said this with a slightly shy expression and did not continue.

But looking at her expression, her eyes are almost tearing.

Speaking of which, due to her childhood experiences, Nicole Robin's aesthetic taste is a little distorted compared to the general public, and it can be said to be a bit weird. She likes something dark, gloomy, and weird.

It just so happened that at this moment, after Bane grew horns on his head, combined with his physique and appearance, he looked like a hellish macho man, which made Robin very interested. If there weren't so many people here, she might have dragged Bane to study the development progress of the Flower-Flower Fruit and the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"It really has a unique flavor~" Nami said with some anticipation in her eyes.

"Hey, isn't your focus a bit strange?" Bane looked at the two guys and couldn't help but complain.

Yixiao asked curiously, "So, you can use four abilities now?"

"That's true in theory, but the Blue Dragon Fruit and Impact Fruit don't add much to my personal benefit. It's better than nothing, so don't have too high expectations." Bane said very calmly.

"That's very good too." Teacher Zefa nodded and praised.

Weber held a cigarette between his teeth and pondered for a moment before saying, "Can't recover? You look like this?"

"Of course." Ben said, "I just want to show you what I look like."

As he spoke, his expression straightened, as if he was adjusting his state. Then, under the gaze of everyone, the pair of dragon-like horns on his head quickly retracted. In a moment, he completely restored Bane's original appearance.

"Apart from the horns, the power of the Blue Dragon Fruit is that it allows me to transform my skin into scales to further enhance my defense and add a tail. Nothing else. Things like breathing fire and making thunder are totally impossible. I have already tried." Bane introduced.

But after a brief pause, he patted the flower spikes and swayed them, and Xindu, who seemed very happy, said: "But Xindu can do it. Xindu can even completely transform into a dragon, but it said that it still needs some familiarity before it can basically master the power of the Blue Dragon Fruit."

"It seems quite interesting," Karp said with a look of wanting more.

"The most important thing is that the deterrent power of my image has been enhanced. Combined with the Soul-Soul Fruit, I can use this devil-like image to inspire the enemy's fear and harvest their souls. Watch out." Bane said in a ostentatious tone.

The moment he finished speaking, his entire appearance began to change dramatically. First, indigo scales appeared on his arms and the skin that was partially exposed outside his clothes. Then, they merged with each other, and the dark soul power that was like evil energy turned into flames, emerging from the gaps in the scales and burning fiercely.

Then, a thick dragon tail grew out from Bane's tail vertebrae, also with special effects like fel flames. Bane's entire physique seemed to have grown a little bigger, becoming very oppressive. At the same time, a pair of horns on his head shot up into the sky. In the center of the horns, a ball of soul fire emitting dark energy, like some kind of evil core, suspended between the two horns.

Combined with the domineering aura and murderous intent that Bane deliberately revealed, his image at this moment was as evil and devilish as possible.

"The black flames of hell will burn everything. Offer your souls, mortals!" Bane pretended to growl to everyone in a very deep tone.

As a result, Garp and the others commented on the show with great interest, not showing any fear at all.

“It really looks like it.”

"Yes, if it were an ordinary person, he would be scared to death, right?"

"That would really be a great help to his Soul-Soul Fruit, this kind of image."

"But speaking of it, aren't we the righteous side?"

"Although we are forced to survive, in the final analysis, we want to occupy this world. If you insist, it can't be considered justice, right?"

"I was saying that I always felt like something was missing. Wings. He was missing a pair of devil wings burning with blazing flames!"

"Isn't there a term called Yuhe in the classification of kagune in RC cells? Dr. Kinos, why don't you give him an injection? Give him more wings?"

"Low-level potions will only become a hindrance to your evolution in the end. I have long advised you not to let yourselves become 'mixed and impure'. The devil fruit ability itself is a kind of external erosion. Although it does not seem to be a burden at the moment and it can be perfectly integrated with you, when you reach a higher level, perhaps it will..." Dr. Kinos began to talk nonstop as if he had opened a chatterbox.

But everyone seemed to have long been tired of his "education". After responding perfunctorily for a few words, they pretended not to hear him.

Just watching seemed not enough, and soon Nami and the others started to play with it, which made Bane a little embarrassed, and they quickly ended this 'demon transformation' which was useless and only slightly strengthened his physique.

"So you spent the whole day developing a transformation that has no practical significance?" Zoro said with some disdain: "It's flashy and useless."

"Being strong is a temporary thing, but being handsome is a lifelong thing. What do you know?" Bane retorted to Zoro with disdain.

Didn't you see that Robin and Nami looked like they wanted to eat me? There will be a fierce battle waiting for me tonight, and you still say it's useless?
But right after he finished complaining, Ben was stunned for a moment, with a sly smile on his face, he said: "No, I forgot, you really understand, after all, some people, in order to look cool, obviously have nothing to do with kendo, but they study poetry, Buddhist scriptures, Shura pictures and the like all day long, just so that when they chop out a knife, they can mutter some inexplicable words, such as..."

As soon as Bane finished speaking, Weber beside him cooperated by taking out his machete and said in a deep voice: "Split the decadent self in the world into two, Two Swords Style·Iai·Rashomon"

As Waver took the lead, Nami beside him also pretended to swing her hands, as if she was holding a sword, and posed as a swordsman and said: "Thirty-six troubles in one life, seventy-two troubles in two lives, one hundred and eight troubles in three lives, three sword style, one hundred and eight troubles wind!"

Fubuki was not to be outdone. His expression darkened. He put his hands on his waist, which had no sword at all, and said as if he was about to perform an Iai Slash: "Nine mountains and eight seas are one world. Gathering a thousand worlds makes a small thousand world. This world is multiplied by three. There is no self and no end. This is the secret of the Three Swords Style. One big three thousand great thousand worlds!!!"

Watching their performance, Ein, Garp, Zephyr and others all laughed.

Zoro's expression was very gloomy, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching a few times, and the hair on his forehead arced. After a moment, he put his hand on the Wado Ichimonji on his waist, as if his defense was broken, and shouted: "I will chop all of you bastards off now!!!"

The cheerful atmosphere lasted for more than ten minutes. In the end, Zoro failed to hit anyone. He put away his sword while cursing, but he was not really angry.

The rest of the people laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt, and some even felt like they were going to convulse.

After everything had calmed down, Ben sat on a small broken chair and asked, "You all came back today, does that mean you have gained something?"

Zoro opened his mouth and was about to talk about what he had gained, but he suddenly became arrogant, snorted unhappily, and said nothing.

Seeing this, the mature elder brother couldn't help but shook his head and said with a smile: "There are indeed some gains. It is in another city called New Dal City, which is sixteen days away from us by car."

"New Dal City?" Bane looked a little dazed when he heard the name.

"Have you heard of that place?" Yixiao asked curiously.

"Well, I lived there before. It was originally the front-line logistics transit station in the western part of the empire. Before I left, I heard that there was a breakthrough on the front line and the city of New Dal should be transformed, but now I don't know what the specific situation is," Bane nodded.

"It is now occupied by an aristocratic force called 'Olantok'. The reason is that half a year ago, a portal appeared there, which attracted the attention of the Olantok family." Yixiao said again.

"Through the gate?" Bane raised his eyebrows and said, "As for Orlantok, I have some impression of him. It seems that he became a pioneer noble because of the westward movement a few decades ago. He doesn't seem to be very powerful? He doesn't have much background, right?"

"Yes, according to some rough investigations that Zoro and I did, the noble rank of the Orlantok family is baron, but we have not found out the specific details. Next, it will depend on Miss Robin." He smiled and nodded.

"Considering that they have occupied the Crossing Gate for nearly half a year and have not been swallowed up by more powerful forces in the surrounding areas, this Crossing Gate should not have much strategic value? It is just right for us to use it for research," Robin said after pondering for a while.

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate to rob it with great fanfare. After all, we are new here, so we should keep a low profile. It would be best if we can control the entire Orlantok family and continue to occupy there in their name. We, as the leaders behind the scenes, will hide our identities and wait for follow-up." Zefa said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)