I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 248, Section 247: Sit in a row! Share the fruit!
"Gudong!"

Someone is swallowing.

Mercer raised his sharp eyes and looked up, meeting the gaze of Pepe in his other hand. Perona looked away guiltily and said:

"Why are you looking at me? I'm just a little surprised because I've never seen so many Devil Fruits before. Humph!"

Mercer teased her cheek with his thumb, curiously experiencing the delicate texture of her skin.

"Is it already possible to achieve this step? By becoming a spirit, shrinking in a spirit state, and then transforming back into a physical body, one can achieve a change in physical form."

Perona covered her mouth and chuckled: "Hahaha, so that's what you mean. I just instinctively felt I could do it, and then I did it."

After all, spirits are incredibly malleable!

Robin walked over, squatted down, and looked at the Devil Fruit in front of Moses, a hint of surprise in her eyes:

"You actually managed to make a deal with them. What kinds of Devil Fruits are these?"

As he asked, Robin began to recite the names of the fruits, relying on the knowledge in his mind.

"The Paramecia-type Flour Fruit, the Logia-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit, the Logia-type Mountain-Mountain Fruit... wait, these are unfamiliar types of Devil Fruits, and there's even the completely useless Ship-Ship Fruit."

Moses laughed and said, "Your knowledge is quite impressive. You didn't actually learn everything in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, did you?"

Robin's lips curled into a slight smile, and his smooth chin tilted up slightly.
"Of course, that little bit of readership is no problem for me."

"Oh right, there's something I forgot. I still have 20 billion Berries left on the CP0 ship down there. I was only thinking about the Devil Fruit before. I'll go down and get it later."

At that moment, Nami rushed forward, grabbed Mercer's arms with both hands, her eyes sparkling like stars, and her voice suddenly rose in pitch:

"How much? Two hundred billion? That's a lot of money! Why don't you count your Pele first? Pele is money! It can buy anything you want."

Mercer glanced at her indifferently: "I'll buy you for one hundred million Berries, do you agree?"

Nami's eyes fell into thought. She counted on her fingers, but ultimately shook her head with reluctance and difficulty.
"You want to buy me for 100 million? Dream on! It'll take at least 1 billion Berries."

"Nami, how could you say that?" Nojiko pouted, looking displeased. "That's not how Bellemere taught you. Even though you're not worth a billion, she'll be furious if she knew you wanted to sell yourself for a billion."

Nami smiled nonchalantly.
"It's okay. Anyway, no fool will spend a billion Berries to buy me. Besides, I'm one of Mercer's people, and no one would dare to buy me with money."

Mercer gripped her head with his five fingers, pinched her round "orange" head, and burst out laughing:
"At least you have some self-awareness. You're definitely not worth a billion Berries. The Little Mermaid is worth about that much."

Upon hearing this, Nami immediately pouted and said unhappily, "Who do you think you are? Am I that worthless? You used to say I was priceless."

"Did I say that?" Moses looked at her blankly, while Nami retorted angrily:

"Although you didn't say it explicitly, that's what you meant. You did say that my climate perception ability is extremely rare."

Mercer stroked the orange cat and chuckled:
"Then I'll be the sucker today."

"What do you mean?"

Nami was a little confused.

Moses looked at the Devil Fruits in front of him.

[Paramecia Type. Bubble-Bubble Fruit (A)]

Paramecia-type Devil Fruit: Contract Fruit (EX)

[Paramecia Type. Flour Fruit (A)]

[Paramecia Type. Twisted Fruit (A)]

[Paramecia Type. Ship-Ship Fruit (A)]

[Paramecia Type. Nen-Nen Fruit (A)]

[Logia Type. Cloud-Cloud Fruit (EX)]

[Logia Type. Mountain Fruit (EX)]

[Human-Human Fruit. Mythical Zoan. Flame Demon Form (EX)]

[Human-Human Fruit. Mythical Zoan. Celestial Being Mode (EX)]

With a total of ten Devil Fruits, we've never fought a battle with such a wealth of resources.

Especially the Mountain Fruit, a Logia-type fruit; I never expected them to send such a high-quality Logia-type fruit that represents the earth element.

However, the thought of their brilliant move of offering six top-tier Devil Fruits as prizes at once in God Valley is quite telling.

Moses suddenly found it unsurprising.

Perhaps in their eyes, apart from the Nika Fruit, all other Devil Fruits are trash.

He handed over the Cloud Fruit, which Nami took in a daze. Moses laughed:
"I'm giving you a Devil Fruit worth a billion, and I'm buying you."

At this moment, seeing the surprise and envy in Nojiko's eyes, Mather picked up the Mountain Fruit and smiled:
"Here you go, this one is worth a billion. I'll also buy you. For the rest of your life, work for me to pay off your debts."

Nojiko took it blankly, looking at Mather with confusion, "I have one too?"

She was confused. She wasn't as talented as Nami, and she was arguably the weakest member of her family.

Even though it underwent a bloodline factor modification surgery with Germa 66 a few days ago, it is still the weakest, but unexpectedly...
"Why?" Nojiko asked, puzzled. Messer shook his head: "There is no why. I think I'm willing. Is the reason that I want to be a sucker enough?"

"After you've eaten this fruit, I'll give you a task: study architecture. I'll need your help in many situations later."

Infrastructure is ingrained in our bones, and the island beneath our feet needs to be developed.

In the family, the only person with a calm and stable personality who is suitable for this job is Noki.

Robin and Reiju can manage the newspaper, so Nojiko can go do her new job.

The Devil Fruits would have the greatest effect if they were given to eat them, which would be perfect for them to later comprehend the concepts of the earth and the clouds.

Looking at the two sisters in front of her, Messer laughed and said, "Eat up, let me see how powerful the natural type is."

Moses then picked up the Celestial-Man Fruit and placed it in Robin's hand, laughing:
"Here you go, this mythical beast."

Robin looked at Moses suspiciously and said, "I ate the Flower Flower Fruit. Do you want to give me a Celestial Being's pet? The Pokédex says that this fruit can improve one's appearance."

At this moment, the two sisters looked increasingly disgusted, as if they had eaten excrement.

Moses said casually, "You two remember to finish your food and don't waste any."

The two looked as if they had lost their parents.

Looking at Robin Mather, he explained:
"I plan to forge you a ring to transfer the power of the Flower Flower Fruit to you. The Human Human Fruit, Celestial Human form, will greatly help improve your strength."

After this incident, I'll definitely become the person the World Government most wants to kill, and your identity might get discovered. Relying on the Flower-Flower Fruit is a bit weak; I need to make you more resilient.

Robin blinked at Moses: "The Celestial-Man Fruit's ability to see through an opponent's weaknesses and attack them to destroy them from the inside is indeed powerful."

But don't you want it? Can't you become even more powerful by using it yourself?

Or perhaps Erii would have a taste of fruit, but she's never eaten one before.

Moses shook his head. "What's more important to me now is understanding the concept. Also, you're wrong. The power of the Celestial-Man Fruit is to manipulate stress and superhuman strength, not to see through weaknesses and destroy them internally."

I'll just need to learn the concept of stress from you; it won't make a difference to me. As for Erii, I don't plan to let her become a Devil Fruit user, and she doesn't need to."

Seeing that Moses had made up his mind, Robin said no more and held the Devil Fruit in his hand, which looked like a white bean sprout.

He was secretly delighted.

Mercer looked at Ace, who had come over at that moment, and laughed, tossing the Flame Demon Fruit over to him: "It's yours."

Ace took it and looked at it. Hmm, it was a fruit he didn't recognize. As a model student who was also a terrible student, he could proudly say that he didn't like reading at all.

Seeing the anxiety in Ace's eyes, Robin covered her lips and chuckled:
"Human-Human Fruit, Flame Demon Form, possesses the power to control fire and shadow. Take it as a gift from Messer."

Ace looked at Robin with a blank expression.

No, my brother gave it to me. How come it sounds like you gave it to me when you're talking about it?
The more I listen, the more awkward it feels.

Unable to figure it out, Ace gave up and happily took a big bite.

The decision made back then was definitely right; a monster with eight heads is nowhere near as handsome as the Flame Demon.

The main Devil Fruits have been basically distributed.

Moses looked at Law and Bepo, who were not yet Devil Fruit users, and waved to them. The two of them were overjoyed. They didn't care about Devil Fruits or not; what they cared about was Moses's approval.

Mercer first looked at Bepo, the polar bear, and laughed, "I haven't asked you yet, do you want to become an Ability User?"

Bepo nodded happily: "Boss, I want to become a Devil Fruit user, but I don't know which one I should choose."

Mercer chuckled: "I see you like fists and kicks, don't you?"

Bepo: "Mmm, I like it."

Mercer's eyes were thoughtful: "I see!"

Then I thought of a pretty good Devil Fruit ability, but that Devil Fruit isn't with me right now.

"I'll go out another day, and I'll fetch it for you then, okay?"

Bepo's eyes widened suddenly as he stared at Moses in shock: "Boss, you... Waaah, you're so good to Kuma! You're actually willing to go find a Devil Fruit for Kuma yourself!"

Bepo was so moved that tears and snot streamed down his face, and he immediately hugged her.

However, at that moment, a negative phantom pierced through his chest, and Bepo instantly collapsed to the ground.

Perona snorted in dissatisfaction, "I'm still here, why did you hug me with tears and snot streaming down your face? It's disgusting."

Mercer said speechlessly, "Don't you like bears the most?"

Perona glanced at the little bear cub beside her and chuckled:
"I like bears, animal bears, not the man-bears of the fur tribe."

Bepo is a subspecies of human.

Ignoring her, Moses looked at Law and handed him the Twisted Fruit:

"The Paramecia-type Twist Fruit grants the ability to manipulate the degree to which things are distorted."

"See if you like it. If you do, then eat it."

Luo is also a hidden academic genius. Hearing Mercer describe the effects of the ability, he knew that it was an extremely powerful ability.

And it has high potential for development. Luo immediately nodded emphatically, "I'll eat it, thank you, Mr. Mercer."

Moses said calmly, "One of us."

A slight smile appeared on Law's lips. With his improved abilities, he could become even stronger and wouldn't lose to Ace and the others.

There are five fruits left.

Moses looked at Hancock and handed her the Nen-Nen Fruit. "Here, take this. I'll fuse it with your ring later."

Hancock blinked, a smile playing on her lips. She was so happy to have one too!

Moses handed the Flour Fruit to Makino:
"I'm entrusting this food-type fruit to you. I'll forge it into a life ring for you later. The ability is pretty good, and it'll be quite useful in battle."

Makino watched with a smile as Mercer accepted the item. She didn't particularly enjoy fighting, but she was happy to have it.

Dividing things up is really troublesome; there are so many things to consider. Right now, Runti is looking at Messer with longing in her eyes, which are shining with desire.

Mercer scratched his head and said speechlessly:

"I plan to feed the Ship-Ship Fruit to our big ship, I plan to use the Contract Fruit myself, and you still have the Bubble-Bubble Fruit left, do you want it? It's pretty powerful too."

Runti leaned closer to examine it, and the more she looked, the more familiar it seemed. A few seconds later, she pouted with a look of disgust.
"So this unknown Devil Fruit is called the Bubble-Bubble Fruit. I saw it when Xiao Pei and I went to steal Kaido's Devil Fruit before. What happened? How did it end up with the World Government?"

Moses scoffed, "Kaido's weapons factory sells weapons that have a business relationship with the World Government, right?"

They also trade some Devil Fruits; Jhin told me all this.

Runti understood: "I see. They really are in cahoots."

Moses put the remaining three fruits away and stretched.

Look at Nami, who has turned into a cloud and is happily flying in the sky, and Nojiko, who has turned into a rock-hard Barbie.

His lips twitched inexplicably.

Moses looked at everyone and said:

"I'm going downstairs to collect some money. You guys can stay here and have fun."

Pepe quickly shrunk down and grabbed Mercer's hair, dangling him in mid-air. Mercer said helplessly, "I'll come back up later."

Perona shook her head incessantly, "I don't care, I have to be with you."

Erii grabbed Mercer's arm, looking at him expectantly:

"Brother, I want to go too."

Mercer nodded, and the gray mist engulfed the two and merged into his body, without changing their appearance.

It flew down into the sky.

Soon they arrived at the ship below. Guernica was shocked to see Mercer disembark: "You...you...you..."

Moses said calmly, "Give me my 20 billion Berries. Don't worry, I won't kill you."

Guernica breathed a sigh of relief, yet felt ashamed of her fear:
"Come this way with me."

Amidst the wary and fearful gazes of the people on the ship, Moses entered the storage room below the cabin.

I saw 20 large suitcases neatly stacked.

Even without opening it, I knew it was full of Pele, but I still opened it and took a look.

Pepe, whose consciousness had merged, exclaimed in surprise:

"So many peleys! I feel like I could buy countless bear plush toys in one go."

Erii added, "We can buy lots and lots of little yellow ducks."

Mercer laughed and said, "Anyway, Bailey will be stored in the castle's treasure room. If you two need to use it, just go to Robin to get it."

Pepe said somewhat discontentedly, "Why do you have to give your money to Robin to manage? Can't you give it to me to manage?"

A gray mist spread from Moses's body, engulfing the entire suitcase. He said in his mind:

"Don't you have any self-awareness? Are you the kind of person who saves money? Aren't you living paycheck to paycheck?"

"Who's a spendthrift? I'm a real human, okay?"

"Where did you learn this verbal tic from?"

Peipei chuckled in her mind and said, "Runti, she reads those funny and interesting books when she has nothing to do."

In his mind, Mercer was chatting with them, while outside, he glanced at Guernica and stepped off the deck amidst his tense expression.

Garp stared intently at Mercer from the adjacent deck, while Mercer floated himself to Garp's warship.
"What's wrong? You look unhappy."

Garp said helplessly, "Kuzan told me everything you said to Garin."

Tell me, what are you really thinking?

Are you trying to drive me crazy? Do you know that even now, I have a high chance of losing a fight against two generals?

What were you thinking? You actually dared to challenge ten generals?

Mercer laughed and said, "Don't worry, let alone whether they can find ten general-level experts in two days, even if they do, I'm not afraid."

Don't worry, even if they can't beat me, they won't catch me. I wouldn't be so arrogant if I didn't have some tricks up my sleeve.

"But Grandpa, will you be there when they surround and attack me this time?"

Karp's lips twitched as he looked at Messer:

Do you think I can escape?

"Why don't you pretend to be sick? I really don't want to fight you, after all, Grandpa, you're very strong, strong like a monster."

Hearing Moses's flattering words, Garp nodded speechlessly:

"Alright, send me to the floating island in the sky later, I'll go and teach Ace a lesson in Haki and how to take a beating."

"Hmm, that's a good idea. When you get back, just tell them that they have enough fighting power and don't need you. Meanwhile, you're chasing my gang."

Moses said with a smile, and Karp's eyes widened:
“You and I are thinking the same thing, I had the same idea.”

They would have nothing to say when the time came.

Yamato and Asiya are also very strong. Just tell them their gang is powerful, and that I couldn't catch them.

"That's right. Anyway, you're a top-tier fighter in the ocean, so they won't lock you up in Impel Down. At most, they'll just give you a verbal reprimand."

Garp looked at Moses speechlessly, then added:

"I'll sail my ship away too, so that the fighting won't affect the little guys on my ship."

"Yeah, sure, sure."

Kuzan listened to the father and son's oblivious discussion from below deck, his lips twitching violently: "Why don't you take me with you?"

Garp said speechlessly:
"Sengoku just called you and asked you to join the war."

Kuzan's face darkened.

Mercer smiled, and his entire body floated into the air. The levitation force spread out, and the ice walls in all directions rippled. Crack!
It shattered in an instant!
The entire earth was shaking, icebergs were floating in the air, and the seawater below and in the distance was surging up and overflowing.

The three ships then floated into the air.

Immediately afterwards, Mercer raised his hands in mid-air and grasped at the void, causing all the ice blocks to float up.

Collision, compression, shaping.

One after another, giant ice swords, hundreds of meters in diameter and gleaming with a cold light, floated into the air.

It drifted into the sky.

"Damocles. False"

The people on the three ships stared in disbelief at the scene. Even an ice sword falling from above could easily pierce through a warship.

Kuzan clicked his tongue in disbelief.

As the whirlpools on the sea surface subsided, Moses lowered the three ships.

It flew alone towards the distant sky.

Garp watched as Messer flew away, his eyes flashing, and he roared at Bogart:
"Chase after him, I'm going to teach that brat a lesson."

He then looked at Kuzan, his expression grave, and said:

"You're in charge of protecting the Celestial Dragons' ship."

Seeing his master's righteous and indignant demeanor, Kuzan felt a toothache.

Left with no other choice, they jumped onto another ship, the Zephyr and the Kaji.

Looking at Zephyr helplessly, he asked, "Zeffa-sensei, are you going to this big battle?"

Zefa said calmly:
"I am wounded and have the mission of escorting scientist Caesar and IQ. We will then head directly to the New World."

Kuzan glanced at him speechlessly. Wounded my foot, you're already fully recovered.

"So I'm going alone?"

Zefa nodded.

When the two ships were no longer visible, Mercer used the power of levitation to bring the general to the floating island.

Put Erii down.

He collected the surrounding Damocles ice swords into his "small world".

Mercer nodded to them, materialized into a spirit, and sped off towards the outside of the planet.

It's time to replenish our real ammunition.

All preparations must be complete.

(End of this chapter)