One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 136 Enemy from the Sky? The Froggy Fruit!

East China Sea.

The warships of the 213th Naval Division are docked here.

"coming."

At this moment, the commander on the warship, Colonel 'Paru' of the 213th Branch, was a little nervous.

After all, the navy has fewer than 300 branches in the East China Sea, and the number 213 indicates that it is located in the far east of the East China Sea, a place that can be described as the end of the four seas.

It's natural for a nobody like him to be nervous when facing a big shot from the Navy Headquarters.

Especially knowing that the other party is renowned even within headquarters, and is most likely here to demand an explanation.

"That...that's Lieutenant General 'Black Xie' Roy Amos?"

At that moment, the first mate beside him, who was also holding binoculars, was also trembling in his voice.

"Yes."

So Palu also picked up his binoculars and looked: "Notify the helmsman to prepare to move closer. Such an important person is coming in person, we must give him a proper welcome—hmm?"

At that moment, within the field of view of his binoculars, all that could be seen was...

A warship from the Navy Headquarters is approaching from the horizon.

Despite the great distance, they could still see the figure standing in front of the warship.

His navy cloak fluttered in the wind, and on his hands he wore the gauntlets called "Black Mane," which were said to be inherited from "Black Arm Zephyr."

That not-so-robust figure was slowly bending his knees.
This is what puzzled him at that moment—what was the purpose of bending his knees?
But the next moment, he found out.

"boom!"

Even from such a great distance, he could still hear the deafening explosions coming from the distant sea.

He could even clearly see the distant warship sinking below the surface of the sea, with huge ripples spreading across the entire surface of the sea centered on the warship.

then
He saw the figure flying across the sea.

"boom!"

He couldn't even see the other person's specific movements clearly, the next moment.
"where?"

He then heard a question coming from beside him.

He instinctively put down his binoculars, and then he saw it.

A figure was now standing beside him.

"!!!"

A hush fell over the entire warship as everyone stared wide-eyed at Roy in disbelief.

"Huh!??" *N
After a long while, exclamations suddenly rang out.

It flew right over at that distance? And what's with that speed? Is it some kind of humanoid self-propelled cannonball?!
"Is this the legendary 'Black Xie' of the new era of the Navy?"

Palu swallowed hard, and then he saw Roy's cold gaze.

"where?"

Roy asked again.

This time, the sense of danger in his words even made Paru tremble slightly.

He immediately realized what was happening.

"The Black Xie General is right there in the sea behind."

He quickly led Roy to the stern of the ship.

Then Roy saw what was at the stern of the ship.

It was a broken mast, a sail, and several pieces of shattered deck.

The deck was black, like a Coca-Cola bottle.

The mast looks like a straw.

And on the sails were written...
Loy Amos

No need for further explanation—Roy recognized it at a glance as the sail of the 'Black Loyalty'.

then
"Buzz!"

All the navy personnel present felt an immense pressure that made it almost impossible to breathe—if that pressure hadn't been so fleeting, it would have almost made them faint.

A moment later, they heard the lieutenant general's question.

Where was it found?

"Haha. Yes, over there."

Paru, of course, answered without hesitation, pointing to a stretch of sea to the east.

He then went on to explain what he knew: "As far as we know, Warrant Officers Hans and Farrell were originally returning after detaining criminals on Bros Island, but they reported to us that they needed to replenish supplies and stayed on a nearby island for two days."

At this point, Roy naturally had no doubts.

When detaining criminals, the detention forces inevitably pass through the waters where various naval branches are located. In order to obtain the right of passage, they will naturally report to the relevant branches when passing through a certain area.

Of course, Roy doesn't need to follow this rule now—his authority is enough for him to roam the world freely.

"Supplies?"

Therefore, at this moment, Roy was only puzzled by this information.

He remembered that the Black Loyalty was not short of supplies.

"Yes—we investigated afterwards, and they bought a large quantity of 'Pazza Cola' on several recent islands, saying they wanted to take it back as a birthday gift for their boss."

At this point, Palu glanced at Roy with a strange expression, thinking to himself that it probably wasn't this lieutenant general.

However, out of professional ethics, he explained in detail: "Pazza Cola is a specialty of Donghai, because it contains Donghai's unique 'Pazza Mint' and..."

"No need to talk about that, I know more about it than you do."

Roy waved his hand: "Those two bastards certainly know how to pick their time—keep going. Stop with the nonsense, tell me when they disappeared!"

"Yes!"

Paru quickly gave a military salute: "In short, when they finished replenishing their supplies and left, they reported to us again. The location was in this vicinity, but it seems that they encountered something during the reporting process."

As he spoke, he took out a recording Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi) and turned it on.

At that moment, a voice indeed came from inside the Den Den Mushi.

"Report, report, the detention force is warship DT-31, under the command of Vice Admiral 'Black Xie' Roy - I am the temporary commander of this ship, Lord Hans, the strongest man on the warship."

"We are currently at coordinates EB (43, 96), and we have replenished our supplies. We are about to return to headquarters."

Hans was clearly as unreliable as ever, and Roy could even hear Far's whispered words, "Hey, stop drinking, that's for the boss. Do you want him to take you out?" and Hans's reply, "I'll drink, I'll drink! My abilities mean I have to drink more."

But it is precisely at this moment
"Hey? Brother Far, what's that thing in the sky?"

"It looks like something fell down?"

"That's... everyone, prepare for battle immediately!"

Then, a jumble of noises came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi, and the connection was lost.

Then, all was quiet on the warship.

That's the situation.

Paru said in a hoarse voice, "We rushed to the scene immediately afterward, but we didn't find the 'Black Loyalty,' only the debris of these ships."

"We have already investigated, and there are no known high-bounty pirates in the East China Sea nearby."

As he spoke, Roy had already walked to the mast. He ran his fingers over the broken section of the mast and looked at the three fragments below.

However, if these fragments were pieced together with the mast itself...
"Claw marks from a wild animal?"

he said softly.

"Yes, it is!"

At this point, Paru became even more nervous: "We determined that those were claw marks from some kind of powerful beast."

"Based on the content of the call, we believe it might have been a natural disaster—a hurricane or waterspout that swept up sea monsters or some kind of beast and crashed onto the ship. But..."

He said it like that, but even he felt it was somewhat unconvincing.

Even setting aside the possibility that a hurricane might sweep up sea monsters and land on the Black Loyalty, there are no records of hurricanes or tornadoes occurring in the nearby waters.

Moreover, even assuming everything happened exactly as it happened, what about the wreckage of the ship?
But it was precisely when he was worried that Roy would get angry because of his completely illogical explanation.

".I see."

But he heard Roy's calm voice.

Then, Palu saw Roy raise his head and look up at the sky.

next moment.
"boom!"

His figure leaped up and soared into the sky.

"It's flying!?"

"Is this... the legendary Moonwalk, one of the Six Styles?!"

The marines present watched in astonishment as the figure soared freely like a bird.

But at this moment, Roy had no time to pay attention to the horror of the East Blue Marines.

He simply soared into the sky, higher and higher.

Until it pierced through the clouds, the wind howled.

Loy finally stopped his ascent.

In an environment where no one could see him, he no longer pretended to use Moonwalk.

And so he stood there, high in the wind.

"It's him."

At this moment, Roy already had the answer in his heart regarding the disappearance of the detained soldiers and the 'Black Loyalty'.

Attacks falling from the sky, powerful beasts, and vanished ships.

There is actually only one answer.

That legendary pirate from a bygone era, who has been missing for nearly twenty years.

"The enemy is not in the East China Sea at all; it is just that the East China Sea is his target."

So, Roy closed his eyes.

The sky leaves no trace of birds—the movements of flying enemies are always the most difficult to detect.

Even in theory, it would be difficult for Roy to find any trace of the other party under such circumstances.
but.
A fruit that Roy had recently obtained could actually help him.

[Nature Type - Froggy Fruit]

[Analyzed, current level LV3]

[Fruit Effect: Can transform into the wind and manipulate airflow]

[LV3: All fruit effects have been acquired; can transform into wind through elemental transformation and manipulate nearby air currents]

[LV4: Deeper development of the Devil Fruit, further increasing the range and intensity of airflow manipulation, allowing the user to transform wind into slashes or shape objects, create powerful gales in the vicinity, and move at high speed by transforming into the wind. Requires 50 billion Berries]

[LV5: Fruit Awakening - Hurricane Catastrophe, transforms into a true calamity of wind, dissipating its individual form and completely unleashing endless gales in the nearby sea. It can manifest in any nearby 'wind' at any time, using the wind as its sense to perceive any situation nearby, and can conjure 'tornadoes,' 'hurricanes,' and 'gusts' out of thin air. Maintaining this state requires a large amount of stamina and costs 120 billion Berries to unlock.]

Yes—not long ago, Roy obtained the location of Ambokam Saint's personal vault through interrogation by the Rooster.

Incidentally, the Celestial Dragons' coffers certainly can't all be in the incredibly expensive Mary Geoise.

In fact, Mary Geoise only contains the World Government's treasury and the 'family treasuries' managed by the twenty Celestial Dragon families. Moreover, their locations are extremely secretive, known only to the Five Elders and the heads of the twenty Celestial Dragon families.

Ordinary Celestial Dragons usually find a place to store their personal assets themselves.

For example, Ambrose Saint himself hid his treasury on a private island owned by the Limosiever family.

As he himself stated, the vault contained a treasure worth 70 billion Berries, as well as two Devil Fruits.

One of the Devil Fruits is the one Roy is currently using.

A Logia-type Devil Fruit that allows the manipulation of wind—its name is 'Boo-Boo Fruit'.

不过由于此前洛伊已经为未羊强化了‘岛岛果实LV4’‘毒毒果实LV5’‘麒麟果实LV5’与‘精精果实LV4’，加起来接近400亿贝利的消耗让他手头的钱依旧不算很宽裕。

So he originally didn't intend to enhance the fruit.

but now.
[150 billion Berry have been consumed]

[Yoyo Fruit LV3→LV5]

Roy did not hesitate.

At that moment, the wind around Roy became even more violent.

His entire figure seemed to be the eye of an endless raging storm.

From that howling wind, the air currents of the surrounding sea were pulled and swirled, converging towards Roy's direction.

The sky leaves no trace.

But clues are always hidden in the wind.

【Fruit Pairing - Enhanced Five Senses】

Roy closed his eyes, and his heightened senses of smell and hearing began to detect the unusual sounds in the wind.

Until a certain moment.
"."

He could smell a peculiar minty scent in his nose.

As a cola connoisseur, Roy could naturally smell it—although it was very faint, it was the smell of 'pazza mint'.

"Hans can be of some use sometimes."

Roy murmured, her gaze fixed on the direction from which the scent was coming.

"boom!"

The next instant, a fierce wind howled.

His figure had already disappeared from the spot.

"'Golden Lion'."

Only his cold voice echoed in the wind.

　Just to clarify, I don't believe Dragon's Devil Fruit is simply a Logia-type Devil Fruit related to wind.

　　Because he must have eaten the fruit during the Valley of the Gods.

　　Currently, among the prizes in God Valley, the known fruits are the 'Azure Dragon Fruit' and the 'Paw-Paw Fruit'.

　　Then there's Marco's Phoenix Fruit, and the Cerberus Fruit from Shamrock's sword. I also tend to think they were prizes from God Valley (Whitebeard probably took one and gave it to Marco, and then Korin took one and gave it to his son).
　　Therefore, I believe that God Valley's Devil Fruit is most likely a Mythical Zoan type or a Paramecia type with a very special ability.
　　Then, as the leader of the Revolutionary Army, I don't think it's possible that Dragon would just eat a simple Logia-type Wind-Wind Fruit [although the Wind-Wind Fruit is definitely no less than the top Logia-types of the three admirals, it just feels a bit lacking]. Therefore, in the current setting of this article, he should be a Mythical Zoan.

　　Of course, to avoid Oda revealing later that he's actually a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, I won't use the name "Wind-Wind Fruit." If I'm proven wrong, I'll just say the protagonist obtained the Wind-Wind Fruit from the Celestial Dragons' treasury, and that'll be it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)