One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 142 Kid, you have the makings of a king!
At this moment, in the village below Vermeer.

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Io, her mother, and her grandmother looked up at the sky.

And besides them.

The same was true for the other villagers who had already been summoned.

At this moment, their expressions were all blank.

In fact, when they were summoned by Aio and told that "a strange old man just flew up toward the palace and said the island was about to sink," they certainly didn't believe it.

But as the exaggerated battle continued, they all came to believe it.

Even from a considerable distance, they could see the collapsed palace and the fallen island fragments above.

And then there are the restless, ferocious beasts that roam the entire island.

But they never imagined they would see such a scene.

At this moment, the sky over Vermeer has been torn apart!

Or to be more precise—it was an immense amount of energy spreading across the sky above.

The thick clouds were like fragile paper at this moment, instantly evaporated and torn apart.

Even the sunlight behind the clouds was distorted at this moment.

When it was displayed to the outside, it looked as if the entire sky had been torn apart by this one blow.

Even though all the villagers didn't understand combat, they still understood...
If this attack had occurred in the sky, but on Vermeu, the entire floating island group would likely have been completely destroyed.

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All the villagers held their breath.

A clear expectation flickered uncontrollably in their eyes.

Because they have all realized that possibility they have been waiting for for more than ten years!
"Get ready quickly, if Shiki really does—we need to ensure the safety of the villagers in the palace."

And so, the oldest person in the village said these words.

The villagers began to take action.

And at the same time
Just as they expected.

Beneath the sky above that battlefield, the battle was over.

"boom!"

Roy's figure slowly landed on the ground in Navelmee.

At this moment, there were gruesome wounds on the left side of his body.

But at this moment, those wounds are constantly healing amidst the shimmering traces.

Sunflower Fruit LV5

[Glint-Glint Fruit LV4]

"It's been a long time since I've suffered an injury of this magnitude. Well done, old man."

At this moment, Roy's gaze was fixed on what was in front of him.

There was a huge, deep pit there.

In the deep pit
"Ha ha."

The golden lion is lying at the bottom.

But at this moment, the legendary pirate looked extremely miserable.

Starting from his waist, his already severed legs, along with 'Sakura Ten' and 'Dead Wood', all disappeared without a trace. His hands were burned beyond recognition, and his face and eyes were completely burned through.

The outcome has been decided.

His life was slipping away rapidly.

"Of course."

But clearly, the Golden Lion no longer cared at this moment.

"I am the Golden Lion. Cough cough."

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, which seemed to give him a brief moment of lucidity before death.

“You’re the real rascal—that old geezer Zefa really did take on a monster-like disciple in his old age.”

He struggled as he spoke.

Roy did not reply.

He still harbored resentment towards the Golden Lion for his previous actions, but there was no point in humiliating him before his death.

And it was at this very moment
"But why are you hiding yourself, kid?"

Golden Lion's words almost made Roy's heart skip a beat.

Could it be that his attack just now allowed the Golden Lion to see through his identity as the 'Star Lord'?

That doesn't make sense. The Buddha of Freedom's ability to manipulate fluctuations at will should be flawless.

But the next moment, Roy heard what the Golden Lion said next.

"That beastly spirit, is it not your true will?"

The Golden Lion said this, seemingly with some regret.

"I wanted to see your true 'conqueror's aura,' and you... cough cough, you have that spirit."

"Do you think I'm not good enough for you to show your skills, kid?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yi was also stunned.

Because if he heard correctly, the meaning of the Golden Lion was quite clear.

The other party seemed to have vaguely sensed that Roy's aura, which resembled 'Conqueror's Haki,' was not something he possessed himself.

And that is indeed the case—every time Conqueror's Haki clashed, Roy used the ancient aura effect of 'Tyrannosaurus Rex'.

But that's not the key point.

The most crucial point is the fact revealed in Shiki's words at this moment: "You mean I have the potential for Conqueror's Haki?"

When facing a dying man, Roy naturally held nothing back in his words.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Lion, who could no longer see anything, was taken aback.

He was a little stunned.

He had assumed that Roy had already mastered his Conqueror's Haki.

It was only through some kind of training that he transformed his Conqueror's Haki into that beast-like aura.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

Roy doesn't seem to even realize that he has Conqueror's Haki.

If that's the case, then what about that beast-like spirit?

The Golden Lion didn't know.

But clearly, that didn't matter to him at that moment.

"Kid, a king can sense another king."

His face, pale from blood loss, now flushed with a hint of excitement.

"You have the qualities of a king, I have no mistake in my sense."

Upon hearing this, Roy's expression became even more serious.

He had no doubt about what the Golden Lion said.

In the original work, Kaido on Onigashima once sensed Zoro's Conqueror's Haki during a battle—although Zoro himself was unaware of it and did not show it clearly.

So, Roy was naturally tempted.

In fact, after realizing that the Twelve Constellations had been targeted by the World Government, and that Im's vigilance towards him far exceeded his expectations.

Roy had been struggling with how to deal with Im in the future—or at least the Knights of God.

Conqueror's Haki is the only method he knows of to deal with the God Knight.

Therefore, what Shiki said naturally made him very concerned.

So at this moment, he couldn't even bother asking the question he originally wanted to ask.

What Luo Yi didn't expect was...
"amazing!"

He didn't even have to say a word.

Golden Lion, forcing himself to speak, said, "Kid, I know what you want to ask."

"The so-called Conqueror's Haki is the 'spirit of the soul' - it is not bound by the rules of the world, it is the spirit of kings who only follow their own rules, and it is the 'free will' that can never be taken away by others."

“Every user of Conqueror’s Haki is the king of their own ‘world’.”

At this point, he began to breathe heavily.

"But of all kings there is only one true king, and he must step over the corpses of the other kings to ascend the throne."

At this point, he couldn't help but think of his old rival 'Roger', and even further back, a man named Rocks.

They all grew step by step in their own era, defeating other kings time and time again.

Ultimately, they will possess the strongest Conqueror's Haki, truly standing at the pinnacle of the world.

"If you want to quickly master Conqueror's Haki, go find other powerful Conqueror's Haki users and use your soul to feel their 'will'."

"If your will can withstand their tyranny, you can awaken Conqueror's Haki."

"The stronger the user of Conqueror's Haki, the better the effect of doing this."

At this point, he shut his mouth in apparent pain.

Without him saying anything more, Roy could understand.

The method Shiki described might quickly activate Conqueror's Haki, but...
Finding a powerful user of Conqueror's Haki but not engaging in combat, instead engaging in a pure contest of soul and will—that is clearly an extremely dangerous approach.

"In the original work, Luffy might have used this method to train his Conqueror's Haki under Rayleigh's guidance?"

He was thinking in his mind.

But it was clear that the Golden Lion no longer cared about Roy's thoughts at this moment.

He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving like a bellows.

But at this moment, he was smiling.

Because he knows it very well.

Without awakening Conqueror's Haki, without being entangled in Conqueror's Haki—under these circumstances, Roy is already this strong.

if it is like this.
“Black Xie brat, I admit it.”

The words fell.

He laughed heartily.

"You will become a legend of the sea."

Regarding my choice to leave.
He was satisfied.

Then, his breathing gradually stopped.

"Hey, wait!"

Seeing this, Roy quickly asked, "About Rox—do you know he survived after God Valley? Do you know his fate?"

"Locks."

But clearly, the Golden Lion was no longer able to answer him.

He seemed to be just muttering to himself instinctively upon hearing the name.

"And how did you choose to exit?"

The murmurs gradually faded and eventually disappeared.

　Today’s update 1.08W
　　Chapter Three was another chapter about a coma that was rewritten until the early hours of the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)