One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 56 The Black Loyalty! The Rat-Faced Mask!

three days later.

The city of seven waters, a port.

The shipwrights were busy repairing the damage caused by the previous battle while chatting with the sailors beside them.

"Don't worry, trust Carrera's skills! Our company has the best shipwrights—your ship isn't badly damaged, it can be repaired today."

The lead shipwright carried a hammer and hammered away, glancing curiously at Hans beside him.

"By the way, your superior—uh, I mean Major Roy—he really is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

"How can it be false?"

Hans, who had heard this question countless times in the past three days, spoke his mind: "Our boss is the disciple of former Admiral Zeff—'Fire Fist' Ace, you know? He fled in terror in front of our boss, even that Shichibukai was defeated."

"Cough cough."

As he said this, Far coughed twice.

Hans immediately changed the subject: "They were also forced to fight to a draw with our boss—you have no idea, the entire sea was..."

He began to boast enthusiastically, eliciting gasps of surprise from the shipwrights nearby.

Meanwhile, on the deck of the warship.

"The government really knows how to seize opportunities during the Shichibukai's military exercises."

General Roy lay on a chaise lounge with his hat on his face and a long straw in his mouth, connected to a Coca-Cola bottle below.

At that moment, he was thinking the same thing to himself.

Yes.

Three days ago, shortly after learning about the contents of the newspaper from the 'Buffalo Bar'.

Loy then received a phone call from Navy Headquarters, personally made by Vice Admiral Bilos.

“Roy, that’s what the newspaper says, don’t take it to heart—just consider it good news for our detention unit.”

Not long after, Zefa also called.

“Kid, don’t let your reputation get in the way—even when you’re on a mission, you must train hard. I heard you’ve developed two new Hadouken techniques? Come back to headquarters and practice with me.”

It was through these two old men that Roy learned what had happened.

Simply put, the blame lies with him—more precisely, with the 'Rooster' and 'Dragon'.

The World Government was already somewhat affected after the Rooster's robbery of the Heavenly Gold.

While not everyone in the World Government's member states is in a state of panic, many kings are worried that their countries might face the same situation as the Kingdom of Nismael.

This led to the World Government putting pressure on the Navy, resulting in the Navy launching a 'tri-service military exercise'.

But before this matter had even come to an end, Chenlong launched another major attack.

He killed Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

This further damaged the World Government's prestige—after all, the Seven Warlords of the Sea were one of the three major powers on the sea, which they claimed to use to counterbalance the Four Emperors.

And in this case.

The fact that Roy defeated Hanafuda is quite subtle.

If news reports of "the Navy fighting the Seven Warlords" or "the Seven Warlords being defeated by a Navy lieutenant commander" were to surface, the prestige of the Seven Warlords would plummet even further.

Furthermore, as a subordinate agency of the World Government, it's not appropriate for the Navy to publicize its battles with the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

But it's unclear which powerful figure in the world government orchestrated this report.

"The battle between Hanafuda and me became a 'warm-up match' before the military exercises. The result of the battle was a draw. At the same time, some battle footage was attached. In this way, the focus of the world's attention will naturally become the military exercises themselves."

"The World Government must have originally intended to use this military exercise to demonstrate its strength to the world and reassure people. After all, in fact, the World Government is indeed the most powerful force."

Hanafuda preserved the title of Shichibukai.

The headquarters promoted the Supernova, restoring public confidence in the Navy.

The world government publicized the tri-service military exercises to save face.

Although Morgans did not report the facts, he got a 'big news'.

A win-win-win situation.

The only one who suffered a loss
"just me."

Roy scratched his head.

That's right—although he has gained tremendous fame, he is now having a bit of a headache.

Because of the push from the Navy and the government, Roy has now become a key participant in the tri-service military exercise!
According to recent publicity, he has clearly secured a place in the top three of the martial arts competition.

But the problem is
"I originally only planned to participate and get a place in the top ten, and then go back to inherit the position of Grandpa Bilos as the manager of the detention force."

Roy muttered to himself. But then he thought again—it seemed that from the moment he started fighting Hanafuda, his plan to keep a low profile was not going to work.

so.
"It's all the fault of Hanafuda, so why are you eating vegetables?"

Roy muttered, "He got off too cheaply by only asking for two billion Berries and two Devil Fruits."

By the way—the two billion Berries that Hanafuda promised will be given to us by headquarters as soon as Roy returns.

The two Devil Fruits will be delivered within half a month at most.

And just as Roy was thinking to himself.

"Boss!"

He heard Hans shouting below.

"Ok?"

Roy grunted through his nose.

"Boss, the shipwrights say they want your autograph—and the Black Colaloy is mostly repaired, so we can head back to headquarters tonight!"

Only after hearing Hans's words did Roy finally remove the hat from his face.

"Oh?"

He raised an eyebrow: "We can return tonight?"

A chill had already spread through his eyes.

Now that he could return, his plan could begin.

but
"Wait, what number did you just say?"

"The Black Cola Roy, we haven't decided on a name for the ship yet—I think since this ship is your personal warship, it should naturally have your name as its name!"

"Sergeant Hans Tur, have you forgotten that I am the commander of this ship!"

Roy gritted his teeth, his eyes growing even colder.

"No matter what—shouldn't I be the one to name the ship myself?"

He could tolerate the ship itself resembling a Coke bottle, but now the name is going to drive him crazy?
This child must not be allowed to live!

That day and night.

The warship, now renamed 'Black Loyalty', with a humanoid bait named Hans hanging from its bow, officially set sail from Water Seven to return home amidst the latter's excited, almost deafening cheers.

What no one knows is...
Just hours after Roy left the island to return home.

At the port, the boatmen responsible for routine port inspections raised a questioning voice.

"what happened?"

His companion, who was yawning beside him, asked.

"No, it's nothing, it's just that I thought I saw someone over there just now—no, that's not right, it looked like a rat?"

The boatman glanced at the empty spot and scratched his head.

"What are you talking about? Who do you think you are, you rat? You've only had two drinks today, are you drunk?"

"Huh? You're underestimating my drinking capacity? Come on, let's go to the bar for a few more drinks after our night patrol!"

"It's a pity that Buffalo Bar is closed tonight, so we'll have to go somewhere else."

After discussing this, the two boatmen soon left.

And they, of course, had no idea what would happen after they left.

"Buffalo Bar is closed?"

A figure appeared out of nowhere.

He was shrouded in a long, black robe and glanced in the direction of Water Seven.

That's perfect.

He took a step forward, muttering to himself.

"Crack!"

A door appeared out of thin air.

He stepped inside and then vanished without a trace.

Just as he stepped inside, the moonlight fell precisely on his face.

It illuminated the rat-face mask on his face.

(End of this chapter)