No kidding, even Rocks would have to offer me a cigarette.

With just a slight touch, Rahu directly copied and pasted the attributes of this Paramecia-type Power Fruit, without affecting the original Devil Fruit ability in the slightest.

This ability is somewhat terrifying.

After all, in the world of One Piece, Haki is considered one of the most important abilities a person can possess.

But Devil Fruits are just as impressive.

Some powerful Devil Fruit abilities can make someone of the same strength level even more unbeatable.

For example, the future Pirate King, Gol D. Roger.

Roger is a very typical example among the many powerful fighters who did not eat a Devil Fruit.

If a man like him, who is already standing at the top of the world, were to eat a suitable Devil Fruit, it would definitely allow his strength to break through to an even higher level.

For example, Roger, who already suffered from various diseases, would have been affected if he had eaten a Zoan-type Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Vampire form.

Therefore, Roger's physical strength will be greatly enhanced, and his stamina and recovery ability will also increase significantly.

Add to that the inherent bug in the Vampire Fruit that allows it to regain its youthful power by drinking blood, and it's hard to imagine how outrageous Roger in this form would be.

Perhaps if Roger had eaten a suitable Devil Fruit, his strength might have been on par with Rocks.

Of course, that was only in comparison to Rocks' pure chakra manipulation.

After all, a man who can be called the ruler of the sea is not someone whose Devil Fruit ability alone is enough to catch up with.

The reason why the Rocks Pirates were defeated in the God Valley battle in the original story was entirely because each of their pirate officers was a born king with a rebellious streak.

If it weren't for the lack of unity among the team's leaders, the World Government would have had to send the Five Elders, who are supposed to hold the highest authority in the world, to withstand the Rocks Pirates' attack during the God Valley Incident.

Thinking of this, Luo Hou began to look forward to going to the Rocks Pirates and absorbing all those god-level Devil Fruit abilities for his own use.

After all, both Shiki's Float-Float Fruit and Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit are rare, god-level fruits.

In addition, there is the upcoming God Valley battle.

There are also six unknown and precious Devil Fruits, which Rahu naturally covets.

After all, his goal was to storm Mary Geoise and execute all the Celestial Dragons.

Without extremely strong abilities combined with the power of dozens of Devil Fruits, it would be impossible to achieve anything.

Rahu might not be able to withstand the World Government's 800-year-old foundation.

The fact that they have been able to exist on this ocean for hundreds of years means they must have considerable strength.

Even excluding the Marine Headquarters and CP, two violent maritime organizations with Emperor-level power, the World Government still possesses the Five Elders, who are considered to have the highest authority in the world.

And even members of the Knights of God can be directly stored without reporting to the Celestial Dragons, who are world nobles!

In addition, there's the intimidating presence of the terrifying Im, whose true appearance and strength have never been revealed in the more than 20 years of manga serialization.

Therefore, in the stage where there is not enough strength as a trump card.

Rahu certainly wouldn't be so foolish as to rush straight to the holy land to kill those pigs.

"The next goal is to head straight to Devil's Island and see if we can find the Celestial Dragons and the highest-ranking admiral of the Marine Headquarters to strengthen our basic attributes."

Feeling the powerful force transmitted from the Power Fruit within his body, a subtle killing intent surfaced deep in Rahu's pupils.

If one can comprehensively improve their basic qualities to the level of a Marine Admiral, and then combine that with the enhancement of various Devil Fruit abilities...

Rahu was confident enough to kill those so-called Celestial Dragons, the world's nobles, right in front of the World Government.

.....

Chapter 13 General Kong Gu

At the same time that Rahu was planning to go to Devil's Island to kill a few Celestial Dragons for fun, the naval fleet responsible for protecting the Sky Gold also sent the news of the Sky Gold being stolen to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

Inside the lavishly decorated and obviously expensive room, five stern-faced old men, exuding the air of superiors, looked grimly at the naval vice admiral kneeling on the ground who had come to deliver the message.

These five old men are none other than the Five Elders, the apparent rulers of the World Government, who are hailed as the highest holders of power in the world.

As one of the few immortals in the world government, these five individuals have served eight consecutive terms as the world's highest authority.

The highest authority in the world represents not only their qualifications, but also their power.

However, at this moment, the five old men had extremely unfriendly expressions as they looked at the naval vice admiral kneeling on the ground.

"You mean to say that even with the combined escort of you bunch of useless Navy idiots and those useless CP organization idiots, the Heavenly Gold was still stolen by two pirates?"

"There were even members of the CP organization who betrayed the government and revealed the Celestial Dragons' exact location to those two pirates?"

Shepard X. Peter, the youngest of the Five Elders with blond hair, looked coldly at the Navy personnel kneeling on the ground, who didn't even dare to raise their heads to look at them.

He is one of the Five Elders in the World Government, responsible for managing the CP organization.

Now that his subordinates have betrayed the government, it's undoubtedly a slap in the face to his colleagues.

Even though he had lived for hundreds of years, this melodramatic plot almost made him so angry that his nose almost crooked.

This is not because the Celestial Gold is particularly valuable, nor because the Devil Fruits contained within it are particularly rare.

If these things are gone, we can simply collect a second round of "sky gold" from those countries this year to make up for it.

The only thing that angered him was that there were people within the CP organization who betrayed the government, and who even directly revealed the Celestial Dragons' exact location to pirates.

This is a very serious matter.

Although ordinary Celestial Dragons are nothing compared to the Five Elders.

However, as the Five Elders, they still need to consider just how terrifying the family power behind the Celestial Dragons really is.

If a Celestial Dragon were to die, the heads of those clans would surely give them a severe dressing down.

The thought of possibly facing those unreasonable compatriots who seemed to have their brains and intestines all tangled together sent a jolt of excruciating pain through Peter’s nerves.

"The closest people to the sea area where the Heavenly Gold was robbed should be those guys, Nadebon Tania Saint and Carola Maz Saint, right?"

"Which admiral is in charge of protecting them from the navy? Has the message been properly communicated?"

In contrast to Peter Saint's anger, Topman Vochuli Saint, the Five Elders with the mustache, calmly analyzed the current situation.

The Celestial Dragons' lives must never be lost to pirates.

This concerns whether the divine majesty they have spent 800 years building can be preserved.

Moreover, the plan is about to be implemented. At this critical juncture, absolutely no mistakes can be made.

"Reporting to the Five Elders, the admiral in charge of escorting the ships this time is Admiral Steelbone Sky."

"Naval Headquarters has informed him to be vigilant in protecting the safety of the world's nobles at all times!"

The vice admiral who came to report the situation barely hesitated after hearing the Five Elders' question, and immediately pointed out the admiral who was the highest-ranking officer dispatched by their Navy Headquarters.

According to the general order of the World Government.

The Naval Headquarters can appoint three highest-ranking naval officers. These officers are responsible for maintaining government authority and for operations such as collecting "heavenly gold."

During this period, the three admirals of the Marine Headquarters were Kong, Zephyr, and Garp, all masters who specialized in mastering Haki.

Although among the three top-ranking admirals of the Marine Headquarters, Garp is an exception who has never accepted any official position and has never acknowledged himself as a Marine admiral.

However, due to his powerful combat strength, both the Marine Headquarters and the outside world have generally accepted that Garp is the third Marine Headquarters Admiral.

Furthermore, because these three individuals only cultivate domineering aura, their names and code names are all based on their physical strength.

Among them, whether it's Steel Bones, Iron Fist, or Black Wrist, they are all undeniably top-tier and domineering.

"It's Kong Gu, huh? That's alright."

"This guy's strength is indeed among the top in the sea. If he were to protect the Celestial Dragons, there wouldn't be any problem."

"If there are no other problems with Kong Gu, after the next operation... let's promote him directly to Fleet Admiral."

"Netanya is an old man from the last era. Ever since his last clash with that guy Rocks, his mental state has been declining rapidly."

"A Fleet Admiral who has lost most of his fighting spirit is of no use to the government."

"Agreed..."

After exchanging glances, the five elders immediately agreed with the idea of ​​the mustache-wearing elder.

In fact, it doesn't matter that much to the World Government who serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

They simply wanted to establish someone with significant prestige within the Navy Headquarters to facilitate their control over the Navy's sharpest weapon.

Kong Gu is a very capable general with a sharp mind, making him the perfect candidate.

As for the other two generals, that's another story.

Black Arm Zephyr is still relatively young and has only recently been promoted to Admiral. He is not yet qualified for this position.

As for Garp the Iron Fist, he's definitely a troublemaker.

Let alone appointing him as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He hasn't even held the position of Admiral of the Navy Headquarters yet.

"By the way, who exactly are those two pirates who stole the Celestial Gold? Since someone from your Navy escaped back, you must have known about them, right?"

"It definitely can't be someone from the Rocks Pirates. That guy seems to be plotting something lately and hasn't shown up for a while."

The Five Elders looked at the sweating Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, hoping to find some answers in his eyes.

To be honest, they personally didn't want to believe that even though all the members of the CP organization had been killed, these navy personnel were able to escape and come back to report on the situation.

If no one was interfering, then it means that the pirates who stole the Heavenly Gold had close ties with the Navy.

"Reporting...Reporting to the Five Elders...Vice Admiral Garp's son...Monkey D. Dragone, was on the naval escort ship at the time."

"Those two pirates only glanced at Lieutenant Commander Dragon and then stopped chasing our Marine Headquarters warships."

The Five Elders, who were initially skeptical, were now on high alert after hearing the Vice Admiral's words.

If there really is a pirate mole within the Marine Headquarters, then it poses a significant threat to their upcoming plans.

However, it's clear now that it's not time to completely break off relations.

So they only felt a sense of caution and didn't say anything more.

"Only two pirates were able to kill more than a dozen members of the CP organization, one of whom was a CP0 member who had mastered Haki~"

Marcus Mazsan, with a long beard, stood with his hands behind his back and said in disbelief.

This era belongs to Lox.