Pirate: My Piltover technology is far ahead!

Chapter 85 The Fruit of Books

Oran doesn't have the habit of opening gifts in front of others. He only opened the box that Zefa gave him after Zefa left.

But Charlotte Linlin wanted Oran to open it on the spot. Besides the deposit and the gift, Charlotte Linlin also wanted to show the others in the underworld a certain attitude.

They are easy to get along with, and if they are happy, they can even give them a lot of things, so it's best not to refuse their invitations.

Friendship or destruction, the choice must be made.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

The box wasn't locked. After Oran opened the latch, the contents of the treasure chest were revealed: a Devil Fruit.

"Paramecia type Book-Book Fruit, Feld has put up a bounty in the underworld to find this fruit. Judging from your cooperation, this must be the one he found for you, right?"

You gave me what I needed, so I'll give you what you want.

"Thank you, Ms. Lingling, I really like this gift."

"Just call me by my name. We've exchanged gifts, so we're friends now, okay? Mmm~ Mmm~"

Charlotte Linlin's way of making friends is sometimes this simple, of course, that's when she's in a good mood. If she gets irritable one day, she can turn on you just as quickly.

Regardless of what the future holds, their relationship is currently very friendly.

"Of course, Lingling, we're friends now."

The Book-Book Fruit was a Devil Fruit that Oran had asked Feld to find along with the Gluttony Fruit, but it had been missing for many years.

Finding a specific Devil Fruit is never easy, even for the World Government.

"Ahem, so this fruit ended up here. No wonder I couldn't find it before."

Feld looked at the gift given to Oran and felt a little embarrassed, as it made him seem useless.

However, Oran didn't care about this. It was good to have the fruit after all. He then put the fruit away and didn't eat it immediately. After all, his character in some places was that of a Mercury-Mercury Fruit user, and it wouldn't be good to eat it directly.

Yes, he prepared this fruit for himself. His previous research on the PYROBROIN particle shield was in preparation for overcoming the weakness of not being able to swim.

While Devil Fruits may have some weaknesses, their ability to enhance strength is also undeniable.

In the original timeline, the Book-Book Fruit was the power of Charlotte Montdor, Charlotte Linlin's son, but in his hands, the fruit could only serve as a warehouse keeper.

But the fruit's power is not limited to that. According to a certain man surnamed Wei, it is a power that is enough to become a chapter boss, but due to the limitation of the chapter, many things were not shown.

Paramecia-type Devil Fruit abilities can be broadly categorized into three types: superpowers, superhuman abilities, and creation abilities.

The Book-Book Fruit falls into two categories: superpowers and creation. As the name suggests, this fruit can create books at will, but the abilities of these books are extremely exaggerated.

Taking people flying and communicating with each other using books is just the most basic point.

The Book-Book Fruit can also create illusions to deceive opponents. The book itself has a vast space to store things, and time stops for things stored inside. The creatures imprisoned inside never age, thus involving the abilities of space and time.

When the original timeline was imprisoned in the book, it tried its best but could not break free from the bookmarks. Its last thought was even to cut off its own arms, which shows how powerful it was.

Although it has the weakness of being afraid of fire, this is not unavoidable.

According to Vegapunk's hypothesis, Devil Fruits were born from human imagination, but Devil Fruits themselves have different levels of power.

The hierarchy of fruits is a case in point. A kilogram fruit can only adjust the weight between 1 kilogram and 10000 kilograms, while a ton fruit can easily exceed this limit.

The Quick-Cut Fruit can only transform into blades, while the Weapon-Weapon Fruit can freely transform into various weapons.

The restraint relationship between natural elements and the differences in abilities among animal-type animals are the most direct manifestations of this.

Especially for Zoan-type Zoan, the strength of Mythical Zoan is vastly different from that of ordinary herbivorous Zoan, and can even erase some individual differences.

The strength relationships among Paramecia-type Devil Fruits are the most perplexing, but the upper and lower limits of many Devil Fruits are also quite clear.

The Book-Book Fruit possesses powerful abilities across numerous dimensions, including flight, space, time, and mental illusions. This fruit was chosen by Oran based on his own characteristics and habits.

So far, the tea party has been going very well, and those who have come have noticed that Charlotte Linlin is behaving almost like a child, and is not as dangerous as they had imagined.

Seeing that Oran had obtained a Devil Fruit, some people became tempted.

Even if the ability isn't suitable, this thing can be sold for a huge sum of money. They don't know the details involved, nor do they know the value of "Hextech Gear" to the Big Mom Pirates.

Some people even simply believe that Oran guessed Charlotte Linlin's preferences correctly and ultimately obtained the Devil Fruit.

They do that too.

As the people at the tea party became less reserved, they began to move around more. With so many people from the underworld gathered together, it was a good opportunity to negotiate and discuss business.

There were conflicts among these people, but no one showed it. This was BIG MOM's territory, and to fight here, they would have to ask Charlotte Linlin herself for permission.

Those on the side of the main table also noticed something different. Charlotte Linlin's gaze would frequently linger on the photograph on the table, clearly indicating that it belonged to someone very important to her.

If you want to improve your relationship, this might be a good starting point.

The person in the photo has a full head of white hair, a cigarette between their fingers, and is wearing a nun's habit.

"Sister, do you see? I've built a wonderful kingdom! There will be more and more races here in the future!"

Charlotte Linlin muttered to herself, but then she heard a flattering voice in her ear.

"BIG MOM, this one really has a big smile on her face. That's great, her sunny smile makes you feel relaxed."

"Mmm~ mmm, right? This is our nun. Nuns are the light of this world."

[She guessed right; this nun is indeed very important to her. It seems that this is the most important step in building a relationship with her.]

"This is my first time attending a tea party hosted by you. May I ask, what is your relationship with this person?"

It was a seemingly ordinary sentence, but just that one sentence caused Charlotte Linlin, who had been all smiles, to suddenly change her attitude, and a terrifying aura immediately pressed down on her.

(End of this chapter)