One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

"Okay, okay."

Roy spread his palms, and the gravity field disappeared, but he used his ability to keep the ordinary soldiers who were surrounding him from coming over to disturb him.

"Bang!"

Barrett lunged forward again, the impact of his fist against the arm producing a dull thud. The cat-faced mask's feet cracked inch by inch, and the force of the punch propelled the masked man backward.

"How is this possible... His power is still increasing!" The cat-faced mask was horrified. He felt his iron shield being gradually dismantled by the other party.

Barrett followed up with another punch, slamming it heavily into the cat-faced CP's abdomen. Even with the protection of Armament Haki and Iron Body, the blow still caused internal injury, and a mouthful of blood spurted from under the mask.

"Finger Pistol - Rapid Fire!" The remaining four CP members immediately surrounded them, knowing that they couldn't leave without taking down Barrett together, as there was a mysterious guy waiting for them outside.

Barrett neither dodged nor avoided, but simply covered his vital parts with Armament Haki.

The finger gun only left a few shallow bloody holes in his body, but he used the impact to grab the cat-faced couple's arm.

"Gotcha, you rat!"

With both hands exerting force, they swung the cat-faced couple like weapons and slammed them hard onto the ground.

The battle didn't last long. After the Cat Face CP lost their fighting ability, the ordinary CP members were also dealt with one by one by Barrett in his rage, dying on the spot.

After the battle, Barrett stood in the wrecked tent, looking at the corpses of Gray and the CP members, his eyes filled with complex emotions—anger, relief, and a hint of bewilderment.

He had hoped to bring victory to the country, but he never expected that the country and his superiors to repay him in this way.

Roy walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"It's time to make a decision, Barrett!"

Barrett remained silent for a long time, the confusion in his eyes dissipating, and he suddenly turned his head to stare at Roy with bloodshot eyes.

"If you dare to betray me again..."

"Hahaha~"

Before Barrett could finish speaking, Roy smiled happily, spreading his arms wide and looking at Barrett with an unguarded expression.

"If that day ever comes... kill me!!!"

Seeing Roy's reply, Barrett felt the man's sincerity for the first time, and a rare smile appeared on his cold face.

Roy extended his palm, and Barrett also extended his right hand, their palms clapping tightly together.

"Welcome aboard, heir of the devil, Douglas Barrett!"

The others, including Tesoro, happily stepped forward and greeted Barrett one by one.

The group then began ruthlessly searching the commander's tent and the valuables on the CP members, as well as Gray's private collection of treasures.

Led by Barrett, they entered a secluded room.

"This is Douglas Gray's private room. If there's any treasure, it should be here."

"Well done, Barrett."

After all, the most exciting moment is when you're looting the loot boxes.

"Boss, there's a safe here."

Savi, who had been eagerly waiting, began searching everywhere as soon as he entered the room. Sure enough, there was a safe on the wall behind the table.

Roy stepped forward, removed the oil painting covering the wall, and extended his mental energy.

With a "click," the safe door popped open, revealing two oddly shaped Devil Fruits, a Devil Fruit encyclopedia, and some gold and silver treasures, which Roy wasn't interested in.

"Oh? What an unexpected bonus!"

Roy picked up one of them. Its dark gray exterior was covered with raised squares and triangles, giving it a strange feel of being able to merge with everything. "If I'm not mistaken, this is the Fusion Fruit that originally belonged to Barrett, right?"

Roy didn't recognize the other one, but since Gray treasured it so much, it couldn't be some useless Devil Fruit.

Seeing Roy carefully examining the fruit, Savi curiously stepped forward.

"Boss Roy, what's this?"

Barrett couldn't help but be curious about Roy's serious attitude towards the two fruits. Hearing Savi's question, he couldn't help but take two steps forward.

Seeing that neither of them had ever seen a Devil Fruit before, Tesoro, who was packing treasure into a box, explained, "This is a secret treasure from the sea, a Devil Fruit. Eating it will grant you all sorts of strange abilities."

"Boss Roy ate the Paramecia-type Nen-Nen Fruit, and you've all witnessed his abilities."

Upon hearing this, longing flashed in both of their eyes. Barrett knew all too well how difficult Roy was to deal with.

Before the two could speak, Tesoro continued, "However, the boss said that Devil Fruit abilities vary in strength. If you eat a useless Devil Fruit, not only will your strength not improve much, but you will also be left with a weakness of being afraid of seawater."

After tidying up the valuables in the room, Roy put the two fruits he had just obtained, along with the Devil Fruit he had acquired before, into the treasure chest, along with the fruit illustrations.

"It's time to leave. The commotion just now was quite loud, and the Navy should have received our message by now. Let's leave first regarding the fruit."

Roy sensed the chaos in the military camp and knew that the commotion had attracted attention.

The group agreed, took their spoils, and followed Roy toward the docking point of the "White Dove".

However, not long after they left the military camp, three enormous warships broke through the morning mist and slowly docked at the port.

At the bow of the main ship, a three-meter-tall, sleazy-looking man wearing sunglasses was lazily yawning, next to a stern-faced Vice Admiral from the Navy Headquarters.

Borsalino watched the dust rising from the direction of the military camp on the island and smirked, "Looks like I'm too late again. But the main characters seem to be here. How terrifying~"

Vice Admiral Walu clenched his fists, raised his right hand, and shouted to the two hundred naval soldiers already lined up on the shore, "Prepare for battle! We cannot let the pirates escape!"

Roy, who was heading to the White Dove with his companions, suddenly sensed a familiar presence rapidly approaching.

The perceptive Barrett noticed the smile playing on Roy's lips and asked curiously, "What's wrong, Roy? Did you find something?"

"It seems leaving easily won't be so simple."

Roy took a deep breath, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, and solemnly gave instructions to Tesoro and the others.

"Tezzolo, Stella, you two take little Savi to the White Dove and prepare for departure."

Seeing Roy's serious expression, Tesoro didn't say anything more, nodded, then grabbed Stella's foot (which had transformed into a white dove), picked up Savi, and flew towards the White Dove, leaving first.

After the three left, Roy turned to Barrett and gave him a smile.

"Barrett, are you ready for a big battle? Consider it a gift for your first voyage!"

"I couldn't ask for more!"