Pirates: Honest Men in the Navy

Chapter 396: The secret of the Dark Fruit?A manifestation of powerful ability!

In the room, Doflamingo sat on the newly moved sofa, deep in thought.

At this time, Louis was chatting with Tina, who had been in the back room before coming out.

On the other side, Vergo was sitting carelessly at the coffee table, eating freshly baked donuts.

As for Teach, he had been released by Louis at this time.

At this time, he no longer had the toughness he had when he saw Louis before.

The whole person looked decadent.

That expression of despair was always on his face, as if his ambitions, dreams, etc. were all shattered.

For a moment, I lost my purpose in life and I didn’t know what to do.

"So, you missed an epic scene. In history, the only person with dual fruit abilities appeared. Tsk tsk tsk..."

Louis said while the dark power was still exuding from his hands.

The dark aura that overflowed kept swallowing the tea cup in his hand, and then spit it out completely.

But Tina said nonchalantly:

"What's there to see? But then again, isn't this Dark Fruit a natural type? Is it true that it can't be elementalized?"

In fact, Tina didn't dare to come out and see. She knew that she couldn't stop Louis from doing such crazy things.

But he was afraid that Louis would die as a result.

She was afraid that when she came out, she would see Louis's torn body.

So at that moment, perhaps Doflamingo and others were looking forward to the birth of the legend.

Only Tina was hiding alone, like a little quail, and could only pray silently for Louis.

Of course, she wouldn't show that kind of uneasiness at this moment, she would just pretend to be disdainful.

Louis smiled and seemed to understand that Tina was pretending. Even if he knew that she was deliberately changing the topic, he did not stop him. Instead, he turned around and said:

"Virgo..."

Vergo, who was eating donuts, glanced at Louis and then said:

"You really won't retaliate against me, right?"

"Hey, do I seem to be such a narrow-minded person?"

Louis glared at Vergo and asked with some annoyance.

But after thinking for a moment, Virgo nodded and said:

"Like, judging from what I've learned so far, once anyone offends you, General, there will basically be no good end."

"Then you have offended me now!"

Louis rolled his eyes angrily.

As soon as he finished speaking, Vergo was silent for a moment, and then he ate the donut in his hand. He exerted force with his feet, and the figure originally sitting on the sofa suddenly disappeared.

It is one of the six styles of shaving steps.

Then, in the next moment, Vergo appeared in front of Louis.

"Finger gun!"

There was a ruthless look in Vergo's eyes, and while he shouted low, he pointed at Louis' chest.

But at this time, Louis didn't react at all, as if he was waiting on purpose.

puff--

With a soft sound, Virgo's fingers sank directly into Louis' chest.

When he pulled his finger out, there was a bloody hole there.

After pricking his finger, Vergo sat back on the sofa very neatly, took out his handkerchief and pulled out the blood stains on his finger, spread his hands and said:

"I'm just following orders."

Doflamingo lowered his head, his eyelids twitching, thinking, "Why do I feel that you are trying to take revenge?"

"I didn't use Armament Haki, but I couldn't elementalize it. This proves that the Dark Fruit cannot be elementalized."

Louis lowered his head and looked at his wound, pointed at it and said calmly.

Tina on the side looked at Louis with a look that looked like a fool, and complained:

"Just to prove that it can't be elementalized? Are you that concerned?"

"No, it's not just that. My main purpose is to show you that although the Dark Fruit cannot be elementalized, it can bring stronger effects than elementalization..."

Looking at Louis, Doflamingo and others didn't quite understand what he meant by what he just said.

Only Tiqi, who was sitting in a lonely corner, raised his head and glanced at Louis, his eyes complicated, as if he couldn't say anything.

"Called the most vicious Devil Fruit ability in history, the power of the Dark Fruit... also includes its ability to absorb injuries."

Louis said softly.

After saying that, a dark aura gradually began to overflow from his body, and the dark power quickly enveloped the wound.

Under the incredulous eyes of everyone, Louis' injuries recovered as fast as before with the naked eye.

This is one of the manifestations of the powerful ability of the Dark Fruit. Although it cannot be elementalized, it actually has stronger and more practical effects——

Absorb damage!

"This... this is too... too strong, right? In other words, if the natural type is caught by someone, it will be injured, but the Dark Fruit can absorb the damage no matter what the situation is? "

Tina exclaimed.

"...But there are stronger side effects..."

At this time, Tiqi, who had been silent, interrupted at this moment.

I don’t know if it’s because he has no love left, or maybe it’s because he has walked before the gate of hell. In short, this guy feels a little bit broken and letting himself go...

"What do you mean?"

Doflamingo raised his eyebrows.

"The Dark Fruit can indeed absorb injuries, and it is indeed more practical than elementalization, but the problem is that while absorbing the damage, it is accompanied by severe pain. Generally speaking, it is double the pain.

And the more serious the injury is, the more severe the pain will be if you want to speed up the recovery!

Think about it, when you are fighting with others, if you are stabbed, you will feel double the pain. Even if there is no actual injury, the accumulation of this kind of mental pressure...

It's a very dangerous thing for anyone. "

Teach explained weakly.

Hearing this, Doflamingo imagined that state and felt that it was indeed very dangerous.

It sounds like the double pain and damage absorption are quite advantageous in comparison.

In fact, this doubling of pain is multiplication, not addition.

In the original story, not long after Tikki ate the Dark Fruit, he was hurt during the duel with Ace. Perhaps he hadn't gotten used to the pain yet, so he would cry out when he was hit anyway.

One can imagine the intensity of the pain.

"That's a little bad..."

Vergo nodded in agreement.

Only Tina looked at these people strangely and said:

"Have you forgotten something? The general's crushing ability has been awakened."

When Doflamingo heard this, his eyes widened and he said:

"So, you mean..."

"Perhaps for ordinary people, this is indeed an ability that can be called a double-edged sword. However, after awakening, my Shattered Fruit can 'shatter' a lot more things, including...my Pain.”

Louis grinned and said very calmly.

Tiqi also looked over with a surprised look on his face and said:

"No wonder you were expressionless just now. I thought you were holding back the pain. It turned out to be because of the broken fruit. It's so powerful..."

Louis looked at Teach strangely.

I don't know if it's my imagination...

Why do I feel like this guy is trying to flatter me?

"It's useless to say these flattering words. Teach, why do you think I kept you until now?"

Louis glanced at Teach and his tone was very rude.

After hearing this, Tiqi fell into silence again, and then said:

"What other value might I have to you? For example...use me to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates?"

"Hehehe, do we need you to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates? Do you think our navy can't deal with them? I can't deal with Newgate?"

Louis curled his lips disdainfully and mocked.

These words seemed very arrogant, and seemed not to take the former world's strongest man seriously at all.

However, in Teach's ears, these words were so natural. Louis, this guy, was indeed qualified to say this.

"Then what is my value to you?"

"Haha, first of all, don't imagine that you can return to the Whitebeard Pirates, or that you can continue to be a pirate. People like you have only two choices in front of me.

The first is to go to Impel Down, and the second is to die. Which one do you want to choose? "

Facing Teach's unwilling question, Louis stretched out his index and middle fingers and said calmly.

And these words were extremely cruel to Teach.

Whenever he felt there was some hope, he would choose to fight Louis.

But the problem is, Louis glanced at him before, and he almost burped.

That kind of overwhelming power really made Tiqi unable to resist.

Besides, he himself is not very courageous and moral.

Otherwise, in the original war at the top, Newgate would not have been beaten to the point of calling him daddy by an explosion before his death.

It's better to live than to die.

Tiqi still understands this truth.

Therefore, he just thought about it for a moment, without any intention of bargaining with Louis, and asked directly:

"If I go to Impel Down, what price will I have to pay?"

"It's not a price. Don't think of me as some kind of demon. I just want to know how the Dark Fruit takes away other people's abilities."

Louis asked.

Tiqi was shocked, but then he smiled bitterly and said:

"You know that too?"

"What do you mean?"

Doflamingo frowned and intervened in the conversation between the two.

"As far as I know, the Dark Fruit can take away the power of other people's Devil Fruit. In other words, even if you eat the Thread Fruit, I can extract your Thread Fruit and even give it the ability to others.

Of course, you will probably die..."

Louis smiled evilly.

"Hi~"

Doflamingo took a deep breath when he heard this.

It was quite scary for him to think about it.

"The hunting of abilities is the top secret I hide. Back then, the reason why I knew so much about the Dark Fruit was not just because of the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book..."

Looking at Tiqi who kept sighing with a sigh on his face, Louis was not surprised.

Because the information about the Dark Fruit in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia is not clear.

And he has also read the illustrated book, so he naturally knows it.

"Because of some... coincidences, I now know the truth about the Dark Fruit. This devil fruit has the power to temporarily confine the ability to escape when it kills other ability users.

Although it does not last long, as long as there is a suitable ordinary fruit, it can guide the rebirth of the devil fruit to a large extent.

I know this sounds incredible, but it is not a particularly complicated question. I understand that the reason why you ask this is because you have not killed an esper with the Dark Fruit.

Only when you wait until that moment, maybe you will know..."

Tikki sighed and talked a lot.

After listening, Louis nodded understandingly.

In fact, he had such doubts, but for the sake of caution, he spared Tiqi's life. Otherwise, he would have taken many detours.

Might as well ask him.

As far as his knowledge of the Dark Fruit is concerned, this guy Tiqi can be regarded as the best in the world.

Anyway, it’s just a matter of a few sentences.

After getting the exact answer, Louis nodded and said:

"Very well, I will notify Impel Down and ask them to prepare a comfortable single room for you there."

Teach glanced at Louis and asked with a smile:

"Then do I still want to say thank you?"

"Of course, but you're welcome."

Louis raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly.

Teach:…………