NOVEL WEB Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Who Eats the Munch-Munch Fruit?
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[Shanks: "It's still this look! I like it, hahaha~~~~"]
[Charlotte Linlin: "Mamamama..... My favorite kind of plot twist is here!!! Old hag!!"]
[Gecko Moria: "It's been a year and a half, the Straw Hat Pirates are back in the world~~"]
[Sakazuki: "Shameless villains!! They don't let people see them doing bad things, so does that mean it wasn't them who did it? This bunch of damned criminals!!"]
[Monkey D. Dragon: "Don't randomly accuse others! They are just taking back what rightfully belongs to them. I bet they will only take the gold they deserve. As for other riches, they won't take them!"]
[Gol D. Roger: "That's right! I also bet that Straw Hat kid won't take much more!"]
[Sengoku: "No matter what, those Marines didn't know that Wapol and his group had already become pirates. This isn't the Marines' problem!!"]
[Koby: "Don't you even have the decency to know?? The Tin-Plate Kingdom was tyrannized by Wapol for several years, and you Marines didn't even hear a peep? Now that Straw Hat and his crew have eliminated the evil for the people, you Marines still have the nerve to condemn them???"]
[Marco D. Teach: "Zehahahaha!!! I have the right to speak! When I went to Drum Island before, Wapol and his guards ran away immediately! The people there were overjoyed, hahaha!!"]
[Trafalgar Law: "Looking at the previous situation, it's not necessarily that the Marines didn't receive news of the Tin-Plate Kingdom being tyrannized, but it's possible that, like with the Bruming Archipelago, the news was intercepted by certain Marines!!"]
[Rocks D. Xebec: "Hahaha! Makes sense!! How could the Marines only have trash in the East Blue? The rotten Marines of the Grand Line are definitely even worse [][][]~~~"]
[Outside Marine Branch 19]
["What!!!"]
[Suddenly seeing five dark shadows emerge from the faint moonlight, the two guards at the entrance immediately shouted~~~]
["Ugh! Ugh!"]
["Still dare to make a sound?"]
[A wooden staff unceremoniously swung over~~~~]
[Luffy's wooden staff tapped Usopp's body, then pointed towards the searchlight~~~]
[Immediately after, the wooden staff tapped Sanji and Zoro, pointing to the right.]
[The wooden staff then tapped Buggy and himself, pointing to the left.]
[Then he pointed the wooden staff forward, advance!!]
[It's not the first time they've done this, their methods are practiced!!!]
[Following Usopp picking up stones and smashing several searchlights, the other four quickly broke into the base barracks~~~]
["Ahhh!"]
["Bastards, you...."]
["...Ugh!!"]
["Help~~~~"]
["Attack! Enemy attack!!"]
[...]
[A cacophony of shouts came from within Marine Branch 19~~~]
[It didn't take long for it to become completely quiet...]
[By the time the five of them came out of the branch base, they had already divided up the spoils!!!]
["Those Royal Army pirates, 1 million each, we're letting them off easy!!!"]
["Yeah! The two executives add up to 20 million Berries, Wapol counts for 30 million Berries, a total of 100 million Berries, we're really letting them off easy!"]
[Back on the Merry, everyone immediately set sail!!]
[They even took the submarine of the Tin-Plate Pirates with them~~~]
[When they reached the deep sea, Zoro made a few cuts, and the bottom of the submarine started leaking. Then, after sinking into the dark seabed~~~~]
[The five sets of tin-plate armor were thrown into the sea, completely destroyed!!!]
[Gol D. Roger: "Sure enough, just as I guessed, they only took their deserved share....."]
[Shanks: "That Red Luffy over there may be unconventional in his actions, but his bottom line and principles are still very stable~~~~"]
[Edward Newgate: "Gurararara..... The Marines won't give it, so I'll take it myself!! This old man likes this style of action!!!"]
[The Going Merry sailed on the sea, heading towards the Alabasta Kingdom~~~]
["Ah! Heavens!!!"]
[Just as they were preparing to pack up and sleep, in the tangerine orchard on the deck, Nami suddenly screamed!!!]
["Nami-swan!!! I'll protect you!"]
[Sanji rushed over with a whoosh~~~]
["Then~~"]
["Nani!!!" (What!!!)]
[And at that moment, Luffy and the others also quickly gathered in the tangerine orchard~~~]
[Helping them see the situation clearly before them, every single one of them widened their eyes in shock!!!]
[In the deepest part of the tangerine orchard, on the tangerine tree hidden furthest inside, hung many tangerines.....]
[Of course, tangerines hanging full on the tree aren't scary!!!]
[What's scary is..... among these tangerines, there was actually a Devil Fruit completely covered in mysterious patterns!!]
[It was brazenly mixed among the tangerines, showing not a hint of self-awareness as a Devil Fruit.....]
[Usopp's mouth gaped open, utterly horrified: "W-w-w-what!!! This is... a... Devil Fruit!!!!"]
["White hair, we recognize it!!!" Sanji said.]
["What's going on!!! Nami, how can your tangerine tree still grow Devil Fruits???"]
[Looking at the Devil Fruit growing on the tree, Luffy was puzzled~~~~]
[Aren't Devil Fruits (usually found, not) grown on trees????]
["That shouldn't be right.....!"]
[The others also looked at each other, so they didn't understand what was going on~~~]
[Only Buggy suddenly said: "That's not right! This isn't a Devil Fruit grown from the tree!!! This Devil Fruit is very likely Wapol's!!"]
["Wapol's???"]
[Hearing Buggy say this, the expressions on everyone's faces became even more confused~~~]
[Buggy continued: "You all know, when a Devil Fruit user dies, the Devil Fruit will randomly reincarnate somewhere in the sea!"]
["Yeah! I've heard of it!" Sanji nodded.]
["But! There's another situation!! If a Devil Fruit user dies, and there are fresh, intact fruits nearby, then this Devil Fruit has a certain probability of possessing that fruit." Buggy said.]
["There's such a thing???"]
[Nami gently touched this Devil Fruit, her heart pounding with excitement~~~]
[She turned her head to look at Luffy: "Luffy, quickly check the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, what kind of Devil Fruit is this exactly~~~"]
["Okay!" In fact, before Nami even finished speaking, Luffy had already taken out the pocket-sized Devil Fruit encyclopedia and started flipping through it vigorously.]
[The others all gathered around, like a group of poor children looking at a rich kid's trading cards~~~]
[Not long after, the Devil Fruit encyclopedia stopped at a certain page!!!]
[The Devil Fruit pictured on this page looked exactly the same as the one mixed in with the tangerines!!!]
[Below it was written the name...]
[Munch-Munch Fruit!!!]
["After eating it, one can eat anything, turn it into a part of the body, or combine it into new things!!!"]
[Wapol: "Damn it!!! That's my Devil Fruit!!"]
[Kizaru Polsino: "It works like this too? Devil Fruits can actually reincarnate in this way? Then can't one hunt Devil Fruit users???"]
[Rocks D. Xebec: "Don't count on this method!! Although everyone knows this method is possible, the success rate is extremely low! It's so low that it's almost impossible!"]
[Koby: "Shashashasha!!! Back when I was still in the Rocks Pirates, Rocks-san took us everywhere hunting Devil Fruit users. We killed no less than a hundred users, but not a single one successfully transferred its power to a nearby fruit."]
[Sengoku: "This kind of thing is almost impossible!!! Let alone how high the success rate is, even if it reached one percent, then the Devil Fruit users on this sea would have long been in constant danger~~~"]
[Garp: "That's right, no matter how strong one is, no one wants their head to be targeted by others all day long."]
["It really is the Munch-Munch Fruit!!"]
[Luffy carefully compared it with the Devil Fruit encyclopedia before making a conclusive statement!]
["Who eats this Devil Fruit?"]
[Luffy looked at Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp~~~]
[On the Merry, currently, only these three are not Devil Fruit users.....]
["I don't need it!!"]
[Zoro shook his head, just like before, "On a ship, not everyone can be a Devil Fruit user!!"]
["Otherwise, if the ship capsizes, the whole crew will be wiped out by the sea~~~"]
[Usopp stepped on the railing of the ship, struck a pose: "A brave warrior of the sea definitely doesn't eat Devil Fruits!!"]
[Alright.....]
[These two are dead set on being non-users!!!]
[Sanji thought for a moment, then said with a grin: "The ability of this Devil Fruit can combine new things, which is quite useful for me!!! In the future, I'll make fruit jam for you guys. I just need to eat the fruits, and then..."]
[Thwack!! Thwack!! --]
[Several fists simultaneously landed on Sanji's head~~]
["Don't even think about it!! --"]
[Everyone furiously rebuked.]
[If Sanji had originally said he was willing to eat this Devil Fruit, everyone would definitely have no objections!!!]
[But now, hearing Sanji say this..... even if they beat him to death, they absolutely couldn't let Sanji eat this Devil Fruit!!!]
["Ouch~~"]
[Sanji, seeing stars, climbed up from the ground, just about to get angry, but then saw Nami clenching her fists, instantly turning into a simpering dog: "So it was Nami-swan's fist of love, hit me a few more times....."]
[Thwack!!]
[Nami's fist landed, and a large bump swelled up on Sanji's head.....]
[...]
[A demonic expression appeared on Nami's face. Staring at Sanji, her voice was like a demon's: "Listen, Sanji, you are... ab-so-lute-ly!! Not!! Allowed!! To!! Eat!! This!! Devil!! Fruit!!"]
["Yes!!! But Nami-swan is so cute even like this, I will die obeying Nami-swan's orders!!!" Seeing Nami's terrifying appearance, Sanji actually looked blissful~~]
[The few people around all covered their faces and shook their heads~~~~]
[A simp will never get the house, ah.] (A Chinese internet slang meaning simps will never achieve their ultimate goals/desires, "house" often symbolizing success or a stable relationship.)
[At this time, Luffy looked at Nami and said, "Nami, then you take care of this Devil Fruit!"]
["Hmm~" Nami nodded.]
[Looking at the current personnel configuration on the ship, having Nami keep it is the most suitable.]
[After all, she has a history of hoarding money, so...]
[Managing a precious Devil Fruit will surely be no problem~~~]
[As for how to deal with this Devil Fruit, Luffy hasn't thought that far ahead yet.]
[Anyway, they're not short on money now, so they definitely don't need to sell it!!!]
[Let's keep it for now, maybe a future crewmate can use it~~~]
[Usopp: "...That Sanji over there has an even more severe perverted constitution than this Sanji here~~~~"]
[Roronoa Zoro: "This Sanji here is still more cringey~~~"]
[Vinsmoke Sanji: "Hey! You two bastards!!!"]
[A few days later, the Going Merry successfully arrived at the Alabasta Kingdom!!!]
[Port city, Nanohana~~~]
[Old habits! ~~~]
[When encountering an island, go ashore to purchase supplies. This is the most basic respect for the great sea route...]
[Sanji and Zoro went to buy ingredients, Buggy and Usopp stayed to guard the ship, Luffy, Nami, and Chopper went to buy daily necessities and sailing essentials~~~]
[Finding the newspaper office in Nanohana city, Luffy's group of three entered the store~~~]
["Hey!! You folks look like you're from out of town!!! What do you need??" The owner of the newspaper office warmly greeted them~~~]
[Nami looked at the shelves and asked, "Boss, what's the oldest newspaper you have here? Do you have any from within the last 50 years?"]
["50 years???"]
[The newspaper office owner was stunned, then shook his head, "How could a place like ours have newspapers that old? You'd have to go to a place like the Sabaody Archipelago for that. The oldest newspaper we can find in our store is from 20 years ago."]
["20 years then..... that's fine too!!!"]
[Nami lightly bit her lower lip, casually nodded her little head, then said, "Boss, we need newspapers with bounty posters. Please trouble yourself to bring us a copy of all the newspapers with bounty posters from within the last 20 years~~~"]
[!!!]
[Hearing this, the boss's eyes lit up!!! "Big customers are here!!!"]
[Usually, for customers with such special requests, the boss would raise the price of the goods by a small margin!!!!]
[After all, special requests come with special prices~~~]
["Beauty, I can definitely find them all for you, but for a complete set of newspapers like this, the price won't be cheap!!!!"]
[The boss tentatively spoke, sounding them out first~~~]
["Just go ahead and get them! Price is not an issue!!"]
[Nami said nonchalantly~~~]
[Trying to play the "haggling on the spot" game with this lady (who's good at it), huh.....]
[This lady will first pretend not to care about money. After you've found all the newspapers, if you dare to ask for more money, this lady just won't buy them!! Let's see what you do then~~~]
[Nami used to be a little thief!]
[Thief-like, thief-like~~~]
["Alright!!"]
[The boss looked at Nami and Luffy, both appearing young and inexperienced, clearly a young couple out on a spree.....]
[And they even brought a pet~~~]
[Young people these days really know how to have fun!]
[The boss calculated in his head while starting to fetch the newspapers~~]
[Newspapers are stored by date, so they're actually easy to find, but the boss still had to pretend they were hard to find~~~]
[After a full hour of dawdling, the boss finally came out from the back room.]
["Ah! I finally found them all for you. I'm dead tired. I even accidentally fell just now. This business deal nearly cost me my old life~~~"]
[Placing a thick stack of newspapers on the table, the boss clutched his waist and sighed.]
["Boss, how much for these?" Nami asked with a slight frown.]
["Oh, these..."]
[Just as the boss was about to answer, the apprentice beside him suddenly shouted: "Boss, we also have today's freshly printed newspapers here, with the latest bounty poster!" Clack!]
[The apprentice was busy cutting newspapers. He casually picked one up and tossed it towards the boss.]
[The boss caught it without hesitation. Just as he was about to state the price, his body suddenly trembled violently!!!!]
[He stared at the bounty poster on the front page of this newspaper, his pupils violently constricting!!!]
[On it was a picture of a kid with a straw hat, a green-haired swordsman, and a little beauty...]
[Crime: Murdering the King and Royal Army of the Tin-Plate Kingdom, an extremely vicious great pirate!!!]
[The boss's heart suddenly clenched~~~]
["Mama mia~~~~"]