Chapter 279: Improving Strength and Distributing Fruits
Glancing at the members of the Divine Punishment, Lu Kai continued, "What we need to do is to be able to resist more evil and eventually make all evil disappear.
"To do this, we need a stronger force. This time, we have called everyone here for this purpose."
"A stronger force?" Someone asked in confusion, "Does it mean recruiting more members?"
"Yes, this is our top priority." Lu Kai explained under the ghost mask, "Of course, the number of branches will not increase in the short term without special reasons.
"In the future, there will still be three major divisions in the four major seas of the east, west, south and north. The Grand Line and the New World will also have three major divisions for the time being, but each division needs more members to join the Divine Punishment.
"As always, those who join God's Punishment will not be subject to any restrictions and will be absolutely free. However, when fighting against evil, everyone must unite as one without hesitation.
“That’s what makes us strong.
"The power of one person is limited, but as long as we unite, our power will be unlimited."
"Got it. This is what we have been doing. The leader called us here not just to say this, right?" asked the man wearing a faceless mask.
No-Face: Leader of the Second Division of the Grand Line Divine Punishment.
"Of course not!" Lu Kai continued, "Over the years, in addition to recruiting more members and fighting against the evil in the world, I also asked everyone to do two things.
"The first thing is to find a place that can attract wild animals and allow them to evolve and even develop high intelligence. With everyone's joint efforts, we have found seven such places.
"This is my personal matter. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone for helping me so wholeheartedly."
"Chief, you are being too polite." A man wearing a brown bear mask said, "My hometown was saved by you, Chief.
"You have unconditionally donated so much money to me over the years, helped me rebuild my hometown, and made the people of my hometown live a prosperous life. I just helped you find something, why are you thanking me?"
Brown Bear: Leader of the third division of the East Sea Divine Punishment.
"That's right, Leader is too polite!" Death also spoke.
"Oh, I'm ashamed. I haven't found any for the leader yet!" Jinji said with some guilt.
"I didn't find it either. I really let the leader down." A man wearing a dog-head mask also spoke.
Tengu: Leader of the third division of the Nanhai Divine Punishment.
"Haha, I'm lucky. I found one by accident." The woman wearing a pumpkin head mask laughed, "I'll repay the leader's kindness in a small way."
Little Pumpkin: Leader of the First Division of the East Sea Divine Punishment.
“Anyway, thank you everyone.
"Although some of you didn't find it, I can see your efforts. If you need anything, just tell me. As long as it's something I can do, I will do it without hesitation." Lu Kai still thanked him.
"Humph, you are all lies!" Hua Nv's delicate voice sounded, dissatisfied, "I just wanted to see your true face, but you rejected me without hesitation!"
"Flower girl, are you done yet?" a man wearing a baby mask shouted, "What kind of request is that?"
Child: Leader of the Second Division of the East Sea Divine Punishment.
"I just want to see it!" Hua Nv said a little aggrievedly.
"Alright, Hua Nv!" Lu Kai interrupted Hua Nv's complaints and said with a smile, "Not revealing your identities is only temporary, and it's for everyone's good.
"Once the situation is safe, then everyone can show their true faces."
"That will happen many years from now?" Hua Nv continued to insist, "Oh, forget it, I am just unlucky. By that time I will be old and ugly, and the leader will not like me anymore."
"You talk as if the leader would like you now!" said a cat-headed woman in an angry voice.
Catwoman: Leader of the Second Division of the Western Sea Divine Punishment.
"You..." Hua Nu immediately became angry when she heard this and wanted to refute.
"Okay, okay, we have to argue every time we meet, which is really annoying." Lu Kai spoke again to stop the quarrel and said, "Let's get on with the business first. The second thing I asked everyone to do is to collect devil fruits, which has been very effective over the years.
"I currently hold more than a hundred devil fruits, apart from those that some people have taken, or those that I have given to others in order to help them complete their tasks better or improve the efficiency of the organization."
"Chief, do you mean to let us, who are not users of Devil Fruit, eat Devil Fruit?" A man wearing a wine bottle mask asked in surprise, "Didn't the chief say it was voluntary before?"
Wine Barrel: Leader of the first division of the South China Sea Divine Punishment.
"The principle remains unchanged. It is still purely voluntary. I will never force anyone. This was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future!" Lu Kai said with a smile, "But everyone knows that if a person wants to be strong, there are only three things he needs to do.
“The first point is to improve your basic attributes and basic combat capabilities.
“If you train your basics very well, such as strength, speed, defense, physical fitness, and agility, the stronger these basic attributes are, and then develop moves that can bring out your basic attributes, your strength will become even stronger.
“I have also been guiding many of you in your cultivation, but the improvement of your basic strength requires long-term training and it is not something that can be achieved overnight.
“The second point is the use of Haki, whether it is Conqueror Haki, Armament Haki, or Observation Haki.
"Once you master the use of Haki, your strength will reach a new level.
"Most people in our organization have mastered at least one type of Haki. Those who haven't mastered it are usually new members. These members must work hard.
“And the third point is the use of devil fruit abilities. Some good devil fruits can directly increase a person’s strength by several times or even dozens of times.
"And the strength of our organization needs to be greatly improved in a short period of time, because I have important things for you to do."
"But chief, no one knows whether eating this devil fruit will be good or bad. If you win and eat a bad fruit, then you're doomed. You'll also have to risk not being able to swim." A man wearing a square mask said.
Cube: Leader of the First Division of the New World Divine Punishment.
Real identity: Don Lillard.
"Yeah, if you eat a bad devil fruit, you're done for," said the man wearing the Buddha mask.
Buddha: Leader of the third division of the North Sea Divine Punishment.
"The risks you mentioned do exist, but risks and opportunities coexist. The leader is right, a good devil fruit can indeed greatly enhance a person's strength." said the slightly old voice of the man in the death mask.
"Because I am a Devil Fruit user, my fruit ability greatly improves my combat power!"