Chapter 497: The Devil Fruit That Claims to Destroy the World
Chapter 497: The Devil Fruit That Claims to Destroy the World
"Only 5 billion? It seems I didn't hurt the World Government enough."
Lu Li looked at the wanted poster in the newspaper. His bounty had been increased again to 50 billion, which made him feel very strange.
Considering that he even killed the Five Elders in one go, he felt that it would not be excessive to give himself the highest bounty in history. However, the current person in charge of the World Government did not seem to want to give him a higher bounty, which terrified the people under the rule of the World Government.
Oh, by the way, he did not become the first vice-captain whose bounty exceeded that of the captain, because Kaido’s bounty was also refreshed to 55 billion!
This bounty is completely targeted at the previous Pirate King Gol D. Roger, which shows that the World Government has already considered Kaido to be the man who will become the next Pirate King.
Although Lu Li's battle record is incredible, he is Kaido's deputy after all. The stronger Lu Li is, the stronger Kaido will be in people's minds.
Besides, no one in this world stipulates that the vice-chairman must be weaker than the emperor. Even if Lu Li is the stronger one, since he is still in the Beasts Pirates, it means he is still under Kaido's command, so naturally Kaido is the one with greater power.
"Is this Wano Country?"
"Is this Pluto?"
As the submarine approached Wano Country, people in the cabin exclaimed in admiration, but everyone's focus was different.
Aokiji and his friends saw the prosperity of Wano Country's port city and felt the harmonious atmosphere, which was nothing like what the people of a country that had just experienced a war should be like.
Vegapunk was immediately attracted by the ancient weapons. Although he said that ancient weapons would threaten the security of the world, as a scientist, it was impossible for him not to be interested in them.
After the submarine docked at the port, a group of Beasts Pirates executives came to greet them, and everyone looked at Lu Li with admiration.
The main reason is that Lu Li’s record is too scary. I’m afraid no one would refute if I say that Lu Li is the strongest in the world right now.
"The situation is urgent, so let's postpone the banquet. Jin, please call Mr. Kaido and the officers together. We have entered a state of war now, and we can't drink ourselves into oblivion every day."
Lu Li started making arrangements as soon as he came back, mainly because after Rafar's death, he actually had no eyes on the World Government side and could not figure out the enemy's movements.
He didn't want to be on his way to conquer the world when the opponent suddenly sent down a Ukulele to destroy Wano Country.
So now is the time when every second counts. Vegapunk must deal with the ancient weapons first so that he can carry out subsequent plans.
After getting off the boat, Lu Li asked Zhan Taomaru to follow Vegapunk to check on Pluto first, and he went straight to the meeting with the new member Aokiji.
"My ship is always open to the strong. Welcome, Kuzan. You are one of us from today on."
Kaido was also very happy after meeting Aokiji, showing the domineering nature of a hero. He didn't care at all whether the other party might betray him. As long as the other party was strong enough and willing to follow him, he would dare to accept him.
After all, he was a former admiral of the navy. Aokiji's arrival initially made many cadres wary, but when they saw that Kaido had already spoken and that Lu Li, the current strongest figurehead, was Aokiji's introducer, no one said anything.
"Let me think about it. From now on, you will be the eighth big boss, the cold disaster."
Kaido came up with a new title for Aokiji.
In fact, according to Lu Li's previous complaints, the Beasts Pirates are just a zoo. It would have been fine to use animal names like Fujitora, but Kaido still prefers to continue his style of naming disasters. Fujitora only used this title because of his personal insistence.
By the way, Hawkeye's nickname is Sword Disaster. Lu Li's initial suggestion was 'Blade Disaster', but it was rejected by Hawkeye.
"Please give me more advice in the future."
Aokiji said politely, and in the subsequent conversation he quickly became friends with the pirates.
He was a passionate man when he was young. Now that he had let go of the many burdens in his heart, he became cheerful instead.
On the way here, he saw the scene of Wano Country with his own eyes. He can only say that as a navy admiral, he has been to many countries, but no country is as rich and peaceful as Wano Country, and no country has such a high happiness index for its people.
He felt that he might have seen the dawn of justice, but it would take time to verify it.
At the meeting, Lu Li briefly told the team members about the current situation and the future course of action.
Given the current situation, they have naturally entered a state of full combat readiness. The military factories in Wano Country will start working overtime from today, and of course the workers will be paid overtime pay.
If they want to start a revolution, they must ensure that they have an advantage in heavy strategic weapons and a certain degree of initiative in wide-area naval warfare.
Therefore, the production of large quantities of weapons is indispensable, and it is not the case that the grassroots members of the Beasts Pirates can just watch the show.
Of course, their main focus now is to prepare the ancient weapons, so Lu Li instructed the Beasts Pirates to put all their efforts into meeting Vegapunk's various requirements and make them available to Pluto and Uranus as soon as possible.
After arranging everything, Lu Li left the meeting room and headed for the flower capital of Wano Country.
After the previous naval battle, the Whitebeard Pirates were invited to visit here, and Lu Li wanted to find Whitebeard to do something.
In the spacious room, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates were having a banquet, with Whitebeard at the table happily toasting with his sons while holding a wine bowl.
Seeing Lu Li walk into the house, everyone fell silent.
"Don't worry about me, brothers, you should drink. I just came to talk to your father."
Lu Li's words put himself in the position of a junior, which made the members of the Whitebeard Pirates feel good about him. In addition, Lu Li had helped them a lot in the previous Battle of Marineford, so the heavy atmosphere just now disappeared in an instant.
"Boy, I heard you did something big again this time, but I don't want to get involved in your world war."
After drinking the wine in the bowl, Whitebeard said, "My foolish sons can't stand the constant torture."
Although they rescued Ace during the previous Battle of Marineford, they also suffered losses. Nearly half of their fleet was killed or injured, and some of their officers were also killed or injured.
"Master, you misunderstood. I just want to borrow someone from you."
Lu Li shook his head and said, "To be precise, they want to use you as a connection to give us a chance to negotiate."
Whitebeard was confused when he heard this, "Who?"
Personally, he could accompany Lu Li and the others to fight another battle with the World Government, but he didn't want to bring his pirate group along to cause trouble.
"Fishman Island is your territory, I want to meet the mermaid princess Shirahoshi."
Lu Li said, it's hard to say when Pluto and Uranus will be able to start, but if Bai Xing can control her own abilities, then at least they have the Sea King as a backup. Because of the characteristics of the Sea King's abilities, at least for the time being, they don't have to worry about being submerged by rising sea levels. If that doesn't work, they can just let the Sea King pull Noah's Ark around the world.
If an offensive war really comes to an end, the super-large sea kings can blockade the holy land and directly cut off their supplies.
"Boy... don't you know too much?"
Whitebeard frowned and said, "That girl is not a weapon."
His words have revealed a lot. He actually knows how special Shirahoshi is, but he just doesn't want to involve the girl in the war. Therefore, during the Battle of Marineford, he didn't even consider asking Fishman Island for help.
Lu Li was not surprised to hear Whitebeard's words. Roger knew that the mermaid princess of Mermaid Island in the prophecy would be Aquaman. Whitebeard had a good relationship with Roger, and he later became the actual protector of Mermaid Island. Naturally, he knew a thing or two about this matter.
"I didn't mean to let her join the war. I just wanted to use it as an insurance policy. After all, this world-wide war might cause the sea to submerge everything. It would be good even if she could use Noah's Ark to protect a group of people."
Lu Li gave in and said that he actually didn't want to take the innocent little girl with him into the war.
Well... although she is indeed not small in a sense.
But they can only win this war and cannot lose. Once they fail, even if Luffy has the aura of the protagonist, it will be impossible for him to turn the tide. When the nest is overturned, no eggs will be left unbroken, and the Mermaid Island will also suffer in the future.
"Well……"
Whitebeard hesitated for a moment, "I can let you see her, but if you can't convince her, you can't force her."
"Of course, who would dare to confront the Sea King in the sea?"
Lu Li smiled and said, "Besides, I didn't say I was going to see her."
He was aware of his own charm. Although Bai Xing was very big, she was essentially a weak little girl. Lu Li felt that it would be difficult for him to win her favor.
At times like this, it would be better to send out their charming ambassador, Yamato-san.
"Oh? Aren't you going to go to Fishman Island yourself?"
Whitebeard asked curiously, "What are you going to do next? You don't look like a quiet person."
He didn't think that Lu Li would stay in Wano Country to supervise the development of ancient weapons. He felt that this kid was born to cause trouble. Just look at how Lu Li was basically the only major news after the Battle of Marineford.
"I want to go to Elbaf and see if I can get the last piece of the historical text."
Lu Li smiled and said that the space would not provide information about all the derivative worlds, otherwise it would not be challenging at all for the explorers.
For example, the world of Bleach will not clearly describe how Ichigo Kurosaki finally defeated Yhwach, the world of One Piece will not tell the explorer what the great treasure is, and as for the world of Naruto... the subsequent information about the Otsutsuki clan, the alien predators, is reserved.
"Is Kaido finally going to become the Pirate King?"
Upon hearing this, Whitebeard laughed heartily. He and Kaido had been on the same ship. In terms of age, he was like the big brother back then and Kaido was just a younger brother. It was nothing wrong for him to call him that.
"You mentioned the last piece. It seems that you have also made moves on other historical texts."
Whitebeard spoke with emotion, he never expected to see the birth of the second Pirate King in his lifetime. Of course, he also knew that Pirate King was not just a title, the Great Secret Treasure was something that could truly change the world.
Lu Li smiled but said nothing. Since Whitebeard was not going to lead the entire group to join them in going to war with the World Government, he would not reveal too much.
In fact, it is very easy to find out the great treasure. He just needs to run over and ask Rayleigh, and Rayleigh will tell him, especially in the current situation, Roger's goal of opening the great pirate era has been achieved.
The Beasts Pirates now definitely have the power to subvert the world. If they are not worthy of taking the great treasure, who else is?
But Lu Li has come to this point, he doesn't want to ask the answer directly from Lei Li, that would be too boring. He doesn't have such a strong utilitarianism in breaking through the world.
For a warrior to practice, what he sees and hears along the way is also very important, it is not just about the results.
So Lu Li wanted to collect four pieces of historical text and go to Raftelu to take a look in person.
Currently, there is a piece of red historical text in their Wano Country and there is one in the Zou Elephant. Lu Li has asked Jack to get it, and he also emphasized that Jack should not provoke his ancestors, otherwise he would be kicked away.
As for Big Mom, he asked Kaido to make an alliance deal, which was considered as a way to give Big Mom a way out.
To put it simply, Big Mom will make a copy of the historical text herself, and Kaido will give Big Mom the copy of Wano Country. The two sides will maintain friendly diplomatic relations and form an alliance to advance and retreat together.
Referring to the situation in the world, as well as Kaido's old "friendship" with Big Mom, Lu Li felt that it would not be difficult to reach an alliance.
After all, Big Mom still had some brains when she didn't have bulimia, and she would not fail to see the situation clearly. If they really had to go to war with Kaido, Lu Li could go there alone and kill them all. It would be better for him to form an alliance with Kaido as an old friend (lover?).
In this way, Lu Li and his team will be able to obtain three pieces of historical text. He believes that the last piece of historical text is most likely hidden in Elbaf.
The historical text that Big Mom has was originally obtained from Elbaf, but now Elbaf may still be hiding a piece of historical text that did not originally belong to Elbaf.
This is a bit confusing, but Lu Li feels that even if the main historical text is not in Elbaf, there are clues about the burned man there.
In addition, he was very interested in the legendary devil fruit of Elbaf.
Judging from the limited information they could see in space, the devil fruit passed down from generation to generation in Elbaf might be powerful enough to subvert the world, a power that the Five Elders were very afraid of.
In the original work, after Luffy and others escaped from Egghead Island, they didn't dare to chase him when they heard that Luffy was going to Elbaf. It was obvious that they were afraid of the power of this war country.
The mainstream speculation among explorers in the space is that Elbaf is a country mapped based on the Norse mythology system. The devil fruit eaten by the giant prince Loki is likely the fruit represented by the god of war in the main deity of Elbaf's faith, and corresponds to the sun god Nika.
To put it simply, there might be a super "Trisolaran" fruit of the same level as the Sun God Fruit hidden there, which made Lu Li very interested.
He had visited Kaido’s secret warehouse before and discovered a little secret in the world of One Piece 4.0. The general devil fruits are epic level, but the devil fruits of the mythical beasts are dark gold level.
His Thunder God Fruit is a castrated version of the God Fruit produced in the End Space. It is estimated that it will take awakening to improve the potential of its bloodline and reach the level it should be. Its original bloodline should be at least dark gold level or even higher.
So, Lu Li was wondering if he could get Loki's fruit that was said to be able to destroy the world.
(End of this chapter)