novelraw Chapter 343 Is he hiding his strength?
Chapter 343 Is he hiding his strength?
Chapter 343 Is he hiding his strength?
"Well, we'll ask them when the time comes," west Yan nodded and said, "If they want to eat it, they can eat the Devil Fruit I have."
"You even have a Devil Fruit?!" Perona exclaimed in shock as she looked at Xiyan.
You're lucky if you can get one of these things even once in a while, and the other party still has them?
"Of course."
west Yan said, "How could I go to Mary Geoise only to steal one Devil Fruit?"
Having finally made it to that place, I'm naturally going to make a killing!
Perona paused for a moment after hearing this, then gave west Yan a thumbs up and said, "That makes sense."
west Yan smiled upon hearing this, and then said, "I just don't know if they're willing to take the gamble."
If he were willing to take the gamble, he wouldn't need to try to get a Devil Fruit anymore.
"Shall we take a gamble?"
Nami asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
What does it mean to take a gamble?
"Because I don't know what abilities the remaining Devil Fruits have," west Yan said.
After saying that, west Yan took out the other three Devil Fruits and placed them on the table.
"There are three more?!"
Looking at those three Devil Fruits, Perona subconsciously swallowed; this was just too outrageous.
Nami, on the other hand, stared at the Devil Fruit on the table with shining eyes, as if she were looking at a pile of money.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're not thinking of selling these again, are you?" west Yan said irritably. "We're not short of money!"
"Also, this is for Usopp and the others!"
"Oh, right..."
Nami gradually came to her senses after hearing Xiyan's words, and then gave an embarrassed smile.
Seeing this, west Yan rolled his eyes; he was truly exasperated with this guy.
Then, west Yan glanced at Luffy, who was full of curiosity, and said, "What, are you planning to try it?"
"what?"
Luffy paused for a moment upon hearing this, then immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no... I won't eat it, I'll die."
Not only would it kill him, but it would also taste absolutely awful, so he would never eat that thing again!
west Yan suddenly found it somewhat amusing; this guy actually knows fear?
Rayleigh, however, paid no attention to the reactions of the others and stared intently at the Devil Fruit for a while.
Seeing this, west Yan asked curiously, "Uncle Rayleigh, do you perhaps know what abilities these three possess?"
If the other party knew what kind of ability this was, there would be no need to gamble.
"How could I possibly know information that isn't even on the Devil Fruit chart?" Rayleigh shook his head.
Seeing that Rayleigh didn't know, west Yan could only shake his head helplessly and say, "Then we can only gamble."
Then, west Yan turned his gaze to Xia Qi and said, "Sister Xia Qi, besides the news about these Four Emperors, is there any other noteworthy news from the New World?"
Xia Qi thought for a moment after hearing this, then nodded and said, "Yes."
"Oh?"
Tell me about it.
"The Seven Warlords of the Sea have been replenished."
"Shichibukai?"
west Yan paused for a moment, then asked with some curiosity, "Who will become the new Shichibukai?"
"Bucky."
"Ba...cough cough..."
Luffy nearly choked to death upon hearing the name Buggy.
Then, he looked up at Shakky and said, "Bugsy actually became a Shichibukai?"
No, wasn't that guy supposed to be weak? Why did he become a Shichibukai?
west Yan also looked puzzled, clearly not expecting that guy to become a Shichibukai.
Is this...is this reasonable?
Nami looked on incredulously; she simply couldn't imagine how someone with a bounty of over ten million Berries could become a Shichibukai.
"You find it incredible, right? But he really is one of the new Seven Warlords of the Sea," Shakky said, gesturing with her hand.
"How did he do that?" west Yan asked curiously.
This time, Xia Qi didn't answer immediately. Instead, she thought for a moment before saying, "You should still remember what title he has, right?"
"What are the titles of the crew members of One Piece...?"
west Yan thought about it for a moment and realized that the probability was quite high.
After all... this name has a huge influence!
“It’s not just that,” Shakky said. “Don’t forget his relationship with Shanks.”
"And then there were the prisoners he took away..."
"So it's quite normal that it has gained the attention of the Navy."
Not only did he acquire two highly prestigious titles, but he also recruited prisoners who had escaped from the underwater prison into his ranks—
It's perfectly normal for someone like that to be recruited.
From the Navy's perspective, at least, Buggy is a truly terrifying pirate!
"That's true, but that guy's strength..." west Yan's lips twitched, "Isn't it a bit too weak?"
Recalling Bucky's ridiculously weak strength, west Yan's eyelids twitched.
"What if he's hiding his true strength?" Perona said.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, Perona said, "Anyone who can become a Shichibukai cannot be weak, otherwise they would have been killed by the Navy long ago."
She knew all too well what the Seven Warlords of the Sea represented, so she didn't think that guy named Buggy was a weakling.
After listening to Perona's words, west Yan was silent for a moment, then muttered to himself, "Could it be that this guy is really hiding his strength?"
But what was his purpose in doing this?
"Is that guy really hiding his strength?" Nami asked with disbelief. "What's his motive?"
"How would I know?" Perona shook her head.
Ultimately, she was just stating her guess, but whether it was actually true or not, nobody knows.
Listening to their conversation, west Yan pondered for a moment, then looked at Rayleigh and said, "Uncle Rayleigh, is Buggy really hiding his true strength?"
"I don't know about that," Rayleigh shook his head and said, "After all, it's been decades since we last met."
Although Buggy was indeed quite strong when he was young, he became more timid after eating that Devil Fruit, so... he didn't know Buggy's current situation.
"Is that so...?"
west Yan stroked his chin and pondered for a moment. If Buggy was really weak, then he might just have gotten lucky.
Thinking of this, west Yan recalled some of Bucky's behavior when he was in the underwater prison.
Thinking about it carefully... this guy is really lucky!
"Maybe this old guy only became a Shichibukai by luck," west Yan muttered to himself.
Just then, the images of two people appeared in west Yan's mind.
One is called KING, and the other is called Satan.
These two guys are men with incredibly good luck!
"Actually, you don't need to worry about this," Perona said. "If you really want to know if he's weak or not, just go find him."
Then we'll know the other party's strength.
west Yan and Luffy thought for a moment after hearing this, and then shook their heads together.
Perona: ? ? ?
What does this mean?
"I'm just a little curious, so there's no need to go looking for that guy on purpose," west Yan explained.
In his opinion, Bucky's strength was probably extremely weak, so he didn't want to bully this person who had fought his way out of Impel Down with them.
Of course, if the other party is foolish enough to cause them trouble, that's a different story.
Luffy's thought was that Buggy had helped them before, so he wouldn't cause trouble for him.
"Alright."
Seeing that neither of them seemed particularly interested in Bucky, Perona said nothing more.
west Yan nodded, then looked at Xia Qi and asked, "What about the other Seven Warlords of the Sea?"
"A guy named Edward Weevil became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"
west Yan: ? ? ?
"Edward?" west Yan exclaimed, dumbfounded. "Isn't that the white-bearded uncle's surname?!"
"Could this be... his son?"
“He does claim to be Whitebeard II, and also Whitebeard’s son, but…” Shakky said, frowning, “I’ve never heard of Whitebeard having a biological son.”
"Perhaps it's because this matter cannot be easily exposed?" Nami guessed.
The sons of the Four Emperors are definitely a key target of the World Government, so it's quite normal that they deliberately don't expose them.
"Impossible." Rayleigh shook his head and said, "Knowing Whitebeard as I do, he would never do such a thing. That guy loves his family to the core!"
If she really had such a biological son, she wouldn't hide him away!
"So you deliberately came out to claim kinship?" west Yan frowned and asked.
If that's the case, then this Edward Weeble is rather disliked.
"I don't know if he's related to someone else, but the strength he's displayed is exactly the same as Whitebeard's when he was young," Shakky said. "That's why he was able to become a Shichibukai."
That overwhelming power was indeed the same as Whitebeard's when he was young, which is one of the reasons why people speculate that this person is Whitebeard's son.
"That's quite possible," west Yan thought for a moment, then asked, "When did he come out?"
"You want to know where he was when the Whitebeard Pirates were attacked, right?"
"right."
"Unfortunately, he didn't step in to protect the Whitebeard Pirates," Shakky said. "On the contrary, he was one of those who attacked the Whitebeard Pirates' base."
west Yan: ? ? ?
west Yan looked at Xia Qi with a face full of question marks, wondering what all this was all about.
He claims to be the son of the white-bearded uncle, but instead of helping to protect his family, he helps others attack his own territory?
Is this person mentally ill?
"Do you think he's mentally ill?" Xia Qi asked.
"Isn't this obvious?"
"Yeah, he's definitely mentally ill."
west Yan:
What does that mean?
After finally giving birth to a son, is it possible that he's mentally disabled?!
"Based on the intelligence I've received, this person does indeed have some mental issues," Xia Qi said.
"Is this also the reason he attacked the Whitebeard Pirates' base?"
"No, it's mainly because of his mother," Shakky said, "a woman named Miss Ba Jin."
"This person claimed to be inheriting Whitebeard's legacy, which is why she ordered her son to attack the Whitebeard Pirates' base."
west Yan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then his lips twitched as he said, "So, Uncle Whitebeard's debt of gratitude has come knocking on our door?"
This is really a bit outrageous.
"I don't know," Xia Qi said, shaking her head.
She didn't know if it was a romantic entanglement caused by Whitebeard, after all... she hadn't paid much attention to Whitebeard back then.
This time, west Yan simply nodded and did not continue the topic.
Then, west Yan asked, "Are these two all?"
"No," Shakky shook her head and said, "Besides those two, there's another man who became a new Shichibukai!"
"Who?"
Trafalgar Law.
"Trafalgar Law?"
west Yan raised an eyebrow and said, "Isn't this the supernova who appeared with us in the Sabaody Archipelago two years ago?"
If I remember correctly, that guy also had a talking bear with him.
"That's right, it's him."
Shakky nodded and said, "This person started the Rocky Port incident and, using the power of the Op-Op Fruit, stole the hearts of a hundred pirates."
"Afterwards, he handed over these one hundred hearts to the Navy in exchange for the title of Shichibukai."
As they spoke, Xia Qi took out the newspaper and placed it in front of west Yan.
west Yan picked up the newspaper, glanced at it, and then laughed, "It really is this guy."
The person in the photo is indeed that guy named Trafalgar Law.
"I never imagined that the Supernovas who came to this island with us two years ago would all become Shichibukai," Nami said.
"We are growing, and others are naturally growing too," west Yan said.
"That's true," Nami nodded.
Then, she picked up the newspaper that west Yan had placed on the table and began to read it carefully.
west Yan, on the other hand, was recalling a person.
"By the way... how's that red-haired guy who fought Katakuri doing?" Xi Yan wondered to himself. "Was he killed or captured by the Marines?"
After thinking for a moment, west Yan looked up and asked, "Sister Xia Qi, how's that Supernova who's second only to me and Luffy doing?"
"he?"
"The grass on his grave must be two meters tall by now," Xia Qi said.
"He's dead."
"Yeah, dead."
Shakky nodded and said, "This person was executed by Admiral Akainu two years ago."
west Yan: ? ? ?
No, what does this have to do with Admiral Akainu?
Wasn't he fighting Galette and Katakuri?
Could it be that this guy ran away halfway through the fight and then unfortunately ran into Akainu?
Thinking of this, west Yan's expression became a little strange. Was this guy's luck a bit too bad?
After a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, west Yan said, "Well, this guy's luck isn't very good."
"They're really not that great," Xia Qi said. "Otherwise, they would have escaped."
If he hadn't encountered a naval admiral, he would have escaped long ago.
"Does he have any news about his Devil Fruit?" west Yan asked.
If Franky could obtain the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, it would definitely boost his strength.
"no."
Shakky shook her head and said, "This Devil Fruit isn't very well-known, so finding it isn't an easy task."
"I see..." west Yan rubbed his temples and said, "Then we'll have to talk about it later."