Just as the various forces in the Teigu world and the world government are preparing for talks between the two parties in full swing.
Starfish mainland, Red Earth Continent, area RL1999.
Under the bright sunshine.
One tall and one short, one big and one small.
Follow the long, flat white road and slowly walk towards the gate of CIPHER POL headquarters.
Wait for the two of them to stop.
Among them, the figure who was only as tall as another man's calf looked past the exquisite wrought iron gate in front of him.
Looking at the white Gothic-style buildings inside, I couldn't help but marvel.
"Wow, boss, is this where we will live in the future? It's so spectacular—"
This is a fur tribesman wearing a pink hooded coat and dark blue shorts, with a golden tail that resembles a bee's abdominal hook growing behind him.
Judging from its appearance, it looks like a civet cat.
Both hands were holding a square wooden box that was not too small for him.
"Yes, do you like it, Pa Dong?"
Next to the civet cat, there was an extremely tall silver-haired man, estimated to be about two and a half meters tall.
Holding a purple umbrella in his right hand, he looked down at the other person and smiled slightly.
This man's clothing is quite bright.
From top to bottom, there is a red floor-length cloak coat, a large blue corsage, a purple wine-red coat, scarlet trousers, and black leather boots with gold inlays on the feet.
Every place highlights the person's personality very clearly, but every detail seems so meticulous, neat and tidy.
The whole person exudes a cold, noble and evil temperament.
he.
Naturally, it is the ‘lonely red’ Baloric Redfield who returned from the North Sea.
As for the little guy next to me.
Just like what he was called just now, he was a pen that accidentally ate an animal-type Devil Fruit and gained a body and self-awareness.
Later, on a small island in the first half of the Grand Line, he was lucky enough to meet Redfield who was returning, and they had a series of interactions, and finally the latter decided to let him follow him.
As for the power of Patong's fruit, it was through some inquiries and understanding by Redfield, and then through the records in the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book.
It is determined to be the form of an animal cat fruit phantom beast species transformed into a raccoon dog.
Its capabilities are very interesting.
You can turn the end of the tail into a golden pen and draw the corresponding target on the leaves you create.
Then he consumes his physical strength to activate the Devil Fruit ability, turning Ye Zi into a clone that has no ability to think for himself, but will obey his own orders.
This kind of clone can possess part of the knowledge, memory and devil fruit abilities of the original body.
The strength is mainly based on the strength displayed by the original body that Pa Dong has seen with his own eyes. The stronger the original body's strength, the greater the physical consumption it will produce when changing.
At the same time, these clones have several weaknesses.
First of all, their bodies are very fragile. Once they are attacked by a strong attack, they will explode into smoke and turn back into leaves.
Secondly, they cannot use the main body's domineering power, nor can they use the main body's awakening ability.
Thirdly, if the clone exhausts the physical strength provided by the ability user in battle, it will automatically turn into a leaf.
Finally, if the esper falls asleep or loses consciousness, all clones will disappear and turn into leaves.
Maybe it's because Padon just ate the Devil Fruit not long ago and lacked training and development, so it now has many limitations.
Despite this, Redfield still feels that Paton's abilities have endless potential.
【Tap tap tap tap.】
At this time, thirty men in black walked out quickly with crisp footsteps and opened the wrought iron gate.
Then they walked to both sides of the broad road and stood opposite each other with expressionless faces.
"Welcome back. Congratulations on your success in finding this surgical fruit that the World Government has been looking for for hundreds of years. We have been officially notified of your reward from above. Let's go in and talk."
I saw a man in a white suit, white gloves, and white top hat, about two meters tall, walking up to Redfield and smiling.
"Okay, Captain Bowen."
Redfield had to take it seriously when facing the ordinary-looking black-haired man in front of him.
Because the other party is not only the current top officer of CIPHER POL - AIGIS 0, but his combat power is not weaker than his own.
It is worth mentioning that.
It was this same Bowen Kernohen who personally captured Crocodile into Impel Down City in the Alabasta desert. At that time, he was still wondering how the latter's domineering power could be so weak.
But he was not a commander at that time.
Several people came to a large conference room in the CIPHER POL headquarters.
[Papapapapapa--]
When Redfield walked in with Patong, there was a warm applause.
These men and women in suits and ties are senior executives of various CP departments.
They gathered together specially this time to welcome their new immediate boss.
And everyone is happy from the bottom of their hearts.
Because Redfield found the fruit of the operation, the Five Old Stars above were under the instruction of Im.
A bonus equivalent to one year’s salary was given to all members of CIPHER POL.
How can this not make people happy?
"Thanks."
Redfield kept smiling unfazed, and at the same time said to Patong beside his legs: "Give the box to Captain Bowen."
"Yes, boss!"
Pa Dong nodded obediently.
He quickly jumped to the conference table, put the wooden box he had been holding in his arms, gently placed it on the table in front of Bowen, and then bowed gently towards the other party.
"Please keep it. My name is Pa Dong. I will ask for your advice in the future."
His obedient and polite attitude made many people smile tenderly.
Captain Bowen also knew the little guy's condition, and then rubbed Pa Dong's head, which was wearing a pink hood.
"Okay, you will be a member of CIPHER POL from now on. If someone bullies you outside from now on, please call directly and we will support you!"
"Thank you boss for boss!"
When Pa Dong heard this, he was very happy, and his eyes flashed with golden light and he quickly thanked him.
"Well, the boss's boss hahahaha, that's an interesting statement. Okay, then I will be your boss's boss from now on!"
Captain Bowen was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily when he realized what he was doing.
Then he took out a phone wearing a white suit from his arms and handed it over.
"This is my phone bug, please contact me directly if you have any questions!"
After everyone laughed and chatted for a few minutes, Captain Bowen suddenly clapped his hands, causing the laughter in the audience to stop abruptly.
Then a dozen low-level men in black walked in from outside.
Each of them was seen holding two black suitcases in their hands.
After they put the boxes on the conference table one by one, they filed away again without saying a word.
The next second.
Under the envious gazes of the executives, Bowen raised his hand and pointed at the black boxes.
"Ledfield, this is the first reward given to you by the Five Old Stars, 2.4 billion Baileys in cash banknotes!"
"oh?"
Redfield's snow-white curly eyebrows raised his gaze and glanced back and forth.
Although he was born into a noble family and had the title of earl, this was the first time he had received so much money.
But with his current level of strength, the attraction of money is not that great.
"One billion Baileys out of the 2.4 billion is the reward for finding the surgery fruit, and the remaining 1.4 billion is the reward for the 14 Devil Fruits you sent one after another."
"You can take the people outside later and go to the headquarters of the World Bank." After saying that, Captain Bowen took out another document and handed it to Redfield.
"This is your appointment letter. Congratulations, you will be the deputy chief of CIPHER POL - AIGIS 0 from now on."
"I hope that one day in the future, you can succeed me in my position and safeguard all the interests of the world government!"
Just Redfield looked at the appointment letter in his hand and thought deeply.
"Captain Bowen, this position of deputy commander should not affect my travel too much. I like traveling, and this time I promised Padong to go to another world with us."
Captain Bowen frowned slightly, but immediately showed a kind smile.
"CIPHER POL doesn't have a lot of work. Let's do this. I'll give you a long vacation this year. You can take Pa Dong to those other worlds and come back to work next year."
After speaking, without waiting for Redfield to answer, he ordered the executives of various departments around him: "You go back first."
"Yes, sir!"
The men and women in neat suits answered in unison, then quickly opened the door and walked out.
soon.
There were only three people left in the conference room. At this time, Redfield and Paton saw Bowen taking out a small white square box from his jacket pocket.
"This is your third reward, and it is also the most valuable reward."
As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Bowen pushed open the box lid with a flick of his thumb, and a platinum ring set with diamonds appeared in front of the two of them.
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The scene was silent for a moment, Redfield's expression was frozen, and Pa Dong covered his mouth with his small hands in shock, looking at Bowen in disbelief.
"Boss's boss, are you going to propose to the boss?"
"Um?"
Captain Bowen was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
Then he looked down at the diamond ring in the box, then looked up at Redfield, and gradually realized that this scene seemed a bit misleading.
"No, no, I have a wife. This diamond ring is not an ordinary diamond ring. Look!"
Captain Bowen quickly denied it.
Then he lightly tapped the diamond with his right hand, and saw that the diamond slowly separated to both sides.
Suddenly, wisps of bright golden light poured out, dyeing the entire conference room with a bright golden light.
"This is."
Redfield squinted his eyes, and it was not until the golden light softened that he could clearly see the luminous object inside. It turned out to be a gold bead the size of a soybean.
"It's so beautiful, boss——"
Pa Dong stared at the gleaming golden bead in amazement, feeling that the diamonds on both sides had completely become the background of green leaves.
"This is pure gold. The light it emits has the power to extremely slow down the growth of all things, which means that people can have an almost eternal lifespan."
"Beyond that, if you're sick or injured, it can also have a slowing effect."
Captain Bowen paused for a few seconds to give Redfield time to digest, and then continued: "But it will also affect physical growth, so when exercising, use the special diamond shell on it to seal it."
“There is such a thing”
Redfield could no longer maintain his calm mood, and there was an obvious look of shock on his face.
As a person who wanders freely on the Grand Route all year round, of course he has heard of the legend of pure gold.
But immortality, if it comes from Devil Fruit abilities, can be understood and accepted by people.
Talking about gold sounds too nonsense.
However, Redfield really didn't expect that this reality would be so ridiculous and magical, and that pure gold would actually appear in front of him.
now.
This 'Aloof Red' was once again shocked by the foundation of the World Government. Can something as outrageous as pure gold be used as a reward?
Think about it from another angle.
This shows that the world government has a lot of pure gold!
"Put it on. Congratulations, you have obtained the qualification of immortality."
Captain Bowen's attitude seemed very natural, and he calmly watched Redfield put on the ring, seemingly not being tempted by the pure gold at all.
Because although he has not yet received a solid gold ring, he has been told that when he reaches the age of seventy, he will receive one even when he retires.
Just like his previous commander, he had already retired behind the scenes wearing a solid gold ring.
As for where to transfer specifically, we can only know when the time comes, but if you think about it, you can make some guesses. It is nothing more than living in the Holy Land. Marie Joa.
"Thank you, thank you very much, Baloric Redfield will do his best to safeguard all interests of the world government!"
Redfield, who wore a solid gold diamond ring on his right index finger, suppressed the excitement in his heart and solemnly looked at the five-round cross emblem behind Captain Bowen and said.
The great value of immortality is enough for him to dedicate his loyalty to the World Government.
after all.
No matter how powerful and aloof you are, you will still be resistant to death.
"By the way, let me reveal some more information to you. Your main task next year will be to find the other two Devil Fruits, so be mentally prepared."
Captain Bowen patted the other party's shoulder and said meaningfully.
"Can I know which ones they are?"
Redfield and Padon looked at each other, and then the former asked curiously, thinking to himself that there are actually devil fruits that are so valued by the world government.
He is very curious.
"The Superman-type rubber fruit in the devil fruit illustrated book. By the way, considering your fruit's ability, I think it's better to tell you the real information about it."
Captain Bowen rubbed the thin beard on his chin and smiled, and said: "It should be in the form of Nika, the human fruit of the animal type."
The reason why he told this secret.
In addition to worrying that false information will affect the performance of the luck fruit ability, I also want to see the other party bringing back the surgery fruit and it is worthy of my trust.
"Nika. What is this?"
Redfield thought about the memories in his mind and found that he had never heard of the relevant information at all.
this is normal.
Unless someone has studied a large amount of history, they may be able to find clues about Nika from various documents.
"Anyway, the basic ability of this devil fruit is to give the ability user a rubber-like body. You can go to the East China Sea to find it when the time comes."
"Okay, what about the second devil fruit?"
Through Bowen's tone and demeanor, Redfield also realized that there was something sensitive involved, so he immediately stopped asking any more questions and then changed the topic.
"It's a natural dark fruit. Take a look at the illustration later. It's said to be in the second half of the Grand Line. Thank you for your hard work."
Captain Bowen sighed with emotion.
"It's okay, I still prefer walking outside than sitting in the office."
As Redfield spoke, he kept the information about the two Devil Fruits in his mind, and at the same time, he was thinking about getting a solid gold ring for Patong.
ten minutes later.
He and Pa Dong took twelve men in black with suitcases and went to the World Bank headquarters to deposit the beli into their own accounts.
the other side.
Captain Bowen led three CP-0 members to personally escort the surgical fruits in the box to the star gate base leading to the 'Demon Slayer World'.
Because now to get to the ‘Giant World’ you have to pass through the ‘Demon Slayer World’.
Although troublesome, it is a necessary measure
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