Chapter 298 Fruit fusion, the Dragon Fruit!

Jiger slowly walked to the side of the ship and placed his hand, which was emitting black energy, on the Azure Dragon Fruit.

After a while, the Green Dragon Fruit shrank in size and became dull.

Zig waved at Shanks, and as soon as Shanks came over, Zig pressed his palm on the abdomen.

Shanks felt a warm current flowing into his abdomen, and then gathered in his heart.

Gradually, his face turned extremely red and his body began to emanate wisps of hot breath, which slowly gathered behind him, forming a streamer that became increasingly darker in color.

During this process, Jiger's hand was always on Shanks' abdomen. He squinted his eyes and observed the changes in Shanks' body, making sure that if any abnormality occurred on Shanks' body, he could draw out the original power of the Blue Dragon Fruit in time.

Just now, Ziger was considering that the Blue Dragon Fruit created by Vegapunk must have the same original power as the original Blue Dragon Fruit, so he wanted to try whether he could enhance the power of the fruit by superimposing them.

Judging from Shanks' situation, his guess was correct, and Shanks had already shown signs of awakening the fruit.

After a while, Shanks returned to normal and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiger then pulled his hand away and said,

"How does it feel?"

Shanks looked at Jiger in disbelief and said,

"Brother, what did you do to me just now? I feel like I've become a lot stronger."

"Don't worry about that. You just need to know that your fruit is no longer a replica. It is much stronger than Kaido's."

Shanks nodded as if he understood, and Jiger crossed his arms and continued,

"I just saw that you are almost entering the awakening state. What you need to do next is to train your fruit ability and make your body fit the fruit to the greatest extent. Don't waste this fruit. By the way, don't call this fruit the Blue Dragon or Red Dragon Fruit. Just call it the Divine Dragon Fruit."

"Don't worry, bro. Haha, I can use that Mihawk guy as a training ground for you!"

Hearing Mihawk's name, Jiger raised his eyebrows and said,

"Hmm? You mean the Shichibukai Hawkeye?"

"Yes, I have a good relationship with him and we often practice together."

"So who wins?"

"Of course it's me. His swordsmanship is about the same as mine, but my Haki is stronger than his."

Upon hearing this, Ziger glanced at Shanks' left arm. In the original story, Hawkeye never fought with Shanks again after his arm was bitten off by the sea king. Now that Shanks has both arms intact, the two will naturally continue to fight.

Hawkeye is the face of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, so it would take a lot of effort for Shanks to defeat him. But now that he has the Shenlong Fruit, it will surely be much easier.

Looking at Shanks' eager expression, Jiger chuckled and said,

"Okay, it didn't bring shame to our family. Okay, I'm going back now."

Shanks' face froze, and he felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him. The excitement he had just felt disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He opened his mouth and said,

"So soon? Brother, at least have a drink together..."

Jiger waved his hand and said,

"Forget it. Your crew members will probably be furious. If you want to drink, wait until you return to the family. Don't be so stubborn. Uncle Jialin has been thinking about you all the time."

Shanks fell silent after hearing this, and nodded silently after a while.

Zig smiled slightly. He did not take this opportunity to force Shanks to go back. Some things still require some time.

Turning around slowly, Zig's figure began to twist gradually. Shanks had seen this scene more than once, and he knew that Zig was really going to leave.

Shanks felt a strong reluctance in his heart. Ever since he left Roger's pirate group, he had been living a confused life. It was not until Zigg's reappearance that he felt at ease. At least he knew that he was not a rootless duckweed. He had relatives and his own home.

Even for a prodigal son who wanders all his life in pursuit of freedom, the place he misses most in the end is still home.

Seeing Jiger's figure becoming more and more illusory, Shanks suddenly shouted,

"Brother, I'm sorry!"

"Ok?"

Jiger was stunned for a moment, stopped his divine power, and said,

"what happened?"

Shanks pursed his lips and said with a guilty look on his face,

"Brother, I stole the Nika Fruit from the World Government, and I gave it and Captain Roger's straw hat to Luffy!"

Jiger tilted his head and said,

"I know about this, but I want to hear you talk about why you gave these two things to Luffy."

"I didn't intend to give it to him at first. When I got the Nika Fruit, I wanted to give it to Captain Roger's son Ace. Captain Roger told me that the Nika Fruit can choose its own owner. If Ace couldn't eat the Devil Fruit, it means that the Nika Fruit chose someone else. He also asked me to give the Straw Hat to the Nika Fruit user."

"Have you ever tried to eat the Nika fruit?"

"No, Captain Roger clearly told me that the Nika Fruit would not choose me because only D is qualified..."

"Tsk, it's really the so-called fatalism... Shanks, do you know what the relationship between the D clan and us Celestial Dragons is?"

Shanks lowered his head and said,

"It's the Celestial Dragons... they are our enemies!"

After hearing this, Zig walked up to Shanks without saying a word, and the two were very close to each other.

Shanks lowered his head even lower. Of course he remembered that Roger suppressed Zigg in that battle only after he became the user of the Nika Fruit. Even though Zigg was the final winner, he disappeared for twenty-two years after the war.

Anyone would think that Ziger was probably seriously injured in that battle, which is why he disappeared for so many years.

And Shanks actually handed the Nika Fruit to the D clan himself...

Just as Shanks felt more and more tormented, suddenly, he felt a big warm hand on his shoulder. He looked up and saw Ziger's smiling face.

Zigg looked into Shanks' eyes and said softly,

"You don't need to blame yourself. You didn't know your identity before this. Moreover, Roger raised you, so you should do something for him. There's nothing wrong with repaying a favor."

Shanks' eyes were wet, and he said in a trembling voice,

"But brother, I heard that Luffy is not dead. He was able to escape from your hands. It's just like what Captain Roger said. He is the real chosen one. If he really exerts the full power of the Nika Fruit in the future, I'm afraid that by then..."

Before Shanks could finish, Jiger stretched out a finger and pointed it at Shanks' forehead, chuckling.

"What are you afraid of? It's normal for the older brother to solve the trouble caused by the younger brother, isn't it?"