Chapter 1539: Obtaining the Frozen Fruit

"After investigation, we found out that these guys are deserters from the army." Zangao waved the paper in his hand, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and said to Robin.

Robin raised her eyebrows slightly, smiled, and asked curiously, "An army deserter? How is this good news?" In her opinion, there didn't seem to be anything special about army deserters.

Zangao chuckled, his face full of excitement. He continued, "Hey, their identities are nothing, but when they escaped, they stole a devil fruit from the treasury."

"The original intention was to use this fruit as development capital." Zangao said while observing Robin's reaction.

A hint of surprise flashed in Robin's eyes. She looked at Zangao, thought for a moment and said, "Seeing you so excited, it must be a very extraordinary devil fruit. I can't guess." She knew very well that the fruit that could make Zangao so excited must not be an ordinary fruit.

Zangao then burst into laughter, his laughter echoing in the air, as if it was about to burst through this small world. "Hahaha, it's Aokiji's Ice Fruit!"

"Ice Fruit?!" Robin yelled, her voice filled with shock. She had never imagined that it could be such a legendary devil fruit.

"How could such a thing fall into their hands?" In her understanding, once a fruit of this level is obtained, most people will choose to eat it directly to enhance their own strength.

Seeing Robin so shocked, Zangao became even more proud. He vividly relayed the information from the confession in his hand: "According to their confession, this fruit was originally destined for a new general in the army, but he is now seriously injured and lying in bed, so the matter has been put on hold."

"It just so happens that among these twenty people, five are soldiers guarding the treasury. The revolutionary army attacked the army base, and in the chaos, these guys simply stole the treasury and ran away." Zangao said while gesturing with his hands, as if he was in the fierce battle.

As Robin listened to Zangao's story, pictures emerged in his mind: the revolutionary army poured into the army base like a tide, the shouts of killing shook the earth, and there was chaos around the treasury. The five guarding soldiers took advantage of everyone's inattention and sneaked into the treasury, hid the precious frozen fruit in their arms, and then followed the other deserters to flee the army base in a panic.

"This is really great news," Robin exclaimed, a thoughtful look in her eyes. "If Kuro knew, he would definitely be very interested. Once this ice fruit appears in the world, it will definitely cause a huge storm in this sea area."

"Yes! With this level of devil fruit in our hands, we will be able to train a devil-level member soon." Zangao's face flushed with excitement, and his hands gestured in the air, as if he had already seen the glorious scene of the pirate group rising because of this fruit and dominating the sea.

By this time, Robin had already passed this shocking news to Kuro in her own unique way. In a simple tent at the base camp, Kuro and Ryan sat opposite each other, two rough teacups with steam rising from them placed on the wooden table in front of them.

Kuro picked up his teacup and took a sip when he heard the clear voice of Robin from Little Red Flower. This sudden news exploded in his mind like a bombshell, causing him to lose control of his tea instantly. "Puff!" Kuro's tea sprayed out, drawing an irregular arc in the air and spilling onto the wooden table in front of him.

Ryan was pretentiously holding his teacup, eyes closed, savoring the tea's aroma. Just as he was about to open his eyes and boast about the tea's unique flavor, he turned around and saw his captain spit out the tea in his mouth. "Ehmm... this tea is really just average," Ryan's eyes rolled, quickly finding a plausible excuse. He nodded seriously, as if it was really the tea that had caused Craw's loss of composure.

Craw ignored him, wiping the tea residue from his chin with his hand. He stood up from his chair with such swiftness that it seemed as if a beast was chasing him. "Captain, where are you going? Even if the tea is bad, you wouldn't go looking for someone, would you?" Ryan was startled by Craw's sudden rise and quickly stood up, asking with a puzzled look on his face.

"Shut up." Kuro glared at him, his eyes full of unquestionable majesty.

Ryan smiled awkwardly, scratched his head, and didn't dare to say anything. But when he heard Kuro's next words, his expression immediately became serious, and his eyes were as big as copper bells.

"The ice fruit has appeared." Kuro's voice was low and powerful, as if every word carried a thousand pounds of force.

"What?!" Ryan exclaimed, standing up as well. His aura suddenly surged, like a sleeping lion suddenly awakened. His clothes fluttered without a breeze, and a powerful aura emanated from him, shaking the air around him slightly.

"Who has it? I'll go get it back." Ryan rubbed his hands together, his eyes full of eagerness and excitement, as if he was about to rush out and do something big in the next second.

Kuro looked at him strangely, with a hint of helplessness and amusement in his eyes, and said slowly: "In our hands."

Ryan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then the corners of his mouth rose, revealing a slightly sarcastic smile, "Impossible, I'm responsible for external looting, how could I not know that the frozen fruit is in our hands." There was a hint of looking at a fool in his eyes, as if to say, you have to use a good lie to deceive him, this excuse is too lame.

"You are not robbing at all. This fruit was brought back by Enel." Kuro glared at Ryan and said unhappily.

"Enel?" Ryan repeated the name, his face full of confusion.

As soon as he finished speaking, several arcs of electricity suddenly appeared in the air, weaving freely through the air like nimble snakes. Then, with a crackling sound, lightning quickly gathered and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into Enel's body. In his hand, he also held an ice-blue Devil Fruit, which emitted a mysterious and alluring light, as if proclaiming the powerful power it contained.

"Fuck." Ryan widened his eyes, as if he had seen something incredible. He walked forward quickly, his eyes fixed on the frozen fruit in Enel's hand, as if he was afraid that it would disappear in the next second.