Chapter 369 The remaining time fruit ability...
Chapter 369 The remaining power of the Time Fruit...
"That's a bit irrational, boss." Ben Beckman took a puff of his cigarette and also tried to dissuade him.
"What should we do?" The red-haired man suddenly stopped on the gangway and looked at his companions standing on the shore behind him:
"Am I going to watch Uta being killed by him?!"
"I can make a poison, but who can get close to Arthur and inject the poison into his body?" Kitago, the doctor of the Red Hair Pirates, said to Red Hair.
"We can proceed as planned, but we need to use the little princess and take her to the G.12 base to awaken the ancient demon king." Ben Beckman then suggested:
“With the level of development of Uta’s abilities today, Totumjika shouldn’t be as easy to deal with as we were more than a decade ago.
It should appear in its complete form, and even Arthur would be unable to resist the terrifying power of its regularity.
When we hear Uta's singing and he falls into a deep sleep and is brought into the dream world, that is the best time for us to kill his real body.
This is also the only action that can eliminate the huge threat and enemy of our pirate group, Boss."
Shanks listened carefully to what Ben Beckman said and thought it made a lot of sense.
However, taking advantage of his daughter really went against his original intention.
If you don't take advantage of it, it will be too late.
What happened in the Battle of Marineford had completely angered Arthur.
Getting rid of Arthur was the only thing he wanted to do right now.
For him, Arthur's existence not only threatens the tradition of pirates, but also threatens the operation of the entire world.
He regarded Arthur as a time bomb that could explode at any time and take revenge on the whole world.
And he has to get rid of this bomb in order to ensure the balance of the ocean.
"No, we will just take Arthur's daughter as a hostage, and then go to Elegia to meet Uta and use this to spread the news and threaten him."
……
New world.
It was drizzling under the gloomy sky.
On the beach of an uninhabited island full of coconut trees.
The waves are rolling.
The Cooper was anchored beside the beach, with the waves beating against the wooden planks of the ship.
On the beach, Hancock set up a tent and sat inside it with his knees hugged.
She looked at the beach, where Arthur was walking barefoot with his arms outstretched, flip-flops in his hands.
"Wano Country, Kozuki Clan, Kozuki Toki, the user of the Time Fruit, the Awakened One.
When I killed her, she used some kind of fruit power on me."
Arthur, who was facing the sea, looked back at Hancock.
"She said it was the power of the awakening of the Time Fruit."
"Time Fruit?" Hancock stared at Arthur comfortably, a little curious.
“A fruit recorded in Vegapunk’s Devil Fruit Manual.
Can see a person's future and travel into the future with the person himself.
The only downside is that the ability doesn’t work retroactively.”
Arthur explained:
“That woman is smart…pain aside.
I have come to where I am today and have been extremely lucky.
Basically, all the women I interact with, whether they are pirates, navy officers, historians... want to be with me...you know what I am?
Even when I was in Roger's Pirates... Big Mom wanted to have an affair with me, to get my genetic bloodline, and to have another child with her bloodline."
When Hancock heard the news, his face suddenly darkened: "Have you ever had such an experience? It's so scary...
So, can you tell me more about Kozuki Toki? "
Hancock brought the subject back to the point, her face full of anticipation.
This made Arthur stunned for a few seconds, his eyes became cherishing Hancock, and then he continued to say to her:
"She used her ability to look at my entire life... She knows everything that has happened so far."
"Huh?" Hancock was a little confused, staring at Arthur with a strange look on her face, and asked:
"No, Arthur...you mean, she knows everything about your future?"
"That's right." Arthur found it difficult to explain and looked at Hancock very calmly.
Let the raindrops fall on your body, turning into raindrops that drip from your hairline onto the beach at your feet.
"Why...why don't you change everything? Knowing the future, why are you still living such a miserable life?" Hancock asked Arthur with solemn eyes.
"Because I can't go back to the past, otherwise everything will change, just like the time fruit, it is impossible to know a person's past, and it is impossible to go back to the past.
Kozuki Toki called this fate, destiny. "
As Arthur spoke, he suddenly remembered the last words that Kozuki Toki said to him before he died two years ago.
That is: I have never seen such a miserable person. Even if you kill everything I have, this will be your last gift for recognizing my talent.
"Can you tell me what kind of future she sees for you, dear?" Hancock thought for a moment and asked curiously.
After hearing this, Arthur turned back to face the gray sky and sea, grinned and replied:
"Blood, darkness, no light, loneliness...always lonely. In the end, there will be no one around me...
By the time I started to believe what she said, it was too late...
Cooper, Stussy, Gion, and Toritoma also died two years ago.
Next time it might be you, Hancock."
"No way!" Hancock couldn't sit still in the tent after hearing Arthur's words.
He stood up suddenly, ran towards the seaside in the rain, came behind Arthur and hugged him:
"I will never die, Arthur."
Arthur firmly believed this.
Every time he kills a person, he can use the awakening power of the soul cage to absorb that person's basic body functions and transform them into his own power.
It doesn't matter if they are strong or weak, as long as they are human beings.
It also makes up for the side effect of slow aging brought by pure gold.
After getting the pure gold, Arthur realized that the tower could not bring true immortality.
Moreover, there is a side effect of carrying it with you, which is that it does not increase your physical strength.
Or the growth of strength will become extremely slow.
But this is of no concern to his physique.
Arthur's physique was strengthened through extreme combat, but now he can no longer become stronger through training.
Two years ago, after the resumption of the war at the top, his physical strength had reached an incredible level.
In addition to absorbing Aokiji, Aramaki, and Ichisho, there are a bunch of miscellaneous souls.
The enemies he encountered so far can be easily dealt with by him.
Including Garp and the Straw Hat Pirates who were involved in yesterday's Aurora Islands incident.
Arthur concluded that no one in this world could take everything away from him by force.
But Arthur couldn't predict whether the thing he worried about would happen.
After all, this world is always magical and fantastic, with all kinds of races, abilities, and technologies.
Now, he has seen everything, including magic, and there are still too many unknown things to count.
“Haha, instead of talking about these things, why not talk about how to live in the present moment, right?
What's our catchphrase? Hancock."
Arthur put aside the bad things and asked Hancock.
"Live in the present and leave no regrets." Hancock responded softly.
"So, enjoying the present is everything! Future? Destiny?
Whatever it wants."
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