“Swish… Swish…”
Suddenly.
Countless trees and plants around, as if they were alive.
A large number of shrubs and weeds were growing at an alarming speed, turning into giant trunks and vines…
Directly like a conscious venomous snake.
They swarmed in, endlessly.
“What?”
Gates’ face changed.
He dodged and moved continuously.
The next moment, he jumped up there, his legs kicking out fiercely: “Rankyaku - Ran!”
“Whiz! Whiz! Whiz…”
A series of light green slashes broke through the air.
They directly cut off a large number of trees and vines that were constantly attacking.
“Soru!”
“Slap, Slap…”
Without hesitation, his whole body moved swiftly, stepping on the air and rushing into the sky.
But those trees and vines still grew at an alarming speed, rising from the ground.
They relentlessly pursued him.
“Damn it…”
It was as if the other party could predict the future.
Knowing where he was going to move, where he would appear.
Countless trees and vines grew continuously, blocking and intercepting him.
Immediately after, a sea of trees and vines, like endless venomous snakes.
Relentlessly engulfed him.
“Swish!”
Just then.
Gates’ face changed drastically.
He was caught off guard and tripped by a few vines that flew past, tangling his right foot.
Then, a large number of vines swarmed in densely.
They engulfed him completely.
Bound him tightly.
“Swish Swish…”
Moreover, a large number of sharp vines and thorns gathered around him, close at hand.
If he dared to move, these plants would immediately turn into incredibly sharp spears, stabbing him all at once, turning him into a beehive.
It was enough to make one's scalp tingle.
“Got you!”
The giant feathered snake god.
In a blink of an eye, it flapped its wings and flew over.
Its sharp fangs were incredibly ferocious, gleaming with a cold light.
It was menacing, looking down at its opponent, filled with an indescribable sense of oppression.
It made one shudder and tremble with fear.
“Damn it…” Gates struggled desperately.
But he still couldn’t break free, these plants were far more resilient than ordinary vines.
He was shocked, was this really a child of only nine years old?
He was nothing short of a monster.
“Futile resistance!”
The huge figure shrank continuously.
It transformed back into a human form, but its five-meter tall body was still unattainable.
In Gates’s rapidly shrinking gaze, El’s giant right hand stretched out, directly pressing down on his head.
His innate special Kenbunshoku Haki activated.
Instantly reading his memories.
“Hmm, so this is the Rokushiki? Not bad…”
El closed his eyes slightly and chuckled: “However, Life Return is quite good!”
He had never planned to kill this CP0 captain directly, but intentionally spared his life.
This was because he knew very well that this guy, as a senior CP0 agent, must have mastered the Rokushiki and Haki training methods.
Even if he had not learned “Life Return,” the special secret art that is said to be able to inject consciousness into various parts of the body, further controlling oneself, he should have tried to cultivate it.
Rokushiki, for a monster like El, was not something particularly outstanding in terms of martial arts.
It couldn’t be said that it was completely useless, but it could only be considered icing on the cake.
However, the secret art of Life Return was different.
He valued it greatly.
If he could cultivate it to the extreme.
Perhaps he could truly achieve perfect control over every part of himself.
Even train his most vulnerable internal organs.
Fully exploit his potential.
“However, I still have to thank you for sending me a Devil Fruit all the way here!”
That’s right.
From his memory.
El learned that on their World Government ship.
There was a Devil Fruit that a CP agent in the latter half of the New World had found by chance. It was going to be escorted to the Holy Land, Mary Geoise, and handed over to the World Government.
The result was obviously going to be a free gift to El.
“What!?”
Gates’ pupils shrank sharply.
Cold sweat poured down his face, he looked at the other party in horror: “What have you done to me?”
Rokushiki? Life Return?
He even knew about the Devil Fruit that the CP had just found.
This monster suddenly mentioned these things, did he read his memories through some special ability?
“I have no interest in explaining things to my enemies. You can guess in hell…”
El sneered there.
He snapped his fingers and turned around to leave, his tone filled with coldness: “World Government dogs, all deserve to die!”
“Hiss… Hiss…”
The next moment.
A large number of wooden vines, with spear-like tips.
They pierced through at the same time.
“Busoshoku Haki - Tekkai (Armament Haki - Iron Body)!!”
The CP0 captain, naturally unwilling to sit and wait for death, used Iron Body to defend himself.
He even covered his entire body with Armament Haki, trying desperately to break free.
But how could El not have noticed his thoughts?
“Sizzle… Sizzle… Sizzle…” Without looking back, he left, his whole body intertwined with amazing electric currents.
Visible lightning currents, violently intertwined and shining, rushed along the wooden vines that were wrapped around Gates.
In an instant, he was electrocuted, his whole body blackened, his limbs numb.
His hair stood on end, he was in agony.
“Hiss! Hiss! Hiss…”
“Ah… Ah… Ah…”
Then.
Accompanied by even more terrifying screams.
In a blink of an eye, the CP0 captain was directly pierced into a beehive.
Blood was dripping, it was a gruesome sight.
It wasn’t just this CP0 captain.
The CP agents who had passed out were no exception.
One by one, they were mercilessly pierced by sharp vines, covered in blood.
Over the years, if he hadn’t been lucky, even if he were still alive, he would probably have escaped the fate of his fellow “Flame Disaster” King from the Beasts Pirates.
In all likelihood, he would have been used as a test subject, like a white rat, locked up and tortured in countless ways, subjected to various inhuman experiments.
Even his parents, in the final analysis, could be said to have been killed by the World Government.
How could El show mercy to these Celestial Dragon’s dogs?
“Swish…”
After dealing with the CP agents.
El opened the backpack he had specially brought with him, which was filled with various fruits.
Because, he was well aware that Carmel was the user of the Paramecia-type, Soru Soru no Mi (Soul-Soul Fruit), he didn’t want to waste such a good ability.
It is said that after a Devil Fruit user dies.
Their power will be randomly attached to other fruits and regenerate.
So El wanted to try it out, to see if he could recover the power of the Paramecia-type, Soru Soru no Mi (Soul-Soul Fruit).
Even if he failed, it wouldn’t be a big loss.
“Sure enough, I couldn’t recover it successfully?”
A moment later —
Looking at the bananas, apples, mangoes, pomegranates, and other fruits that were scattered all over the ground, but had not changed in any way.
El wasn’t too disappointed.
He hadn’t had high hopes in the first place.
However, to avoid missing any possible chance.
He still spent half a day searching the island inside and out, even the World Government ship was not spared.
It wasn’t until the afternoon that he finally gave up.
“Forget it, if I can’t find it, then I can’t. Anyway, it’s not like I haven’t gained anything!”
Looking at the setting sun.
El shrugged his shoulders, couldn’t help but smile: “Paramecia-type, Zanzan no Mi (Chop-Chop Fruit)? Not too bad!”
He, who never wanted to waste food easily, quickly finished off the fruits he had brought.
He packed Carmel’s suitcase filled with berries, the Devil Fruit he had found on the World Government ship, and even a pair of Seastone handcuffs.
He packed them all into a sack.
Moreover, the location where Sister Carmel hid her treasures.
He had already read her memories and figured it out.
This “mountain hag” had given him a pleasant surprise.
…