Free Web NovelChapter 50: Chapter 50
Chapter 50
"Legendary pirate Golden Lion’s successor?!!"
Cobra’s face showed a look of shock as he stared at Rorschach. He never expected this handsome young man to have such an identity. No wonder he was so powerful.
Vivi hadn’t told him about this, but he quickly gave a bitter smile.
Since Vivi had already accepted it, what else could he say?
"Well well it’s not really an identity worth bragging about. If I could keep it hidden, I really wouldn’t want to expose it so early. Otherwise, my enjoyable adventure would be ruined by those Navy guys."
Rorschach scratched the back of his head with a dry laugh and quickly changed the subject.
"So, have you finished deciphering it?"
"Yes. Captain Rorschach, do you want me to tell you the contents?" freewёbnoνel.com
Robin closed her notebook and looked at him with a meaningful smile.
"No need. Actually, I already roughly know what’s recorded on this Poneglyph."
"Oh? Captain Rorschach actually knows what is recorded here?"
Robin felt somewhat surprised. She didn’t expect Rorschach to really know the contents inside.
"Yeah, it’s probably related to the location of the ’Pluton’. It’s on some island in the second half of the Grand Line. We will go there in the future as well."
Rorschach rubbed his chin and spoke calmly.
He had already directly told Crocodile about Pluton’s location before, but he didn’t know exactly where in Wano Country.
But if Crocodile currently had the courage to go to Kaido’s territory to search for ’Pluton’, he would think a little higher of him.
Rorschach wasn’t worried that Crocodile would cooperate with Kaido. Kaido was a Yonko after all, and Warlords were just a joke in his eyes. Even if they cooperated, it would be as a subordinate force.
A man like Crocodile who dared to face Whitebeard directly would never submit to others, so he was certain Crocodile wouldn’t cooperate with Kaido.
"That’s correct. I never expected Captain Rorschach to actually know the contents inside. It’s truly unbelievable."
This time Robin was genuinely shocked. She didn’t expect Rorschach wasn’t bluffing and really knew what was recorded inside.
"Hahahaha, actually I know the hiding places of many Poneglyphs, and I know some of their contents too."
"The next island we’re going to will also have a Poneglyph. If I remember correctly, it should be related to the hiding place of the ’Poseidon’." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Hearing this, Rorschach put his hands on his waist and laughed loudly, his expression carrying a trace of pride.
Robin’s eyes brightened. What an exciting journey this would be.
"Oh, right. Actually, I still have one question I want to ask King Cobra."
Rorschach suddenly turned back to look at Cobra as if he had just remembered something.
He had almost forgotten the real question he wanted to ask.
"Lord Rorschach, please speak freely."
"Actually, I want to know how the Alabasta royal family transfers the previous generation’s Devil Fruit ability onto a fruit."
"It is said that Alabasta has always had two great guardian gods — the Bird-Bird Fruit Falcon form and the Dog-Dog Fruit Jackal form. I want to know, after so many long years in Alabasta’s history, exactly how these two Devil Fruits have continued to appear here?"
Rorschach asked the question that had puzzled him the most in his heart for a long time.
Blackbeard transferred other Devil Fruit abilities through the Dark-Dark Fruit. So how did Alabasta, without the Dark-Dark Fruit, manage to keep these Devil Fruits appearing here?
"This..."
Cobra showed a difficult expression, and his words became somewhat hesitant.
"If this topic troubles Your Majesty, then let’s forget about it. We are already very grateful that you allowed us to read the Poneglyph. This question is just my personal curiosity."
Seeing Cobra’s troubled look, Rorschach felt a bit disappointed inside but didn’t press further.
After all, this was just a long-standing doubt he had from watching One Piece. He didn’t want to trouble his future father-in-law.
"No. Since you, the savior of Alabasta, want to know, I can tell you this country’s secret."
Cobra seemed to have made up his mind. His eyes became firm, and he no longer held back.
"Actually, the rebirth location of a Devil Fruit ability user after death is controllable!"
Cobra’s words were shocking. Everyone present looked at him in astonishment.
"Controllable?!!"
This was everyone’s inner reaction.
As far as they knew, after a Devil Fruit ability user died, their ability would regenerate as a Devil Fruit on some fruit somewhere in the sea.
This process didn’t require the fruit to grow — the Devil Fruit would directly attach itself to a fruit and grant demonic power.
"Devil Fruits are actually the possibility of ’human evolution’ that people pursue — powers born from people’s inner obsessions!"
Cobra spoke of things that even Rorschach had never known. Everyone present was hearing the origin of Devil Fruits for the first time.
"Human obsession gives birth to these ’unnatural’ powers, but they are rejected by the ’mother of nature’ — the sea! Every Devil Fruit ability user is constrained by the Seastone factor in the ocean."
"This is also why even the best swimmers become unable to swim after eating a Devil Fruit."
"But what does this have to do with Alabasta inheriting Devil Fruits?"
Although he was very surprised by the inside story of Devil Fruit origins, Rorschach was still very curious about exactly how they inherited the fruits.
"As I said, Devil Fruits are all born from human obsession. When an ability user dies, their Devil Fruit ability carries their soul back to the place where their obsession is deepest."
"Every Devil Fruit inherits some of the previous owner’s obsessions and soul. This is also why, right after eating a Devil Fruit, some people can use special moves. It may come from the power developed by the previous Devil Fruit user. If the ability user has no place of deep obsession, then the Devil Fruit will truly generate randomly somewhere in the sea."
"For the successive guardian gods of Alabasta, when they are about to die, we always place their favorite fruit beside them. After death, their Devil Fruit will rebirth in the land where their obsession is deepest, and it is very likely to rebirth nearby."
Cobra looked up at Rorschach and revealed the secret that had been buried in Alabasta for a long time.
"It’s truly unbelievable. I never thought the origin of Devil Fruit abilities was like this."
Robin, the most knowledgeable person in the crew, couldn’t help but sigh.
"Although this method of inheriting Devil Fruit abilities is controllable, for most ability users out on the sea, do they really have a place of deep obsession?"
"Only guardians like those of Alabasta, who have lived on this land their whole lives and are loyal to the royal family here, would make every fruit ability user be born here."
Rorschach’s words pointed out the key to this inheritance.
(The inspiration for this method of inheriting Devil Fruits comes from the way the Four Seasons Maidens inherit power in RWBY.)
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