Chapter 849: The Whitebeard Pirates Enter the Interstellar Era
Although it was expected that Whitebeard would soon attack the navy, it was not expected that he would do it so quickly.
The appearance of these three fruits obviously means that the three admirals have been messed with by Whitebeard, but it is unknown whether they are dead or alive, so Luke asked that question just now.
Soon Marco replied to Luke's email on behalf of the old man, and it was only then that Luke knew that it was the Whitebeard Pirates who joined forces with the Beasts Pirates to destroy the high-end combat power of the navy.
Among the three admirals of the navy, only Akainu was clearly killed. To be more precise, this guy had a very high hatred for the pirates. After realizing that Whitebeard had the ability to deprive the fruit, he actually wanted to try to return the fruit to nature by committing suicide.
However, the old man, who was once the ability user of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, captured and imprisoned the demon power of the Lava Fruit that was released by the soul with the death of Akainu very accurately under the precise control of his ability, so not only was his devil fruit taken away, but he was also forcibly enslaved by Whitebeard on the Flying Mary after his death.
Yes, Luke heard it right. The dead admiral was imprisoned in a cell in the cabin of the Flying Mary.
Theoretically, if Akainu did not want to be in collusion with Whitebeard after his death, even the Netherworld Ferryman could not force him to become a crew member. However, as a soul that died at sea, he really had to board the ghost ship because it was the only ship that could carry him to the other side.
But the problem is that it is easy to board the ship but difficult to disembark. Once on Whitebeard's ship, it is up to the old man to decide when to let Akainu disembark.
Theoretically, Whitebeard can imprison Akainu's soul forever.
Whitebeard never intended to subdue Akainu, but every time he saw that the admiral could only stay on his ship as a prisoner, all the pirate crew members, including himself, felt relieved.
On a ghost ship full of dead souls, taking turns to visit Akainu in the cell became one of the few new entertainment methods for the crew members.
In fact, with the complete change of life form, Whitebeard didn't care much about many things in his life. The reason for attacking the navy was just to purchase a batch of powerful devil fruits, nothing more.
Oh, maybe he would also bring a little idea of demonstration, to the navy, to the pirates, especially the beasts, and he almost said that the beasts pirates would be his next target.
From the perspective of creating a super crossbow-level Whitebeard Pirates with all devil fruit ability users, these powerful natural elemental fruits were of course originally prepared to be allocated to his stupid sons. As a father, he always thinks of his children first.
But at Marco's suggestion, the old man still put these top natural fruits in the list and attached the item of "exchange conditions to be discussed later". Maybe he also wanted to test what good things Luke had. If Luke could really come up with enough exchange benefits, preferably something that could have an impact on this chaos, then it would not be impossible to exchange these fruits.
After all, with the old man here, what they are least afraid of now is being targeted by fruit ability users.
Marco was just trying it out, but when he saw the email attachment sent by Luke, he fell silent on the spot.
Soon, Marco summoned several shipwrights on the Moby Dick who were responsible for repairing the ship and showed them Luke's attachment diagram -
It was about the battle scene, hull data and some armed functions of the "Minerva".
A high-tech assault special ship that can fly, sail and dive, beyond the imagination of all humans in the world view of One Piece.
The shipwrights were all dumbfounded. What is this? Is it a ship? Is this the same thing under their buttocks?
This is obviously completely beyond their understanding and the knowledge system they have mastered. Marco's idea of asking them to help distinguish the authenticity can be said to be thwarted on the spot.
It is impossible to distinguish the authenticity of this thing, but because there is a serious transaction with Luke and the Brave Front forces, and the old man has a good personal relationship with Luke, so from a rational point of view, Luke should not use a blank check to deceive them.
At this time, a new email arrived as expected.
"This is the main carrier of our army. A few natural devil fruits are not even enough to exchange for this thing, but I can show you the Alpine-class land battleship."
Then there is the attachment, from "Gundam x Gaiden", the Vulture ship originally captained by Gamilnit, which is a special ship that can sail on water and land.
Even though this is just a ship mainly for transportation, with few armed forces and no ship characteristics, and the cost in the game is only one-sixth of the Minerva, it is not something that the ships in the One Piece system can touch.
And the amphibious function can do more things in this chaotic sea monster world.
Just like Luke is doing, a devil fruit with negative effects is really not as good as a fraction of the Minerva. Even if Luke exchanged it for free, it is impossible to exchange it for a few fruits.
Luke is simply throwing bait, the Whitebeard Pirates are waiting for the price, and Luke can do the same thing.
The receipt of these two emails immediately aroused the pirates' desire for the new ship, and this was the time to switch between offense and defense.
Anyway, Luke can materialize once more today, and he can take out a new ship anytime and anywhere. It all depends on what Whitebeard decides. Anyway, it's a competition of who can hold his breath longer.
For these three natural fruits, Luke is actually determined to get only the Sparkle Fruit. Although he can get the other two, they are not necessary.
Although the Lava Fruit can activate Luke's meteorite ability, Luke, who can throw meteorites with the incarnation of Tagore, is no longer so needed.
The Frozen Fruit will be related to the wizard's ice spells as expected, but Luke has martial arts and can throw frost with Qi, so the demand is not so strong.
But the Sparkle is different. This is the last puzzle to complete the fusion of light and darkness.
It should be said that the old man is indeed swift and decisive. Just when Luke thought that the opponent would drag it out for a long time, the email making the final decision came.
"If you can immediately come up with a better ship than this Alpine-class land battleship, then all these fruits will be yours."
"...Wait, I'll be there soon."
Not long after, Luke performed a miracle in front of Whitebeard.
As Luke waved, a "Pegasus-class assault landing ship" originally belonging to the Federation Army appeared out of thin air, and it actually has a more familiar name -
White Trojan, which once carried Guntanks, Guncannons and RX-78 Original Gundam.