Chapter 265 Departure and Fruit

“Oh? You mean Kaido is not dead and is recovering in Wano Country? It’s resolved. Well, that’s good. You have grown up. When are you going to come back? Your mother misses you very much.”

“Ah, your brother Walter? It’s good that the boy didn’t get scolded by your mother. She complained to me honestly that there was no one to talk to her about her feelings after you left.”

“Two more years of playing? There’s no difference between letting Barrett complete the task I gave him and playing for two years. Well, fine, I’m hanging up. By the way, I agree with what you two are doing, but try not to do anything big before the wedding, otherwise I will definitely nag you!”

“Click~”

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi call, Ross breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head, stood up, and prepared to go home for dinner from the office.

He returned to his once busy days and no longer had the leisure and elegance he had when he was an instructor in the navy.

I just didn’t expect today’s news to be so interesting.

How come Kaido didn’t die from such a lethal move as mine and managed to survive at least thousands or tens of thousands of meters below the sea?
Honestly speaking, even if Roger Cap came, he might not survive in such a situation, as he would fall into the sea at a depth of nearly 1,000 meters while being completely powerless!
You have to know that the sea is full of currents and undercurrents. How can you survive under such extreme conditions…

Excluding the factor of luck, Ross couldn’t help but sigh that the changes brought about by racial differences were really too great.

It is no wonder that the World Government is keen on studying super-powerful sub-human races like the Lunaria. They have so many advantages over humans and almost no weaknesses!

“Ugh……”

After talking for a while, Ross became more and more depressed. No wonder he couldn’t find Kaido’s fruit after searching for a long time. It turned out that Kaido was not dead at all, and the fruit did not regenerate. How could it be picked up by someone else?

However, will the Blue Dragon Fruit choose Barrett? This question is worth pondering.

Ross touched his chin. He thought that it was very likely that he would be able to do it. After all, Barrett was better than Kaido. Just don’t let that devil fruit be ungrateful!

“What’s wrong, dear? You look so sad. Only Mona can make you like this, right?”

“My daughter talked to you on the Den Den Mushi today? Did something happen? Could it be that he and Barrett…”

“No, no, no, don’t make random guesses! Barrett still listens to me.”

Ross immediately stopped Mora from saying such revealing words, saying that this was not something that should be said.

But even if it really happened, I probably wouldn’t be too harsh on myself. After all, everyone knows the physical constitution of the people on the sea. The reason why my age was extended in the previous life was partly due to physical fitness and partly due to psychological reasons.

Neither of these two aspects is true in this ocean.

After stopping Mora, Goli and Luva brought up the prepared meals. Since they got older, they began to study the cooking skills, and they didn’t know why.

Obviously, Ross thought the food in the cafeteria was pretty good, and he felt at ease eating the same food as his children at home.

“Phew, it’s nothing actually. It’s just that they might have to play for another two years before they can come back. And there was a pirate that I didn’t kill that year. He just happened to appear in front of them and was killed by Barrett.”

While eating at the dinner table, Ross briefly described to his three wives the situation that Barrett and Mona had described to him when they talked on the bug phone, so as to prevent them from having wild thoughts.

“So that’s how it is. This girl is really something. She actually wants to play outside for so long. I really don’t understand the thoughts of young people.”

Mora said somewhat disappointedly that the person who was most sad about her daughter’s absence was not Ross, but Mona’s biological mother.

Ross smiled and shook his head, then stood up and sat next to Mora, holding her in his arms, and said in a gentle tone:
“When children grow up, they have to go out and have some fun. It may be a long time or a short time, but they have to come back eventually, right?”

“The daughter who came back has completely grown up. She is no longer as cute as she was when she was little. By the way, who was that pirate you failed to capture? Who was he? He was worthy of Mona and the others calling Den Den Mushi back home to nag you.”

“Kaido is a very strong guy. Speaking of which, Barrett’s experience seems really exciting now~”

As if he had thought of something, Ross suddenly laughed.

“Kaido, I remember now. He is the one with the dragon-something fruit ability, right? Now that I think about it, Barrett’s experience is indeed very strange.”

Goli covered her mouth and chuckled, with a hint of envy in her tone.

Luwa sat quietly beside Goli, eating the food she cooked bite by bite. She thought for a while before she started laughing.

“An orphan adopted by a strong man, he was the princess’s little knight since childhood, and when he grew up he became a dragon-slaying warrior. When they come back, he will be the prince who marries the princess. Oh, I really envy my daughter. The story between him and Barrett can be written into a fairy tale~”

Mora said after thinking for a moment, her black eyes rolling, as if she wanted to write something down herself.

Ross narrowed his eyes, then nodded slightly without saying anything, his expression lost in reminiscence.

Just as he was sinking into his memories, the three beautiful women started chatting like young girls:

“That’s a good idea! What name will Sister Mora give this book?”

“How about calling it Ghost Rider?”

“No, no, that doesn’t sound good. How about calling it “Slug Knight”? That will definitely be popular with kids.”

“Ah, but I could have written something more general. A sweet love story would be great~”

“No, no, no, I think it should be more inspirational. ‘How a Hero is Made’ is a very good one. Barrett is now a hero who slays dragons. Who would have thought that he was once just a shy and autistic little boy? What a contrast!”

Laughter and joy took place at the small family dining table.

Ross sat quietly without being disturbed. This was the life he wanted. How wonderful…

…………………

At the same time, Wano Country.

After finishing the call with her father, Mona and Barrett went to “Hakumai”, one of the regions in Wano Country, at the warm invitation of Shimotsuki Yasuie.

Now Kurozumi Orochi and others have become fugitives of Wano Country. In Wano Country, there are almost no skilled shipbuilders, and the water flow leading to the outside world is very tortuous and dangerous. It is only a matter of time before their group of old, weak and sick people are killed.

However, before Shimotsuki Yasuie could order his men to search for Kurotan and his group, a familiar head fell to his feet as soon as they arrived at the destroyed Flower City. “This guy is really hard to kill. I almost lost my life. Why didn’t anyone tell me that there is a Devil Fruit user with eight lives?”

The Jinmen guard was carrying a sword on his shoulder and stepping on a headless corpse. Around him were five of the Nine Red Scabbards. It could be said that only a cat and a dog were left behind to guard the house, and the rest all ran away.

Barrett just smiled gently and nodded to a few people.

When he came to Flower City, he discovered the Jinmen Guards who were following him, but he didn’t take it seriously. He didn’t expect that they would help them at this time, saving them a lot of effort.

“I am a retainer of Lord Oden after all. It’s not too much for me to come out and guard a dangerous person like you, right? It’s a pity that the old woman was too slippery. Except for that guy, all the people you let go are already here.”

After saying this, Jinmenwei turned around and was about to leave. He waved his hand and said goodbye to Barrett:
“Since you have achieved your goal, please don’t go crazy. Wano Country is very beautiful. You are welcome to enjoy it. Now let’s go! See you later~”

“See you later.”

Barrett nodded, stretched out his hand and waved it twice.

Mona beside him looked at the dead head of the Black Charcoal Snake with some disgust, then buried her face in Barrett’s chest, and urged the other party to leave this unlucky place as soon as possible with both hands.

“The Nine Red Scabbards are just a bunch of kids who haven’t grown up yet. They actually gave themselves nicknames like that.”

Shimotsuki Yasuie shook his head helplessly. He could be considered a benefactor to the other people. He not only funded them but also trained them. However, sometimes he was troubled by the immaturity of the teenagers.

Unlike him, the current dragon-slaying warrior is so domineering and handsome! Isn’t it much better than the Red Scabbard~?

With the abrupt farewell of Jinmenwei and others, Barrett and Mona returned to “Baiwu” with Shimotsuki Yasuie.

After that, he stayed for more than a month amidst the warm hospitality, and finally left “Baiwu” with a lot of bags.

It was during this month that almost all the people in Wano Country “knew” this distinguished guest from outer seas.

Not only did he perform the heroic feat of slaying a dragon alongside Shimotsuki Yasuie, he was also a powerful warrior who cared about the people and was loyal to them!

This also meant that the two of them would receive warm hospitality even if they passed by a village, and then continue their journey on the island.

It was not until the 1494th year of the Haiyuan calendar that the two finally left with a full load on a ship built by the best craftsmen of Wano Country. However, the departure from Wano Country had to be done manually by Barrett.

“Barrett, are you still hesitating about eating that devil fruit? If you ask me, just eat this Yamata no Orochi. Although the Blue Dragon Fruit is very powerful, it is far less important than your life.”

On the small wooden boat, Barrett and Mona looked at the three fruits lying in the big backpack and continued the discussion they had repeated countless times.

“Bai Wu” and his group found one of their targets, the Big Mouth True God form of the Devil Fruit Mythical Beast, in a pine forest.

After leaving “Bai Wu”, they found the two top fantasy beasts, Yamata no Orochi and Azure Dragon, one after another. The three of them were like girls who offered themselves voluntarily, and they had no idea what modesty was.

Even Mona couldn’t help but recall an incident from her childhood. At that time, she and Barrett were playing on the sea. As a result, a wave hit them, and after the wave calmed down, a devil fruit inexplicably appeared in her body.

It was really too weird. If she hadn’t called her dad and asked if there was any problem, she would have advised Barrett not to eat the fruit for the time being, and to try again when he wanted to get closer, but never let some weird and dirty things get on his body.

“Huh, actually, if someone can kill me once, then they are definitely capable of killing me a second time. Killing without any preparation is really rare.”

Barrett shook his head and said, his words tended to make him want to eat the Azure Dragon form of the Fish-Fish Fruit even more.

Just as he said, since others have the ability to kill Trace once, there will definitely be a first, second, third, fourth time and so on.

In this case, it would be better to train one’s strength to the peak so that others won’t even have the chance to defeat him, let alone kill him.

But he also listened to Mona’s advice, so he hasn’t eaten the fruit until now. His father Ross also didn’t care about this matter. As long as the fruit he took was one of these two, there would be no problem at all.

After all, Barrett is not lacking in physical talent.

The Blue Dragon Fruit can take him to the next level, and the Yamata no Orochi can give him the most enviable passive ability in the ocean – compounding! Eight times at that!

“Ah, this is the trouble of having two top-level devil fruits at the same time. If only I hadn’t eaten the fruit, then we wouldn’t have to choose.”

Mona sighed out loud.

The two people’s boat sailed quietly towards an uninhabited ancient island…

——–

“Mom, are these all true?”

Robin pointed to the picture album of a book and asked Olivia. At this moment, there were open books all around her.

Olivia looked at her daughter, then at the book she pointed at. Finally, she sighed slightly in her heart, but smiled on the surface and said:

“Yes, of course it’s true. This is the result of a study by a group of great scholars. The ocean we live in was once a magnificent continent!”

“What about this big robot? It looks so cool. I want to play with it. Can I go find Grandpa?”

Little Robin pointed at a huge robot in the picture and said that the robot looked extremely rough, but its joints and structure could barely be considered a robot.

Under Robin’s expectant eyes, Olivia went through a mental struggle and decided to leave this difficult decision to others.

It’s not her fault. She took out so many books to entertain little Robin, but she chose to take out this book written by Clover Fight.

Immediately recorded some things that absolutely could not be leaked to the outside world.

“Of course you can! Go ahead, little Robin, why don’t you try to go downstairs to find your grandparents by yourself this time? Be brave, maybe you can already go down the stairs~”

“Well, okay, Mom! Let Robin go find Grandpa by himself this time!”

After saying this, Little Robin held the books in his hands and walked out unsteadily…

(End of this chapter)