bookbashuk Chapter 263: The news was blocked by the Five Elders!
Chapter 263: The news was blocked by the Five Elders!
"Luffy's Devil Fruit?"
The dragon's voice was hesitant.
"I heard my father mention it; it's a Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit."
"Although that kid did develop his fruit quite well, to Gear Second and Gear Third."
Long paused for a moment, his gaze sharp.
"But this is just an ordinary Paramecia-type Devil Fruit."
That's all.
"What gives it the right...?"
The dragon's voice suddenly rose in pitch, carrying a sense of absurdity.
"What makes it think it can stand against the world-king who sits on the void throne?"
"That was a god who ruled the world for eight hundred years."
"Relying on a rubber fruit?"
If rubber can defeat the Im you're talking about, then this Im is far too weak.
Zefa, who was listening nearby, also chuckled.
Although he disliked Long, they shared the same view on this point.
"I've seen the illustration of the Gum-Gum Fruit at the Marine Headquarters before."
Zefa crossed his thick arms and snorted coldly.
"That was an ability that was deemed mediocre."
"Although it's been played into some fancy ways by that bastard Garp's grandson, its essence remains unchanged."
"Are you suggesting we use the elasticity of this thing to bounce Im away?"
Chen Ye did not refute their questions.
He extended his index finger and gently shook it in front of him.
The movements were slow and gentle.
It was a highly dramatic denial.
"rubber?"
It seems your intelligence is outdated. Are you completely unaware of what happened during the Marineford War?
What do you mean?
Zephyr and the dragon exchanged a glance, both looking puzzled.
That's right, neither of you participated in the Marineford War.
Moreover, in hindsight, the Five Elders must have blocked information about the Marineford War at the time!
listen!
Gum-Gum Fruit!
"That was just a disguise to cover up its real name."
"It was a pseudonym that the World Government deliberately gave to erase that fruit from history."
"For eight hundred years, they have been hunting this fruit, but have never succeeded."
"It has its own will and keeps escaping from the government."
Listen carefully.
Its real name is...
Everyone held their breath.
The dragon's fingers stopped tapping.
Zefa lowered his arms, which he had been holding to his chest.
Only Aokiji showed no shock on his face, because although he had pretended to be dead during the Marineford War, he still vividly remembered Luffy's appearance when he transformed in the future.
"Zoan type, Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan..."
Chen Ye uttered the name, word by word, a name that was enough to make the Five Elders tremble.
"Nika" form.
Dead silence.
Absolute silence.
Long Meng's eyes widened.
Human Fruit?
Mythical Zoan?
Not a Superman?
But this is not the end.
Chen Ye looked at the stunned expressions on everyone's faces and a smug smile curled at the corners of his lips.
He added the more impactful, more taboo title.
"Or, you could call it..."
"The Sun God".
boom!
A thunderclap boomed in the small conference room.
The sun god.
The word itself carries an ancient and heavy power.
The dragon's pupils contracted violently.
Nika, the sun god.
That name, which exists only in the oldest legends and is only mentioned by slaves in their whispered prayers at night.
The liberating god who brings joy to people and delivers all beings from suffering.
"This...how is this possible..."
The dragon muttered to itself, its voice terribly hoarse.
He always thought it was just a legend.
It is a beautiful fantasy woven by the oppressed.
But now, Chen Ye is telling him that the god is his son?
That silly boy who only shouts "I want to eat meat"?
Chen Ye didn't give them time to react.
He stood up.
Then the story of the Nika Fruit's past begins!
"Eight hundred years ago, there was a man named Joy Boy."
"He possesses the power of this fruit."
"He was the first pirate on the high seas of that era, and also Im's greatest enemy."
"This fruit is more than just power."
"It represents the ultimate in 'freedom'."
"Its body can stretch and contract like rubber, and its fighting style is unrestricted, relying entirely on imagination."
"It is the most absurd and freest ability in the world."
Chen Ye suddenly turned around, his gaze like lightning, piercing straight into the dragon's heart.
"Dragon, you must have heard of that voice, right?"
"When the Nika Fruit awakens, its heart will emit a unique beating sound."
Chen Ye raised his hand and rhythmically tapped his chest.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
The sound overlapped with some ancient rhythm.
"That is the 'Drum of Liberation'."
"That was the war drum that heralded the arrival of freedom."
"It is also the most terrifying voice of the shadow that sits on the Void Throne."
"The 'free' will represented by Nika is the natural enemy of the 'dominance' represented by Im."
"This is destiny."
"A destiny spanning eight hundred years."
There's so much information!
It's so big it makes your scalp tingle.
Aokiji Kuzan, who had been leaning against the corner of the wall, confirmed some of his suspicions at that moment.
Countless fragments of Luffy flashed wildly through his mind.
Those scenes that he once found inexplicable, absurd, and laughable were now all connected.
In Alabasta, Luffy drank himself into a stupor before fighting Crocodile.
On the Sky Island, there is a rubber body that is immune to lightning.
On Enies Lobby, he shrunk himself and then grew back to his original size in order to save Robin.
And that indestructible vitality.
No matter how severe the injury, eating some meat will help you recover.
No matter how desperate the situation, as long as he is there, he can bring laughter.
That kind of bizarre ability to turn the battlefield into a playground and to lead the enemy into one's own rhythm.
There's also that terrifying charm that can make even Hawkeye Mihawk take notice, turning everyone on the high seas into his companions.
"Ah la la la la la"
"I see……"
No wonder the Five Elders didn't even care about Ace during the Marineford War, they only wanted to kill the two Luffys, and afterwards they even blocked all the information about the Marineford War!