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“Let’s go.”
Shin said to Hancock, Olvia, and Robin.
As for Kuzan, who was blocking Shin, he was already down. When Shin wanted to leave, he had tried to stop him and was knocked down by Shin’s single punch, several of his bones broken.
Kuzan was already unconscious. As for whether he would be tragically killed by the Meteor Volcano later—that would depend on his luck. Shin had no intention of meeting Sakazuki and the others—he wasn’t interested in them.
So, using Yomotsu Hirasaka, he directly left Ohara and returned to Sabaody Archipelago.
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“Isn’t this Sabaody Archipelago?” Hancock couldn’t help but say, seeing the familiar bubbles.
“Yes, this is Sabaody Archipelago.” Shin nodded.
Olvia looked at Shin in disbelief. From the West Blue to Sabaody Archipelago in an instant… is this a space fruit??
Olvia suspected it was a space-type Devil Fruit. Otherwise, it would be impossible to travel such a long distance from the West Blue to Sabaody Archipelago.
If Shin knew what Olvia was thinking, he would chuckle.
He would never eat a Devil Fruit. It wasn’t that Shin thought Devil Fruits were too weak and looked down on them. In fact, there were some particularly powerful Devil Fruits.
But the drawbacks of Devil Fruits were too great. The weakness to seawater and Seastone, creating a weakness for oneself out of thin air—that was not Shin’s style.
And Devil Fruits weren’t just afraid of seawater. Even if immersed in freshwater for more than half the body, one would become weak.
What you gained, you also lost something.
Shin didn’t want to lose the pleasure of bathing in the future.
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“What did you want to say?” Shin asked Olvia.
Because Shin saw the hesitant expression on Olvia’s face, he guessed Olvia must have something to say to him now.
“My identity… it might bring you trouble. I’m sorry.” Olvia said to Shin with some guilt. This time, saving her and her daughter had angered the World Government.
“Trouble? there’s no such thing,” Shin said calmly.
“If I may ask… do you have a problem with me?” Olvia asked Shin sensitively.
“Yes. You’re an irresponsible mother. I don’t have a good impression of you.”
Shin admitted frankly. If not for the System mission, Shin probably wouldn’t have been willing to save Olvia.
Right, speaking of the System mission, Shin had forgotten to check his mission reward.
“System, where’s my mission reward? Why didn’t you notify me?”
“[Didn’t Master tell me not to notify you? The mission reward has already been given to you.]”
The System replied to Shin with some grievance.
Shin smacked his forehead.
It seemed he had said that before, but now he had selectively forgotten it.
Seeing that he had indeed received another Divine Replication Card, Shin relaxed, his mood improving significantly.
He wasn’t so repulsed by Olvia anymore.
Olvia, however, was lost in self-blame because of Shin’s words. She was indeed not a qualified mother.
Especially seeing Robin so thin and weak, Olvia’s heart ached even more.
“Let’s go. We’re going to the auction house.”
Shin interrupted Olvia’s self-recrimination and said to them.
This was Area 1, a place dedicated to human trafficking and auctions. Shin knew there was an auction recently.
He had learned this from Shakky. Shin wanted to go see what was being auctioned.
“Can we even go to an auction? With our identities?” Olvia couldn’t help but say to Shin.
Don’t you understand our situation now?
We’re enemies with the World Government… How can you be so carefree?
“If you’re scared, you can leave.” Shin turned his head and said to Olvia.
Now that he had the Divine Replication Card, it didn’t matter if Olvia left. Shin didn’t care if she left.
“Mother, please don’t go.” Robin pulled on Olvia’s hand.
Olvia smiled wryly and nodded lightly.
If she left, what would happen to Robin? Take Robin with her?
Impossible…
She was very dangerous now. If she took Robin with her, it would probably be a death sentence—and leave Robin with Shin, while she left alone? Olvia was reluctant to leave Robin.
Shin didn’t know what Olvia was thinking. Whether she left or not, it was all the same.
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Entering the auction house, they actually needed an invitation. But with Shin’s Genjutsu, where was the need for an invitation?
“You should recognize Devil Fruits, right?” Shin asked Olvia.
Shin had also seen some Devil Fruit Encyclopedias, back on Amazon Lily. But the encyclopedias were incomplete; he had learned very little.
But now there was a great scholar here. Shin felt that this woman Olvia should know a lot about Devil Fruits—though Olvia mainly studied history, to study history, it was necessary to study other aspects.
“As long as it’s not a too-rare Devil Fruit, I should be able to recognize it.”
Olvia didn’t say it too absolutely, but she could recognize most Devil Fruits.
“Alright. Then if any powerful Devil Fruits appear at the auction, you can tell me.” Shin said to Olvia.
Though he didn’t think any god-tier Devil Fruits would appear at the auction, what if one did?
“Alright.” Olvia nodded. Shin was the savior of her and her daughter. As long as the request wasn’t too outrageous, Olvia could agree to it.
They sat in a corner and watched as some nobles entered one after another.
However, this auction didn’t have the biggest nobles of the One Piece world, the Celestial Dragons.
They were called nobles, but in Shin’s eyes, the Celestial Dragons were just scum. He didn’t know how those fools, the Celestial Dragons, controlled the world. He also didn’t know what kind of trump cards the Celestial Dragons had.
Who was that Celestial Dragon, Imu?
Shin was quite curious about these things, but he didn’t plan to investigate now. He had plenty of time. He didn’t know how many years he would be staying here.
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