Early the next morning.

Nami, who broke into the door last night with the momentum of sweeping pornography and catching prostitutes, is now as weak as Lei Jiu in the soft sofa, like a dehydrated salted fish.

"It's been one night..."

"It's finally done."

Nami let out a long sigh of relief, and muttered a terrible line similar to that of Lei Jiu.

Her physique was far inferior to Lei Jiu, and she still used a copycat version of the Dark Fruit, and she had to taste the magical taste of the Devil Fruit every three minutes.

After a busy night, Nami now just wants to brush her teeth for a day.

But because she was so tired, she could only endure the feeling of lingering on her lips and teeth for the time being, and rested on the sofa exhausted.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Galen comforted Nami softly, and then turned his gaze to the fruits of their night's labor:

Devil Fruits, Devil Fruits that can take up half a room when stacked.

No one in the world has ever seen such a spectacular sight.

Among these fruits, the most powerful Thunder Fruit and the most widely applicable Fluttering Fruit are the most, and the number is as high as thousands, enough to equip an entire fleet.

There is also a small part, which is a copycat version of the dark fruit used for production work.

"Hahaha..."

Galen didn't know what was in mind, and suddenly laughed to himself.

"What's wrong?"

Nami asked, a little puzzled.

"So many dark fruits..."

"I guess Tiki will get so excited that he will have a heart attack, right?"

Galen laughed gloatingly, without the demeanor of the righteous knights of the past.

Nami didn't understand the feud between Galen and Tichy, but she just followed Galen's gaze and glanced at the pile of dark fruits, and her stomach was filled with nausea.

She ate this stuff last night to her heart's content, and she had already eaten her psychological shadows.

Lei Jiu knew about the warm interaction between Galen and Tiqi at the banquet yesterday, so she couldn't help but ask:

"Galen?"

"Aren't you brothers with that Tichy? How..."

"Superficial brothers."

Galen said casually:

"That fat black man is honest on the outside, but behind his back he is so bad that the soles of his feet are pus."

"I was beaten by a red dog and my two hearts still refuse to live in peace, and I still want to eat the dark fruit?"

Galen was slightly stunned, as if he suddenly thought of something:

"Wait..."

"Since he doesn't see the Red Clay Continent and doesn't give up, then I'll completely block his ambition!"

Lei Jiu was already familiar with Galen's habits, and as soon as she saw the smile on Galen's face, she knew that "good brother" Tiqi was probably going to be unlucky again.

So, she asked tentatively:

"How?"

"You're going to give him this fake dark fruit?"

"Nope."

"To stop his ambition, it is necessary to completely cut off his possibility of obtaining the dark fruit."

Galen shook his head, and picked up a dark fruit from the table that had already been eaten by Nami in a small bite:

It has been cut in half entirely, and while it has lost its potency, the outer layer of kiwi peel still appears intact.

"Reijiu, Nami?"

Galen couldn't wait to ask, "Do we have another Devil Fruit here?" ”

"Another Devil Fruit?"

Both Reijiu and Nami were a little puzzled.

"Really."

Galen added.

"There shouldn't be one on the airboat."

The two replied in unison.

Natural Devil Fruits, while not uncommon for big names, need to be collected deliberately.

"If not, forget it."

Galen also expected this:

"Then I'll find another opportunity next time to give Brother Tiqi a 'gift'."

"Wait... Gallian? ”

Nami suddenly thought of something:

"When you left Punk Hazard before, it seems like you came back from an island with a Devil Fruit?"

"No one eats that fruit, it seems to have been on the empty boat all along."

"Oh?"

Galen's eyes lit up, and he also thought of the useless Devil Fruit:

"Good!"

"Call Luo over, we need to wrap this 'gift' well!"

...........................................

After a long time, it was already the morning when the sun was shining.

Whitebeard's fleet had been repaired all night here, and after recovering from yesterday's fierce battle, he was ready to sail away.

As a friend, Galen naturally boarded the ship in person to say goodbye to Whitebeard and the others.

"Galen..."

Seeing Galen appear, the eyes of "good brother" Titch turned faintly red again.

He knew that the dark fruit he had dreamed of was most likely in Galen's hands.

Don't think about it, Galen, who has been secretly stumbling on him and pretending to promise to go back to help him find the dark fruit, will definitely crush his dream with a fluttering "I didn't find it".

"Damn..."

Titch gritted his teeth and looked into Galen's gaze with rage.

In the midst of Tichy's almost irrepressible anger, Galen said goodbye to Whitebeard, Ace and others one by one, and finally walked in front of him again:

"Brother Tick."

Galen laughed heartily.

Just when the anger in Titch's heart was about to explode, Galen said:

"I went back yesterday to look for it, and I really found a Devil Fruit on the warship."

"Take a closer look, is it the dark fruit you want?"

As he spoke, Galen waved his hand to Luo who followed behind him:

"Luo!"

"Take out that fruit."

"Yes."

Rowe handed over a box with a strange look on his face, and lifted the lid in front of Titch.

"W-What?"

Only then did Titch realize what Galen had just told him:

"Really, really?"

Titch stuttered with excitement and a look of disbelief on his face.

That Galen, who was so pitted that he couldn't turn over, turned out to be normal and really sent the Dark Fruit over?

Titch subconsciously felt that Galen was plotting against him, but when he looked at the Devil Fruit carefully, he had to believe it:

The pineapple shape, lilac skin, and even the intricate and delicate patterns are exactly the same as his impression.

That's right!

It's really a dark fruit!

Without saying a word, Titch snatched the box from Luo's hand, held it in the palm of his hand, and opened it back and forth to inspect it.

No matter how you look at it, there is no doubt that it is a dark fruit.

He held the Devil Fruit carefully, as if he were holding his own fragile dream.

Then, Titch looked up nervously at Galen and asked:

"You... Do you really give it to me? ”

"Of course!"

Galen burst out laughing heroically:

"It's just a devil fruit, am I still reluctant to give it?"

"Besides, this was originally a gift prepared for you by the Thatch brothers, so you can accept it with confidence!"

Galen behaved very heroically and straightforwardly, which caused Ace and other captains to echo each other.

The atmosphere was jubilant.

"Thank you!"

Tiki tearfully thanked Galen.

This did not feel sincere, because he was always wary of Galen, for fear that Galen would set up a trap and dig a hole for him again.

But the fruit does seem to be a dark fruit, and Titch is still a good son of Whitebeard, with his father and a group of brothers watching him, Galen can't poison this fruit.

So, in the spirit of long nights and dreams...

Titch picked up the "Dark Fruit" and brought it to his mouth without hesitation.

The corners of Galen's mouth suddenly smiled a little:

This "dark fruit" is naturally a fake.

Galen had Luo use the power of the Surgical Fruit to peel off the skin of a copycat version of the Dark Fruit intact and stick it to the other Devil Fruit intact.

Luo's ability to even stitch up a severed limb can be easily handled, let alone used to label a Devil Fruit, which is almost seamless.

And the heroic Tiqi obviously does not deliberately peel the fruit before eating it.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he swallowed the whole Devil Fruit into his mouth and swallowed it.

The special "aroma" of the Devil Fruit fills the mouth, and a mysterious power resides in Titch's heart, and quickly spreads to the whole body...

"Is this the power of the Dark Fruit?"

Titch's heart was so excited that tears of excitement even flowed from the corners of his eyes.

He had already imagined in his heart that he would repair his heart, win the Shock Fruit, become the new Four Emperors, and find Galen...

Kindness...

Titch was suddenly a little distracted.

Because he suddenly found that even if his dream came true, he might not have the ability to seek revenge on Galen.

And at this time, something happened that made him even more elated, even shocked and desperate:

Titch only felt a stirring of the Devil Fruit energy in his body, causing drastic changes in his flesh, bones, hair, and even every corner of his body.

"What?"

At Titch's exclamation, his skin turned into hard scales, his legs together turned into a snake's tail, his hands and feet deformed into eagle talons, and two antlers appeared on his forehead.

"Dragons?"

"How did the Tiqi brothers become dragons!"

The brothers shouted in surprise and inexplicably.

Titch went from a black fat man more than three meters tall to a four-clawed dragon more than ten meters long.

It's just that this dragon doesn't look mighty at all, but it is also pink, with big eyes and a wide mouth, like an immature baby dragon.

“......”

Titch was completely stunned.

"How so?"

Galen shouted "in horror":

"Isn't this the Dark Fruit?"

This is certainly not the Dark Fruit, but the artificial dragon fruit that Galen brought back from Punk Hazard.

This fruit is a failed product left behind by Vegapunk, which was eaten by a rabbit cub in the original book, and has not yet shown any usefulness.

It is suitable to use it to trap people.

And Galen's words also provide an idea for everyone:

"It's also..."

"Some Devil Fruits do look alike, but the patterns are a little different."

"Are the Tiqi brothers too anxious to eat the wrong Devil Fruit?"

Ace and the others speculated.

"I..."

Titch listened to it with tears in his eyes.

His mind was at a loss, and he couldn't say a word.

The heart is broken, and there may be a chance to cure it.

The Dark Fruit was eaten by others, and although the chance of success was small, he could still kill the capable and wait for the fruit to regenerate.

However, if you have already eaten another Devil Fruit...

Then his dream will be shattered!

As soon as the dragon's head crooked, the whole dragon collapsed on the deck in a distracted manner, like a sun-dried salted ribbon fish.