Both sides are confused, and they are both actively preparing for the battle.

However, the sudden posting of the newspaper once again stirred up the storm in this slightly calm sea!

- "The Devil Fruit Tree has reappeared in the world, and it is rumored that if you kill the powerful, you will get their fruits, and after the powerful people die, the fruits will not be reborn somewhere in the world. In the same way, the capable person is killed by others, and so for a while. It is said that as long as the person with the ability of the fruit tree touches the person with the ability, even if the person with the ability does not die, he will have the same ability as the person with the ability."

Chino's face darkened.

Although the newspaper did not name names, it ...... It's obvious that he's talking about him.

For a time, the entire four seas trembled.

The empress looked at Chino and frowned: "You...... Really ate the Devil Fruit Tree? ”

Sandasonia and Marigorud behind her were nervously guarded, for fear that Chino would deliberately approach her sister so that she would kill her and plunder the Devil Fruit.

"Yes and no!"

Chino didn't shy away from it, because he knew for a long time that the 'truth' would one day leak out. It's just that he didn't expect it to appear at such a critical time.

Also, who is it?

It is clear that this cannot be a world government!

"You...... If you really kill the powerhouses, you can get their fruits? ”

The empress's question temporarily interrupted Chino's thoughts.

"No!"

"Whew......" The empress breathed a sigh of relief.

"But when the mighty die, I can indeed obtain their fruits, and the fruits will not be reborn." Chino's words made the empress uncomfortable again.

"What do you mean! So, ...... that news report? ”

"It's true that because of the Devil Fruit Tree, as long as I encounter someone with ability, I will gain their ability. However, if I kill the powerful person with my own hands, I will not get the Devil Fruit, but after someone else kills it, I will get it. Hancock, should you remember the battle at the top? ”

Chino also knew the empress's worries, and he would be the same if he were replaced, and he didn't have any uncomfortable emotions, so it would be good to talk about it.

"Well, naturally."

"Then you should know why I only showed up after Whitebeard died, right?"

The empress was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "I know, you are waiting for Whitebeard to die, so as to get the shock fruit!" ”

"Bingo!"

"Sister, don't be deceived by him! I thought it was too strange to copy the fruit, how could there be such a devil fruit in the world. You're just saying that you get the fruits of the powerful when they die, but you don't prove that you killed the powerful with your own hands...... You won't take their fruit. Sandasonia shouted.

"That's it! You can't prove that you have the ability to kill them with your own hands, and you can't get their fruits! Mary Gorud shook her head as well.

Chino smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that once the 'truth' was exposed, this would happen.

"The newspapers weren't entirely wrong! Now I am indeed able to kill the powerful and gain their abilities. But...... Not before, this ability only gradually appeared after the battle at the top. I'm not sure if it's because of the power of the 'Devil Fruit Tree' or the ability of the 'Dark Fruit'. Or ...... It was because of the successful replication of the Dark Fruit that activated this ability of the Devil Fruit Tree. Chino shook his head.

He himself was unsure, but he knew that the ability of 'Devil Fruit Peeling' did not appear until the Battle of the Top was copied to the Dark Fruit.

After the Battle of the Top, Chino went to Fish-Man Island, where he ...... He dealt with Vander Dyken IX, resulting in the passive stripping of the target fruit.

Later, on the Grand De Soro, Chino took the initiative to strip him of the Golden Fruit after killing the Golden Emperor Gilde Tezzolo.

Therefore, the record that Blackbeard saw in that unexpected cave is not a fake.

It does have the handwriting that actively kills those who have the ability to obtain the fruit, but it is very old and badly damaged. Blackbeard didn't see clearly the 'possibility' that could not be obtained by taking the initiative to kill, but he was ...... from Chino's whereabouts over the years A little bit of extrapolation.

Furthermore, the Devil Fruit Tree can give birth to the Dark Fruit, and if the Dark Fruit can also absorb the fruit power? Then, as the parent body of the Dark Fruit, the fruit tree will naturally have this ability, and it is even stronger than the characteristics of the Dark Fruit. It didn't before, or perhaps because the Dark Fruit didn't return, so this trait wasn't activated.

"Huh?"

Chino's confession made the two sisters nervous again, and they both waved their weapons at the same time.

The two sisters were nervous, but the empress was thinking about something else: "It is precisely because of the Devil Fruit Tree that the powerful woman beside you ...... Can't get pregnant? ”

"Huh?"

The two sisters are confused, what are the brain circuits of my sister thinking?

Chino smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not that I'm not pregnant, it's that I'm pregnant, but ...... It's like hibernating, the 'seed' is there but it stops growing. ”

"Then I'......," the empress carefully touched her lower abdomen.

Chino smiled wryly again and nodded: "You are the same ...... as Perona and Robin." ”

Already pregnant?

This surprised and delighted the empress.

Happily, it was there so soon, and I wasn't ready yet; Surprisingly, this seed may not germinate for the rest of its life, you must know that Perona has been following it for more than three years.

"Sister-sama!" The two sisters were in a hurry.

The empress waved her hand: "I believe him!" ”

"Uh......"

Only then did Chino dare to step forward and grab the empress's hand, and said with a smile: "Why do I want so many devil fruits?" It is also my sorrow to have this ability. I want someone who will stay with me for the rest of my life, not a dead Devil Fruit. ”

The empress's face was slightly red: "Okay, don't be poor, tell me how you ate a tree?" That's big...... How is it possible for humans to ......? ”

"Remember the island I told you about?"

The empress nodded: "Remember!" Only, didn't you say that it was an island full of rocks and without any living things? ”

"Yes!" As he spoke, Chino shook his head again, "It's not that there are nothing but stones, there is still a strangely shaped dead wood. It's just that this one seems to have rushed up, because it can't take root in the stone. It is also this small dead tree that gives me a 'hide' place. ”

"And then?"

"I remember clearly that there was no sprout on the dead tree. After I was hungry for a few days, when I woke up in a coma and confusion, there was a green seedling in front of me. I was already unconscious, and I didn't think anything in my head, even if it was 'grass'...... I took it and ate it. ”

"That is the Devil Fruit Tree?" The Empress exclaimed.

"Maybe, I don't know!" Chino shook his head, "In my memory, except for the 'tree' thing, all I eat is fish, shellfish, crabs, dried shrimp and the like from the sea. ”