Chapter 48: The Secret of Inheritance

The phone bug synchronously mimicked Smoker's expression, which was a depressed and irritable demeanor, as well as a solemn and thoughtful look.

I don't know how long it took before Smoker took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I'll hide it from Nicole Robin for you!" ”

"Isn't that good for you?" Jing Tian frowned slightly: "Robin will be exposed sooner or later, and then the Navy Headquarters will ask you for questioning, and at the least, you will be punished for dereliction of duty for 'unclear investigation'." ”

"Let those guys **** go!" Smoker seemed to see it, his tone seemed careless, and then his tone immediately became solemn, and said to Jing Tian: "I hope you can keep the news hidden, and the day that woman is exposed, it will be the time for me to report what you just said to the world government...... At that time...... I'm afraid it's going to be a big mess. ”

"It's okay, I expected that day, I'm going to show my muscles after all." Jing Tian bowed his head slightly, then lowered his gaze and looked at Robin, who was lying quietly in his arms.

Raising his hand to caress Robin's hair, Jing Tian then said to Smoker: "As I said just now, I need some fame to avoid pirate miscellaneous in the future, and I also want to leave a little impression on the navy and the world government, I don't want to be easily branded as a pirate after accidentally offending your navy's moths." ”

"Have you ever thought about the opponents you will face in the future?" Smoker took a long breath of smoke and said in a deep voice: "After you are exposed, the least of the people who will attack you will be lieutenant generals, and it is more likely that they will ...... General! ”

"I can't ask for it." Jing Tian replied nonchalantly: "I know all the three 'Elemental Fruit Abilities' of your navy, so let them come." ”

“…… Exercise restraint. Smoker was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice.

"I don't have a very good impression of your Red Dog General, so it's not him who prays for me."

"Bastard, that's Akainu." Smoker cursed in a low voice, then lowered his voice again, as if talking to himself, "As long as it's not a pheasant, everyone else doesn't care......"

"Snort...... Hehehehe......" Jing Tian couldn't help but chuckle.

After the business was done, the two of them changed the subject and talked like a normal chat, until a female voice rang from Smoker's side, and the call was interrupted by the woman who said that 'Tina was angry'.

"Can you rest assured?" Jing Tian picked up the phone bug and lowered his head and asked Robin softly.

Robin didn't respond, his hands supported Jing Tian's chest, slowly straightened up, and then a pair of deep, mysterious eyes stared at Jing Tian's eyes motionlessly.

"I know him, Colonel Smoker, the White Hunter of the Navy Headquarters."

After a while, Robin spoke softly, still staring at Jing Tian and said, "I've heard of a lot of his reputation, so I don't think he will cooperate with you to act......"

"Acting?" I was stunned today, but then I reacted and understood Robin's thoughts.

"So......" Robin tilted his head slightly, an inquiring look appeared on his face, and he stared at Jing Tian with interest and asked, "Mr. Captain, who are you?" ”

"Jing Earles, a ......"

"Ordinary adventurers." Robin interrupted, smiling slightly, "I know, but you know that's not what I want to know. “

"And what do you want to know about?" Jing Tian smiled.

"Who are you? Why do you know so many secrets? And 'historical text'......" Robin stared at Jing Tian's eyes seriously and asked softly, "Mr. Captain, can you solve my doubts?" ”

Jing Tian hesitated for a moment, after all, he couldn't say anything: the reason why he knew the 'ancient characters' was because he searched your memory.

And you can't make up any nonsense, Robin is not Nami, the experience from childhood to adulthood has caused Robin's understanding of the 'human heart' to be very profound, whether it is a lie or not, she can easily tell it.

"You'll know when you arrive with me at 'Ralph Drew' and unlock the secrets of the 'Historical Text.'"

In the end, Jing Tian could only give such an answer.

Although Robin was not satisfied with this answer, she knew the depth and knew how to stop in moderation, so Robin just smiled, stopped the topic of questioning, and began to talk to Jing Tian about some 'historical texts'.

However, Jing Tian didn't know too much, his knowledge was copied from Robin, so in the face of Robin's advice, Jing Tian could only smile bitterly and say that he didn't study seriously at the beginning, and he didn't have too much research on 'historical writing'.

After Robin heard this, the smile on his face cooled a little, although he was still smiling, but his feelings were hidden, obviously misunderstanding Jing Tian was hiding it, and he had reservations about her as a 'companion', and did not put all his trust in her.

Jing Tian saw this, and immediately began to explain to Robin the classification of the 'historical text stele', and described in detail the meaning of each stele, which finally made Robin clear up the misunderstanding, and his smile brought emotion again......

Midnight.

Jing Tian didn't rest immediately after finishing his work, suppressed the 'lazy mood' that he had been accustomed to, got out of bed and put on his shoes, and walked outside the house.

The room arranged by King Kobra was a large suite with a well-stocked study.

Jing Tian walked out of the bedroom, passed by the room where Robin and Nami were, glanced at the two sleeping inside, and then walked lightly into the study.

Sitting down on a chair behind his desk, Jing Tian picked up a book in front of him and began to flip through it.

The book in his hand is the 'Devil Fruit Inheritance Technique' of the 'Alabastan' Kingdom, and there is a lot of entertainment during the day, so Jing Tian only took a cursory look at the beginning after getting a copy of the book, and did not browse it later.

At this time, in the dead of night, Jing Tian finally had time to prepare for a detailed viewing, and because he attached great importance to this technology, Jing Tian even suppressed his lazy sleepiness.

The book is not complete, consisting of four parts, but two of them are missing.

Jing Tian had read the original book during the day, and the appearance of the ancient book seemed to have been vandalized, and the contents of the second and fourth parts were torn off.

According to King Kobra, when the original book was complete, it contained all types of 'Devil Fruits'. However, now that the books are broken, there are only two methods of transmission left: 'animal-based devil fruits' and 'nature-based devil fruits'.

Jing Tian only expressed a slight regret when he heard this.

What Jing Tian values most is the inheritance technology of the 'Natural Devil Fruit'. Originally, he thought that it would be good to be able to get the inheritance method of the 'Animal Devil Fruit' here, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain, and he actually got the inheritance technology of the 'Natural Devil Fruit' at the same time, which saved him a lot of research steps, how could he not be happy......

Raising his fingers, a burst of energy came out, turning off the headlights in the study, and then Jing Tian adjusted the lamp on the desk, dimmed the light, and opened the book and began to study it seriously.

The first part of the book is the inheritance technique of the 'animal devil fruit', and the text is divided into two types, one is written in the 'ancient script', and the other is the handwriting of generations of research.

Jing Tian first looked at the 'historical text' part, and then began to read the records of those descendants, I don't know how long, Jing Tian breathed a sigh of relief, and had a number in his heart.

The method of inheriting the 'Animal Devil Fruit' is not difficult, or it can be said to be easy. The method is to wait for the 'previous generation of fruit powerholders' to die and place a large number of bananas around them, so that when the ability person dies, the 'Devil Fruits' will automatically transfer to those bananas, and choose one of them or a bunch on the same branch to become a new Devil Fruit.

Of course, this is only one of the steps, and the most important key point is the next step.

According to the 'Historical Texts', the 'Devil Fruit' has a wide range of 'host fruits' to choose again, not that only the nearest fruit can be selected, but after research, the ancients found that as long as a sacrifice ritual is performed, the chance of the 'Devil Fruit staying nearby' can be maximized.

What is the ceremony? It is the slaughter of the animal corresponding to the 'fruit ability', and then the normal banana is put into the animal in its entirety.

For example, in the Kingdom of Alabastan, there are two kinds of fruits inherited from this country, one is the canine fruit in the 'jackal form' and the other is the bird fruit in the 'falcon form'.

If you want to pass it on, you will kill two corresponding animals and put the normal banana into the body of the jackal and falcon, so that after the death of the previous fruit host, the new 'devil fruit' will have a nearly 100% chance of being reborn in the banana in the body of the jackal and falcon.

This type of sacrifice is the oldest way of doing so.

After the research and modification of the descendants, the ritual has become simpler, and there is no longer a need to kill a large number of animals, but to extract the blood of the corresponding animals and then inject them into ordinary bananas, and the chance of 'catching' the new 'Devil Fruit' is still close to 100% under this method......

After reading the first part of the inheritance technique, Jing Tian couldn't help but exhale softly, leaned back on the back of the chair, raised his neck and moved, the corners of his mouth slightly curled.

After a while, just as Jing Tian was about to continue browsing the content of the next part, he was suddenly slightly stunned, and turned his head to look at the dim corner of the study.

With a chuckle, Jing Tian whispered, "Robin, why haven't you slept yet?" ”

An arm suddenly turned into petals and flew away, disappearing silently, Jing Tian's night vision ability saw this picture clearly, including the eye on the palm just now, which was also seen by Jing Tian.

After a while, there was a slight sound of footsteps, and soon, Robin's figure walked into the study.

Seeing that Robin didn't take the initiative to speak, Jing Tian had no choice but to whisper: "What? I thought I was in the past...... What is the situation with the Quartet crisis? ”

Thinking that Robin couldn't understand the idiom, Jing Tian changed the description.

"Rude Mr. Captain." Robin said softly, expressing his apologies for the voyeurism just now, and then raised his hand to gently ruffle the hair between his sideburns, and said softly: "I can't change my habits in a short time. ”

"Hey......" Jing Tian sighed lightly, and then said, "Sit down." ”

Robin didn't refuse, and sat down across the desk from Jing Tian.

"I'll get it straight." Jing Tian looked directly into Robin's eyes and said: "You don't have to think about it at all, I don't try to do anything for you, the reason why I invited you to the ship, in addition to pity your past experiences, the important thing is that I can't look down on the style of the 'World Government', they shouldn't destroy your hometown of O'Hara, together with killing so many innocent people." ”

Robin pursed his lips slightly.

"I appreciate your dreams." Jing Tian continued: "I am also grateful for your persistence, so my act of inviting you to the ship is completely sincere, I really want to give you a stable life, and be a real companion with you, the kind that entrusts life and death." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Captain." Robin replied softly, looking away from Jing Tian's eyes, staring straight at the desk, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jing Tian stopped the topic when he saw this, he knew that Robin's heart defense was not so easy to dissolve, so he could only slowly figure it out in the future, after a long time, Robin naturally knew that what he just said was the truth.

"What is this?" After a moment of silence, Robin found the 'Ancient Characters' on the 'Inheritance Book' and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Shhh

Jing Tian's action stunned Robin, and he directly tore the book in half, and then handed Robin the first part of the content he had read.

"It's okay, it's just a copy, you can take a look, we'll see part of it by ourselves."

Robin took half of the book speechlessly, stared at Jing Tian for a long time, and then sighed softly, shook his head and turned the title page to read.

"It's not precious, and I wouldn't be so rude with those precious books." Jing Tian understood what Robin meant, and couldn't help but chuckle and explain, then lowered his head and began to watch the inheritance technique of the 'Natural Devil Fruit'.

In the same way, the inheritance technique of the 'Natural Devil Fruit' is also to seduce with fruits, but the way of sacrifice is different.

'Animal Devil Fruits' require animal sacrifices, while 'Natural Devil Fruits' require corresponding natural elements.

Take, for example, Portcas D. Ace's 'Burning Fruit'.

In order to get the new 'Burning Fruit', Jing Tian needs to first capture Ace and then place the fruit near Ace.

It is important to note here that the fruit placed cannot be a 'long' fruit or a 'melon' fruit.

This is because 'long fruits' can only inherit 'animal-based devil fruits', such as bananas, while melon-based fruits can only inherit 'superhuman devil fruits', such as cantaloupe.

Continuing from the previous question.

Jing Tian first placed a large number of pineapples around Ace, and then it was time to carry out the ritual, and the ritual was very simple - burn it with fire.

That's right, it's to burn those pineapples with fire.

After that, kill Ace, so that the 'Burning Fruit' has a high chance of reawakening on one of the pineapples in the flames.

It may seem easy, but there's something important to be aware of.

One of the key points: When you use the flame to burn those pineapples, you must master the heat, otherwise if the pineapples are burned, they will naturally not be able to successfully awaken into new 'burnt fruits'.

Second, the pineapples need to go through another process, which is to create a 'spiral pattern' on them, and the pattern must be made to stand out on the surface of the fruit.

Why? Because those patterns are the key to distinguishing between 'superhuman devil fruits' and 'natural devil fruits'.

The pattern of the 'Superman Devil Fruit' is smooth, as if it is a natural pattern growing on the skin, while the pattern of the 'Natural Devil Fruit' is very prominent, similar to the skin of a pineapple, but it is not smooth.

In short, after going through these processes, Jing Tian was able to successfully peel the 'Burning Fruit' from the dead Ace and get a new 'Burning Fruit'.

……

After reading the inheritance technique of the 'Natural Devil Fruit', Jing Tian exhaled softly again, raised his head, and happened to look at Robin.

"Done?" Jing Tian asked.

"Well, because I wasn't too interested, I didn't think about it in detail." Robin's eyes were inexplicable, and he replied softly while bowing his head, and then his eyes were on the half of the book in Jing Tian's hand.

After a moment of hesitation, Robin couldn't help but ask, "That part of you is ......"

"Nature Devil Fruit" Jing Tian pushed half of the book in his hand to Robin.

"What about Superman?" Robin asked.

"Nope." Jing Tian shook his head: "There are no superhuman or phantom beast systems, and the original books are incomplete." ”

"Oh......" Robin replied softly and took the book.

"You...... Interested in these? After a moment of hesitation, Robin asked.

"I should say that I am very interested in the principle of 'Devil Fruit'." Jing Tian said with a slight smile.

"It seems that there is something to do in the future, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of danger." Robin smiled and bowed his head, opened half of the book and skimmed through it roughly, while asking softly, "Is this what you went to sea for?" ”

"The main purpose." Jing Tian pursed his lips: "Going to the end of the great voyage is also my goal." ”

"There...... What's there, exactly? Robin couldn't help but ask.

"Parables...... The world government of the last era. Jing Tian said: "It's the inheritance place of the destroyed government, the historical museum, the library and the like." ”

"Oh?" Robin's eyes lit up, and he muttered in thought, "That's what one piece Gore D. Roger...... They are one of the D's ......"

"The royal family of that country has a 'D' character between their names, just like today's Tianlong people, whose names all have a 'saint' character." Jing Tian revealed: "After the collapse of the country, the remnants of the 'D family' wandered all over the world and slowly passed down to the present day. ”

"I see." Robin looked at Jing Tian inquiringly, and then asked, "What is your name......?" It can't be Jing D. Earles, right? How could you know so many things otherwise. ”

"No, I'm not from that clan." Jing Tian shook his head with a smile.

"That'...... Saint? Robin continued to speculate.

Jing Tian rolled his eyes: "Don't put me in that group of miscellaneous kinds. ”

"Hehehehe...... It doesn't seem to be. Robin raised his hand, the back of his hand in front of his mouth, chuckling.

"Eh-ah......" stretched his waist, Jing Tian put down his arm and said to Robin: "Rest early, get on my ship, don't have any worries and guards, with me, no one can threaten you in the slightest." ”

"Thank you." Robin pursed his lips and smiled, bowing his head gently to Jing Tian.

The two of them got up one after another and walked towards the outside of the study.

However, after seeing the book in Robin's hand, Jing Tian couldn't help but remind: "Don't think about rebinding that book, if you are interested, read and write it down, if you are not interested, destroy it, this kind of book is not good to appear too much." ”

"Hmm......" Robin replied softly.

"Good night then." Jing Tian said softly, and then walked into his room.

“…… Good night, Mr. Captain. Robin paused at the door of his room for a moment before whispering to Jing Tian's bedroom, and then walked into his room.

……

The night passed.

The next day, the Straw Hats recovered from their post-war exhaustion, and the palace suddenly began to become noisy.

Forgot to mention.

Luffy didn't catch up with the battle with Klockdal before, and because the plot was changed by Jing Tian, one of the protectors, 'Bell', didn't go to the rain to settle accounts with Klockdahl, so he didn't take Luffy to the palace quickly.

However, Luffy deserves to be the protagonist of the plot, and without Bell turning into a falcon, Luffy found another helper. After the giant cannonball exploded in the air, Luffy fell from the air to the square of the palace with a 'deception bird' in his arms, shouting and shouting, to reunite with his companions.

Without fighting against Klockdahl, Luffy's injuries were much less, and he had gone from sleeping for three days to sleeping for one day now.

No, Jing Tian's bed was interrupted by Luffy's loud shouting that echoed through the palace.

I was so depressed that I wanted to beat people, but with Princess Weiwei here, Jing Tian was embarrassed to teach the Straw Hats a lesson, after all, I just got a great benefit from my father, isn't it, that 'Devil Fruit Inheritance Technique' is really too precious.

"Let's go as soon as possible."

For breakfast, oh no, it was lunch, and at lunch, Jing Tian refused the king's invitation and did not choose to dine with the Straw Hats, but chose the place to dine in his suite.

Listening to the constant shouting, Jing Tian couldn't help but reluctantly say the above to Nami and Robin.

"I haven't visited yet, Alabaa is back to prosperity, and besides, I heard that the rain is not bad." Nami complained to Keitian as she ate the fruit salad.

"I owe you this time." Jing Tian smiled: "I have an important purpose, and I need to rush to the next island as soon as possible. ”

"For what purpose?" Nami was curious.

"A very precious 'Devil Fruit'." Jing Tian said: "Natural, just try the 'Devil Fruit Inheritance Technique' you just got.

"You know again?" Nami raised her eyes and muttered to Jing Tian, and then spoke before Jing Tian: "Yes, yes, yes, you don't know again, but you just know it." ”

"Hehehehe......" Jing Tian let out a string of chuckles.

"Huh?" Nami glared.

Jing Tian's laughter was put away instantly, and he continued to eat with a serious face.

"Hehehe......" Robin chuckled...... (To be continued.) )