[Logia · Storm-Storm Fruit!]
[Ability Description]: The ultimate Logia fruit that integrates the powers of wind, thunder, rain, clouds, and air pressure. Truly the ruler of the sky.
[Trait 1]: Elementalization (The body can transform into the storm itself).
[Trait 2]: Weather Control (Not just creating wind, but also controlling thunderstorms, atmospheric pressure differences, and torrential downpours).
[Trait 3]: Natural Disaster Descent (After awakening, it can trigger large-scale hurricanes and permanently change an island's climate).
[Note]: Optimized by the system, removing the side effect of fearing the sea (as well as physical rule limitations like fearing rubber insulation).
"Holy... crap..."
Kane was completely stunned. A Devil Fruit that isn't afraid of seawater? Is this even still a Devil Fruit? On this sea, the greatest weakness of every ability user is the ocean and Sea Stone. Eliminating this weakness meant that even if he were thrown into the crushing depths of the deep sea, he could simply elementalize and fly right back out!
"I am rich... This time, I have truly hit the jackpot!"
Kane looked at the dark green fruit in his hand, his eyes shining with greed and excitement. If he could only rely on his Taijutsu to reign supreme among the younger generation before, now, he truly possessed the ticket to step into the top-tier combat power of this sea.
More importantly... this ability is cool! Think about it: making an entrance with a background of dark clouds and roaring thunder, then giving a wave of the hand to send a tornado to destroy everything in sight. For Kane, who was dedicated to becoming the benchmark of Marine justice and the absolute king of showing off, this was practically tailor-made!
Without any hesitation, Kane opened his mouth wide and took a hard bite of the fruit.
"Blegh—!!!"
It tasted like a rotten canned herring stuffed into a pair of expired socks and fermented for three years. Kane's face turned a sickly shade of green, but he suppressed the urge to vomit and stuffed the rest of the fruit into his mouth in two or three big bites, not even sparing the skin.
Gulp.
As the flesh entered his stomach, that disgusting taste vanished instantly. In its place was an indescribable sense of lightness. Kane felt his body disappear. He was no longer a physical entity composed of bones and flesh, but had transformed into a wisp of free wind. At this moment, he could clearly perceive every surge of airflow on the sea outside the cabin, hear the currents disturbed by seagulls flapping their wings, and even feel the cheerful jumping of electrical charges in the rain clouds hundreds of meters high in the sky.
With a thought, Kane, who had been sitting on the toilet, instantly disintegrated into countless green air currents. He traveled rapidly within the small bathroom before finally re-coalescing in front of the sink. He raised his hand; without any deliberate effort, a miniature green whirlwind naturally wound around his fingertips, rotating at high speed and making a faint, high-pitched sizzling sound.
He casually swung it at the air in front of him.
Puff.
Without any sound, the solid pure copper faucet was sliced through as if by an invisible blade, severed cleanly into two pieces with a cut as smooth as a mirror.
"Is this... the feeling of a Logia?"
Kane looked at his elementalized palm, his eyes dazed. He could feel that as long as he wished, he could easily whip up giant waves and send this warship beneath his feet into the sky. Moreover, there was no sense of weakness from the seawater in his body; instead, he felt that the moisture of the sea made him even more comfortable. Just as Kane was immersed in the ecstasy of obtaining divine power, the Den Den Mushi on the table suddenly let out a series of urgent and piercing rings, breaking the silence.
This was an encrypted private line directly to Marineford. Kane calmed his emotions, a pure and innocent smile curling at the corners of his mouth, and answered the call.
"Moshi moshi? This is the Marine North Blue Special Operations Team, Commander Kane speaking. The signal might not be very good right now, there is a storm at sea..."
"Kane!!!!!"
"You bastards! What on earth did you do in the North Blue?!"
The Den Den Mushi mimicked the expression of the person on the other end; the originally lazy eyes instantly bulged, the facial muscles contorted, and the snail even simulated a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a massive afro on its head.
"Do you know where that fellow Judge took his complaint?! The Gorosei just personally called and scolded Fleet Admiral Kong for half an hour!!!"
"Wasn't it supposed to be a suppression? Why did you even pry up the floor tiles of their vault?! Huh?! Are you guys that desperate for money?!"
Facing Sengoku's stormy outburst, Kane remained unhurried. He moved the receiver a bit further away and picked his ear with an innocent look.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, this is slander! Pure slander!"
"Judge was moved by the brilliance of our Marine justice and voluntarily donated those supplies! That was his repentance for his past crimes! As righteous Marines, how could we possibly do such a thing?"
"Bullshit!!!" Sengoku roared until his throat was hoarse. "Judge sent photos! The entire vault is cleaner than if a dog had licked it! What is with the hole in the wall? He also said you extorted one billion Berries from him!"
"One billion?"
Kane's voice instantly jumped an octave, filled with unbelievable indignation: "He is lying! It was clearly fifteen billion!...Ah, no, I mean, there is no such thing at all!"
There was a brief, dead silence on the other end of the line. Then came the sound of sharp intakes of breath, followed by Garp's trademark laughter echoing in the background.
"Fifteen billion...?" Sengoku's tone suddenly became a bit airy. "Is there really... that much?"
Fifteen billion Berries! You should know that the current total annual military budget of Marineford was only about that much. This kid went out once and earned back the headquarters' annual military budget?!
"Reporting to Fleet Admiral Sengoku!" Kane immediately stood at attention, his tone serious: "Although the process was a bit convoluted, we did indeed recover fifteen billion Berries in illicit funds from the evil Germa!"
"It is currently being transported back to headquarters at full speed! To protect this massive sum, Borsalino has worked himself thin! Sakazuki is even more reluctant to smoke his favorite cigars, guarding it day and night!"
"We haven't touched a single cent of this money; we plan to hand it all over to headquarters to build a stronger Marine force!"
There was another silence on the other end for about ten seconds. Then, Sengoku's roar rang out again, but this time, there was noticeably less anger and more of a "it just had to be you" helplessness:
"Fine! Stop acting pathetic! Right now! Immediately! Get your asses back to headquarters!"
"And! If Judge dares to make a scene again, tell him that if he keeps it up, I will send Garp to the North Blue for a vacation!"
"Right now! Immediately! Bring the money... bring justice back to Marineford for me!"
"Yes! Mission guaranteed to be accomplished!"
Click.
The call disconnected. Kane hung up the phone and looked at the vast sea outside the window, the smile in his eyes deepening. Go back to get scolded? It doesn't matter. This trip to the North Blue earned money, split the loot, won over the future Three Admirals, and even snagged a god-tier fruit.
This round... this round is like the First Emperor touching an electric gate—winning so much I am numb.
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