One Piece: God Killer

Chapter 396 News about the Operation Fruit

"How is this possible?"

In a luxurious house on Pleasure Street, Stussy was sleepy. She was only wearing a thin nightgown. The silky and soft fabric clung to her body, outlining her perfect figure.

She was just woken up by a Den Den Mushi and was in a bad mood.

"It's not that easy to find information about that fruit. Even if I'm the queen of Pleasure Street and the most elite agent of the World Government, I can't do this."

The world of One Piece also has day and night. The first half of the Grand Line is when the sun is shining brightly, while the second half of the Grand Line in Pleasure Street is when the moon is high in the sky.

She was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, and she was already full of resentment. If it weren't for Profek knowing Stussy's "secret", Stussy would never have gotten out of bed to answer the call.

As a result, Profek actually wanted to get information about the Surgery Fruit from her.

Stussy was immediately furious. How could it be so easy to get news about a devil fruit that was closely watched by the World Government and various forces?

"No," Profique's voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi, "I have great faith in your abilities, both as the queen of Fun Street and as an agent of the World Government."

It is now the end of 1506, and we will soon enter 1507. In the original timeline, although the specific time of the appearance of the Operation Fruit was not clearly stated, some hints were given.

After Law left the "White Town" Flevans, he went through a period of training in the Don Quixote family, and became close friends with Krason during this process. Combined with Mingge's words "You have been running away secretly for a full six months", and Law's condition suddenly worsened, it can be inferred that Law got the news of the "Operation Fruit" about three years after leaving Flevans.

Considering that after Valeruz and his gang obtained the fruit, it was impossible for them to know its value immediately, the news of selling the fruit could not be transmitted so quickly, and it would take a lot of time to prepare for the transaction with the World Government. Maybe they have already obtained this extremely precious fruit now.

Now is the perfect time to inquire about this fruit.

"How could I possibly do such a thing!" Stussy hung up the Den Den Mushi angrily.

She was just about to sleep for a while, but the telephone that had just been hung up started ringing again.

Stusi was about to hang up, but then he thought, since he had been woken up anyway, he might as well listen to the news.

"We got news that someone in Beihai said they have a strange fruit they want to sell."

Normally, Stussy doesn't need to deal with this kind of thing personally. The World Government has people responsible for collecting "lost" devil fruits. The main purpose is to find a devil fruit that played a huge role in the course of history but whose real name was erased.

However, the devil fruit seemed to have self-awareness and was constantly evading the government's pursuit. No matter how hard the World Government tried, it could not successfully recover it. The most bizarre thing was that there were several times when the people sent by the government had already got the fruit, but in the end they either disappeared inexplicably or met with strange accidents.

According to what Stussy knew, the person currently in charge of tracking down the fruit was a talented agent from CP9. Normally, when there was news related to the devil fruit, Stussy would basically just pass the information on to CP9 and leave it at that.

But this time it was really strange. Just as Profek asked her for information about the surgery fruit, someone else reported that there were devil fruits for sale on the market, which made her feel a little confused.

"Then let's find out the details of that fruit."

After seeing the picture of the fruit sent by the agent, Stussy jumped out of bed.

It was a red heart-shaped fruit that looked like a red monkey's butt.

The fruits of surgery!

Stussy, who had read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, immediately recognized this super fruit that was said to be worth 5 billion Beli.

"How can this be?"

she muttered.

……

Naval Headquarters, Marinevando.

In the marshal's office.

Admiral Sora was sitting at his desk, and Admiral Sengoku was sitting on a sofa on the side.

"Zhan Guo..." Kong rubbed his temple, looking a little tired, "In less than two years, I will take over as the 'Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies'. I have already recommended to the Five Elders that you take over the position of the Navy Admiral. When the time comes, the Navy will be handed over to you."

It is no secret either within the government or the navy that Air Marshal will take over the position of "Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces" of the World Government.

The current commander-in-chief of the World Government is old and has decided to retire. As the leader of the Navy, the most powerful, largest and most influential military organization under the World Government, Sora has made countless military achievements. Whether in terms of status, reputation or qualifications, he is the only candidate to take over as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces.

It is also a foregone conclusion that Sengoku will take over as the Navy Admiral.

The navy had a strict system of promotions: major generals were promoted to lieutenant generals, lieutenant generals were promoted to generals, ordinary generals were promoted to base commanders, base commanders were transferred to the headquarters... everything had its own system. Although the rank of marshal was the same as that of admiral, he was the highest leader of the entire navy and according to convention he must be selected from among the admirals.

A foreign marshal, or a marshal who has jumped two levels, cannot convince the navy's elite soldiers and generals.

Sengoku is the only incumbent admiral of this generation of the navy. Garp and Zephyr may also be able to convince the navy, but they have already made it clear that they are not interested in the position of marshal or even "admiral".

Marshal Kong has been training Zhan Guo as his "successor", helping him to accumulate high prestige within the navy. It can be said that the navy is now deeply engraved with the mark of Zhan Guo.

Now, Kong Shuai is finally going to take over the position of commander-in-chief, and Zhan Guo is finally going to sit on the "throne" of the marshal of the naval headquarters.

However, Zhan Guo, who was about to be promoted and get rich, had a solemn look on his face and showed no joy at all.

Being a naval admiral is not an easy job. Compared to the ambitions of Sakaski when he takes over as naval admiral in the future, Sengoku is more worried. In recent years, the navy has developed rapidly, especially the new generation of admirals represented by Sakaski, Kuzan, and Borsalino, who have become the backbone of the navy and are even called the "golden generation" of the navy.

However, the navy is also facing a crisis during its development. The infusion of fresh blood makes the navy more persistent in the concept of "justice", but it also makes the relationship between the navy and the world government more delicate. Many radical young navy officers even believe that the world government has become the biggest obstacle to achieving "justice"!