Chapter 133 Universal Methods of Obtaining Devil Fruits
After listening to Li De’s introduction, Aokiji looked around.

"Ah, la la, it's so enviable to be surrounded by beauties. You are worthy of being a noble!" Aokiji couldn't help but sigh.

"Why do you think so?" Li De asked Aokiji.

"Ah, la la, although I don't like it, I have to deal with nobles from various countries. Your words and actions are so consistent." Aokiji looked at Li De and said.

"It is rumored that Admiral Aokiji is lazy. I thought you were the kind of person who doesn't want to deal with nobles." Li De replied with a smile.

"So now it's popular among the nobles in the East China Sea to go out to sea to experience an alternative life?" Aokiji continued to ask.

"Maybe, maybe not, who knows?" Spreading his hands, Li De gave an ambiguous answer.

"Or maybe they are too strong, so you go out to sea out of boredom. In my impression, the nobles are not that strong!" Aokiji continued.

"Do you mean that the members of the Celestial Dragons' Divine Knights are actually weaklings?" Reed asked back.

"Ala, you can't say that casually. You should know that I'm referring to the nobles, not the world's nobles." Aokiji said with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"So there are still strong people? Well, it's not that surprising if there are." Li De said lightly.

"Oh, I haven't come across it before. Let's change the topic." Aokiji said after looking at Li De deeply.

"So we're finally going to check the golden lion's body?" Li De said.

"Why can't they be here to arrest you?" Aokiji asked Li De back.

"If that's the case, it will be a headache for me. After all, I don't want to continue waiting here for the next wave of navy to arrive." Li De said slowly.

"Ah, la la, young man, you are very confident!" Aokiji couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard that.

After all, what Li De meant was that he didn't care about the threat in his words at all.

“With the current high-end combat power of the navy, among the older generation of strong men, Zhan Guo became a marshal. He can only travel between the navy headquarters and the holy land of Mary Geoise all year round and cannot move lightly, so there is no need to be afraid no matter how strong he is.

What we really need to pay attention to is the hero of the navy, Garp, who once teamed up with Roger to defeat Rocks in the Valley of the West Sea God. This old man is getting more and more powerful as he gets older, and he should be the top physical fighter on the sea.

Among the older generation of strong men, except for him and the Marshal War State who cannot go out easily, the others are not worth worrying about. For example, the former admiral Zephyr and the chief of staff Crane, but the former has lost one hand and suffers from asthma, and his strength is not as good as before. The latter only needs to pay attention to the ability of the Wash Wash Fruit.

Besides, among the three current admirals, Kizaru is a veteran who would rather slack off than work overtime. Although the devil fruit ability is tricky, the possibility of encountering him is very low. It is actually surprising that you, the weakest and lazy of the three admirals, appear here, because in my opinion, the person who checks it can only be a veteran vice admiral at most.

As for Akainu at the end, he is a mad dog. In his eyes, only dead pirates are good pirates. So when he leads the warships here, it is definitely not for inspection, but the World Government has no intention of fulfilling its promise and giving me the vacant position of Shichibukai.

On the other hand, although you are the weakest among the three admirals, you are still a real admiral and your strength is guaranteed. It's a pity that my devil fruit ability is too restrained to you, so when I saw you coming, I was not afraid at all, because I was absolutely sure that I could stop you if we fought. "

After hearing Li De's words, Aokiji's expression remained normal, but his eyes flickered several times.

After all, Li De's analysis of the combat power of the navy's top brass gave him a sense of who he was.

When Li De said that they were absolutely sure of victory, Aokiji couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Ah la la, young man, are you so confident that you can defeat me?" Aokiji looked at Li De, and the aura on his body began to rise.

"Hey, Aokiji, in a battle or war, what do you think is the key factor that affects the outcome?" Li De asked without paying any attention to Aokiji's rising breath.

"It should be information!" Aokiji said after thinking about it.

"Yes, it's intelligence. So do you still think you have a chance of winning against me? I may not tell you everything, but I at least know 70% to 80% of your details, but you may not even know 20% of my details. If there is a huge gap in strength between us, then this intelligence is useless.

But when our strength is equal, knowing ourselves and the enemy can help us win every battle. Before you know my details, you have already been outmaneuvered by me in the battle. And there is not only a gap in intelligence between us, but also a gap in the number of personnel. You underestimate my crew too much. "Li De said in a serious tone.

"Oh, so that's how it is. No wonder you said I'm the weakest and lazy of the three admirals. Although that may be true, it sounds a bit harsh." Although Aokiji said this, he had no intention of taking action.

After all, he believed that his Observation Haki would not deceive him. If they really fought, he would probably have no hope of winning.

"If you want to sound better, just sleep less and practice more." Li De said with a sneer.

Li De's words directly made Aokiji unable to continue the topic.

"As far as I know, there are no vacancies among the Seven Warlords of the Sea." Aokiji then changed the subject.

"If Boa Hancock is still alive, ask her to go out and rob. Isn't that what the Nine Snakes Pirates love to do? I don't know what kind of mentality Morgause had when he wrote the follow-up report published a year ago. Did he think that the world was foolish, or did the person who ordered him to write this report think that the world was foolish? Speaking of which, Gekko Moriah should not have been killed by the 'Peach Rabbit' admiral."

Hearing this, Aokiji, who had been silent for a while, said, "Did you let Smoker go because of this moment?"

"Of course! Otherwise why would I let him go so easily and give him some advice?" Li De answered confidently, with no intention of covering up.

"What is your purpose in becoming one of the Shichibukai?" Aokiji asked again.

"For more freedom. Hiding one's identity when going out to sea means that I can't use my identity to solve problems when I run into trouble. And you can see that my women are so outstanding. Sooner or later they will get into trouble. So I guess it's only a matter of time before I'm put on the bounty. But I don't want to be hunted by the navy day and night. You see, isn't the Seven Warlords of the Sea the only choice?" Li De said with his hands spread out.

"If you didn't want to be hunted by the navy, why didn't you join the navy?" he asked casually.

"If the World Government recruits soldiers and relaxes the restrictions on military ranks, and only determines ranks based on strength, then I will definitely participate, and I can at least get a vice admiral for fun. But I am not interested in climbing up step by step according to the current promotion method of the Navy, because I absolutely cannot accept a scumbag who is weaker than me telling me what to do. So is there anything else you want to test or ask?"

Hearing this, Aokiji fell silent again, and then finally got to the point: "Where is the body of the golden lion?"

"It's on the small boat at the stern, follow me!" Li De immediately took Aokiji to the stern to take a look.

"Frozen?!" When Aokiji reached the stern and looked at the boat, he found that the body of the Golden Lion was frozen.

"It's just a little trick." Li De said with a chuckle.

Jumping onto the boat, Aokiji began to examine the body of the golden lion through the thin ice.

"Wasn't it you who did it?" Aokiji asked again after standing up.

"Aga, it seems that you have accidentally tricked me into leaking information. Well, it doesn't matter. It was definitely not me, nor was it Beta. After all, if we took action, it would be impossible not to leave traces of high-temperature burns. In order to make it easier for you to identify, I deliberately let others take action." Li De admitted frankly.

"It seems that the difference in personnel numbers you just mentioned is indeed true." Aokiji looked at Li De deeply before continuing.

Hearing this, Li De smiled without saying anything, with just a hint of complacency.

"The inspection is completed. I'm leaving first." After saying this, Aokiji jumped directly from the boat onto the sea.

The next second, the sea surface quickly solidified and then the ice surface quickly expanded.

"Oh, brother, I'm sorry. I originally wanted to build a path, but I didn't control the strength well. I don't think you mind!" Aokiji said while standing on the ice.

"How is that possible! My dears, let's get ready to set sail." Li De smiled and put his hands on the side of the boat.

The next second, along with Li De's voice, the hot magic flowed along the mithril shell and spread around the Pure White Knight, and the thick ice that froze the Pure White Knight melted away in a breath. Seeing this scene, Aokiji calmly put his hands in his pockets, walked a few steps to the place where the bicycle was placed before, and then rode the bicycle away in the direction he came from.

"Captain, Admiral Aokiji has finally left!" Seeing the bicycle going away, Kalina finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Who said that the atmosphere suddenly became tense just a few seconds ago?

If a fight really breaks out, although Kalina believes that Li De will win, she cannot guarantee that she will not be implicated.

This time, the opponent was Aokiji, one of the three admirals. He only used his ability to freeze the nearby sea surface.

The biting cold made her shiver uncontrollably even though she was wearing relatively light clothes.

"Lina-chan, you are just too timid! With the boss's ability, even if Akainu comes, he will be burned to death, let alone Aokiji. There is no need to worry so much." Delta patted Kalina's shoulder and said with a smile.

"I'm just worried. After all, this is related to the captain's purpose." Kalina defended in a low voice.

"Sid, do you want to give Kalina a reliable support?" Claire asked Reed.

"My dear sister, although Aokiji did not take away Golden Lion's body, the rebirth of a devil fruit has always depended on luck. Let me try it once and see the result first. What if the Float-Float Fruit does not regenerate nearby?" Of course, Reed knew what Claire meant.

After all, they have lived together for a while, and they have developed some feelings for each other after getting along for a long time. Especially Kalina is sweet-talker, so the girls like her more.

However, the women also knew that with her personality, it would be impossible for her to sign a slave contract, so Claire hoped that Reed could leave Kalina something to rely on for future survival.

In this way, after they leave, Kalina's only son can live well. This is why Claire spoke to Reed.

"Yeah, I like Sid the most." Seeing that Reed agreed, Claire smiled and rubbed her face against Reed's cheek.

"Then I'll try it now!" After saying that, Li De made some preparations, and then teleported to the White Sea above Gaya Island with the body of the golden lion.

On an island cloud, Li De first took out a few baskets of fruits, poured out the fruits and arranged them into a big circle.

Li De stood in the center of the big circle, and then used a little magic power to melt the ice that wrapped the golden lion.

After removing the two famous swords, Muku and Yingju, from his legs, he threw the two swords out of the circle.

Then Li Decai picked up the body of the golden lion.

The next second, as the temperature on Li De's hand soared, the body of the golden lion quickly shriveled and carbonized under the high temperature.

After a few breaths, Li De threw the charcoal in his hand far downwind.

Then he took a few steps and came to the fruit that had been placed previously.

At this moment, many fruits had actually lost their moisture due to the high temperature that Li De had previously emitted.

But because of this, a still round fruit is unusually eye-catching.

Looking at the unique pattern, Li De couldn't help but sigh that he was so lucky!
Picking up the reborn Piaopiao Fruit and the two famous swords, Li De immediately disappeared on the island cloud.

When he appeared again, Reed had returned to the Pure White Knight.

"Success!" Claire said happily when she saw the fruit in Reed's hand.

"Call Kalina over!" Li De nodded and said.

"Lina, come here, I have something to talk to you about!" Claire shouted to Kalina who was adjusting the sail.

"Oh, I'll be right there!" After finishing the work at hand, Kalina quickly ran to the bow of the ship.

"Captain, is there something wrong?" Kalina asked Li De.

"Due to the situation at the time, we did not let you collect the spoils of this expedition against the Golden Lion. The two swords of the Golden Lion are named Mu Ku and Ying Ju. It's up to you how to deal with them. The devil fruit in my hand is the Floating Fruit in the Golden Lion's body. Your sister asked me to take it out specifically for you." Li De said.

"Captain, can the abilities of a devil fruit user be taken out?" Kalina was more curious about this than the Float-Float Fruit.

After all, devil fruits are very valuable. If one can really find a way to extract the power of the fruit, it would mean enormous wealth.

"I knew you would ask. Actually, it's not hard to find out if you pay attention. After the death of each generation of the Devil Fruit's host, the fruit itself will be reborn somewhere in the world after a period of time. In other words, as long as the Devil Fruit's ability is separated from the previous host, the conditions for rebirth are met.

So how can the Devil Fruit ability be separated from the host? After researching, I found that the first condition to be met is that the host must die, and the second condition is that the body becomes nothingness, so that the Devil Fruit ability has nothing to rely on, and it will naturally be reborn.

However, no one can change the randomness of rebirth. The only thing you can do is to fill the area with fruits and see if your luck is good enough. If you are lucky, you will naturally get a devil fruit. If you are unlucky, then all your efforts will be in vain. Do you understand now?"

After Li De finished speaking, Kalina nodded vigorously and said, "Captain, can you give me this Floating Fruit as well?"

"As I said just now, I was busy this time because my sister asked me to. Although you have obtained the Piaopiao Fruit, I can only give it to you if one condition is met." Li De said slowly.

"Captain, what are the conditions?" Kalina's tone was not urgent at the moment.

"You have to eat it yourself. As for selling it for money, forget it." Li De said after looking at Kalina.

"Is it that simple?" Kalina asked in disbelief.

"Lina, we will have to part ways one day, and I hope you can protect yourself after you leave." Claire explained the reason.

"Thank you, Sister Claire. Actually..." Kalina couldn't continue after saying this because Reed stopped her from going on.

"Kalina, there's no need to continue. You know the cost of joining my team. Since you don't want to, don't mention it again. Don't mind a devil fruit too much. After all, if you eat it, it will be good for the team." Li De shook his head and said.

"I understand, Captain. Please give me the Float-Float Fruit. Even if there is not much time left, I will try my best to do everything well." Kalina said immediately.

In fact, Kalina also hinted to the other girls about how to integrate into Li De's team.

Then I learned from the other women that Reed's 'real' devil fruit ability is the superhuman contract fruit. If you want to truly integrate into the team, you must sign the slave contract created by Reed using his ability.

After getting this so-called "truth", Kalina finally understood why the women called Li De "master".

Just as Li De said, Kalina really couldn't do it, so Kalina simply changed the subject.

After taking the Floating Fruit from Li De's hand, Kalina ate it without any hesitation.

Two days later, a letter was delivered to Li De by the government's special "secretary bat".

After opening the letter and reading its contents, Li De finally smiled.

The spot among the Seven Warlords of the Sea was finally obtained.

(End of this chapter)