NOVEL NEXT Chapter 18: In search of the new member
Sixis Island, East Blue.
Sixis Island, which was a deserted island inhabited by no one, now had 5 visitors.
For almost a week, Vlad, with his observation haki at its maximum, had been searching for the fire fruit all over the island, exploring every corner.
While Haki could encompass the entire island with his Observation Haki, finding something that is not a living being tends to be more complicated and tedious, which is why it took Vlad so long.
On one side of the island, Brook and Vincent were sparring, both of them had improved quite a bit.
In another place not far from there, Enel and Kuro were sparring, because they were both children, they had become close.
Kuro received lessons from everyone on the ship, with Enel he practiced his flight and agility, with Brook he trained cutting techniques, with Vincent and Vlad he studied books or about his devil fruit.
Kuro was currently in his half form, because he was chasing Enel through the air.
They both are speed fruits users, so they spent their time training in the air, although it was only agility and speed training, it was already quite a bit of progress.
When it was said that Kuro was the third fastest member, it was not an exaggeration, this was true, some devil fruits simply give you a great advantage.
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Vlad looking at the orange fruit he had in his hand, smiled and began to laugh like crazy in a deserted part of the island.
"Hahaha!, I finally have you! Fire fruit!"
Vlad finally found the fire logia fruit, he was already tired of spending so much time searching on the island.
Luckily, the marine ship from last time had enough supplies to sustain them during their stay on this deserted island.
Vlad packed up the fruit and returned to where the others were.
"Prepare to set sail, I've gotten the fruit."
"Finally, being here for so long was making me anxious." Vincent gave an opinion that everyone shared.
"Captain Vlad, what fruit is this?" Kuro asked, no longer as taciturn or shy as before.
"It's a Logia fruit, you can try to guess which one it is." Vlad looked at everyone with a smile.
"Mmm, from its color it must be a fruit based on a hot element..." Kuro spoke his mind as he closely analyzed the fruit.
"The Fire Fruit perhaps?"
Enel asked, who already had prior knowledge of several other Logias that Vlad told him about on Sky Island.
"Bingo."
Everyone was surprised to hear it, apparently it had been worth waiting so long on the island.
"Captain, with that we'll have 2 logia users in our crew!" Brook laughed as he spoke.
"Alright guys, it's time, we should be leaving soon." Vlad gave the warning in a good mood.
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In the East Blue Sea, Vlad was training, lifting a huge weight and doing squats. Along the way they met some pirates and marines, but none of them caused any real trouble.
Vlad was in search of a person now that he got the fire fruit, someone he was familiar with due to the anime.
A figure with blond hair, a braided mustache, and a rather intolerant mood, Sanji's master, Red Leg Zeff.
The ship needed a cook and the first person Vlad thought of for that was Zeff.
Zeff, who earned the title of Red Leg due to how strong his kicks were, stained in the blood of his victims and keeping that title.
Vlad valued someone like Zeff quite a bit, and he shouldn't be too old right now, which gave him the opportunity to take his potential further.
While he planned to bring him into his crew, finding him was another matter, right now he needed to go get information about him from somewhere, Zeff should still be a pirate of East Blue.
As for the future cook of the Mugiwaras, he could only apologize in his mind for wanting to snatch his master away.
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On a warship, floating on the East Blue Sea.
"Rear Admiral Dragon, we have received news of our target, we estimate that we will be able to reach them soon."
Dragon heard that and nodded.
"Kuzan, what do you think about these Transcendent pirates?" Dragon spoke as he looked at a young man with crossed arms whom his father favored.
"The fact that they caught Vice Admiral Garp's interest means that they should not be underestimated, based on the intelligence received." Kuzan spoke with a serious face as a cold air came out of his mouth.
Kuzan who was now still young, was not like the lazy future admiral he would become, right now he was an enthusiastic young man, his innocence still evident.
"Mmm that's right, it seems that only Vlad and the user of the Thunder Fruit are considered strong, together we should be able to take care of him."
Dragon spoke, as a breeze blew around him.
"The user of the Thunder Fruit is just a child, I don't think it will be a problem to take care of him." Kuzan said with a smile.
"It's best not to underestimate them, after all the Thunder Fruit is known to be an invincible fruit." Dragon thought of the photo of little Thor.
"We'll see if he can stop me from freezing him Hehe."
Kuzan laughed as an ice spike formed in his palm.
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Vlad and the others arrived at a heavily populated island in East Blue, searching for information about Red Leg, Zeff.
"Everyone can go for their needs, I gave everyone money so there should be no problem."
Vlad sent everyone off to relax with their own needs while also gathering information about Zeff.
Enel went with Kuro, while Brook went with Vincent.
Vlad immediately activated his observation haki, finding a cake shop nearby.
"Well, priorities."
Vlad ran towards the shop and began devouring everything inside.
Near where Vlad passed, a figure with a sword, wearing loincloth and long hair was surprised to see Vlad devouring the desserts.
Koushirou who had come to East Blue to settle down, looked at the tall man with blue hair and felt that he was not a simple person, but he simply went his own way.
Vlad who felt the gaze, also looked at Koushirou who was walking away, feeling that he looked a little familiar.
"Well whoever it is, I'm not interested now"
Vlad continued eating a variety of desserts with a smile of happiness and satisfaction.