I'm Not Interested in Devil Fruits

## A Side Story – What Was Forgotten in the Main Text – Gained Something, Yet Lost Something

South Blue, Magnifique Island. The restaurant staff chasing after him suddenly collapsed, leaving Kid with a chicken bone in his mouth. Confused, he ran out of the city and stood outside, gazing into the distance. He spat out the chicken bone, feeling an inexplicable emptiness in his heart…

...

Silver Fox Foxy is the future moniker of this young boxer.

Naturally, what makes him even more memorable is his utterly cheeky Paramecia-type Slow-Slow Fruit, which allows him to emit slow-motion beams that drastically reduce the speed of any living being or object... 

In other words, he can make his opponents practically stand still while he pummels them at will! If only Foxy had a bit more brains and skill, he'd be a downright overpowered fighter.

Unfortunately, his mind isn't quite right.

This guy has a sneaky personality. Despite having the Slow-Slow Fruit, which could let him defeat anyone fair and square, he insists on using all sorts of flashy, underhanded tricks that leave people baffled. On top of that, he's deeply insecure. A single offhand comment from Luffy calling him "blockhead" sent him spiraling into a pit of despair...

"Who's this kid?" Sandersonia asked curiously, looking down at him. "He looks so peculiar."

The young boxer, Foxy, felt as if he'd been stabbed in the heart and collapsed to his knees, 'orz'... Marigold sighed, "Is he really that fragile?"

"His personality's awful too. He just seems so spineless overall," Sandersonia evaluated bluntly. Don't expect her to be a gentle girl— she's a pirate, after all, and has spent years under the influence of her Nee San's strong personality. 

Marigold wiped her sweat, "Nee San, he's practically flattened on the ground..."

Someone like him isn't even worth a second glance from Hancock.

However, Liam kept glancing between her and the young Foxy, which made Hancock tilt her head with a puzzled expression, nine parts charming and one part clueless.

Liam couldn't help but chuckle, though he didn't explain why. The Slow-Slow Fruit's beams and the Love-Love Fruit's Mero Mero Merrow sound quite similar in the pirate world. 

In the original timeline, Luffy once mistook Hancock's Mero Mero Merrow for the Slow-Slow Fruit's beams and got scared... The idea of Hancock and Foxy crossing paths struck Liam as hilariously ironic, but this kind of humor was something only he and his trusted companion B.I.B. could appreciate.

B.I.B. had been left on the ship to guard it. Liam glanced at the young boxer Foxy, who was still reeling from Sandersonia's verbal beatdown, and casually asked, "Kid, are you a Devil Fruit user?"

"Huh?"

Not long after, the 12-year-old boxer stood dazed on the street, watching the tall man walk away with the group of women.

After asking such a strange question and receiving a negative answer, the man had simply smiled and left with the girls, as if it were just a passing thought. "Devil Fruit... I feel like I've heard of that somewhere?" Foxy rubbed his face with his boxing glove and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, I'm going to be late!"

With that, he slowly turned and walked away.

Meanwhile, Liam and the others continued to explore the island.

Although they hadn't plundered any ordinary towns during this voyage, the Kuja pirates had still made quite a haul— just ransacking the entire Glacier Pirate Crew in the Sobert Kingdom had been enough to fill their coffers. With money to spare, they strolled through the streets, buying whatever caught their eye.

As for the Slow-Slow Fruit?

Since young Foxy had looked completely clueless and denied being a Devil Fruit user, Liam decided to assume he hadn't gotten the Slow-Slow Fruit yet. Without B.I.B. by his side, Liam couldn't confirm whether the kid was lying.

Thanks to Foxy's role as a comedic villain in the manga, Liam had never been particularly interested in the Slow-Slow Fruit. His training had always focused on physical combat, which he considered his foundation. 

As for Devil Fruits, Liam didn't think they were weak— whether it was the Castle-Castle Fruit, Gas-Gas Fruit, Magnet-Magnet Fruit, Slow-Slow Fruit, or even the Pipe-Pipe Fruit he'd once handled, each could be incredibly powerful if developed properly!

But that was precisely the problem.

Liam could switch Devil Fruits at any time.

If he devoted himself to mastering a powerful Devil Fruit, he'd inevitably be tempted to chase after an even stronger one, then another, and another... The cycle would never end. Moreover, judging whether a Devil Fruit was powerful or not was often subjective and personal.

Precisely because he could replace Devil Fruits at will, the temptation to greedily collect them was strong. That's why he needed to exercise restraint.

He didn't want to end up mediocre in both physical combat and Devil Fruit abilities, hoarding dozens of fruits but mastering none of them to their full potential.

His greatest strength would always be his physical combat skills!

Stands were miracles of life.

His natural talent for Life Return training was something he couldn't afford to waste.

The reason Liam had asked Foxy about the Slow-Slow Fruit, despite his lack of interest, was because he was still thinking about Red Hair, who was currently gallivanting somewhere in the Grand Line...

Back then, he'd threatened Shanks, saying he'd find the most useless Devil Fruit and use it to mess with him!

The Slow-Slow Fruit might not be the most useless Devil Fruit, but imagining Shanks, the most 'face'-conscious Yonko, paired with the comedic Silver Fox Foxy's ability, was enough to make Liam burst into laughter... What a shame!

As they chatted and laughed, enjoying the sights, the experience felt different from their usual fun on Amazon Lily Island— it was a new kind of joy.

Or rather, they became the spectacle themselves—those who recognized Giorno and Jolyne and grew greedy, or those who coveted the beauty of Jolyne and the Hancock sisters, became the group's entertainment, toyed with and played around.

Robin, due to her personality and a desire to avoid drawing attention to her Flower-Flower Fruit, rarely intervened. Besides, with these guys around, there was no need for her to fight. 

She simply watched with a smile as they had their fun. Liam, being the strongest, would at most cripple and toss aside any annoying troublemakers, not out of kindness but because he believed having principles was better than having none. As for the Hancock sisters, they were far more unrestrained...

Their bold and carefree behavior across several towns on the island had attracted more and more attention.

With the King's carriage already attacked, the island's atmosphere was tense, and the King's forces and stationed Marines were on high alert... Over time, Liam and the others noticed the increasing number of wary eyes around them, as well as the occasional glimpse of Marine figures. Feeling bored, they decided to head back to their pirate ship.

The Kuja warriors had already returned to the ship after their shopping. Soon, the red Kuja pirate ship, pulled by two sea kings, slowly set sail.

The wind filled the sails, and the Kuja women on deck smiled as their hair fluttered in the breeze. Hancock had just announced that after this voyage, they would return to Amazon Lily Island in the Calm Belt.

"We're going home."

"This trip was quite fruitful. The Snake Princess will surely be pleased!"

"Hehe... Hancock Sama is amazing!"

The warriors chatted freely.

"By the way, Nee San, what about that woman..." Sandersonia, enjoying the breeze, suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, I almost forgot," Hancock said calmly. "I'll go check on her." With that, she turned and headed into the cabin.

Liam leaned against the railing and laughed, "I thought she was going to say, 'Let Bonney wait another hour!'"

"That's a bit too much..." Marigold muttered.

Liam burst into laughter but suddenly noticed something off about Robin, who was staring intently at the distant horizon.

Frowning, Liam turned to look as well. Far out on the vast blue sea, a tiny figure could be seen.

......

Marine Headquarters, Marineford—

Fleet Admiral Sengoku stared at the stone statue before him, feeling as if a tight band were squeezing his head. It was a real headache.

(End Of The Chapter)

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