Chapter 45: Chapter 38
Boom!
The collision of the laser with the ice caused countless beams of light to refract in all directions, making it difficult to keep one's eyes open.
Ezekiel stood calmly on the boat, observing yet another battle between Zephyr and Kizaru, while also keeping an eye on the progress of the download.
A whole day had passed, with about ten hours remaining.
During this brief period of pursuit, Kizaru reluctantly closed in and attacked once more. This time, Zephyr had fully mastered the power of the Freezing Fruit. The battle between two Logia abilities was destructive, almost completely demolishing the ship.
Zephyr's right arm, which had previously shattered, was now made of ice. If this wasn't the Freezing Fruit, then what was it?
Are there two identical fruits in this world? Or what did Aokiji do? The Marines know that Aokiji was recently in Alabasta.
Kizaru and Zephyr held nothing back in their fight. Kizaru soared into the sky and seemed intent on destroying the ship. He crossed his arms, and his palms glowed with laser light.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
Seeing this, Zephyr stood at the bow with a grin, his right hand slamming fiercely onto the railing. The icy air froze along the rails. In Kizaru's ears, his voice echoed:
"Ice Age!"
Boom!
The entire surface of the sea was completely frozen by a terrifying layer of ice, and then it was as if the ground had folded; it looked like an iceberg had erupted from the depths of the sea. It rose vertically in front of Kizaru, who had just fired countless laser beams.
"Aokiji, you said this has nothing to do with you?! The ability of the fruit can't be identical, what's your trick?! Zephyr used Ice Age!"
Everyone knows that even if it's the same fruit, different people will use it differently, but Zephyr's downloading ability made a perfect copy. The abilities are being used exactly as Aokiji did!
"This definitely has something to do with Aokiji! Could it be some kind of duplicate fruit?" The thought flashed in Kizaru's mind that there could be a similar Freezing Fruit in this world. "Otherwise, there's no other explanation."
The battle was still not over. Kizaru now realized that Zephyr was no longer the Teacher Zephyr of old. Now he was equal to Aokiji himself, and perhaps Zephyr ate what seemed to be a duplicate of the fruit. Maybe it's a fruit that can copy other abilities.
In reality, his guess was infinitely close to the truth, but the truth was more terrifying than his speculation.
Almost all mysteries in this world originate from Devil Fruits. But even if Kizaru had consumed Vegapunk's brain as a tonic, he would never have guessed what kind of fruit this was.
Because this was something that didn't exist in this world before: the mobile phone fruit!
"Your Majesty, King Ezekiel, Admiral Zephyr!"
After Kizaru fled, Doru, the navigator and sailor who was with them aboard, suddenly rushed out of the helm room in a hurry. He was holding broken glass and a piece of the shattered Log Pose.
"The Log Pose is broken!"
The battle between those two was just too intense. Such a fragile thing as a Log Pose could certainly break. In fact, according to survey statistics, many pirates die every year in the New World and on the Grand Line for this very reason.
...
"I have another Log Pose, but it's currently set for Alabasta. We can return and then buy an Eternal Pose," Zephyr suggested.
Will groaned; he didn't want to change his original plan.
"No, let's sail to the East Blue."
"But the Log Pose..." Doru said hesitantly, fearing that Will had never been to sea and wasn't aware of its dangers.
"It's okay," Ezekiel took the broken Log Pose from his hand and tossed it into the sea. "We have a solution."
"Looks like I'll be using the Ocean Map first," he thought as he took out his mobile phone.
At the same time, more than 8 million mobile phone users instantly received a notification about the installation of the Ocean Map. No one in the One Piece world could control this app, and there wasn't a single competitor...
"Look at your mobile phone," Ezekiel said.
Doru and Zephyr immediately took out their phones upon hearing these words and soon discovered an additional function in their devices.
"Ocean Map
Adjust the pointer to determine the route
Current free usage time is 7 days."
"Ocean Map? What is that?" Zephyr pressed the screen in confusion and instantly saw a huge world map with hundreds of light spots on it. He tapped on a light spot in East Blue, and immediately an arrow appeared that fixed the direction, displaying a message:
"5800 kilometers to your destination."
Zephyr's pupils slightly narrowed.
"This arrow is almost exactly like the one used in the Log Pose. Can it replace the Log Pose?"
Then Zephyr pressed the coordinates for Mary Geoise, and a route to Mary Geoise's location immediately appeared. He quickly tapped with his finger to pinpoint the coordinates and directions for several places. Zephyr was somewhat surprised.
"This thing called the Ocean Map can really replace the Log Pose?!"
At first, people didn't care until half a day later when news about the Ocean Map quickly spread across news headlines and the Forum.
"Amazing! "A new feature that will shake the seas!"
"Another groundbreaking step by Alabasta Royal Mobile!"
"Say goodbye to Log Pose! Farewell, Eternal Pose!"
"The risk of setting out to sea will drastically decrease. The work of sailors and traders will not be as well-paid. Is this good or bad?"
......
"The Ocean Map can be used instead of Log Pose, and there's no need to maintain direction or wait for a reset. Coordinates for any location appear at a touch!"
"Incredible, the Alabasta mobile phone has this feature! Although the new mobile phone from the World Government is cheap, it lacks this function."
"Moreover, the World Government's phones are full of false propaganda! Their news updates only locally, and only people within a few dozen kilometers can communicate on their forum!"
"Yes, the Alabasta mobile phone is so powerful that it allows people from different countries to communicate. Yesterday, I scolded a pirate who claimed to be roaming the New World. "It was really enjoyable, ha-ha-ha!"
"Someone recently said it was Zephyr!"
"It truly might be Zephyr..."
"Though this feature is powerful, it's not very useful for ordinary people. Who will pay a lot of money to go to sea if nothing happens there..."
"With this, I don't need to buy Eternal Poses and Log Poses! It's great!"