"Don't joke around, okay?"
"It's true, if you don't believe me, ask them."
Garp looked at the nearby marines and Elite Training Camp students nodding in confirmation.
Garp: "…"
"Hahahaha, as expected of my grandson!" Garp said with his hands on his hips.
Everyone: "…"
…
The warship slowly sailed toward Marine Headquarters.
Zephyr and Smoker's group had already received treatment for their injuries.
At the rear deck—
"Garp, your grandson is truly a monster."
Zephyr recalled the terrifying strength Creed had just displayed and sighed. "When we were fifteen, it was around the time Sengoku joined the marines."
"Your grandson reached such terrifying power at just twelve years old."
"Hahaha, well, who do you think his grandfather is?!" Garp laughed. "I expected his strength to grow quickly these past two years, but I never imagined it would be this fast."
Zephyr nodded. "At this rate, in a few years, his swordsmanship will be able to challenge the world's greatest swordsman."
He sighed. "If my family hadn't been killed, my grandson would be about Creed's age. I imagine they would have become as close as we are."
Garp didn't respond.
This was Zephyr's lifelong pain. He had captured countless pirates and saved countless lives.
But at age 42, his entire family was killed—and he couldn't save them.
From then on, he lost his fighting spirit and withdrew from the front lines.
"Isn't Creed basically your half-grandson? Don't forget, he's your student!" Garp patted his shoulder.
Zephyr smiled. "True, I'm proud to have such excellent students."
…
When they returned to Marine Headquarters—
Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru were waiting at the port. Seeing Zephyr safe, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone was sent to the medical wing for a more thorough examination.
These were the future pillars of the marines—if any hidden injuries were left untreated, it could be disastrous.
When Sengoku and Tsuru heard it was Creed who captured the enemy, and that his strength had already reached the level of a Daikengō (Great Swordmaster)…
Even the two who normally remained calm in any situation were shocked speechless after confirming multiple times that Creed truly was at the Daikengō (Great Swordmaster) level.
…
Finding an excuse to slip away—
Creed returned to his room. "Open the purple treasure chest."
He was excited. The last purple chest had yielded the Supreme Grade Sword, Rinne.
He wondered what this one would contain.
The system's voice rang out.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Devil Fruit Ability Extraction Card."
With a thought, the card's detailed description appeared before his eyes.
[Devil Fruit Ability Extraction Card]: This card allows the extraction of a target's Devil Fruit ability. Note: This card can only extract the ability, not the ability's mastery level. The host must develop it independently.
So that's how it works.
A Devil Fruit Ability Extraction Card, huh?
No wonder he had previously seen some Devil Fruit users with the note "(Required conditions not met, cannot be extracted)" next to their abilities.
This card could take their ability, but not its proficiency level?
Meaning, if someone had an SSS-level fruit ability, after extraction, he'd get it without any mastery—it would have to be trained from scratch.
Creed narrowed his eyes.
That meant his first fruit extraction would have to be chosen very carefully.
Then, something caught his attention.
In a small corner of the system interface, there was a line of fine print: [SSS-level Ability Extraction Condition: Defeat or kill three SS-level opponents who possess treasure chests (1/3)].
Huh?
So that's the condition to extract SSS-level abilities?
Defeat four SS-level opponents.
Creed let out a breath of relief.
He had been worried this system was defective, with extraction capped at SS-level abilities, forcing him to train anything above that the hard way.
Good thing there was a way to unlock it.
After combing through the system again to ensure he hadn't missed anything—
Creed got up and went to Garp.
"You want to go out traveling?" Garp's voice jumped an octave.
(End of Chapter)
[Check Out My P@treon For 20+ Extra Chapters On All My Fanfics!!]
[[email protected]/Draumel]
[Thank You For Your Support!]