Chapter 38:
Charlotte Linlin—at this time she was still extremely beautiful. That snake-like slim waist was incomparable to her later obese state.
At this moment, she was eating delicious pastries, and her mood was very good.
Perhaps it was this eating hobby of hers that led to her becoming so fat later.
And just at this moment, a crew member suddenly burst in.
"Captain—bad news! The Roger Pirates have come looking for us!"
The panicked pirate crew member shouted.
"What? Roger came looking? Why?"
Charlotte Linlin was immediately shocked. She stood up and quickly came to the deck.
"Roger—what is he trying to do?"
Charlotte Linlin saw Roger on the bow of the Plant Scholars and was shocked again.
At the same time, she felt the Plant Scholars in front of her looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't recall it for a moment.
"Linlin—hand over the Glutton-Glutton Fruit. I'll turn around and leave immediately."
Roger still prepared to try courtesy before force.
"Hahaha, Roger—are you a pirate for the first day? If you want something, you have to take it with your own strength."
"Just because you say a word, you think you can take my Devil Fruit? You're dreaming."
Charlotte Linlin immediately laughed loudly.
"Since that's the case, then let's see the truth under our fists. Kid Victor—it's yours."
Roger said with a smile.
"Got it—thank you, Captain Roger."
Victor said and immediately stepped forward.
"Oh? This little brother looks somewhat familiar."
Charlotte Linlin saw Victor and also felt he looked somewhat familiar.
"Captain—he's Victor, captain of the Plant Scholars pirate crew. Current bounty fifteen billion Berries."
A nearby crew member had already recognized Victor.
"Oh? I didn't expect it to be Victor. And even more unexpected that you've joined the Roger Pirates. What a pity."
"But why is your bounty higher than mine?"
Charlotte Linlin heard Victor's bounty was higher than hers and felt very unconvinced.
"Charlotte Linlin—let's give it a try then."
Saying that, Victor leaped directly upward and jumped out.
Unfortunately, he hadn't learned Roger's sword technique yet—mainly because there wasn't time.
However, relying solely on his physical techniques plus three colors of Haki was enough to deal with the current Big Mom.
"Hahaha—then come!"
Charlotte Linlin instantly activated Armament Haki.
Victor directly unleashed Conqueror's Haki—clearing out the miscellaneous soldiers on Big Mom's pirate crew in an instant.
"Hoho—much quieter now. Let's go take the Glutton-Glutton Fruit."
Rayleigh said to Jabba beside him.
"Oh—let's go then."
Jabba followed Rayleigh and jumped onto Charlotte Linlin's pirate ship.
To them, the people on Big Mom's ship who hadn't fainted were just slightly stronger ants.
They dispatched them in a few moves and quickly found the Glutton-Glutton Fruit—and incidentally took another Devil Fruit as well.
"Got it—let's go."
Rayleigh called Jabba to leave.
Meanwhile, Victor was fighting Charlotte Linlin.
At this time, Charlotte Linlin had not yet reached her peak state—she was still far from Admiral-level strength.
However, Charlotte Linlin's monstrous strength was still terrifying. But Victor's physique was also extraordinary—his power was extremely terrifying.
"Hahaha—in such a short time, kid Victor has improved again."
Roger saw Victor's strength grow stronger again and immediately laughed happily.
"Who could blame him? If this continues, even I might not be his match anymore."
Jabba, back on the ship, also said with a smile.
"Hahaha—then your training needs to get serious."
Roger laughed again—his smile never left his face for even a moment.
Heracles and the others saw Victor's strength increase and felt very gratified.
Beli regarded Victor as his idol even more—he was even happier.
"Linlin—you're not my opponent now. And in the future, you'll be even less so."
Victor shouted loudly. Violent Conqueror's Haki combined with Armament Haki coiled around his fist.
"Victor—don't joke around. Ikoku Sovereignty!"
Prometheus and Zeus cooperated with Napoleon in Charlotte Linlin's hand, slashing out a massively powerful blade energy.
And Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit ability provided limited enhancement in battle.
Boom! A huge explosion erupted from their collision.
Charlotte Linlin's body flew backward and smashed heavily onto her pirate ship.
Immediately, she couldn't help but spit out a large mouthful of blood.
In contrast, Victor only retreated a certain distance.
Seeing this, Victor did not pursue the advantage but turned and returned to the Plant Scholars.
"Charlotte Linlin—we'll meet again."
Victor knew Rayleigh and the others had obtained the Glutton-Glutton Fruit, so he didn't continue to trouble Charlotte Linlin.
"Hahaha—raise sails, set off!"
Roger saw this and didn't waste words—he directly ordered the ship to leave.
"Let's go—we're returning to Hive too."
Charlotte Linlin's face darkened as she ordered her subordinates to set sail back.
On the deck of the Plant Scholars.
Victor immediately looked toward Rayleigh.
"Uncle Rayleigh—the Glutton-Glutton Fruit?"
Victor asked urgently.
"Hahaha, kid Victor—what's the rush? Here it is."
Rayleigh saw Victor's anxious look and laughed.
He immediately took out the Glutton-Glutton Fruit and handed it to Victor.
"Hahaha—thank you Uncle Rayleigh, thank you Uncle Jabba, thank you Captain Roger!"
Victor took the Glutton-Glutton Fruit and immediately shouted happily.
"Satisfied now? Haha."
Rayleigh patted Victor's shoulder and walked away laughing.
Everyone present—including Heracles—rarely saw Victor looking like a child who just got a treasure.
At this moment, they finally felt that Victor was truly acting like a kid right now.
"Hahaha—finally got what I wished for."
Victor happily looked at the Glutton-Glutton Fruit in front of him.
After confirming it was correct, he swallowed the Devil Fruit in one gulp.
Heracles and Crocus walked toward Victor.
They knew how much effort Victor had put into obtaining this Devil Fruit.
Now they wanted to see what role this Glutton-Glutton Fruit would play in Victor's hands.
As the Glutton-Glutton Fruit went down, Victor closed his eyes.
In this instant, Victor's Devouring Talent played a crucial role.
He could feel an indescribable will being swallowed by his body.
That's right—it was eaten by his body, then transformed into a new ability for Victor to absorb.
Instantly, Victor's spirit brightened—it felt like eating ice cream in summer.
Extremely refreshing.
Then, another surge of energy was eaten by the Devouring Talent.
Immediately after, the Devouring Talent evolved into the Devouring Talent—this change instantly filled Victor with immense joy.
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