On the edge of an island where the sky was obscured by a flock of strange birds, a magnificent Tower Ship, imbued with ancient Huaxia charm, was anchored.
On the deck, a stunningly beautiful and mature woman, twelve meters tall with shoulder-length pink hair, was lazily resting her head on the soft lap of a blonde Female Giant.
"Still haven't found it?" Charlotte Linlin's voice held a hint of boredom.
"The Homies have searched most of the island, and we should have news soon."
Gölz replied while meticulously counting Charlotte Linlin's pink strands of hair.
Beside them, Ripley, an eighteen-year-old, tall, and athletic young woman of the Giant Race, spoke:
"Linlin, Rocks has sent another Summoning Order."
"Oh?" Charlotte Linlin tilted her head slightly, looking at Ripley with interest. "What new trick is he trying to pull this time?"
"It's said a newcomer has joined, a Four-Armed Gunman named Kiel Bastar."
Hearing this, Charlotte Linlin lost interest and leaned back onto Gölz's comfortable lap.
She said plainly, "I'm not interested. Just pretend you didn't hear it."
Those boring banquets, filled with ugly people and disgusting, weird smells, held no appeal for her; in fact, she found them somewhat repulsive.
With her current strength, she could rival an ordinary Admiral in her normal state, and if she exerted her full power, she was confident she could stand against even Rocks D. Xebec.
This was the confidence that allowed her to ignore Rocks' orders.
"Captain Linlin! We found it!" Lilith's excited voice came through. In her hands, she held a strangely shaped Devil Fruit with a spiral pattern.
"Finally found it." A flicker of light crossed Charlotte Linlin's eyes. "What kind of Devil Fruit is it?"
"It's the Paramecia-type mochi-mochi fruit!" Lilith stated confidently.
Having repeatedly studied the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia over the past five years, she had etched its contents into her mind, allowing her to identify it instantly without needing to check.
"Kuri found it among the pile of fruits the Homies brought back."
Ordinary Homies had simple minds, making it impossible for them to identify specific Devil Fruits, but having them collect every fruit they could find on the island was easy.
Kuri, a little girl who looked about seven or eight years old with dark red short hair, rubbed her head sheepishly:
"Actually, I didn't really find it. It just rolled right up to my feet..."
"Another Paramecia-type?" Charlotte Linlin frowned slightly and muttered a complaint characteristic of a Transmigrator,
"Is that Oda guy setting up some weird food-related Devil Fruit magnet constitution for 'me'?"
Over the past five years, utilizing Kurozumi Mushi's information channels and the efficient search capabilities of the Homies legion, she had successfully located three Devil Fruits: the Lick-Lick Fruit, the Eat-Eat Fruit, and the Cream-Cream Fruit.
Including the mochi-mochi fruit currently before her, they were all Paramecia-types and all closely related to "food." This made her grumble internally: Was someone worried she couldn't feed her large family?
"Even so, this counts as your contribution." Charlotte Linlin looked at Kuri, her tone gentle. "Little Kuri, what reward do you want?"
Kuri's eyes instantly lit up. She stared intently at the mochi-mochi fruit in Lilith's hand, a strong, instinctive yearning swelling in her heart:
"I want it! I want this Devil Fruit!"
"A Devil Fruit can be yours," Charlotte Linlin said slowly, looking at Kuri, whose small figure overlapped with a certain figure in her Remembrance, "but not this one."
She had her own considerations. Kuri currently possessed a girl's body, which would limit the development of certain pure physical strengths.
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