In the large private room of Garlos, Selibe hypnotized him and made him write down all the information Vane wanted.
For example, the whereabouts of the Hancock sisters—because their combat ability is very strong, they were often dragged out to fight pirates or ferocious beasts.
So Garlos had a fairly deep impression of these slaves who did not belong to him.
And there was another thing that made things convenient for Vane: most of the powerful slaves were locked up in roughly the same area. A big part of their purpose was to be used for fights as entertainment, and keeping them in one area made it easy to pull them out for PKs at any time.
That is to say, Vane had a chance to take away the main batch of slaves in one go.
No matter how large Meowth's castle space was, it was impossible to take all the slaves at once. Fortunately, he could fly and make rapid round trips in a short time.
"But it's still early. Don't touch the slaves yet—go to Garlos's family treasury first."
This treasury was the safest one, right beneath this building.
There were nineteen surname families on the Red Line. Garlos belonged to the Rosward family, and this building he was in was one of the three treasuries of the Rosward family.
"Selibe, keep watching him here."
The treasure-stealing squad immediately began the procedure they had rehearsed who knows how many times.
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After getting their bearings, Lena immediately activated the Through-Through Fruit and began passing through the inorganic walls.
During this process, Lena held Monet's hand, Monet held Meowth, and the two people and one cat were all in an invisible state.
Soon they arrived inside the treasury, and luckily the treasury wasn't built with Seastone.
The Celestial Dragons had settled here for 800 years. The last time a crisis happened here was 200 years ago, when ancient machines attacked.
Two hundred years is enough time for some short-lived dynasties to change several times.
In Mary Geoise, they had long since lost any sense of danger. They never believed they would encounter any danger here.
The treasury's defenses were nothing more than a thick gate. Compared to the royal treasuries Vane had entered before, there was nothing special about the rest of the place.
Lena had also mastered Observation Haki. After carefully checking the treasury and confirming there were no living beings like Den Den Mushi for surveillance, she let Monet cancel the transparent state.
Meowth released everyone.
"Get the Devil Fruits first."
In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, Devil Fruits weren't as important as in the eyes of ordinary people, but they were still relatively precious resources. They were placed in a very conspicuous spot, in two gem-inlaid treasure chests specially prepared for them.
Vane strode forward and opened the chests. The peculiar patterns of the Devil Fruits were so captivating, and these two fruits gave Vane a premonition: these were definitely not ordinary Devil Fruits—they had to be the powerful kind.
"Monet."
Vane called Monet's name. As one of Vane's dedicated secretaries, Monet had memorized the entire Devil Fruit encyclopedia.
"This is the Paramecia Door-Door Fruit."
Jackpot!!
It was actually the Door-Door Fruit, an extremely god-tier Devil Fruit. In the world of the Pirate King, Devil Fruits with spatial attributes were already rare.
Meowth's Castle-Castle Fruit and Big Mom's daughter's Mirror Fruit both counted as spatial types, and even Law's Op-Op Fruit—but in Vane's view, the strongest in terms of space was still the Door-Door Fruit.
The Door-Door space overlapped with the real world. Whether for infiltration or escape, it was incredibly useful, and it wasn't weak in combat either, since it could affect others—somewhat like the Op-Op Fruit.
This Devil Fruit… who should eat it? Especially when it was so important?
Vane reached out toward the Door-Door Fruit, and a shard of ice crystal appeared.
"Vane-sama, if I'm not mistaken, this Devil Fruit is a Zoan-type, Ancient Species—the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ankylosaurus Model."
Vane swallowed. The Ancient Species Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ankylosaurus Model.
Among Kaido's "zoo" of ability users—Pteranodon, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus, Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus… although a few of them were always getting beaten and turned into comic relief—
There was no doubt that Dragon-Dragon Fruit users had terrifying vitality. You could see it clearly with the Pachycephalosaurus and Spinosaurus users: they took so much damage and still got back up again and again.
That sit-up ability was on par with the main cast.
And the Ankylosaurus, compared to the Spinosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus… no, it should be compared to all known Dragon-Dragon Fruits—it was even better at defense: an extremely hard back armor, and a tail like a meteor hammer that also covered offensive capability.
This Devil Fruit might be suitable for Burgess. The Ankylosaurus Fruit's boost to strength might not be as big as the Strong-Strong Fruit, but it was more well-rounded.
Strength boost,
Vitality boost, defense boost.
And for Burgess, the Strong-Strong Fruit was a bit too overkill—aside from strength, everything else was a short board. It wasn't as well-rounded as the Ankylosaurus Fruit.
"Tesoro, don't touch this gold yet. We'll come back next trip to haul the valuables."
Vane stopped the restless Tesoro. His Gold-Gold Fruit ability could turn these gold bars and coins into liquid-like soft gold for shaping, and part of the coins around him had already fused together.
The main objective of the first trip was talent; this gold would take up space inside Meowth.
Vane touched the Ankylosaurus Fruit, and soon there was an extra Poké Ball in his hand.
Charizard came from a lizard-type fruit, and since Charizard is Flying/Fire-type, he accepted it.
But this was a bona fide Dragon-Dragon Fruit. No matter what, he should give himself a real Dragon-type Pokémon.
"Meowth, summon your own kind."
Meowth itself was already unreasonable, and having it be the one to bring out new Pokémon was what made sense.
"Go, Meowth!"
Meowth took the Poké Ball and threw it straight out.
Bang!
A Pokémon appeared, mainly orange-yellow in color and looking a bit chubby.
"Dragon… ahem, no—Dragonite."
Vane's eyes lit up. He had a very deep impression of this Pokémon.
When he was young, the most impressive thing from the TV series was that Dragonite from the Orange Islands. A single Dragonite defeated several of the 'Super Rookie's Pokémon—its oppressive presence was really too strong.
And Dragonite could be ridden easily, with an extremely fast speed—supposedly fast enough to circle the planet in a dozen hours—and it could also make near right-angle turns.
With Dragonite, the Red Line would no longer be a barrier, nor would the Calm Belt. He could appear in any corner of this world within a few hours, including going to the Sky Islands!
Dragonite's appearance was simply too crucial.
"Ka-po~"
Dragonite was strong, but personality-wise it was a bit of an honest goof.
"Dragonite, I'm your trainer. It's hard to explain the situation to you in a short time, but please eat this—it will make you stronger."
What Vane took out was exactly the Door-Door Fruit.
This extremely crucial fruit—he decided to give it to Dragonite, and let Dragonite become a space dragon!
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