“Tap, tap, tap…” Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside.
Moke’s expression changed slightly.
The people coming should be Alvida and her subordinates.
After all, someone had already gone to report earlier.
On top of that, there had been the gunshot just now.
That must have made Alvida realize something was wrong, causing her to rush over even faster.
Moke placed his hand on the ground.
Immediately, his body began to change rapidly.
The surface of his body turned the same earthy yellow color as the ground.
That was right.
At this moment, Moke’s body had already assimilated into soil.
And the instant the assimilation was complete, the corners of Moke’s mouth could not help but rise slightly.
If eating the Devil Fruit had only given him a preliminary understanding of its ability, then after experiencing it personally, he understood its terrifying nature even more clearly.
He raised his hand.
The ground immediately changed.
Like the surface of water, it began to surge and ripple.
As for the corpses, they were swallowed up, disappearing without a trace.
Not even the slightest stain of blood remained.
“Tsk, tsk…
This really is a great ability for killing people and stealing goods.
It even saves me the trouble of digging a hole to bury the bodies!” When everything returned to calm, Alvida rushed in with a group of people.
The moment Alvida entered, she froze.
Because there was only Moke here.
That was strange.
Each group should have had seven or eight people.
Although she was a hot-tempered person, she was not stupid.
Becoming wary, she looked at Moke and shouted sternly, “Moke, why are you the only one here?
Where are the others?” The corners of Moke’s mouth rose slightly, revealing a trace of satisfaction.
Just as he was about to speak, the corner of his eye caught sight of a box, and his entire body froze.
Only then did he notice.
The people who had come in with Alvida were all carrying many treasures.
Clearly, there had been more than one passage containing treasure.
And this box was one of them.
Most importantly, he had seen this box before.
There had been one right beside the squad leader whose Devil Fruit he had just snatched.
It was very likely the box that had contained the Paramecia-type Absorption Fruit.
If that was true, then…
What was inside the box before him now?
“The Paramecia-type Slip-Slip Fruit?” But if that was the case, then the Slip-Slip Fruit was still here.
So what was going on with the Paramecia-type Absorption Fruit he had eaten?
Could it be that his chuunibyou roommate had arranged this “benefit” for him?
Seeing that Moke did not answer, Alvida’s face immediately darkened.
She absolutely could not tolerate a mere underling under her command daring to ignore her.
She shouted angrily, “Moke…
I’m asking you a question!
Speak!
Where did the others go?
Otherwise, I’ll let you taste the power of this iron club!” As she spoke, Alvida strode toward Moke while waving the iron club in her hand.
Only then did Moke’s gaze finally return to Alvida.
Looking at her still-obese body, the smile on his face grew even deeper.
He stomped his foot.
“Ah…” Immediately, a cry of alarm rang out from behind Alvida.
She instinctively turned her head to look.
With just one glance, Alvida’s pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints.
Because she saw an extremely bizarre scene.
Beneath the feet of the underling holding the treasure box, two hands had actually stretched out from the ground.
One hand struck the underling fiercely on the chin, knocking him to the ground.
The other hand snatched the treasure box from his grasp.
Then, the hands withdrew back underground, disappearing from everyone’s sight together with the box.
“Hiss…” The group of underlings could not help but suck in cold breaths one after another.
They even instinctively took a few steps back, as if putting more distance between themselves and Moke would make them feel a little safer.
“A Devil Fruit user!” At this moment, Alvida’s heart was filled with shock.
Why did Buggy the Clown have a bounty of over ten million?
Why could he dominate one side of the sea?
Why did even the Marines of the East Blue not dare provoke him lightly?
Wasn’t it because he was a Devil Fruit user?
When she looked at Moke again, the look in her eyes had completely changed.
The contempt from before had long since turned into solemn caution and vigilance.
However, she soon lost her composure.
Because she immediately saw a hand emerge from the ground beside Moke’s foot, holding the treasure box that had just been stolen.
It handed the box to Moke.
After Moke took it, he opened it directly.
Sure enough, there was also a Devil Fruit inside.
When Alvida saw this, her pupils shook violently.
She had never imagined that she could be so close to becoming a powerful figure.
Damn it!
She regretted it.
At the same time, she glared hatefully at one of the underlings nearby.
It was all this guy’s fault.
If he had not come over to say that there was treasure on this side as well, she would definitely have checked every treasure they had found over there one by one.
How could she have missed this Devil Fruit?
Because of that, she completely lost her reason.
With a furious roar, she shouted, “Bastard…
That’s mine!” Then she charged toward Moke.
The iron club in her hand had just been raised and was about to smash down at him, as if she intended to flatten him into a meat patty.
“Rumble…” But just as she was about to strike Moke, a wall of earth as hard as iron surged up from the ground and successfully blocked the blow.
“Not good…” For Alvida to become a pirate with a bounty of several million, she naturally had plenty of combat experience.
She immediately sensed that something was wrong.
But it was already too late.
Moke softly uttered, “Thrust!” In the next instant, a long spear shot out from the center of the earth wall.
This attack was far too unexpected.
Furthermore, they were much too close to each other.
On top of that, Alvida was originally the bulky, strength-type sort.
Even if she wanted to dodge, she could not.
“Puchi…” The spear directly pierced through Alvida’s body.
One had to know, this was only the East Blue.
Alvida was only a pirate with a bounty of several million.
This was not the New World, where someone could have a huge hole blasted through their body and still survive.
“Cap…
Cap…
Captain was…
Ah!” The underlings were all stunned.
In their hearts, Alvida was an invincible existence.
At the very least, they had never seen anyone defeat her before.
Otherwise, they would not have submitted under Alvida’s command.
“Run!” The underlings finally reacted.
One by one, they could no longer care about the treasures in their hands.
They threw them away and turned to flee.
But how could Moke possibly let these guys go?
“Earth Release: Mudslide Waterfall!” The soil beneath Moke’s feet seemed to come alive.
Like ocean waves, it surged upward and swept toward the group of underlings, finally swallowing them whole.
When everything returned to calm, the figures of the underlings were revealed once again.
However, at this moment, each of them was wrapped in mud, frozen in the exact posture they had been in while fleeing.
They looked like clay statues.
If no one broke the mud covering their entire bodies and rescued them, they would be corroded by the soil and eventually become true statues of earth.