Chapter 213 Time (Ch 213)

He escaped from the island last night, went out to sea at dawn today, and has been waiting here until now.

“Young man, can you take me with you?”

Cabri quickly sat up, then supported herself on both sides of the boat with her hands, slowly stood up, and then looked at Kota with hope.

Although he knew that there were many merchant ships going to the Seven Water City, most merchant ships were still willing to lend a helping hand when they encountered people in distress at sea. After all, he looked like an old man at this moment, a completely harmless old man.

Judging from Kota’s attire and demeanor, as well as the Freedom, it’s clear that Kota is not a businessman.

Not a businessman, then…

“Pirate.”

This was what he least wanted to encounter, but he didn’t know whether he could wait for the next Freedom today if he missed it. And judging from Kota’s face, he was not a vicious person. Instead, he exuded an aura that made people feel gentle and approachable at first sight.

Also, when he saw the flag of the Liberty, it was as if a voice in his heart told him that he must board this ship.

That’s why he showed hope as soon as he saw Kota and couldn’t wait to make a request.

“Um……”

Kota stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then looked down at Kabuli and chuckled, “Okay.”

“Huh~”

Hearing that Kota agreed to his request, Cabrit subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and then wanted to turn around and get his luggage.

At this moment, Kota’s next words made him freeze in place.

I only heard Kota say with a slightly excited tone: “You can get on our ship, but you have to tell us why you look so old.”

“reason?”

Behind Kota, Kuina was lying on his back, with her head sticking out from his left shoulder. She stared at Kabuli with curiosity and said to herself, “Hmm…it’s indeed strange. Her eyes are so clear. This kind of look can’t appear on an ordinary old man.”

Kota reached out and pulled Kuina out, asking her to stand up. Then, with a thought, the wine gourd on the coffee table behind him automatically flew over and was taken by his right hand.

He uncorked the wine, raised his head and took a sip of the wine, then looked down at the stunned Capri and said with a smile on his face: “How is it? Tell me!”

“Maybe we can help you solve your problem!”

As he spoke, he loosened his right hand, letting the wine gourd float in front of him, and his whole body suddenly exuded a tremendous edge.

The sharp edge flashed and calmed the Liberty and Capri’s boat, which were heaving with the waves, in an instant.

It was as if they were not on the ocean but on a calm lake.

Cabri looked at the wine gourd floating in the air to the right of Kota’s head, felt the calm sea beneath him, and instantly came back to his senses from his dazed expression.

He looked around first.

When he saw the rough sea not far from his boat, his pupils contracted.

“What’s this?”

He turned around and stared at Sorata in disbelief.

Obviously, Kota’s ability has exceeded his imagination.

The fact that it could calm the sea, and the flash of light that seemed to cut through the sky just now, all reminded him that the person in front of him was not some insignificant figure. Maybe, he was actually a great and important person!

When Kota saw Caburi’s reaction, he didn’t explain. He smiled slightly and raised his head. The wine gourd automatically flew to the top of his head and tilted. A strand of silver-white wine, which was transparent and as warm as jade, flashed in the sunlight and tilted down from the mouth of the gourd and slowly flowed into his mouth.

Gulp gulp!!

After two big gulps, the wine gourd returned to its place and Kota exhaled a breath of alcohol.

Sometimes, in order to make someone believe in you, you have to show some strength appropriately.

Although I don’t know what kind of trouble this person has encountered that made him so old, but living in this world, all I can think of is the devil fruit.

It can make people look old, not in the sense of being thin and frail, but in the true sense of the word, as if the whole body has been drained of time and life.

Then this devil fruit cannot be an ordinary fruit in the general sense.

How can a fruit that is linked to time and life be ordinary?

That’s why Kota is interested in the person in front of him.

Even if he didn’t say it, Kota would let him on board. After all, in Kota’s eyes, he was not a bad or evil person.

Just a civilian.

“you……”

With a little hesitation, but no one knew what he was thinking of, his eyes looking at Kota revealed a glimmer of hope that was even more blazing than when he first met Kota.

“Can you really help me?”

“Are you really willing to help me?”

No one wants to leave his hometown, especially someone like him who has stayed on his island all his life and rarely left the island.

There was his childhood, his childhood sweetheart, his best friends, and the land he loved deeply.

If he hadn’t been the only one awake, he wouldn’t have escaped alone.

Of course the first reason he escaped was to survive, but another reason was that he wanted to find someone who could help him and their island.

“As long as you tell me, I will definitely help you. After all, I am also interested, right?”

Kota looked at Capri, opened his mouth and smiled.

There was a hint of confidence in his smile, as if any problem could be easily solved.

As far as he knows, there are only three time-related fruits in this world that he can be sure of.

They are the “Time Fruit” possessed by Toki.

The “Slow Fruit” possessed by Silver Fox Foxy.

The “fruit of regression” that Ain possesses.

There are also the “Yellow Spring Fruit”, the “Surgery Fruit”, and the fruit of Joelly Bonnie, whose name I don’t know if it can be considered time-related.

The Yomiuri Fruit can break the boundary between life and death, transcend time and space, and allow a person’s soul to return from the Yomiuri River and be resurrected after death.

Whether it is eternal or not is still unknown.

As for the Operation Fruit, although it looks like a space-related fruit, it actually has the ability to grant people immortality, which can also be considered a time-related ability.

The fruit of Joelle Bonnie allows people to switch between different ages at will.

And each of the fruits above can be said to be a heaven-defying existence.

Of course he was interested when he came across a fruit about time here.

Besides, it looks like an evil entity, so he has to go and take a look. After all, it’s just an adventure, right?

Caburi looked at Kota deeply, then opened his mouth and exhaled, then nodded.

“Okay, I can tell you, but let me make it clear first, it’s very dangerous there. After listening to you, I won’t blame you if you don’t go, but if you do go, you will have to bear the consequences at your own risk!”

Although he felt a power from Sorata that he had never felt before.

But that woman, using some unknown method, absorbed the time of all the people on the island and wrapped up the town!

He felt sympathy for the woman, but also fear.

And this fear became even stronger as he left the island and his body did not recover at all.

“Don’t worry, we know our own business.”

Kota laughed, not taking the danger that Capri mentioned seriously at all.

Although there are many fruits in this world that have very buggy abilities once eaten, these fruits are indeed very abnormal, but they have a very serious disadvantage, which is that they are difficult to develop.

It usually stays the same as it was when you first ate it.

For example, Sucrose’s Childlike Fruit is quite buggy!

But that thing is of no use to those who are strong in Armament Haki, or those who are particularly strong in Observation Haki… I’m afraid it’s useless.

Perona’s Ghost Fruit also has a bug, but just like the Childlike Fruit, it can also be restrained by a domineering and powerful person.

In fact, in this world, when a person has truly cultivated his domineering nature to the peak, he can actually be considered a peak powerhouse.

For example, Garp, Zephyr, and the previous Navy Admiral “Sora”.

All of them are powerful and domineering warriors, and they are all chasing after the big pirates.

Such a strong man, combined with the firepower of naval warships and not afraid of sea water, can scare more than 99% of the pirates in this world.

Um……

And Roger, Rayleigh…

Many, many.

Of course, that also includes Sorata.

Although his domineering nature has not yet reached the peak he can reach, his domineering nature at this moment has indeed surpassed more than 9.99% of the people in this world.

So what reason does he have to be afraid of a Devil Fruit user who is in the first half of the Grand Line?

Even if this person may be a user of a fruit with the ability to eat a time-type or life-type fruit.

This is not arrogance, but a manifestation of his self-confidence and clear understanding of himself.