Pirate Catcher in the Rye

"Me?!" Elise pointed at herself in disbelief.

As the person with the second lowest bounty among the leaders of the Hawkins Pirates, she never expected that Hawkins would give the fruit to her.

Regardless of strength or potential, there is clearly someone more suitable, and he spent 9 million beli to buy him!

"The accuracy rate is as high as 82%. My divination will not be wrong." Hawkins nodded and said.

According to his original intention, it was naturally to be given to Deent, so that Deent's strength could be further strengthened.

Coupled with Randall, the Hawkins Pirates have two pillars, and they will not look too shabby when facing the Yonko Pirates.

but…

Compared with rational judgment, the results of divination are more feasible, and there may be unexpected surprises.

"Great!!!"

Basaromu cheered and danced on the spot.

Even though he had understood the Haki of Armed Colors, during this period of time, he felt that his strength could no longer keep up with the development speed of the Hawkins Pirates.

Especially after the [-] prisoners in Impel City were joined by Randall and the beast leaders under his command.

Except for a few people, these cadres are gradually becoming marginalized!

This is just the beginning. Who knows how many strong men will join the Hawkins Pirates after they capture the Kingdom of Wallis.

Not counting Captain Hawkins, the Hawkins Pirates already have twenty cadres, and this number will continue to expand in the future.

But when a certain number is reached, some original cadres will inevitably retire and become ordinary combatants due to strength issues!

And this also means they are eliminated!

They've been together for so many years, everyone except Isiah, Pizarro and Randall have been together for over ten years.

No one wants to see themselves left behind, and Brent and Jamory must have the same idea.

otherwise,

With their personalities, they would never accept improving their strength in such a humiliating way!

In this elimination match within the Hawkins Pirates, even the very nervous Bartholomew felt a strong sense of crisis.

"Eat it quickly. I heard it tastes like shit. Don't throw it up!" Brent said in a sour tone.

It's so annoying that people are so different from each other. Fortunately, he has a very good relationship with Bartholomew, otherwise he would have just killed Bartholomew and replaced him!

"Don't worry, this is a new world. The results of the divination only show that Bartholomew and Elise are the most suitable."

"There will be many opportunities in the future. At least, Doflamingo should have a lot of good things there!"

Other forces might immediately distribute Devil Fruits to their subordinates once they have them, but the Don Quixote family has too many espers.

Most of Doflamingo's subordinates are Devil Fruit users, so it can be seen that he must handle a lot of Devil Fruits!

Hawkins is not very interested in artificial Devil Fruits, but he is very interested in normal Devil Fruits, and they have no shortage of Bailey.

Of course, Doflamingo is not lacking either, maybe he can only exchange it with resources!

"Doflamingo?"

After hearing what Hawkins said, everyone's eyes lit up.

You know, there are more than ten people with abilities in the Don Quixote family. The three top cadres and their killers are almost all Devil Fruit users.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel better. Who knows if there will be better devil fruits in the future!

"Click~"

As if he was afraid that Hawkins would regret it, Bartholomew picked up the Devil Fruit and bit into it without even peeling off the skin.

"No~"

Suddenly, Bartholomew clutched his throat tightly, his face turning blue and purple from the suffocation.

Can't vomit! ! !

Thinking of Brent and Jamory having to eat something with this kind of taste every day, Bartholomew gritted his teeth and started eating.

Uh?

Hawkins' eyes widened.

He was well aware of the taste of Devil Fruit. He only took a small bite and swallowed it.

I didn’t expect Bartholomew to be so hardcore!

"Wow~"

On the other side, I saw Elise suppressing the feeling of vomiting, swallowing a small piece, and then holding on to the table and retching.

Very good, this is the reaction that normal people should have!

"Well, my neck feels itchy and uncomfortable." Elise touched her own, feeling like something was about to grow there.

quickly,

I saw a head popping out from Elise's neck, a gray-black snake head.

"hiss~"

The snake head gently spit out the letter, and the scarlet forked tongue made people's hair stand on end.

Of course, if it were just a snake, you wouldn't feel this way, but now that the snake's head is growing on a human body, it always feels a bit scary!

"I can't control it very well now, so I can only keep it in the form of a snake. Once I get good at it, I should be able to look like me."

"It seems that my band finally has a very aggressive 'lead singer'!"

Speaking of this, Elise couldn't help but laugh. As Hawkins said, this ability suits her very well.

Although her original talent is somewhat special, it is not very aggressive, and she is not very good at combat.

But now, in the short period of time she has gained the ability, she has already gained some insights, and it is very feasible!

"Hoohoo!"

At the same time, Bartholomew's head turned into that of an eagle, and not only that, a pair of huge wings appeared behind him.

Bang!

He raised his head and knocked it hard on the ground. He made a big hole in the solid ground, which directly penetrated the ground of the second floor.

You know, he didn't use Armament Haki just now, and judging from his appearance, it was obvious that he was just trying it casually and didn't use much force at all!

"Hahahaha, too strong, too strong. Uncle Bartholomew is simply too strong, and the power keeps flowing out."

"I really want to fight... Whether it's 100 people or 1000 people, I always feel like I can handle it easily now!"

Bartholomew flapped his huge wings and was so excited that he could clearly feel that his physical fitness had more than doubled.

It's hard to imagine that this is just an ordinary animal-type devil fruit. If it were an ancient type or a fantasy beast type, I really don't know how powerful it would be!

But even so, he was already very satisfied!

quickly,

I saw that Basalomu's head gradually returned to its human shape. Strangely, the originally black and thick hair turned into pure white.

"It seems that you two have gained a lot, and you have not wasted more than a billion beli."

"Keep working hard, and at least make your bounty half the price of a Devil Fruit!"

"Because of this auction, we were delayed a little bit. It's time to set off. Our next stop is our destination."

"Don't be like the last time you met the Whitebeard Pirates!"

Hawkins shook his head and walked forward slowly.

The last battle at the bottom of the sea could be said to be a disastrous defeat for the Hawkins Pirates!

On the one hand, it's because the Whitebeard Pirates are rushing to Marinevando and don't want to get too entangled with them.

On the other hand, Whitebeard attached great importance to the lives of his precious sons and finally chose to give up.

But Kaido and BIGMOM are different!

They will not stop because of the safety of their men, nor will they consider the consequences of war.

Once they have a conflict with the Hawkins Pirates, they will definitely go all out to fight. What is certain is that there will definitely be a lot of casualties!

Even when the needle is on the line, Hawkins can no longer give in!