"It's a decisive decision."

Watching the three Revolutionary Army figures disappear from sight, Robin turns to Ross and gently smiles, saying, "I thought you would at least hesitate for a moment."

"It's impossible for me to submit to any type of commands. If I were willing to follow the orders, I might be a Marine now."

Ross shook his head. He couldn't follow the Revolutionary Army to hide in some remote country. The purpose of the Revolutionary Army was to overthrow the tenryubito rule and overthrow the government. He was different. He became a Pirate because Marines and the government provoked him, so he would deal with Marine and government in his own way.

A single Doberman is not enough.

Although the original order came from Doberman, it was impossible for this series of events to be not followed by the government and Marine executives. Their att.i.tudes were clearly very consistent.

In the eyes of senior government officials and Fleet Admiral Sengoku and others, Ross's existence is far less important than Marine's and the government's prestige. It is absolutely impossible for the government and Marine to publicly withdraw a pirate's bounty and admit their previous mistakes.

Well, just watch.

A deep glimpse flashed through his eyes, then he threw his miscellaneous thoughts behind his head, turned to Robin and said, "What about Devil Fruit's ability training? And Armament Haki."

A month ago, he had handed over the Armament Haki's practice method to Robin and Laffitte and others. They were getting closer and closer to the New World and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the New World without Haki.

Robin and others are not Battle members and Ross will not require them to have much strength, but they at least have to have the ability to fight in New World.

"Slightly stronger."

Robin glanced at Ross and wondered what special training her Captain was going to give her.

Ross snorted and lightly said. "Is it? Let's test it out."

For Laffitte, he has always had a free att.i.tude, while he had pointed out the development of Devil Fruit and Observation Haki to Law. He had taught Armament Haki practice to Xilu and now it was time for Robin.

"What kind of test?"

Robin was not moved by it as she asked expressionlessly.

Ross glanced at Robin, walked into the cabin with his hands on his back and said, "Some ordinary tests."

Robin's practice speed is much faster than Ross expected and she can already utilize a weaken Armament Haki.

Armament Haki's practice is not very difficult. As long as the physical fitness reaches a certain level, it can be practiced. However, this ability is easy to learn but hard to utilized. Many people always get stuck on the hardening process of the Armament Haki.

Even Xilu, who had been brought down from the Sky island had been practicing for several months with Armament Haki and he was completely unable to harden with Armament Haki and Armament Haki learned by Robin was only a little bit better than him.

Naturally.

It's better to have something than nothing. Even a little Armament Haki around your arm can enhance your defensive and offensive abilities, and even a little improvement can be made.

"It's still hard to train a team that is comparable to the Yonkō (Four Emperors) Pirates in a short time."

After testing the strength of Robin and others, Ross couldn't help but sigh, why can't they work as hard as he did.

Although these people are practicing under his supervision, most of them are pa.s.sive except Law. Mission-like practicing does not have that kind of strong determination and belief.

Instead of taking care of Law and Xilu's practicing, Ross left the cabin and went to the deck and jumped suddenly and landing in the sea below, suspended above the sea.

"Distortion Fist!"

Ross's right hand five fingers converged and his eyes showed a serious expression. About three feet apart, He slammed into the sea below.

Soundless and stirless.

The sea was calm and the atmosphere was awkward.

"There is still no way to conduct air as a medium… No, it should be said that the power of distortion cannot be released by air."

Ross took back his fist and looked at his palm, revealing a touch of thought in his eyes.

It is impossible to attach the power of Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi) to the fist like Whitebeard and directly hit the front, which is a minor flaw of Distortion Fruit.

If the power of distortion is fixed, it must be released from the air, if not then there is nothing. But in his fight against Don Chinjao, Ross was able to faintly touch upon that feeling. It felt like his power can be released from any medium.

But in the end, he failed to catch it.

"Distortion Fruit…Chop-Chop Fruit…and Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi)…representing Distortion, splitting, and vibration, why are there such big differences between them?"

There was a hint of confusion in Ross's eyes.

The clown Buggy's Chop-Chop Fruit can split his body and ignore the cutting of sharp weapons. This is a very chicken rib ability that is useful in remaining alive. But what if this ability is not limited to splitting himself, but everything that he touched in the outside world?

There is no doubt that it will be an extremely powerful ability!

Everything that is touched by this ability user will be silently cut apart and split. If the fruit is strengthened to its limit, maybe one stroke will be enough to divide an island, together with the people on the island, into countless pieces, showing an effect similar to Doflamingo's 'birdcage'.

However, this splitting fruit cannot affect the outside world but can only affect the user. This leads to a very powerful ability to become a chicken rib ability that is far less inferior to Distortion and earthquake.

Similarly.

If Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi) is like Chop-Chop Fruit, not outward but inward, turning itself into a human vibration machine, it will obviously become a chicken rib ability, It will only be useful in pleasuring a girl…

Ross's Distortion Fruit is similar to the earthquake and the split as he can't release Distortion into the air, but his body will not twist like a rubber.

If Distortion Fruit really becomes an inward-acting fruit, it may become an alternative version of the rubber fruit that produces distinct characteristics.

"Really… Is this difference due to the nature of the devil fruit?

Ross meditated in his heart.

If it is because of the difference in the nature of the fruit, then there should be six fruits in the world, the external Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi), the internal vibrating fruit, the external Distortion Fruit, the internal twisted fruit, the external split fruit, and the internal Chop-Chop Fruit.

If this is the case, then he got lucky by getting the Distortion Fruit. If got a vibrating fruit or twist fruit… maybe it can create an alternative matchup with Robin's Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana Hana no Mi)?

Forget it.

Ross's mouth slightly twitched at its corners and he no longer thinks about it.

Looking back, Ross began to think about another possibility, that is, the external shock of Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi), is perhaps… the effect of Devil Fruit awakening?

This possibility exists, but it is difficult to explain that when Blackbeard seizes Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi) of Whitebeard, he is directly capable of producing external shock, unless the ability of Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi) seized by Blackbeard is directly the awakening state that Whitebeard develops to the limit.

If so.

So what I have touched before is the feeling that can release the power of distortion from the body and it is extremely rare among the abilities… What about Devil Fruit Awakening?

Apart from the Impel down Jailer who may have the Zoan awakening, Paramecia awakening has a very small reflection in Ross's memory, In his memory, only Doflamingo awakened his devil fruit and his Devil Fruit belonged to Paramecia category. 

“If my fruit can be awakened, it will become interesting.”

Ross looked at his hands.

For a long time, he had a vague idea that the ability to activate from Talent System, such as Light Distortion and Gravity Distortion might not be the normal abilities of the Distortion Fruit, but all the abilities that should be possessed only after awakening!

Just because Talent System exists, he can use these capabilities ahead of time without awakening or development.

If so, that is to say, when his fruit awakens, all of his abilities will be strengthened, resulting in a huge qualitative change!

Ross is not sure if it can reach Marine Admiral's level after such a qualitative change, but at least he can reach the same level as Doflamingo!

“Awakening…”

Ross perceives the power of distortion in the body and keeps it flowing throughout his body, but he has no clue about the so-called awakening.

There is too little introduction to Devil Fruit's awakening in the original series.

“Right, I almost forgot about the CP9 group. They have been exposed to so many secret intelligence in the World Government and maybe they had been exposed to news like Devil Fruit Awakening.”

After thinking for a moment, Ross turned back to the cabin, took out Den Den Mus.h.i.+, dialed Den Den Mus.h.i.+ of Kaku, the Intelligence team is headed by Kaku, although Jabra is a little dissatisfied.

Den Den Mus.h.i.+ is quickly connected.

Ross rarely communicates directly with Kaku, most of the times his orders are relayed by Robin, but occasionally he bypa.s.ses Robin to give orders directly.

“Kaku, have you ever been exposed to Intelligence about Devil Fruit Awakening before?”

“Devil Fruit Awakening?”

On the other side of Den Den Mus.h.i.+, a voice of doubts came from Kaku, saying, “No, I've never heard of it. I'll ask Jabra about it…”

As he spoke, Kaku dialed Jabra's Den Mus.h.i.+ and asked Blueno next to him. The answer was that they had never heard about Devil Fruit's awakening.

“I'm sorry Captain, but we can collect some intelligence about this.”

“Good.”

Ross nodded, not surprisingly, to Kaku's answer. Although CP9 is a powerful intelligence organization, Kaku and others did not have Robin like memory. They can forget something in their minds. They can only investigate when they need it.

And now they have lost their CP9 status and can no longer mobilize the power of the government's intelligence agencies and the government's database.

“Right, I am going to report to you about the intelligence of Supernova and s.h.i.+chibukai… I will pa.s.s it on to you with the image Den Den Mus.h.i.+.”

The sound of the doc.u.ments flipping was heard from Kaku's end.

The image Den Den Mus.h.i.+ is a special Den Den Mus.h.i.+ capable of projecting images. There are many kinds of Den Den Mus.h.i.+ in the world. Ross has been collecting all kinds of Den Den Mus.h.i.+ and has made a room especially for Den Den Mus.h.i.+ alone.

Keeping in touch with Kaku, Ross came to the Den Den Mus.h.i.+ room and looked at the rows of Den Den Mus.h.i.+ and the labels on the counter and quickly took out the image Den Den Mus.h.i.+.

Patter!

After the image Den Den Mus.h.i.+ was opened, It immediately projected on a piece of white on the wall and issued rustling sound. After a few seconds, the other side was connected. After a flash, a clear image appeared, which was a map.

This is a map of the Grand Line, far more clear than what Ross has today. It shows nearly half of the island in the first half and the small part of the island in the second half.

On these islands, the location of pirate Supernovas and Seven Warlords of the Sea are clearly marked, including Doflamingo, Gekko Moria and others.

Naturally.

Many others, such as Hawkeye and k.u.ma's location have not been marked on the map, and out of all pirate Supernova, three of whom who had a bounty of more than 200 million berries has entered New World.

“They all went to the New World…”

Looking at the label of the map, Ross had to slightly shake his head. Now in the first half, only one of the pirates with a bounty over 200 million is left. There are still two between 100 million and 200 million, but the distance is too far and the uncertainty is too great if he runs that far.

In addition to Supernova, one of s.h.i.+chibukai fell into Ross's eyes, s.h.i.+chibukai Gekko Moria, clearly marked as landing in the Devil Triangle sea.

The devil triangle sea, which is close to the Impossible Island is almost connected to storm sea, forming a triangle and a circle.

“Good job.”

Ross saved the image and, after a little thought, he said to Kaku on the other side of Den Den Mus.h.i.+: “The next mission is to collect intelligence about Devil Fruit's awakening, and the whereabouts of Sand Fruit, metal attribute and Barrier-Barrier Fruit.”

The owner of Sand Sand Fruit and barrier fruit and metal fruit died by Ross's hands. After the death of the Devil Fruit user, the devil fruit will regenerate somewhere in the sea after a while.

So far, the only way to stop this regeneration and directly capture Devil Fruit's ability is to eat the dark fruit of Black Beard Teach, which Ross does not have.

These three fruits, even though they are not comparable to Rumble-Rumble Fruit, are also powerful and capable of creating three very strong Battle forces. If there is a chance to seize them then Ross will naturally get them.

“In addition, You should also pay some attention to Marines. If you find any big moves, report it to me immediately.”

“Understood.”

Kaku responded before he hung up Den Den Mus.h.i.+ and ended the call.

Ross put the communication Den Mus.h.i.+ in his pocket and he took out the previously saved image and he looked at it carefully for a moment, he went out of the cabin and came to Robin's room and put his hand on the door.

Squeak!

The latch was drawn from the inside as Ross pushed the door open.

Robin was leaning against the bed in a thin s.h.i.+rt, her slender white jade feet gently on the windowsill, her hairs were still wet as if she had just finished exercising and taking a bath. She looked at the book in her hand without raising her head and her face was calm.

“What's the matter? Captain.”

“Later, tell Laffitte to sail to the Florian Triangle. By the way, there's one more thing I want to ask you…”

Ross closed the door behind him and went into the room. “You've seen Devil Fruit before. Have you heard about Devil Fruit's awakening?”

“Devil Fruit Awakening?”

Robin laid down her book and looked at Ross, with a flicker of thought in her eyes. She said, “I do seem to have seen this word…”

She recalled for a moment, shook her head at Ross and said, “I should have seen the word but I didn't read anything about it. I wasn't interested in Devil Fruit at that time.”

“I see.”

Ross nodded as he glanced at the smooth long legs of Robin on the windowsill and turned and walked away.