"The news the nun told us is that the sacrifice has an unparalleled thirst for blood and is the only real source and carrier of blood thirst. So...as long as we can be sure, capturing it and keeping strict custody will be the only way to curb blood thirst. The only way to spread in this world.”

Following the tone of this narrative, North's eyes lifted up, and then looked in the direction Keya came from. The advantage of her condescending perspective allowed her to see the three figures following Keya.

"So, until then...if there are people who stand in the way of this great undertaking, they can only be regarded as necessary sacrifices."

Motives for drinking blood

Blood, this kind of thing makes oneself stronger, but at the same time, it also unknowingly becomes one's burden.

On the bed in the room, a naked woman had fallen into a deep sleep. Even in her deep sleep, one could still see the abnormal fascination on her face, and like the mark of some kind of curse, the marks on her neck A tooth mark was clearly visible, and there was no doubt that this was Nami's 'late night snack' today.

Standing in front of the window in her pajamas, Nami just sighed slightly. With experience like her, she had naturally noticed the despicable trap contained in the Blood Fruit, which is a characteristic that is extremely criticized for human beings - — Addictiveness.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that the blood fruit will make people addicted to blood, but because 'blood' itself has an addictive effect on living things, just like the animality in human bones makes people worship werewolf culture, it can be seen as It is the blood lust buried deep in the human body that makes humans involuntarily addicted to this substance that almost represents life after repeated swallowing.

As for the Blood Fruit, which uses blood as its main resource, it is not surprising that it will make those who eat it addicted to blood, especially since it can allow the person with his own abilities to gain a completely perceptible increase in power from sucking blood. The two natures of pursuing power and instinctive bloodthirst are stimulated at the same time. It is almost impossible for anyone to completely refuse this temptation.

The reason why Nami can control herself and not become a bloodthirsty person is because she has already had quite a lot of confrontation experience in the previous social training. After all, capitalism itself represents the core of human society. The extremes of 'deception', 'bewitchment', 'stimulation', 'induction' and other means. Without a strong heart to resist these temptations, it is almost impossible to reach the top in such a game.

Therefore, when she realized that the ability of the Blood Fruit subconsciously guided her towards more looting, Nami understood instinctively. She had seen this trick before, and used part of the sweetness to drive customers to work harder. and action, regardless of whether it is actually beneficial to the customer, but her instinctive reaction is to resist and control herself.

For this reason, she always carefully controls her blood-sucking behavior on some women who are willing to be bribed with money. No one knows better than her that 'predating' is the easiest thing to do to make people lose their mind, so even if the blood-thirsty body in the body No matter how much desire caused trouble, she still refused to completely let go of control over herself.

"What will happen if the person with the blood fruit ability this time is not me?"

Frowning slightly, Nami's question was not a whim, but something she had gradually felt during this period: human inheritance is a very fragile thing, but at the same time, it is terrifyingly strong at certain times. , since there are material inheritances like the Blood Drop Stone that have continued to this day, is it possible that the influence this ability user once had was not limited to these?

If this is the case, is it possible for those forces left behind to quickly detect the new blood fruit ability user?

Unless someone is extremely determined, like Luffy, or has a sufficient understanding of the stakes, like Nami. Otherwise, if any ordinary person obtains this ability, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the power and inducement contained in this fruit, not to mention that those who have a high probability of obtaining the Devil Fruit are often ambitious pirates. If these people obtain the blood With the ability of the fruit, it is certain that they will quickly become intoxicated by the rapidly increasing power and turn into a monster that only knows how to hunt blood. Such a terrifying large-scale blood-sucking incident will inevitably be noticed by society. By then Those with connections lurking in human society must also know that those with the ability of this fruit have appeared.

Could it be...that because of his own restraint, the influence of the Blood Fruit has not yet triggered the alarm bell in this world? So, let yourself think that no one in this world deliberately cares about your own power?

Nami's red eyes shrank slightly. She didn't like to infer things that had no reason. For humans, beyond-standard power and wisdom are themselves the 'reasons' for humans to do anything. If the blood fruit is as powerful as If it really reaches what Nami speculated, the traces it will leave in human society must be extremely far-reaching, just like Blackbeard will never forget the power of the Dark Fruit, and even spent more than twenty years lurking in Whitebeard's mind. The pirate group finally succeeded in seizing the dark power at the cost of killing their friends.

Judging from this, no one should care about the terrifying ability of the Blood Fruit. And if there are really people who are eagerly looking forward to the appearance of this fruit, what else can they do besides collecting and waiting for Devil Fruits? Judgment based on aspects? Yes... that is undoubtedly the news about the new blood fruit user who caused a large-scale blood-sucking incident due to his uncontrollable blood lust.

However, it is a pity that so far, except for the destroyed Dragon Pirates and some small pirate groups at sea, Nami has not used her abilities to massacre on a large scale or suck blood uncontrollably, and only some pirates have The annihilation of the bandit group was not enough news to attract the attention of the whole world. And the way she obtains blood is to recruit women from society with money. Most of them will regard her blood-sucking behavior as a way of flirting, and they will not do it even if they are paid enough. There are loud mouths everywhere about what is going on with Nami, which makes Nami's thirst for blood not many people really know about.

From this point of view, if those behind the scenes simply use 'causing large-scale blood-sucking incidents' as a way to track people with blood abilities, then this will undoubtedly directly miss Nami. What is certain is that between Nami and these people, whoever discovers the other party earlier will be able to gain more initiative, whether it is good or bad.

Nami didn't want to think too evil about the world and people, but since the original work had already shown the possibility of directly killing the esper, and then eating the fruits and then re-condensing them nearby, then the esper itself Your life is no longer guaranteed because of the particularity of your own abilities. On the contrary, it will become a reminder at times.

But now it seems that if the power of the Blood Fruit is really 'biologically contagious', then can Keya, who has been infected, be able to resist this blood lust?

"Uh...evil..."

Holding her arms feebly, Keya's body was shaking violently. She had no strength to support her body anymore, and in front of her eyes was the huge body of Aoki Broki, and the giant's still hot blood. , still gurgling out from the wounds on the body. The blazing red blood, combined with the low roar of the surrounding volcanoes, is like the magma of life, containing life but also a danger that seems to be enough to destroy it.

"Oh, she looks like a very beautiful girl. Hey~ can you confirm the target now?"

Jindrella couldn't wait to fall next to Keya. She didn't care who Keya was in front of her. She just instinctively understood that her mission was probably about to be completed. After all, the blond girl in front of her was indeed lured here by blood. Come on, this is definitely a bloodthirsty patient. As long as you catch him, the reward you can get is absolutely incalculable.

"...No, she hasn't drank the giant's blood yet, so she can't be completely sure."

However, North on the other side poured a ladle of cold water on Jindrella, which made Jindrella, who had already tried to grab Keya's hair, instinctively stopped, and then turned back to argue: "But ...You have also seen her ghostly appearance and her virtue that smells of blood. Isn't that enough to judge her?"

"...no..."

It was still a cold answer, but North's light and soft voice undoubtedly revealed an insurmountable meaning. This made Kindrella's thin eyebrows jump involuntarily, even though she knew the other party's identity very well. , but this kind of anger that was suppressed again and again made Kindrella feel quite impatient.

"Ha~ This is not easy. If this is the case, she can prove it as long as she drinks the blood, right?"

Fiercely reaching out to grab Keya's chin, Jindrella's movements were no longer as noble as she had pretended to be before. Instead, she roughly and disgustingly dragged Keya to the pool of blood next to Brockie: "Come on! You disgusting Xiao Bichi! Open your mouth and drink it!"

"Uh-huh~!"

The pain of being torn at the root of her hair made Keya's completely red eyes regain some of their energy. The blonde girl obviously realized something instinctively. When she was roughly pushed to the ground by Jindrela, Keya almost closed her eyes tightly. On the lips. Although the thirst for blood in her body prompted her to drink the blood in front of her, it was obvious that even if Keya did not know the danger of the blood fruit, she already understood that sucking blood was the behavior of a monster, and she was absolutely unwilling to do so. Become a monster.

"Damn it! What are you waiting for?! Come on! Drink it obediently!"

Feeling the anger of being disobeyed, Jindrela stopped pretending at all and instead raised her soles and kicked Keya hard on the back. However, this beating did not make Keya surrender at all. The blonde girl just stubbornly bit her lip and refused to bow her head, which made Kindrella more and more impatient, and she kicked and cursed harder.

"..."

North looked calmly at Jindrella's beating of Keya in front of her, and her eyes did not change at all, just like what she said before: As long as Keya doesn't drink the blood, then she won't Make Koya your target. But equally, she didn't mind what purpose Keya had in drinking the blood.

triangular fruit

"Must kill! Buckshot Star!"

Accompanied by the signature sound, a sharp lead bullet flew out of the woods, and the target was Kindrilla behind North. This sudden attack was precise and tricky. Kindrilla, who was caught off guard, only had time to instinctively lower her head. The lady's hat she was wearing was directly knocked away by the lead star. The frightened Jindrella turned back angrily and hastily, and her tone was as sharp as a shrew: "Who?!"

North didn't react at all to the fact that Kindrella was attacked. She didn't seem to care what happened to her so-called teammate. She just caught her eyes in the direction of the attack at the first time. Obviously, she didn't care about what happened to her so-called teammate. For her, it was more important to identify those who had the guts to get in the way.

"Tch! Questions like this are my lines! Who are you and why would you do such a thing?"

Gritting his teeth, Usopp slowly emerged from the woods. Long Nose obviously knew that the current situation did not allow her to continue hiding, not to mention that Keya behind Kindrella was in an extremely painful situation, which made her simply There was no way to stay calm.

"You despicable person! How dare you..."

The furious Kindrella subconsciously wanted to step forward and speak, but North beside her indifferently raised his arm to block her way, interrupting her rant at the same time and looking at Usopp indifferently. The girl wearing a nun's uniform also spoke: "As a person on a mission, let me answer your question. We are the ones who protect this world. In order to prevent the spread of blood thirst in this world, we have been preparing for centuries. . And now, your companion is a high-suspect target suffering from blood thirst. Please understand and cooperate with our work."

North's polite and indifferent answer made Usopp temporarily absent-minded, but after a moment, the long-nosed sniper came back to his senses, and then gritted his teeth and whispered: "You said you would cooperate with your work. , what exactly are you going to do?”

"It's very simple... If your companion is indeed a patient with blood thirst, then we will take her back for care and treatment to ensure that blood thirst does not spread in this world. And if she is not... So I apologize in advance for disturbing you.”

Looking at Keya to one side, North's eyes didn't have any extra look. They were just looking at an object: "And the basis for judgment is fifteen minutes. If she can hold on and not drink before the blood is completely coagulated." The blood of this giant, then she is not the sacrifice we are looking for.”

"Of course~! If she drinks even a drop of blood during this period! Then she will undoubtedly be our target~! She needs to be taken back by us and dealt with properly, and those of you who dare to stand in the way... No, yes Trash pirates will all have to pay for their obstruction~!"

Picking up her lady's hat and putting it on again, Kindrella's tone was full of vicious sarcasm. Apparently she had noticed the pirate flag on the Straw Hat Pirates' ship before. As one of the norms of this world, hanging Those with the pirate flag are pirates without any mistakes, and they are marine garbage that can be attacked directly without any mistakes when they meet.

Bang~! !

But at this moment, a clear gunshot suddenly sounded in the woods, and the target of the lead bullet, which was much faster than the lead star, was still the arrogant Jindrella. It was Nora who followed Usopp. Qigao!

As a naval officer, Nuoqi's excellent marksmanship naturally does not need to worry. The target of the lead bullet is no longer a harmless part this time, but is directed towards Jindrela's fatal eyebrows. However, accompanied by a sound that sounds like gold. With the crisp sound of iron clanging, the lead bullet fired by Nokigao stopped in mid-air a few centimeters away in front of Jindrella, and what blocked it was a triangular block of translucent air!

It is obviously impossible for the air to naturally change into this posture, so what is shown is undoubtedly a possibility! Devil fruit powers!

"It seems...this group of rubbish chose to hinder me. So, North, you have no reason to obstruct me this time, right?"

Biting her lip viciously, Jindrella was sent here obviously not just to keep North company. Even if she usually doesn't show her abilities in front of others, it doesn't mean that she really doesn't have the abilities. .

"Sure enough... Devil Fruit users..."

On the other hand, Nuo Qigao in the jungle gritted his teeth slightly, and an uncontrollable feeling of powerlessness arose spontaneously. Obviously, there was a reason why she chose to retire from the navy. The power of a single entity in this world had become extremely unbalanced due to the existence of Devil Fruit and various martial arts that transcended limits. As an ordinary person, without the right guidance, no matter how hard she works, she cannot become a truly strong person. On the contrary, the harder she trains, the more she realizes that there is a huge gap between herself and Dusqi and Smoker. This despair was one of the reasons for her retirement.

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