Above Pirate King - Chapter 158
“Cough, cough!”
Accompanied by the sound of coughing, Hugmore slowly opened his eyes, but the intense light in front of him made him quickly close his eyes again. He tentatively opened his eyelids a few times until he gradually adapted to the brightness.
At this moment, he finally saw the surrounding environment.
It was a square cement cell with no decorations. The only notable feature was an iron gate opposite to him, above which a bright lamp was emitting intense light. He was tied to a chair in the center of the cell, with Seastone restraints on his hands, rendering him weak and powerless.
With a creaking sound, the iron gate slowly opened.
Clack!
Aphrodite walked in, holding an apple in one hand and a chair in the other. He placed the chair opposite Hugmore and sat down without saying a word. While eating the apple, he looked at Hugmore with a smile that was not quite a smile.
The cell remained quiet for a while, but eventually, Hugmore spoke first, his voice hoarse, “What do you want from us?”
Crunch!
In response, the sound of biting into an apple came from Aphrodite. He continued to look at Hugmore with the same enigmatic smile, exerting pressure with his gaze.
Hugmore remained silent.
Crunch!
Only the sound of eating the apple remained, but the atmosphere in the cell grew heavier and heavier!
Thump, thump!
Feeling the weight of the atmosphere, Hugmore’s heart began to beat faster involuntarily.
After a while, Aphrodite finished the apple, casually threw away the core, and looked at Hugmore seriously, saying, “We captured the three of you this time, so I’ll give you one chance. I ask, you answer, then I will cross-check the testimonies of the other two. If they differ, you die!!!”
Hearing this, Hugmore’s face showed an expression of mixed emotions, clearly torn between different thoughts!
However, Aphrodite didn’t care whether he was hesitant or not and directly asked, “First question, what type of Devil Fruit do you have, and what is its ability?”
Upon hearing the question, Hugmore secretly breathed a sigh of relief. There was no harm in letting them know this information since they were already captured.
“It’s the Repair-Repair Fruit, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. It allows me to manipulate and transform various materials, such as memories, time, and body, but it has certain side effects.”
“If I manipulate memories, I can only modify them but not erase the original memories. After modification, the original memories are hidden deep in the mind and may resurface when triggered, displacing the modified memories!”
“If I manipulate time, I can only modify a certain range of time, making time move faster or backward within that range. Using this ability consumes a significant amount of energy, and the recovery of this energy requires ten times the normal time!”
“If I manipulate the body, I can temporarily repair injured areas, similar to using glue to stick them back together. However, afterward, those injured areas will reopen, and again, it will take ten times the normal time for them to recover!”
“Alright!”
Aphrodite nodded, finally gaining a certain understanding of this Devil Fruit.
It was a comprehensive and powerful auxiliary-type Devil Fruit, but its value was much lower than what Aphrodite had imagined, mainly due to the numerous side effects!
“Second question, your origin and purpose!” Aphrodite continued to ask.
…
This question indeed posed a dilemma for Hugmore. If he revealed the truth, the organization would undoubtedly hunt him down to death. If he didn’t speak, he would die today!
What should he do?
Hugmore’s heart was in great turmoil!
“If you don’t want to talk, it’s fine. We’ve also captured the other two. If you don’t speak, you can go die!” Aphrodite said with a playful tone, a trace of killing intent flashing in his eyes.
He was serious!
Sweat dripped down Hugmore’s face.
Suddenly, he had a brilliant idea.
“I’ll talk, I’ll talk! In fact, I recently joined the World Government. I was sent here by Big Mom to secretly investigate information about a potion!” Hugmore hurriedly said.
“Crackle!”
“Hahaha!” Aphrodite couldn’t help but burst into laughter and said, “You, a user of Rokushiki, telling me that you work for the World Government? Are you kidding me? If that’s true, congratulations, you’ve successfully amused me!”
Aphrodite laughed, but he couldn’t help but admire Hugmore’s quick thinking!
Recently joined, which means Smoothie doesn’t know!
He sneaked in, which means even if Aphrodite called to confirm, the World Government agents would definitely deny it!
“I’m telling the truth. Big Mom really sent me. As for Rokushiki, many people know it. Knowing Rokushiki doesn’t necessarily mean you’re with the Marine!” Hugmore hurriedly explained.
“Alright, alright, stop explaining!” Aphrodite waved his hand. Changing the tone, he said with a hint of killing intent, “Now I’ll ask you a few simple questions. I hope you can answer them within two seconds. Otherwise, hehe!”
Hugmore shivered and quickly nodded.
“Name!”
Hugmore hesitated for a second and immediately replied, “Hugmore!”
“Age!”
“Forty-three!” This time he didn’t hesitate.
“Gender!”
“Male!” Hugmore’s answers became faster and faster.
“Height!”
“1.8 meters!”
“Weight!”
“71 kilograms!”
“Why did Spandine send you here?”
“To find Nico… um…”
In the middle of his sentence, Hugmore’s throat seemed to be choked, his voice stopped abruptly, his pupils contracted, and he looked at Aphrodite in panic.
“Hehe!” Aphrodite shrugged, looked at Hugmore mockingly, and said, “See, you can’t just make things up. Now, isn’t it awkward?”
“Gulp!”
Hugmore swallowed hard, and sweat kept dripping down. His mind was racing, trying to figure out how to resolve the situation.
“Bang!”
However, before he could come up with a solution, Aphrodite threw a punch, hitting his head hard in his extreme horror. It burst open instantly, scattering red and white fragments all over the place.
Expressionless, Aphrodite looked at Hugmore’s lifeless body, shook the blood off his hand, and walked out of the cell. Since he had obtained the answer, there was no need to continue talking to him!
“Clean it up!” After leaving the cell, Aphrodite casually ordered a nearby guard.
“Yes!” The soldier nodded and went inside.
Then, Aphrodite turned his gaze to a small cart placed next to the cell. It was filled with various kinds of fruit.
After a little while…
The fruits on the cart remained motionless.
Seeing this, Aphrodite could only shake his head helplessly. After all, inheriting a Devil Fruit was a matter of probability, just like getting pregnant; sometimes it happens at the first try, while other times, no matter how hard you try, it just doesn’t happen.
At this moment.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!…”
“Sir, sir, I have something to report, it’s urgent, please send someone quickly!” Old Newcastle tremblingly pounded on the cell door, anxiously shouting.
Aphrodite quickly understood what happened!
Hugmore must have died, causing the Devil Fruit ability to deactivate, and Old Newcastle’s memories were restored. That’s why he was frantically pounding on the door, eager to report what had happened.
Aphrodite walked to the outside of Old Newcastle’s cell and released him with a casual gesture.
As expected!
As soon as Old Newcastle came out, he quickly reported everything that had happened in the past few days to Aphrodite.
After consoling Old Newcastle, Aphrodite let him go and urged him to rest!
Become a Patron to read chapters ahead of public release and support me 😉
30 chapters ahead are available on Patron!
