One Piece: The Strongest Trait System

[72] : Devil Fruit Fusion Techniques! Gold Tier Trait!

"Wh-What is this?! A Devil Fruit power?! Damn it! Let us go!" Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine screamed in terror.

They had tried everything. Mr. 5, especially, had continuously activated his Bomb-Bomb powers, but the explosions had zero effect on the binding smoke. Since eating the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, Mr. 5 had dominated this region of the sea, never encountering such utter helplessness before.

"Stop struggling. Your Devil Fruit powers are useless against my Logia ability," Rowen stated, looking down at them with a villainous smirk.

"Logia!" Hearing this, and seeing Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine completely powerless against Rowen, Igaram broke out in even more cold sweat.

The power of Logia fruits was well-known among Alabasta's high command.

Crocodile, the man hailed as Alabasta's hero yet secretly manipulating the country as the boss of Baroque Works—the very Warlord Igaram was investigating—was a Logia user himself (Sand-Sand Fruit).

He hadn't expected Sky Sovereign Rowen to also be a Logia Devil Fruit user!

Combined with that unbelievable power that wiped out over a hundred bounty hunters with just a glance—Igaram looked at Rowen with profound fear. 'This... is the man with the 100 million Beri bounty!'

"Mr. 5! Miss Valentine! Why are you here?" Seeing these two high-ranking Baroque Works agents, Vivi seemed to realize something, cold sweat forming on her brow.

"Naturally, to eliminate you two. I was able to discover your identity; did you really think you could keep it hidden forever?" Rowen glanced at Vivi.

That glance made Vivi blush furiously. It felt distinctly like the look one gives an idiot.

During their voyage, Vivi had learned from Nami that Rowen's Observation Haki could sense emotions and presence but couldn't actually read memories; Nami had just been bluffing to scare her.

Although Vivi didn't know how Rowen knew her identity, based on that, it was entirely plausible Crocodile had discovered her infiltration as well.

(As for why Vivi recognized Rowen's 'looking at an idiot' expression? Because she'd seen Rowen look at Luffy and Zoro the same way.)

Nearby, Zoro, seeing Vivi's reaction, looked resignedly sympathetic. 'Being looked at like an idiot by Rowen... really doesn't feel good.'

"Alright, enough chit-chat. Goodbye," Rowen stated, his expression turning cold. He activated his Smoke-Smoke Fruit, intending to suffocate the two agents.

"Plunder." Rowen commanded inwardly, extending his hand.

WHOOSH!

Two streams of purple light were extracted from Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine's bodies, flowing into Rowen.

"Gurgle! Gurgle!" Under the horrified gazes of Igaram and Vivi, Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine's bodies seemed to wither, as if all their physical strength vanished instantly.

——

—[Target physique energy automatically absorbed. Superhuman Demonic Physique (Apex Purple) enhanced!]—

—[Born of the Sea (Apex Gold) activated. Armament Haki strengthened!]—

——

Two notification screens appeared.

Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine were extremely weak, their Devil Fruit usage rudimentary.

Mr. 5 yielded energy equivalent to two base Deep Purple Upgrade Materials. Miss Valentine yielded one.