A certain scientific pirate

Regarding the transaction with the old prisoner, Mo Fei's inner curiosity was actually much more serious than his outward appearance. Therefore, after leaving Impel Down City and completing the report in G1, he I was immediately ready to take a look at the coordinates given by the other party.

The approximate location of this coordinate is located east of the Capital of Seven Waters, close to the legendary "Terrifying Sea of ​​Fog". Because it is within the Grand Route and can be considered close to the Red Earth Continent on this side, this location cannot be considered far away.

If it was too far away, Mo Fei wouldn't be able to ask the warship to drive over.

However, according to the navigator on the ship who was familiar with the nautical charts, there seemed to be no island at that location... not even a desert island, so there was no permanent record pointer.

In the absence of a corresponding record pointer, it is a bit troublesome to rely on "angle positioning" to get there...but it is only a little troublesome. After all, the capabilities of the world government and the navy are different from those of bulk pirates.

As for the possible "overdue" issue of the warship that came to greet Mo Fei, Major Tepes Neal has already reported to the G23 base in accordance with Mo Fei's instructions. In his report, he claimed that the new brigadier general planned to give priority to familiarizing himself with the surrounding sea areas before returning to the base to report... This is a serious and responsible attitude of actively engaging in work, which can show that although Mo Fei is a very young brigadier general, His work attitude is down-to-earth and realistic, rather than being high-minded and low-handed.

Therefore, the base will agree to this application based on both sentiment and reason.

Well, in theory, that's the case, but who would have thought that this guy would take a warship to "travel".

Since Tepes was sent to greet Mo Fei, his work arrangement for the next period of time will most likely be to serve as Mo Fei's deputy, and his position actually started with lying and fooling his superiors... Brigadier General Mr. Tai simply regards the discipline within the navy as nothing.

Well, the more capable a sailor is, the more he will "go his own way". Mo Fei's statement about being familiar with the surrounding sea area is not completely wrong. Of course, a naval commander must be familiar with hydrology. Can he be considered a qualified commander if he does not know hydrology?

It's just that the scope that Mo Fei wants to be "familiar with" deviates a little bit.

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Mo Fei did not use his fruit ability, so it took about a week before the warship arrived at the coordinates he gave. However, looking around, here is just an ordinary, endless sea.

The lookouts on the ship looked around but saw nothing.

Really nothing? Even if there is an island, that's fine... According to the old prisoner, the pirate enemy he entrusted Mo Fei to deal with is at these coordinates.

Mo Fei thought that the coordinates he got were for a small island where people could live in seclusion. If there was no one on the island, there should at least be a tombstone.

But strangely, there was nothing around.

After the warship circled around here for a while, the sound of the lookout's search to no avail came from the mast, "Commodore Admiral Ellindel, there is nothing around here...well, except for a coral reef."

The words added behind the watchman caught Mo Fei's attention.

"Coral reef?" Mo Fei was stunned for a moment, and then ordered, "Get closer."

Major Tepes reluctantly conveyed Mo Fei's order. At this time, he felt that he had guessed what Mo Fei was doing... The purpose of searching for an unknown island in an unknown place is not self-evident. ?

The warship slowed down slowly, and finally approached a large area of ​​plants spreading on the sea... It looked like a coral reef from a distance, but it was not. However, there should be rocks underneath the plants. The plants growing on the sea are not floating algae, but some kind of woody plants.

"strangeness……"

After the warship anchored here and the ship stopped, Tepesh couldn't help but murmured softly while looking at the plants.

"What's weird?"

Mo Fei asked back, he thought the other party had seen something... Just the fact that plants grow on the sea is not a strange thing.

"No, it's nothing, it's just... I just haven't seen this kind of plant before." Tepesh said. Although he is not a naturalist, he is sure that the plant in front of him is not a common plant.

"Have you never seen it before..."

Mo Fei fell into silence. After a while, he spoke again, "The ship is temporarily parked here. You should pay attention to it. I will go down and take a look."

Tepesh wanted to open his mouth to persuade something, but in the end he endured it... Looking for treasures, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you will definitely not give up. After all, they have already arrived at the predetermined position.

So next thing I saw Mo Fei plunged into the sea...well, no, he sank into the sea with a "balloon".

After Mo Fei entered the sea, fog gradually began to form on the sea, and the surrounding area became shadowy... But this was considered a normal phenomenon. Not long ago, this place was under the control of Shichibukai Moonlight Moria.

As he dived, he discovered a group of rocks below.

After Mo Fei looked around and made a general observation, he discovered that there were flora spread out over a large area on the sea. After entering the water, the roots began to gather together. It seemed that this was not a plant, but a plant... just like the shampoo field. It's the same as the islands, but the scope here is much smaller.

After confirming that the plants were all gathered in one place, Mo Fei didn't think much about it. He immediately swam towards the gathering place.

Because Mo Fei felt that the atmosphere at this time was very strange, so he started to think wildly... What is this? Diving in the sand in the angry sea?

Thinking of this, he grinned silently.

The main root of this plant spread from the side of a volcanic reef pile. After Mo Fei circled the reef pile a few times, he discovered that there was a secret passage extending inward on the other side, so he next Start swimming along this passage.

The passage was winding, and after swimming for a long time, the narrow waterway began to widen, and then Mo Fei felt the air outside.

There is a cave inside, with a large amount of air blocked by sea water. Of course, the air may also be formed by the respiration of plants... The plant can also be seen in the cave.

In other words, Mo Fei found the growing point of the plant.

Wet stone steps, moss, stalactites... this is a secret "residence".

The plant grew in the middle of the cave. After Mo Fei came to the cave, he first walked around the plant and then discovered a large number of boxes in the back corner.

He walked over and lightly kicked a box on the outside. Then he saw that the decayed wooden box was destroyed immediately, and a lot of golden gold coins rolled down.

This...is this really a treasure hiding place?

But Mo Fei didn't pay attention to the gold coins, and he circled back to the front of the plant again.

There was a simple stone table in front of it. Maybe someone had used it before, but now it had been curled up by the roots of this plant... Of course there was no one else in the cave, and Mo Fei was the first to emerge from the water. He confirmed this immediately, otherwise he wouldn't have acted so carelessly.

There seemed to be something placed on the stone table. Mo Fei drew out her long sword, chopped off part of the roots, and then took out the thing...it seemed to be a book.

No, it's a diary.

Is the material parchment? Not necessarily, it should be some kind of special paper, so this diary can be preserved in this environment.

"June 3, 1927, sunny.

I finally made up my mind.

The first thing to do is clear out my crew..."

Mo Fei opened the diary at random and read the content on this page. The date on the diary surprised him. It was actually from five or six hundred years ago?

He flipped through the pages.

After reading several articles in a row, Mo Fei roughly understood what kind of story was recorded in the diary.

The owner of this diary was once a powerful pirate, but as he grew older, he gradually lost his strength and power, so he set his sights on "eternal life"... The world five or six hundred years ago should be much better than it is now. They are much more ignorant, and there is no shortage of legends of eternal life in the sea, such as the Fountain of Youth and the surgical fruit.

Therefore, one cannot be too harsh on the thoughts of the diary owner. One is that times are different, and the other is that the older people get, the more afraid of death they become. In order to escape death, a person will naturally make various attempts.

There are naturally various legends about immortality, most of which are absurd, and the only more reliable method is known even by people hundreds of years ago - not to pray to gods, but to pray for devil fruits.

The owner of the diary found a Devil Fruit that might lead to immortality, or at least extend his life, and then ate it...

At this point, Mo Fei still only had the feeling of reading a fantasy story, but as he read, he was horrified...

The name of the diary owner suddenly appeared on the paper...in a self-proclaimed way...and Mo Fei had seen this name before.

Oriel Pandonia

Although Mo Fei didn't look up the old prisoner's information much when advancing to the city, he at least looked up his name before leaving...

Same with "Aurel Pandonia".

For a moment, all kinds of thoughts were running around in Mo Fei's mind, and finally he turned around suddenly and focused his sights on the plant.

After careful identification through the messy branches, leaves and roots, Mo Fei discovered a humanoid outline and a human face with closed eyes at the roots of the plant.

Mo Fei's breath froze. The other party seemed to have achieved "immortality" in a rather special way... Even without any explanation, Mo Fei guessed the name of the devil fruit the other party had eaten.

Not necessarily accurate, but... pretty much the same.

Animal type·Phantom beast species·Renren fruit...

Vegetative form.