"You, eat it," Rosse once again walked up to the altar, picked up the Watatsumi Fruit, and threw it to the tall, skinny slave.
Have to say, the Jaygarcia family really understood.
This altar was probably set up specifically for this fruit, precisely to make use of the fruit after reincarnation.
"Master, can I not eat it?", The tall, skinny man wore a bitter expression. He wasn't any stronger than the burly man from earlier, eating this fruit would just be sending him to his death, right?
"A fruit that allows infinite reincarnation in the same place? That's rather unique," Zephyr at this moment came to a realization, 'No wonder Saint Rosse made such a big move, daring to feed such a precious fruit to a slave. So it can infinitely reincarnate.'
However, he still didn't approve of Rosse's actions.
Before coming, he already knew this place was the Jaygarcia family's sacrificial ground. In other words, Rosse's family had long discovered this fruit.
Over all these years, the fruit still hadn't been exploited and remained buried in dust here. That already said a lot.
A problem that couldn't be solved for hundreds of years wasn't going to be solved just by a few dead slaves.
"I'm not discussing this with you," Rosse's figure was ghost-like, using the Rokushiki—Shave(Soru)—and instantly appeared beside the tall, skinny man.
He reached out, snatched the fruit from the man's hands, grabbed his jaw, and directly stuffed the fruit into his mouth.
With a light slap to the man's throat, most of the fruit flesh was forcibly swallowed down.
A Devil Fruit only needed one bite to take effect; eating more wouldn't do anything.
After feeding the fruit, Rosse stepped back, letting the tall, skinny man undergo the same mutation as the burly man, eventually being encased by a ball of seawater.
WHOOSH!
Without rushing to kill, Rosse gently raised his palm.
The seawater surrounding the tall, skinny man, as if being drawn by some force, quickly gathered toward Rosse's palm.
Even as seawater was continuously absorbed, the water around the man didn't decrease at all.
It was clear that Rosse's absorption speed simply couldn't match the speed of the newly formed seawater.
"Still no good," Rosse sighed regretfully and waved his hand to disperse the seawater.
Zephyr had just tested earlier, it really was ordinary seawater.
To be rigorous, Rosse once again turned to Zannie, "Compared to before, did the water flow ring change?"
"This time the water ring is roughly 15 meters in diameter by visual estimation, much bigger than before. There was one interruption in the middle, lasting about five minutes," Zannie replied.
The tall, skinny man was a bit stronger than the burly one, with a comprehensive rating of C-, able to stir up a 15-meter water flow, not bad.
But... to stir up hundreds of meters of water flow? That was just too exaggerated.
Thinking of the description in the family records, Rosse's expression turned strange. He even had the impulse to make Zephyr eat the fruit.
Finding a slave rated B or above was not easy. He likely wouldn't have the chance to verify what kind of strength it took to reach a water flow of hundreds of zhang.
BANG!
With a gunshot, the tall, skinny man collapsed to the ground.
Having gotten the answer he wanted, Rosse naturally didn't hold back.
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[Completed C-rank suppression!]
[Strength +10000]
[Special reward: Watatsumi Fruit ability (incomplete)]
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Just as expected, the reward was still an incomplete fruit ability.
Moreover, the two were stacked rather than accumulated.
After consuming the reward, Rosse could confidently conclude this.
When receiving duplicate rewards before, there had been no new changes. The panel would just show how many portions had been accumulated, ten of the same level skill fragments were needed to exchange for a higher-level one.
Rosse could also be sure that the reason wasn't because the tall, skinny man had C- level strength.
Because this incomplete fruit ability wasn't even as strong as the burly man's. It was simply a case of 1+1 < 2.
So Rosse could conclude that acquiring incomplete fruit ability had nothing to do with the strength of the person possessing the fruit.
"Eat it," Rosse once again picked up a newly born fruit and walked up to the only female pirate he had brought this time.
But being a female pirate on the sea, and even getting a C- rating, you could already guess her type without thinking too hard. Maybe there were exceptions, but the one in front of Rosse was manlier than most men.
"I...", The female pirate opened her mouth but ultimately didn't say much. She took the fruit voluntarily and ate it.
Not eating meant instant death. Eating at least offered a chance to live.
What if the fruit favored her gender?
What if she was the chosen one?
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[Two Hours Later]
BANG!
With the sound of a gunshot, the same prompt appeared as when the tall, skinny man had died.
Though the reward description was exactly the same, Rosse still felt a huge difference.
This time.
1+1+1 > 10
Clearly, as the resistance time increased, the obtained incomplete fruit ability also became correspondingly stronger.
Once the method was confirmed, Rosse immediately had Zephyr leave. After all, what he was doing wasn't very humane, better not do it in front of Zephyr.
However, Rosse kept Stella behind, letting her stay far enough away to observe, and made her hold a Den Den Mushi in case of accidents.
Afterward, Rosse had Zannie arrange for the slaves to be brought over, guarded by the Sacrificial Guard Squad. Once they got his order, they'd send the next one in.
With tasks to do, Rosse didn't even bother resting anymore. He simply moved into the sacrificial ground.
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[Half a Month Later]
Far away in the New World, Gion arrived at Jaygarcia Island.
"Zannie, where is Saint Rosse?"
Seeing only Zephyr and Zannie welcoming her at the port, Gion felt a little uneasy.
She felt that she hadn't completed the mission perfectly this time. Although she obtained the fruit, she also provoked Kaido. The key was that a group of comrades had also been lost.
"Madam Gion, His Highness is currently in seclusion training. It's a crucial time. Otherwise, he'd definitely come to greet you," Zannie explained.
Rosse had previously said that Gion would be given the status of first wife, so Zannie had always addressed her that way.
At first, Gion found it hard to get used to.
But after hearing it so many times over Den Den Mushi, she had grown numb to it.
"Can I go see where Saint Rosse is training?", Gion was a bit surprised by Rosse's effort, but still wanted to see him.
After all, she had just enjoyed that feeling, and then went out to find a fruit to boost her strength.
Now that she was finally back, with her strength significantly improved, both physically and mentally, she was eager to get Rosse's approval.
"His Highness didn't place any restrictions, but you may see some unpleasant things," Zannie kindly reminded.
"Like what?", Gion asked instinctively.
Before entering the port, she had seen nearly five-meter-high water currents that seemed to circle the entire Jaygarcia Island.
If not for her decent ship, it might have fallen apart passing through those waters.
However, Gion thought it was just a special geographic feature of the island. She had seen similar environments in the New World recently, nothing unusual.
But hearing Zannie mention something unpleasant reminded her of that.
"Nothing really, just that the scene may be a little... brutal," Zannie smiled and held up two fingers with a tiny gap.
Over the past half month, she had sent nearly a hundred people in.
From the initial 20 labor slaves, to those detained nobles still awaiting processing. The time gap between each needed person was getting shorter and shorter.
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