As the flames surged into Yohishi's palm, upon touching the white aura, they dissipated and transformed into pure energy, which Yohishi absorbed. Instantly, Yohishi felt his nearly depleted stamina being replenished.
This was another ability Yohishi displayed after inducing vibrations, releasing electrical shocks, and emitting a lubricating aura—energy absorption.
Rather than calling it ability absorption, it was more like charging and recharging.
Vibration, electric shock, lubrication, and charging—these seemingly ordinary elements don't appear significant, but when combined, along with the Devil Fruit being pink and shaped like a cucumber, they evoke associations with certain nefarious things.
This wasn't even the full extent of his abilities. Yohishi felt that once he became more familiar with his powers, he could unleash even more.
It wasn't unheard of for a Devil Fruit to have multiple abilities; for example, the Op-Op Fruit has a series of complementary surgical abilities. It's just that Yohishi's abilities were somewhat less than conventional.
The energy absorption ability could absorb various forms of energy and convert them into the user's stamina. The energy that could be absorbed included, but was not limited to, kinetic energy, electrical energy, light energy, thermal energy, slashes, slash waves, and shockwaves, etc.
The ability to absorb energy seemed invincible, but absorption had two problems: absorption efficiency and storage limit. Overly strong attacks could not be fully absorbed, and high-intensity attacks could still harm the user. Absorbing too much energy could also harm the user.
The fiercely burning flames were absorbed by Yohishi in just a few breaths. Before Yohishi could make any other move, Nami, who could no longer wait, rushed towards the Captain's cabin, which could collapse at any moment.
Soon, Nami's joyful laughter came from the Captain's cabin.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Nami came down carrying a box larger than herself, showing no signs of being a weak woman. The power of money was indeed infinite.
Thud!
The box landed heavily on the deck, and the deck seemed to tremble.
As a professional thief, Nami possessed superb lock-picking skills and easily opened the box's lock.
Because the box's surface was covered with iron, and the fire hadn't burned for long, both the box and its contents were intact.
The faint firelight illuminated the box, and the gold inside emitted a golden glow. Nami cried out in delight.
Based on her experience, Nami estimated that the gold and cash inside the box were worth at least twenty million Berries. This meant she only needed to pull off one more job, earn about another ten million, and with her years of accumulated wealth, she would soon be able to buy Cocoa West Village and gain her freedom.
"That's great, Yohishi!"
Excited Nami immediately hugged Yohishi, giving his head a 'face wash' with her chest, which left Yohishi, who was still tending to the prostitute, unsure of what to do.
Warm, elastic, and soft—the wonderful sensation from the back of his head. Yohishi was certain that while Miss Nami looked young, the plumpness of her assets was absolutely no less than that of the papaya-sized Miss Prostitute.
After giving him a hug, Nami went back to counting money.
Seeing Nami happily counting her money, Yohishi, after confirming that the prostitute was temporarily safe, also walked over.
Although there was a lot of money in the box, it was all in small denominations, along with some gold bars and gold jewelry.
Yohishi wasn't Nami; he couldn't estimate how much it was worth, but that didn't stop him from being happy, as he had never seen so much money before.
"Nami, I did a lot of work. At least give me half!" Yohishi said.
It's said that talking about money ruins relationships. As soon as Nami heard Yohishi asking for money, she instantly bristled.
"Impossible! Don't even think about it. It's all mine."
With that, Nami hugged the treasure chest tightly, lying on top of it as if to prevent Yohishi from taking it. She even shot Yohishi a fierce glare, as if to say, 'If you dare to take it, I'll fight you to the death.'
Staring at Yohishi, Nami said fiercely, "I saved you from the sea. The food, drink, and lodging for these two days add up to you owing me twenty-two million Berries! What's worse, you bastard, you actually swallowed the Devil Fruit all by yourself! You should be paying me five hundred million Berries instead."
Alright, it felt like he owed even more money.
Yohishi felt as if he had been blinded by money, bringing up a sore subject. Now, not only had he not gotten any money, but he owed even more.
But Yohishi still retorted, "Didn't you say eleven million Berries this morning? How did it become twenty million Berries?"
"Sorry, the price went up!" Nami said greedily, her eyes full of dollar signs.
Seeing Nami's money-grubbing appearance, Yohishi understood that getting money was impossible; instead, he might have to work for Nami to pay off his debt.
After Nami packed up the valuables, she searched the pirate ship again, but didn't find a new Devil Fruit. So, Nami added another charge to Yohishi's account, reasoning that because Yohishi had knocked Butcher Bakar into the sea, she couldn't claim Butcher Bakar's bounty from the Marine.
Yohishi was innocently caught in the crossfire again.
And so, what was originally intended as a theft, but turned into a robbery, ended perfectly.
The prostitute was also very lucky; her two other companions had not left. Of course, the main reason they hadn't left was that Butcher Bakar hadn't paid them yet.
There are rules in every trade. Since Butcher Bakar had used the women, even though he was now dead, he still had to pay.
It was late at night. Although Yohishi and Nami had caused quite a commotion, the dock was far from the residential area. It wasn't until the next morning, when people came to work at the port, that they discovered the notorious Butcher Bakar was dead and the pirate ship was burned. The Butcher Pirate Crew was annihilated, causing a huge sensation.
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Just coming to Bahama Island to gather information, she didn't expect to make a huge fortune. Looking at the increasing amount of treasure in the chests, Nami's face was full of joyful smiles.
Looking at the treasures in the chest, Nami looked at the locked cabin door; she knew Yohishi was outside.
Nami felt she had hit the jackpot for the effort she expended yesterday to pull Yohishi out of the waves.
The amount she earned today was enough for Nami to make at least half a year's effort, or even a year if her luck was bad.
Yohishi, that guy, ate a Devil Fruit, which cost her 100 million Berries, making Nami a bit angry, but she also gained a free thug; the great pirate Butcher Bakar, with a bounty of 150 million Berries, was killed by Yohishi, which made Nami happy.
With Yohishi, Nami felt she no longer needed to steal sneakily and could quickly earn the 100 million Berries needed to redeem Cocoa West Village.
Arlong's bounty was only 20 million Berries; as a strong Fishman and a subordinate of Jinbe, one of the Shichibukai, this bounty was indeed a bit low, and Arlong's strength was not something that guy Bakar could compare to.
However, with Yohishi's ability, dealing with Arlong was still not a problem; Arlong couldn't harm him just with his energy absorption ability.
But Nami ignored this option, which showed how big of a shadow Arlong left on Nami.
After two days of observation, from Yohishi not messing around with such a beautiful girl and helping the injured prostitute, Nami found that Yohishi was quite a good person; Nami even felt she was too cruel throwing Yohishi outside the boat to endure the sea breeze.
All of the above wasn't important; the most important thing was, recalling Yohishi's current face, he had completely changed into a different person; thinking of him, Nami's heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
Nami felt very displeased recalling how those two prostitutes' eyes lit up with hearts when they saw Yohishi, as if they couldn't wait to pounce on him.
Outside the cabin, compared to Nami, Yohishi didn't have as many thoughts; he was just curiously trying out his abilities.