The Paramecia-type Castle-Castle Fruit, also known as the Stronghold Fruit.
Like the Door-Door Fruit, the Teleport-Teleport Fruit, the Book-Book Fruit, and the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, the Castle-Castle Fruit is also a type of Paramecia spatial ability.
Once this Devil Fruit is eaten, without any need for development, the user's body becomes a castle.
The user can not only shrink any object and hide it inside their body, but the user's main body can also appear inside the castle.
When the user's main body appears inside, their external body will transform into a tank, or into a giant castle eighty meters tall and weighing up to five hundred and eighty-five tons.
The defense of this castle is astonishing, like an iron fortress. Even one of the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin, would need several punches to destroy it.
Nojiko dislikes fighting and only wants to be a support member, so no Devil Fruit is more suitable for her than a spatial-type ability.
Compared to the Book-Book Fruit and the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, Yami felt the Paramecia-type Castle-Castle Fruit was more suitable for Nojiko.
With this ability, Nojiko can not only protect Robin and Perona by letting Perona's main body stay inside her, but she can also store ingredients and cooking utensils inside her body. In the future, when they spend the night on an island, they can still enjoy delicious food and live in luxurious rooms.
More importantly, she can act as Yami's mobile warehouse.
Therefore, the Paramecia-type Castle-Castle Fruit is the most suitable ability for Nojiko.
Having made up his mind, Yami directly told Carina and the girls his thoughts, and had Nami steer the ship towards the Calm Belt.
The structure of the world in One Piece is very simple.
The Red Line divides the world in half. Then, the two Calm Belts divide those halves into the Four Blues. The Grand Line is the route between the two Calm Belts.
The Calm Belts of the first half of the Grand Line connect to the East Blue and South Blue. The Calm Belts of the New World, on the other hand, connect to the North Blue and West Blue.
The current user of the Paramecia-type Castle-Castle Fruit is Capone Bege, a member of the future Worst Generation, who is currently a mafia boss in the West Blue.
Therefore, for Yami to go to the West Blue, he didn't need to make a special trip back to the Red Line; he could just cross the New World's Calm Belt.
By the way, after discovering he couldn't teleport 4,000 kilometers with the Pegasus, Yami also started using his Float-Float Fruit ability less to make the Pegasus fly while they were sailing.
Firstly, doing so would take away the adventurous feel of sailing.
Secondly, it would stifle Nami's navigational talent.
A navigator who hasn't been tested, even with the world's greatest talent, can hardly become the world's best navigator.
After obtaining the Paramecia-type Teleport-Teleport Fruit, which brought his speed and escape abilities to a trans-dimensional level, Yami was in no hurry to acquire the next Devil Fruit.
At this stage, awakening and improving his Haki, as well as training Carina and the girls, were his top priorities.
And so, Yami's crew left the New World once again, heading for the West Blue.
However, before the Pegasus reached the Calm Belt, Yami suddenly received a special call, instantly disrupting his plans to lay low.
"Buru buru... buru buru..."
Currently, only two people knew Yami's phone number.
And those two happened to be colleagues.
Yami originally thought the one calling was Doflamingo.
But when he picked up the receiver, the Den Den Mushi instantly mimicked a face with a cigar in its mouth and said in a deep voice, "This is Crocodile. I've found the person you asked me to find."
"Oh, it's you. Long time no see."
Yami smiled, slightly surprised. "I thought you were just going to humor me. I didn't expect you to get it done so quickly."
"Hmph, I wouldn't stoop to something like that."
Crocodile didn't seem to want to chat with Yami. He snorted coldly and said, "His current location is Gloucester Island in the North Blue. I've placed informants on several surrounding islands. If he moves, I'll notify you in a timely manner."
"But I only have so many informants. I can't be sure if something unexpected will happen. If you're going to find him, you'd better be quick."
"Thank you for your hard work. I'm heading there now," Yami said with a polite smile.
"Hmph, you hypocrite. I hope you keep your promise."
Crocodile snorted coldly again and then hung up.
The promise he mentioned was, of course, about the compromising photos Yami held.
Yami didn't mind Crocodile's attitude at all.
He was in a very cheerful mood. His decision to spare Crocodile's life back then was indeed the right one.
The other party's organization, Baroque Works, truly had a vast network of informants planted throughout the Four Blues.
It had only been a few months, and Crocodile had already found someone in one of the four largest seas. Even with Yami's clairvoyance, he had no idea how much time it would have taken him to find Trafalgar Law.
And so, Yami, who had originally planned to go to the West Blue, went to find Carina and the girls, who were enjoying the sea breeze on deck and doing their own things. He said, "Robin, Carina, Nami, I have to make a trip to the North Blue. I'm leaving the mission to hunt Capone Bege to you."
"Eh? Master, you're not coming with us?"
"Master, what are you going to the North Blue for?"
Hearing Yami's words, Carina and Nami, who had been discussing combination techniques, immediately gathered around him.
Yami hummed in affirmation and explained, "Crocodile found Trafalgar Law. I'm going to the North Blue to acquire the Paramecia-type Op-Op Fruit."
"So that's how it is."
The three girls had a moment of realization, recalling the events in the Alabasta Kingdom.
"I understand, Master."
Carina nodded and said with a grin, "Ufufufu... Then let's split up. We can't always need you to back us up, even when we're just hunting a West Blue mafia boss."
Hearing this, Nami, who was initially a bit reluctant, also clenched her small fists and promised, "Don't worry, Master... By the time you come find us, I'll definitely have captured Capone Bege."
"Good luck. I have faith in you."
Yami smiled and gave them a thumbs-up, then added, "I'll send the Pegasus to the West Blue first. Remember to carry a Den Den Mushi and a Vivre Card with you. If you run into trouble, contact me immediately."
"Yes, Master."
In response to Yami's concern, Carina and the girls nodded obediently.
And so, Yami first teleported the Pegasus over a thousand kilometers away. Then, using the More-More Fruit to amplify the speed of the Float-Float Fruit, he made the Pegasus fly at an incredibly exaggerated speed. It took less than an hour to cross the Calm Belt and arrive in the West Blue—Robin's homeland.
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