It is currently winter in the North Blue, and it is snowing in most places.
"Hahahaha, Captain, we've arrived! Now we just have to wait for the Quicksand Guild to come here and trade with us. This is six billion Berries!"
A bald Pirate said excitedly.
"Hahahaha, you're right. This Ope-Ope no Mi I got is truly worth six billion Berries. There are so many nobles and rich people in this World that they would actually pay six billion Berries for just one Ope-Ope no Mi!"
Barelus also became excited when he heard his subordinate's words.
Six billion Berries was an astronomical figure for him. As long as he got this money, even if he stopped being a Pirate, hid in a Join place, or even changed his identity to become a noble, there would be no problem!
"Captain, all this money is yours, so why call a Doflamingo to interfere and give him a commission?"
The subordinate was very unhappy when he saw his Captain giving away money, because his boss had never given him any money.
"What do you know? This is called sharing risk. Who knows if the Quicksand Guild will take the opportunity to rip us off? Find one more person for insurance. The name 'Heavenly Yaksha' is still quite good in the underground World."
Barelus said.
Outside the island:
"Fufufufufu, Ope-Ope no Mi, I'm here!"
Doflamingo continuously stepped on thin threads in the air, flying towards the center of the island. His mouth had unknowingly split all the way to the back of his ears.
"Whoosh!!!!"
However, just as he landed on the island, he saw a yellow golden light in the distance flying towards the island first, and its speed was much faster than his. Behind that yellow light, there was also a man flying at a similar speed to him, following it.
"Damn it, how could Admiral Kizaru be here? Could it be that those old guys from the World Government discovered this place?"
Seeing this scene, Doflamingo immediately flew towards the center of the island in anger. He was unwilling to let the Ope-Ope no Mi be snatched away by the other party like this!
"Oh, it seems I arrived quite early, didn't I? Has the transaction not started yet? Then could you, the Marine traitor Barelus, please hand over the Ope-Ope no Mi to me?"
Just as Barelus was imagining how he would spend the six billion Berries he was about to get, a golden light suddenly appeared in front of him. After the light dispersed, an extremely lewd face appeared, along with an extremely lewd voice.
"Kizaru, how could you be here!"
As a former Marine, how could Barelus not recognize Kizaru, the newly promoted Admiral? He never expected that he would actually encounter an Admiral one day!
"You don't need to ask how I appeared here. If you can hand over the Ope-Ope no Mi to me, I can choose not to arrest you."
When Kizaru arrived here, he had been observing the surroundings, seeing if he could find the location of the Ope-Ope no Mi himself.
But the Ope-Ope no Mi is not a living being. Even if he searched with Kenbunshoku Haki, he couldn't find a Devil Fruit that was like a dead object, and he didn't find it on Barelus either.
Otherwise, he would have just snatched it away directly, instead of standing here talking to this Marine traitor.
"That's six billion Berries, how could I give it to you!"
"Kill him!"
As soon as he heard that Kizaru wanted to snatch his Ope-Ope no Mi, Barelus's desire immediately overcame his reason. He pulled out his pistol and shot directly, and also ordered his subordinates to shoot together!
"Bang bang bang!!!"
Those subordinates didn't recognize Kizaru at first, so they also shot according to Barelus's order.
"How can this be? Why can't this guy be killed!"
However, when they shot, they immediately found that when their bullets hit this lewd man, the other party's body turned into golden light, and their bullets couldn't pose any threat to the other party at all. The lewd expression on the other party's face didn't change at all.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!"
Kizaru nonchalantly raised his finger, and a point of light burst forth, instantly hitting three Pirates. Their hearts were instantly pierced by the light, and then they fell to the ground.
"Monster!!"
Barelus's subordinates were all inexperienced Pirates. Seeing that their attacks had no effect on Kizaru, and that three of their own were instantly killed, they were immediately scared out of their wits and fled in a panic.
"Logia!"
By now, Barelus finally regained his senses and knew that ordinary methods had no effect on a Logia user.
"Barelus, tell me where the Ope-Ope no Mi is, otherwise I'll kill you and find it myself here. Since you're here to make a trade, the Ope-Ope no Mi should be nearby!"
Kizaru directly kicked Barelus until he spat out blood and then stepped on him, looking down at Barelus from above, as if he would kill him immediately if he dared to refuse at all!
"Whoosh!!!!"
Just as Barelus was about to reveal the location of the Ope-Ope no Mi, a purple lightning ray suddenly shot through the house and into it.
Even Kizaru, who possessed a Logia type, became serious at this moment and instinctively dodged the lightning ray, because within that lightning ray, there was a power that could injure him.
The next moment, next to Barelus, a lightning figure appeared. It was Valent, who had arrived just in time.
"Quicksand Guild Guild Master Valent!"
Kizaru looked seriously at the figure that appeared in front of him. He didn't expect the Quicksand Guild to arrive so quickly!
"Barelus, I am the Guild Master of the Quicksand Guild. Where is the Ope-Ope no Mi? We can trade now."
Valent ignored Kizaru's presence and looked down at Barelus from above, just like Kizaru had before. As a weakling, Barelus had no human rights at all.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"
Kizaru, being ignored, naturally wouldn't let Valent get the Ope-Ope no Mi. He shot light rays from all ten of his fingers towards Valent simultaneously.
"Sizzle!!!"
However, in Valent's natural state, ten holes appeared in his body, allowing the ten light rays to pass directly through him.
"Kenbunshoku Haki is really terrifying!"
Seeing this scene, Kizaru became even more serious. At such close range, he could still accurately predict the trajectory of his ten light rays and make accurate naturalization. This required extremely strong Kenbunshoku Haki to achieve.
What Kizaru didn't know was that this level of Kenbunshoku Haki was forced out under Nox's sword.
Even with the speed of lightning, Valent had no possibility of dodging when facing Nox. To get hit less often, Valent had put in a lot of hard work in Kenbunshoku Haki, even more than the combined effort he put into swordsmanship and Busoshoku Haki.