Chapter 108 Qilin Part 1
In terms of the degree of the Devil Fruit Development, Rowen, apart from the Overload Form developed by his own thoughts, does not match up against Crocodile. This is a gap that has accumulated over time.
Rowen is still in a Pure Form variation, and his specific realm is similar to Crocodile’s Sword of the Desert.
And Crocodile has mastered the desertification and corrosion other than the change of the Sand Form, and he can also absorb the moisture inside the object to dry and weather it into the sand.
Rowen rose a step higher and he has already touched the level of half-step Awakening and Eternally changing the climate with his powers.
At the same time, lightning and sand do not have any attribute restraint against each other. High temperatures can melt and crystallize sand, but it is not an attribute restraint.
Otherwise, Smoker’s smoke would not have completely restrained by Ace’s flames, and there is no situation in the original work where they are indistinguishable from each other.
The attribute restraint of Logia Devil Fruit is not completely in accordance with the laws of physics…
Take Rowen’s Lightning as an example.
In order to improve the Blueprint of the Thunder-Lightning Stimulation Device, Caesar has developed several materials with strong resistance to lightning, but the only thing that can restrain Rowen’s lightning is the most common rubber.
The truth of the Devil Fruit lies in this. They may follow the laws of physics sometimes but they also completly ignore most common sense.
“So, he is likely to attack your men?”
Jino stroked his chin with a greasy hand and grinned.
“Then you go and lure him out, while I and that guy prepare for a sneak attack!”
“…… I’m afraid that the Marine wouldn’t think twice about the fact that the boss behind Baroque Workhouse is you, Crocodile!”
When Jino realized that the behind-the-scenes Boss of the Baroque Work Agency was Crocodile, he didn’t plan to make the trip to this muddy water for the first time.
One must know that Crocodile, as one of the Oka Shichibukai (Seven Warlords of the Sea), is a clear government minion and not just a simple pirate.
When he thinks of the World Government, he thinks of Marine and when he thinks of Marines, he thinks of Sengoku…
If they are discovered by the Marines then the Marines would become furious and they would definitely send a large force to capture or kill Crocodile, and Jino will not be able to escape.
Jino does not want to taste the weakness and humility of the ground once again.
That opened had opened his eyes, but it also gave him the brand called “Fear”!
Later, after knowing that Crocodile’s purpose was to retaliate against a Rear Admiral, Jino agreed to this plan after seeing the generous rewards.
After three years of remaining in silence, he has figured it out. No matter how strong the enemy is, he wouldn’t die. As long as there is hope without death, he can make a comeback at any time!
But this time, Jino is not going to appear as a Hitmen, but he will appear as a Master of an army, he will become the Master of an independent regime, and challenge that group of Monsters again!
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From this point of view, whether it is Crocodile, Moria, or Jino, their ideas are similar.
After seeing the terrible Top Level power on the Second Half of the Grand Line, they had their spine broken, and they had already recognized from the heart that they could not match it and began to think in other ways to contend against that.
Crocodile put his hopes on the Ancient Weapon·Pluton, Moria wants an Undying Zombie Army, and Jino wants an independent power.
Although Crocodile got better in the latter part of the series and he also gave up the pursuit of Ancient Weapon and took Mr.1 to return to New World resolutely and start a new journey.
But that is the future… he is now similar to a bereaved dog whose pride and fighting spirit have been broken!
The island management rights promised by Scante and the massive funds provided by Crocodile made it difficult for Jino to refuse this. That was the basis for his resurgence of power.
He knew that he was very famous in Sea a few years ago, and he still has useful value after three years of silence. Now he only needs to prove himself once again and the establishment of a country under his control would be just around the corner!
Crocodile disagreed with Jino’s proposal. He shook his head and said, “Now that the enemy is in the dark, there is no need to expose all of our cards at the beginning.”
“I will contact my subordinates later and ask them to leave quietly. If Rowen has actually found them then he will follow them and try to find the secret base of Baroque Works. Then you can try to sneak upon him. If it works then everything would be good and if it doesn’t then I’ll work with the other guy.”
“I like this plan!”
Jino coldly smiled as he said: “If I succeed then you and he will immediately kill me, right? After all, the fewer people who know about you, the less likely the scenario of your identity being exposed! Maybe you’ll even have your subordinates think of me as the president and make Marine think that Baroque Work Society has been completely wiped out!”
Clap! Clap! Clap!
Jino applauded and said in admiration: “What a nice plan to kill everyone standing against you!”
The Baroque Work Agency has become completely notorious because of the failure of Huadu West Island (Flower Capital), and Mr.5 and others have been used as abandoned subordinates to lure Rowen.
Under this circumstance, Crocodile will not have any sense of responsibility that he will save the falling building. It is a common occurrence in the Underground World to directly abandon the falling building and replace it with a new face.
Scante is naive enough to think that he can disobey and disregard the rules of the Underground World by being called the Rear Admiral and Crocodile used his own means to tell him that the pattern was broken.
But he doesn’t understand one thing, he cannot ash himself clean with water if he had a smelly body!
Listening to Jino’s ridicule, Crocodile pondered for a moment, and said calmly in a business-like tone: “You think too much, every one of us is like a grasshopper on a rope, no matter who is found, they won’t be able to escape Marine’s pursuit.”
If Rowen really pushes Jino to a desperate situation, he can easily kill with a knife and take the fruits of victory.
Crocodile is one of the few people who knows Jino’s true power, and if he doesn’t appease this guy then he’ll be able to take any of them before he dies, and that’s where his confidence lies in letting Jino go ahead and assassinate Rowen alone!
If Rowen really pushed Jino to a desperate situation then Crocodile would be able to easily take advantage of the situation, he would be able to kill Jino with a knife and pick up the fruits of victory.
Now that Jino has discovered Crocodile’s plane, he can only disregard it…
“Huh! I hope so!”
Jino didn’t say much at this time and continued to eat his steak.
At this very moment, the sky darkened and the clouds danced wildly with silver snakes made out of lightning, and a muffled thunder resounded throughout the island.
Boom… Kā Chā!!
Suddenly, an earth-shaking thunder strike fell straight down from the clouds in the distance, the sound of this strike was so loud that it even made the ocean waves swayed around the Island. Jino and Crocodile’s hands shook at the same time and they twisted their heads to look out the window.
“Damn it! That’s the direction of the Pirate United Army!!”
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