A burst of white light flashed on the spikes, and several beams of white light shot out from Tesoro’s arm, sharp spikes piercing through the chests of several people.
“You guys didn’t even say anything before attacking. It’ll be hard to explain the torn clothes to Stella when I get back.”
Tesoro’s face had undergone a transformation by now. A pair of giant blue compound eyes replaced his original ones, green armor enveloped his entire body, two huge needles extended from his forearms, and his hands took on the shape of an insect man.
In summary, it was the Insect-Insect Fruit, Mythical Zoan – Model: Shiny Beedrill.
Although it was an ability that he was directly bestowed with, he was unique. After merging with the power of Beedrill, he underwent some changes, becoming the first Shiny Pokémon Ability User.
Abandoning the original yellow-black bee colors, he now sported a green body. His current state was his Human-Beast form, resembling Stingmon from Digimon.
Shiny Pokémon, compared to regular ones, usually didn’t have many differences; most of the time, it was just a color variation.
A very small number of Pokémon might have some special abilities alongside their color changes. For instance, the Red Gyarados had higher intelligence, while Perona’s yellow Bewear had no special abilities.
Tesoro’s Shiny Beedrill was a random mutation resulting from the ability bestowed upon him, and the resulting effect is a more potent venom.
According to Queen’s research, there is an unknown component in the venom produced by Tesoro’s ability, which damages the clotting factors in the human body. If pierced by his stinger without a specially formulated antidote, one would inevitably bleed to death.
The white light just now was his released Pin Missile, which can be considered one of his long-range attack methods.
Although he was just the CEO of Beasts Fruits, he never neglected his physical training. After the incident at Sabaody Archipelago, he increasingly understood the importance of strength.
His talent was not lacking. According to his life trajectory in the original timeline, his childhood was that of an ordinary child from slums.
During the four years from the age of 12 to 16, he was a street thug, while in the following three years from 16 to 19, he worked tirelessly to earn money. His physique during this time could only be described as that of an average person.
From then until the age of 26, he survived as a slave in Mariejois. After escaping during the Tiger incident and spending three years in hiding, Tesoro seized the opportunity to steal the Gol-Gol Fruit and began to develop with his own men.
He was little known at the age of 32, and by the age of 41, his fruit had awakened, and he had become the Golden Emperor who controlled a large amount of wealth.
His main period of training was from the ages of 29 to 41. He had missed the golden period of development, but he still managed to train the fruit to the point of awakening.
Whether Haki or Devil Fruit, training an ability to its limits was proof of strength, and training of the Gol-Gol Fruit proved his talent.
Although Tesoro’s early life remained unchanged, his life trajectory diverged drastically after the age of 19. From the moment Stella died, his heart died with her. Although he continued to live, he was a walking corpse devoid of a soul.
In this world, the power of the heart was crucial. Negative individuals would only spiral downward, like Moria becoming an obese recluse.
Crocodile followed a similar path, but prison life woke him up.
Now that Stella was living well, he had more hope for the future. He wants the power to protect her without always relying on others, so Tesoro underwent a more systematic training in this timeline.
Though he had many responsibilities and he also works in his own entertainment company, compared to the original timeline, things were much better.
Now, he had assistants and a top-tier team to analyze the company’s direction. He only needed to steer the ship and intervene in critical matters, not needing to handle everything personally.
The systematic training filled with hope and a future was far more promising than the dejected slave life. The current Tesoro might not be a top-tier powerhouse, but he was no weakling either. Ordinary people couldn’t easily handle him, especially after he acquired the ability bestowed by Arceus.
However, after Tesoro dealt with that group, something unexpected happened.
Thud! Thud!
Two muffled bangs came from the side, but they were unlike the usual gunfire. Instead, they resembled the sound of paper confetti, and then numerous paper-like objects appeared in the sky.
“Baccarat, do you still have enough stamina?”
“I can use it a few more times without issue.”
After obtaining Metronome, she had also started physical training. Now, she could use her ability more times, and with much reduced release time.
With that, Baccarat began waving her fingers. This was the clever use of Luck-Luck Fruit combined with Metronome. Metronome, which originally generated random moves, could now produce the most beneficial move for the current situation with Luck-Luck Fruit’s help. This usage even indirectly allows for assessing the situation.
After she waved her fingers about a dozen times, a barrier suddenly appeared above them. Meanwhile, those paper-like objects began to plummet rapidly, but they weren’t paper strips; they were iron caltrops.
Many people around were injured by these iron caltrops. In the blink of an eye, besides Tesoro and his group, there was no one else nearby. They were either crushed to death from these objects or they fled to safer places.
Once all the iron caltrops completely disappeared, Baccarat’s Protect also dissipated, and then something resembling a meteor hammer suddenly flew in from afar.
Although Tesoro swatted it away with a wave of his hand, the force exerted on his arm indicated that this new enemy was different from the previous ones.
“Hand over the fruit.”
The person who arrived was Diamante. After receiving intelligence from Monet, he quickly rushed over.
For reputation’s sake, he opted to clear the area first. These iron caltrops were his doing because he was the Flag Man who had eaten the Ripple-Ripple Fruit, allowing him to turn any object he touched into a light and fluttery fabric-like form, without altering its material.
The paper confetti was made of high-density metal turned into iron caltrops by him. Releasing the ability in mid-air allowed them to achieve this effect. The same principle applied to the meteor hammer. His goal was simple: to secure the Gol-Gol Fruit.
His decision to clear the area was also to prevent too many people from witnessing what happened here. Although the Donquixote Family’s reputation wasn’t that prominent yet, their officers were not widely known. This was just a precautionary measure.
“The fruit? If you want it, take it.”
Saying that, Tesoro threw out a golden peach. However, Diamante’s expression turned even unpleasant upon seeing it. The fruit was still the same, but there was now a clear gap on it, indicating that the Gol-Gol Fruit had already been eaten.
“You ba*tard! Vipera Glaive!”
Seeing that Gol-Gol Fruit had been eaten, Diamante didn’t say anything further and continued his attack on Tesoro…
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