After that, he used his ability to steadily transfer it onto his ship.
It was a structure about the size of an ordinary house. Inside, books and research notes were neatly arranged, along with all kinds of strange metal ores and materials.
Tenma planned to bundle everything up and hand it over to his research team.
Although he already possessed more than enough Pure Gold, the number of people under his command would only continue to grow.
These materials might inspire his scientists to recreate the method for producing Pure Gold—or even to develop technologies far more defiant of the heavens.
No sooner had Tenma finished dealing with the spoils than the sea below completely boiled over.
Countless chunks of the butchered anglerfish rained down like a bloody deluge, dyeing the ocean into a crimson Asura hellscape.
The thick stench of blood spread with the currents, drawing Sea Kings from thousands of meters around, all going mad as they swarmed in to fight over this extravagant feast.
As for the father and daughter who had seen daylight again from the fish's belly—
After taking the Pure Gold ring, Tenma couldn't even be bothered to spare them a glance.
The daughter had a loose tongue, while the father had been cut off from the world for two hundred years—his knowledge hopelessly outdated and utterly worthless.
Faced with their terrified cries for help, watching as more and more Sea Kings surrounded and tore them apart, Tenma chose to ignore them with a blank expression.
His attention returned to the massive sphere of Pure Gold.
This thing was far too bright—basically a super lightbulb. In the darkness of night, it was way too eye-catching.
After some thought, Tenma took out a huge piece of black cloth, enlarged it using the Moa Moa no Mi, and directly draped it over the Pure Gold.
Then, using the Float-Float Fruit, he wrapped it completely, thoroughly blocking out all light.
Because the Pure Gold sphere was simply too large, it could only hover like a satellite, escorting the flying battleship from the outside.
It had to be said—the ability of the Moa Moa no Mi to enlarge and shrink objects was, in certain situations, downright god-tier.
Looking at the Sea King frenzy below, a scene straight out of hell, Tenma waved his hand in disgust.
Boom!
The blue sea once again surged skyward, transforming into a colossal tsunami that blotted out the heavens, crashing down violently upon the Sea Kings in the midst of feeding.
That single strike forcibly crushed this nauseating blood-red sea region straight back into the abyssal depths.
Only after settling everything did Tenma begin handling the cleanup.
That pillar of light earlier had undoubtedly attracted the attention of many ships.
Since they had seen what they shouldn't have, Tenma decided to show a bit of mercy—by letting them take the secret with them into eternal sleep at the bottom of the sea.
After all, on the Grand Line, ships going missing was hardly anything unusual.
For him, it was nothing more than a passing thought.
Through this incident, Tenma had fully grasped how Baccarat's ability worked.
Simply put, it functioned by plundering the luck of others to recharge—
the fuller the "savings jar," the higher the probability that wishes would come true.
Thus, upon returning to the country, this lucky girl who doubled as a living treasure radar was directly promoted to a special strategic asset of the Oniwabanshu.
Once they learned of her ability, Wano's upper echelon practically went mad—who wouldn't want to rub off on a bit of good fortune?
Baccarat instantly became the group's darling, pampered wherever she went.
Especially Gion, who was currently sparring with Mihawk and keenly felt herself hitting a bottleneck in strength. Unwilling to be surpassed, she simply "borrowed" Baccarat.
The two of them went straight out to sea, planning to use this "overwhelming luck" to hunt down a powerful Devil Fruit that suited her.
Of course, the price was that some unlucky town would inevitably suffer again.
Even with a chance of wishes coming true, this was still like searching for a needle in the ocean. The time cost would be measured in months at the very least.
So Tenma didn't bother tagging along.
After finishing the arrangements for the Pure Gold, he still had to deal with the songstress Uta, whom the Shadow Guards had captured.
Now that he possessed the technology to seize Devil Fruit powers, Tenma had no patience for playing any "redeem the heart" or nurturing game.
If she were obedient like Baccarat, he wouldn't mind putting her to use.
But the outcome was exactly as expected.
Uta was stubborn by nature, and coupled with the psychological trauma of being "abandoned" by Red-Hair, she hated pirates to the core.
Expecting her to pledge loyalty to Tenma was nothing but a pipe dream.
Her resistance was extremely fierce.
If Tenma hadn't prepared in advance by ordering everyone to wear earplugs, the entire group might have been dragged into that invincible Uta World of Song.
Since that was the case, there was nothing left to discuss.
Tenma directly gave his evaluation—
"Rejected."
The ending was destined to be cruel.
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