In the calm sea, Katakuri slowly pulled down the pirate flag of Emperor Big Mom, and now sat silently on the deck holding it.
Charlotte Brûlée watched him with concern. It had been seven days since they left Alabasta, but her brother was still making a decision...
"Mom will kill us, brother Katakuri!" she said.
Katakuri looked at her calmly. He was usually cold and composed, and it was the first time he spoke so much:
"As long as I'm protecting you, our mother won't do anything to you. Your fruit ability is needed by our mother. It's all my fault. I'm your brother and I should protect my sister properly, but, Brûlée, I can't let you go back now."
"Brother! I won't let our mother kill you. With my ability, you can go wherever you want," Charlotte Brûlée said firmly.
When the news spreads across the sea, Big Mom will surely pursue Katakuri with the intention to kill him. After all, he betrayed one of the Four Emperors, which is unacceptable.
And now, thanks to Brûlée's ability, it will be very easy for their enemies to capture them. In any case, easier than for Big Mom to directly invade Alabasta.
In any case, it is an incredible event that the Mirror Fruit, revered by gods, is freely adrift in the sea. To find this strategic weapon - the Mirror Fruit, not only Big Mom but also other powerful pirates will take action.
At this moment, the mirror on the mast changed its color.
A girl with long blue hair emerged from the mirror. Katakuri and Brûlée turned their heads, and Brûlée was shocked.
"You! You, woman! How did you get here?!"
To be honest, Brûlée actually didn't want to provoke the Nefertari family. Even if she left the Charlotte Family, she didn't want to provoke that terrifying person, and the woman before her was the sister of that person, Her Royal Highness Princess of Alabasta, Vivi!
Katakuri's eyes were stern as they looked at Vivi. Honestly, he had no reason to harm this girl. After all, he had an unspoken agreement with the King not to return to Big Mom's pirate crew.
"Do you need a navigator?" Vivi smiled and shook the phone in her hand.
She knew that Katakuri had lost his phone.
...…..
In the palace, Fujitora continued to sleep while Nami was eating oranges and chatting with Robin, who was reading a book.
A man with the ability of the Mirror Fruit appeared in a special mirror passage in the main hall and respectfully bowed to Ezekiel from the mirror.
"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, Princess Vivi was granted permission to enter and exit the mirror world. She did exactly as you thought and went to Katakuri's ship."
At this moment, several people froze.
"Your Majesty, is this really right? Vivi is just a child," said Robin.
That guy caught Vivi, so his mind is really off-kilter. Why would she go back?! - Nami's reaction was quite intense, you could say she was shocked. In her view, although Katakuri hadn't returned to Big Mom's side, he was clearly an enemy of Alabasta.
It doesn't matter. From the moment he made his choice, he's no longer a real enemy.Of course, Ezekiel knew about Vivi's decision, and he wouldn't force her to return.
Katakuri is someone you can trust. Since he made his decision, he won't regret it, even if Vivi appears before him again. Moreover, he will do everything possible to protect Vivi.
With such a strong person by her side to protect her, Vivi can also do a lot of training. If she actually encounters insurmountable danger, she can escape thanks to Brûlée's ability. Why would he need to bring Vivi back?
He's the perfect partner for Vivi right now.
....
Finally, the time has come.
The Cell Phone Fruit has made another breakthrough. Ezekiel always believed that the Cell Phone Fruit would definitely have the highest capabilities. Even though the ability to download other fruits already defies the heavens. But before this, it seemed that its development was very limited.
Ezekiel was waiting for a qualitative change in his fruit, and this update for 100 million users, in his opinion, is that qualitative change.
[Number of current users - 100 million
Cell phone memory - 940 GB / 1200 GB
With the 4G network function
Download speed - 5 MB/sec
Download distance - 300 km
Transition from initial level virtual game development to advanced virtual game development achieved, expanding the game space to 100 kilometers
New functions opened:
Download deletion function
"All Creatures Are Equal" (elementary level)
The updates met Ezekiel's expectations, and the download deletion function wasn't unexpected. However, this new "All Creatures Are Equal" function puzzled him a bit.
The names displayed by the cell phone fruit come from his subconscious, meaning his subconscious named this function "All Creatures Are Equal." But what is this function?
Thanks to the updated information after the breakthrough of the cell phone fruit, Ezekiel finally learned what "All Creatures Are Equal" means, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
In the world, there are talented individuals and incompetents. Incompetents account for 99%.
This means that strong people at the level of an Admiral became such not only through hard work but also due to their potential. With talent, they made efforts to achieve what they are today. This reflects the limit of maximum memory capacity on cell phones. Fujitora has 300 GB, while ordinary people might have only 1 or 2 GB.
And this is a big problem that concerns Ezekiel at present. If there are enough people from Alabasta with a potential memory of 100 GB, he will create an army of Freezing Fruit or Light Fruit users. And can't he push the world?
In reality, it turned out that 99% of Alabasta's residents have only 1 GB.
["All Creatures Are Equal" means that the cell phone, created by the cell phone fruit, is used as a medium. Upon contracting with the user, it transfers talent to them so they can possess power.]
"Is it something like Warrior of the Fire Mist?" Ezekiel recalled an anime he watched in his past life.
["All Creatures Are Equal" at the elementary level can grant the user an additional talent limit of 10 GB]
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