vncnus Chapter 235 Conditions for Recruiting Barrett
Chapter 235 Conditions for Recruiting Barrett
"Kara!"
With a few clanging sounds, the seastone chains that bound Earl Red's body like a rice dumpling, along with the seastone handcuffs and leg irons that forcibly locked his limbs into a "大" shape, were all crushed and thrown away by Luo Ji.
As a top-tier physical combat expert, Red Earl was bound to the ground by several times more Seastone chains than the future Impel Down "Newspaper King" Doflamingo.
This is comparable to the extent that Queen the Plague tied up Big Mom.
After all, Seastone has no inhibitory effect on those skilled in physical combat.
The sheer quantity of Seastone demonstrates Impel Down's high regard for the Red Earl.
After Shiki the Golden Lion broke out of prison by cutting off his own legs, the number of Seastone chains used as torture devices for all the top prisoners increased several times over.
Now, not only hands and feet, but even body parts such as the neck and waist are covered with sea stone.
They simply couldn't believe that prisoners would resort to self-harm to escape.
As the Red Earl broke free of the Seastone chains, he, who hadn't had enough to eat for years, could only stand up by leaning against the wall, feeling rather weak.
"I can barely even stand up. This old, useless body of mine."
Redfield felt weak and longed even more to regain his youth and strength.
"I'm just hungry for too long. Here, have something to eat."
Luo Ji waved a storage scroll, and a large amount of food and fruit poured out.
The aroma of the food made even the elegant Earl Redfield eagerly pick up the food and start eating.
The sounds of gulping down food and the aroma of food made the prisoners in the nearby cells swallow hard, their stomachs rumbling incessantly.
Even a man with a strong will like Barrett couldn't help but twitch his nostrils, salivate, and have his Adam's apple bob.
The prisoners in the Infinite Hell were indeed starving.
Otherwise, Blackbeard Teach wouldn't have rushed to the food warehouse on the fourth floor to feast after subduing the sinful prisoners like the Crescent Moon Hunter, the Evil King, the Barrel, and the Giant Battleship.
These prisoners, who followed Blackbeard Teach to Marineford for the Marineford War, were not yet fully recovered.
After all, years of deficits cannot be fully recovered in a single meal.
Even after Barrett escaped from prison, it took him a year or two to become stronger before he could cause trouble again.
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"Captain Luo Ji! I want to join you like Earl Red! Give me food!"
Seeing the Red Earl eating heartily, some prisoners couldn't help but shout with reddened eyes.
They had had enough of the endless darkness and deathly silence of the infinite hell, and the hunger!
Now that they see a chance to escape, they are willing to be Luo Ji's dogs.
"Quiet!"
Luo Ji unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, instantly suppressing the prisoners.
Most of the most vicious prisoners are not even qualified to join the Luo Ji World Group.
They could only become Vegapunk's test subjects and pacifist constructs.
"You spoils of war, it won't be so easy for you to join my ranks!"
"However, since you are my spoils of war, how could I watch you starve to death?"
Luo Ji waved his hand, summoning a large scroll, from which a large amount of food flew to each cell.
In an instant, shouts of cursing and fighting erupted from cell after cell as people fought over food.
“I don’t want to see my spoils die. If someone dies in any cell, then bury the whole cell.”
Luo Ji gave a mocking, cold laugh, and the noise from all the cells immediately decreased significantly.
But the stronger prisoners still managed to grab more food.
As long as the other prisoners don't starve, that's fine.
"Barrett, you joined Roger's crew for three years and you still haven't learned how to use Conqueror's Haki."
Now that you've been a member of the Luo Ji World Group for five years, I'll not only let you out, but I'll also teach you Conqueror's Haki Entanglement.
How are these conditions?
Of course, after three years I will give you one chance to challenge me each year. If you defeat me before then, you are free to leave the Luo Ji World Group.
Looking at Barrett, who was also bound to the ground in a large number of sea stone in the shape of the character "大" (big), Luo Ji issued his invitation condition.
Red Earl Redfield desires youth and immortality, while Barrett, the devil's heir, desires power and to become the world's number one.
Naroki then set different recruitment conditions for these two Conqueror's Haki users, taking into account their obsessions.
If they disagree, having their memories altered is their only fate.
"Five years..., haunted by Conqueror's Haki..."
"So I can challenge you in three years?"
Barrett's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected Luo Ji to offer such recruitment conditions. Even the Red Earl didn't seem to offer such preferential treatment.
Three years is enough time for him to become stronger!
Then he will be able to defeat Luo Ji, leave Luo Ji's World Group, and continue his adventure until he becomes the strongest in the world!
If I haven't defeated Luo Ji in three years, then I'll continue to aim to defeat Luo Ji, just like I aimed to defeat Roger back then.
If he refuses Luo Ji's conditions now, he will likely die or remain in Impel Down forever.
This is not the result he wanted!
"I will definitely defeat you in three years!!"
Barrett thought for only a few seconds before coldly uttering those words.
It would be impossible for him to stay with the Luo Ji World Group for life, but it's not impossible for him to join the Luo Ji World Group in order to learn Conqueror's Haki Entanglement and defeat Luo Ji.
He joined the Roger Pirates back then in order to become stronger and defeat Roger.
If Roger and Rayleigh hadn't refused to teach him Conqueror's Haki, and if Roger hadn't been terminally ill and didn't have much time left, Bullet wouldn't have left the Roger Pirates so quickly.
"Then I'll be waiting for you!"
Luo Ji smirked, walked over to Barrett, and smashed the sea stone handcuffs and leg irons on his limbs with a series of punches, then forcibly tore off the sea stone chains binding his body.
"Can ability users really completely overcome Seastone?!"
Watching Luo Ji's explosive performance, Barrett's eyes were filled with longing; he also wanted to overcome the curse of being a Devil Fruit user.
After all, even if his ability as a Fusion Fruit user is awakened, he will still be countered by Seastone and seawater.
"I can't teach this, because I've even killed the devil inside the Devil Fruit!"
Looking at Barrett's eager eyes, Luo Ji shrugged and said.
"Defeat the demon within my abilities! One day, I will be able to do it too!!"
Barrett's eyes were filled with surging fighting spirit; all he needed was direction and successful examples.
He didn't believe that Luo Ji could do something he couldn't do!
He was never inferior to anyone in his life!
"Can the 'devil' in Devil Fruit powers be defeated?"
The Red Earl, who was feasting to recover his strength, lit up his eyes after hearing Luo Ji's words.
Like Barrett, he is also full of self-confidence!
What Luo Ji can do, he can certainly do too.
He not only needs to find the Mythical Zoan-type Vampire Fruit to restore his youth, but also needs to defeat the demon within the fruit's power, expel the demon's curse, and completely overcome the fatal weaknesses of Seastone and seawater.
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