G-5 Base, New World
Alexander appeared there and started sorting things out there. G-5 was supposed to be a lawless base. It is said that the Marines of this branch are insane, cruel, and merciless people who stick needles into pirates, feed them to sharks, or use them for campfire kindling.
They are known for not following the orders of their superiors. Some members do not wear the full formal Marine uniform, if anything, they are overly-casual to the point of wearing slacks and a bucket for a hat.
Alexander set foot on the base and gathered all the men, "Alright, keep your eyes and ears open as they might just win you your life. From this moment on, there will be no disobedience, no cruelty to captured prisoners. If I catch any of you doing that, first you will be court-martialed and then punished which can be a fine or a death sentence. Am I clear?"
All of them may be bash and lawless but that was only until they had a commodore as their commander. They know they can overpower a commodore with enough men. But the current situation was totally different.
"Yes sir!" They shouted in unison.
"Good, now your first task is to clean the base. It should look like newly polished marble. You all have 3 hours to complete this. If you don't then 50 percent of your next month's salary will be cut. Got that?"
"Yes, sir" they shouted with tears and quickly ran to do the cleaning. Showing a rare moment of hard work.
"Ready, boss?" Dobby asked as they walked to an underground lab.
"Yeah, let's see what's so mysterious about this thing called devil fruit."
In the past few months, Alexander had done experiments on the Devil Fruit he had bought in Loguetown. He had checked the catalog and it didn't match with anyone. Meaning that this was a new and unregistered devil fruit. The fisherman he bought it from had randomly found the fruit in the sea after all.
"Alright, let's see what this thing does." He picked up the shining golden devil fruit and took a bite.
"This tastes awful," Alexander exclaimed.
Dobby on the other side of the room looked at everything through a special camera.
"Ah, it's happening boss. You were right. That small bite you took established some kind of connection with your body. Because of which, sometimes invisible came out if the fruit and went into your body." Dobby exclaimed, he didn't notice but a glass fell down from his elbow and shattered. Alexander ignored and continued.
"Then our theory was correct. These devil fruits have souls. But how they were made and how they give power is still a mystery." Alexander said.
"Try your power, boss. Let's see what that fruit does."
Alexander closed his eyes and tried to feel any changes. But he couldn't, he didn't really have an internal body anymore. It was just a void. He simply willed for whatever the power was to come out.
Alexander didn't feel anything happening, but then suddenly something changed.
"I will pay you for it, just like everyone else does. Which fruit do you have?" Alexander asked.
"Oh, it is nothing rare. It is a Fish Fish Fruit Kraken model." King Riku informed.
"Alright, a hundred million berries. That's what I'll pay. What do you think?" Alexander offered.
King Riku quickly agreed. This would greatly help him procuring for the next Heavenly Tribute. "I can agree to that, Admiral."
"Good, send someone to bring it here, then. I am in a hurry." Alexander told him. He had received intel that there was a hundreds of years old giant elephant in the sea. He wanted to go and see it. Maybe talk to it if possible.
Soon enough the fruit was given to him in a box and he in return gave them a suitcase filled with money. Alexander felt like he was doing a drug deal at that moment.
"Thank you for your cooperation, King Riku. I will probably come back soon for some personal talk. Till then."
King Riku brainstormed for a long while wondering why Alexander would return. Admirals weren't considered good omens, it seems.
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"Bald Chad, head to Zou, the giant elephant. It does not have a registered location on Log Pose so just follow that bird in the sky." He ordered. The bird in the sky was a normal Pelican, Alexander had asked it to lead them to Zou in return for lots of fish.
It was quite a distance they had to travel to reach the elephant. The elephant was supposed to be 15-20 kilometers tall. He could walk on 10 kilometers deep ocean floor and still have its back so far high in the sky. When they came closer to the elephant the sea got covered in thick fog and it became turbulent.
Alexander left the ship and flew up with Dobby. The more they flew up the more they marveled. But Alexander noticed the elephant's skin which was so wrinkled now. He felt bad for the old elephant who had probably spent most of his life as the last of his species.
He flew up towards his head. But he was more shocked seeing landmass on his back. With walls and everything. He had not found the mention of an island like that anywhere.
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