Chapter 49: Well Earned Rest

Chapter 49: Well Earned Rest



After taking a bath, Cherry went to find Chopper to share the information regarding devil fruit she obtained via her experiment on Serene.

Although the Devil Fruit Suppression Seal had nothing to do with medicine, she learned certain principles of devil fruit behavior he could potentially learn something from. Perhaps he could even make a medicine with similar effects some day.

"Wait, how did you suppress her devil fruit?" Chopper asked, realizing it was strange.

"I just used my own devil fruit to do it. Plus, I'm a super genius, don't you know?" Cherry gave the same excuse she always did when the adorable little reindeer started asking sensitive questions.

Chopper never really bought that excuse, but he always accepted it regardless. He respected her privacy and she respected that he didn't try to pry further.

Cherry pestered King Cobra about the Hero Water some more then went to bed. She'd wear him down eventually, she figured.

In the morning, Luffy finally woke up.

His injuries weren't too bad after his fight with Crocodile, he just exhausted himself with his new technique. He called the technique "Gear 2nd". Apparently his enthusiasm for finding a way to "transform" as well as some inspiration from Cherry's Hasshoken enabled him to think it up.

Cherry was surprised at that. He seemed like an idiot, and he is, but he had to have a shocking level of perceptive ability to discern anything that was happening within Cherry's body while using Hasshoken. Then to create a technique from that information in less than a week, it was simply astounding.

"By the way Luffy, what's that thing in your hat?" Cherry asked, sensing some vital energy fluctuations from it.

"Hm? Oh, it's a piece of paper that Ace gave to me. He told me to keep it and that I could find him with it." Luffy responded, barely understandable while shoveling food into his mouth. Cherry studied the piece of paper, marveling once more at the ingenuity of mortals. She felt she could replicate this fairly easily and even improve upon it, which should come in handy. Cherry left him to his food and headed into town to find a decent blacksmith. She planned to add another Blood Bound Artifact to her arsenal, in case she came across a devil fruit that wasn't suitable for her sword.

She spent the day inside the forge crafting her new weapon, while the resident smiths watched in awe.

The finished product was a work of art. A relatively enormous 6-shot revolver with intricate designs, including cherries to match her sword, etched into its black metal body.

The material was a custom alloy of her own making, naturally. Don't tell anyone, but she secretly took some of the Poneglyph's stone for it when she "accidentally" broke off a piece yesterday.

She would have to craft her own ammunition for it as the design is based off her previous life's firearms rather than this world's technology.

She returned to the palace and found a secluded place she could perform the blood binding ritual, and told the servants not to disturb her.

Once that was finished, there was one more thing to do in regards to the revolver. That was to find Usopp and make him drool with jealousy over it.

Usopp beheld the marvelous pistol in Cherry's hand as she aimed it towards an armored target.

*BANG*

When she left, Zoro took no notice of her absence. He was lost in his own little world.

Later, when everyone gathered for the promised banquet, Zoro entered the dining hall in a

foul mood and sent Cherry a mean glare.

"Who the hell are you glaring at, Moss head?!" Sanji started a fight with him.

Cherry knew what he was angry about, of course, and smirked at him.

What she had given him was like cursed knowledge to a man like Zoro. The crazy beggar had given up all pleasures and luxuries in the world, and Zoro was a man who loved his booze. She had shown him a path to ultimate supremacy, but at the cost of his favorite pastime.

"Hehehehehe!" She laughed maniacally.

The banquet was as rambunctious as one would expect with a bunch of goofball pirates

attending.

They stayed for a couple more days to recover from their wounds somewhat before setting

off. They gave Vivi a choice to make: to stay or to become a pirate. Cherry knew that she wouldn't leave Alabasta, just as Luffy would never abandon his friends. She just loved her country too much.

After they had already set off, Igaram (formerly Mr. 8, current head of the royal guards of Alabasta) burst into their room to find them gone. Vivi explained they had already left with the super spot-bill duck squad.

"We have to warn them! Look at these new bounty posters!" He sounded desperate.

"I'm sure they would just be happy any-" The words got caught in her throat. Luffy's bounty had gone up to 100 million Beri and Zoro had gotten a bounty of 60 million

Beri. These weren't what shocked her though, rather it was the third bounty poster that didn't

make any sense.

On it was the picture of a demonic looking woman with great black wings and silver hair, a

massive explosion detonating behind her.

Wanted Only Alive

Cabernet

250,000,000 Beri!