Just As the Three Disasters and Kaido were discussing news about the Senzu Beans and Pryce, the castle heavy doors were forcefully pushed open.
A combatant from the Beast Pirates, trembling slightly from fear of King, hurriedly spoke up.
Hearing it was about the Senzu Beans, King expression gradually softened.
"Speak, what is it?" King calmed down and asked.
"I bring this for the captain and the Three Disasters!" the combatant, seeing King calm down, excitedly called out to those behind him.
Soon, a person carrying two large boxes walked in.
"What is this?" King frowned and asked.
"These are Senzu Beans I acquired from the underground black market!" the combatant said in a somewhat exagerating tone.
"Senzu Beans! Are you joking?" Kaido frowned, his anger slowly igniting.
The Senzu Beans, which the Whitebeard Pirates treasured so much, and King had struggled to obtain less than twenty of them! And this guy claims to have bought two whole boxes at once! Isn't this just making fun of Kaido?
"Kaido-sama, how would I dare to lie! These are truly Senzu Beans I acquired through special channels! Genuine Senzu Beans from the Whitebeard Pirates!" The deeply scared combatant said, almost in tears.
"Kaido-san, let's first clarify this!" King, naturally understanding this combatant, knew he wouldn't dare deceive the Three Disasters and Kaido, and quickly interjected.
After all, everyone knew how unpredictable Kaido temper is!
"Open the boxes, let me see! If you're joking, I can't protect you!" King said sternly.
"I really wouldn't dare!" The combatant said with a mournful face, then quickly opened the two boxes.
Upon opening, the entire hall was instantly filled with a peculiar medicinal aroma! King and Kaido, looking at the two full boxes of Senzu Beans, were so shocked their mouths hung open! What is this!
These Senzu Beans, so precious just a while ago, now being bought in bulk like cabbage!
"The smell, the appearance, they're no different from the Senzu Beans we obtained earlier!" King said seriously to Kaido.
"And the effectiveness! The most important thing about them is their effectiveness! If that's no good, then no matter how similar they look, they're useless!" Kaido snorted coldly.
"Does you test it!" With that, King hands burst into flames, and he hurled a fireball directly at the combatant!
"Ahh! It hurts!" The flames instantly engulfed the combatant, who wailed in agony.
Seeing it was enough, King inhaled and drew all the flames back from the combatant.
By then, the combatant was completely charred, even black smoke continuously pouring from his mouth!
"This should be enough!" King muttered to himself.
Then, picking up a Senzu Bean from the box, he tossed it into the combatant mouth!
At that moment, a green light emanated from within the combatant blackened body! King and Kaido exchanged glances.
That is indeed how Senzu Beans work!
Soon, the combatant wounds began to heal rapidly.
Moments later, apart from his body still being black and emitting a charred smell, the combatant was basically unharmed!
"Well done! The Beast Pirates will remember your contribution!" King patted the combatant on the shoulder and said.
The combatant, still reeling from the damage that had felt like a brush with death, was on the verge of tears.
"Hahaha, my apologies for misjudging you!"
"It was all for the sake of our crew, after all!"
Kaido also laughed heartily, completely dismissing the combatant plight.
The combatant had long grown accustomed to their behavior.
"No, no, I understand that Kaido-sama and King-sama are acting in the best interest of the Beasts Pirates!"
The combatant, being quite shrewd, forced a smile despite the lingering pain in his body.
However, he dared not voice this pain, and neither King nor Kaido care about it.
That was the result of Pryce reducing the materials, which had decreased the effectiveness of the Senzu Beans by forty percent!
"That's good."
"Now, tell me in detail, how did you manage to bring back such a large quantity of Senzu Beans?"
King quickly asked the question that concerned him the most.
"Reporting to King-sama, I was on my usual trip to the black market to procure supplies yesterday!"
"And then I discovered that someone was actually selling Senzu Beans there!"
"That's right, selling them!"
"This person had an incredibly high stock of Senzu Beans!"
"Seeing that most people were buying them, I immediately entrusted a merchant to purchase these two crates of Senzu Beans for me!"
The combatant hurriedly reported everything in detail.
"Why were you so certain that these were genuine Senzu Beans?" King asked with a furrowed brow.
"because the person selling the Senzu Beans was none other than Marco, the First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
The combatant quickly explained.
"Marco himself was selling them?"
"It seems the Whitebeard Pirates are taking this matter very seriously!" King said to Kaido.
"Naturally." Kaido nodded in agreement.
"Very well, King, reward this fellow with a top-quality Artificial Devil Fruit!"
"This action deserves such a reward!"
Kaido waved his hand grandly, speaking with delight.
King nodded and then let the combatant out.
A top-quality Artificial Devil Fruits were limited in number and not just anyone could have one! Even within Kaido Beast Pirates, only those combatants with formidable strength or significant achievements could receive a top-quality Artificial Devil Fruit!
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In the New World, aboard the Moby Dick.
Pryce, who had been crafting teleportation talismans all day, finally stopped.
Now, the number of teleportation talismans he had created had surpassed a hundred! That should be enough for the time being! It was worth noting that each teleportation talisman crafted rewarded him with a considerable amount of crafting points.
Although the cost of creating teleportation talismans was extremely high, the Whitebeard Pirates had rapidly amassed a vast fortune through Marco continuous sale of Senzu Beans.
During dinner, Pryce ran into Marco at the dining hall.
"Marco, how's the recent sale of Senzu Beans going?"
Pryce greeted Marco and then directly asked.
"It's been fantastic!"
"Every batch is completely pre-ordered as soon as it's released!"
Marco, though looking somewhat tired, was clearly excited!