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Chapter 51 Tuna

"vomit!!"

Zeff spat the fried rice back into the plate and then kicked Sanji, who was looking at him expectantly.

Bang! !

A dull thud followed by Sanji's cry of pain as he flew through the air and crashed heavily onto the deck.

He propped himself up, glared angrily at Zhefu, and roared:

"You old geezer, why did you kick me for no reason?!"

"fine?!"

"Are you kidding me?! If I swallowed that mouthful of your fried rice, believe me, I'd die right here and now!"

"What kind of garbage did you cook?! Calling it a culinary disaster is an understatement!"

"What? You didn't learn how to make fried rice when you were learning to cook on that ship?!"

"You old geezer! You're talking nonsense!! My cooking is definitely pretty good! I've tasted it myself!"

Sanji shouted defiantly.

"Heh~"

Upon hearing this, Zhefu couldn't help but sneer.

"Your standards for food are really low! You actually consider this junk food 'good'!"

After saying this, Zeff put the fried rice aside, stood up, and slowly walked towards the cabin. He paused just before entering, turned to look at Sanji, and said calmly:

"Come in!"

"Let me teach you how to make real fried rice!"

……

After a while, Zhefu came out of the cabin again, looked back, and a smile appeared on his lips.

He returned to his original spot, picked up the plate of fried rice that had long since gone cold, and began to shovel it down in large mouthfuls, swallowing even the bite he had spat out earlier.

As a chef, you can't waste any food, no matter how bad it tastes. Besides, this fried rice isn't actually that bad.

Zeff's words were just a warning to Sanji. The fried rice might be acceptable in a regular restaurant, but it's far from being good enough to be considered a world-class chef.

Sanji... he still has a long way to go!

While eating, Zeff couldn't help but glance at Kyle, who was lying on a deck chair, wearing sunglasses and sunbathing.

It has been several days since they left that reef, and in those days he has seen Kyle mostly lying on a deckchair sunbathing.

This made him a little puzzled.

Is this sun... really that good?

"At a depth of 749 meters, 350 meters at the six o'clock position, its length is 23 meters, and its type is... a tuna?!"

Kyle looked puzzled and took off his sunglasses.

His figure transformed into purple lightning and disappeared from the recliner, reappearing on the railing.

His gaze was fixed on the sea ahead, as if he could see the fish he had just sensed across a great distance.

While he was indeed sunbathing on the recliner for a while these past few days, he spent most of his time getting used to the improved Observation Haki he had gained after extracting the rewards.

Every day, I use Observation Haki to sense various creatures beneath the sea surface.

His enhanced Observation Haki even allows him to perceive the shapes of living beings, something he certainly couldn't do before.

His Observation Haki is somewhat similar to Fujitora's; even without using his eyes, he can perceive the form of everyone around him, their movements, and even their emotions through his powerful Observation Haki.

Kyle's Observation Haki is not yet at the level of Fujitora's; he can only sense the physical forms of these creatures, but cannot perceive their movements or emotions.

But now he has some doubts.

Just now, in his perception, the shape of that fish was indeed that of a tuna, but the problem was, it seemed a bit too big!

He has never seen such a large tuna before.

However, he didn't think he was mistaken; the tuna was simply too big. As for how to determine that, it was quite simple.

Kyle slightly raised his hand and waved it gently.

Boom!!

Like a bolt of lightning striking from a clear sky, a thick bolt of purple lightning crashed down at the coordinates Kyle had just mentioned.

The purple lightning bolt shot straight into the sea, and a second later it produced a huge explosion. The sea surface was instantly blasted up with giant waves hundreds of meters high, and wave after wave crashed towards the warship, causing it to shake violently.

"W-What...what happened?!"

Sanji opened the hatch and ran out in terror, shouting.

However, as soon as he came out, his eyes widened involuntarily, because he saw countless purple lightning chains extending from Kyle's hands and heading towards the sea not far away.

Before long, a charred tuna was pulled out of the sea.

As Kyle was about to board the warship, he flicked his hand, and the charred tuna was flung into the air.

Then, Purple Lightning appeared in Kyle's hand.

Countless flashes of light appeared, and the tuna in mid-air was suddenly split into countless pieces, falling onto the deck like raindrops.

(⊙o⊙)...

Sanji and Zeff both opened and closed their mouths, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Is this even human?!

Aren't you going a bit too far?

Gudong!

Zeff swallowed hard, even though he knew from the first moment he saw Kyle that he was no match for him.

But I really didn't expect Kyle to be this exaggerated!

Is that purple lightning also a Devil Fruit ability?

Zhefu was a little confused at this moment.

Kyle previously mentioned that his ability to conjure ships out of thin air was also a Devil Fruit ability. If this purple lightning is also a Devil Fruit ability...

Are these two definitely the same ability?

Isn't the difference a bit too big?

Or did Kyle eat two Devil Fruits?!

No! Impossible!!

Zeff shook his head violently. Although he hadn't eaten a Devil Fruit, he still knew a lot about them.

The most basic one, besides being restrained by seawater, is that you can't eat two Devil Fruits at the same time.

This is common sense in this world!

But Kyle's current situation... Zeff is truly confused.

However, after only a short period of confusion, Zhefu stopped dwelling on the issue.

There's no point in thinking about questions that you can't answer no matter how hard you try, because he doesn't understand Kyle's situation, and any conclusions he draws are just guesses.

Only Kyle himself probably knows the specifics.

Kyle turned his head, looked at the two of them, and said with a smile:

"How about the tuna feast tonight?"

……

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On a stretch of sea in the East China Sea, a small sailboat, shaped like a coffin, slowly sails on the surface.

The ship is black, with a cross as its mast. There is a candle on each side of the bow, burning with a faint blue light, giving it a solemn yet slightly eerie feel.

In the middle of the ship, there was a throne-like position, and a figure was sitting on it...