Solitaire, Speed, and Mizerka, the three Shinuchi of the Beasts Pirates from original timelines, have all obtained their promotions in advance. However, similar to Yamato, they were all bruised and battered, with bloodstains on their bodies.
This was the normal way of fighting at their age; people like Yamato, wielding a kanabo in a violent manner, were the true outliers.
The others weren’t sent directly home either. Having passed the preliminary test, they naturally acquired certain privileges compared to those who couldn’t even pass the preliminary test.
But that was all for the future. These people had been transported to the Beasts Pirates Pokémon Center for some basic treatment. Unlike Yamato’s exaggerated constitution, capable of recovering stamina with each breath, it was necessary for them to undergo a medical examination.
However, they did inherit the characteristic bravery and ruthlessness common among pirates. If given weapons, they might have genuinely caused harm just now.
Following that, Yamato and the others held a simple farewell for Robin. Now, all that was left was to wait for Tesoro’s return. Earlier, on Fishman Island, he had largely resolved the issues with the mining company. Now, a substantial amount of mineral resources is being transported from the bottom of the sea every month.
Meanwhile, his movie filming was also nearing completion. The underwater scenes needed for the film were basically finished, leaving only some special effects and editing tasks, which couldn’t be done on Fishman Island and required returning to the Red Line.
Since the establishment of the Beasts Fruits’ Film and Television Department, Tesoro has been scouring the seas for talent. To be precise, since he joined Beasts Fruits as the CEO, this process has never stopped. Both Baccarat and Tanaka were talents he discovered during this period.
Unlike Kaido’s pursuit of strength, Tesoro focused more on practicality. Thus, individuals with Luck-Luck Fruit and Through-Through Fruit were recruited under his banner. During this period, he had also found an intriguing girl.
Ann, a Paramecia-type Vision-Vision Fruit Devil Fruit user. Although the illusions she created were not the same as Zoroark, capable of fooling people’s perception, they could be considered a substitute for Olga’s abilities.
The most significant difference between these two abilities was that Olga’s ability required mental calculations, and she could only simulate what she could think of. In contrast, Ann’s illusions were different. Created by the Vision-Vision Fruit, they were based entirely on pictures.
Her ability allowed her to create illusions of any creature depicted in pictures or photographs upon physical contact. Regardless of the size of the touched picture, the generated illusion was of equal size to the actual object.
Additionally, the illusion could replicate the person’s movements, speech, and even mimic the abilities of a “Devil Fruit” user if the target is one. However, all these are harmless, deceptive manifestations.
As long as there is a picture, she could create and control any illusion. Although they lacked Olga’s deception, toughness and flexibility, and could be easily noticed with a little attention, it required less effort compared to Olga’s illusions.
After all, Olga’s ability could deceive the opponent’s perception, while Ann could only deceive their sight. The duration of the illusion was very brief, and it was almost impossible to engage in a conversation. One could only watch as the opponent repeated certain actions and recordings like a video.
Nevertheless, her ability had a unique feature: her illusions could reproduce information and abilities that even Ann herself was unaware of, and which were known only to the person being mimicked.
In other words, as long as she had a photo of the opponent, she could deduce their ability through the actions of the illusion, collecting all possible information. Of course, the stronger the opponent, the more challenging this became.
Olga can keep an illusion of Kaido in constant battle through her imagination, but the illusions created by Ann are likely to disappear within a few seconds.
However, for Tesoro, that is already sufficient. Currently, she is a crucial intelligence agent within Beasts Fruits.
Through her and Baccarat’s luck ability, Tesoro can always grasp some habits of his competitors and make arrangements in advance. This will make those competing with him feel like every step they take is under his control.
At the same time, she is also an essential member of the Film and Television Department, mainly working on dubbing and special effects production. Despite being only eleven years old, she was already a singer when Tesoro recruited her.
Tesoro discovered Ann when passing by an island. At that time, she was almost taken away by a group of pirates. Her original folk performance group had been attacked by pirates and no longer existed. She managed to keep going for a while solely relying on some illusions.
After dealing with the pirates, Tesoro naturally brought Ann back, promising to make her famous in the future, which led to her becoming a contracted artist of Beasts Fruits.
Both he and Stella had some reputation in the entertainment industry, and Beasts Fruits was a legitimate company, so she easily believed Tesoro.
Currently, she was busy creating special effects within the company, while Tesoro, accompanied by Baccarat, once again returned to Onigashima.
His report was detailed, emphasizing the role of Baccarat’s ability in the company’s development. As a result, Baccarat obtained a designated move– Metronome.
By stimulating the brain through waggling fingers, this magical move could potentially trigger any ability. The most significant feature of this move was its unpredictability. It could result in just a Splash after waggling fingers for a long time, or it could unleash a powerful move with 4x damage.
Baccarat’s devil fruit ability was a perfect match with this move. In theory, with Luck-Luck Fruit combined with Metronome, she could always use the most suitable move.
However, theory was just theory, and reality was somewhat cruel. Just after using Metronome, Baccarat successfully unleashed Bullet Seed, cleaning up the target in front of her, but the price she paid was that she nearly exhausted herself.
Ordinary people using Pokémon’s abilities consumed their own stamina, and Baccarat’s stamina was that of an ordinary person, even leaning towards the weaker side among ordinary people. A few moves would drain all her stamina.
Even a move like Bullet Seed, which doesn’t consume much energy left her panting. Then, she probably couldn’t waggle out some powerful moves, and the waggling time was also quite long.
“Tesoro, when you get back, make sure she undergoes intensive training. Her physique is far too weak.”
“I understand. I’ll pay attention to this. If you have nothing else, I’ll head back now. To get the movie released, I need to smooth things over with some people. You know what those world nobles are like.”
“There’s nothing else for now, but this time, take one more person with you– Robin.”
Nico Robin was called out by Arceus. Tesoro, looking at the girl, didn’t understand Arceus’ intention.
“Starting now, she is temporarily your assistant. Take her to familiarize herself with the outside environment. Once you feel she can proficiently handle things, you can let her leave.”
Chapter 475 Vision-Vision Fruit and Metronome
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