On an island in the East China Sea.

The golden ship gradually approached.

"This is it?"

Kuro stood on the deck, looking at the outline of the island in front of him, and asked.

“Yes, Mr. Kuro, this is the place Colonel Lipa mentioned.”

Kro nodded and said, "Swansea, the name of a town on this island."

After Lipa regained consciousness, he mentioned the place he had been to, which was an island called 'Swansea'.

The reason was that he heard there was a suspicious person here, who looked like a pirate. Out of a sense of responsibility, he happened to be on patrol and came to check it out.

It was here that he met a man in black robes, and then all the sailors on his ship changed.

Yes, not only Lipa, but also the navy personnel who went with him at that time have all changed.

But it's not a big problem; Cass cured it all.

Thinking of this, Kuro looked strangely at Cass, who stood behind him, his body straight, like a guard.

This bearded man is truly bizarre; without realizing it, Kuro has completely lost sight of his abilities.

What happened to the Speed-Up Fruit? Can this thing even affect a person's mind?

If Kuro previously thought that Kass was only good at 'manipulating people', now that power has been upgraded to an ability.

He can even undo Devil Fruit abilities that can affect one's mind.

Devil Fruits—they're known for their miraculous power!

As the warship approached Swansea, it naturally attracted the attention of the town's residents, who gathered at the harbor to watch the gleaming gold ship dock there, followed by a group of naval personnel disembarking.

"It's the navy."

Why is the navy here?

"Never mind, it's not important. They're guests, so let's treat them well."

The residents all wore kind smiles, their expressions exactly the same as those of the previous Lipa.

Kuro scanned the town; its layout was not much different from Shells Town, except for the lack of a naval base.

The vendors on both sides of the street were selling things, but at a glance, apart from apples and vegetables, he didn't see any meat.

"Navy, you're being far too rough!"

Suddenly, an old woman stood up, walked towards them, and said, "Your boat is docked too roughly. There are lives in the sea too!"

She walked to Kuro and the others, then suddenly bent down and picked up a fish that had been shaken out by the waves caused by the docking of the warship.

She picked up the fish, looked at Kuro impatiently, and said, "All life has wisdom. Fish will die if they run out of water. This sin will befall you. You will be punished. You will die a terrible death."

"Hey, you old hag, how can you talk like that?" Lida said, somewhat annoyed.

Kuro waved his hand and forced a smile. "So, how can this old lady expect to be rewarded?"

"Of course, I'll release the fish back into the wild, and from now on I won't eat meat or kill any living beings," the old woman said, devoutly holding the fish in her hands, preparing to release it. "As long as you release the fish, you'll be blessed."

Just then, a large hand grabbed the fish.

The old lady turned her head and saw Kuro holding the still struggling fish. She asked in surprise, "What do you want to do?"

"Grandma, the way you're getting good fortune isn't enough. Let me teach you a way to maximize your good fortune."

Kuro crouched down, grabbed the fish by the tail, and put the fish into the sea.

“Look, if you release a fish, you will receive a good reward. The way to release the fish is to let them go back into the sea. But to get a reward, new fish need to come ashore. Finding fish is too troublesome. How about this?”

Kuro pulled the fish out and said, "Just hold this fish and keep putting it into the sea, then lift it up and put it back in the sea."

As he spoke, his hands never stopped. He put the fish back into the sea and then picked it up again. What would be a slippery fish to most people was held tightly by his tail, and the fish couldn't break free no matter what he did.

“Repeat this process every day, and you will receive extraordinary good fortune. Then, make an automatic rotating machine, tie a fish to it, and let it constantly come into contact with seawater and come out of the seawater. In this way, you won’t even have to do anything to get your good fortune. I call it the ‘Good Fortune Reward Cycle Machine’.”

As he spoke, he picked up the fish, tossed it to Kikyo, and smiled at the old lady, saying, "What do you think of my method?"

"I, you..."

The old lady stood there, speechless for a moment.

What he said seems to make a lot of sense; theoretically, it's correct.

But something just doesn't feel quite right...

But she couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. She felt that what the navy said made a lot of sense and was very feasible.

Kuro ignored what the old woman was thinking, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice, "Cass."

"yes!"

Cass stepped forward, and similarly, the Douglas Navy who had come down with them also moved forward, enveloped in a white mist that then surged forward like a shockwave.

boom!

As if blown away by the wind, the kind expressions of the residents vanished one by one, and their eyes regained their senses.

"What... what's wrong with me?"

One resident stared blankly at his hands, then suddenly realized and said, "I'm a hunter, so why don't I want to hunt?"

"Strange, I'm a fisherman, why wouldn't I be fishing..."

"Ah... I let my livestock go! Damn it, why did I think that!"

Many residents, after regaining their senses for a moment, couldn't help but feel some regret when they thought about what they had done.

"Alright, alright."

Kuro clapped his hands to stop them, and said, "Everything you lost will be compensated by our Navy. Now I'll ask you, and you answer: when you started to... well, act strangely, did you notice anything odd?"

These words left a group of residents bewildered.

Finally, an old man stepped forward and said, "Sir Navy officer, I am the mayor of this town. This town is usually very peaceful, and no one has come here recently, except for a man in black robes who came a year ago. Since he is the only stranger to come here in recent years, I remember him very clearly."

A year ago?

Was it a year ago?

Kuro frowned. It had been a year since then, too long. Besides this town, they had also been gathering intelligence on their way here, and the branches in various parts of the East Blue had not found anything unusual.

In other words, the culprit may have already left the East China Sea...

The world is so big, where can you find such a thing?

Moreover, there doesn't seem to be a similar ability description among the sixth level of criminals.

This ability, which seems to absorb the negative emotions hidden in humans and make them wholeheartedly good, is something he has never seen or recorded before.