"Lion? No, tiger?!"
The navy was terrified.
The thing tilted its head back, its eyes slightly narrowed, seemingly enjoying the terrified expressions on everyone's faces.
But soon, it realized that these people were not completely frightened; the first few humans had very calm expressions and didn't even look at it.
"Hey, hey, Kuro, this thing really looks like a Devil Fruit."
Lida excitedly picked a round fruit, somewhat like a cantaloupe, with patterns on it, but not spiral-shaped.
“But these aren’t like that. They taste really good, and they smell very sweet, just like the fruits that Sister Kikyo brought. They’re all delicious,” Lida said with a smile.
Seeing that they ignored him, the beast took two steps forward in dissatisfaction and roared.
"Roar!!" This time the sound was louder.
Kuro glanced at him and said, "Don't make a sound."
At a glance, the beast seemed to have encountered some natural enemy; its body went limp, and it whimpered as it lay on the ground, trembling.
Kuro took the fruit from Lida's hand, sniffed it, and said, "It really is. This island is really strange."
As he spoke, he looked at the strange beast and said, “What are you? You’re neither a tiger nor a lion. Your fur is quite nice though; it could make a cloak.”
These words made the golden lion-tiger tremble even more, and it put its paws on its head, burying its head even lower.
“It has human intelligence and can understand, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one like this before.” Lida looked up curiously.
Bang!
Just then, a sound came from deep within.
"Gunshots?" Kro turned his head and saw a red dot in his eyes.
“Mr. Kuro… has a lot of life force,” he said.
"Oh? Is it that treasure chest guy? He does have a gun," Lida said. "I'll go find him."
"I'll do it, Miss Lida!"
Sazir took a step forward and said to her, "You don't need to handle such a small matter personally."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and led about ten sailors to follow him toward the direction from which the gunfire had rang out.
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