Chapter 37:
Victor heard there was news about the Glutton-Glutton Fruit and immediately perked up.
"Shakky-nee, just tell me—as long as it's confirmed news about the Glutton-Glutton Fruit, I'll go get it myself."
"From now on, if you have anything, just tell me directly."
Victor said somewhat excitedly.
Back in the Drum Kingdom, he hadn't obtained the Glutton-Glutton Fruit. Later, in order to find this Devil Fruit, he had recruited two more forces.
Truly good things come after hardship.
"It's with the captain of the Rocks Pirates—Charlotte Linlin. The Glutton-Glutton Fruit is in her hands. If you want it, you'd better act fast."
"I'll give you her location. The rest is up to you."
Shakky said with a smile, revealing the location of the Glutton-Glutton Fruit.
"Shakky-nee, thank you so much."
Victor hung up the Den Den Mushi after speaking.
"Hey hey, kid Victor—you hung up right away? Let me say a few words!"
Jabba saw Victor hang up the Den Den Mushi directly and immediately panicked.
Rayleigh looked a little tempted too, but his composure was much stronger than Jabba's.
"Uncle Jabba, look at how pathetic you are. It's not like you haven't seen Shakky before—really embarrassing."
"I have her contact info here. There will be plenty of chances to meet her in the future."
Victor immediately seized the chance to tease Jabba.
Jabba suddenly felt a bit awkward after being teased by Victor.
He looked toward Rayleigh opposite him and saw Rayleigh wearing an expression like it had nothing to do with him.
"Alright, I'm going to find the captain. I want to get the Glutton-Glutton Fruit as fast as possible."
Saying that, Victor stood up and prepared to go find Roger.
"Let's go together."
Rayleigh and Jabba also stood up and followed.
When Victor told Roger about this matter, Roger immediately got excited and wanted to help Victor snatch the Glutton-Glutton Fruit right away.
"Kid Victor, don't worry—this is on me. We'll depart now and help you take the Glutton-Glutton Fruit!"
Roger, slightly drunk, patted his chest and said loudly.
"Good—thank you, Captain. Let's go, we'll set off right now."
At this moment, Victor was truly anxious—he wished he could fly there immediately.
After speaking, he directly stored everything at the scene.
"Hahaha—good, good! Everyone aboard! Raise sails—set off!"
Roger saw Victor's anxious look and laughed loudly while calling everyone onto the ship.
Everyone boarded the Plant Scholars. As for the Roger Pirates' previous ship—it was simply left behind.
All the supplies and items had long been moved onto the Plant Scholars.
The Plant Scholars was much larger than Roger's pirate ship—dozens of people couldn't even fill it.
Rayleigh and the others boarded the new ship; this group moving house was very happy.
Moreover, the environment on the Plant Scholars was very good.
Vegetables, fruit trees, and many strange and wonderful plants—it looked very pleasing to the eye.
Roger was also very curious why Victor's ship was called this name.
So Victor introduced the six botanists including Heracles to Roger and the others, as well as their previous experiences.
Hearing Victor and the others' experiences, Roger and the others were also very impressed.
"You botanists are this brave? You directly went to the Boin Archipelago? Too amazing."
Roger also respected these knowledgeable people very much.
"It's all thanks to Victor. Alone I couldn't take care of everyone. Without Victor, I estimate they would all have died on the Boin Archipelago."
Heracles looked at Victor and said.
"Hmm, kid Victor—not bad. No wonder you have such talent; it turns out you survived on the Stomach Baron for so long."
"Worthy of someone I have my eye on—hahaha."
Roger greatly admired Victor and laughed happily again.
Victor was quite helpless about being called "kid" all the time—who made him young?
However, compared to later Shanks and Buggy, he was the senior.
He could bully them in the future.
Meanwhile, the original partners of the Plant Scholars were still the same as before—doing whatever they usually did.
They all felt this was the result of Victor's condition.
At the same time, they clearly knew their own strength was insufficient, so they all squeezed out time to train—and trained even harder.
Victor saw all of this and was very satisfied.
This group had raised their strength another level—except for those two twin doctors.
However, they also devoted their energy to studying medicine.
The Roger Pirates members also greatly appreciated Heracles and the others.
After all—who would dislike partners who were loyal, righteous, and hardworking?
So they also guided Victor and the others in training.
Especially Victor—Roger personally taught him.
Victor had just awakened Conqueror's Haki and didn't control it very well—thanks to Roger, he quickly mastered the technique.
According to Roger, to train Conqueror's Haki, physique and will were the most important.
As long as the two were united, improving Conqueror's Haki was only a matter of time.
"Kid, your physique's potential is truly terrifying. Haki is no problem for you at all."
"If you can always stay rational, then when you grow up later, you'll definitely catch up to me."
Roger also gave pointers about Victor's frenzied state.
Victor's previous frenzied state had indeed increased his strength, but it lacked control over power.
Short-term bursts were fine, but consumption would greatly increase.
However, if Victor could freely control this state of his, his strength would increase dramatically.
That was Roger's meaning.
"Hmm, thank you, Captain Roger."
Victor thanked sincerely—Roger's guidance was truly very useful.
Top-tier powerhouses were like this—master teachers' effect.
While rushing on the journey, Roger and the others started another banquet.
For Roger, anyway—any free time meant banquet, boredom meant banquet, no training meant banquet.
As long as there was time, Roger wanted to live every day happily.
Victor was quite envious of Roger's personality.
Under the Plant Scholars sailing at full speed, at noon the next day—they finally found Charlotte Linlin.
And Victor's wounds had long healed, leaving only one scar.
"Hoho, kid Victor—your physique's recovery ability is really amazing."
Jabba saw Victor directly remove the bandages, revealing a wound that was now just a scar, and was very surprised.
"Captain Roger—let me handle this. You help me snatch the Glutton-Glutton Fruit. I want to test my current strength."
Victor said to Roger.
"Oh? Good, no problem. Then Linlin is yours."
"Rayleigh—you all go take the Glutton-Glutton Fruit."
Roger didn't even think about Victor's request and agreed readily.
"Hmm, no problem."
Rayleigh narrowed his eyes slightly, very confidently pushed up his glasses.
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