Chapter 99: Jozu Enchants the Diamond-Diamond Fruit — “I’ll Take on All Nine!”

Jozu broke down into tears.

Streams of tears rolled down his face as he sobbed uncontrollably.

"Izou... that idiot... where is he? I need to thank him properly..."

He looked around frantically, searching through the crowd for Izou.

But no matter how hard he looked, he couldn’t find him.

"That’s enough. Stop looking."

Ron patted Jozu on the shoulder and led him toward the laboratory workbench.

"Izou’s carrying out a secret mission for me."

"Before he left, he said he hoped to see you successfully complete your enchantment when he returned."

The moment he heard that, Jozu completely lost control of his emotions.

He burst into tears again.

Wiping away tears and snot, he shouted,

"Ron! I want the enchantment!"

Ron smiled and opened the box behind him.

Inside were six exquisite Devil Fruits.

All of them had already been transformed.

They were exactly what Jozu had always dreamed of—

Diamond-Diamond Fruit (Kira Kira no Mi) Enchanted Devil Fruits.

"I’ll eat it!"

Without hesitation, Jozu grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth.

Before he could even chew twice, he swallowed it down along with his tears.

Closing his eyes, he carefully sensed the changes within his body.

Nothing happened.

A trace of disappointment appeared on his face.

"Second one!"

Jozu gritted his teeth and swallowed another.

Still nothing.

"Third one!"

Failure again.

"..."

Everyone watched as Jozu continuously consumed the Devil Fruits.

Their expressions became increasingly complicated.

The success rate for a second enchantment really was terrifyingly low.

This wasn’t enchanting anymore.

This was burning money.

Each Devil Fruit was worth 1 billion Berries .

Jozu had already consumed six.

That meant 6 billion Berries had been invested.

And if someone wanted a third Devil Fruit power in the future...

They might need to spend another 9 billion Berries .

Just thinking about the cost made everyone inhale sharply.

They didn’t even dare imagine how expensive future enchantments would become.

Just then—

"Success!"

Jozu suddenly shouted.

"I can feel it! My power is increasing!"

Everyone immediately turned toward him.

The atmosphere in the room became tense.

Every eye focused on Jozu.

He carefully placed the final unused Devil Fruit back into the box.

Then he closed his eyes and carefully examined every change happening inside his body.

The corners of his mouth slowly rose.

Even though he tried to suppress it, excitement surged uncontrollably from his heart.

"It worked..."

"It really worked!"

"I, Jozu, finally succeeded!"

The moment his words fell—

Brilliant golden light erupted from every part of his body.

Countless dazzling rays flashed and shimmered throughout the room.

The entire laboratory was swallowed by a sea of golden radiance.

"Hahahahaha!"

Jozu laughed wildly.

"Izou! Ron! Pops! Everyone!"

"I succeeded!"

He had waited a very long time for this day.

Countless nights, he had dreamed about saving enough money for an enchantment.

He had even worked himself to exhaustion mining day and night.

Yet in the end, through an unexpected twist of fate, Izou had helped fulfill that dream.

Jozu silently engraved that kindness into his heart.

He swore to himself that he’d repay it someday.

"Congratulations, Jozu."

Ron cupped his hands with a smile.

Then he carefully stored away the final unused Diamond-Diamond Fruit Enchanted Devil Fruit and handed it to Conis for safekeeping.

"This can be used for the next person who needs an enchantment."

"No point wasting valuable resources."

"Congratulations, Jozu!"

Marco stepped forward and slapped him on the shoulder.

His face was filled with genuine happiness.

"Congratulations!"

"Congrats!"

"Finally made it!"

"..."

The others gathered around one after another, offering their congratulations.

The room soon filled with laughter and celebration.

Even Whitebeard stepped forward.

Looking at Jozu—the son he had watched grow up—his eyes were filled with pride.

"Gurararara!"

"Congratulations, Jozu!"

"Show us what you’ve got."

"Haven’t you been looking forward to this for a long time?"

Jozu forcefully calmed himself down and nodded.

"Of course, Pops!"

"I’ll show everyone right now!"

Then he looked toward the nine dragons still flying overhead.

A confident smile spread across his face.

"Hey!"

"How about a little sparring match?"

"Hm?"

"Captain Jozu?"

"He succeeded?"

"So he’s a Three-Devil-Fruit User now?"

"Trying out his new abilities on us?"

"Hahahaha! Bring it on!"

Squard laughed loudly.

"I, Squard, won’t be afraid of you!"

"Come on!"

"How do you want to do this?"

"Who are you fighting?"

The nine dragons lined up in the sky and looked down at Jozu.

Jozu grinned.

His smile carried overwhelming confidence.

"All of you."

His voice echoed across the battlefield.

At the same time, both of his arms transformed into brilliant diamond.

Countless golden beams of light suddenly appeared within his body.

The rays continuously reflected and refracted through his diamond arms.

The result resembled an intricate network of mirrors guiding endless streams of light.

The nine dragons froze.

None of them had ever seen such a bizarre ability before.

Then Jozu suddenly shouted:

"I want to fight all nine of you!"

Silence.

Complete silence.

Everyone stared at him in shock.

What arrogance!

What confidence!

Jozu stood firmly in place.

A powerful aura radiated from his body.

Even the surrounding air seemed to grow heavy.

The dragons were instantly annoyed.

Even if they weren’t dragons, they were still Whitebeard Pirates Division Commanders.

Why should one person challenge all nine of them?

"Captain Jozu, I won’t hold back."

"Good."

Jozu laughed.

"Don’t hold back."

"Otherwise, I might not get the chance to use the move I’ve been preparing."

As he spoke, the light inside his diamond arms continued refracting and reflecting.

The beams bounced through countless angles like an impossibly complex optical system.

Some rays passed through his wrist joints and became focused into concentrated beams.

Then, as they traveled through his fingers, they were compressed again and again.

Until finally—

Everything converged at his fingertips.

"Let’s start with a little test."

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