Smoothie: "Turning down a Logia Devil Fruit? That's honestly shocking."
Ulti: "Damn it, if she doesn't want it, give it to me! No—wait, I'm already a Devil Fruit user."
Stussy: "It really is surprising, but considering Raki's situation, it's not that hard to understand."
Vinsmoke Reiju: "After all, when that Devil Fruit was in Enel's hands, he used it plenty of times to torment Raki and her people. She's probably really hung up on that."
Whitey Bay: "Even so, the fruit itself didn't do anything wrong. Passing on a Logia just because of that? That's way too extravagant."
Makino: "In any other situation, Raki might've forced herself to swallow her discomfort and eat the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. But since Mr. Arton has plenty of templates on hand, that's probably why she wants to give it up."
Whitey Bay: "That does make sense. If there are templates waiting later, then yeah, I guess she can afford to be a little extravagant."
Baccarat: "Even so, seeing something like this still makes you sigh. That's a Logia Devil Fruit."
Monet: "And one of the very best Logias at that."
Monet let out a sigh. Back when she got the Snow-Snow Fruit, she had already been thrilled.
If she could've gotten its superior counterpart, the Ice-Ice Fruit, she could say with absolute certainty that she would've been even happier.
So seeing Raki's attitude toward the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—a fruit on the same level as the Ice-Ice Fruit—really did leave Monet stunned.
She could understand Raki's reasoning, but it still made her emotional.
Arton himself, on the other hand, could understand how Raki felt.
"So you don't want to eat the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. Fine, then we'll keep it for now. Nami, no problem leaving it with you, right? This thing is worth a fortune."
As Arton spoke, he held the Rumble-Rumble Fruit out toward Nami.
"Of course there's no problem. This thing is worth over a hundred million Beli, so I'll guard it properly."
Nami nodded hard.
If anyone wanted to take the Rumble-Rumble Fruit from her, they'd have to answer to her blade first.
"Wait."
At that moment, a somewhat flustered voice rang out.
Arton, Raki, Nami, and the others turned toward the sound and saw Wyper, who had been waiting off to the side for quite a while.
"Raki, why don't you want that fruit? Aren't you planning to travel the Blue Sea with him? If that's the case, then having enough power is always a good thing, right?"
Wyper spoke anxiously.
He had originally planned to stay back and wait until Arton and the others finished talking before coming over.
But at this point, he really couldn't just stand there and watch anymore.
That was a fruit that could give someone real power.
If Raki was going to the Blue Sea, then who knew what kind of danger she might run into there?
As her fellow warrior, Wyper naturally wanted his comrade to have as much security as possible.
"I think you should eat it too."
Gan Fall walked over, stroking his beard as he spoke.
"I understand how you feel, Wyper, and you too, former god Gan Fall. But don't worry—Captain Arton is very good at training his crew. You both saw how Conis performed earlier, didn't you? Even if I don't eat that fruit, I can still become strong enough."
Raki said it all with a smile.
Chapter 611: Nami Really Does Love Money
"That may be true, but can he really make you that strong too?"
Wyper turned his head, looked at Conis, then at Arton.
He fully acknowledged how strong Conis was.
He had no idea what kind of training she'd gone through to gain that kind of power, nor did he know whether she'd eaten some fruit similar to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and gained the ability to control lightning through that strange instrument.
But none of that changed the fact that he recognized her strength.
As for whether Arton could quickly train someone up like that…
Wyper still didn't know Arton well enough to fully believe it.
Gan Fall, on the other hand, knew Conis better than Wyper did, so he thought Raki's words were probably true.
So seeing Wyper react like that, he raised a hand, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Your companion Raki definitely understands Arton and his people better than you do. This is one of those times when you should trust what she's saying."
"More importantly, shouldn't you go tell your people Enel has been defeated? And the way our two groups are going to get along from now on should probably be reported to your chief as soon as possible too."
Gan Fall was confident that once Enel was dead, the native people of Skypiea would be willing to listen to him.
But whether all the Shandian warriors would listen to Wyper was another matter.
After all, the true leader of the Shandians was their chief.
"In that case… fine."
Wyper nodded, then turned to Raki.
"Raki, do you want to come back with me?"
Raki frowned slightly and looked toward Arton.
If she was being honest, she did want to go back and take a look.
But on Arton's side…
Now that she was already one of his companions, she felt like maybe she ought to celebrate with him first.
"Go back, Raki."
Seeing her hesitation, Arton patted her on the shoulder and said, "That's your home, after all. Before you sail out with me, you should go back and say your goodbyes, shouldn't you?"
"Besides, it's not like we're leaving this sky island anytime soon."
"And when we do leave, I'm definitely not going to ditch you."
Hearing that, Raki finally relaxed.
"I understand, Captain Arton…"
She smiled and was just about to leave with Wyper when Nami called out and stopped them.
"Wait. Tell me where the City of Gold is first."
"What do you want with it?" Wyper asked with a frown.
"What else? Gold and treasure, obviously."
"We finally beat Enel. We should get something out of it."
Nami said it like it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Don't worry. We'll only take some treasure that doesn't matter to the City of Gold itself."
"We won't take anything with historical significance. My crewmate loves money, but she knows where the line is."
Arton, understanding exactly what Wyper was worried about, explained it for him.
Raki also stepped in and reassured Wyper that it was fine.
After thinking it over, Wyper finally pointed Nami in the direction of the City of Gold.
The moment he did, Nami immediately grabbed her crewmates and ran off toward it.
Even Conis went with them.
After all, the more people they had, the more treasure they could carry.
Before long, only Arton, Robin, and Gan Fall were left at the scene.