"Th-this is… Mist, ranked 6th among the 21 Great Grade Swords?"
As a collector, Ginos recognized Mist at a glance, clearly excited.
"This is a Great Grade Sword used by the most evil criminal in history, Griffin D. Wade! How did you get it from him?"
Ever since the bounty for the most evil criminal in history was released, Mist's ranking among the 21 Great Grade Swords had continuously risen, for no other reason than its user was Wade.
"Haha, you might not believe it, but Wade traded this sword with me for 200 million Berries, saying that if he didn't come back to redeem it in three days, it would be mine."
"A month later, he found me and said the sword was mine, but I still had to give him another 100 million Berries."
Wayne shrugged helplessly: "Do you think I could refuse?"
Ginos nodded in agreement; if it were him, he probably couldn't refuse either. After all, that was the most evil criminal in history, and it was already good luck to get something from him.
"Mr. Wayne, you've really given me a difficult choice…" Ginos's eyes showed some conflict. In terms of collection value, the sword Mist far surpassed the Door-Door Fruit.
But the problem was, he had collected the Door-Door Fruit for so long, and he was still a bit reluctant to part with it.
"Mr. Ginos, I am a Devil Fruit collector, and I truly love Devil Fruits, so I hope you can fulfill my wish, can you?"
"Haa~" Ginos scratched his head in hesitation, finally making up his mind: "Alright! The Door-Door Fruit is yours, but there's no need for extra Berries. After all, for me, the collection value of the Blade of Mist far surpasses the Door-Door Fruit."
After speaking, Ginos opened the glass cabinet with a key and handed the Door-Door Fruit to Wayne.
"This is yours, Mr. Wayne."
Wayne grinned: "Thank you, Mr. Ginos, for your generosity. I won't bother you any longer; I'll visit you again another day."
"Don't be in such a hurry; stay a little longer?"
After politely declining Ginos, Wayne quickly left Ginos's mansion and returned to his sky mansion.
Looking at the Door-Door Fruit in his hand, Wayne didn't hesitate and took a bite directly.
"Ugh~ Damn it, it's really disgusting!" After feeling the new power surging within him, Wayne decisively threw the rest away; the taste was too nauseating.
After recovering, Wayne began to experiment with the Door-Door Fruit's abilities.
With a gentle push, a door appeared in the air, revealing a dark green space inside. This should be the Door-Door Space, or perhaps Kamui Space?
After entering, Wayne found that the internal space was very large, at least 100m³, capable of storing various items such as food, gold, silver, and jewels. Of course, people could also be stored there.
In addition, the distance within the door's space was consistent with the outside. In short, after entering the Door-Door Space, he could open a door at any point within the 100m³ range, achieving an effect similar to instantaneous movement.
"Very good, it's just as I thought. It's a pity it's too dark here; staying too long easily causes sanity to drop."
After familiarizing himself with the Door-Door Space, Wayne began to experiment with another function: long-distance teleportation.
Wayne first closed the air door he had just opened, then imagined his desired location, and then opened a door.
In the bedroom, a door opened out of thin air, and Wayne walked out of it.
"Hahaha, it works. Let's try something else…"
After some attempts, Wayne had a preliminary grasp of the "teleportation door" user manual.
That is, he could only successfully open a teleportation door to places he had genuinely visited. He could not open one to locations he had never been to and only imagined, nor to places he had visited but had a vague impression of.
Just now, Wayne had used the teleportation door to go to Windmill Village, to Loguetown, and even made another trip to the Red Line. However, he couldn't open a teleportation door to places he hadn't visited, such as Marine Headquarters or Drum Island.
As for basic operations like opening doors through walls, burrowing into the ground, and opening doors on his own body, Wayne was already proficient.
He could even combine it with Observation Haki to make his body like a Logia-type, pre-emptively "door-ifying" to evade attacks.
For example, if someone aimed a knife at Wayne's neck, and Wayne perceived it in advance with Observation Haki, he could, without any action, turn his neck into a movable door that opens upwards or downwards.
The moment the knife touched his neck, the door would immediately spring open upwards or downwards, causing the attack to miss.
Facing full-range, unavoidable AOE attacks like flames, Wayne could completely hide in the Door-Door Space to avoid all damage.
In short, Wayne was very satisfied with the Door-Door Fruit's abilities; its practicality was maximized.
With this Devil Fruit, Wayne could go wherever he wanted, and no one could stop him. The Door-Door Fruit said, "Poof!"
"Now that I have the Door-Door Fruit, I'll find Bullet for a fight while hiding my identity another day. Won't that make me a Shichibukai?"
Wayne excitedly slapped his thigh. Once he secured a position among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Wayne would completely sever ties with "Wade." This way, he could develop his influence without restraint.
Golden Media Studio? Get it going; art cannot be neglected.
Weapons company? Start it up; to sow chaos across the entire sea, an arms race is essential. Wayne not only wants to be the King of Art but also the King of Arms!
However, before that, Wayne had to make a trip to Ohara in the West Blue to fulfill his and Nico Olvia's commission.
"West Blue, here I come!"
...Two days later, West Blue, Ohara Island.
Ohara, the archaeological holy land located in the West Blue, was an inconspicuous small island. However, it gathered the world's best archaeologists and top-tier archaeological teams, and was renowned for the world's largest library, the Tree of Omniscience.
The giant, bean-pod-like tree in the center of the island was the Tree of Omniscience, where precious texts from all over the world were stored.
Walking through the town built beneath the tree canopy, scholars dressed as archaeologists were everywhere. Robin was not yet found.
However, considering Robin's love for reading, Wayne concluded that Robin was in a corner of the library.
Walking to the entrance of the Tree of Omniscience library, Wayne greeted the middle-aged woman who seemed to be the librarian: "Hello, my name is Wayne, and I'm looking for a little girl named Nico Robin. Do you know where she lives? Or where she is?"
The librarian looked at Wayne suspiciously: "Who are you? I don't think I've seen you before. Why are you looking for little Robin?"
"Oh, I'm a treasure hunter. During my adventures, I met Ms. Nico Olvia, Nico Robin's mother. She asked me to deliver some things to Robin."
"Dr. Olvia? I see. Has she finally decided to care about little Robin?" The librarian sighed, starting to advocate for Robin.
"Robin is a poor child! When she was two years old, Dr. Olvia cruelly handed her over to her younger brother to raise."
"Her brother, Oran, did care for Robin, but unfortunately, his wife, Roji, didn't welcome Robin at all."
"And also…"