The fist, wrapped in the golden youkai fox power, attacked the opponent's face.
In a critical moment, Unico's reaction was also very swift. He twisted his waist, narrowly dodging the attack. Just as he was about to counterattack, a dark red force suddenly surged from Vladimir's body.
This force was extremely evil, condensing into a dark red hand that directly grabbed Unico tightly.
"What!?" His expression was dazed, "What is this power!"
Subduing the opponent with one strike, Vladimir withdrew his hand, controlling the dark red hand to lift the opponent up. He then began to search this person's body.
After a moment, he pulled a small piece of paper from his pocket.
The piece of paper was only the size of a thumb. When placed in the palm of the hand, it would slightly move in the direction of Charlotte Kanten.
"This is the Life Card? It's quite magical."
Vladimir curiously examined it, asking in his heart, "Phantom, does this thing count as a mysterious power?"
"No, it's too weak. If a Devil Fruit is like a ball of fire, then this is just a candle flame. There's no point in absorbing it."
"Alright." Vladimir reluctantly put the Life Card away.
Although he wasn't afraid of the Overthrow the Four Emperors Alliance, it would be annoying if they came looking for trouble. By taking the Life Card, the opponent wouldn't have any other means to find this place.
Seeing his actions, Unico's face turned livid. He tried hard to break free, but he was powerless.
"You... You bastard, who exactly are you?" He asked through gritted teeth.
"To let you die knowing, I'll just tell you directly." Vladimir said calmly, "I'm Nine-Tailed Fox, a member of the Phantom Pirates..."
"Nine-Tailed Fox!?" Unico exclaimed, "Shichibukai!"
Just after saying that, he suddenly reacted, his eyes widening in shock as he stared at Vladimir, "What did you say? You're a member of Phantom!? Is Shadow Bro one of your people?"
"Shadow Bro?" Vladimir was stunned.
"It's Shadow Fiend, that Shadow Fiend who infiltrated the Holy Land and killed the Celestial Dragon!" Unico seemed a little excited.
"Shadow Fiend, ah, is our member." Vladimir nodded speechlessly.
Seeing him admit it, Unico became even more excited, "Nine-Lord, quickly release me. Shadow Bro is..."
"Nine-Tailed Fox is not a name you can call. Call me Nine-Lord." Vladimir narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Ni-Nine-Lord!"
When under the eaves, one had to bow one's head.
Unico smiled bitterly. After shouting, he relaxed and said awkwardly, "Nine-Lord, Shadow Bro is my idol! If I had known you were a member of Phantom beforehand, I definitely wouldn't have attacked. Since this kid has fallen into your Phantom's hands, let's just forget about this matter."
"Shadow Fiend became your idol?" Vladimir rolled his eyes.
Clearly, the Nine-Tailed Fox transformation was the cadre, so why did it always feel like Shadow Fiend was much more famous?
In terms of combat power, ten Shadow Fiends couldn't compare to one Nine-Tailed Fox.
"Of course Shadow Bro is my idol!" Unico said with admiration, "He infiltrated the Holy Land and killed a Celestial Dragon. How many people in the world dream of doing that, and Shadow Bro did it!"
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, chuckling, "Phantom's assassin, the World Government is helpless against. My title, 'Assassin Star', is imitating Shadow Bro!"
What a moron!
Vladimir cursed inwardly.
He heard Unico say with a flattering face, "Nine-Lord, Nine-Lord, I'm begging you, can you let me meet Shadow Bro? I want to take him as my teacher! Shadow Bro is the highest pursuit of us assassins. He's the pinnacle of assassins! Don't doubt it, right now, as long as Shadow Bro gives a shout, I don't know how many people in the New World would be willing to follow Shadow Bro!"
Hearing these words, Vladimir was speechless for a long time.
Unknowingly, Shadow Fiend had such a great influence...
"He's clearly just a errand boy." Vladimir was at a loss for words.
Unico was calling him brother and lord, and Vladimir was too embarrassed to kill him.
According to his original idea, he should just kill this kind of person to prevent him from escaping and then going back to report.
"You're making things difficult for me."
Vladimir looked at the other party with an experienced look.
"Nine-Tailed Fox... No, Nine-Lord, are you worried about the alliance targeting you?" Unico quickly said, "Actually, there's no need to worry about that. This kid is just one of our targets and isn't considered too important. The reason we captured him was to deal with BIG MOM."
It wasn't that Vladimir was afraid of being targeted, it was mainly that he didn't want the trouble. His current main task was to collect Devil Fruits. He didn't have time to play with these people.
"In comparison, the Phantom Pirates are much more important." Unico chuckled again, "Ever since Shadow Fiend killed the Celestial Dragon, the name of Phantom has resounded throughout the New World. There have been ideas within our alliance to win you over to join."
Hearing this, Vladimir curled his lips, not having this interest at all.
However, after thinking about it, he chuckled, "You said just now that you wanted to take Shadow Fiend as your teacher?"
"Yes, yes, yes, that's right." Unico was overjoyed, "If you Nine-Lord don't mind, I can leave the alliance right now, leave the 'Kasrogue Pirates', and join your Phantom!"
"Don't even think about it. With your level, you still want to join Phantom."
Vladimir rolled his eyes, "Shadow Fiend is just an ordinary member in our Phantom."
Hearing these words, Unico was immediately shocked.
Shadow Fiend, such a powerful pirate, was just an ordinary member?
With his current fame, Shadow Fiend was fully capable of forming a large pirate fleet, becoming a great captain, and becoming one of the great pirates of the New World.
Thinking of this, he finally reacted. The Nine-Tailed Fox in front of him was a cadre, which meant that his status and strength were still above Shadow Fiend!
"It's impossible for you to join Phantom, but it's not impossible for you to take Shadow Fiend as your teacher." Vladimir smiled, "Prepare a teacher's gift first."
"Teacher's gift?" Unico was dumbfounded, "Nine-Lord, what should I prepare?"
"Devil Fruit." Vladimir grinned, "That Shadow Fiend likes to collect Devil Fruits the most. If you prepare one, he'll basically agree."
Hearing this, Unico was not only not angry, but overjoyed, "Just a Devil Fruit is enough?"
"Just..."
Vladimir was momentarily speechless. This guy's degree of worship for Shadow Fiend was too much. Even he had trouble finding a Devil Fruit.
"Speaking of which, when I came to Dressrosa from the sea before, I met a group of pirates." Suddenly, Unico said in a low voice, "There's definitely a Devil Fruit on that group of people's ship!"
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