After the playful banter.
Belo Betty, under everyone's expectant gaze,
slowly opened her small mouth and ate the Ope-Ope no Mi.
"I need to find a way to make Belo Betty immortal as well."
The Immortality Surgery cannot be used on oneself.
Kevin didn't want to lose any of the crew members who had sincerely joined him, not a single one.
Crunch—
The Ope-Ope no Mi was swallowed whole by Belo Betty in a few gulps.
Her cheeks puffed out.
Her face turned green.
She only managed to swallow it with great effort.
"It almost choked me to death." Belo Betty slapped her chest again.
Revealing even more.
Kevin reluctantly turned away.
"Hahaha, the captain is shy."
Belo Betty, seeing this, pointed at Kevin excitedly and burst into laughter.
Kevin was utterly speechless.
Belo Betty was a fairy on the outside, but why was her inner personality like this?
"Is the captain blushing?"
Belo Betty became even more excited, leaning in, bending at the waist.
With her current attire,
without zipping up,
this posture was practically a full display.
"Get lost." Kevin unceremoniously pushed away Belo Betty's pretty face.
Belo Betty, who had landed on the deck with a thud, laughed as she slapped the wooden planks.
The women couldn't help but smile faintly.
They watched the scene with various expressions.
Some were curious, some eager to try, some surprised.
"You should all be like me, liberating yourselves to liberate your minds." Belo Betty proudly got up, showing off her bold and unconventional attire to everyone.
Makino quickly turned away,
her face flushed.
She even covered the eyes of the two little girls, Koala and Kuina.
Hancock was thoughtful.
Does Kevin like this?
"Betty, if you act crazy again, be careful, I'll throw you into the sea." Kevin said to Belo Betty in an annoyed tone.
Betty immediately cowered.
"I was wrong, Captain!"
"Since you've just obtained the Ope-Ope no Mi, quickly experiment with its abilities, determine its development path as soon as possible, and enhance your strength." Kevin's tone was serious and earnest.
There was no other way.
If his tone was even slightly lighter,
with only women on board, who knew where the conversation would drift to next.
"I don't feel any changes."
Belo Betty stopped fooling around.
Looking at her hands, she didn't feel any special abilities had been added.
"The Ope-Ope no Mi belongs to the Paramecia Type Devil Fruit. Paramecia Type also has several classifications: Body Modification Type, Creation Output Type, Special Paramecia Type, and Superpower Type, roughly four classifications."
"Excluding the Superpower Type, the other three types of Paramecia Type show immediate changes upon eating the fruit. The Ope-Ope no Mi should belong to the Superpower Type."
"Development can only be explored slowly."
Gion explained to Belo Betty.
"How can I develop this?" Belo Betty was at a loss for where to start.
Kevin thought for a moment and said, "You can start with spatial abilities, creating a Ope-Ope no Mi space. Within this space, you can cut, exchange, and splice any object, and you can even exchange two minds..."
Kevin explained in detail to Belo Betty the direction in which the original Ope-Ope no Mi was developed.
Belo Betty listened, completely engrossed.
Everyone was also shocked.
The Ope-Ope no Mi's abilities were incredibly diverse, and the fact that it could be developed in such ways was terrifying.
Gion was somewhat moved.
Freely exchanging positions within a space, the ability to instantly teleport, was a superpower that no strong individual could completely ignore.
"Captain Kevin, how do you know about the subsequent development of the Ope-Ope no Mi?" Belo Betty, like a curious child, leaned closer to Kevin again.
"Follow my path and try to develop it first, then experiment to find the route most suitable for yourself," Kevin replied calmly, pretending not to notice the scenery.
It's not necessary to develop the Ope-Ope no Mi strictly according to the path developed by Law.
"I'll try." The excited Belo Betty spread her arms: "Surgery Space, open!"
No movement.
She tried another pose.
With her hands crossed: "Surgery Space, open!"
It still didn't work.
She squatted into a horse stance, hands clenched into fists.
"Stop, stop, stop." Kevin couldn't watch anymore and quickly stopped her, approaching Belo Betty, taking her right hand, casually lowering it, and slightly clenching her five fingers: "Don't use such silly poses, and don't shout such silly slogans. You can just say: ROOM! Then capture that special ability within your body."
"ROOM!"
A faint breeze began to swirl in Belo Betty's palm, subtly hinting at the expansion of space.
It quickly dissipated.
But progress was already visible; it was the beginning of success.
"Captain, you're so handsome! How did you even prepare the qualification for me? I don't have to do anything." Belo Betty looked at Kevin with adoration.
Kevin's mouth twitched slightly.
"ROOM"
"ROOM" Belo Betty excitedly experimented with her Ope-Ope no Mi abilities.
"Does Captain Kevin know everything?" Nico Robin couldn't help but quietly ask Gion beside her.
While everyone was still confused, Kevin had already given a wealth of well-founded advice.
Even the details were so perfect.
"Anyway, Kevin is very mysterious; don't delve too deeply," Gion had long since gotten used to it.
Nico Robin nodded: "I understand, I will never try to pry into Captain Kevin's secrets."
"No, I'm afraid that if you observe too much, you might accidentally fall for him."
Nico Robin couldn't help but blush: "I won't."
"That's not necessarily true."
...
...
Kevin moved away from the women.
Staying too long.
His temper was flaring.
"The Ope-Ope no Mi only increased Belo Betty's combat power by less than ten thousand?" Kevin sat alone at the bow of the ship, checking the data.
Doctor: Belo Betty [Paramecia Type - Ope-Ope no Mi user, Combat Power: 17320.]
After training.
860 Belo Betty's strength improved rapidly; before eating the Ope-Ope no Mi, she already had eight thousand combat power.
After eating the Ope-Ope no Mi.
Now, her combat power is over seventeen thousand.
After boarding the ship, Belo Betty was the second person to eat a Devil Fruit after joining the crew.
The first was Gion, who ate the Mythical Zoan-Phoenix Form; at the moment she ate it, her combat power increased by fifty thousand.
That was five times the current boost from the Ope-Ope no Mi.
"The Mythical Zoan-Phoenix Form is very strong, but the upper limit of the Ope-Ope no Mi will not be weaker than other fruits, because it is a Paramecia Type," Kevin estimated this to be the case.
Paramecia Type requires development.
To improve one's mastery of Devil Fruit abilities.
In the initial stage, it cannot compare to the quickly effective Logia and Zoan Type.
The initial increase is not much.
Once development deepens, the improvement will be rapid.
Kevin did not doubt the power of the Ope-Ope no Mi.
He looked forward to Belo Betty's future strength when using the Ope-Ope no Mi.
Yawning.
Kevin stretched, preparing to rest.
They were about to enter the Grand Line.
Such leisurely times would be harder to come by.
"Kevin?"
Gion secretly bypassed the other women, quietly came behind Kevin, sat beside him, and cautiously stretched out her mischievous little hand.
Hiss—
Kevin gasped.
He looked at the bold Gion in astonishment.
It was broad daylight, and everyone was still on the deck.
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