Taro was stunned!
A round, green apple-like shape, with faint white cloud-like patterns on its smooth surface.
It told him clearly that this was a Devil Fruit.
Moreover, it was an Artificial Devil Fruit!
After the metal box was opened, the rich Internal Energy could not be suppressed and rushed toward him.
He didn't believe there was anyone else in this world who possessed Internal Energy!
Dr. Vegapunk really used the blood he had drawn earlier to create an "Internal Energy Form" Devil Fruit!
Taro's heart almost stopped as his arm trembled while removing the glass cover.
He didn't pay attention to the Devil Fruit but first took out the letter.
He had too many doubts in his heart and wanted to figure out how Vegapunk had done it!
"Taro, as you can see, this is a 'Devil Fruit' created using your ability!"
"Ohahaha, were you scared? Rest assured, this is just a product of interest, an 'Object Devil Fruit'!"
"That's right, it's an Artificial Devil Fruit for objects to eat! How about it? Are you surprised?"
"An Artificial Devil Fruit modified for objects to consume, based on the existing principles of letting objects eat Devil Fruits!"
"You are the first user! Are you interested? Come on, try it!"
He wasn't surprised, let alone interested; he was only terrified!
Taro was left dumbfounded by the content on the letter!
He couldn't understand letting objects eat Devil Fruits in the first place, let alone now, when Vegapunk had even created an Artificial Devil Fruit specifically for objects to eat!
Holy shit! Isn't this technology just Heaven-Defying?
The letter was made of a very strange material; the content on the paper would automatically disappear after Taro's gaze swept over it. He tried his best to calm down and continued reading.
"True Devil Fruits integrate 'Devil Power' into the Lineage Factor. Your ability is very special and unheard of, which sparked my intense interest and was the original intention behind creating this fruit."
"Due to certain special reasons, one ability can only produce one Devil Fruit, so Artificial Devil Fruits cannot be mass-produced!"
"My original intention was to create a fruit for human consumption, but unfortunately, your ability seems to have already had other organic carriers besides yourself!"
"Therefore, this 'Object Devil Fruit' was born!"
"This is truly strange!"
Lineage Factor, Taro had some recollection of it.
It roughly means that after eating a Devil Fruit, in the world of One Piece, a DNA-like spiral structure called the "Blueprint of Life" would disintegrate.
It would recombine after integrating "Devil Power," eventually allowing the person's body to gain the corresponding ability.
For example, with the Mera Mera no Mi, Ace himself is fire, rather than just producing fire.
The Gomu Gomu no Mi makes Luffy's entire body, even his dick, made of rubber!
But Taro's body hadn't become Internal Energy; his body was still flesh and blood!
Internal Energy only expanded his Meridians and tempered his physical body!
What puzzled Taro even more was that Vegapunk said his Internal Energy had other organic carriers.
This meant that some person or other creature had also obtained his Internal Energy!
It was for this very reason that Vegapunk failed to create a Devil Fruit for humans to eat.
But how was that possible?
Taro couldn't imagine who would have the same Internal Energy as him, or how they would have obtained it.
Something must be wrong!
Taro stood there like a wooden chicken, feeling extremely panicked!
"Establish a connection between your ability, the weapon, and this fruit. Find the same 'Wavelength Frequency,' and your weapon will 'eat' this Devil Fruit!"
"Don't worry about what a technical term like 'Wavelength Frequency' means; just do it."
Taro curled his lip at this. Stop looking down on people!
Chopper's Rumble Ball works by changing the wavelength to achieve different levels of transformation. You think I don't know that?
Okay, I really don't!
Isn't "Wavelength" something only Zoan-type Devil Fruits have?
"This was inspired by your learning ability. I know there's a type of magical Baboon in the Kuraigana Kingdom that possesses the same amazing learning ability as you!"
"So, I treated your ability as a Zoan-type Devil Fruit! Sure enough, I got an Artificial Devil Fruit like this!"
Fuck! Baboons again!
Damn you!
I have absolutely nothing to do with those damn Baboons!
"After explaining so much, have you tried it yet? Hurry up and try it. I have more to say to you afterward!"
The words in the letter came to a temporary end here.
Taro furrowed his brows and thought for a long time before putting the letter aside and taking out the Devil Fruit.
It felt warm to the touch and seemed to resonate, causing the Internal Energy throughout his body to fluctuate, and the cloud patterns on the fruit's surface began to flow slowly.
Taro hesitated for a moment, drew thunderstorm, channeled his Internal Energy into the blade, and slowly approached the Devil Fruit.
Two strands of Internal Energy extended from the blade and the fruit, intertwining like two tentacles, touching and then quickly retracting.
After trying a few times, Taro realized that he probably hadn't found the so-called "Wavelength Frequency."
Then he gradually increased the infusion of Internal Energy.
As the Internal Energy continued to pour in, the blade of thunderstorm trembled slowly, and the Internal Energy leaking from the fruit surged as if boiling.
"Buzz~"
At the moment when the vibrations of the two Internal Energies reached a certain critical point,
The Internal Energy wrapped around thunderstorm's blade suddenly enveloped the entire Devil Fruit and pulled it onto the edge.
The cyan-white Internal Energy became extremely dense at this moment, as if a green apple had grown on the tip of the blade!
Then, the blade "ate" the apple!
The "green apple" slid along the blade from the tip, slowly moving toward the hilt.
thunderstorm no longer needed new Internal Energy infusion; it trembled and slipped from his hand, suspended in front of him.
Taro watched this scene dumbfounded.
Is this how objects "eat" Devil Fruits?
He felt that thunderstorm's way of "eating" was definitely different from Crocodile's subordinate's "Lassoo" or Spandam's "Funkfreed"!
The "green apple" grew smaller and smaller, and by the time it slid to the end of the hilt, only a tiny speck of light remained.
"Buzz~"
thunderstorm's blade shook violently and then stopped vibrating, falling down. Taro grabbed it.
[Homologous Internal Energy detected, automatic link established]
The moment he gripped the hilt, the System's notification also sounded.
Immediately after, Taro felt his vision go dark, and his consciousness sank into darkness. After a slight daze,
He realized his consciousness was now inside thunderstorm's blade. Cyan-white Internal Energy surged continuously within the blade, outlining blood vessel-like pathways.
Internal Energy began to flow through these pathways, gradually assimilating the blade's material into the form of Internal Energy.
[Internal Energy Minor Orbit automatic operation successful, host consciousness exiting]
Afterward, Taro's vision cleared, and his consciousness was restored.
Clear dewdrops slightly seeped from the dark red blade of thunderstorm in his hand, and the back of the blade was surrounded by cyan mist.
The surging Internal Energy contained within the blade continuously poured out.
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