A powerful Devil Fruit, of course, should be eaten by someone with high talent.
For people like Hina and Sonoko, who hadn't even become Ninjas in the Naruto World, their talent was just so-so.
Giving them a Devil Fruit for survival was basically enough.
If you gave a top-tier fruit like the Magma-Magma Fruit to them, they wouldn't be able to develop it very strongly anyway.
The same went for the newer players who had just started learning combat techniques, like Kei, Moeha, and the Nakano four sisters.
They needed time to settle and build a foundation, not to eat a top-tier fruit right away.
To develop the Magma-Magma Fruit's potential to its limit, they naturally had to choose from among the best of the women.
"Makoto-kun, how about letting Ran eat it?"
Sonoko immediately recommended her best friend.
What Sonoko said also made sense… Ran's strength indeed ranked in the top tier among the female players on the ship.
Excluding the outlier that was Nayuta, currently only Reze could steadily beat Ran.
Even Kotonoha, who had recently gained the power of the Katana Devil, was no match for Ran in terms of pure strength.
After all, Ran was a veteran player who had followed Makoto since the Naruto World. Her karate foundation, combined with Chakra Training, plus the Eight Gates and basic Haki she had been diligently practicing recently, placed her firmly in the top three in terms of overall combat power among this group of female players.
However, Ran chose to refuse.
"No need, Makoto-kun."
"I haven't fully mastered the Eight Gates or Haki yet, and besides..."
Ran looked at the Magma-Magma Fruit and shook her head.
"This thing doesn't feel like it suits me."
Makoto nodded. "Ran is right."
The Eight Gates, plus the three types of Haki… even if she only mastered two types of Haki, that would be enough to make Mouri Ran a Kage-level powerhouse.
There was really no need to add a Magma-Magma Fruit... it would just be gilding the lily.
"Then... how about letting Utaha eat it?"
Megumi's voice was gentle.
Megumi also knew she wasn't suitable for the Magma-Magma Fruit… she was a pure assassin type. Magma, an element that sounded very violent, didn't match her at all.
But Utaha was different.
Utaha could be considered highly talented among the very first batch of players.
Although in the real world she spent a lot of time on writing and was a bit lazy in her training, relying on her excellent talent, she was extremely skilled in Shurikenjutsu, and through years of hard practice, she had also learned the Rasengan.
Megumi felt that Utaha should be able to handle the Magma-Magma Fruit.
However, Makoto thought for a moment and still shook his head.
"Utaha's combat style doesn't match the Magma-Magma Fruit."
Utaha's combat style was a bit like a weakened fusion of the Uchiha Clan and Minato… Shuriken, Body Flicker, Rasengan… emphasizing skill and rhythm.
In other words, a technical style.
The Magma-Magma Fruit, on the other hand, was an undisputed violent power style.
One punch to blast through and burn everything.
The styles didn't match at all.
"What do you think, Utaha?"
Makoto asked.
Utaha flipped her hair. "Yeah, I understand."
Makoto looked at her, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned. "Later, when we go back to the Naruto World, I'll get you a pair of Sharingan."
He felt that the Sharingan was the most suitable power-up for Utaha.
After all, what she had practiced best in the Naruto World was Shurikenjutsu, paired with the Sharingan's dynamic vision and hypnotic ability… it was a match made in heaven.
It was just that during the night of the Uchiha Clan's annihilation, Utaha hadn't arrived yet, and her relationship with Makoto wasn't like that, so he hadn't gotten them for her.
Moreover, in that situation, Makoto himself was in a life-or-death gamble and only got Fugaku's Mangekyo by a stroke of incredible luck, so asking him to get several more pairs was beyond him.
But it didn't matter.
Aren't Itachi and Obito's still available?
Although Itachi's eyes were already taken by him, he believed Obito didn't have spare to give to Itachi.
When the time comes, he could take those two's eyes and install them for Utaha.
"That might take quite a while, though."
Utaha said with a smile.
Conquering the One Piece World was still a long way off, let alone returning to the Naruto World.
"What's there to fear? It's only a matter of time."
Makoto's tone was calm. "I'm definitely not going to let any of you die."
At these words, Utaha, Alice, and the others couldn't help but feel their hearts pound.
'That stinky man, how does he know how to flirt so well?'
The smile on Utaha's face grew sweeter.
She walked over to Makoto with her long legs in black stockings, three steps in two, and jumped into his arms for a bear hug, then planted a firm kiss on his cheek.
"Alright, alright, we're talking about serious matters."
Makoto patted her back.
Back to the topic.
After this analysis, there weren't many candidates suitable for eating the Magma-Magma Fruit.
Finally, Makoto turned his head to look at the other side.
"Yotsuba, you eat it."
Makoto's gaze swept past everyone and landed on the Nakano quintuplets huddled together behind him.
"Huh? Me?"
Yotsuba pointed at herself, her face full of disbelief.
Ever since returning from the Chainsaw Man World, she had been training with Makoto and the others, and not long ago had truly become Makoto's woman.
But she never imagined that Makoto would give the first powerful fruit he obtained to her.
After all, she had only become Mrs. Nishikawa a few days ago... her seniority was too shallow.
It wasn't just Yotsuba... the four sisters beside her were also shocked.
None of them thought it would be Yotsuba's turn, no matter how they figured it.
"No, wait, why?"
Nino asked incredulously.
Makoto looked at Yotsuba, then at the other four sisters, and calmly spoke, "Yotsuba is the most suitable."
To avoid any objections from the other girls, Makoto specifically explained.
He had seen it earlier when Yotsuba and Ran were training together. She was a close-combat type, just like Ran.
But compared to Ran, who was well-balanced in all aspects, Yotsuba's talent was more concentrated on strength and defense.
She wasn't very good at brains or technique.
To be precise, none of the Nakano quintuplets were good in that area… after all, they were the kind of miraculous sisters who could only score one hundred points when all five of them took the test together.
And Yotsuba's intelligence ranked at the bottom among the five sisters.
Thus, the pure attack-type Magma-Magma Fruit suited this dullard perfectly.
Although it felt slightly incongruous for a cute girl like Yotsuba to use the Magma-Magma Fruit… mainly because the original work left such a deep impression on Makoto, it felt like this kind of Devil Fruit should be used by a tough guy like Akainu.
But so what?
He'll give it to whoever he wants.
Originally, Makoto planned to wait until they returned to the Naruto World and have Yotsuba learn from Tsunade.
But since a suitable option was available now, he'd just go with it directly.
Moreover, with Yotsuba's brain, it felt like it would be difficult for her to learn technical things like Medical Ninjutsu and the Chakra Enhanced Strength.
Nino gaped at her fourth sister, who had been hit by this pie falling from the sky.
No, this wasn't just a pie falling… it was a solid gold brick.
At this moment, not only Nino, but the other three sisters also had complicated feelings.
They had already felt a bit complicated when Yotsuba became the first among the five sisters to become Mrs. Nishikawa.
Now that she had received a top-tier Devil Fruit, they felt even worse.
It wasn't exactly jealousy, but an inexplicable... discomfort.
'Sister, we're happy that you're doing well, but isn't this a bit too well?'
"Makoto-kun, why didn't you ask us?"
Airi pouted, looking displeased.
Beside her, Marina also looked a little aggrieved, her lips slightly puckered.
It was no wonder the Aizono sisters were unhappy… they were the ones who had done that with Makoto first, yet he hadn't even asked them.