The first half of the Grand Line, the cabin of the Conqueror, and Vegapunk's laboratory.
"Vegapunk-chan! Come on, I have a really great idea and I need your help!"
Bako threw herself into Vegapunk's arms, blinking her big eyes and looking at him expectantly.
Vegapunk used both hands to push Bako out of his arms.
"Hey, Ba Ke Er, you're already an old lady, stop using that expression!"
Vegapunk looked disgusted.
"Mo, Vegapunk-chan you are really not cute at all."
Bakoer puffed her lips unhappily and looked at Vegapunk with an expression that said, "Come and coax me."
Vegapunk ignored Bako's deliberate coquettish and cute look and continued to work on the experiment in his hands.
"Tell me what you want my help with."
Vegapunk, wearing a white coat, carefully poured one reagent into another and asked.
"Tsk(；一_一)"
"I need your technique for making objects eat devil fruits."
Bakoer spoke directly to Vegapunk.
After hearing what Bakel said, Vegapunk handed her a document without even turning his head.
"Well, this document has detailed instructions on how to make an object eat a devil fruit. Of course, this is limited to animal-type devil fruit abilities."
After a brief explanation, Vegapunk picked up the reagent with excitement and watched the liquid in the reagent continue to blend.
"Okay, Ba Ke'er, I have to be busy now. If you have nothing to do, don't bother me. If you have any questions, you can go and discuss it with that guy Quinn."
Having said that, Vegapunk completely ignored Bakoer and started concentrating on his own experiments.
Bakel looked at Vegapunk who was working hard, and then looked at the information in his hand.
"Hmph(ノ=Д=)ノ┻━┻"
With a proud snort, Ba Keer opened the door of the laboratory and left.
"Okay, now all we need is a good Devil Fruit ability. Let's go ask Barrett-chan what kind of ability he wants."
After Ba Ke'er finished speaking, she skipped and hummed a song as she headed towards the training room where Barrett was.
In the kitchen of the Conqueror, Ruth was happily humming songs and making various delicious foods.
"Oh, Miss Ruth, you are so cute. Not only are you very pretty, but the red bean soup you make is also so delicious."
A fat and bloated man with a golden ponytail, wearing black striped overalls and a pair of black frog glasses was eating the red bean soup in front of him while praising Ruth.
His eyes were almost filled with love.
"Haha, isn't that a must? I'm the most beautiful woman in the entire Rocks Pirates!"
Ruth said to the man in front of her with great confidence.
"Hahaha! That's right! Miss Rose, you are the most beautiful girl in our pirate group! Not only is your cooking superb, you are even more beautiful! I have completely become your fan!"
"Hahaha! Quinn, I love listening to you talk! Here, this bowl of red bean soup will be your reward!"
Ruth happily gave Quinn another bowl of red bean soup.
"Hehehe, I'm really grateful!"
The kitchen was filled with laughter.
On the deck of the Conqueror, Visa was leisurely drying his herbs.
Sasaki sneaked into a dark corner.
"Enelu, hurry up, create a rain cloud for me and soak all the herbs that bastard Visa gave me!"
Sasaki whispered to Enel who looked reluctant beside him.
"Tsk, my ability is not for you to do this kind of thing."
Eneel growled in dissatisfaction, but he still listened to Sasaki obediently and created a small rain cloud that moved towards Visa's medicinal herbs.
"Huh? Where's Visa?"
However, when Sasaki turned his head to look in the direction of Visa again, he unexpectedly did not see Visa.
"Yo~ Are you looking for me, Sasaki?"
Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Sasaki's forehead.
"Ha, ha, ha, Visa, you are here."
"Weren't you drying herbs there just now?"
Sasaki stuttered as he looked at Visa, his body shuddering slightly.
"Oh~ I just saw a small rain cloud suddenly appear above the herbs I was drying, so I came over to take a look."
Visa brought the foaming Enel in front of Sasaki.
"Then I realized that Enelu seemed to be preparing to play a prank~"
"Visa! It's all Enelu's fault!"
"Really?"
"ah!"
Sasaki's screams suddenly resounded from the deck.
Moria turned his head to look at them curiously, then started fishing again.
"Hehehe, it's such a peaceful day."
Moria said with a sigh.
really.
Unlike the busy and hectic days before, today everyone seems calm.
The whole sea was calm.
There were no ocean storms or pirate attacks.
This caused some members of the Rocks Pirates, who were used to a busy life, to suddenly feel a little uncomfortable.
What's even more amazing is that their captain, Rocks, who always likes to stir up trouble, also disappeared and has been hiding in his room without showing up.
Even Barrett, who usually liked to practice with Jhin, hid in the training room alone and did not come out.
Jhin stood at the bow, constantly practicing his evolved abilities that had evolved from the fusion of his innate abilities.
From time to time, blazing flames would hit the sea as he swung his fists.
"Well, Jin, after your ability was purified, it feels like it has completely escaped the boundaries of ancient abilities and seems to be close to the mythical beast species."
Barbossa sat aside, looking at Cinder, who had completely transformed into a beast, with flames all over his body, like a flaming phoenix, and said with emotion.
"Ah, indeed. Both its strength and speed have completely surpassed its previous Pteranodon form."
Jin felt the power continuously flowing out of his body and was very satisfied.
"Well, why don't you give your ability a name? How about Suzaku?"
Barbossa suddenly said to Jhin.
"Suzaku, according to legend, is a divine bird that controls fire. Your current posture is very similar to that divine bird."
"Suzaku? From now on, I'll be called Suzaku."
Jhin retracted his abilities and returned to human form.
There was a ray of burning flame in the palm of his hand, and he spoke in a low voice.
"Luhuhu, I never thought that devil fruits could evolve. This world is truly magical."
Looking at Cinder with black and red wings and flames burning behind him, Barbossa was filled with emotion.
In the captain's room, Rocks was sitting at the desk, looking at the detailed research report on devil fruits summarized by Vegapunk.
"I didn't expect that the devil fruit could give people all kinds of strange powers in this way. Moreover, the reason why the ability user is called a landlubber is that after eating the devil fruit, a certain gene in the human body is permanently changed."
"As expected of Vegapunk, he is able to research devil fruits to this extent."
Rocks slowly put away the research report.
A purple gravity aura emerged from his palm.
"The awakening of the devil fruit ability?"
“It’s really exciting.”