Previously, Kyoya had obtained an Asauchi, which was equivalent to acquiring a Devil Fruit.
Using it meant 'consuming' the Devil Fruit and becoming a Devil Fruit User.
However, the specific Devil Fruit Ability had to be drawn from the One Piece Achievement System.
Well, that's just how the system works.
Shaking his head inwardly, Kyoya didn't hesitate.
This was the first gold-tier achievement he had obtained after receiving the faction starter pack.
From the faction starter pack, he had gotten the Observation Haki.
Given that, the Devil Fruit Ability he was about to draw this time should also be quite powerful.
According to the rules of the two worlds, the Spirit within the Asauchi he had previously chosen was the one with the strongest spiritual resonance among all the Asauchi he could sense.
Correspondingly, in the judgment of the One Piece Achievement System, the Devil Fruit Ability he was about to obtain must undoubtedly be among the top-tier ones.
'Claim the achievement reward!'
Following Kyoya's thoughts, the golden orb transformed into the shape of a fruit, shifting rapidly.
Purple bananas, blue pineapples, orange apples, yellow bananas, pink twin fruits...
Kyoya recognized some of these Devil Fruits, but most were versions he had never seen before.
The ones he didn't recognize were hard to judge, but among those he did, every single one was a formidable Devil Fruit.
Logia-type: Goro Goro no Mi, Logia-type: Mera Mera no Mi, Logia-type: Pika Pika no Mi…
Paramecia-type: Bari Bari no Mi, Paramecia-type: Gura Gura no Mi, Paramecia-type: Memo Memo no Mi…
Zoan-type: Ancient Zoan - Ryu Ryu no Mi Model: Pteranodon, Zoan-type: Mythical Zoan - Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Phoenix, Zoan-type: Mythical Zoan - Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu…
The closer the orb got to the Asauchi, the faster it transformed.
By the end, even Kyoya couldn't make out the shapes of the Devil Fruits anymore.
Kyoya had a feeling that the moment the Devil Fruit Ability merged with the Spirit inside the Asauchi, whatever Devil Fruit appeared at that instant would determine the ability he obtained..
[Bzzz-]
At a certain moment, the golden light merged with the Spirit within the Asauchi resting on Kyoya's lap.
In an instant, under Kyoya's observation Haki, the blue Spirit that was hit by the light instantly turned into a blinding golden light.
'What ability is it?'
Kyoya raised his hands, trying to shield himself from the dazzling radiance.
But unfortunately, the light erupted from within his very soul, so no matter how he crossed his arms in front of his face, he couldn't block out the brilliance.
[Ding. Congratulations, Host. You have consumed a Devil Fruit and become a Light Human.]
'Light Human?'
Hearing the system's notification, Kyoya's heart surged with joy.
Light Human, this is the ability of the Logia-type Pika Pika no Mi.
In the One Piece World, the one who ate the Pika Pika no Mi and became a Light Human was none other than Admiral Kizaru, Borsalino, one of the Marine's Three Admirals!
As if sensing Kyoya's thoughts, the Spirit within his Asauchi suddenly morphed into a man dressed in a yellow-and-white striped suit, draped in a Marine's Justice Cloak, with an unmistakably sleazy face.
"Kizaru… Borsalino!"
The moment Kyoya uttered that name, he suddenly felt the environment around him undergo a drastic change.
Blue skies, white clouds, lush greenery, and towering white structures.
And on the walls, the unmistakable seagull emblem.
"This is… Marine Headquarters, Marineford!"
After taking a quick look around, Kyoya immediately realized this was the Marine Headquarters in the One Piece World.
'Wait, wasn't I in the Bleach World?'
'How had I suddenly ended up at Marineford in the One Piece World?'
However, Kyoya quickly understood.
'This must be the inner world connecting me to my Zanpakuto.'
'If this were the real Marineford, it would be guarded by tens of thousands of Marines at all times.'
'But right now, aside from myself, the place was completely deserted.
'No… that wasn't entirely accurate.'
Kyoya looked up and saw a man wearing a Marine's Justice Cloak sitting on a stone chair on the steps behind the execution platform of Marineford.
Swish-
Under Kyoya's gaze, the figure emitted a golden glow.
In the next instant, a lazy and somewhat punchable voice sounded from behind Kyoya.
"Yare yare…"
"I wasn't even planning to tell you my name yet, and you've already said it."
"Now that's… really troublesome…"
Kyoya immediately turned around and saw Kizaru Borsalino, materialized from golden light!
"So it really is you!"
Kyoya exclaimed in surprise.
From Borsalino's tone, Kyoya could tell that this Spirit born from his Zanpakuto likely carried the memories of the Marine Admiral from his own recollections.
In the One Piece World, Devil Fruits were miracles born from human imagination, each containing the [Will of the Devil].
This [Will of the Devil] was essentially the collective expectations and fantasies people held about that power.
To awaken a Devil Fruit's full potential, its user needed a 'Will' strong enough to withstand and completely master this collective will.
In the Bleach World, Devil Fruit's abilities had transformed into Zanpakuto's abilities.
And the [Will of the Devil] had become the Spirit of the Zanpakutō.
However, Kyoya never expected that this Spirit would be none other than Borsalino himself!
"What an interesting world~"
Borsalino's yellow-tinted glasses gleamed with a flash of white light.
"Zanpakuto… born from the soul of a Shinigami, sharing their birth and their demise…"
"I thought I could slack off for a while, but before I even got to rest, you went and called my name~"
In the Bleach World, power stemmed from the soul.
And a name was the manifestation of that soul.
In other words, in the Bleach World… names were power itself!
A Shinigami's Zanpakuto was the purest embodiment of this rule.
By communing with their Zanpakuto and learning its true name, a Shinigami could call upon its power by invoking that name!
Kyoya's current Reiryoku is only at the 8th-class.
To achieve even the initial Shikai of a Zanpakuto, one needed at least 6th-class Reiryoku.
Originally, Borsalino had assumed it would take Kyoya five, maybe even ten years to grow strong enough to release his Zanpakuto.
After all, with Kyoya's current level of Reiryoku, even if Borsalino wanted to tell him his name, Kyoya wouldn't be able to hear it clearly.
But to his surprise, the moment he was born, Kyoya had already spoken his name.
Thus, a paradox emerged.
Though Kyoya's Reiryoku wasn't yet sufficient to perform his Zanpakuto's Shikai, he had technically completed the first stage of Zanpakuto Training!