The sea wind howled, the sky was clear for thousands of miles, listening to the cries of seagulls, and feeling the salty sea breeze, Pain felt that the weather in this world seemed to be beautiful every day, unchanging. But no matter how beautiful the scenery, if you look at it for a long time, you will feel that the whole world is like this.
Since setting sail, Pain and Reno had been drifting at sea for over half a month, passing through Ancient Island and Drum Kingdom along the way.
Except for Reno resupplying once in Drum Kingdom, the rest of the time they were drifting at sea. Facing the endless ocean, Pain also realized that in this world, which is basically navigated by sea, he still needed to slowly adapt.
And in this half month, Pain was not idle. With daily Cultivate, his Chakra volume finally reached the standard of a Special Jonin as he measured it in his original world.
"If I remember correctly, we should reach Alabasta in about half a day, Pain... What do you need me to do when we reach our destination?" Reno asked.
"Use your ability to quickly find out where Crocodileis. I need his body," Pain replied.
"Need his body?"
"For what?" Reno asked curiously.
"One of my abilities requires a corpse to carry a Move. Ordinary corpses are not very useful to me. Crocodile's body has Devil Fruit abilities, so I plan to use his corpse to perform the Move," Pain explained.
"Corpse?"
"So, you're going to kill Crocodile?"
"As far as I know, if Crocodile dies, his Devil Fruitpower will disappear, and the Suna Suna no Mi will reappear in this world, not remain in the corpse..."
"A corpse that has lost its Devil Fruit energy will still become an ordinary corpse, seemingly useless to you?... Can your Move be performed on a living person?"
Reno raised his questions following Pain's inquiry. Hearing Reno's questions, Pain was momentarily stunned. Pain had never thought that the Devil Fruitwould disappear after the death of its Ability Userand form a new Devil Fruit again.
"If that's the case, what should I do?"
After Reno's reminder, Pain realized that he seemed to have oversimplified things. This unexpected turn of events left Pain at a loss for a moment. To solve this problem, he apparently needed to first understand the characteristics of Devil Fruits.
"What are the characteristics of Devil Fruits?... We still have time; tell me in detail..."
Reno knew that what Pain lacked now was this knowledge, so he patiently explained, "Devil Fruits are called the secret treasures of the sea, with a market price of at least one hundred million Berries or more."
"It is the Incarnation of the sea Devil. After eating it, one will gain different abilities, but as a price, the eater will be hated by the sea and become a landlubber."
"The most expensive Devil Fruit is the Ope-Ope no Mi, valued at 5 billion Berries."
At this moment, Reno once again acted as a narrator of the New World, patiently popularizing the knowledge of the Pirate King world with Pain.
"Devil Fruit abilities are divided into three major categories."
"Paramecia, Zoan (including two rare Mythical Zoanand Ancient Zoan types), Logia (the strongest type of Devil Fruit). Devil Fruit abilities do not repeat. Also, when the original Fruit owner dies, such Fruits will continue to reappear."
"The shape of a Devil Fruit is like a common fruit (such as bananas, cantaloupes, etc.) — unlike regular fruits, from the peel to the pulp, they are covered with spiral patterns."
"The Flash-Flash Fruit I ate had an extremely unbearable taste. When not consumed, Devil Fruits seem to be able to be preserved indefinitely."
"Only by eating the first bite after cutting it open will one gain the Fruit's ability; those who share it afterward will not experience any change."
"Ability Users will have different weaknesses due to different abilities. For example, sand cannot scatter when it touches liquid, lightning is ineffective against Gum-Gum, candles are not afraid of venom, and magma burns out flames, and so on."
"This can have a huge impact in the battles of Ability Users. Some Ability Users, when unconscious, will lose the effectiveness of the abilities they had originally cast on other people and objects."
"All Devil Fruits are unique; there are no Fruits with the same ability 'at the same time', only Fruits with similar abilities."
"For example: the Mera Mera no Mi and the Heat-Heat Fruit, my Flash-Flash Fruit and Admiral Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit... Unless the Ability User dies, the Devil Fruit he once ate will reappear... When an Ability User uses their ability, their body, clothing, and accessories will all change with it..."
"The Devil Fruit Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia that records various Devil Fruits. I once had the privilege of reading it, and it contains many astonishing Fruit abilities."
"Besides these naturally occurring Devil Fruits, there are also artificial Devil Fruits... Artificial Devil Fruits are imitations of Devil Fruits created by humans through high-tech research on lineage factors, thereby mimicking the performance of real Devil Fruits."
"Unlike ordinary Devil Fruits, from the peel to the pulp, they are not covered with 'arabesque' spiral patterns, but with donut-shaped circular patterns."
"In the earliest days, Dr. Vegapunk attempted to create artificial Devil Fruits, but ultimately failed. The only failed product was placed in the Punk Hazardlaboratory (later eaten by Momonosuke)... Former Marine scientist Caesar Clown used Dr. Vegapunk's past research data to forge a production material called 'SAD', and then developed 'Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits 'SMILE'', and conducted extremely cruel experiments..."
"At the same time, these artificial Devil Fruits were secretly sold in large quantities to people in the dark shadows... Straw Hat Luffy ate the Paramecia Devil Fruit 'Gum-Gum Fruit'..."
At this point, Reno had actually finished explaining everything he knew about Devil Fruits.
However, within the abilities of Devil Fruits, there is a higher Realm hidden, a power called "Awakening." Only a few Devil Fruit Ability Users can unlock the Realm of Awakening, and Awakening is often accompanied by powerful strength.
Among them, the abilities and effects of "Paramecia," "Zoan," and "Logia" Awakening states are different, but no "Logia" Ability User has yet unlocked the ability of Awakening.
Once a Paramecia ability rarely Awakens, it can affect things "other than the Ability User's own body," allowing surrounding objects to become part of one's ability, making one's ability stronger, and expanding its range and effect.
Donquixote Doflamingo's "String-String Fruit," when Awakened, gains the ability to "turn surrounding objects into strings," capable of transforming the ground, houses, or rocks into threads, allowing a wave-like deluge of threads to kill opponents. Charlotte Katakuri's "Mochi-Mochi Fruit," when Awakened, gains the ability to "turn surrounding objects into mochi-like substance," capable of transforming the ground, houses, or rocks into mochi paste, allowing a wave-like deluge of mochi paste to restrain opponents.
Douglas Bullet's "Body Integration Fruit," when Awakened, further expands the range of Body Integration substances.
Once a Zoan ability rarely Awakens, it will possess a "powerful physique," as well as "tenacious vitality" and "recovery power" that allows it to stand up no matter how many times it is knocked down, and it will also possess abnormal strength and attack power. There are 5 examples of Zoan Awakening, but their Fruit names are unknown.
The names of Devil Fruits come from "fruits," but the growing location of Devil Fruits is still unknown, as is how Devil Fruits are harvested. The original work has never shown any "trees" or similar plants that grow Devil Fruits, and no one has even seen such trees or plants.
Although the Fruit can grant powerful abilities to the eater, it also brings a significant side effect: the inability to swim.
Regardless of whether the Ability User could originally swim, after consuming a Devil Fruit, the Ability User will be rejected by the sea and will be a "landlubber" for the rest of his life. As long as they are immersed in a certain amount of seawater, or even just touch a little seawater but for too long, the Ability User will become completely powerless.
At the same time, garbage soaked in seawater or items like sea salt heavy metals will also render the Ability User powerless. Besides seawater, ordinary water, rivers, or hot springs covering half the body also have similar effects; it can be said that "any place where water accumulates will affect the Ability User."
Therefore, when an Ability User goes into the water, they must bring a swimming ring or other floating device. When bathing or soaking in hot springs, they must also be careful not to soak for too long to avoid drowning. However, rain or getting wet in the rain will not have any effect on the Ability User.
The main reason is that water contains the active ingredient of Sea Stone, PYROBROIN (gabbro). Although the content of Sea Stone PYROBROIN is not as dense, it also causes the Ability User to be powerless, so they cannot swim.
Note: Seawater can only make the Ability Userpowerless, to the extent that they cannot swim and cannot actively use their abilities.
But seawater cannot make the Ability User lose their abilities. Nor can it control the abilities released by the Ability User.
For example:
1. In Cocoyasi Village, when Luffy was knocked into the water by Arlong, Luffy's neck was stretched out of the water to breathe. The fact that his neck could be stretched indicates that his ability was still present, just that he couldn't actively use it.
2. On the way to Fish-Man Island, Luffy used his ability inside a bubble membrane. When his hand touched seawater, he only said he had no strength.
3. When Aokiji's hand touched seawater or he fell into the sea, the sea would freeze.
Because they lack the strength to swim, ordinary people would naturally drown in water. However, if a Fishman eats a Devil Fruit, since Fishmen can breathe underwater, they won't drown, but they will still be powerless, which is why Fishman Ability Users also use bubble membranes.
These Logia Ability Users fear Sea Stone the most. As the name suggests, it possesses the same abilities as the sea and can be understood as solid sea, but its actual effect surpasses the sea. Sea Stone is the true bane of all Ability Users, not only rendering them powerless but also temporarily turning them into ordinary people.
Whether it's Logia, Paramecia, or Zoan, it's all the same, which is why Ace had to wear Sea Stonehandcuffs during his execution. Products created by Fruit abilities (such as products of the Candle-Candle Fruit or Venom-Venom Fruit) cannot be erased by either Sea Stone or the sea.
(For example, Doflamingo's Birdcage does not disappear when it touches Sea Stone.) The zombies created by the Shadow-Shadow Fruit's ability are not shadows created by the Fruit, but shadows cut from people, so seawater (salt) will be effective.
These two situations are different.
Because many people misunderstand this, it is specially explained. Depending on individual physical fitness, the impact of Sea Stone also varies.
Some people instantly collapse upon merely touching Sea Stone, while others can Move like ordinary people even while wearing Sea Stone handcuffs. But this is only resistance to the side effect of powerlessness; it cannot prevent Sea Stone from sealing abilities.
Speaking of which, Armament Haki is also worth mentioning. Armament Haki is mainly used to touch the physical bodies of Logia Ability Users and attack special Paramecia, as well as to enhance one's own attack and defense. Armament Haki cannot control an Ability User's abilities, nor can it prevent an Ability User from activating their abilities.
Note: If Armament Haki is not strong enough, it cannot capture Logia users.
Devil Fruits have the alias "Incarnation of the Sea Devil," which fully reflects the common perception that the powerful abilities of Fruit Ability Users are simply devil-like. However, it must be noted that precisely because the Fruit is the Incarnation of a Devil, a person can only consume one at most, possessing one ability; if one consumes more than one Fruit out of greed for abilities, the body will explode due to being unable to withstand the energy.
However, an exception is Blackbeard "Marshall D. Teach," who obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit from Whitebeard's corpse, thus becoming a Devil FruitAbility User with two abilities, the reason for which remains ultimately unknown.
It is speculated that he used the "Dark-Dark Fruit" Move - "Black Hole" to devour the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but the truth remains ultimately unknown (this book has a new explanation). Two years after the Marineford War, the Blackbeard Pirates began an operation called "Ability UserHunting," using unknown mysterious methods to seize the Devil Fruit abilities from the corpses of Ability Users.
And in this book, the ultimate enemy will also be the Blackbeard Pirates. In the Pirate King world, Wapol, the Ability User of the "gluttony-gluttony fruit," can fuse with and use the ability of a Devil Fruit Ability User after devouring them. Wapol's ability will also become one of the protagonist's corpse abilities in this book.
Marine scientist Dr. Vegapunk, through high technology, has given Devil Fruits various extended uses and widely applied them to Marine weapons.
He conveyed the conditions related to Devil Fruitconsumption. He made inanimate objects (such as guns, swords, cannons) consume Devil Fruits. He installed Admiral Kizaru Borsalino's laser on the Pacifista, bringing the Glint-Glint Fruit back to machinery.
He discovered "lineage factors," which Caesar Clownused to create "SAD." Chopper of the Straw Hat Pirates discovered a potent drug that could disrupt Devil Fruit wavelengths - "Rumble Ball," thereby discovering new transformed states of the "Human-Human Fruit." Besides the three major types, Devil Fruits have also been researched by Ability Users themselves to find very special methods of use. Paramecia Devil Fruits grant the eater's body special abilities.
Their ability types are diverse; it can be said that all Fruits other than Logia and Zoan can be classified into this system.
Paramecia abilities can be divided into five categories: superpower, superhuman body, creation, localized anomaly, and control.
Superpower: Such as the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Ope-Ope no Mi, possessing true superpowers.
Superhuman Body: Such as the Gum-Gum Fruit, Spring-Spring Fruit, which can transform one's body into a special substance or object, also divided into active and passive.
Creation: Such as the Melt-Melt Fruit, Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit, which can create objects or substances through the body.
Localized Anomaly: Such as the Paw-Paw Fruit, gluttony-gluttony fruit, where a specific part of the body is endowed with an ability.
Control: Such as the Stone-Stone Fruit, Gold-Gold Fruit, which can freely control designated substances.
Pain listened carefully to Reno's explanation, gaining a completely new understanding of Devil Fruits. At the same time, he was seriously considering how to ensure that the Devil Fruit's power would not be lost while still being able to use the Ability User's corpse...