After a turbulent night, dawn would break before long.
Outside the cabin, after going through a battle, Jake sat on the deck without a hint of sleepiness, working hard to explore his abilities.
Superpowers—this is every boy's childhood dream.
When we were young, we all wanted to have superpowers, then punish the wicked and uphold justice, becoming great heroes and superheroes.
Now, having gained superpowers, Jake felt like he'd won a fifty-million lottery—so excited there was no way he could sleep.
A white air shield condensed on his fist. As the power leaked out, tiny cracks appeared in the air, lightning burst from his palm, then was absorbed by his other hand.
Not only that, Jake's skin had become exceptionally smooth, and his body could stretch freely like rubber.
After some exploration, Jake finally summarized his abilities. This fruit could be named the Yin-Yang Six Paths Fruit—though of course, this was Jake's own joke. The correct name should be the Purple Mood Fruit.
The Deva Path's ability was to trigger vibrations. The degree, range, and power of the vibrations could be freely adjusted, capable of shattering the earth, shaking the atmosphere, splitting the sea, making the sky tremble, and triggering great tsunamis and earthquakes.
Of course, its current power was much weaker than the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
The Asura Path's ability was to freely manipulate and release high-voltage electrical currents for attack, as well as control magnetic force.
The discharge ability was certainly inferior to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and couldn't achieve elemental transformation, but its current power was enough to ionize air, allowing it to travel through the air and hit enemies.
The Preta Path's ability was energy absorption—also a charging ability. It could absorb various types of energy and convert them into physical stamina, such as kinetic energy, light energy, electrical energy, heat energy, slashing attacks, shockwaves, and impacts, but not limited to these.
The absorbed energy could restore one's stamina, endurance, and recovery power. Energy absorption could also form a certain defensive capability.
The absorption ability wasn't invincible. The efficiency of energy absorption and the body's energy storage had upper limits. When facing excessively powerful attacks that couldn't be fully absorbed, Jake could still be injured. Absorbing too much energy beyond the tolerance limit could also hurt Jake.
The absorption ability was similar to the Marvel Comics X-Men villain, Sebastian Shaw the Black King, but Jake could only absorb and convert it to stamina and accelerate wound healing—he couldn't redirect the absorbed energy back as an attack.
The Human Path's ability was a silicone body. Yes, you heard that right—a silicone body, not a rubber body. After all, when making certain things, silicone is used, not rubber.
The silicone body turned Jake's body into silicone, including internal organs, skin, and teeth. It could stretch and rebound to a certain degree. Compared to rubber, silicone might have less elasticity, but it had better wear resistance and better temperature adaptability, able to withstand temperatures from minus 100 to over 300 degrees without deformation.
The silicone body also had derivative abilities. Silicone possessed transparency properties—by adjusting the silicone, it could achieve 100% light transmission, making the body transparent and allowing invisibility.
The Animal Path's ability was similar to the Smooth-Smooth Fruit—it made the body emit a transparent, liquid-like aura. This aura could make anything it touched become smooth. The skin would become incredibly smooth, able to slide away anything it contacted, allowing frictionless movement, while also providing the cosmetic effect of turning an ugly man into a devastatingly handsome one.
The Hell Path's ability was gear enhancement. Like a certain recreational toy, it could increase one's strength, speed, and attack power by adjusting gears.
With Jake's current development of the fruit, he could only reach second gear. In second gear state, Jake's attributes could be enhanced by at least tenfold.
As he developed the fruit further, Jake believed there were higher gears. Upon reaching awakening, perhaps even fifth gear was possible.
As for the seventh path beyond the Six Paths—the Outer Path—Jake didn't know if it existed. This would require him to become stronger and develop the fruit's abilities further.
In summary, Devil Fruits were manifestations of human desire, and this fruit was practically a manifestation of human sexual desire.
Why this fruit had chosen him, Jake didn't understand, but he didn't consider himself that kind of indulgent person.
Creak!
Just as Jake was exploring his abilities, the cabin door opened, and Nami walked out, saying to him, "Jake, come inside for a moment."
"Oh!"
Having had last night's experience and knowing the girl needed to relieve herself again, Jake acknowledged and stood up from the deck, obediently walking into the cabin.
The same process—the door closed, but this time there was no combination staff blocking it.
However, Jake wouldn't push the door open to peek anyway.
Soon, the sound of trickling water came from outside—sss-sss-sss, splash-splash-splash.
Hearing the water sounds again, his heart rate increased, but not as severely as last night. This confirmed Jake's thoughts.
The reason his heart had pounded so hard last night, nearly making him pass out, was all because his just-transmigrated body had mysteriously grown younger, making him too weak.
It wasn't like he'd never seen a woman before—otherwise, he wouldn't have been so pathetic.
Though she trusted Jake, hearing the sound of her own trickling water still made Nami's cheeks flush red. It was really quite shameful.
Quietly waiting for Nami to finish, Jake stopped researching his abilities and instead felt somewhat sleepy. After all, it wouldn't be long before dawn.
Rustling sounds came from outside. The cabin door opened, and Nami walked in carrying Jake's blanket. Jake looked at Nami with some confusion.
"Didn't you want me to stay outside? What do you mean bringing my blanket in?" Jake's eyes conveyed this message to Nami.
Facing Jake's puzzled gaze and that face that had become extraordinarily handsome, the usually cunning and crafty Nami could only say with a tsundere attitude, "It looks cold outside. You still owe me eleven billion berries! If you die, who am I supposed to collect from?"
After saying this, Nami's face also reddened, her heart pounding.
The price had gone up again. Jake looked at Nami with a dumbfounded expression. He felt he shouldn't even look—this debt was simply impossible to repay.
At Jake's bewildered look, Nami pushed him aside, saying irritably, "Move, you're in the way."
Nami took another blanket from her bed and quickly made up a floor bed for Jake.
"Alright, tonight you'll sleep down here." Nami clapped her hands and said.
"Thank you!"
Nami had saved him, and it was also because of Nami that he'd encountered the Devil Fruit. That Nami could trust him made Jake very happy.
"Idiot! Hurry up and sleep!"
With that, Nami burrowed into her own blankets.
With Nami in her blankets and having slept on the deck all last night, Jake was also somewhat tired. Just as he was preparing to lie down and rest, Nami's head popped out from under her covers again.
"You better behave yourself. If you dare try anything…"
As she spoke, Nami pulled out a small dagger from under her blanket, her eyes glancing at Jake's lower body.
"OK, OK, sleep, sleep!" Jake raised his hands in surrender.
As a working person, being able to sleep anytime, anywhere, quickly entering dreamland and replenishing sufficient energy was very important.
Within minutes of lying down, Jake was soon emitting soft snores.
Hearing Jake's even snoring, Nami, buried under her blankets on the bed, let out a long breath, and her pounding heartbeat calmed down somewhat.
When she had walked through the door carrying Jake's blanket, Nami had already felt some regret, as if she'd been possessed by something.
Though, though, Jake really did look good now.
The oil lamp on the counter hadn't been extinguished. Nami quietly poked her head out and looked at Jake's face.
Compared to yesterday, Jake's features had become more three-dimensional and more harmonious. From any angle, they were in perfect golden ratio.
His skin had become exceptionally smooth and tight, as if covered in a radiant glow.
Under the effect of the Devil Fruit's power, Jake now had the face of a god of beauty.
Just one look and Nami felt her heart pounding wildly. She hurriedly retreated back under her blanket.
"Nami, what's wrong with you? Everyone in the village is still waiting!"
Under her covers, Nami's heart was struggling violently, while Jake, sleeping like a log, had no idea the girl was tossing and turning because of him.
Eyes are on one's face, and without a mirror, Jake had no idea how attractive he'd become.
Nami facing Jake was just like people in this world facing the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock—few could resist that kind of charm.
Just as boys like beautiful girls, girls also like handsome boys. It wasn't Nami's fault for being attracted to Jake—there was no infatuation about it. The pursuit of beautiful things is the most primal instinct of living beings.
Jake had received the Devil Fruit's boost, maxing out his charm stat. That's why Nami was so severely affected—this was entirely the Devil Fruit's effect.
In the end, reason prevailed over the fruit's influence, and Nami extinguished the lamp.
In the darkness, unable to see Jake's face, Nami felt much more relaxed.
"Hm, where's that fragrance coming from!"
A faint sweet scent had somehow appeared in the air. Nami sniffed it, feeling very puzzled.
One could only say Nami was rather unlucky. By letting Jake stay in the cabin, Jake's seventh ability—the Outer Path—had already been silently activating without even Jake himself realizing it.
With the oil lamp extinguished and no light, her mind had cleared considerably, but her body was no longer under her control.
Having been exhausted from the day and having done something major that night, Nami should have been very tired, but she found she couldn't fall asleep no matter what, and her heartbeat was getting faster and faster.
Nights at sea were somewhat cold. Usually the blanket felt just right, but Nami felt increasingly hot—the kind of burning heat that set her whole body aflame.
Time passed bit by bit. At first Nami just kicked off her blanket, but later her body grew hotter and hotter, beads of sweat appearing densely on her forehead and neck.
Instinctively, she began pressing her legs together and rubbing them, her hands gently caressing the fruits on her chest.
One could only say that after eating the Devil Fruit, Jake had become a walking aphrodisiac for women.
Under the fruit's transformation, the scent Jake gave off was a lethal aphrodisiac for women.
In open environments it was fine, but in this enclosed space, the scent would only accumulate more and more.
Nami had been navigating the seas for so many years—she knew about people drugging others. But how could the girl known as the Cat Burglar be easily fooled? Those who wanted to take advantage of her would end up with nothing, left bankrupted by her schemes.
Jake's good behavior over the past two days, plus that handsome face and the way he fell asleep immediately, had successfully lowered Nami's guard.
By the time she was affected by the scent, her mind could no longer think straight.
Having slept poorly on the deck last night, Jake was now lying in warm blankets sleeping like the dead, completely unaware that Nami was about to explode.
...
In his sleep, Jake felt like he was having a nightmare, experiencing sleep paralysis with something heavy pressing on his chest.
"Ah! The air is so stuffy! It's drizzling."
And in the dream, Jake also dreamed of a rainy day. The weather was damp and very muggy. A light drizzle was falling from the sky, and without an umbrella, he felt his face and neck sticky and wet.
"Ah! Strange, why is the rain getting heavier..."
The sky was growing light, a pale white appearing on the horizon. After a night of torment, the surging desire like a flood had finally broken through the dam of reason.
On the floor bedding, Nami lay naked on top of Jake's body. With no experience whatsoever, she relied on instinct to kiss Jake's cheeks and neck, trying to obtain the fluid to extinguish the burning heat in her body.
Jake was sleeping deeply, but with Nami carrying on like this, he was eventually woken up.
Their eyes met, and Jake's brain instantly crashed. What on earth had happened? Why was Nami lying on top of him?
"Nami?"
Nami was covered in sweat, her cheeks so red they seemed ready to drip water, flushed from her neck to her ears. Her watery eyes were filled with mist as she looked at him imploringly.
Before Jake could ask what was going on, his mouth was sealed.
The girl's kissing technique was clumsy, only able to kiss back and forth on his lips, until Jake opened his mouth and the girl's hot little tongue finally found its destination.
The girl's sweet tongue was slippery and hot, carrying a faint tangerine fragrance.
The girl's sweet tongue stirred constantly like a mischievous child. Jake was not to be outdone and responded in kind, the two tongues entwining tightly together.
After a long entanglement, continuously exchanging fluids, just as Jake felt he was about to suffocate, Nami finally released him.
Having successfully obtained from Jake's mouth the nectar she'd long desired, plus the lack of oxygen, Nami finally regained a shred of reason, and Jake also had the chance to appreciate the girl before him.
Due to long-term malnutrition, Nami's figure appeared somewhat slender, but this didn't affect the abundance of the fruits on her chest at all. The large peaches were white with a rosy tint, so tempting, adorned with perky cherries on top that made one want to take a bite.
His gaze moved downward to her flat, toned abdomen below those fruits.
Further down, pristine and flawless—due to the angle, Jake could only see a slightly rounded mound.
Now Jake finally understood why Nami, once she'd grown up, was so fond of wearing bikinis that were practically thongs.
Gulp!
Jake unconsciously swallowed, but he still didn't quite understand the situation. Breathing heavily, he asked, "Nami, what's wrong with you? You're not acting right. Please calm down."
"Jake, I'm so hot, so uncomfortable!"
The girl's gaze was somewhat dazed, but the corners of her eyes were full of desire.
As she spoke, the girl was about to bend down to kiss him. Jake immediately reached out his hands to hold her back.
"Nami, please wait. You need to calm down right now, or you'll regret this."
With such a tempting girl naked before him, to say Jake didn't want to would be a lie—he was already raring to go. But Jake knew he couldn't take advantage of someone in distress.
At Jake's continued resistance, the girl who had held on all night only to finally be consumed by desire couldn't help but cry.
"Jake, I, I'm scared, but I feel so terrible!"
Large teardrops fell from the girl's misty eyes, making her even more pitiable.
A girl's tears are always the sharpest sword, invincible. But from Nami's behavior, Jake could see she was like someone who'd taken a powerful aphrodisiac—there was no other way except that.
"Are you willing?"
Gently refusing twice had already tested Jake's willpower greatly. He wasn't some Liu Xiahui who could sit in a woman's lap without being tempted.
The girl gave her answer, kissing him directly.
Jake wasn't a bottom—how could he let the girl ride on top of him? With one turn, he pressed the girl beneath him.
Quickly removing his clothes, the girl was already prepared, a muddy mess. Mounting his steed, Jake began to gallop.
The sea surface rose and fell, the small boat bobbing up and down on the waves.