Above Pirate King - Chapter 135
After the mysterious disappearance of the mask incident, Arthur investigated both inside and outside the house with a curious and dominant attitude.
But he couldn’t find anything!
“Weird, where is the mask?” Arthur sat on the chair in his study, frowning as he murmured.
He was confident that with his abilities, no one could silently take the mask from right under his nose.
However, the mask had indeed vanished without a trace.
No clues whatsoever!
“Could it be some strange devil fruit ability?”
Arthur pondered various explanations in his mind, but he rejected them all, leaving only one explanation that seemed plausible.
Just then, as the sunlight shone, he suddenly noticed that his shadow seemed different!?
The shadow came to life!
In the next moment, the shadow in front of him transformed. It was no longer the one that looked like a culprit from a Conan episode; instead, it became a shadow with a mask, crimson eyes, and a sinister appearance.
“Damn, isn’t that my mask?” Arthur stood up abruptly, exclaiming in astonishment. At the same time, a demonic, stereo-like voice resonated.
“What the heck, shadows can speak?” Arthur was once again surprised, as the shadow echoed the same words he spoke.
Curiosity, confusion, astonishment – various emotions flickered across his face, and finally, he sat back down, stroking his chin, lost in thought.
“Why is this happening?”
“Why is the mask now on the shadow?”
His thoughts couldn’t sense any side effects of the mask within the shadow!
For a moment, various questions flooded his mind.
After contemplating for a long time, he finally arrived at some uncertain answers.
Normally, even if you place the mask on a shadow, nothing would change.
But Arthur’s shadow was abnormal!
It was animated, capable of moving, something between illusion and reality.
And just now, when the sunlight hit it, the mask he casually placed happened to fall on the shadow.
Logically, even if the mask is on the shadow, it wouldn’t be worn unless Arthur activates the animate shadow and wears it.
But the mask originated from the Shadowkhans, inherently carrying the properties of shadows. Shadows interacted with shadows, and this created a special resonance, causing the mask to merge directly with the shadow without being worn.
And thus, it ended up in its current state!
Moreover, since the shadow itself had no emotions or good or evil, it naturally wouldn’t be affected by the mask’s side effects!
Later, Arthur curiously tested the new version of his shadow.
Attack power, yes, it had it!
Though it was only comparable to a private in strength, slightly stronger than an ordinary soldier, but he could summon a hundred shadow ninjas with similar strength!
Defense power, well, it decreased a bit!
Before, it was always in shadow form, impervious to attacks. But now, it had two states – shadow form and physical form. In shadow form, it was similar to before, unable to harm or be harmed by others.
In physical form, punches could land on it, but only in this state, the shadow possessed attack power and could speak.
Both states could be freely switched, but being able to hit it meant it had a weakness, so its defense power was slightly reduced!
Stamina!
Whether it was before or now,
Its stamina was unlimited! Arthur carefully observed the shadow in front of him, growing more satisfied as he looked at it. Though its defense power had decreased a bit, having a physical form allowed it to speak, adding more functionality to the shadow.
“Wait!”
“It can speak!?”
A sudden thought struck Arthur!
When the shadow spoke just now, the mouth of the mask moved, and the voice came from within.
“So, if the mouth can speak, can it eat?”
A daring idea arose in Arthur’s mind!
“Thump thump!”
His heart involuntarily started beating faster, and an excited smile appeared on his face.
He quickly turned his head and took out several boxes from behind the desk.
These boxes contained Devil Fruits!
Among them were the Stone-Stone Fruit, Wood-Wood Fruit, the Friction-Friction Fruit acquired from the Marine, and an unknown Zoan-type Devil Fruit that appeared after Aldebaran and several others killed a group of pirates!
The reason they could determine it was an Zoan-type was that only animals were present in that group of pirates.
After some consideration, Arthur excluded the unknown Zoan-type Devil Fruit!
He didn’t want to take any chances!
Then, he set aside the Stone-Stone Fruit.
There was no way around it; the Stone-Stone Fruit was a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit and heavily relied on the environment!
Once the surrounding environment lacked rocks, its combat power would immediately drop by thirty percent!
In the end, only the Wood-Wood Fruit and the Friction-Friction Fruit were left.
Honestly, both of these fruits were incredibly powerful!
Let’s not even talk about the Wood-Wood Fruit; when he watched Naruto, Hashirama had already perfectly demonstrated its abilities.
Although the Wood-Wood Fruit differed somewhat from Hashirama’s ability, it was still undeniably formidable.
As for the Friction-Friction Fruit, according to the Marine’s information and Arthur’s own speculation, it was also a very powerful fruit. It could imbue anything with friction or eliminate friction entirely.
When touching an enemy, it could increase the friction between the enemy and the air, making any movement feel like their skin was being rubbed by sandpaper, even causing them to lose a layer of skin directly.
When touching an enemy, it could decrease the enemy’s friction, making them unable to walk, eat, or do anything, as everything they touched would slip away.
With these two fruits, Arthur began to have some difficulty deciding.
In the end, considering the uniqueness of the shadow, Arthur chose the more suitable Wood-Wood Fruit!
Using a Devil Fruit required stamina, and with the shadow’s limitless stamina, using any of the fruits would be formidable.
However, the shadow’s melee strength was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person, and the Friction-Friction Fruit required physical contact with the enemy to be used!
In this situation, the Wood-Wood Fruit, which was a bit more like a mage, was obviously a better and more appropriate choice!
The shadow opened the box and took out the green, spiral-shaped Devil Fruit inside.
“Crunch!”
Without hesitation, it took a bite.
Afterward, it swallowed the entire fruit in three or four bites.
The shadow didn’t have taste buds, so it wouldn’t feel nauseous after eating a Devil Fruit. It consumed the fruit without any problems.
However, after swallowing it, there was no reaction,
No sensation of eating something.
Arthur felt as if he had swallowed air.
He tried to activate the power of the fruit.
The next moment,
A huge piece of wood appeared before him.
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