Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 11
Queen didn’t directly transform into beast form; instead, he chose a humanoid beast. His main body was still that of a wrist dragon, but he sensibly felt that something was added to his chin, and when he tried to grab it, he managed to pull it off.
According to his observation, it looked like bananas, no matter how he looked.
In addition to that, his shoulders and head were wrapped in green leaves, and four huge banana leaves extended from his back.
When a Devil Fruit is consumed, the eater immediately gains its most basic ability. Although how far one can develop this ability depends on oneself, the fruit’s power becomes a part of the body at that moment.
Among different types of Devil Fruits, Paramecia fruits undoubtedly have the widest range of applications, while Zoan fruits, relatively speaking, are much simpler to use, as mastering three stages of transformation doesn’t require too much time.
Mythical Zoan types require gradual exploration of their abilities. Compared to Shaina’s high-temperature flames and jumping ability or Jin’s ability to create rocks, the bananas on Queen’s chin always seemed odd.
However, the surge of power in his body told him otherwise. Fanning the large banana leaves behind him, and he found himself flying.
“This is unscientific. How can these banana leaves carry such a huge body? Is this the ability of Mythical Zoan types? It seems my transformation can consider more aspects.”
Swinging his tail behind him, Queen pondered many things.
Tropical dragons don’t have tails themselves; the tail behind Queen remained from the Wrist Dragon Devil Fruit itself. Arceus’s modification this time wasn’t a complete replacement; he used part of the energy to activate the original Wrist Dragon Devil Fruit power within Queen, allowing him to undergo unpredictable variations.
Although Queen’s wrist dragon had become a tropical dragon, Arceus wasn’t sure what form the wrist dragon would take before the modification was completed.
However, this variation would inevitably be based on the body structure of the wrist dragon. A giant dahlia or an ice dragon was also possible. The reason it became a tropical dragon might be because Queen liked sweets and had a desire to fly.
Shaina, Jin, and Queen were three different types of individuals. Although the ability impartation was successful, the lack of reference standards made Arceus uncertain about the conditions for the changes.
Although he had this ability, it didn’t mean he understood the operating process of this ability. Like the sanction gravel as his exclusive skill, it was engraved in his mind. Using it was as instinctive as eating and drinking.
But he didn’t know every step of the operation of the sanction gravel. Arceus was called the Creator God, but God was just a range of power, never an omniscient and omnipotent being.
For example, whether God can create a stone so heavy that even he cannot lift it, there is an argument that before creation, he cannot lift the stone, but after creation, he can lift it. Arguing back and forth never leads to a truly meaningful result.
Wait for a few more modification targets, and the principle will naturally become clear with references.
Moreover, watching Queen flying in the sky, Arceus had a new idea. Before he could regain his flying ability, Queen might become his exclusive mount.
Among the five present, he was the only one who couldn’t fly. Shaina was a girl, Jin’s size wasn’t big enough yet, even if he turned into a pterosaur, he couldn’t carry him.
As for Queen, although both Shaina and Jin had opinions on him, he was also one of the members of that research institute. If it weren’t for his main research project being unrelated to the Lunarian tribe, it might not have been as simple as a fight to settle things.
Inappropriate to say, but even pets develop feelings if kept for a long time let alone people. Shaina and Jin were probably the last Lunarians on the sea, so Arceus wasn’t particularly friendly towards Queen.
It’s really not appropriate to have such a labor force without exploiting it a bit.
Unaware of Arceus’s thoughts on redesigning his body in the sky, Queen had nearly been labeled as a domesticated mount.
After a simple adaptation to his new body, Queen landed back on the ground.
But as he canceled his ability, the bananas in his hand didn’t disappear.
Although the bananas on his chin could be picked off, they were unusually tough. If he didn’t intend to pick them off, they were as stable as part of his body.
There were a total of three bananas, and after picking one, it didn’t grow back.
First of all, the things produced by Devil Fruits can be eaten. Long bread made from the Eat-Eat Fruit’s transformed food, biscuits made from the Cracker-Cracker Fruit, and even cabbage drawn by the Kangaero Fruit are all edible.
However, those are all Paramecia types and the eaten parts aren’t part of the body but are created things.
Paramecia types of Devil Fruits can also be divided into several categories, mainly Superhuman Body, Superhuman Power, and Creation.
Superhuman Power refers to giving the user various miraculous abilities, such as slowing down time, vibration, etc., but these have nothing to do with eating.
Superhuman Power and Creation sometimes overlap. For example, the Eat-Eat Fruit can both be said to create new food and to turn inedible things into food using superhuman abilities.
However, Creation refers to the ability to create various things out of thin air. The food produced by this category of Paramecia-type fruits is naturally edible, such as biscuits, rice cakes, cream, etc., and they are unrelated to the body.
Zoan types undoubtedly belong to the Superhuman Body category. The fact that fruits grow on the bodies of animals is truly too fantastical.
Looking at the bananas in his hand, Queen made his choice, peeled off the banana peel, and then threw the banana into his mouth, revealing a look of enjoyment.
Sweet soft, this was the most delicious banana he had ever eaten. He himself had a sweet tooth, otherwise, he wouldn’t be so fond of foods like rice cakes and red bean soup.
But from this banana, he felt a unique sweetness, as if it contained the sweetness of all fruits, combined with the texture of the banana, he found a food comparable to red bean soup.
Afterward, he used his ability again to pick off the remaining two bananas.
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