Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 12

Queen’s tropical dragon transformation made his body even larger, causing the size of the bananas also to increase. However, for them, accustomed to eating a lot, these three bananas merely whetted their appetites.

Queen’s primary concern regarding the development of his new ability wasn’t anything else but how to induce banana growth. After several unsuccessful attempts, he turned his gaze to Arceus.

Since this ability was created by him, he must know some details about it.

Approaching with a flattering and pleasing smile on his face, Queen inquired, “Hey, hey, you must know how to induce banana growth with this ability, right? And how exactly is this modification done…”

“You there, show some respect for Lord Sacred Beast!” Shayna interjected, her hands wrapped in flames. Allowing this infatuated fat man to approach would be neglecting her duty.

After acquiring the new ability, Shayna didn’t deactivate it but maintained this form.

In her humanoid-beast state, the original characteristics of the fire chicken’s head formed a mask. Shayna liked this red mask that obscured her face.

She and Ash were destined not to reveal their true identities for a long time to come. So, she kept this state, with only a small portion of her chin exposed, her hands and feet wrapped in special bandages, and the black feather wings on her back turned into red wings.

The Lunarian tribe itself had strong physical abilities and excellent endurance, and Shayna, enhanced by the ability, was even more so. Maintaining this state was hardly a drain on her energy.

Although Shayna’s ability was derived from a Devil Fruit, the consumption was much lower compared to ordinary Zoan-type users.

Queen noticed the change, which Shayna and Ash, not being ability users themselves, couldn’t perceive.

After transforming into a tropical dragon, Queen’s energy consumption in his normal state was far lower than that in his previous wrist dragon state. Although modified abilities weren’t awakened, they were greatly enhanced.

Honestly, Queen was very pleased that Arceus had such a powerful ability.

Since helping Kaido escape, indirectly causing the destruction of the research institute, he had no turning back. Only a few of them knew about this. If something happened to the Beast Pirates and the World Government learned about it, he would probably be completely eliminated. Queen didn’t know the specific policy of the World Government, but for this sea, they seemed to have a kind of indulgence and a way to shift the blame.

Those who violate the taboo of the World Government will be thoroughly destroyed by the World Government. In order to eliminate the Rocks, the Navy even joined forces with pirates, and this kind of thing happened more than once.

Arceus’s ability was tempting to anyone. If it accidentally fell into the hands of the World Government, and the World Government learned about his identity, coupled with the Lunarian tribe’s affairs, Queen’s wish to enter the Underwater Prison was probably just a luxury.

So now he naturally hoped that the Beast Pirates would become stronger. Whether it was for the convenience of his future research or other reasons, this was the best result.

Although Queen was not a member of the Lunarian tribe, he and the Lunarians were now on the same united front.

So, he still wanted to know how to induce banana growth. He didn’t believe that those bananas were disposable.

Faced with Shayna’s obstruction, he made a rather straightforward change.

“Lord Sacred Beast, can you tell me how to use this ability to induce banana growth?”

It’s just a change of address, and he didn’t care about such things.

Looking at Kaido’s excited appearance just now, he was almost about to form a brotherhood with Arceus. Changing the title wouldn’t affect anything.

“Eat more fruit. Those bananas will absorb the sugar from the fruits you eat. Normally, it happens twice a year. No matter how much fruit you eat, it will only increase the sweetness of the next fruit.”

After becoming Arceus, he gained many memories about Pokémon, including species, characteristics, abilities, preferences, habits, and so on. The growth cycle of bananas is also included in them.

The result of twice a year made Queen feel like he was struck by lightning. Waiting half a year for such delicious fruits was simply torture. He shouldn’t have eaten them all. If he had known earlier, he should have tried planting them.

At this point, he had already made up his mind to find a tropical island to cultivate bananas next time they bore fruit.

Of course, that was something for the future. The problem now was that they should leave. Since they had the message from the slate, Queen was not interested in waiting any longer.

“Kaido! Stop drinking and find the John you mentioned!”

“Ohohoho, you’re really in a hurry. But it’s time to set sail. Queen, where’s the boat you prepared?”

“It’s over here. Let’s set sail. But it might be a bit cramped.”

Queen did prepare a boat, but considering only him and Kaido, there was no dock there. Although Queen’s technical level was good, he wasn’t Doraemon, so he couldn’t just conjure up a boat. What stood before them was just a large fishing boat, albeit with a modified engine.

With Ash, Shayna, and Arceus on board later, there was hardly any extra space on the boat, not even for turning around.

“You can all fly. Why should we squeeze onto this small boat?”

In Arceus’s view, the simplest way was for Kaido to create a flame cloud and carry everyone away. But seeing Kaido eagerly walking up to the boat changed his mind.

Compared to Luffy’s sailing boat, Blackbeard’s raft, this engine-powered fishing boat was indeed more advanced, but its speed certainly couldn’t match flying.

“This is the Beast Pirates’ first voyage. Not having a ship is unacceptable. Large ships will come later. Let’s set sail now! Ohohoho!”

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