One Piece Devouring Fruit - Chapter 6

As Michion carved another mark on the tree to record the days, half a year had flown by.

During this period, Michion persistently ran and used pre-training methods for “Soru.”

This gave his leg muscles thorough exercise, resulting in high-speed mobility.

Thanks to the abundant, nutritious food and intense training, Michion had grown significantly.

At this rate, he might surpass two meters in height.

In his previous life, such growth might have been attributed to hormones, but this world’s lack of scientific explanation was expected.

After training, Michion exhaled slowly.

After the rigorous training, his sweat poured down like rain, making it seem as if he had just emerged from the water.

Daily continuous training was a test of both his body and will.

The only solace for his mind was the variety of delicious food on the island.

After over half a year on the island, Michion had tasted most of its delicacies.

Now, after six months of willpower training, Michion can control his food intake well.

The temptation of delicious food had become trivial to Michion.

So, the island’s food became a way to relieve stress after training.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

The familiar earthquake sounded again as Stomach Baron’s petals closed, feeding countless plump “meatballs” to Stomach Baron to fill its belly.

Michion watched as the surrounding creatures ran in a desperate panic, causing chaos on the island until everything settled down.

Clinging to the tree, Michion shook his head at the animals’ madness—who could they blame for getting so fat?

“Hmm? Isn’t that fruit on the plant bigger now? And those colors and patterns—could it be a Devil Fruit?”

Michion, bored and lying on the tree, suddenly noticed the fruit growing below the “abyssal maw” and was shocked by its appearance.

Before him was a strange blue fruit with peculiar patterns on its surface, hard to ignore.

“Should I pick it?” Michion hesitated, as he hadn’t heard of Devil Fruits growing like this.

The fruit had been tiny the last time he saw it.

Devil Fruits are unique, only reappearing when their host dies.

This Devil Fruit might belong to one of the earlier meatball Devil Fruit users.

But usually, the fruit would transfer to a mature fruit and become a Devil Fruit immediately.

This one growing was peculiar, puzzling Michion.

Regardless, a Devil Fruit was valuable—if not eaten, it could be sold for Beli or used to train subordinates.

So, Michion skipped training after the island’s feeding cycle and quickly wove a basket.

Seeing the fruit had grown full and heavy enough to bend the branch, he didn’t want it to fall and get lost.

Michion used a cross-weave method to make the basket more sturdy.

Making a rather ugly but strong basket took a lot of effort.

After securing the vine ends, Michion lowered the basket and positioned it under the fruit. He then used a stick with a knife to cut the fruit.

Fortunately, the fruit was only three to four meters below, making it manageable.

When Michion retrieved the fruit, he examined it with a strange expression.

The top part, which he had seen before, was blue with circular patterns.

The bottom part, which he hadn’t seen, gradually turned green!

The pattern on the green part resembled Sanji’s eyebrows.

“Is this thing edible? It even smells fruity?” Michion stared at the fruit, unsure what to do.

From what Michion understood, a Devil Fruit typically has one color and one pattern.

Now he saw a fruit with two colors and two patterns!

Could this mean…

This fruit, with dual patterns and colors, had become a dual-fruit?

Michion was startled by his guess, as the anime had never mentioned such a scenario.

But this was the real world, where anything could happen.

Unsure of his decision, Michion decided to analyze the fruit’s situation.

After gathering information, he would decide whether to eat it.

First, the two Devil Fruit user meatballs had been knocked into Stomach Baron by a giant Sea King, feeding it.

Second, Stomach Baron’s base must be filled with stomach acid; otherwise, prey wouldn’t vanish upon falling in.

What connects its roots?

The answer is seawater!

Its roots are deeply anchored in the sea, stabilizing it as a stationary island rather than drifting like a ship.

Third, it is a living organism, a living island!

If animals could gain Devil Fruit powers, even inanimate objects could “consume” Devil Fruits through specific methods—what about plants?

Usually, plants couldn’t “eat,” but Stomach Baron wasn’t ordinary; it was a giant island!

If Stomach Baron consumed a Devil Fruit, becoming its host, it would be weakened by seawater.

An enfeebled Stomach Baron wouldn’t close its petals.

If such a situation occurred, Stomach Baron wouldn’t accept the result.

Faced with this, Michion formed a bold hypothesis!

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