"Since Law said there's over a ninety percent chance that this Devil Fruit is the Logia type Cloud-Cloud Fruit, then Hibari..."
Rorschach handed the snow-white, cloud-like fruit to Hibari, a faint smile on his face. "Want to try it?"
"Mm! I'll eat it!"
Hibari pursed her lips, took the fruit Rorschach offered, and, under everyone's envious gazes, brought it to her mouth. Without hesitation, she directly bit off a piece of the equally snow-white flesh.
The seemingly translucent, crystal-like white flesh, as soon as Hibari bit into it, made her entire face wrinkle. Her features contorted, and her mouth twitched.
"So... so... so disgusting!"
Hibari let out a painful groan, feeling waves of nausea emanating from her stomach, as if her body was vehemently rejecting this extremely repulsive taste from entering her system.
This nauseating sensation didn't seem to originate from taste but rather from her life's lineage factor.
It was as if life itself was resisting the integration of the Devil Fruit.
But as the fruit flesh slid down her throat and into her stomach, this intensely strong feeling of nausea and resistance gradually disappeared.
"Wuwuwu... it's so disgusting, I swear I'll never eat a second Devil Fruit in my life~."
Hibari pouted, tears even being brought to her eyes by the nausea.
Rorschach's lips twitched, and he rolled his eyes.
"You couldn't eat it even if you wanted to. Actually, Devil Fruits aren't that bad. Have you forgotten the coffee at G2 Base?"
"Coffee? You're right, compared to Vice Admiral Gamil's coffee, this fruit doesn't seem so bad after all."
Hibari shivered, quickly shaking her head to clear away the extremely bitter taste that just recalling it brought.
Looking at the snow-white fruit in her hand, from which a small bite had been taken, Hibari blinked. She looked up at Rorschach, then turned to glance at Law.
"This... do I still need to keep eating? I seem to have heard that you only need a small bite of a Devil Fruit to gain its ability; you don't need to eat the whole thing."
Rorschach and Law exchanged glances.
Rorschach stroked his chin and mumbled, "That's what they say, but to be on the safe side, I ate the entire Qilin Fruit myself back then."
Law also nodded expressionlessly. "The Op-Op Fruit wasn't big; I swallowed the whole thing too. As for whether eating a small bite versus eating the whole thing affects the strength of the ability, I can't conclude. After all, there aren are no two identical Devil Fruits in this world to experiment with. So..."
He looked at Hibari, whose mouth was slightly agape, with pity. "So, I still suggest you eat the entire fruit. It's not that big; it's just a few bites."
"Really?"
Hibari's face was bitter. She looked expectantly at Rorschach, hoping for his advice.
Rorschach could only smile, reach out, and pat her little head, encouragingly saying, "Come on! Do you want to become the first female Admiral at Marine Headquarters? This Logia ability has growth potential far superior to Smoker's Smoke-Smoke Fruit, you know. No pain, no gain. Don't regret it later if you don't grow to your full potential just because you skipped a bite."
"The first female Admiral at Marine Headquarters?"
Two lights suddenly sparked in Hibari's eyes.
She chose to drink all the chicken soup Rorschach offered.
Crunch, crunch, crunch...
Then, under the astonished gazes of Rorschach and Law, Hibari gnawed at the Devil Fruit in her hand like a rabbit eating a carrot, her two rows of pearly white teeth rapidly tearing into it.
In just a few seconds, the fist-sized snow-white fruit was completely gone, all bitten and swallowed.
After finishing it all, Hibari gagged once, immediately raised both hands to cover her mouth, desperately trying to suppress the urge to vomit on the spot. She took a few deep breaths before gradually calming down.
"Do... do you feel anything?"
About ten seconds later, Rorschach asked softly.
The warriors also looked over, curiously staring at Hibari.
Hibari felt a little awkward under their intense gazes, her cheeks turning slightly red.
"I don't feel anything special, this fruit, could it be fake, ah!"
Hibari's voice hadn't even faded when she let out a scream, her pupils dilating as she saw Rorschach suddenly extend his right hand and reach for her chest.
"Brother Rorschach, no... you can't do that..."
Her cheeks instantly flushed crimson.
Rorschach's face was lined with black.
What was this girl thinking all day?
Would I do something like that to you in broad daylight, in front of so many people?
No, I don't even do it at night!
"What are you thinking? Look closely!"
Rorschach let out a low cry, prompting Hibari, who had closed her eyes in embarrassment, to slowly open them and look down.
She saw Rorschach's entire right hand pass through her chest and emerge from her back.
"Huh? Brother Rorschach, your hand... it went inside my body!"
Rorschach's eye twitched.
That sentence was also completely wrong!
"It passed through! Miss Hibari's body was passed through by the Rear Admiral's arm!"
"Logia! It's really Logia-type elemental transformation! That fruit is real!"
The warriors were all shocked.
"Try it, try to control the new power within you. Don't be nervous, it's very simple. Once you eat a Devil Fruit, the ability becomes a part of your body. There's an interesting saying that every Devil Fruit has its own will. It will spontaneously choose the host best suited for it. So, this Logia type Cloud-Cloud Fruit is the ability best suited for you."
Rorschach withdrew his arm from Hibari's chest, his voice gentle, calming the unease in her heart.
Looking at the hole that had appeared in her chest slowly recovering and healing, Hibari seemed to have a flash of inspiration. She lightly tapped the ground with her foot, and, as light as a swallow, leaped high.
Her petite body, under everyone's gaze, floated in mid-air as if weightless.
Immediately, a peculiar phenomenon occurred.
Hibari's body began to expand, rapidly expanding.
In just the blink of an eye, her body transformed from a small human form into a continuously flowing mass of snow-white cloud, floating tens of meters high in the air.
"Ah~ I... I've turned into a cloud! What a strange feeling. I can fly in the air without even using Moonwalk. My body feels so light, like any gust of wind could just blow me away."
Then, the marshmallow-like snow-white cloud mass, under the dumbfounded gazes of Bepo, Parmel, and the others, was suddenly blown away by a gust of wind from afar, drifting diagonally for dozens of meters.
From within the cloud mass came Hibari's panicked voice.
"Help! I'm really being blown away by the wind!"
"Are you an idiot?" Rorschach, somewhat speechless, reached out and grabbed the passing strong wind, bringing the blown-away cloud mass back.
In mid-air, the white clouds flowed and gathered, forming Hibari's head.
She grinned, revealing two small dimples, and said to the people looking up below, "Everyone, watch me perform a magic trick for you."
"Rain Cloud!"
As her voice fell, the ten-meter-diameter snow-white cloud mass, which Hibari had transformed into, quickly turned into a dark cloud, as if stained black with ink.
Then, heavy rain soon began to pour down from the ink-like dark cloud.
The pouring rain fell from the sky, drenching everyone on the ground.
Rorschach opened his palm, catching the rainwater falling from the dark cloud that Hibari had become, and said in surprise, "It really is rainwater, wow, a Logia ability is truly amazing. By the way, didn't you say you could transform into other types of clouds too? Hibari, quickly make a thundercloud so we can see."
"A thundercloud, you say? Okay, I'll try."
From within the dark cloud came Hibari's voice.
Then, tiny electrical arcs began to appear, traversing the dark cloud, which had become somewhat lighter after shedding a lot of rain.
"Watch out! Thundercloud Weather!"
Hibari's excited, girlish shout came from within the dark cloud.
The next instant, a silver-white electrical arc, as thick as a chopstick, fell from the dark cloud, accurately striking Bepo's head.
With a snap, Bepo shivered, his white fur standing on end, his eyes fixed forward, becoming cross-eyed. Like a roly-poly toy, he swayed three times in place but stubbornly refused to fall.
"The power of this thundercloud seems a bit too weak."
Rorschach sighed.
Indeed, the strength of an ability user is highly correlated with their fundamental power.
If Hibari wanted to demonstrate formidable combat power through this Cloud-Cloud Fruit, she would need to continuously improve her basic strength.
(End of Chapter)
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