The power is growing again?
Hearing Kanroji Mitsuri's words, Lin Que couldn't help but be stunned.
Lin Que, who obtained the Gourmet Fruit from the World Conquest, naturally knew the effects of this Devil Fruit.
Aside from the initial improvement in physique upon consumption, there was no effect of a secondary increase in physical attributes.
And more importantly, judging by Kanroji Mitsuri's tone, the power growing within her was not small.
"Is the power still growing?"
"No, it has stopped."
Kanroji Mitsuri replied: "It just suddenly increased for a few seconds."
"Only a few seconds…"
Lin Que thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Unleash your current full strength and punch me."
Kanroji Mitsuri nodded: "Okay."
She wasn't worried that unleashing her full strength now would accidentally injure Lin Que.
Although her strength had increased by an unknown number of times compared to before, Kanroji Mitsuri still vividly remembered Lin Que's performance in the Demon Slayer World.
Those few seemingly formidable demons were obliterated without even a chance to react, leaving no trace.
Even if her current strength were to double, Kanroji Mitsuri wasn't confident she could achieve something that exaggerated.
"Here I come!"
Activating the power of the Devil Fruit and entering a semi-beastial state, Kanroji Mitsuri grew a pair of ram horns on her head and a thick tail extended from behind her.
Assuming a charging stance, her body instantly vanished from its spot and reappeared in front of Lin Que.
Bang—!
"Not bad."
Blocking her punch with a single finger, Lin Que narrowed his eyes and sensed it carefully.
"This power… it's roughly at the peak of a six-digit Spiritual Rank. With a bit of training, she could even contend with that five-digit disgrace."
"Five-digit disgrace?"
Black Rabbit tilted her head, a little curious.
"Who is that?"
"The snake I knocked down with one punch last time."
"Are you talking about Lady White Yasha's subordinate god?!"
Black Rabbit immediately reacted: "Although her performance was a bit lacking, she shouldn't be called that."
Lin Que looked over in surprise: "Is there a Five-Digit weaker than her?"
"Ah, this..."
Black Rabbit's face showed a conflicted expression.
Thinking carefully, she really couldn't recall a Five-Digit weaker than Bai Xue Ji.
"No matter what, she is still White Yasha's subordinate god."
"When referring to her externally, it's better not to call her that."
"Naturally, I'll still give White Yasha some face."
Lin Que shrugged and looked back at Kanroji Mitsuri.
Although he had just slandered a certain Five-Digit who was a disgrace, the other party was still a Five-Digit existence, no matter what.
Given enough time, Bai Xue Ji could even summon a wave large enough to destroy a small country.
Compared to an existence of that level, Kanroji Mitsuri, who was just an ordinary person a few minutes ago, was undoubtedly a world apart.
Even after eating the Devil Fruit and improving her constitution, there was still a significant gap in fundamental strength compared to the other party.
The ability to instantly reach the peak of a Six-Digit, and even enter the Five-Digit realm with a little training, was definitely related to that inexplicable boost she just received.
"Black Rabbit, you know what's going on, right?"
"I don't know."
Black Rabbit shook her head: "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen such a situation."
Without doing anything, her strength inexplicably increased.
Sitting at home, strength descends from the heavens.
This is too enviable.
"Oh, right, could it be related to that Devil Fruit?"
Recalling what Kanroji Mitsuri experienced before her strength increased, Black Rabbit speculated: "For example... that Devil Fruit activated the latent power within Kanroji, which caused her to suddenly become stronger."
"Impossible, Devil Fruits don't have that effect."
Lin Que denied this guess.
However, after Black Rabbit's reminder, his attention returned to the Devil Fruit, which he had initially ruled out.
While it couldn't be something as completely unrelated as activating latent power, there seemed to be another possibility.
"Black Rabbit, does Hakoniwa have a Taotie?"
"Taotie? There used to be one."
Black Rabbit, who usually performed poorly, surprisingly had a moment of usefulness.
"However, that Taotie had a very malicious and greedy personality; it liked to steal other people's things."
"If I remember correctly, it even stole desserts that were originally meant for the Queen."
Seeing Black Rabbit suddenly stop, Kanroji Mitsuri, who was beside her, asked curiously: "And then?"
"There was no 'then'."
Black Rabbit's face showed a wry smile: "That Queen is not someone with a good temper."
As one of the Three Problem Children of Hakoniwa, it was already good if the Halloween Queen didn't cause trouble on a normal day.
How could she tolerate being stolen from, especially when it was a special dessert she had been looking forward to for days?
Anyway, ever since that incident, the only Taotie in Hakoniwa completely disappeared, and no one ever saw it again.
There were only rumors that the knight order under the Halloween Queen seemed to have very good food those few days.
"Huh? Just for stealing a dessert, it lost its life!"
Kanroji Mitsuri shivered: "That sounds terrifying!"
"Actually, it's not that exaggerated."
Black Rabbit soothed: "The Queen, how should I put it... as long as you follow her rules, she's actually very easy to talk to."
After all, she was one of the rare Problem Children who would send people to clean up the mess after she caused trouble.
Compared to other Problem Children who would disappear after causing trouble, or simply ignore it and leave the cleanup to others, this was already a very approachable behavior.
Ending the topic about the Halloween Queen, Black Rabbit's gaze turned to Lin Que.
After Lin Que's inquiry, Black Rabbit, who was not stupid, realized his underlying meaning.
"Lin Que, you're not trying to say... that Kanroji's sudden increase in strength was due to receiving a portion of the Taotie's Spiritual Rank, are you?"
Lin Que shook his head: "I'm not sure about the specifics."
However, after thinking it over and over, this was the only possibility he could currently think of.
As for whether it was true, that could only be left to the professionals to judge.
"Let's go, we'll go to Thousand Eyes to get it appraised."
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