"We'll be adults soon?"
"Master, what do you mean?"
Nami and Carina, who were listening, looked at Yami, confused.
The latter had a flash of inspiration, her face lighting up with pleasant surprise: "Could it be... is there something in this world that can make me grow up early? A Devil Fruit, or a magical item like Pure Gold?"
Before Yami could answer, Robin, who had read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia in great detail, said slowly: "BOSS is talking about the Paramecia-type Ripe-Ripe Fruit, isn't he?"
"Correct."
Yami nodded and smiled: "I've known the location of the Ripe-Ripe Fruit for a long time. I just didn't go get it because I hadn't found the Pure Gold yet."
"Now that you all have Pure Gold, I can let you take a shortcut."
"...So it's the Paramecia-type Ripe-Ripe Fruit. That really can let us take a shortcut."
Carina said with pleasant surprise: "Unlike the Age-Age Fruit, the Ripe-Ripe Fruit's ability not only ripens or ages objects, it can also mature a person's physiological age, and once matured, it's irreversible."
"If Nami and I use the Ripe-Ripe Fruit to mature our bodies to our peak at eighteen or our twenties, our stamina will be several times greater than it is now, and our strength will skyrocket."
"There's an ability like that?"
Nami also looked at Yami with delight: "Master, let's go get that ability quickly."
"You're not going to reconsider?"
Yami asked: "If you use the Ripe-Ripe Fruit to mature your bodies, you'll miss out on the process of growing up."
"Uhihi... It's fine. Just mature me to eighteen. That age is still adolescence, and I'll be much stronger than I am now."
Carina shook her small hand, which wore the Pure Gold ring, and said with a grin: "At that time, I'll be forever eighteen."
"Me too," Nami raised her hand.
"Um..."
At this time, Shirahoshi also spoke up weakly, looking at Yami with anticipation: "Lord Yami, can Shirahoshi also use that ability to transform her tail early?"
"Mm, no problem at all."
Yami smiled and nodded: "Shirahoshi will soon be able to live freely on land, just like a human."
"That's wonderful!"
Shirahoshi cheered. She subconsciously placed the palm-sized Yami in front of her and gently nuzzled his body, her face full of happiness.
That's right, Yami's method to let Shirahoshi transform early was Pure Gold + the Ripe-Ripe Fruit.
As long as she wears Pure Gold, even if Yami matures Shirahoshi's physiological age to thirty, she will still look the same.
And looking like this, the thirty-year-old Shirahoshi will still be one of the most beautiful women in the world.
Without Pure Gold, Shirahoshi would not only 100% look thirty, but her physiological and psychological ages would be completely imbalanced.
After all, her psychological age would be growing, and her physiological age would definitely be growing too.
By the time Shirahoshi's psychological age reached thirty, her physiological age would be approaching fifty.
But with Pure Gold, it's different. Shirahoshi just needs to spend some time getting used to her new body, and her psychological age will quickly catch up and surpass her physiological age.
This was the reason Yami didn't plan to take the Ripe-Ripe Fruit before he got the Pure Gold.
Now that the Pure Gold was in hand, and Carina, Nami, and Shirahoshi didn't object to maturing early, Yami immediately took action. He used his Clairvoyance to find the location of Wano Country and disappeared with a teleport.
He didn't take Carina with him.
If the kind-hearted Shirahoshi learned that the price of her growth was the death of a woman, she would definitely be filled with guilt.
Therefore, Yami didn't say the Ripe-Ripe Fruit was eaten by someone; he framed it as "getting the ability."
The current user of the Paramecia-type Ripe-Ripe Fruit was a retainer of the Kozuki Family, a woman named Shinobu.
A great beauty, who is now a forty-four-year-old fat old woman.
Aside from a few women, this world is full of malice towards beautiful women.
After all, who would have imagined that the super-beauties of the Rocks era, Charlotte Linlin, Gloriosa, Bakkin, and Stussy, would become what they are today.
The nun who raised Charlotte Linlin was the same.
The only one in Yami's memory who maintained her appearance into her fifties or sixties was Shakky.
Teleporting to Wano Country, Yami quickly found Shinobu with his Clairvoyance and X-Ray Vision.
"ROOM—Shambles!"
Teleporting to an uninhabited place, Yami opened his "Ope-Ope Room."
The next second, Shinobu's figure appeared out of thin air in front of Yami.
Kacha!
Reaching out and grabbing Shinobu's neck, Yami closed his "Room," then mercilessly snapped the neck of the terrified Shinobu.
After killing Shinobu, Yami began to skillfully extract the Devil Fruit ability.
The Paramecia-type Ripe-Ripe Fruit wasn't part of Yami's "inescapable in all aspects" plan, nor could it increase his combat power.
But in Yami's eyes, this Devil Fruit was also a type of strategic-level ability. It not only allows Carina and the girls to mature early, but is also related to his next plan.
Therefore, Yami didn't plan to use this fruit to train Kuja warriors; he was taking it.
After successfully obtaining the Ripe-Ripe Fruit, Yami casually tossed Shinobu's corpse in the wilderness, then used his Clairvoyance and X-Ray Vision to continue searching Wano Country for another person.
This person was the original story's O-Tama, who ate the Paramecia-type Dango-Dango Fruit, real name Kurozumi Tama.
Yami had no good feelings for the country of Wano or its people. Even for Kozuki Hiyori, officially recognized as one of the three great beauties, Yami had no good feelings.
Only O-Tama was an existence Yami admired.
This incredibly strong eight-year-old girl was one of the biggest highlights of the Wano arc.
Since he was already here, Yami felt he could change this little girl's destiny along the way, sending her to Amazon Lily to be raised.
As for taking her in himself... forget it.
Yami doesn't like taking care of kids. If there was a little girl on the ship, it would be inconvenient.
Quickly, Yami found O-Tama.
At only three years old, O-Tama didn't look like she did in the original story.
But the purple hair is a characteristic of the Kurozumi clan. Yami easily found her based on her hair color and age.
However, Yami didn't teleport there immediately.
Just as he doesn't like taking care of kids, Yami doesn't know how to interact with a little girl.
He decided to let the extremely sociable Robin and Carina handle the task of retrieving O-Tama.
Thus, Yami memorized O-Tama's location and teleported back to the Pegasus.
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