Chapter 29: Thunder Fruit · Awakening!
After the entire village had thrown itself into reading comics, the effects were immediate.
Just by the second day,
Su Li's system points had already exceeded one million once again!
"System, do ten diamond-level draws!"
If you've got money—spend it!
Without hesitation, Su Li began the lottery.
[Ding! Starting ten Diamond-level draws!]
[Ding! You obtained: Ninjutsu Experience +50,000 points!]
[Ding! You obtained: Taijutsu Experience +50,000 points!]
[Ding! You obtained equipment: Rose Flower Bow!]
...
[Ding! You obtained: Chakra +50,000 points!]
[Ding! You obtained a special item: Logia Devil Fruit Awakening Card!]
"Rose Flower Bow? Isn't that Madoka's weapon?"
Su Li was speechless.
What was this system even trying to do?
Did it seriously want him to become a magical girl?
Absolutely not.
He tossed the weapon straight into his inventory, planning to maybe give it to Yakumo someday.
There was no need to even take a closer look.
A magical girl? Impossible.
He would never be one in his life.
Still, the guaranteed reward wasn't bad.
Besides Madoka's questionable bow, he'd also gotten a Logia Devil Fruit Awakening Card!
As the name implied,
this card could be used to awaken the power of a Logia-type Devil Fruit completely.
Because Logia fruits were overwhelmingly strong, awakening them was far harder than awakening Paramecia or Zoan types.
In fact, in the original One Piece world, no one had ever successfully awakened a Logia Fruit.
Before awakening, Logia users already stood at the top.
After awakening... how terrifying would they become?
Su Li couldn't help but feel curious.
Without hesitation, he used the Logia Awakening Card.
[Ding! Detected: Host possesses two Logia-type Devil Fruits. Please select an awakening target.]
[Thunder Fruit / Sparkling Fruit]
"Hmm… so I can only awaken one, huh?"
Su Li sighed in mild disappointment—but it wasn't unexpected.
Now came the real question:
Thunder Fruit or Sparkling Fruit?
He hesitated.
Both were top-tier fruits.
In terms of sheer speed and destructive potential, they ranked first and second among all Devil Fruits.
However, in terms of ultimate potential, the Sparkling Fruit was superior.
After all, the speed of light needed no explanation.
Natural lightning could reach about 100 kilometers per second—blindingly fast, but still nowhere near the speed of light.
The propagation of the electric field might move at light speed,
but the actual movement of electrons was far slower.
And speed—true speed—brought unmatched power.
As Kizaru once said:
"Speed is weight."
A single strike at light speed could, theoretically, obliterate an asteroid in an instant.
Of course, that was only theory.
A human body couldn't possibly endure such speed or impact—the best-case scenario would be vaporizing alongside the asteroid.
Still, that only proved one thing:
the upper limit of the Sparkling Fruit was much higher than that of the Thunder Fruit.
But even so…
"Awaken the Thunder Fruit!"
After some thought, Su Li made his decision.
It wasn't that he didn't know the Sparkling Fruit was stronger—he had his reasons.
The Sparkling Fruit's ability had been synchronized to Namikaze Minato.
In other words, even if Su Li didn't personally train with it,
he could still benefit from Minato's growth and mastery.
While Minato might not reach awakening any time soon,
there was still a possibility that he could, eventually.
If that happened, using this precious awakening card on Sparkling Fruit now would be a complete waste.
On the other hand, the Thunder Fruit wouldn't improve on its own.
Besides, who could say he wouldn't draw another Awakening Card later?
In short—
if he cared only about raw potential, Sparkling Fruit was the better choice.
But if he wanted to maximize overall gains, awakening Thunder Fruit was the smarter play.
And Su Li had always been a little greedy.
It was fine either way, honestly.
Because whether it was Thunder Fruit or Sparkling Fruit…
Once awakened, there were only two words to describe the result:
Invincible.
[Ding! Awakening Thunder Fruit…]
[Ding! Awakening complete!]
"That's it? Successful awakening already? Why don't I feel anything?"
Su Li frowned in confusion.
He set his brush down and vanished from his office in a flash of lightning.
The next moment—
He appeared high above the Valley of the End,
ready to test out his newly awakened power.