Chapter 63: The Wonderful Use of the Human-Human Fruit: Model Commoner!
Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
Detention Unit Dormitory.
[Munch-Munch Fruit]
[Fruit Ability: Can swallow anything into an internal body space and digest it, turning it into part of the body or synthesizing new items.]
[Effects by Level]
[LV1: Gain faint fruit effect, enhance bite strength and digestion.]
[LV2: Gain partial fruit effect. Can digest most matter, gaining partial characteristics after digestion. Requires 300 Million Berries for Permanent Unlock.]
[LV3: Gain full fruit effect. Can swallow and digest anything without Devil Fruit Bloodline Elements, gaining its full characteristics and perfect control. Can establish a 'Munch-Munch Factory' inside the body to synthesize new items from multiple materials over time. Requires 4 Billion Berries for Permanent Unlock.]
[LV4: Fruit Deep-Dive Development. Can swallow non-solid elemental matter like 'clouds', 'wind', or 'slashes', but can only use the substance after swallowing, not gain its elementalization traits. Requires 10 Billion Berries for Permanent Unlock.]
[Note: Can fuse living and non-living things, granting the living being the characteristics of the object, but only one non-living characteristic at a time.]
[LV5: Fruit Awakening · Munch-Munch Domain. Create a domain around the body that devours everything, swallowing all matter within range and gaining its characteristics. Can swallow beings with Bloodline Elements (Devil Fruit users), but the acquired ability level will be weakened to LV1. Requires 20 Billion Berries for Permanent Unlock.]
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"That feels good."
Roy sat on the edge of his bed, feeling as refreshed as if he'd downed three ice-cold colas in a row.
The Munch-Munch Fruit—Wapol's Devil Fruit.
In Roy's opinion, it was one of the most top-tier fruits in the world.
The mechanic of devouring everything and making it one's own, even fusing living beings with objects, or swallowing elemental attacks... it was incredibly strong in every aspect. Of course, its only weakness was having a trash user.
According to the original story (and movies), this fruit was likely one of the abilities Blackbeard had targeted, but Wapol fled the Drum Kingdom before he could get it.
Its price and ability reflected this—its upgrade cost exceeded even the Slice-Slice Fruit, making it the most expensive fruit Roy currently possessed.
And its Awakening ability—devouring other Devil Fruit users to gain their abilities (albeit weakened)—was unique in the entire One Piece world!
Of course, that ability wasn't very useful to Roy since he had the 'Fruit Encyclopedia.'
But the key point was...
"With the Munch-Munch Fruit, I have everything needed to refine Pluto Alloy."
Yes—this fruit was the key Roy believed could replace the 'Mother Flame' to complete the alloy smelting.
"Next, I just need to find enough materials and a suitable buyer."
Roy whispered to himself. He already had a preliminary plan for both.
But for Roy, the excitement from his trip to Drum Island didn't stop there.
What truly surprised him was actually...
[Human-Human Fruit]
[Fruit Ability: Allows the user to transform into a 'Human'.]
This fruit, eaten by Chopper, was the real surprise.
Normally, this fruit was useless for a human. Its effect was literally 'become a human.'
Before transmigrating, Roy had seen fans jokingly call it the 'Human-Human Fruit, Model: Commoner'.
Its price was also very cheap... Roy checked carefully. Even upgrading it to LV5 Awakening only cost 100 million Berries.
[LV5: Fruit Awakening · Human Limit. Gain the unique 'Transformation' of a Zoan fruit. Achieve the limit of strength and intelligence for a normal human. Maintain human form under any circumstances.]
This was the key.
Combat-wise, this fruit was uniquely trash. For Roy, the only meaningful boost might be to his brainpower.
But...
"Maintain human form under any circumstances."
This trait of the Awakened fruit gave Roy a bold idea.
"Should I... try it?"
Roy muttered, then attempted to activate an ability he had been hesitant to use fully.
"Daibutsu Form—Transform!"
His body began to expand.
Unprecedented golden light began to shine from his flesh.
He could feel the surge of power within him.
Yes, although he had mostly used the Daibutsu Fruit for shockwaves, it was a Mythical Zoan.
Its physical enhancement was no less than an Ancient Zoan, perhaps even stronger.
VMMM!
Just as Roy was about to transform into a giant golden Buddha...
[Human-Human Fruit Upgraded: LV1 -> LV5]
[Fruit Loaded: Strong-Strong Fruit LV3 -> Human-Human Fruit LV5]
With a thought, the fruit swap was instantaneous.
At that exact moment, his body froze.
The golden Buddha light stopped flowing. Roy's body stopped expanding, shrinking back to its original size like a deflated balloon.
But...
"I knew it..."
Feeling the power still coursing through him, Roy's voice grew excited.
"My strength and body density are still that of the Daibutsu Fruit's 'Beast Form'—the Golden Buddha state."
"But because of the Awakened Human-Human Fruit's effect, my body remains in its normal human form!"
After confirming this, he tested the effects with Ancient Zoan and Logia fruits.
His conclusion:
With Human-Human Fruit LV5 equipped, he could utilize the full physical stats of Zoan Beast/Hybrid forms and the comprehensive boosts of Logia fruits while maintaining a human appearance.
In other words—even if his hand was heated to the temperature of magma, structurally, it would still look like a 'human hand.'
Of course, abilities that fundamentally required non-human structures—like pterosaur wings or Logia elementalization—still couldn't be used in human form.
But even so, this was enough to make Roy ecstatic.
This fruit meant he could use his abilities much more recklessly without blowing his cover!
"Nice, nice! Time to go find Teacher Zephyr for a spar!"
But just as he opened his door, eager to test his new state...
"Captain!" (x2)
He saw Hans and Fal waving at him from below.
Both looked extremely excited. "Captain, we were just coming to get you... Good news!"
"Good news?"
Roy looked at them quizzically.
"It's Hanafuda—the two Devil Fruits that guy owed us have arrived at Oris Plaza!"
Roy raised an eyebrow.
"Oh?"
As mentioned, Hanafuda's 2 billion Berry ransom had already been paid by Headquarters upon Roy's return.
Roy had given a portion to his men, especially the two injured ones, and kept the rest to recover from his spending spree on the Daibutsu and Door-Door fruits.
Now, Hanafuda had actually delivered the two promised fruits so quickly.
Roy was pleasantly surprised.
"Let's go. To the port!"
(Author's Note: The Munch-Munch Fruit eating ability users is from the movie. While the Drum Island movie contradicts the canon, it is an official movie, so I'm counting it as part of the setting.)
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