Blackbeard, About to Reach the Pinnacle of Life
"Pfft..." Gild Tesoro was shocked and couldn't help but spit out all the wine in his mouth. Fortunately, Roy was prepared and a transparent light wall appeared in the air, reflecting all the wine mixed with Gild Tesoro's saliva back.
Gild Tesoro, no longer caring about being tricked by Roy again, hurriedly asked, "What did you say? This isn't the Dark-Dark Fruit, it's the Disguise-Disguise Fruit!"
No wonder Gild Tesoro reacted this way; the contrast was simply too outrageous, turning one of the strongest Devil Fruits in the ocean into one of the most useless Devil Fruits in the world.
There is no absolute strength or weakness among Devil Fruit. The most crucial factor is the user's own development of the ability. The so-called strongest Logia type still produced comedic characters like Caribou and Caesar, while the so-called weakest Zoan (referring only to ordinary Zoan types) produced monsters like Rob Lucci. It is evident that the user's own strength plays a significant role in the outcome.
However, Devil Fruit do indeed have relative strengths and weaknesses; otherwise, there would be no distinction between superior and inferior levels. Moreover, anyone with a modicum of intelligence would undoubtedly choose the Rumble-Rumble Fruit over the Rumble-Rumble Fruit -Silence-Silence Fruit.
Blackbeard is already strong enough, but he still covets the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit. If all Devil Fruits started from the same point, he wouldn't have wasted so many years of his life.
"Hmm, quite a great ability, right? The ability to freely change one's own and others' clothing. The person who obtains this Devil Fruit Ability can instantly become a top-tier fashion designer, easily joining large fashion companies. Then, before long, they'll be promoted, receive a raise, become a general manager, a CEO, marry a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life!" Roy nodded in deep agreement, sighing with admiration. He was such a kind person; he had just given away a Devil Fruit worth 100 million Beli.
That's right, this is Foxfire Kin'emon's Devil Fruit Ability. He reappeared in this sea after his death. With Roy's power, it might be difficult to obtain a rare and top-quality Devil Fruit like the Dark-Dark Fruit, but obtaining a useless Devil Fruit like the Disguise-Disguise Fruit is a piece of cake.
In fact, Roy wasn't lying. If the fruit were developed to its Awakening state, it might not just change clothes, but change one's own form. At that time, the user could use the ultimate skill in the Naruto World, the ultimate transformation technique that even gods couldn't resist—the Sexy Jutsu.
Gild Tesoro felt there were too many things to complain about, and he didn't even know where to begin.
It's important to understand that his auction has gathered almost all of the world's top powers, and the vast majority of them are there because of the news he released about the "Dark-Dark Fruit." Under these circumstances, if someone can obtain the "Dark-Dark Fruit" from the chaos, their strength should not be underestimated.
Such a person, if he wanted to, could obtain any wealth and power, so why would he lower himself to do something like fashion design?
Gild Tesoro thought to himself, "Whoever manages to snatch this fruit is truly cursed. Putting aside the awful taste of Devil Fruit, the mere fact that the fruit is fixed and I can't obtain a truly powerful one is enough to make me collapse. My strength hasn't increased at all, and I've inexplicably gained the weakness of being afraid of water. Gild Tesoro has already begun to feel sorry for that unknown person."
"However, Nightmare, this fruit looks exactly like the Dark-Dark Fruit. Don't get it wrong; the difference between the two is enormous," Gild Tesoro asked, frowning.
"Don't worry, this is a treasure I personally crafted, there won't be any mistakes."
In these two years, he finally developed his Devil Fruit Ability to its limit, almost completely breaking the boundary between illusion and reality. That is, he could not create Devil Fruit, which contain the essence of this world. Other beings, on the other hand, could be created directly from the void, which is a true method of creating things from the void.
Of course, while he couldn't create a treasure from the ocean like Devil Fruit, changing its appearance and aura was no problem for him.
Although its appearance has changed, it is still Devil Fruit in essence. Unless the real one and the fake one are placed side by side for comparison, no one can tell that this Devil Fruit is a defective product.
This can be seen from Gild Tesoro's reaction. Even though Roy had clearly told him, he was still half-believing and half-doubting. This shows that Roy's ability to forge things is almost unparalleled, and he can make fakes look like the real thing.
"Nightmare, no wonder everyone says you're a devil. Now... I truly believe it." Gild Tesoro lamented the future of this world. Even Devil Fruit were no longer believable; where was the trust between people in this world?
Roy's calm smile seemed to tacitly agree with Gild Tesoro's statement.
Actually, he originally intended to replace the Dark-Dark Fruit with Corazon's Silence-Silence Fruit.
After all, this fruit is notoriously useless in the Pirate World. What's the point of blocking out sound? Strong people usually possess Observation Haki, and fighting with sound and sight is outdated.
In Roy's view, it was because Doflamingo was not as calm as he appeared when he killed Corazon, and in his turmoil he forgot to use Observation Haki, which allowed Roy to escape.
Of course, Roy later abandoned the idea because he found Disguise-Disguise Fruit was even more useless than the Silence-Silence Fruit.
After all, if the Silent -Silence-Silence Fruit to be developed to its Awakening state, it could even block Observation Haki, which would still be somewhat useful. At the very least, it would be more than enough to qualify someone as an assassin.
As for the Disguise-Disguise Fruit... sorry, Roy isn't far-reaching enough. Apart from the legendary "Seduction" technique, he really can't find any other useful direction for development.
Therefore, whether or not this useless Devil Fruit can be saved depends on whether Blackbeard can provide the necessary support.
"By the way, Nightmare, there's something I need to remind you of..." Gild Tesoro suddenly became serious and warned solemnly, "I discovered a long-lost big shot in the Visual Den Den Mushi, who might be after you."
"Oh? A big shot who's been missing for a long time, interesting. Tell me about him." Roy's expression was lazy, and he didn't take Gild Tesoro's warning to heart at all.
"Scopper Gaban, the Pirate King Roger, who is on par with Dark King Rayleigh, and is known as the Pirate Poseidon's left-hand man!"
"Looks like he really is a big shot." Roy finally became serious. "Tsk tsk, a Pluton and a Poseidon, could Roger have once been known as the King of the Uranus?"
"Ahem, people at the time used the term 'Ancient Weapon' to refer to them, probably because they thought they might become the hope to pierce the darkness and the divine weapons to defeat the descendants of the gods."
P. S.: The Poseidon thing is just something I made up, don't take it seriously.