The Flaws of Wishing

Hancock, who had also been to the Dragon Ball World, was immediately startled, then looked excitedly at the fruit placed in the very center:

"So, this Devil Fruit also has the power to grant wishes?"

"Is it possible to rule the world, resurrect the dead, or even restore a planet?"

Vegapunk nodded:

"That's true in theory, but of course there are many problems! You should know that there's often a certain balance principle between Devil Fruit."

Upon hearing this, Hancock nodded, showing no disappointment. While there were differences in quality among Devil Fruit, there were also some hidden rules of balance.

The more powerful Devil Fruit, the more limitations it often has. For example, the most abnormal Devil Fruits, such as the Hobby-Hobby Fruit and the Hollow-Hollow Fruit, often have very weak hosts.

This doesn't mean that Sugar and Perona lack the potential to become strong; rather, it's that, mysteriously, these Devil Fruits have already absorbed their potential, making it impossible for them to become stronger.

Even someone with Charlotte Linlin's unparalleled talent as a pirate, after obtaining and eating the Hobby-Hobby Fruit -Hobby Fruit, would never become a powerful figure. Even if she could defeat the elders of the Giant Village when she was five years old, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit would reduce her to a normal ten-year-old girl.

In Vegapunk's view, that's what Devil Fruit are. The more powerful and extraordinary a simple ability is, the more it needs to absorb the potential within the host. Conversely, some Devil Fruit abilities that are simple and straightforward and grow stronger along with the host do not have these requirements.

"So, what is the balancing principle of this Devil Fruit? Wish Fruit can grant any wish can't possibly be without any conditions, right?"

Upon hearing Hancock's question, Vegapunk sighed:

"I have no idea!"

Meeting Hancock's questioning gaze, Vegapunk spread his hands, explaining helplessly:

"That's just how Paramecia Devil Fruit are. Before you actually use them, who knows what their effects will be? I can't even guarantee that they can grant your wish!"

This Devil Fruit was actually created by him by absorbing the method used by the Namekians to create the Dragon Ball. Vegapunk couldn't guarantee how effective it would be; what he just said was only the best-case scenario.

Even if eating this Devil Fruit would turn him into Shenron who could only grant other people's wishes, Vegapunk wouldn't be surprised— Paramecia Devil Fruit are the kind of things that are hard to control, and you can hardly guess their true effect from their name.

"Then what should we do? Just find someone to eat it and test the effects of the Devil Fruit?"

Hancock tilted her head and asked, "I don't know how effective this Devil Fruit is, or what the side effects are after the wish is granted. It's definitely not something I can let my own people eat."

Vegapunk stroked his chin. To be honest, he didn't know if using Genjutsu to manipulate others into making wishes counted as cheating, or if it would actually work. Otherwise, he might as well give it a try.

The worst thing is that not only will the Genjutsu not work, but the person being controlled will also regain consciousness when making a wish, which would be a huge problem.

While it's true that the Wish Fruit, like Shenron in the Dragon Ball World, shouldn't be able to destroy individuals stronger than its creator... the creator of the Wish Fruit is Vegapunk himself. Theoretically, two identical Vegapunk could definitely perish together.

The Wish Fruit could very well kill Vegapunk, and besides, it's just like Dragon Ball, but not a real Dragon Ball, so Vegapunk can't even stuff any personal items into it.

Therefore, the first person to eat Devil Fruit must be someone who is loyal to Vegapunk, willing to sacrifice himself without caring, and cannot be forcibly manipulated by Genjutsu magic.

And such people... Vegapunk thought about it carefully, and realized that he actually had quite a few under his command!

For example, there are clones created by oneself, and Fungal Modified Human. Devil Fruit don't discriminate against hosts anyway; they can eat animals and so on. So, it's no problem for cyborgs and Cyborg to eat them.

"Hancock, you're right. In that case, let's find a clone and start the experiment!"

Instead of overthinking, Vegapunk summoned a Fungal Modified Human, took out the Wish Fruit, and made him eat it.

"How do you feel?"

Vegapunk looked at the Fungal Modified Human in front of him and asked a question. The Cyborg tilted its head:

"How strange... I feel like I can grant other people's wishes now!"

"Other people's wishes?"

Vegapunk repeated those five words, then asked:

"Can you only fulfill other people's wishes, but not your own?"

"No, I can't fulfill my own wishes right now. I can only fulfill wishes when others make wishes on me. Of course, I can choose whether or not to fulfill other people's wishes."

"So, after your wish comes true, will there be any side effects?"

"I don't know either..."

While you can use the abilities of Devil Fruit as soon as you eat it, and many more complex Devil Fruit even come with some information that tells you what you can do after eating it, no Devil Fruit will tell you about any side effects.

The only way to investigate this aftereffect is to directly use Devil Fruit. Vegapunk no longer hesitated and spoke to the Cyborg:

"Alright then, I want all the knowledge of this world. Teach me all of it!"

"This wish is very simple!"

After hearing Vegapunk's words, the Cyborg seemed to be triggered by some kind of instinct, uttering a classic line from Shenron, after which a beam of light shone on Vegapunk's head.

A flood of information rushed into his mind, and after a moment, Vegapunk opened his eyes, revealing a less than satisfied expression.

Although it is said to be knowledge of the entire Pirate World, the Wish Fruit only gave him knowledge of the pirate planet—at most, it included some technology from ancient civilizations, but did not include knowledge of the universe.

It's important to know that the Pirate World has Space Pirate Crew, which means that the universe in this world is quite vibrant. Logically, he should be able to collect knowledge from the entire universe.

However, Vegapunk was also well aware that Devil Fruit, after all, just imitations of Dragon Ball. Being able to fulfill wishes at the planetary level was already quite good. To gain knowledge of the entire universe, Vegapunk would have to create Devil Fruit using the wish crystals of the entire universe.

But by then, knowledge of the Pirate World would seem to be of little use to him...

Fortunately, the knowledge of ancient civilizations in the Pirate World is not entirely useless. For example, Vegapunk obtained a map of the universe near the Pirate Planet from the knowledge of ancient civilizations!

Ancient Technology in the Pirate World had advanced to the level of space travel. Although they had not yet truly established colonies, they had already gained some understanding of the civilizations of nearby planets.

Moreover, perhaps the God of Creation in the Pirate World was a little off-track, making space travel incredibly easy—at least ancient civilizations with spaceships traveling at less than 1/10 the speed of light had already discovered several planetary civilizations.

The planets and galaxies here seem to be clustered together, which is completely different from the astronomical distances between each planet and galaxy in the real universe. It is unknown how this situation was formed.

The thought process in his mind lasted only a moment. Vegapunk quickly came to his senses and looked at the Cyborg who had made his wish, only to find that his whole body was slowly stiffening and eventually turning into a stone statue.

"Is it like in Dragon Ball, where you turn into a stone for a year after making a wish, or do you just die?"

Vegapunk frowned, as if suddenly remembering something:

"Let's go, Hancock, let's check out the Devil Fruit Recycler!"

Since the Chakra Network was established, Vegapunk secretly added some personal benefits to it. Everyone connected to the Chakra Network not only contributes a large amount of Chakra during their lifetime, but their souls are also directly absorbed by the Chakra Network after death.

After absorbing all the Chakra and memories from these souls, Vegapunk would return them to the natural cycle. However, if there was anything else in the soul, Vegapunk would also extract it—such as certain Devil Fruit.

It can be said that every Devil Fruit User connected to the Chakra Network has their Devil Fruit pre-ordained by Vegapunk will simply take it back as soon as they die.

It is entirely foreseeable that as this situation continues, there will be fewer and fewer wild Devil Fruit User in the future. Eventually, all Devil Fruit will be collected by Vegapunk, and there will be no other Devil Fruit User except for Vegapunk's subordinates.

Of course, this was just an invention Vegapunk made on a whim, mainly intended for slowly boiling a frog in water later on. But this time, it has a completely new use.

If you take a close look at the Devil Fruit Recycler, and you find the Wish Fruit, it means that the Cyborg turned into a stone statue is dead. If not, it means that the Cyborg can be restored.

Unfortunately, as soon as Vegapunk arrived at the Devil Fruit Recycler, he saw the Wish Fruit inside. Clearly, this Devil Fruit was a one-time use fruit.

"It can only grant other people's wishes, but not make its own, and it dies immediately after making a wish? It's really full of restrictions."

Looking at the Devil Fruit in his hand, Vegapunk couldn't help but sigh softly, not finding it too surprising.

Considering the wish-granting power of the Dragon Balls in the Dragon Ball World, even a crisis of planetary destruction or human extinction could be restored in one fell swoop by the Dragon Ball. Therefore, it is only natural that they have such great limitations.

Moreover... this is actually a good thing for Vegapunk!

Because in this way, there will no longer be a one-year cooldown period after making a wish with the Dragon Ball. At most, it will just waste the lives of some Cyborg, and they can keep making wishes indefinitely.

Having retrieved the Wish Fruit, Vegapunk was momentarily at a loss for what to wish for. Theoretically, the limit of his wish was still confined to the entire Pirate Planet, but the crucial point was that the entire Pirate Planet was now under his rule...

"Perhaps I should try it out and see if this wish-granting fruit works in other worlds?"

Once the Dragon Ball leave the Dragon Ball Universe, they turn into stone. However, the abilities of Devil Fruit can still be used in other worlds, though they may be weakened or strengthened due to different cosmic rules.

So, do the wish-granting fruits, modeled after the Dragon Ball, actually have any effect in other worlds?

Vegapunk was unaware of this, but he felt it was a promising opportunity, so he quickly fed the Wish Fruit to a Cyborg, preparing to try it out in other worlds.

The Ninja World.

As the world that Vegapunk first completely conquered and developed, the Ninja World undoubtedly reaped the greatest benefits.

Although they lack Devil Fruit and the infrastructure of Dragon Ball Earth, both Ninja World conquered by Vegapunk have entered the stage of space exploration thanks to the development of Chakra to its limit.

At least some planets and satellites near the Ninja World have been terraformed by them and become habitable. When the power of Chakra is fully utilized, building a complete ecological cycle is not a difficult task.

The Vegapunk clone in the Ninja World is arguably the most idle of all Vegapunk, since the potential of the Ninja World has been fully explored, and there is almost nothing left to research.

Even the so-called Otsutsuki Clan is now meaningless to Vegapunk —they are just some huge Chakra energy clusters. After thoroughly studying all the mysteries of Chakra, Vegapunk can do everything that the Otsutsuki can do, as long as he has the same amount of Chakra energy.

Even things that the Otsutsuki couldn't do, Vegapunk could do—such as using Chakra to modify the ecology of a planet.

The God Tree of the Otsutsuki Clan absorbs the life force of the planet, which actually comes from only two sources: solar energy and geothermal energy.

In theory, with this ability to modify a planet's ecology, even a so-called lifeless dead star could be transformed into an ecosystem by planting God Tree. In other words, it could directly change the Otsutsuki Clan from a "nomadic people" to an "agricultural people."

There are very few planets in the universe with real life, but there are hundreds or thousands of times more planets with sufficient sunlight and geothermal heat than habitable planets.

This means that the Otsutsuki Clan's gains could be a hundred times greater. If these people really had this ability, they would never have hidden it.