The Mind Fruit of Pirates
Chapter 17

Cole's Demonic Transformation

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At night, the bright sky reflected upon the vast sea. Standing atop Green Cliff and looking out, it felt as though one possessed the entire universe.

Every time he saw such beauty, Luo Han's longing for the outside world grew a little stronger. He yearned to see every corner of this wondrous world.

"Soon! In five more years, I'll be eighteen and can finally set sail."

Luo Han muttered to himself.

By then, I should have manifested Psychokinesis already, right?... No! That's too late. I have to manifest Psychokinesis before the next Scale Fruit Festival.

That way, I'll have enough time to strengthen my Psychokinesis.

"Brother Han, why did you come up here first?" Cole asked as he approached with steady steps.

Speaking of it, Cole's fatness was like Jin Bing from the Marvel cartoons Luo Han had watched in his previous life. He had thick, powerful thighs, unlike the little short legs commonly seen in the One Piece World.

"I came up early to think about some things. And while I'm at it, I was thinking about how you should develop your Devil Fruit."

Luo Han waved casually at Cole. Helping Cole develop his Devil Fruit ability tonight was actually simple—he just needed to eat more meat.

"Cole, do you remember what you wanted to do most after eating the Devil Fruit?" Luo Han asked.

Generally speaking, when someone had just eaten a Devil Fruit, it would stir up their most instinctive desire!

"Eat meat!" Cole answered immediately.

Uh! Not even a moment's hesitation. Sure enough, this Devil Fruit was a perfect match for Cole!

"That's right. To develop your Devil Fruit ability, all you need to do is eat meat!" Luo Han said. "Of course! The larger the creature and the better the quality of its meat, the better it'll be for you!"

"Really? That's great! I won't have to close my eyes and stare at wooden sticks like Brother Han. Hehe!" Cole was delighted.

Luo Han felt miserable...! I don't want to close my eyes and look at wooden sticks either!!

Strangely enough, after using Observation Haki and Mind Power to sense wooden sticks for three years, he had not made the slightest progress.

Uh! That wasn't entirely true. At least his Observation Haki had grown much stronger, but he still couldn't sense the shape of a wooden stick.

"Brother Han, are you still going to teach me Observation Haki tonight?" Cole asked.

Ever since Cole's fighting ability had reached a certain level two years ago, Luo Han had trained with him every night to awaken his Observation Haki.

Just like how Rayleigh had trained Luffy.

"We'll train! Once we set sail, we'll be at a huge disadvantage without Observation Haki." Luo Han pulled Cole down from Green Cliff and arrived at the top of the island.

"Cole, we'll do something special tonight. Normally, I'm too slow, while your body is too strong in every aspect.

My movements hold no surprise for you at all. With the Paper Arts of the Six Powers, you can easily dodge my attacks.

That's why it's so hard for your Observation Haki to awaken!"

Cole looked at Luo Han with innocent, wide-eyed curiosity, waiting for him to continue.

Uh! Better be direct. I should explain less of this stuff to Cole in the future. Let him remain an innocent youth! Mm! A kid is fine too.

"Tonight, use your Devil Fruit to transform into the full Kun form! Then I'll attack you from afar with stones, and you just need to dodge them," Luo Han reminded Cole.

Cole then began to transform! Speaking of which, Luo Han wanted a transformation ability too—especially Cole's Kun Kun Fruit.

It had been a long time since he had seen Cole transform with his Devil Fruit ability! It seemed Cole had only transformed once at the beginning. Would he become bigger this time?

Luo Han was looking forward to it!

"Mm... mm... mm..." Cole seemed to be having some trouble.

"Cole! What are you doing? Transforming? Don't tell me you can't transform unless you shout a slogan?" Watching Cole strain there for ages without managing to transform, Luo Han grew depressed.

"How about...? Let's shout a slogan!" Luo Han suggested tentatively.

"Ah... what slogan, Brother Han?"

"Uh! Let me think...! This one will do! Repeat after me: Kun Kun Fruit! Transform!!" Luo Han said.

Then, as he watched Cole shout so hard that every muscle in his body began wriggling, Luo Han got a little scared and hurriedly told him to stop.

"Enough! Enough! Cole, stop. Let's try another way."

Seeing Cole stop, Luo Han secretly wiped away a cold sweat.

What was going on? A Zoan Devil Fruit user couldn't transform? He had never heard of that before!

A triple barrage of question marks instantly left Luo Han completely dumbfounded!

"Cole! Do you remember how you transformed the first time?"

Cole's face had turned red with anxiety as well!

"Ah...! I don't know either." Cole scratched his head and gave an embarrassed laugh.

I knew it! This guy had never communicated about his Devil Fruit powers. He might not even know what Devil Fruit he ate anymore.

Who knew what Uncle Witt had been thinking, not allowing Cole to use his abilities during training.

"Cole! Do you remember what Devil Fruit you ate?"

Cole tilted his head and looked at Luo Han! Clearly, he wanted Luo Han to answer his question.

Sigh! Luo Han held his forehead. He didn't even know what Devil Fruit he had eaten, yet he had just shouted that slogan with so much effort.

He'd shouted "Kun Kun Fruit" for nothing! Luo Han felt exhausted.

"You ate the Kun Kun Fruit. You can turn into a kun—a huge flying fish!" Luo Han patiently explained to Cole.

Cole said, "So there are fish that can fly!"

"You're focusing on the wrong thing! You're the flying fish... no, your Devil Fruit ability turns you into a flying fish—a kun."

Cole had nearly led him astray. He had never noticed it before.

Why was Cole acting so adorably dumb today?

"Cole! Think carefully about the taste when you first ate the Devil Fruit. You should have a hard time forgetting that taste!" Luo Han continued prompting him.

"Uh...! I remember now, Brother Han!" Cole finally recalled it. That taste was still unbearable to this day.

Cole then began recalling how he had felt that night, slowly connecting with the Devil Fruit power within his body.

Then, Cole slowly began transforming into a kun, growing larger and larger...

A fierce gust of wind swept over them, making it impossible to open their eyes. It was a while before they could open them again.

A three-hundred-meter-long kun fish floated in the air before Luo Han, its wingspan reaching two hundred meters. Its enormous mouth took up its entire head, packed with countless teeth like those of a shark.

Its black skin was covered in dark blue stripes, giving it a somewhat mysterious appearance.

"Brother Han! Can I train Observation Haki now?"

Along with Cole's voice, saliva sprayed from his open mouth and drenched Luo Han from head to toe.

Standing before Cole's huge mouth, Luo Han's legs trembled in the face of this colossal creature.

Too terrifying! Rows upon rows of teeth filled that open mouth, with no end in sight.

"How about... you turn back first? You're too big like this. Training won't have any effect." Luo Han took off his clothes. The saliva covering him could only be washed off after he got back.

"And I'm not exactly in a convenient state right now. Let's think of another training method tomorrow!" Luo Han looked at the saliva covering his body, which gave off a foul stench.

At that moment, bang! bang! Two figures landed.

Uncle Witt and Uncle Kate arrived at the top of the island, their faces filled with shock when they saw Cole.

The two of them had been resting at home when they suddenly sensed a powerful presence appear atop the island. They had thought a Sea King had crawled ashore, and fearing that Luo Han and Cole were in danger, they had rushed over.

They never expected to find such a huge "fish" floating in the sky, transformed from Cole's Devil Fruit ability.

Uncle Witt and Uncle Kate exchanged smiles, feeling somewhat proud.

Their choice back then had not been wrong. Cole would surely be able to protect Ring Tree Island in this cruel world.

"Alright, Cole, hurry and change back! You'll scare the people on the island like this. Once I explain things to everyone tomorrow, you can train your Devil Fruit," Uncle Witt shouted to Cole.

The reason he had not allowed Cole to train his Devil Fruit ability before was because he had heard at Marine Headquarters that, as Devil Fruit users developed their powers, they would be affected by the abilities of their fruits.

Cole had still been young at the time. Uncle Witt had not wanted him to suffer any uncertain effects, so he had specifically told Cole not to use his Devil Fruit ability.

Cole also saw his father and Uncle Kate arrive.

Hearing Uncle Witt's words, he slowly changed back! Fortunately, he had not forgotten how to control the transformation.

Looks like tonight ends here. I still need to keep working hard on my Psychokinesis!

Cole was becoming more and more terrifying. After transforming with his Devil Fruit, his body was so huge, yet he could shrink back into such a small human form.

How could that body not be powerful? No wonder the future Four Emperor Kaido was known as the strongest creature on land, sea, and air.

Come to think of it, it was only because of Uncle Kate's question at Green Cliff three years ago that Luo Han learned the future Pirate King Roger had not yet set sail! There was no such person on the seas yet.

Back to the point!

Such an enormous dragon form shrinking back into a human body meant that immense power was bound within that tiny body. What it brought was inevitably terrifying defense, along with the dreadful recovery power after awakening.

The title of the strongest creature on land, sea, and air truly suited him!

Thinking that Cole might become such a monstrous powerhouse in the future, Luo Han's desire to materialize his Psychokinesis grew even stronger.

This world belonged to the strong!

Only the strong could live freely!

Luo Han only wanted to live a little more freely!

My writing ability can't support two updates a day right now. It's not that I can't write them, but that if I do, I won't have time to revise them carefully. Without careful revisions, my writing won't improve easily. I want to write properly and make each chapter as good as possible before releasing it. From now on, I'll try to update once a day. I'm taking it easy.

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