Jelly. Just hearing the name, it didn't seem like much. The first thing that came to mind was something delicious, sweet, and springy!
It looked ordinary, yet this ordinary fruit had been developed by the Jelly Queen until she became the Flying Pirates' ninth-in-command, with a bounty of 1.26 billion.
Setting aside the Jelly Queen's fair skin and beauty, she was truly a genius.
During that clash just now, the Jelly Queen had clearly used jelly's springy properties. Like a compressed spring, she had absorbed the force, then rebounded with even greater strength against her opponent.
From the looks of it, she had developed that ability quite well. The force she could rebound was in no way inferior to that of a real spring.
Did you think the Jelly Queen had only developed the ability to rebound force?
No!
She had an even more brilliant idea.
Just like Crocodile, she could absorb all the water and sugar from a person's flesh and blood, replenishing her own reserves and speeding up her recovery of stamina.
Absorbing water and sugar wasn't especially remarkable, since jelly was generally made from things like water and sugar. The truly powerful part was that she could replenish what she had expended by absorbing water and sugar from others.
That was what made it so powerful.
Even Crocodile hadn't developed his ability to that extent. Or rather, he hadn't thought of recycling what he absorbed.
What did it mean to be a genius?
This was it!
There were many, many geniuses like her out on the seas. Charlotte Katakuri, Cracker, Doflamingo, and others—among all those renowned, powerful figures, who wasn't a genius?
Even if people like them ate nothing but ordinary Devil Fruits, they could still develop them into powerful abilities and carve out a place for