Mousse remained unmoved. However, the confidence in her words piqued his interest. "Is there some major problem with CP0 or the Celestial Dragons that has left them unable to restrain a high-ranking agent like her, or did she eat some Devil Fruit with a special effect?"
The answer was quickly revealed after Stussy arrived.
Although the current strategist of CP0 looked no different from when Mousse had last seen her, his heart suddenly tightened the moment he laid eyes on her. What's going on? Why did it trigger the Still Water I set up?
Stussy, meanwhile, regretfully stamped her foot. "Your ability is awful. Haven't you grown up yet? It actually had no effect at all?"
"You ate the Love-Love Fruit?" Mousse immediately guessed the truth upon hearing her words, silently breathing a sigh of relief.
Mousse might have been young in physical age, but he had trained diligently from childhood using scientific methods, and his body had developed faster than that of an ordinary person. He already possessed all the functions he should have had. Moreover, he had been thoroughly educated by various teachers before crossing over here, so he could not be completely unmoved like Luffy was when he saw the Empress bathing.
Fortunately, Mousse had always been cautious. He had long since used his Book-Book Fruit ability to set up a protective trigger against Devil Fruit abilities that charmed or seduced people:
Whenever Mousse's thoughts displayed an abnormality, such as suddenly becoming excessively agitated, the trigger would activate at once. Through self-hypnosis, it would forcibly suppress his unstable mental state. In this mode, Mousse was like an enlightened monk who had cultivated for many years. Even if a heavenly fairy descended before him, he would see nothing but a beautiful skeleton.
Yet Stussy had actually assumed Mousse