Phantom Fruit

Upon hearing Magellan's words, Mosen's heart skipped a beat. Anyone Magellan considered a "relatively special prisoner" was undoubtedly extraordinary.

Mosen quickly turned his head to look at the eight prisoners. Two of them wore Seastone handcuffs, indicating they were the only Devil Fruit users among them.

Among the eight, the bald man with the strongest Life aura caught Mosen's eye. With such a powerful-looking hairstyle, Mosen couldn't help but stare a bit longer.

"Lord Magellan, is he the special prisoner you mentioned?" Mosen asked, pointing at the bald man.

"No," Magellan shook his head and continued, "Mosen! You can't judge a person's strength solely by their Life aura. The man wearing Seastone handcuffs has the highest Bounty here, a Bounty of 320 million Belly."

"320 million Belly! Lord Magellan, is his Devil Fruit Ability very special?" Mosen continued to ask.

"Yes, very special. About a year ago, Navy personnel stationed near Punk Hazard saw a Green giant dragon."

"A Green giant dragon? Was it Kaido?"

Magellan shook his head, "Not Kaido. That Green giant dragon only existed for a few seconds before disappearing, but it spewed Heat breath just like Kaido, destroying a warship.

When Marshal Kong learned of this incident, he dispatched Admiral Zephyr to Punk Hazard to investigate.

As it turned out, on the very day Admiral Zephyr arrived at Punk Hazard, he actually saw the deceased Pirate King Roger.

According to Admiral Zephyr's description, Roger's figure was somewhat ethereal at the time, appearing like a ghost. However, the Kamikazi he unleashed upon his warship was very real.

Like the Green giant dragon, Roger also only existed for a few seconds.

Admiral Zephyr, being experienced, immediately realized this was likely the power of some Devil Fruit. Thus, Admiral Zephyr ordered his subordinates to call Marine Headquarters for assistance with the investigation.

Ultimately, Marine Headquarters, by consulting the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, identified this individual as a Paramecia Phantom Fruit user.

The Phantom Fruit's ability is to create illusions of objects it touches. If it touches a photograph or a drawing of a creature, it can create an illusion of the creature in the photo or drawing.

The size of the created illusion is not related to the size of the illustration; it only appears at the same size as the actual object.

The illusion can replicate the original's abilities. If the original is a Devil Fruit user, the illusion can also replicate the Devil Fruit's abilities."

Hearing this, Mosen recalled the fruit Magellan had mentioned. This fruit appeared in the movie Fever.

The fruit's owner was the singer who was responsible for setting the mood, the "forgive-me-color" diva, Ann.

At the end of the movie, Sabo gave Ann a photo of Ace. After Ann touched the photo, she materialized an illusion of Ace. Ace's illusion, along with Sabo, blocked Kizaru's Yasakani no Magatama with Fire Fist, clearing the way for Luffy.

The combined Fire Fist of Ace and Sabo was affectionately nicknamed by fans as "4.9 billion Belly of the 5 billion Belly box office revenue came from this scene."

Mosen naturally had a deep impression of this scene.

With that thought, Mosen asked Magellan, "Lord Magellan, does this person's Devil Fruit Ability allow them to materialize anything as long as they have a picture or image?"

"Yes, that seems to be the case. According to the records in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, the illusions replicated by this fruit can even use hidden abilities that only the original user knows.

Admiral Sengoku speculated that since the replicated illusions can use abilities only the original user knows, they must possess the original's memories.

It's a shame the illusions only exist for a short time, making communication impossible and preventing any intelligence gathering.

However, even so, it's still terrifying. What a flashy and powerful ability!" Magellan exclaimed.

"Lord Magellan, I think this ability is like Natsuhi's fireworks. Beautiful but fleeting and illusory, a rather sad ability."

(ps: The abilities of the Phantom Fruit are all from Vivre Cards. I translated them myself using a translator, and they are generally accurate.)

Magellan was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Haha! Mosen, your interpretation is also quite good.

Whether it's flashy and powerful, or fleeting and illusory, this fruit's ability is very troublesome. This guy touched wanted posters randomly, materializing Kaido, Whitebeard, and Roger. With these legendary figures, he even escaped from Admiral Zephyr.

Because of this fruit, his Bounty increased from 80 million Belly to 320 million Belly in one year."

"Then how was he finally captured?"

"He got a bit drunk and wasn't thinking clearly, then he proactively attacked Punk Hazard. Borsalino happened to be there at the time, and after some struggle, he was apprehended."

"Proactively attacked Punk Hazard? Why was he so fixated on Punk Hazard?" Mosen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Admiral Sengoku also found it strange, so he interrogated him before he was sent to Impel Down. However, the guy just said he didn't like Punk Hazard.

Seeing that the interrogation yielded no results, Admiral Sengoku didn't want to waste any more time and had him sent over.

Mosen, I'm handing him over to you. His Devil Fruit Ability is very dangerous. Although the Seastone handcuffs restrict his ability, you cannot let your guard down. You must keep a close eye on him."

"I understand, Lord Magellan. Rest assured."

Seeing Mosen's serious expression, Magellan knew he had taken his words to heart. He turned and left with satisfaction.

Afterward, Mosen briefly explained the rules of Extreme Cold Hell to the eight prisoners and then led them inside.

On the way, Mosen kept secretly observing the unremarkable middle-aged man.

From Magellan's description, and based on Ann's demonstrated Phantom Fruit abilities in the movie Fever from his previous life, Mosen could confirm that the Phantom Fruit was a very useful Devil Fruit.

Even the most basic application of the fruit's ability, materializing illusions with the original's strength by touching photos or images, and controlling these illusions to attack, was indeed a very practical ability.

However, the drawbacks were that the fruit's ability required touching photos and images to activate, somewhat like a projector. Additionally, the materialized illusions only existed for a very short time, just a few seconds, barely enough to use one skill. Furthermore, only one illusion could be materialized at a time.

But what if this fruit could awaken? Would the illusion's existence time be greatly extended? Could multiple illusions be replicated simultaneously?

Thinking of this, Mosen felt a stir of desire. He secretly resolved that this fruit must be in his possession.

The next chapter will discuss my speculations on Devil Fruit transfer.