January 11, 1510.
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Today, through sparring with Moria, I gained a deeper understanding of the "Shadow-Shadow Fruit." In just one sparring session, and by deliberately being attacked by the Shadow-Shadow Fruit a few times, my "imitation" efficiency has already reached about 10%, and I feel there is still great potential to be explored.
As expected, because the "Hanged Man Sequence" itself involves authority over shadows, when "imitating" the Shadow-Shadow Fruit's ability, it is not limited to imitating "one-tenth" of other abilities!
I also need to start building a good relationship with Perona, and then analyze her Spirit-Spirit Devil Fruit ability —after all, she's just a child, right in the middle of puberty, and if she gets willful, "threats" won't work.
There's no need to be so polite with Absalom. If he cooperates, befriend him; if he doesn't, treat him like dirt—even with a notarized contract, there's always a time to break it. He's an adult; he doesn't need to say much.
January 20, 1510.
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I've probably analyzed the Shadow-Shadow Fruit's abilities to their limit; I can now mimic about 35% of the effects—but most of them are "shadow" abilities. As for abilities involving the "soul," I can only utilize about 10%.
Based on previous experience, it is possible to imitate about 30% of the Devil Fruit by directly analyzing it, such as the Rubber Fruit. However, it is possible to imitate about 10% of the Devil Fruit user by directly imitating them, such as the Glitter-Glitter Fruit.
The portion exceeding this limit likely overlaps with the authority of the "Hanged Man Sequence," raising the upper limit of imitation.
January 25, 1510.
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My efforts to win Perona's favor weren't in vain—after some "treatment," she's almost over it now, despite the psychological trauma I caused her before!
I played hide-and-seek with Perona today...
She thought that with the ability to "create a ghost clone," she was invincible at hide-and-seek, so she had long since gone from liking the game to being tired of it.
However... thanks to the Hypnotist's "Psychological Invisibility" effect, even if I strutted around in front of her, she would subconsciously ignore me!
Perona repeatedly released her "ghost clones," which passed directly through the walls, searching in all directions and corners, but they still couldn't find me right in front of her.
This rekindled Perona's interest in "hide-and-seek," significantly increasing her favorability towards her and allowing me to gradually analyze her abilities.
January 26, 1510.
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His progress in imitating Perona's Soul-Soul Fruit is only so-so.
While, strictly speaking, the abilities of the Soul-Soul Fruit and some abilities of the Visionary Path are not entirely unrelated, it's clear that this level of overlap isn't enough to increase the efficiency of imitation.
Or rather, it is precisely because all abilities, in theory, overlap with the five major Pathway to at least a tiny extent that they can all be imitated to some degree—after all, the five major Pathway represent "omniscience and omnipotence."
January 29, 1510.
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The analysis of the Spirit- Devil Fruit ability began to reveal connections—it started to complement the soul-related abilities of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.
February 2, 1510.
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With the analysis of the Soul-Soul Fruit, the Shadow-Shadow Fruit can also be further imitated, touching upon its "soul" level.
However, compared to the "Soul-Soul Fruit," both only scratch the surface in terms of the soul.
In terms of the soul, the "Shadow-Shadow Fruit" is simpler and more rudimentary. By controlling shadows, one can separate the souls of others and implant them into other bodies, and it can also be used to enhance oneself.
However, lacking the micro-management capabilities of the Soul-Soul Fruit, it can only perform simple separation and insertion, resulting in the creation of only zombies. Furthermore, its weaknesses are obvious, unlike Big Mom's creations, the "Homies," which offer a wider variety of possibilities, and even less refined than Perona's...
The "Soul-Soul Fruit" focuses on the manipulation of one's own soul, allowing one's soul to leave the body, form a soul clone, and spread emotions through the soul clone.
However, it cannot create New Life, nor can it directly enhance itself.
More importantly, the control of the "Soul-Soul Fruit" only applies to the user; unlike the "Soul-Soul Fruit" and "Shadow-Shadow Fruit," it cannot directly harvest the souls of others, nor can it even attack their souls. Its only influence on the soul level is limited to the emotional level.
February 6, 1510.
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The imitation of the Soul-Soul Fruit ultimately stopped at 15%, which is 50% higher than the ordinary imitation, while the imitation of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit reached 40%!
Their abilities in "soul separation" complement each other, giving me a greater grasp on both.
Through this period of mutual learning, I have initially combined our abilities in the realm of the soul.
The abilities of the "Visionary" encompass four levels: the etheric body, the Mind Body, the Astral Body, and the Spirit Body. However, within the Sequence Psychiatrist and Hypnotist, the focus is primarily on the mental Mind Body, which is the control over the Mind Body, namely the level of emotions and thoughts. In deep hypnosis and the awe of dragons, the more fundamental Astral Body, namely the level of the soul, is involved.
The Shadow-Shadow Fruit and the Soul-Soul Fruit primarily involve the soul level. It's unknown whether the Soul-Soul Fruit will touch upon the Spirit Body, that is, the level of the soul's origin.
I only managed to "imitate" a small part of the secrets of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, and my understanding of the Soul-Soul Fruit was merely superficial.
The only option is to try combining it with the abilities of the "The Hanged Man Path, or rather, to rely on both, and to further explore the abilities of the " Hanged Man " and the " Visionary," hoping that they might prove useful.
February 12, 1510.
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Today, the Thriller Bark left the Calm Belt —it's already in the Calm Belt, and it's reached its closest point to Mayo Island.
It will probably take another two weeks or so to reach the vicinity of Mayo Island; the Thriller Bark is just too big...
However, Captain John should receive the news soon, since a ship this big couldn't possibly go unnoticed.
Incidentally, I also had a few sparring sessions with Absalom these past few days— the Clear-Clear Fruit didn't help me much; it seemed to have the same effect as "Psychological Invisibility," except that "Psychological Invisibility" makes others subconsciously ignore you, while the Clear-Clear Fruit's effect is purely optical.
Hogback's medical skills are easy for a "Polymath" to understand, and there's no issue of mystical power or the inability to "imitate" them. I can truly master them, and... there will be unexpected gains!