Sig returned to the room prepared for him at Marine Headquarters, sat on the bed, and closed his eyes to rest.
Not long after, footsteps were heard—from the voice, Sig knew it was Brannu, whom he had met before.
At the same time, in addition to the actual footsteps he heard, there was also a non-existent "sound" flowing into Sig's mind through his intuition.
However, the sound of the Devil Fruit can no longer sway Sig, and he doesn't even need to resist; he can simply listen to it as a tune.
After listening for a while, Shiryu's face also showed a hint of surprise—so it was this fruit? It had fallen into the hands of the Navy?
Thump thump thump--
After Brannu knocked on the door, Shiryu opened Door Opening and handed him the box, saying, "Vice Warden Shiryu, this is what the Marshal ordered me to give you. Marshal said you can rest well today and go see him again tomorrow. The others who will accompany you later will also meet you tomorrow."
"Understood." Shiryu was not enthusiastic, as if he didn't think much of the "major."
Brannu showed no sign of surprise. After delivering the gifts and conveying the message, he turned and left.
Sig had known for some time that there would be "fellow travelers," but Sengoku hadn't quite made up his mind before. Now it seems he has?
Recalling that he had just seen Vice Admiral Tsuru go to Sengoku, Sig had some vague guesses in his mind.
Sig himself took out the Mythical Zoan Dog-Dog Fruit from his room.
There was a bright green persimmon with cloud-like patterns on it, as if each leaf was wrapping around it.
Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan... Tanuki Form!
It's not easy to come up with names for Mythical Zoan. For example, "Okuchi no Makami" is a mythical beast from the Wano Country legends. If you're not from Wano Country, you probably haven't even heard of it.
After eating the fruit, one will immediately understand its basic abilities, but will not naturally know its name.
The World Government once gave a certain Devil Fruit a "fake name" in order to conceal its abilities.
Normal Zoan Devil Fruit, if they are obscure enough, already test one's biological knowledge, but Mythical Zoan... that tests one's knowledge of folklore and legends!
However, Sig immediately recognized the fruit's power upon sensing it—because this fruit had appeared in the game!
It was Padon, Redfield's "Little Brother," who possessed the Devil Fruit Devil Fruit ability of a "pen" that had eaten the Raccoon Dog Fruit.
According to the game's setting, Redfield should have encountered the helpless Padon —a creature that looks like a tanuki but is actually a "pen"—shortly after his escape from prison.
Soon Padon regarded Redfield as its boss and became extremely dependent on him.
Speaking of pens... Sig naturally thought of that person, and after some speculation, he deduced the original timeline...
If he hadn't time-traveled, Repikak certainly wouldn't have died on Enies Lobby, but one of his two pens might have broken afterwards...
Moreover, even if it doesn't break, the "Pen Pen Pen" inside will likely lose its power when the Wano Country lands, and then he will definitely want to get another pen.
Given his status, it's not impossible for the World Government to transfer a Mythical Zoan Fruit from the Navy's "warehouse," especially since the World Government also possesses the technology to fuse items with Devil Fruit.
But then, for some unknown reason, the newly made pen ended up at sea?
Sig felt that the if statement made perfect sense logically.
As for the "Tanuki" ability, it is quite useful, especially when combined with Redfield's Observation Haki in the game— the Devil Fruit ability can use "leaves" to create "creatures".
In terms of direct combat effectiveness, it is clearly much more practical than Kin'emon's method of transforming leaves into clothes...
The creatures that are "converted" are derived from the user's "memory," and the more the user knows the target, the more likely they are to reveal the user's true strength.
Redfield was known for his Observation Haki, and he had a number of capable people in his memory, so he conjured up a number of very strong fakes, such as fake Whitebeard, fake Blackbeard, and fake Aokiji.
It can even read other people's memories to conjure up their nemesis or someone who left a deep impression on them.
While their skills are certainly not as good as the original, they are by no means weak.
Sig could sense that the power of the Raccoon Dog Fruit was built upon "memory" and "knowledge," and the more one understood, the more powerful the "creature" one could create.
This...
Sig felt he was a better match for him!
After all, no matter how strong Redfield's Observation Haki, he hadn't actually been studying other people's bodies from the shadows, had he?
In terms of understanding the bodies of other masters, who dares to say they are better than Sig?
Unfortunately, Sig can only "learn" it now; to truly possess the Devil Fruit ability, he'll have to wait until Sequence 4...
However, Sig has now completely set his sights on this fruit!
Even though its effect on strengthening the body is extremely weak, the ability is undeniably practical in Sig's hands.
Sig simply hid the entire Devil Fruit in his shadow—let's just Shiryu a peculiar taste and ate it all!
As for Sengoku wanting to know the fruit's abilities tomorrow so he can Record in the encyclopedia?
Sig wasn't worried about this. Since Sengoku genuinely didn't know what kind of fruit it was, wasn't it up to Sig to decide?
Sig wasn't prepared to tell him the truth, and even if he wanted to, Sig couldn't demonstrate it to him; on the contrary...
Given Sig's expertise in flesh and blood, growing long hair and long animal ears would be easy for him. Then, he could just add some Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities and call it a fruit effect!
Well, in short, it's a canine mythical beast that can generate electricity. As for what kind of fruit it is, you can look it up yourself.
The Zoan body transformation, combined with special abilities—this definitely looks like the power of Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, right?
No matter how wise a general was during the Sengoku, he wouldn't have noticed anything amiss.
Furthermore, in this way, Sig can also use the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power in the "Shiryu" state, only he cannot Elementalization.
Sig cannot use the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power after Awakening, because the Thunder-Thunder Demon is also sealed within the main body's dormant consciousness; however, he still retains the normal Devil Fruit ability.
Sig began modifying Shiryu's flesh and blood in the room...
Although Sengoku didn't know what abilities this fruit should have, in order to avoid Sengoku deducing the approximate form of the Raccoon Dog Fruit from some "knowledge points," Sig chose the appearance of Padon from the original work—it's called "Bake-tanuki," but in reality, it's closer to the appearance of a "tanuki."
Soon Shiryu grew raccoon ears and a cute little short tail...
Well, this harmless design fits the situation of "no physical enhancements," otherwise, if they really gave him wolf ears, it would seem strange that Shiryu's body hadn't become noticeably stronger.
What Sig has achieved is more like a mutation than an increase in strength...