No One Understands Devil Fruits Better Than I Do

"Gurararara, it's been years since I last heard someone talk about going to Mary Geoise as casually as if they were heading to the tavern next door for a drink."

For years, apart from that madman Rocks and a few others who weren't right in the head, no one had dared set their sights on the Holy Land Mary Geoise.

Whitebeard's laughter faded, and his massive frame leaned forward slightly.

His expression turned serious as he began offering advice as someone who had been there:

"Kid, don't think that killing an Admiral makes you invincible, or that you can tear Mary Geoise apart. It hides secrets beyond your imagination, secrets that could lead anyone to their death."

Ace couldn't help stepping forward. With concern in his voice, he said, "The Holy Land Mary Geoise is the most dangerous place in the world. Why would you want to go there?"

Whitebeard raised a hand to stop Ace and spoke slowly. "I admire your courage, but courage alone won't save you. Going there would just be suicide.

"Roger might have known something back then, but he never truly challenged the place. The World Government has stood for years, and its strength is beyond anything we can imagine."

He paused, his tone heavy with the gravity of experience. "Are you sure you want to go?"

Whitebeard had never fought Imu, and might not even have known that Imu was the highest authority in the World Government.

But he knew that one of the Five Elders had appeared on God's Island.

And Rocks had died there.

Because of that, he deeply feared the World Government. The strength it had shown might have been only the tip of the iceberg.

Even Rocks had died. Whitebeard didn't think Du Yang was much stronger than him.

Whitebeard slapped his thigh again and said:

"Gurararara, you're a monster of the new age. If you're willing to go, then go."

"Marco, gather everything we know about the Red Line and Mary Geoise, along with every scrap of rumor passed around among pirates from the old age. Put it all together for this kid."

At last, Whitebeard looked at Du Yang and said:

"There's one thing I can say for certain: on your own, you'll never be able to defeat the monsters hidden within the World Government."

Du Yang nodded.

Every world had its own rules.

In the world of pirates, comrades were incredibly important.

The Holy Land Mary Geoise...

The Celestial Dragons...

The Five Elders...

Imu...

What he really wanted was to test whether his Purification Power could kill Imu.

Imu was immortal.

The power One Piece Duyang had shared from Marvel Duyang could purify everything into nothingness.

What would happen when immortal Imu encountered a power that could turn everything into nothingness?

It wasn't just that he wanted to overthrow Imu, the King of the World, and bring down the World Government. He also wanted to build his own pirate crew again.

If he continued as a pirate, Imu would surely be one of his ultimate opponents.

And Imu was definitely connected to the One Piece in countless ways.

Besides, he had broken one of the accepted truths of the pirate world. Thanks to his simultaneous transmigration cheat, he possessed several kinds of power from different systems.

For example, the power of chakra-wielding ninjas from the Naruto world, the power of Mutants from the Marvel Universe, and the power of Inhumans from the A Certain World.

All of these powers had become abilities granted by eating Devil Fruits.

Of course, the underwater world didn't have such Devil Fruits. That was simply how the world's rules worked. The essence of the powers hadn't changed much; only their form had.

Now it was as if every pirate had eaten a Ninja Chakra Fruit, a Mutant Purification Form Fruit, or an Inhuman Triple Inverse Life Form Fruit.

That made things very interesting.

There was no one in this world who understood Devil Fruits better than he did.

Devil Fruit abilities could be used in all sorts of ingenious ways.

He could even create clones, then have each one eat a different Devil Fruit.

And that wasn't even counting the other powers he would share in the future. Every time he shared a power, it was like eating another incredibly powerful, rare Devil Fruit.

After all, with the power of the Ninja Fruit's chakra, he could use many kinds of Clone Techniques, such as the basic Clone Technique, the Shadow Clone Technique, and various Elemental Clone Techniques.

Du Yang had once tried using the Ninja Fruit's power. The result was exactly the same as the basic clone Naruto Du Yang had created: an illusion that could fool people.

This Fruit could also be called the Chakra Fruit. It caused chakra to form inside the human body.

One was a Chakra Fruit borne by the God Tree; the other was a Devil Fruit Chakra Fruit borne by the Devil Tree.

There was no doubt that this was a god-tier Fruit.

Its lower limit was very low, but its upper limit was incredibly high.

Now, it was as if he had completely copied Naruto Du Yang's abilities.

One Piece Duyang had finally come to understand the fun and potential of his simultaneous transmigration cheat. When powers from different systems intersected, they could create sparks unlike anything else.

Though those weren't proper clones and could only last for a while, there were so many ways he could use them.

If he could get a Devil Fruit that could create real clones, that would be even better.

By then, his use of Devil Fruit powers would reach an entirely new level.

Several days later, the Moby Dick dropped anchor in a relatively calm stretch of sea in the New World.

Whitebeard sat in his enormous chair, his massive frame casting a wide shadow in the sunlight.

Marco stood beside him, holding a square object carefully wrapped in waxed cloth and secured with sea beast sinew.

"Kid, before we part, there's one more thing that might be useful to you."

Whitebeard gestured for Marco to step forward.

Marco handed the object to Du Yang and said, "This is the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. We came across it by chance once."

Du Yang was delighted.

This was exactly what he'd been missing.

Now he could recognize what the Clone Fruit looked like.

He untied the sinew and peeled away the waxed cloth. Inside was a thick, hefty book.

Its pages weren't made of ordinary paper, but of tough, durable parchment. The edges were worn and yellowed, yet the pages remained intact.

The illustrations and text were somewhat blurry, clearly indicating that this was a copy.

Ordinary people rarely got to see a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. Only the Navy and the Celestial Dragons had access to one.

But that wasn't always the case. Copies of the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia could still find their way out, or Blackbeard wouldn't have been able to see one.

He flipped through the pages. The fruits were vividly illustrated, each with a different shape and a bizarre ability: blazing flames, flowing sand, ferocious animal forms, abstract symbols... They corresponded to all kinds of Devil Fruits, and the descriptions of their powers were even more detailed.

Du Yang was startled.

This seemed like a more original and perhaps even more complete rare edition than the versions held by the Navy and the Government.

Someone might have compiled the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia a long time ago.

After all, Devil Fruits had existed since ancient times.

And human civilization could be traced back to...