The Effect of the Heart's Door, Stealing a Devil Fruit!

"Tell me, how should I deal with them?"

At this moment, Natsuya's voice rang in Nami's ear once again.

Nami couldn't help but turn her head to glance at Natsuya.

She saw a mysterious smile playing on his handsome face.

Nami was deeply puzzled. Hadn't Natsuya already decided to have Olig and the others assist him in testing and developing his abilities?

Why was he suddenly asking this?

"I'm not quite sure, Lord Natsuya. You should decide for yourself."

Nami was confused and didn't dare to say anything more.

In truth, what she was thinking was that it would be best if Natsuya wiped Olig and the others out.

That way, she wouldn't have any lingering worries.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if she ran into Olig and his crew while wandering the East Blue in the future.

Unfortunately, Natsuya was not privy to these thoughts.

"No effect?"

Natsuya muttered to himself and tried again.

As a result, a small door did indeed appear on Nami's back, but he still couldn't hear her thoughts.

Opening the heart's door to peek into someone's thoughts had failed.

However, Natsuya was not discouraged.

It would be strange if such a conceptual-level technique were so easy to succeed with.

There was no rush; he had plenty of time, after all.

After testing on Nami a few more times and still failing, he shifted his target to Olig and the others.

A week passed just like that.

On the sea.

Olig and his men stared at Natsuya on the pirate ship opposite them, their faces filled with astonishment.

"You're letting us go!?"

At this moment, Olig and the others couldn't have been more shocked.

Yes!

Just a moment ago!

Without any warning, Natsuya had actually told them to leave!

Hearing this, Nami was also stunned.

Natsuya was actually just letting Olig and the others go like this!?

So, did that mean Natsuya had captured Olig and the others truly just to test his developing abilities, and had no malicious intent at all?

Thinking this, Nami couldn't help but feel a bit anxious.

She did not want to see Olig and the others remain unscathed.

Of course, even though she thought this, Nami didn't speak up.

After all, it wasn't her place to decide the fate of Olig and the others!

And since Natsuya wanted to let them go, she naturally had no right to object.

"What, you don't want to leave?"

Natsuya looked at the bewildered Olig and his men and chuckled.

If he were still with CP9, Olig and the others would likely have been wiped out.

But he was no longer with CP9; he now acted according to his own heart.

Since Olig and the others had been helpful in testing his abilities, he naturally decided to let them off the hook.

"We do! We do!!"

Olig and his men snapped out of their daze and nodded hurriedly.

Without another word, the pirate ship immediately set sail, carrying them rapidly away from Natsuya.

It wasn't until Natsuya was out of sight that everyone finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Only then were they certain that Natsuya had truly let them go!

But once they realized this, everyone couldn't help but be deeply puzzled.

"He... he really let us go!?"

"Ugh, how strange."

"Captain, what do you think Natsuya is thinking?"

"Yeah, we didn't really do anything, so why did he just let us go like that?"

It wasn't that they didn't want to leave, but Natsuya's actions were just too sudden.

You have to understand, these past few days, although they claimed to be assisting Natsuya in developing and testing his abilities, in reality, it felt like they hadn't done anything at all.

In short, cooperating with Natsuya's ability testing felt like nothing; there was no sensation, nor was there any danger.

Therefore, in their view, their existence had been of almost no help to Natsuya.

But now, Natsuya was letting them leave, safe and sound!

It was too strange!

At this moment, Olig couldn't help but furrow his brows.

He couldn't help but recall his experiences over these past few days.

Unlike his underlings, the process Natsuya had him undergo to test and develop his abilities was completely different!

The other underlings were always conscious during the process, but he alone was knocked unconscious by Natsuya every single time.

Whenever he woke up, Natsuya would simply tell him it was finished.

And every time, Olig found himself completely unharmed.

So, Olig couldn't help but feel deeply puzzled at this moment.

Of course.

Natsuya letting them go was, ultimately, a good thing!

And so, Olig quickly cast his doubts to the back of his mind and began to hold a banquet with his underlings.

However, the next time Olig encountered an enemy and tried to activate his Monkey-Monkey Fruit ability to fight, he was shocked to discover that he couldn't use his power!

It felt as if his Devil Fruit ability had simply ceased to exist!

Because of this incredible situation, Olig suffered another defeat, and in the end, his pirate crew was crushed, leading to a miserable conclusion.

The Beast Pirate Crew vanished from the East Blue entirely from that day on.

Of course, that is a story for another time.

At this very moment.

Watching Olig and the others disappear from sight, a mysterious smile played on the corner of Natsuya's mouth.

He suddenly reached into his robes, activating the power of the Door-Door Fruit.

A door to an alternate dimension opened and closed, and immediately, a golden, oval-shaped fruit covered in spiral patterns appeared in Natsuya's hand.

This fruit was none other than a Devil Fruit!

And its name was the Zoan-type Monkey-Monkey Fruit!

Needless to say, this Zoan-type Monkey-Monkey Fruit had come from Olig!

How should he put it?

Natsuya's envisioned "opening of the heart's door" seemed to have been a success!

Because he had indeed opened the door to Olig's heart and extracted his Devil Fruit ability!

Previously, Natsuya had felt that Olig was more suitable for testing than Nami, precisely because Olig was a fruit user!

An ordinary person's heart truly only contained their inner voice and thoughts.

But inside the heart of a fruit user, there lay the Devil Fruit ability!

So, when he first saw Olig's ability, a wild idea had suddenly struck Natsuya.

That was, could he open the door to Olig's heart and steal the Devil Fruit ability out?

Just like Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit.

And now, he had clearly succeeded!

After multiple experiments, he had found the trick to extracting Olig's Monkey-Monkey Fruit ability!

Once the Monkey-Monkey Fruit ability was extracted, it condensed from a formless, void-like power back into the appearance of its original fruit!

This miraculous phenomenon made even Natsuya click his tongue in wonder.

And with this, the practicality of this method had naturally increased significantly!

You have to realize, Natsuya's original intention was just to see if he could strip a fruit user of their power.

But now, after stripping the ability, he could actually obtain the corresponding Devil Fruit—this was simply an unexpected surprise!

Although Natsuya was already a fruit user and could no longer consume another, who would ever complain about having too many Devil Fruits?

Keeping it would surely prove useful eventually.

Even if he just sold it for money, it was worth a hundred million.

This time, Natsuya could be considered to have reaped a massive harvest.

What he had originally intended to develop was actually the ability to eavesdrop on inner thoughts.

But he hadn't expected that he would even develop the ability to steal powers!

The effect of this "opening of the heart" was far stronger than Natsuya had imagined!

Just then, Nami's voice rang out from behind Natsuya.

"Lord Natsuya, where are we going now?"

Upon hearing this, Natsuya put away the Monkey-Monkey Fruit, looked at Nami, and then a thought stirred in his mind.

Might as well try eavesdropping on her inner thoughts while I'm at it?