The Spin-Spin Fruit

"Ugh."

"Ngh~" He forcibly covered his mouth to keep from vomiting, forcing himself to swallow the mouthful of fruit flesh.

"It's too, too disgusting!" Even though he knew Devil Fruits tasted terrible and had prepared himself mentally, the moment he bit into it, the foul taste was even more intense than Gray had imagined.

It felt like soaking dirty socks in a mixture of black garlic and canned herring for a fortnight.

Gray found it impossible to describe that ultimate, nauseating flavor.

"Develop this fruit well!" Seeing that Gray had finished eating, Doflamingo, who already knew the fruit's effects, gave a brief instruction before leading the others out of the room.

"Right, once your injuries no longer hinder your movement, go call Shark Chili over; the family will help train you." Knowing the Spin-Spin Fruit's effects from the Devil Fruit encyclopedia owned by the Celestial Dragons, Doflamingo merely viewed Gray as a recruit to be trained for mobility.

Throughout history, every user of the Spin-Spin Fruit had only used it to augment external objects, granting themselves the ability to fly.

In the conventional wisdom, the Spin-Spin Fruit was just that!

But Gray had different ideas!

The Spin-Spin Fruit could be considered a rule-based fruit, even stronger than the Slippery-Slippery Fruit, the Ghost-Ghost Fruit, and others.

Back in his previous life, during the Dressrosa arc, Gray had seen Buffalo's abilities. As someone who loved the mysterious and unpredictable nature of Devil Fruit powers, he had already formed guesses and development strategies.

Of course, he hadn't just thought about the Spin-Spin Fruit back then; everyone on the forums had discussed the other fruit users as well.

But that's getting off-topic—back to the main point!

In the One Piece world, where the average person was illiterate, the Spin-Spin Fruit could only be a simple flight ability.

But in Gray's eyes, this was far more than just simple rotation.

"The Spin-Spin Fruit allows objects to rotate"—that was the description in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia.

"It's not just objects that can rotate; other things can too!" Having received the information from the fruit, Gray sighed with realization.

"If it were just simple object rotation, the development path would indeed be narrow. But what if... it wasn't just objects?" Thinking of this, the first thing that came to Gray's mind was... magnetic fields!

Why wouldn't Magnetic Field Rotation count as rotation?

As a user of the Spin-Spin Fruit, this was the most powerful and suitable direction for development.

"As a Paramecia-type user, you first need a concept—then you develop in that direction." Having just eaten the Devil Fruit and possessing a young, small body, Gray simply didn't have the stamina to support magnetic field development yet.

"A magnetic field is one concept, but a force field is simpler, right?" Thinking of this, Gray's thoughts instantly cleared.

"Gravity is everywhere on a planet, and that... is the simplest force field effect."

"If I can make my own force field rotate, then... wouldn't flight and gravity manipulation be simple?" With a plan in mind, he would develop in that direction.

"Gray-sama!"

"Gray-sama!!"

Gray snapped back to reality and turned to look at Baby-5: "Eh! What's wrong, Baby-5?"

Widening her large eyes, Baby-5 asked curiously about Gray's state: "Gray-sama, what was wrong just now?"

"Nothing, I was just thinking about fruit development!"

Hearing this, stars appeared in Baby-5's eyes: "That sounds amazing."

"Then... is there anything Gray-sama needs help with?"

Seeing Baby-5 looking ready to take any order, Gray thought of her unfortunate childhood and found it hard to refuse.

After all... what kind of pervert could refuse a loli?

"As it happens, I'm going to the seaside; let's go together!"

"I'll call Shark Chili back so you can meet him too."

"Hai!" With a brilliant smile blooming on her face, Baby-5 took the lead and walked outside.

Stepping out of the room, Gray looked around; aside from the two-story house they lived in, the surroundings were silent.

"White Town, Flevance?" After identifying the location from his memories, Gray could only sigh: "A tragic country!"

"Lead Amber Disease, and the fate of being completely wiped out!" The moment he thought of this, the feeling in Gray's heart changed completely.

In his previous life, behind a screen, he could only feel a flash of anger before moving on.

But now that he was truly living in this world, the prospect of that annihilation made him shudder.

In his previous life, no matter how inhumane the World Government acted, he could only complain about it. But here, in this life... if he lacked power, the fate of Flevance would be his own reality.

Not to mention... he had already experienced it once in the memories of his predecessor.

This visceral feeling made him understand the significance of power even more clearly.

"Only with power can such tragedies be avoided!" Clenching his fists, Gray made a firm resolution in his heart once again.

To survive well in this world, Gray set two goals for himself for the time being.

First: Work hard to train his body, develop his fruit, and gain power as much as possible, or rather... grow to be the strongest!

Second: a beauty to expand the Fullbuster family line.

With these two things, this life would have no regrets!

As he walked toward the harbor, Gray felt the effects of gravity on his body, attempting to use his fruit ability to manipulate his own gravitational field.

Unfortunately, the time was too short; the distance from his residence to the seaside was barely a kilometer.

Scanning his surroundings, Gray chose a relatively high vantage point.

He pressed his index finger and thumb together and put them into his mouth: "Whew~"

The loud whistle echoed across the entire harbor, though it was a pity that on this desolate little island, everyone except the Donquixote family had fled in fear of the Lead Amber Disease propagated by the World Government.

"Whew~." After whistling five times in a row, Gray finally stopped. Beyond carrying the sound further, it was also a signal for Gray to contact Shark Chili.

"Baby-5, stand a bit further back. The waves might be quite large in a moment!"

"Hai! Gray-sama!" Baby-5 trotted over to hide behind Gray, her eyes fixed curiously on the sea surface.

After waiting quietly for ten minutes, the seawater in front of Gray began to boil.

"Boom~" The water ahead surged into the sky, accompanied by a shadow that loomed over the two of them.

Looking up, they discovered it was a twenty-meter-long 'giant python.' However, this giant python was slightly different from the ones Gray had seen in his past life.

It had a shark's head and a python's body. Most of the scales on its body were black, interspersed with white ones.

These white scales were actually the manifestation of electric eel genes.

"Chumi~" Despite the terrifying shark head and sharp teeth, it made a cute sound.

"Long time no see, Shark Chili!"

"Chumi!" Shark Chili lowered its body, pressing its head—which was only the size of a toddler's—gently against Gray's palm.

"We aren't leaving this time; we can stay together forever!"

"Chumi."

"I'll take that as a yes." Gray laughed and patted Shark Chili's head. "This time, room and board are covered!"

"We won't have to run around or hide like we used to."

"Besides, you're still in your infancy. Hunting sea beasts in the North Blue is too much trouble, and you might not even be able to beat them. It'll be better in a few years!"

"Chumi?" Shark Chili tilted its head in confusion, having no idea what its companion was talking about. In its simple mind, it only cared about being with Gray.

"Come on up, I'll take you to a feast!" Waving for Shark Chili to follow, Gray took Baby-5's small hand and led the way back to their base.