After withdrawing from Luffy's consciousness space, Naruto couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
Devil Fruits? Devil Fruit Trees?
The more he thought about these Zoan Devil Fruits that housed their own wills, the more something felt off.
Though their forms and origins differed, weren't these things far too similar to Tailed Beasts?
Luffy glared at him and shouted, "Hey! What exactly did you do just now? Why do I suddenly find you especially annoying?"
Naruto grinned. "Probably because I'm more handsome than you."
Luffy stared at him blankly.
Handsome?
That word was obviously even harder for him to understand than Devil Fruits.
Naruto couldn't be bothered to explain further. He turned and called out to the others, "Since we're already here, let's head to Cocoyasi Village. The Arlong Pirates have been dealt with, and everyone's holding a banquet to celebrate."
"A banquet?!"
Luffy's eyes instantly lit up. Before his words had even fully left his mouth, he had already dashed off in the direction the smell of meat was coming from, looking exactly like an idiot who had caught the scent of food.
Naruto watched his retreating figure, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.
As expected of this world's protagonist. His willpower truly wasn't something an existence like a Tailed Beast could casually shake.
By now, he could basically be certain that so-called Devil Fruits were, at their core, clusters of Chakra similar to Tailed Beasts.
The difference was that Tailed Beasts existed in animal form, while the power of Devil Fruits resided in plants and fruits.
Perhaps because they had been divided too finely, the wills within Devil Fruits were so weak. They lacked the long growth process of Tailed Beasts, couldn't cultivate on their own, and had no way to slowly accumulate Chakra over time.
There