Ren nodded. "Mm... You should head back first. Be careful in the Seireitei during this time. Don't let anyone discover anything!"
Mayuri Kurotsuchi, wearing a mask, merely nodded without saying much. He directly pulled out a black box and squeezed it!
"Buzz, buzz..."
The black box emitted a hum, and then a pitch-black spatial passage appeared!
Staring at the passage, Mayuri Kurotsuchi prepared to step inside. But Ren suddenly tossed something over, and it landed before Mayuri Kurotsuchi!
Mayuri Kurotsuchi instinctively caught it, only to discover that it was a fruit covered in strange patterns. "What is this?"
Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked curiously as he stared at the fruit in his palm, then looked toward Ren!
Ren chuckled. "The Gum-Gum Fruit! This fruit contains a special remnant soul, and its flesh is also a special substance! Take it back and study it carefully. See whether you can gain anything from it!"
Hearing this, Mayuri Kurotsuchi silently nodded. Although he had no idea where this fruit had come from, he had long grown accustomed to such things. Over the past year of working with Ren, eight out of every ten things Mayuri Kurotsuchi had seen were things he had never encountered before! Therefore, he did not find this Devil Fruit particularly strange!
Gripping the Gum-Gum Fruit, Mayuri Kurotsuchi walked straight into the passage!
After Mayuri Kurotsuchi left, Morgana asked, "Master... why did you give the Gum-Gum Fruit to Mayuri Kurotsuchi? Even if the Gum-Gum Fruit is nothing special, it's still a Devil Fruit!"
Ren looked at Morgana and said, "Who knows what effects Devil Fruits will have after coming to this world? But Devil Fruits contain remnant souls, so perhaps Mayuri Kurotsuchi can research something through those souls! Of course, don't forget the Thunder within Mayuri Kurotsuchi's body, as well as Kayle's