"What, it didn't work?" Ivankov could not understand how this had happened.
"Could it be a fake Devil Fruit?" Hancock asked worriedly.
"But that expression on his face just now definitely wasn't fake," Ace analyzed.
Dragon remained silent. He was conflicted as well, but he did not show it.
The others were all fired up and could not help offering suggestions from the side.
"How about eating another one?" someone suggested.
"What if he explodes?" Robin asked worriedly.
For a moment, the entire meeting room was as noisy as a marketplace. Everyone was excited by Leo's unique constitution.
Eating a Devil Fruit was no big deal, but eating one and having nothing happen was news. Everyone was eager to have Leo eat another one to see whether it would still be ineffective.
Perhaps this was the "just in case" Leo had mentioned?
But he was still a person, and among everyone present, only Dragon ranked above him. Hancock and Dragon were even less likely to let Leo take such a risk. As Dragon spoke, everyone fell silent. "Kuma, help him... help him pat that fruit back out. There might be something wrong with his body..."
Kuma nodded quietly. Holding a banana, he walked over to Leo, pressed the banana against Leo's head, then slapped Leo on the back.
Leo only felt as though Kuma's slap was about to knock his internal organs out of him—not due to any Fruit ability, but purely physical strength. A casual slap like that was already more than he could endure.
But Ivankov, Doc Q, and Kuma all let out surprised noises at the same time.
Looking at the banana, which had not changed color at all, they could not understand it. Leo had clearly just eaten a Devil Fruit. Where had the Devil Fruit