Laying the Foundation: The Side Effects and Limitations of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit

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This world was truly incredible, and people's physiques could be strengthened to an astonishing degree.

Ever since he had collapsed from running last time, Ye Chen had only rested for two days before becoming lively again. After waking up, the first thing he felt was that his strength—at least the strength in his leg muscles—had increased considerably.

Of course, the Marines' medical capabilities were also excellent, which made Ye Chen realize that he could train without restraint.

Vergo and Smoker had woken up before Ye Chen because their physiques were both stronger than his. That was right—aside from his willpower, Ye Chen was slightly weaker than the others in every respect.

Today, they were still running around the field, but the distance had increased from ten laps to thirty, tripling the amount.

One week, half a month, one month—nothing but laps. Other than eating, drinking, relieving themselves, and sleeping, they spent all their time running laps.

Compared to a month ago, everyone had changed greatly. At the very least, trainees who had once been exhausted after seven or eight laps could now barely reach their limits after more than ten.

At present, the students were divided into three tiers. Ye Chen, Vergo, and Smoker were in the first tier; Hina, Shu, and Very Good were in the second; everyone else was in the third.

If the third tier ran ten laps, then Hina and the others ran twenty, while Ye Chen's group ran thirty.

Ye Chen and Vergo in particular trained as if their lives depended on it. It was as though they had become rivals, neither willing to lose to the other. Even Smoker lagged behind them.

Among this batch of students, Ye Chen and Vergo were undoubtedly the most ruthless. When those two became ruthless, even they feared themselves. By now, Smoker had developed something of a psychological shadow.

He was unwilling to admit defeat as well, but whenever he competed with those two monsters, he was always the first to collapse.

Even though he endured a little longer than before every day, Ye Chen and Vergo did the same, persisting a little longer than they had before.

Just as he was improving, the others were improving too. The only difference between them was willpower, perseverance, and sweat.

Ye Chen and Vergo had suffered far more miserable experiences than Smoker, so Smoker was destined to have difficulty understanding their desperate way of training.

After running for a month, Ye Chen could clearly feel his physique changing. For the first time, he truly felt his strength growing.

"Very good! After one month, you have preliminarily met my requirements. Now, put on the weighted armor beside you and keep running!"

They had thought that Zephyr had gathered them today to cancel the laps. After all, running alone had made every one of them vomit. But apparently, that was not the case.

"Report, Instructor! Why do we still have to run? I want to learn how to become stronger. I want to learn the Six Powers."

Someone stepped forward. Over the past month, they had seen many Marine officers use the Six Powers. That high-speed movement and ability to stay in the air looked incredibly cool, and they knew that this was the Marines' Six Powers, with every technique being a hallmark of the strong.

"Hmph. Do you all want to learn the Six Powers?"

"Yes!" Even though the atmosphere felt wrong, all the trainees shouted in unison.

"You haven't even learned how to run, yet you want to fly. Very well. Since that's the case, I'll tell you why I've had you run laps every day for a month—and why it still isn't over."

"The Six Powers consist of Soru, Geppo, Shigan, Rankyaku, Tekkai, and Kami-e. You are not qualified to know about them yet, so I'll use only one of them—Soru—to demonstrate."

Whoosh!

Without the slightest sound, Zephyr, who had been standing in front of them, vanished in the blink of an eye and appeared behind all the trainees. If Zephyr had not spoken, they probably would not even have known where he was.

"Soru uses both feet to kick the ground dozens of times at high speed in an instant, producing explosive recoil for rapid movement. With your current bodies, if you stepped at high speed more than four times in succession, your feet would be ruined. That is why I had you run laps. All of this is laying the foundation for the Six Powers. Your leg muscles may be stronger than before, but it is far from enough."

Everyone turned around to look at Zephyr, their eyes full of astonishment. Among them, several people had fiery looks in their eyes.

"Remember, the Six Powers rely on the body. They are physical techniques that can injure yourselves if you are careless. Without a powerful foundation, trying to train in them will only leave you crippled. In serious cases, it will kill you outright. You have only trained for one month, yet you already dream of learning the Six Powers. Are you that eager to die?"

"I hadn't intended to explain this to you, but in the training ahead, I don't want anyone questioning me again. Whoever dares question me next time will be eliminated immediately. Now, put on the weighted armor and run ten laps around the field."

Zephyr was extremely strict. He gave them no chance to ask questions and forcibly made everyone run again.

But this time, each of them would have an extra 100 jin on their shoulders.

Their hands, feet, and backs would all bear the weight, adding up to exactly 100 jin.

After a month of running laps, everyone could easily finish ten laps. Yet now they realized that, just like their first time running, everything was so difficult.

With 100 jin of weight, the first to finish were still Vergo, Ye Chen, and Smoker, followed by Hina and the others.

Three days later, Ye Chen's group was carrying 500 jin.

One week later, they were carrying 600 jin.

Half a month later, 800 jin.

After one month, one ton.

From the time he arrived at Marineford until now, Ye Chen had trained in silence for two months. During that time, all he did was run laps and run laps with weights. He did nothing else.

At night, moonlight shone down. Today's training had already ended, but every night, Ye Chen came here because he needed to develop his Devil Fruit ability.

He trained his physical techniques during the day and developed his Devil Fruit at night. For two months, Ye Chen had never stopped, rain or shine.

Ye Chen's body was now like dynamite that could explode at any moment. At present, aside from his boogers and hair, he had developed the ability up to his wrists.

Every explosion could turn the ground within a three-meter radius into a crater.

In other words, one punch from Ye Chen was now equivalent to a bomb, pulverizing everything within three meters.

If an ordinary person took one of Ye Chen's attacks, they would be turned into minced flesh on the spot, leaving no corpse behind.

However, the Bomb-Bomb Fruit's drawbacks and advantages were far too obvious. For example, every time one of his body parts exploded, he had to endure the corresponding pain. Ye Chen even guessed that the reason Mr. 5 had been so weak in the anime was that he could not endure that pain, which was why the Bomb-Bomb Fruit's attacks had always been boogers.

That pain only made Ye Chen frown. He had already grown used to it. It was as if the cruel abuse he had endured for over a month had dulled his pain nerves somewhat.

That was a good thing. If Ye Chen lost his sense of pain in the future, then the Bomb-Bomb Fruit would absolutely become everyone's nightmare.

Perhaps the Bomb-Bomb Fruit was too overpowered, which was why it had such restrictions. Just like the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in the anime—it was too powerful, so its user had to endure the force of those vibrations.

Many other fruits had restrictions as well. Take the Paw-Paw Fruit, for example. Its ability was concentrated only in the hands. Without that limitation, just imagine it—if the paw ability covered the entire body, you would simply be a walking repulsion machine, able to reflect any attack.

Some ability users also needed specific hand gestures. Those were all limitations.

Of course, where there were disadvantages, there were advantages. With the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, Ye Chen had discovered that any body part that exploded would instantly regenerate.

Once Ye Chen developed the Bomb-Bomb Fruit across his entire body, he would have an immortal body. Though he would have to endure the pain of death, that immortality alone would already offset everything else.

Furthermore, Ye Chen discovered that the stronger his body became, the more powerful the explosions became.

At present, Ye Chen had roughly divided the Bomb-Bomb Fruit's development into two stages.

The first stage was developing his body, an internal form of development. Once he pushed that internal development to its limit and gained an immortal body, Ye Chen would focus on external development.

For example, he could turn anything he touched into a bomb and then detonate it. That way, he would not need to use his body as a bomb anymore. After all, Ye Chen did not have masochistic tendencies.

He was also constantly developing the power of his explosions.

Once those two stages were complete, he would be able to detonate the air and any object at will.

As for Mr. 5's ability to detonate the air in the anime, that was actually a mistake. He had merely detonated his own breath, which was on an entirely different level from detonating the air itself.

The Bomb-Bomb Fruit was a little difficult to write, so the farmer added many restrictions. If anything seems unreasonable, just ignore it!

Don't worry, this book is different from World-Weary. It won't add any preservatives!

Let it be stated again: the timeline is a complete mess!