The Intelligent Robot That Ate the Castle-Castle Fruit

Dawn staggered through the air, his Observation Haki fully unleashed. After sensing no danger nearby, he released a round-headed robot from the Pocket Dimension.

"Xiao Ai, take me in, then activate stealth mode."

"Beep beep. As you command, Master."

A red light flashed in the robot's eyes, and ripples appeared across its surface.

Dawn rushed into the ripples, his body rapidly shrinking until he vanished completely. The robot left outside activated the thrusters beneath its feet and flew through the air as its entire body gradually turned transparent.

With Vegapunk's help, this robot had eaten a Paramecia-type Castle-Castle Fruit.

Normally, inanimate objects that ate non-Zoan Devil Fruits could not activate their abilities on their own due to lacking intelligence. But robots equipped with intelligent chips were an exception.

The intelligence granted by the chip made it possible for the robot to use its ability independently. This was the result of perfectly combining the technology of feeding Devil Fruits to objects with intelligent robot technology.

For Vegapunk, who had thoroughly mastered Germa's modified-human technology, applying invisibility technology to a robot was no difficult task.

And the name Xiao Ai, which clearly did not fit the style of this world, naturally came from Dawn.

Inside the Castle-Castle Fruit's space.

Dawn was sprawled on a leather sofa, looking utterly miserable.

The robust body he had recovered during the earlier battle had shriveled again. His skin clung tightly to his bones, every rib stood out clearly, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and he was so thin that he seemed to be nothing but skin.

Overdrawn.

Completely overdrawn.

After fighting Kaido through the night, that final life-or-death strike had nearly drained every last bit of energy from his body. Right now, even moving a finger took effort.

That was also why he had fled