Dawn staggered through the air, flying unsteadily with his Observation Haki fully activated. After sensing no danger nearby, he released a round-headed, round-bodied robot from Subspace.
"Xiao Ai, store me inside, then activate stealth mode."
"Beep beep. Understood, Master."
A red light blinked 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 actively use their abilities because they lacked intelligence. However, a robot equipped with an intelligent chip was an exception.
The intelligence granted by the chip made it possible for it to use its ability independently. This was the result of the perfect fusion between the technology of making objects eat Devil Fruits and intelligent robot technology.
For Vegapunk, who had thoroughly mastered Germa's Modified Human Technology, applying invisibility technology to a robot was no difficult task.
As for the name Xiao Ai, which clearly did not fit this world's style, it naturally came from Dawn.
Inside the Castle-Castle Fruit's space.
Dawn sprawled weakly on a leather sofa, looking utterly miserable.
The robust body he had recovered during the previous battle had shriveled again. His skin clung tightly to his bones, every rib stood out distinctly, his eye sockets were sunken, and he was so thin that he seemed to have nothing left but skin.
Overdrawn.
Completely and utterly overdrawn.
The night-long battle against Kaido, followed by 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