The third time was this [Erudite] advancement quest. (continued)

"This doesn't make sense..."

Shanks muttered under his breath as he followed Adrian's instructions.

Then he took the apple in his hand.

Spiral Dure asked hopefully, "Mr. Ghost, can you let me go now?"

Adrian nodded. "I'll make it quick."

Mini Hollow: Withering Heart-Piercer.

Spiral Dure's pupils shrank to pinpoints. His chest bulged briefly, then slowly settled.

Although there wasn't a single wound on the outside, the Mini Hollow had completely destroyed his internal organs, leaving not a trace of life.

A flicker of emotion passed through Shanks's eyes. Though he aspired to become a pirate, he had no appetite for slaughter.

White Ghost's disregard for human life went completely against Shanks's principles.

Adrian had no idea what was going through Shanks's mind.

But even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared.

"Judging from what he showed earlier, he probably ate the Paramecia-type Spin-Spin Fruit,"

Adrian said.

"Now it's up to you, Shanks."

There's nothing I can do!

All I feel like right now is an idiot!

Shanks held the big apple in his hands, grumbling inwardly.

One minute passed...

Three minutes passed...

Five minutes passed...

Not only did the apple in Shanks's hands remain unchanged, but none of the other fruit in the room showed the slightest sign of changing either.

Adrian patiently waited another five minutes.

All the while, he kept his Observation Haki firmly trained on everything in the room, but still detected no changes whatsoever.

"It failed..."

Adrian sighed.

Aside from Shanks's protagonist halo, Lumi's Impenetrable Fortress had also been one of his backup measures.

If a Devil Fruit could be trapped by the spatial power of Lumi's Impenetrable Fortress,

then even if he lost Shanks someday, he could still use Lumi's Impenetrable Fortress as a Devil Fruit processing plant.

But what he hadn't expected