Emmmm... I can only say, as expected of a five-star character who obtained a Vision at a tender age, the talent of the Hill-Dousing Lord is simply terrifying!
"Our Klee is so amazing!" Xie Wen didn't stint on his praise, gently scratching Klee Meow near her chin and cheeks while complimenting her.
However, Xie Wen felt that on top of praising her, he still needed to give a reminder to this extraordinarily talented Klee Meow to prevent her from walking down the clown path of Ace in the manga...
Anyway, he simply didn't believe the nonsense that the Flame-Flame Fruit was an inferior version of the Magma-Magma Fruit. What was the maximum temperature of magma anyway? Even for naturally formed flames, the vast majority of temperatures were no lower than magma, and flames from pure-oxygen combustion could easily reach twice that or more, not to mention those artificial flames raised to surpass the sun through various means.
Therefore, the claim that Ace was killed by Akainu using Armament Haki was far more believable than him dying from a Devil Fruit ability suppression.
Of course, viewed purely from the perspective of the manga, this was purely a lack of relevant knowledge on the author's part, falling under the category of a writing bug.
Or, to put it in a more tactful way—the rules of the two worlds were different, and in the One Piece world, magma was simply more powerful than fire.
After all, even in some everyday anime set against the background of Earth, outrageous operations like murder tennis and kicking satellites into space still appeared, so fire being beaten to death by magma wasn't all that bizarre compared to those.
Even so, Xie Wen still intended to let Klee Meow try developing toward the temperature of the flames. Even if she was still countered by the Magma-Magma Fruit, the increase in temperature itself was unproblematic. Besides, even the Paramecia Heat-Heat Fruit could achieve the effect of "boiling the ocean," so there was no reason the Logia Flame-Flame Fruit couldn't do the same.
As for whether Klee Meow could pull this off...
Putting aside her heaven-defying talent-which made Xie Wen doubt who among them actually had the golden finger-the worldview of Pirate King alone was enough to support Xie Wen's conjecture.
After all, this was an idealistic world where even the Paw-Paw Fruit could bounce away injuries and fatigue, and the String-String Fruit could act as a powered-up Spider-Man. Therefore, in Xie Wen's view, imagination was the most important factor determining the upper limit of a Devil Fruit ability.
So while petting Klee Meow, he offered a reminder: "Controlling the shape of the flames is very impressive, but if you want to increase their power, raising their temperature is the right path, you know."
"Meow?"
Klee Meow blinked, once again producing a small fireball in the palm of her hand. Then Xie Wen watched as that fireball rapidly changed from tangerine to white, then shifted to blue, and continued transitioning toward purple...
"Stop, stop right now!" Feeling wave after wave of searing heat, Xie Wen shouted in a hurry: "Too hot! The trees around us are going to catch fire!"
Sanji Meow, who was even more sensitive to flames, had already bolted a long way off without a sound... If he didn't run now, the fur on his body was going to catch fire.
However, Klee Meow didn't obediently listen this time. She continued to maintain that cluster of blue-purple flames in her hand, yet the temperature all around was rapidly dropping, quickly returning to normal levels. In contrast, the flames that had previously carried a hint of blue had now completely transformed into purple.
Xie Wen swallowed hard. Far from feeling reassured, he cautiously took two steps backward.
Because in his perception, the fireball in Klee Meow's hand-which seemed to have lost all its heat-felt far more dangerous than it had before.
Moreover, Xie Wen was certain this was no illusion of his, because... Sanji Meow, who had been watching from afar just a moment ago, had now vanished from sight.
Clearly, Klee Meow must have compressed all the heat entirely into that tiny purple fireball. When he factored in the original Klee's various "glory deeds"...
Xie Wen swallowed hard once again. He hadn't mastered Armament Haki, the special counter to Devil Fruit abilities, yet. If Klee Meow failed to control it for even a second, his journey of transmigration would probably... no, definitely come to an end.
"Um... Klee?" Not wanting to trigger a game over just yet, Xie Wen pleaded with a trembling voice: "Can you extinguish this cluster of flames first?"
"No problem, meow!"
Klee Meow shook her ears, her little paw gave a gentle squeeze, and that cluster of purple fireball instantly went out-or rather, returned into Klee Meow's body.
"Phew--"
Only then did Xie Wen let out a long breath, then reached out to wipe the sweat off his forehead, unsure whether it had been brought on by the heat or the fright.
I must have been out of my mind to go and remind Klee Meow of this...
Having brushed with death, Xie Wen felt lingering fear in his heart, so he decided to do some damage control.
"Ahem..." Xie Wen cleared his throat, organized his thoughts, and said: "Klee, that kind of purple flame is a bit too dangerous. You shouldn't use it casually if you can help it; it's too easy to accidentally hurt others."
"Klee knows now, meow..." Klee Meow lowered her head dejectedly, her furry ears drooping as well. "Big Brother Xie Wen, did Klee cause trouble again, meow?"
"Of course not, meow!" Sanji Meow, who had fled without a trace earlier, had snuck back at some point and chimed in ahead of Xie Wen: "It's all Xie Wen's fault! Little Sister Klee did nothing wrong, meow!"
Xie Wen glared fiercely at the little bastard, then scooped Klee Meow up into his arms, chiming in with consolation: "Sanji is right, I was the one who asked Klee to train her ability just now, so how could it be your fault? It's just that I underestimated your talent, Klee!"
Cats could never be in the wrong, after all!... Except for that little bastard Sanji Meow!
Of course, reminders still needed to be given, so Xie Wen continued to add: "Training your ability like this is something you should still do, but in the future, when doing this level of training, it's still best to be a bit more careful."
"Mm! Klee understands, meow!" The innocent Klee Meow was still very easy to coax. She instantly recovered her spirit, stuck out her pink little tongue to lick Xie Wen's cheek, and turned the tables to comfort him: "Don't worry, Big Brother Xie Wen, Klee has experience with this kind of thing, meow."
Emmmm... Regarding this point, Xie Wen believed it one hundred percent. Furthermore, after eating the Flame-Flame Fruit, Klee Meow would definitely have made tremendous progress when it came to cleaning up afterward...
At the very least, things like setting fire to mountains should no longer happen; the worst it would get was topography changes...
Right, that didn't seem much better either.
Overall, though, Xie Wen still felt relatively at ease. Because even though the original Klee caused all sorts of trouble, she had never actually harmed innocent people. Klee Meow, having inherited her character settings, should be fine too; the worst-case scenario was that he would just pay a bit more attention in the future.
So...
He needed to lay out some precautions clearly.
Thinking of this, Xie Wen continued to hold Klee Meow in his arms and pet her while saying: "There is one thing I must make clear to you, Klee. You need to mentally prepare yourself first... We are no longer in our original world..."
While explaining some concepts about different worlds and the Pirate King world to Klee Meow, Xie Wen carefully observed her state.
Originally, he thought Klee Meow would feel unhappy about leaving the family and friends of her original world. Instead, he found that this little cat's eyes were growing brighter and brighter, and her excitement was practically overflowing...
"An adventure in another world? Sounds like a lot of fun, meow!" Klee Meow cheered with glowing eyes. "And it's a world centered around the ocean! There must be tons of fish there, meow?!"
"..."
Fine. Given the original Klee's personality inherited from her mother, coupled with her hobby of fishing with bombs, such a reaction didn't seem all that surprising?
Xie Wen thought with a bitter-sweet smile.
This wasn't bad either, at least he wouldn't have to spend energy coaxing a child.
However, he still offered another reminder: "Blowing up fish or other small animals as usual is naturally fine, but we're going to be living on this island for a long time. You have to mind the power of your explosions. If you end up blowing them all to death in one go, or blasting away their living environment, we won't have any food sources left in the future."
"Don't worry," Klee Meow patted her chest full of confidence. "Klee has special explosives made just for fishing! Those are safe boom-booms that Klee researched after trying many times, there won't be any problems at all, meow!"
Mm... Let's hope so...
Xie Wen, who had almost triggered a game over just moments ago, prayed with a deeply unsettled heart.
Red-orange (3000 degrees), yellow-white (4000 degrees), cyan-blue (5000-6000 degrees), purple (7000 and above), colorless (tens of thousands of degrees).
These were the colors of flames at different temperatures, written on Baidu Baike. He didn't know whether they were true or false, but popular science knowledge like this should still be somewhat reliable, right?
As for the physical laws of the One Piece world... Oda gets the final say in the original work, and I get the final say in fanfiction. In short, there's no need to dwell on it too much.
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