"Damn it!"
Golden Lion could not recall ever encountering a similar ability before.
Growing stronger by eating-could a rather ordinary Devil Fruit have been developed to this level?
He could never have imagined that Shane's fruit ability had undergone three mutations.
Devouring and synthesizing all things was its foundation, while combining it with Life Return and Zoan recovery power had been the first development of the fruit's ability.
Absorbing the Seagull Laboratory's data and synthesizing technological materials ahead of their time to aid in battle had likewise strengthened him.
Trying to devour natural elements, allowing his body to store vast quantities of external substances and Devil Fruits, and gaining the abilities of the Swamp-Swamp Fruit had been another transformation.
Combining it with the Paw-Paw Fruit to synthesize his organs with Devil Fruits and create Devil Organs had been an incredible experiment.
When he found himself in danger, it was also the Munch-Munch Fruit that made Shane's body function perfectly.
It seemed unremarkable, yet every time he approached exhaustion, it allowed Shane to erupt with greater vitality than any Zoan Devil Fruit user!
That was how.
This moment had come to be.
Facing Golden Lion, after three great battles on Hachinosu had pushed his potential to its limits, Shane had developed his first Devil Fruit Awakening!
And it had turned out to be the Munch-Munch Fruit he had acquired himself!
Although this advantage would be greatly diminished in the air or out at sea, the perfect synthesis of his own body was especially important too.
Originally, Shane had been looking forward to obtaining the Perfect Serum through a Choice Reward from the Demon Compass.
Judging by the Munch-Munch Fruit's awakened state, even the serum would be used for further synthesis with his body, likely producing unpredictable changes.
"The captain's broken through!"