Late at night.
The sea was pitch-black, without a glimmer of light.
There was no moon that night, and dark clouds shrouded everything.
Shane picked up the Demon Compass that only he could see.
A screen of light quietly appeared.
[Choice 1: A powerful enemy will attack soon. Abandon everyone and flee alone. A lack of restraint in small matters ruins great plans-Reward: Fish-Man Race traits + Munch-Munch Fruit Lineage Factor] [Choice 2: Do not fear the powerful enemy. Take all your crewmates with you and fight until sunrise-Reward: Fish-Man Race traits + Mutant Exoskeleton]
Hmm?
The fate choices Shane had encountered before had fallen into two categories.
The first offered greater rewards for greater difficulty, making the choice practically a given.
The second allowed multiple selections: take everything, as much as he could eat.
This time, there were only two choices, but their rewards were equally generous.
The Fish-Man Race traits were the base reward.
The difference lay between the mutant exoskeleton and the Munch-Munch Fruit Lineage Factor.
The former was a technological breakthrough the Vinsmoke Family would achieve years later.
After successfully awakening it, Sanji could shatter a blade coated in Armament Haki with his bare body.
It could certainly be called a powerful asset, capable of vastly improving a human's fighting strength.
Its effects alone were enough to show how much technology could change humanity.
The Pacifista, Seraphim, exoskeletons, and Clone Cyborgs were all examples.
If the Seraphim also possessed exoskeletons, fired lasers from their eyes, and could be mass-produced like cyborgs, they would be nothing short of a catastrophe.
Any force with such troops could dominate the world.
The Munch-Munch Fruit, on the other hand, sounded rather ordinary-a Paramecia Devil Fruit.
It allowed its user to devour anything, including steel and stone.
Absorbing those