"What exactly is that kid trying to do? One wrong step and he'll explode into a mist of blood. Madman."
Kureha closed the tree house door, listening to the blizzard outside.
She couldn't help muttering to herself.
Would the sea provide an answer, or should the wind answer?
No.
Those who were truly lost should set out on a new course themselves.
The hiking bears unique to the Drum Kingdom and Giant Rabbits appeared often.
Shane walked through the snow.
His mind, however, was unusually active. His thinking had been too limited before.
He had kept thinking that his mutant physique would let him use the Munch-Munch Fruit to eat a fourth Devil Fruit, reaching the limits of the human constitution.
But he had nearly forgotten.
Vegapunk had later used Lineage Factors to fuse even weapons with Zoan Devil Fruits.
That meant giving Devils activity within nonliving things.
If he could accomplish this with the Paw-Paw Fruit and the Munch-Munch Fruit...
It would mean he could unlock entirely new possibilities for his internal organs, and even his brain and limbs.
After all, Life Return had already set a precedent.
If life force could be bestowed on hair, why couldn't it be bestowed on other body parts?
The Munch-Munch Fruit would fuse the two, while the Paw-Paw Fruit would counteract the dangers during the fusion process.
Success or death!
"I understand now! This is also the key to fusing weapons with Lineage Factors."
Shane sensed his own body with Observation Haki, already imagining how to divide up the various organs inside it.
"Vegapunk modified Kuma on the Five Elders' orders, using him as the template to create the Pacifistas, then developing the Seraphim further."
"And I'll develop myself into something more powerful than angels, an omnipotent creator!"
Shane could imagine just