In the end, although he felt it was impossible no matter how he thought about it, Uya gritted his teeth and ate the thing he suspected was a Devil Fruit!
One second... two seconds...
Nothing changed in his body.
"Looks like it wasn't some strange poisonous fruit, but... no special ability seems to have appeared either."
Uya stood there, a faint look of disappointment on his face.
He couldn't tell what ability that fruit had possessed, either. After all, he had been in this world for a long time, and his memories had grown a little hazy.
But he still hadn't sensed any ability emerging. It seemed it really had just been a fanciful idea, and the fruit had merely happened to look that way.
"Forget it."
Shaking his head, Uya returned to the wooden training post, lit a lamp, and prepared to begin practicing five hundred straight punches.
Yet just as Uya clenched his fist and prepared to strike the post, a trace of surprise suddenly crossed his face.
"What is this?!"
At that moment, he felt a tiny amount of the chakra in his body begin to flow.
Then an extremely faint white halo appeared around his fist.
The next instant, Uya abruptly realized what was happening.
A look of excitement he couldn't conceal appeared on his face.
"This... could this be the ability of that Devil Fruit I just ate?"
"Wait, this white halo looks so familiar. Could this be..."
Amid his excitement, a hint of disbelief appeared in Uya's eyes, as though a grand prize had fallen from the sky and landed on him.
Although this white halo looked very faint... it should be that one!
At that thought, Uya excitedly punched the wooden post without hesitation.
Hum!!!
Just as Uya's fist was about to touch the post, the faint white halo around it abruptly burst apart.
Crack!
An extremely faint sound came from where his fist struck, like ice or glass shattering.
Slender cracks spread through the air.
It was very strange.
The air seemed to have become a mirror and was shattering.
Then a wave of Power of Tremors abruptly surged out, striking the wooden post in which Uya had already punched a deep groove.
Crack!!
The wooden post was forcibly snapped apart at the groove by the quake!
Withdrawing his fist, Uya could no longer conceal his delighted surprise.
There was no mistake. This was that ability, one of the fruits known as the strongest in the world of the Pirate King... the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
Anyone who ate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit could freely produce all kinds of quakes, whether an Air Quake, an earthquake, or a Seaquake.
Developed to its utmost, it even possessed the power to destroy the world.
At that moment, Uya didn't even stop to think carefully about why a Devil Fruit would appear in the world of the Hokage.
He clenched his fist in immense excitement, looking at the faint white light around it with excitement and delight all over his face.
With this, what did it matter if I couldn't practice ninjutsu?!
A long time passed.
Only then did Uya finally begin to calm down.
"Although I've somehow obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, it seems slightly different from what I imagined..."
After saying this with a thoughtful expression, Uya walked up to a large tree.
He had already broken the wooden post, so he could only use this tree to test it.
"Hah!"
With a thought and a low shout, Uya clenched his fist hard.
Hum!!
White light appeared once again, though it was very dim.
The next instant, Uya abruptly swung his fist toward the tree trunk.
Boom!
With an explosive sound, Uya's fist stopped naturally a short distance from the trunk without touching it.
Yet the sensation Uya felt was still as though he had struck something solid.
This was the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's Air Quake power. It allowed him to strike the air as though it were solid, and with continued development, it might even shatter space!
Crack!!
Tiny cracks spread outward through the air, looking as though space itself had been cracked by the quake.
However, these cracks were extremely slender.
Struck by this Power of Tremors, the tree, whose trunk was thick enough to encircle with both arms, swayed slightly and shed a few leaves.
"Tsk... as expected, I can't smash everything with one punch right after getting it. I still need to train hard and keep developing it."
Uya nodded as though this was just as he had expected, while a peculiar look appeared on his face.
Because just now, when he used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability, he had indeed felt a little of the chakra in his body being consumed.
Of course, it was only an extremely tiny amount.
Could the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power in the world of the Hokage be entirely linked to chakra, turning into something like a Quake Release Kekkei Genkai?
Still puzzled, Uya continued testing it in detail.
After some time, Uya had finally more or less figured out the power he had obtained.
Uya now called the Tremor-Tremor Fruit his Quake Release Kekkei Genkai.
It allowed his punches, his taijutsu, and even the kunai and shuriken he threw to carry quaking force.
However, the magnitude of this power was directly linked to his physical strength.
Simply put, the stronger his body... the greater the Power of Tremors he could unleash!
If Uya could open the Eighth Gate of the Eight Gates Released Formation right now and enter the Eight Gates Released Formation state, even shattering the moon with one punch wouldn't be impossible!
Aside from that, the Power of Tremors also consumed chakra, but the amount was negligible.
The chakra consumed to unleash the Power of Tremors was far less than even a D-rank ninjutsu required. Even with Uya's poor constitution, he could activate it without any strain.
In other words, he still didn't need to consider the issue of chakra.
What mattered most to Uya now was still increasing his physical strength and practicing taijutsu!
The stronger his taijutsu, the stronger the Power of Tremors he could unleash.
Right now, Uya's punch could only shake this tree with its thick trunk slightly and knock down a few leaves.
Even shattering a C-rank ninjutsu would be very difficult. This level was clearly not enough to satisfy Uya.
He wanted to become stronger!
"There are quite a few forbidden and secret techniques that strengthen the body. Sage Mode... Monstrous Strength... the Third Raikage of Kumogakure's secret Lightning Release technique... and the Eight Gates Released Formation..."
With each one he thought of, a glimmer of hope appeared in Uya's eyes, but in the end, he could only smile helplessly.
Because he didn't have any of them right now, and they would be very difficult to obtain.
At that thought, Uya stopped letting his mind wander.
He would first settle down and keep doing everything he could to strengthen his body. Once he was strong enough, he could slowly search for these secret techniques.
Just as he was about to resume training, Uya suddenly thought of something else.