"As expected, it still not working..."
A few days later, Sherwin looked at the two Felyne-made Devil Fruits before him. Their colors differed slightly, but their shapes and patterns were both coiled apples.
He clicked his tongue in regret, noting that while the Hunter Manual had recorded them in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, it hadn’t granted a single shard.
Although the Felyne-made Devil Fruit replicated from the Giraffe Fruit hadn’t yielded shards before, that was only a common Zoan. The Mythical Type Sakura Dragon Fruit eaten by Kaido ow had properly provided a shard.
Of these two fruits, one was a replica of the Snake-Snake Fruit, Mythical Type, Model: Yamata no Orochi, while the other was a subspecies of the Okami Fruit replicated using yamato Lineage Factor.
Ultimately, these two replicas of Mythical fruits, which Sherwin had high hopes for, failed to provide even a single Summoning Voucher shard...
This broken manual is as stingy as ever!
"Is this the Artificial Devil Fruit you ntioned before? It looks completely different from the one I ate."
yamato looked at the two coiled apples with curiosity, speaking thoughtfully: "Say, what would happen if I ate another artificial Okami Fruit?"
"Eh?"
Sherwin was startled by yamato sudden idea.
That right! One cannot eat two Devil Fruits. From a mystical perspective, the "demonic will" residing within the fruits would fight each other from a scientific perspective, it is a conflict between genes—or rather, Lineage Factors.
However, as for "demonic will," there is a high probability that these replicas don’t have any. Haibara ow believed the primary reason Felyne-made Zoan fruits cannot grant life to inanimate objects is likely due to the absence of that so-called "demonic will."
As for the conflict of Lineage Factors, there was even less to worry about... the replicated Devil Fruit was made using yamato own Lineage Factor to begin with, so how could it cause a conflict?
Still, these were just Sherwin speculations. A more professional assessnt was required.
Thus, Sherwin turned his gaze toward Haibara ow.
"Well, that is a very interesting subject, ow."
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Haibara ow rested her chin in her paw, nodding her small head thoughtfully, clearly interested in Yamato proposal.
"However, there are still risks involved. I should wait until I’ve experinted on Lulu first, ow."
Since she was attempting to create man-made (Felyne-made) Devil Fruits, Jinx had fed the Giraffe-Giraffe Fruit to a male shark kept in the aquarium aboard the Dodo Advance, later extracting the lineage factor from it for replication.
As for this shark that could transform into a giraffe, Sherwin had mischievously nad it after a VTB he had seen in his previous life...
In truth, Sherwin had wanted to find a muntjac, but firstly, the kitten in her research state couldn’t wait, and secondly, the unique geography of the One Piece world made finding marine life much easier than finding land animals.
Moreover, the land animals in this world were all sorts of abnormal finding an ordinary muntjac was perhaps no easier than finding a famous blade.
Because eating a Devil Fruit causes one to lose all strength upon contact with seawater, even a marine creature like a shark was no exception.
However, like a Fish-man who had eaten a Devil Fruit, it wouldn’t drown. Consequently, this shark basically spent its days paralyzed in the aquarium, eating and sleeping.
Even when Haibara ow sensed sothing was wrong and dragged it out for exercise, the creature would just transform into a giraffe and lie like a corpse on the deck. By now, it had grown as round as a ball...
Had he known, he would have nad it O’Neal.
Even though Lulu had been raised into a useless fish, it was still an experintal animal they had kept for a long ti.
Therefore, Haibara ow did not imdiately feed the Giraffe Fruit sub-species to it. Instead, she took it into the laboratory to begin various tests, doing her best to prevent it from exploding upon consuming a second Devil Fruit.
Ignoring Haibara ow as she dove back into the lab, Sherwin turned his attention back to the two Felyne-made Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits.
Until the kitten experints yielded concrete results, the Great Holy Wolf Fruit sub-species had to be set aside.
However, the Yamata no Orochi Fruit could be given to the other Felynes, and Sherwin already had a choice in mind—
"Touma, are you interested in the Yamata no Orochi Fruit?"
Sherwin beckoned, calling the unlucky little cow-patterned Felyne over. "While it doesn’t grant immunity to most physical damage like a Logia type, it offers incredible defensive power. Most importantly—it gives you eight lives."
This had been verified by Klee ow flas Orochi main body wasn’t reduced to ash until all his other heads had been burned away. This trait was actually quite suitable for a little unlucky soul like Touma ow.
One thing Sherwin didn’t ntion was that the original Touma Kamijou had an ability called "Dragon Strike" within his body, which could also summon eight dragons. In that sense, the compatibility between the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit and Touma ow was quite high.
After listening to Sherwin general description of the fruit, Touma ow began to think it over seriously...
Since he was constantly falling into the water due to his misfortune, he didn’t dislike bathing like Huai and the others instead, he had developed quite a strong swimming ability.
Therefore, a Logia type wasn’t exactly a "must-have" for him. His actual needs were survival and damage reduction.
From that perspective, the effects of the Eight-Headed Serpent Fruit were no worse than a Logia, and Zoan types provided an additional bonus to recovery speed.
Given how difficult Logia fruits were to obtain, choosing this fruit that granted seven extra lives seed like the more stable option.
"Sherwin, if Touma eats this fruit, will he turn into an ugly snake with eight heads just like that big-headed guy ow?"
Just as Touma ow was about to agree, Klee ow suddenly tugged on Sherwin ear and asked curiously.
"...U-Ugly snake?"
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Touma ow quickly swallowed the words he was about to say and looked at Sherwin with suspicion and uncertainty.
"Uh... actually, it might not necessarily beco ugly." Sherwin scratched his head and offered an explanation,
"The beast form of a Zoan-type ability user is actually influenced by the user themselves. Orochi Kurozumi was ugly to begin with, so the Yamata no Orochi he transford into was naturally ugly too."
"But... this fruit uses the Lineage Factor of that guy nad Orochi Kurozumi, right? Can you be sure that the form I transform into won’t be affected by him, ow?"
The little cow cat remained unmoved, pointing a dead-fish eye at the Yamata no Orochi Fruit sub-species in accusation.
"I can’t be sure."
Sherwin chose not to deceive him, shaking his head and answering honestly, "Although the cherry blossom dragon Kaido transforms into doesn’t seem to be affected, he and the other Kaido were already very similar. Even if there was so influence, it wouldn’t be very noticeable."
"Then..." Touma ow sighed helplessly and pointed at himself, asking with great self-awareness, "Given my luck, do you think the possibility of being affected is high? Or is the possibility of not being affected high, ow?"
"That depends on your own choice." Sherwin shrugged and said indifferently, "Do you want looks, or do you want your life?"
"It hasn’t reached such a serious level as losing my life, has it?" Touma ow clearly still had a hurdle to clear in his mind, and he retorted with a dark expression, "Am I not still living just fine, ow?"
"That true, but it not pleasant to be constantly getting injured, is it? Your Armant Haki training has been stuck without much progress..." Sherwin kindly reminded him, "Moreover, with your luck, who knows how long we’ll have to wait before we get the next Logia-type fruit."
This was also one of the main reasons Sherwin recomnded that Touma ow eat the Yamata no Orochi Fruit...
Heaven knows when they would obtain a new Logia fruit under the influence of this unlucky little guy.
In fact, Sherwin suspected that as soon as Touma ow gained a fruit ability, it was very likely that a Logia or pseudo-Logia fruit would imdiately appear before them.
Touma ow: "..."
Lies don’t hurt, but the truth is a sharp blade.
Sherwin final reason was simply too realistic and sufficient, instantly shattering Touma ow defenses.
"D-damn it! I’ll eat it, okay ow?!"
Touma ow picked up the Yamata no Orochi Fruit subspecies, shaped like a ringed apple, with an air of self-abandonnt and took a fierce bite.
"Blegh—! This tastes terrible! Such misfortune ow!"
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