Seven Devil Fruits

"The shapes and sizes of people in this world vary greatly."

Standing at the edge of the street, Eiji was impressed by the people passing by in the busy streets.

It's no longer a secret that many inhabitants of the One Piece world have 'unique' bodies.

He easily identified the unique people among the crowd of pedestrians.

For example, there was a man three meters tall, a muscular woman surpassing male bodybuilders in the modern world, children with wide faces, and so on.

"First, gather information."

Drawing his curious gaze from the crowd, Eiji began wandering around the city.

Fortunately, the One Piece World uses the Japanese language and English letters. Thus, he didn't face the usual language barrier he often encountered.

Through the conversations of the people around him, Eiji learned that his current location was in a city of the Lulusia Kingdom.

The Lulusia Kingdom is a kingdom affiliated with the World Government located in Paradise.

"A dictator, huh... This doesn't surprise me at all." Eiji muttered softly.

King Seki is the ruler of the Lulusia Kingdom.

High taxes, no tolerance for criticism, imprisoning dissenters, seizing citizens' assets, and many other tyrannical acts.

Eiji even vaguely sensed an impending rebellion to overthrow the royal family due to the people's dissatisfaction.

"Not all kings are as wise as King Cobra and King Riku."

Regarding this matter, he wouldn't intervene. Whether the rebellion succeeds or not, it's not his business.

"Is there a place here that sells Devil Fruit encyclopedias?"

Entering a bookstore, Eiji approached the man behind the counter and asked.

"Of course there is. This is it, it costs 1,000 belly."

The store owner took a book from the shelf, placed it on the counter, and stated its price.

The Devil Fruit encyclopedia is not an expensive book; it's sold in bookstores everywhere.

"I don't have any money. Will you accept this as payment?"

Pretending to reach for something inside his cloak, Eiji took out a gold coin from his Storage Ring and placed it on the book.

"Of course it's accepted!"

After verifying the authenticity of the gold coin, the store owner nodded, smiling happily.

Exchanging a regular book for gold, who would refuse such a profitable deal?

"By the way, where's the best inn in this city?"

Taking the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, Eiji didn't rush to inspect it.

"You asked the right person! I was born and raised in this city; there isn't much I don't know about it."

Proudly thumping his chest, the store owner recommended a few inns to Eiji.

"Thank you."

After saying that, Eiji left the bookstore and headed to the nearest inn mentioned by the store owner.

A few minutes later, he booked the best room. The receptionist warmly welcomed a guest using gold as payment.

"Not bad."

Seeing the room's décor equivalent to a three-star hotel, Eiji sat on the soft bed, took out the seven Devil Fruits he had obtained from the Tenryuubito house in Mary Geoise, and began reading the Devil Fruit encyclopedia carefully.

An hour later, he finished reading the entire Devil Fruit encyclopedia.

"Three Paramecia, three Zoan, and one Logia. What a waste of natural resources to give Devil Fruits to the Tenryuubito. Only the World Government could do something like this."

"Now, should I consume one of these Devil Fruits? It's a shame there's no Mythical Zoan."

Eiji looked at the Devil Fruits neatly lined up in front of him, contemplating seriously.

The three Zoan-type Devil Fruits were:

—Tori Tori no Mi: Model Owl.

Transforms the user into an owl-human, permanently enhancing their senses to that of an owl.

—Kuma Kuma no Mi: Model Panda.

Allows the user to become a human/panda hybrid or a full panda.

—Neko Neko no Mi: Model Saber-Tooth Cat.

Unlike the other two Zoan Fruits, this is an Ancient Zoan. It turns the user into a saber-toothed cat-human and permanently enhances their senses.

Next were the three Paramecia-type Devil Fruits.

—Sacchi Sacchi no Mi.

Allows the user to merge two or more people's senses into one.

—Nawa Nawa no Mi.

Allows the user to create ropes of any size, thickness, strength, and toughness from their body and control them.

—Yuka Yuka no Mi.

Enables the user to walk on all visible objects.

There was only one Logia-type Devil Fruit.

—Koho Koho no Mi.

The user can become, control, and produce alcohol.

"The Gorosei aren't foolish enough to give powerful Devil Fruits to the Tenryuubito as toys."

After pondering for a while, Eiji felt that none of the seven Devil Fruits in front of him piqued his interest.

Even the Logia Fruit, which is highly sought after by many, didn't satisfy him enough.

"This world is so vast; finding a Devil Fruit to my liking is merely wishful thinking." Eiji sighed.

There was one Devil Fruit he truly desired, the Toki Toki no Mi!

The Toki Toki no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to send themselves and others forward in time. This Devil Fruit was eaten by Kozuki Toki, but with her death, the fruit has reappeared.

However, Eiji had a different opinion about the Toki Toki no Mi's power. He believed Kozuki Toki failed to utilize the fruit's true potential.

From its name alone, the Toki Toki no Mi should grant the user time manipulation abilities.

Eiji had mastered the spatial attribute due to the [Limitless Technique]. If he could master the time attribute after eating the Toki Toki no Mi, he would fully control space-time attributes.

"This issue can't be forced. Finding the Toki Toki no Mi in this vast ocean is nearly impossible."

There is no disappointment without expectations.

He didn't want to be too fixated on the Toki Toki no Mi. As long as he found a Devil Fruit he deemed useful enough, Eiji wouldn't be picky.

Perhaps the Toki Toki no Mi had already been eaten by someone; the possibility always exists.

Just like Sanji, who longed for the Suke Suke no Mi to peek at women bathing, but he had to be disappointed and surprised to find out that someone else had eaten it.

"Then my focus should be on learning Haki. Who could teach me…"