Vol. 05 Ch. 32 – Training! My Friend

After all of Arthur's strength returned, he wanted to immediately try his new power, Blood-Blood Fruit. Above Athena's deck, Baby-5 was seen standing not far from Arthur. Where Arthur was seen easily turning parts of his body into intangibles with his Logia element, blood. The knowledge to do so was like being embedded in his subconscious. But when he wanted to create blood with the power of the Blood-Blood Fruit to become his weapon of attack, Arthur ran into trouble.

If other Logia devil fruit users could create their elements for attacks using their stamina, the Blood-Blood Fruit would need to use the user's life force. If someone's stamina is low they will be very tired, but if their life force is low then that person will be dying.

Baby-5: "Arthur, are you okay?" Baby-5 screamed in panic as she saw Arthur turning paler as if the blood on his body had disappeared as he created blood with the Blood-Blood Fruit.

Arthur: "So this is what Queen Otohime means. The longer the Blood-Blood Fruit is used, the faster the user dies. I'm all right, Baby-5. " Arthur reabsorbs the blood he creates making him more fit again.

Baby-5: "You'd better not use the Blood-Blood Fruit power to create your element until you have completely overcome it." Baby-5 was relieved to see Arthur's face bright again.

Arthur: "Did you forget my other devil fruit, Baby-5?" Arthur asked with a smile at the worried Baby-5.

Baby-5: "Ah !? Why did I forget it? Looks like this devil fruit is meant for you, Arthur. "

Arthur: "I think so, [Bloody Art]." Arthur created blood with the Art-Art Fruit ability and controlled it with Blood-Blood Fruit.

Baby-5: "Then can you control the blood in other people's bodies, Arthur?" Baby-5 again asked about the Blood-Blood Fruit's most dangerous ability.

Arthur: "Sorry, Baby-5, I have to try my power on you." Arthur made Baby-5 who touched him slowly drip blood from her fingertips.

Baby-5: "It doesn't matter, Arthur. It's nothing. " Baby-5 felt her blood move by itself out of the wound that suddenly appeared from her finger.

Arthur: "Try to step away slowly, Baby-5." Baby-5 happily complied with Arthur's request.

Arthur could feel the blood running down Baby-5's body the moment she touched his body. But after Arthur lost contact with Baby-5 and she was more than one meter from Arthur, it made Arthur unable to feel it anymore so Arthur felt sad because his ability range was very little.

Arthur: "Baby-5, come closer again."

Baby-5: "All right." Baby-5 walked closer to Arthur until one meter in front of him but still couldn't feel he was able to control Baby-5's blood.

Arthur: "Looks like I need direct contact with you to be able to control your blood and after you move away from me for more than one meter makes my control over your blood disappear." Arthur's conclusion also left Baby-5 a little disappointed.

Baby-5: "But it's not certain since you don't have much mastery over the power of the Blood-Blood Fruit." Baby-5 tries to cheer herself up and Arthur as well.

Arthur: "You're right, Baby-5, so please be my training partner to try out the Blood-Blood Fruit powers."

Arthur tried to develop his Blood-Blood Fruit power with his imagination. He continued to combine [Bloody Art] from Art-Art Fruit with Blood-Blood Fruit abilities as in the anime series Tokyo Ghoul and Deadman Wonderland. He was able to control a drop of his blood to fly through the air with the power of the Blood-Blood Fruit. And that ability made Arthur wonder if he could control the blood in his target's body just by contacting that drop of blood to the target.

Arthur: "Hahaha, I did it. With this, I can control the blood in my target's body as long as my blood is in direct contact with the target's blood although it's not more than 20 meters away now, Baby-5." Arthur was very excited when his experiment was successful.

Baby-5: "Congratulations, Arthur. I know and believe that you can. "

Arthur: "Gru~ ..." Arthur's stomach made their laughter stop for a while but they immediately smiled.

Baby-5: "We can have an early lunch." Baby-5 goes to the kitchen to prepare a meal for Arthur.

Arthur: "Yes, I will try to contact the other member's Denden Mushi babies they brought."

While Baby-5 was cooking for Arthur, Arthur himself was trying to contact the Denden Mushi of the other members. Looks like they're having fun on Fish-Man Island. When Arthur asked their plans for lunch, they all said there was no special plan and just wanted to try the food on Fish-Man Island. But because Queen Otohime and her four children were with his members, Arthur asked them to take Queen Otohime and her childs to Athena. Arthur want to repay their banquet yesterday.

Robin: "So that's why Joyboy said the word sorry through the Poneglyph." Robin's voice was heard entering Athena's cabin.

Otohime: "Yes, even though it's also just a story I heard from my predecessors." Queen Otohime, who had accompanied Robin to the Sea Forest, came fastest to the port where Athena was anchored.

Arthur: "Queen Otohime, welcome to our ship, Athena." A greeting from Arthur who was eating his third portion.

Robin: "How can you want to entertain the royal family but instead eat first... this much too." Robin sat next to Arthur, shaking her head at the empty plate on the table.

Arthur: "What else can I do? This is because I tried Blood-Blood Fruit power. " Arthur continued chewing his food.

Otohime: "Huhuhu… It's okay Robin. I am happy to accept your invitation. But I think this dining room will be too cramped if my four children come. "

Arthur: "Don't worry, we'll eat on the deck of the ship."

Koala: "Looks like it's already in the Fishman's blood so they can easily master advanced techniques of Gyojin Karate."

Kuina: "Maybe that's because of this, not many Fish-Man use swords." This time, the voices of Koala and Kuina came from outside.

One by one the other members came. Queen Otohime's children who accompanied Hancock and the others to shoping and tour the island also arrived. When everyone arrived at Athena, it was lunchtime too. Arthur creates chairs and tables for all of them, while Baby-5 is ready to serve their meal with Sugar help.

The royal soldiers guarding the three princes and Shirahoshi were still on standby. They looked worried because while accompanying Hancock and the others on a shopping trip, Shirahoshi got another letter. Different from before, Vander Decken wrote that he was very sad and angry about the reply from Shirahoshi and the royal family. At the end of the letter, it was also written that if he couldn't get Shirahoshi then no one else could.

Arthur: "This is getting worrying. Hancock, after this, if a letter or something flies to Shirahoshi again, make sure she is safe and go to where it came from. I want this matter to be resolved before we go next island. "

Otohime: "Thank you, my old friend, Arthur." Queen Otohime is truly grateful to Arthur and the others.