"Thank you, master... wah!"
The burly man had not yet recovered from the previous crisis when he suddenly vomited a mouthful of fresh blood.
SPLASH!
Water once again appeared around him, forming a sphere that enveloped him.
The burly man wanted to struggle, but the powerless feeling of a devil fruit user touching seawater rendered him completely immobile.
"This seawater is troublesome. If it automatically adheres, then it's basically unsolvable. A devil fruit user wanting to use their ability must escape the seawater, or undergo long-term desensitization training. But after eating this fruit, there's simply no time for that."
Zephyr frowned deeply. To verify his guess, he boldly stretched his hand through the seawater protection sphere and lifted the burly man out, "Try to control the water flow!"
After saying so in a deep voice, Zephyr's arm was suddenly coated with Armament Haki, and it extended along the burly man's body.
Having someone else assist with Armament Haki was a method he thought might work.
"Sir, I don't know how to control it," The burly man's face showed bitterness. He didn't even know where this water came from, 'How can I possibly control it?'
Moreover, he felt his stamina being consumed at a terrifying rate. If he couldn't change the situation, he'd be exhausted and die soon.
"Hmm?", Zephyr ignored the burly man and was surprised to find the seawater actually passed through the Armament Haki and forcibly seeped from inside the burly man's body again, trying to cover his body and trap him.
"Armament Haki is actually ineffective?"
"Armament Haki can resist devil fruit abilities, but it doesn't nullify them," Rosse shook his head and looked at the burly man, falling into thought.
"Master, my stamina is continuously being consumed, I can't stop. At this rate, I'll die very soon," Taking advantage of the moment, the burly man hurriedly shouted, his voice filled with terror.
Anyone facing death would not be able to remain calm, let alone a pirate slave who had already surrendered out of fear.
"Stamina continuously being consumed...", Rosse pondered and recalled the water flow layer around the island.
It seemed that water flow layer was drawing on the burly man's stamina.
However, a 200,000 square kilometer island with a 20,000 km outer ring...
To create a 10-meter-high water flow over such a large area, even an admiral's stamina would be drained quickly, let alone this D+-rank burly man.
'Is it a test from the fruit? Or a side effect of the fruit?'
"Zephyr, knock him out,".Information was still limited for now, and Rosse felt the need to continue the experiment.
Since Zephyr was already holding the burly man, he knocked him out almost instantly.
But even though the burly man was unconscious, the seawater still seeped out, showing no sign of stopping.
"Looks like it's not a side effect of the fruit. It must be the uniqueness of this particular fruit," Rosse frowned slightly. Side effects would stop after losing consciousness. Only elemental-type abilities from natural fruits would still activate after fainting.
To confirm his thoughts, Rosse contacted Zannie outside and confirmed that the external seawater sealing ring had not dispersed.
This already explained the issue.
BANG!
Rosse raised his platinum pistol and shot the burly man right in the forehead.
Zephyr slightly frowned. He could've intervened, but seemed to guess Rosse's intention, so in the end, he did nothing.
SPLAT!
The burly man's head exploded like a watermelon. What splattered out wasn't water like an elemental ability, but a mixture of blood and brain matter.
With just one shot, the burly man died.
"Seems like it wasn't a natural-type ability," Zephyr shook his head regretfully, though he didn't have many other emotions.
After all, they were just testing a fruit, and the subject was a heinous pirate. His justice wasn't compromised.
Still, it was a bit of a pity that such a unique fruit disappeared along with the burly man's death.
"That's unclear for now. His strength wasn't enough," Rosse casually responded, most of his attention on the recent system prompt.
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[Completed D-rank kill!]
[Power +1000]
[Special reward: Watatsumi Fruit Ability (Incomplete)]
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'It actually directly rewarded the fruit ability?'
This was the first time Rosse had encountered such a situation.
Usually after a kill, the special reward would be the target's best skill.
Back when he was farming experience at the Holy Land, Rosse had killed quite a few ability users.
Even after killing them, most of what dropped were fruits. Never a fruit ability.
Based on the burly man's performance, Rosse could only think of one possibility.
Because the burly man had never truly been recognized by the Watatsumi Fruit, he only obtained a partial version of its power.
Even with other fruits, this wouldn't normally happen.
Most fruits, even without awakening, would grant full ability. It's just a matter of how much one develops it later.
Rosse slightly closed his eyes and began sensing the obtained fruit ability.
It was a weak but very special power.
SPLASH!
The seawater that had just been created by the burly man, due to his death, fell to the ground forming small puddles.
Under Rosse's manipulation, the seawater floated up again, surrounding him.
"Saint Rosse!", Zephyr shouted in a low voice, throwing a punch that scattered the water flow.
The seawater was part of the strange power granted by the fruit. He couldn't let it approach Rosse.
"It's fine. This is a natural ability from my family," Rosse casually made up a lie. Different races having special powers was considered normal in this world.
"Then that's fine," Zephyr relaxed after hearing that. He was truly afraid that Rosse would be entangled by such a strange fruit power.
Having been a marine for so many years, and after countless battles, he had seen many unpredictable fruit abilities. There were a few times he nearly fell victim. If not for the support of his comrades, he might have died long ago.
Therefore, even though Zephyr disliked fruits and refused to use their power, he remained highly wary of them.
Rosse gently waved his arm, and the seawater gathered in front of him, transforming into various shapes under his control.
However, performing precise manipulations was truly difficult.
Trying to form a dragon head, what came out was a snake head.
Trying to form a cube, the corners were ridiculously rounded.
These were all due to his poor control and the weakness of the ability.
But this also indirectly confirmed that the Watatsumi Fruit really had the ability to control seawater.
There was actually a fruit that could directly control seawater… This truly shocked Rosse.
The weakness of devil fruits was seawater.
To be able to control seawater meant suppressing all devil fruit users.
'So, can I now play water escape jutsu in the pirate world?'
Moreover, Rosse seemed to have found a safe way to consume devil fruits.
Thinking of this, Rosse slightly raised his head, his eyes blazing as he looked at the altar.
With the burly man's death, a new Watatsumi Fruit once again appeared on the previously empty altar.
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