I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

"As expected, it still doesn't work..."

A few days later, Xie Wen looked at the two cat-shaped Devil Fruits in front of him, which were only slightly different in color but had the same shape and pattern as apples with circles, and the Hunter's Manual, which clearly included them in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia but did not provide any fragments, and smacked his lips with regret.

Although the cat-shaped devil fruit copied by the Giraffe Fruit did not obtain any fragments before, it was just an ordinary animal-type fruit after all. The mythical beast-type Sakura Dragon Fruit that Kaido ate did give a good fragment.

As for the two fruits in front of him, one is naturally a replica of the Animal-type Snake-Snake Fruit, the Mythical Beast, the Yamata-no-Orochi form, and the other is a subspecies of the Big Mouth True God Fruit copied through Yamato's bloodline factor.

In the end, the two replicas of the mythical beast fruit that Xie Wen had high hopes for, and not even a single summoning ticket fragment, were brought to him...

This crappy manual is still as stingy as ever!

"Is this the artificial devil fruit you mentioned before? It looks completely different from the one I ate."

Yamato looked at the two ringed apples curiously, and said thoughtfully: "What do you think would happen if I ate another artificial big mouth true god fruit?"

"Eh?"

Xie Wen was surprised by Yamato's sudden idea.

Yes! You can't eat two devil fruits. The mysterious side says that the "devil consciousness" in the fruit will fight each other, and the scientific side says that it is a conflict between genes or bloodline factors.

But as for the "demon consciousness", these replicas most likely do not have it, because Haibara Cat believes that the main reason why animal-type devil fruits made by humans (cats) cannot give life to inanimate objects is probably because they lack the so-called "demon consciousness".

As for the conflict of bloodline factors, there is no need to worry about it... The copied devil fruit originally used Yamato's bloodline factors, how could there be a conflict again?

However, these are just Xie Wen's speculations after all, and more professional evaluation is still needed.

So, Xie Wen turned his attention to the gray cat beside him.

"Well, this is an interesting topic, meow."

(=vv=)

Huibara Cat held his chin and nodded his head thoughtfully, obviously very interested in Yamato's proposal.

"But this is still risky after all. Let me do an experiment on Lulu first."

In an attempt to create a human (cat) devil fruit, Meowx fed the giraffe fruit to a male shark kept in an aquarium on the Toot, and then extracted the bloodline factor from it for replication.

Xie Wen gave this shark, which can transform into a giraffe, a name inspired by a video he had seen in his previous life...

Actually, Xie Wen wanted to find a muntjac, but firstly, the little kitten who had entered the research state could not wait any longer. Secondly, due to the special geography of the Pirate World, it was much easier to find marine life than land life. What's more, the land life in the Pirate World was abnormal in various ways. Finding an ordinary muntjac was not even easier than finding a famous sword.

Because after eating the devil fruit, one will lose strength when in contact with seawater, and sharks are no exception. However, like the fish-men who ate the devil fruit, this shark will not drown. Therefore, this shark basically lies paralyzed in the aquarium, eating and sleeping. Even if Huiyuan Meowth sensed something was wrong and pulled it out for exercise, it would just turn into a giraffe and lie dead on the deck. Now it has become fat like a ball...

I should have named it O'Neal.

Even though Orihara Lulu had been raised into a useless fish, it had been an experimental animal for such a long time after all, so Haibara Cat did not feed it the Giraffe Fruit subspecies directly. Instead, he took it into the laboratory and started various tests to avoid it from exploding directly from eating two devil fruits.

Ignoring the Haibara Cat that had entered the laboratory again, Xie Wen turned his attention back to the two mythical beast-type cat-shaped devil fruits.

Before the kitten's experiment came to a concrete result, the Big Mouth True God Fruit subspecies had to be kept, but the Yamata no Orochi Fruit could be eaten by other cats, and Xie Wen had already made a choice in his mind -

"Touma, are you interested in the Yamata no Orochi Fruit?"

Xie Wen waved his hand and called the unlucky little cow cat over. "Although it is not as immune to most physical damage as the natural type, it also has extremely strong defense. The most important thing is that it can give you eight lives."

This has been certified by Klee's fire. The main body of the Kurozumi Orochi was not burned to ashes until all its other heads were burned. This characteristic is actually quite suitable for Touma, the unlucky little guy.

One thing Xie Wen didn't mention is that the body of Kamijou Touma's prototype also has an ability called "Jaw of the Dragon King", which can also summon eight dragons. So from this aspect, the compatibility of the Yamata no Orochi Fruit and Touma is also quite high.

After listening to Xie Wen's general description of the Yamata no Orochi Fruit, Touma-nyan couldn't help but think seriously...

As he often falls into water, he naturally does not hate taking a bath like Hua Meimiao and the others. Instead, he has developed a strong water ability. Therefore, the nature system is not a "must-have" for him. His most urgent need is to save his life and reduce his own damage. From this perspective, the effect of the Yamata no Orochi fruit is not worse than that of the nature system, and the animal system has an additional bonus in terms of recovery.

When natural fruits are difficult to obtain, it seems safer to choose the Yamata-no-Orochi Fruit that can give you seven more lives.

"Xie Wen, after Touma eats this fruit, will he also become like that big head, an ugly snake with eight heads?"

(=w=)

Just when Touma was about to agree, Klee suddenly pulled Xie Wen's ear and asked curiously.

"...Ugly, ugly snake?"

∑(=ΦДΦ=)

Touma Meowth quickly swallowed back the words that were about to come out, and looked at Xie Wen in surprise and suspicion.

"Well... actually, it doesn't necessarily turn ugly." Xie Wen scratched his head and explained, "The appearance of the animal-type fruit user is actually affected by the person who eats it. Kurozumi Orochi is ugly, so the Yamata-no-Orochi he turns into will naturally be ugly too."

"But... this fruit uses the bloodline factor of that guy called Kurozumi Orochi, right? Can you be sure that the appearance I transform into won't be affected by him?"

(w)σ

The little cow cat remained unmoved, staring with dead fish eyes and pointing at the Yamata no Orochi fruit subspecies and questioning.

"I can't be sure."

Xie Wen did not choose to lie. He shook his head and answered honestly: "Although the Sakura Dragon transformed by Kaido did not seem to be affected, he and the other Kaido are very similar. Even if there is any effect, it is not easy to see."

"So..." Touma sighed helplessly, pointed at himself, and asked self-awarely, "Do you think it is more likely that Mr. Kamijou's luck will be affected? Or is it more likely that it will not be affected?"

"That depends on what you choose." Xie Wen shrugged and said indifferently, "Do you want beauty or life?"

“It’s not that serious, is it?” Touma was still a little upset. He retorted with a dark face, “Kamijo-san is still alive and well, isn’t he?”

"That being said, it's not easy to get hurt all the time, right? Your Armament Haki training has been stuck and you haven't made much progress..." Xie Wen kindly reminded, "Besides, with your luck, we don't know when we will get the next Nature Fruit."

This is also one of the main reasons why Xie Wen recommended that Touma eat the Yamata no Orochi fruit...

God knows when they will be able to obtain new natural fruits under the influence of this little unlucky guy.

Xie Wen even suspected that as long as Touma Meowth obtained the power of the fruit, it was very likely that a natural or pseudo-natural fruit would appear in front of him immediately.

Touma-chan: "..."

negative (-) lead

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

Xie Wen's last reason was so realistic and sufficient that it immediately broke down Touma's defense.

"Damn it! Can't I eat it, meow?!"

(=Benefit)

Touma picked up the ringed apple-shaped subspecies of the Yamata no Orochi fruit in despair and bit into it hard.

"Gee! It tastes so bad! What a misfortune, meow!"