One Piece: Under the Throne

After Jesus' explanation, Leo gained a new understanding of the Devil Fruit, but the more he understood, the more questions he had. Even though Leo had signed the contract, he didn't want to do things in a muddle.

"Jesus, since you created the other devil fruits, why did they leave here? Don't you have control over their power?"

"How could there not be? It's just that I don't want to destroy them. After all, they are all my brothers."

Leo narrowed his eyes slightly. He felt that Jesus was not telling the truth because he found a loophole in Jesus' words: "Since you can control their life and death at will, what else do you need me to do?"

Jesus:"……"

"Hey, you're such a smart boy. That's right, I can only control them in this world, so I need you to help me find them back."

"That's not right. Since you're out, why don't you do it yourself? Can't you beat your brothers?"

"Hey... it's not what you think. I just said that most of them fall asleep after entering the host's body, but once they sense my breath, they will wake up immediately. My brothers are very afraid of me, so as long as they are awake, they will actively avoid me."

"How could they escape from you?"

"It was impossible originally, but it becomes possible once you have a host. For example, you are my host, and my other brother's host is the Admiral of the Navy. Do you think we have a chance to defeat them?"

I see, it means I'm a weakling.

"Even if they can't beat us, they can still run away. My brothers can also awaken each other. If there are too many awakened, I won't be their opponent. Do you understand?"

"But I heard that if two fruits are eaten at the same time, the devil will riot in the host's heart and cause the host's death."

"That's right. My brothers were all led astray by Xiao Hei. The only result of their meeting is to devour each other. That's why eating two fruits will lead to the death of the host. After all, how can the human body withstand the fluctuations caused by the battle between my brothers? But if they want to deal with me, they will suppress their devouring instinct and join forces to deal with me first."

So that's how it is. Devil fruits can devour each other, no wonder they have such a strong sense of territory. This also explains the reward Jesus mentioned. But who is Xiao Hei? The more I listen, the more questions I have.

"Jesus, who is Xiao Hei?"

"Xiao Hei is Xiao Hei, my tenth younger brother, and that is His residence. It was He who lured the other brothers to escape from their mother." After saying that, the light ball turned into the shape of an arrow, pointing to the tenth circular hole at the root of the tree.

"Does Hei have such great abilities? He can even bewitch other devil fruits from your control?"

The ball of light began to flicker continuously, and even turned red for a few moments. It was obvious that Jesus was emotionally unstable, but in the end He calmed down and changed back to a white ball of light.

"Xiao Hei's ability is devouring. He used his ability to help the brothers escape from their mother's body. It was also because of his ability that I was able to temporarily lose control of my brothers."

Huh? Why does it sound so familiar? Leo thought about it carefully for a while, and then he suddenly realized that Xiao Hei was the Dark Dark Fruit. It turned out that He was the source of all the chaos.

Leo was also thinking of joking at this time: "Jesus, your ability to suppress the fruit ability was not created after being tricked by Xiao Hei, right? Then why did you give Him this ability in the first place? Isn't this asking for trouble?"

Jesus' light ball began to turn red again, and he hesitated for a long time before uttering: "Da Ma Le! Wu Lu Sai! #%…#@…*&"

Listening to the sound of the light ball turning into a child, Leo inexplicably had the urge to laugh. He didn't expect Jesus to have a tsundere nature. Seeing that He was getting more and more excited, Leo had to change the subject and continue asking.

"Why does Hei want to lure the other Devil Fruits away from here?"

"Humph, what else could it be? He's jealous of me. He once said to me, why am I always so high up, while he is at the lowest position and can only look up to everyone. Since then, he has started to encourage other brothers behind my back."

At this point, Jesus' light ball suddenly dimmed, and it seemed that He was in a very low mood: "Speaking of which, my mother's withering was also due to this incident. It's all my fault. If only I had discovered Xiao Hei's behavior earlier."

"How many brothers did you create in total? There are only ten rings on the tree. Did you only create ten brothers?"

"No, these ten rings are the brothers I created at the beginning. They help me manage the other brothers. More are in the mother's roots, and the power of those brothers is weaker than the original ten brothers."

Leo suddenly became interested in the other eight original devil fruits: "Besides you and Hei, what are the abilities of the other eight?"

This question seemed to make Jesus very happy, like a child showing off in front of others: "Then I will tell you in detail, so that you can be sure that you will not be unable to defeat them when you encounter them outside."

"God said, let there be light in the world, and my first brother shone..."

"Please, where did you hear this? Please speak properly."

"This world is too deserted, so I tried to create the sun. I created three test pieces, namely the sun, the light, and the flame. After a fight, the sun defeated the other two and drove them to other residences, occupying the second ring alone."

Leo was stunned. What Jesus said happened to match Nika, Shanshan and Shaoshao. As a result, Nika drove away Shanshan and Shaoshao and became the representative of the sun.

"What about the others?"

"There is also the ability to give objects souls, the ability to travel through space, the ability to create memories, and oh yeah, the ability to make objects float. Help my brother escape from this world with His help."

Shit! They are all matched, and it is indeed those guys. As expected, what Jesus said was right. The combination of Jesus and me can't compete with those monsters at all. If we are discovered, the devil fruit may affect the host and kill me.

"Hey, I don't know why those bastards are so lucky that they got all the powerful fruits."

Originally Leo just complained casually, but Jesus unexpectedly gave a puzzling answer: "It's all the guidance of fate. Fate will guide my brothers to find the right host."

Leo said unhappily, "Don't be ridiculous. You're being superstitious. If you hadn't let those brothers go, how could all these things have happened? You almost killed your mother."

Hearing Leo's words, Jesus' light ball dimmed again: "I don't want to do that either."

"Then why did you create those brothers?"

"Hey, because I'm too lonely. I can see every corner of the world clearly from here, but the more I look, the more I long for companions. I didn't expect them to leave me anyway... Woo woo woo..."

Jesus's crying made Leo unable to deal with it, so he quickly comforted him: "Okay, you still have me. Since I have become a human-shaped devil fruit, I am also your brother. I promise you that I will find everyone back."

"Really?"

"Really? And I'll help you beat up Xiao Hei."

"Leo, you are so nice..."

Leo: “…”

This kid is so easy to coax, so can I... take the opportunity to ask for some benefits: "Jesus, you see my mission is so difficult, but I am so weak, can you help me get stronger?"

"Wuwu...hiccup, hey, how are you going to strengthen it?"

"I don't ask for much. Just strengthen my ability to control the sea. That way I can help you find your brother faster."

After Leo finished speaking, he stared at Jesus' ball of light with anticipation. However, Jesus did not answer, but the ball of light became brighter and brighter, until Leo felt it began to dazzle his eyes. Suddenly, he felt a warm current flowing through his body.

The light lasted only a few seconds, and Jesus returned to his original state: "Okay, I can only help you so far. I have to save some strength to help my mother stay alive."

Listening to Jesus' slightly tired voice, Leo felt a little guilty. He didn't expect that just a few words from him could help Jesus increase his strength. If this affected Jesus' main business, Leo would feel guilty to death.

"Ah? Are you okay? Or you can take back the power you just had."

"No, just help me find my brothers as soon as possible. The more you find, the stronger I will be."

"No problem, no problem, we'll do it when we get out." What a coincidence! There happened to be a person with special abilities tied up on the ship, and Leo decided to extract her abilities as soon as he left.

"Do you have any questions? If you have no questions, I will take you back."

"Can I come here again in the future?"

"Hey, it won't work like this time. After all, you don't belong to this world."

After Jesus finished speaking, he saw Leo staring at Him with reluctance, so he quickly added: "But when my strength recovers, I can bring your consciousness back here. Hey, hey... I'm glad you said that."

Conscious? Not bad. Leo finally smiled. Jesus had explained everything that needed to be said. He decided to send them back. The ball of light suddenly lit up, and this time the light was even brighter than before, until it illuminated the entire world.

Oooooh…

The sun shone brightly on the sea, and the sea was very calm, even the waves seemed to be still. In the middle of the sea there was a small boat floating quietly on it.

Leo frowned slightly, and soon regained consciousness. He used both hands to prop up his body and looked around blankly: "Is this... already back?"

He first checked Will's condition. The fat fish had drool hanging from the corners of his mouth, and he looked very cute when he was sleeping. Then he checked Fanny's condition. The female pirate was also unconscious. Leo decided to kill her right now, and stretched out his hand and pressed it on her head to activate his ability.

A ball of translucent light burst out from the top of Fanny's head, and there was a particularly bright spot of light in the middle of the ball of light. Leo seemed to sense the fluctuation of the soul in the spot of light. Forcibly suppressing his curiosity, Leo tried to separate the ball of light and the spot of light, but he didn't expect the process to be surprisingly easy.

Then Leo tried to press the translucent light ball into his body, and he felt warm all over again. Leo knew that his strength had increased again. Then he looked at the bright light in his hand again, and then threw it into the sea without saying a word.

From this day on, Leo had an additional responsibility in this world, which was also his destiny.