Chapter 43: Zephyr·The Voice Of All Things (5)
"Consciousness!?"
Another mysterious answer that made Gnar feel puzzled.
This made Gnar think back to when he was in Little Garden, where Dorry and Brogy told him the key to Haki: using the power of the soul to exert the body's power to the ultimate limit. This is Haki!
If the soul is confirmed to exist in the world of One Piece, then consciousness remains completely mysterious.
"Consciousness, does such a thing really exist?"
Zephyr grinned as if he had already anticipated Gnar's question. He lightly stepped on the ground with his left foot, causing a pebble to fly into his hand. He then asked a question.
"Kid, do you think this stone has consciousness?"
Gnar was stunned. The answer seemed obvious. How could a stone be conscious?
But inexplicably, Gnar thought of a very mysterious ability in One Piece: the ability to listen to the sounds of all things.
As the owner of this legendary ability, Roger, the Pirate King, could decipher historical texts from seemingly dead objects with historical texts engraved on stones.
Additionally, the Straw Hat Pirates' ship, the Going Merry, gave birth to a Klabautermann, which proved that seemingly dead things in this world could contain some form of consciousness or soul.
Finally, Gnar thought of the Devil Fruit's ability to awaken, which could turn unrelated substances into the same substance through the awakened ability.
For example, Doflamingo's String-String Fruit, Katakuri's Mochi-Mochi Fruit, and Luffy's Nika Fruit.
Inexplicably, Gnar suddenly had an incredible idea.
Could it be that the essence of everything in this world is basically the same?
To understand this, Gnar had to abandon the chemistry and physics he learned in his previous life and use irrational thinking to understand this world. He had to consider that the composition of this world might be simpler than imagined.
Maybe everything in this world is made of a strange substance.
If he had to give an example, it was that this world could be understood as one composed of pure magic or spiritual power, like those fairy tales and fantasy novels he read in his previous life.
This could explain the incredible abilities of Devil Fruits.
So, if he used this idea to understand the world.
Gnar followed Zephyr's lead. He stepped on the ground with his left foot, and a pebble jumped up and fell into his hand.
If his idea was true, then his Devil Fruit ability should also be able to control this stone or perceive its consciousness.
Thinking of this, Gnar's right hand holding the pebble filled with crimson blood mist, tightly wrapping around the pebble, trying to use his fruit's First Embrace ability to control the stone.
This was something he had never thought about or done before. He had always thought his ability could only be used on living creatures.
Before this, the dependents created by Gnar were simply made from his own blood, and he never thought of giving life to inanimate objects.
"Is this really possible?"
To be honest, he didn't have any expectations.
After all, this sounded incredible.
But the moment he started trying, something incredible happened...
In front of Gnar, seeing him deep in thought, Zephyr, as an enemy, didn't take the opportunity to attack. Instead, he was very interested and wanted to see what surprise this kid could give him...
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How would you describe Gnar's current state?
It was at the moment when he first embraced the randomly picked pebble that Gnar suddenly felt the whole world change.
How should I put it? It was an extremely strange state, noisy yet quiet.
The reason it was noisy was because Gnar could clearly feel that everything around him seemed to have come alive and had its own life.
The land under his feet, the clouds in the sky, the wind blowing, the turbulent river not far away, and even countless creatures hidden underground.
They were all looking at him and whispering.
This made Gnar think that he had awakened the ability to listen to the sounds of all things like Roger.
When he wanted to listen carefully to what these lives were saying.
No matter how hard he listened, he couldn't hear it.
There were noisy whispers in his ears, but he couldn't understand what they were saying.
He originally thought that maybe his abilities were not developed enough to understand their words.
But at that moment, a feeling of fear came.
Gnar was stunned because he discovered that this fear came from the pebble in his hand that was being embraced for the first time.
Gnar didn't understand why, so he didn't stop.
Then something incredible happened.
As the fear dissipated, the pebble became completely quiet.
Suddenly, Gnar had a feeling that the pebble in his hand had been killed by him.
Yes, killed!
It turned into a real stone!
"Why is this happening?"
As the stone 'died' in his hand, more emotions of fear came from the world around him. Those voices that were originally whispering turned into fearful emotions, looking at Gnar.
At that moment, Gnar could feel a huge sense of oppression, as if the whole world was squeezing him out, trying to expel him.
Inexplicably, Gnar thought of settings in some novels he had read in his previous life.
As a traveler who came to this world, he was like a virus, polluting the original order of this world.
"Is that so!?"
Does Gnar care?
Of course, he doesn't care!
It was like the belief he had always held in his heart.
He never cared about what the world was like. He didn't care about One Piece or the Celestial Dragons. The despair and pain of this world had nothing to do with him. As for the protagonists, he had no interest in getting involved with them.
The purpose of everything he did was to get what he wanted: women, power, wealth, and strength!
But if someone wanted to stop him, then even if the world was destroyed, he would make the person who hindered him become nourishment for his body and part of his strength.
The moment Gnar's idea emerged, a blood-red aura began to linger around his body, rotating and completely wrapping him. Then, like a beating heart, this blood-red aura began to expand like a blood cocoon...
"Bang...bang...bang..."
Almost instantly, the aura enveloping Zephyr continued to expand outward.
Listening to the clear beating of the heart, feeling the pressure of the blood-red aura like the vast ocean, and the feeling of fear and rejection in every cell of his body.
At this moment, Zephyr's relaxed expression finally turned serious, with a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead.
"That's right. This feeling is Conqueror's Haki. It's incredible. Is it the qualifications of a king? But it's so strange. What is this feeling of fear and rejection... It can actually affect my body... What is the origin of this little devil..."
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