Chapter 150: Counting the Harvest

Chapter 150: Counting the Harvest

Jenny smiled warmly at her daughter's understanding.

"That's good!"

Charlotte smiled as well. "Alright, I have some things to take care of. I'll come back to keep you company this evening!"

He glanced at Martha, Jenny, and Alice, who were not pregnant, with a mischievous grin.

The three women groaned and walked away, shaking their heads.

Charlotte chuckled and made his way to the villa he hadn't lived in for several years.

He remembered that this villa once belonged to a boss he had defeated. Afterward, Charlotte took over the property for himself.

Entering the study, Charlotte's eyes fell on a massive safe. This safe was custom-made to store his collection, which consisted mainly of Devil Fruits and famous swords.

He opened the safe and retrieved the five Devil Fruits he had acquired from the Valley of the Gods. One of them was confirmed to be the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, but he hadn't yet had the time to examine the remaining four.

With all the recent commotion and distractions, he finally decided to take a closer look.

Notably, none of the five Devil Fruits were banana-shaped, which meant there were very few Zoan-type fruits among them.

"Well, that makes sense. Would the Celestial Dragons even bother collecting trash Devil Fruits?" Charlotte thought with a wry smile.

Rubbing his hands together in excitement, he took out the other four Devil Fruits and grabbed the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, a prized possession he had acquired from the Rocks Pirates. He considered it one of his greatest gains, alongside Rocks's Haki training manual.

The first fruit he examined resembled a cantaloupe but was more oval in shape. It had circles covering its purple skin. Charlotte carefully flipped through the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.

"Huh? It's the Bubble-Bubble Fruit?!" Charlotte exclaimed in surprise.

He felt a tinge of disappointment. The abilities of this fruit, used by Kalifa, were somewhat underwhelming in his memory:

Bubble Defense: Covering oneself in bubbles for defensive purposes.

Golden Bubble: Making objects or people extremely smooth, reducing their attack power by half.

Bubble Master (Soap Sheep): Wrapping oneself in bubbles to resemble a sheep, complete with horns.

Relaxation Bubble: Releasing bubbles that wash away power and can blow away opponents.

Relaxation Wave (Otsubo): A powerful attack involving a wave of bubbles, but only usable in Soap Sheep form. The downside was the inability to move during its use.

Charlotte concluded that the fruit's abilities weren't particularly outstanding—though it might simply be that Kalifa hadn't fully developed its potential.

"Better give this to one of my subordinates as a reward," he muttered, setting it aside.

The next Devil Fruit he picked up also resembled a cantaloupe but had green skin with circles that radiated vitality. Charlotte's hopes were raised as he began searching for it in the Encyclopedia.

"Found it! The Flourish-Flourish Fruit! Isn't this the fruit used by Zephyr's student?"

Charlotte recognized the fruit's immense potential.

Activating the fruit's abilities required dancing, with the frequency and amplitude of movements affecting its power.

The user could manipulate hundreds to thousands of plants at once, using them for offense, defense, or utility.

The user could grow massive vines to restrain or choke opponents or use them as a high-speed mode of transportation.

The plants were highly durable, capable of withstanding bullets and rocket launchers, making the fruit ideal for defense as well.

"This is a powerful fruit," Charlotte thought. He decided to save it for one of his daughters, considering its more graceful abilities. For a son, the dancing aspect might be awkward.

Next, he picked up a fruit with white patterns and began searching again in the Encyclopedia. After flipping a few pages, he froze.

"Oh my god! What kind of luck is this?! It's the Door-Door Fruit!"

Charlotte almost dropped the fruit in shock.

The Door-Door Fruit was one of the rare Devil Fruits with spatial abilities. Charlotte was deeply impressed by its potential and even considered eating it himself.

The fruit's powers allowed the user to create doors anywhere, including:

Doors in the air, on flames, or even on people.

Doors of various types, sizes, and shapes, such as sliding doors, revolving doors, etc.

Transforming the user's body into a door.

The essence of the ability was spatial mobility. The user could create a door in the atmosphere to enter a green space that functioned as a personal dimension. Others could also enter this space.

After closing the door, the space returned to its original state, leaving no trace. The ability could serve as both an offensive tool and an emergency escape.

"Ah, this fruit is incredible!" Charlotte marveled. He recalled fanfiction he had read in his previous life, where authors developed countless creative applications for the Door-Door Fruit, such as conceptual doors or even the Eight Gates from ninjutsu.

But he hesitated. "Should I eat it?"

The ability to move freely across the world was tempting. With the Door-Door Fruit, no one could trap him—except perhaps with seastone.

"Oh, forget it! I'll think about it later. For now, this fruit would only serve as a secondary power for me. It's not worth it," Charlotte decided.

He carefully placed the Door-Door Fruit at the top of the safe, alongside the Slow-Slow Fruit and the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.

For now, Charlotte resolved to keep the fruits as valuable assets, holding onto the hope that he might someday find the perfect use for them.

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