Chapter 132: Who’s That Pokémon?

In front of Akeno stood her mother, who looked even more like a Yamato Nadeshiko than Akeno herself while wearing shrine maiden clothes.

After drinking the tea and listening to what her mother had to say, Akeno frowned.

"That man still dares to show up after everything he did?" Disbelief was present in Akeno's voice.

"I can't say I didn't expect it." Shuri didn't seem happy or sad as she said, "However, I can't forgive him for abandoning you alone after my death."

No matter how much time passed to think about it, the simple fact of having abandoned Akeno while she was just a little girl would not change.

Again, if Akeno hadn't been lucky. Yes, she was indeed nearly killed several times until she met Rias.

"Very well!" Shuri clapped her hands, raising her voice playfully: "Let's talk about something more pleasant~" She let out a small giggle with her hand over her mouth, asking: "How are things between you and Zaydas?"

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"Let's go." Zaydas said to the group in the living room.

As Zaydas's voice began to fade, they started to feel a slight pulling sensation while their vision was gifted with the sight of something phenomenal.

In an instant, the scenery changed completely and they were now in the TSSDK dimension.

"We've arrived." Zaydas said like a tour bus driver who had just arrived at the designated location.

"This ability of yours to travel between worlds is simply fantastic~" Grayfia couldn't help but comment with admiration.

Even with her understanding of teleportation, she couldn't grasp half of the process while Zaydas used this ability.

...

They were now outside the mansion and, from Zaydas's shadow, a black shadow darted out very quickly.

"Hades?" Shuna was the first to recognize who it was.

The moment Hades stopped moving, everyone saw him, and soon the voice of the world echoed.

It was a strange event, since the 'gifts' given by the Voice of the World had already been given before, but now, Hades was still receiving them upon appearing in the TSSDK world.

"Zaydas-sama, welcome back!"

In the blink of an eye, Souei appeared in front of Zaydas and, in a respectful manner, knelt on one knee, without looking up as he greeted Zaydas's arrival.

"Mm, good work." Zaydas said.

Souei stopped kneeling but remained upright and respectful in front of Zaydas.

"Any orders?" Souei asked, his left hand clenched in a fist near his chest.

"No, do as you wish." Zaydas said: "For now, I'll stay a few days before departing once again. Oh yes, has Rimuru made contact?"

"No." Souei replied.

"I see." Zaydas began to walk toward the mansion.

Grayfia and a few others stayed close to him, but Shuna and Jade, for example, headed toward their shop.

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Several hours later...

Zaydas left the test room.

An exclusive room he created to fuse skills, items, etc.

Just now, he had fused ten devil fruits. The same lightning phenomenon as before also occurred in this dimension.

It was precisely because of this that the special fusion room had a system installed to allow the ceiling to open and expose it to the open sky.

'Fusing once more is out of the question for now...'

A double fusion could generate an unwanted reaction.

'For now, I'm satisfied with the fusion of two devil fruits.'

After storing the fruits that were fused into his personal subspace, Zaydas already had a target in mind to test them on.

Outside the room, several of them were waiting.

As he expected such a phenomenon, Zaydas had given prior warning.

But, seeing them waiting, he understood that no matter how much he warned them, it wouldn't stop them from worrying.

'I know it sounds believable, but it wasn't something so grand to the point of needing concern, right?' Although he thought this way, deep down he already knew that if it were him, he would also worry if it were about any of them.

That phrase that says 'Those who love, care' also works in this context, although it suffers a slight change to 'Those who love, worry.'

"Are you going to test it now?" Grayfia asked.

"Yes, let's go together." Zaydas invited them.

Of course, everyone was also curious to know the result of this.

Even though they had only seen it for a brief moment, they still saw the crow that transformed into a kind of Tengu after eating one of these fruits and... Now, Zaydas was going to test the result of fusing two fruits that had created a phenomenon when combined.

The question is: What will be the result when the fruit is consumed?

If it really worked, even they would be tempted to consume one of these fruits.

After all, who wouldn't want to gain more powers?

In fact, there were even some fruits that were quite useful and versatile.

An example of this is the Hana-Hana no Mi fruit, a Paramecia that allows the user to replicate and sprout parts of their body on any surface, including other living beings.

After Zaydas brought the elves from the other dimension and told them about this fruit's effects... Without exception, all the elves had their eyes sparkling, becoming greedy for this fruit.

When asked why they wanted that specific fruit... They laughed full of mischief while looking in Zaydas's direction.

...

A pocket pinscher. That would be the best definition for the tiny puppy that could fit in Zaydas's hand.

Worse still, although it acted cute and gentle in Zaydas's hand; when Zaydas stepped away, this little creature turned into a true fearless beast.

"Zaydas-sama, do you really intend to let this little puppy eat that fruit?" Ravel asked.

There was no doubt they didn't believe such a small and fragile puppy could withstand such power in its tiny body.

"It's okay, I've already taken some measures," Zaydas said. "In my analysis, nothing bad will happen to him. However, in the worst-case scenario, I created this barrier to prevent his soul from dispersing and will revive him again."

"In that case, I'm relieved." Ravel placed a hand on her chest while her other hand extended toward the puppy. She said in a soft and sweet voice: "Everything's going to be fine, Maylon. You'll overcome this and become a dog among dogs. Yes, a God Dog~!"

"Maylon?" Zaydas looked at her.

"Yes, it was the name I thought of for him. Was that not allowed?" Ravel asked, unsure.

"It's fine, I liked it." Zaydas smiled.

After Ravel stepped back, Zaydas controlled Maylon's mind.

With Maylon under his control, Zaydas made him eat the devil fruit after all preparations were complete.

When the fruit was completely swallowed, Maylon's tiny body swelled up like a ball.

And then, a phenomenon similar to when 'Stanley Ipkiss' from the movie The Mask used the mask for the first time and began to transform.

Lightning and claps of thunder were summoned while everything around Maylon began to spin like a small tornado that kept growing.

In an instant, the tornado began to emit lightning.

"Boom!"

Under Maylon's paws, the ground was flattened. It was as if, suddenly, he weighed over a ton.

"This is..."

"One of the effects of the fruit," Zaydas said. "He should be able to alter his weight from kilos to tons. At this moment..."

Zaydas stopped mid-sentence because... From the tornado surrounding Maylon, a pair of white wings emerged.

And then, to complement the wings, a large and robust body like that of a stallion appeared.

Still bearing Maylon's brown features, he grew to a height of 2 meters. The pair of white wings resembled the Pegasus horse, but the head, still similar to a dog's, confused them.

Although he had gained horse-like traits, he still had Maylon's distinct characteristics.

And then, as if it had never existed, the phenomenon caused by Maylon's transformation disappeared while Maylon's new appearance became more visible.

"This..."

They were speechless at what they were seeing.

It was like a hybrid of a pinscher dog and a white stallion horse.

Does that make any sense?

But the strangest thing about all of this was... That despite everything, Maylon didn't become beautiful, but rather, cool. The kind of transformation that makes hot-blooded young men's blood boil.

"That transformation looks really cool." Benimaru commented.

There was no falsehood in his words. He really thought so—and he wasn't the only one.

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