Chapter 7: The Best Helmsman of the Century!

Having the ship spirit, Diga, consume the Storm-Storm Fruit, which grants control over storms!

This was the sudden idea that flashed through Kyle's mind when he saw Diga moving the cannonball.

As the ship spirit of the Diga, Diga inherently possesses the ability to control the ship's direction...

If paired with the power of the Storm-Storm Fruit, allowing him to generate wind and propel the ship...

Then his pirate ship would undoubtedly become the fastest and most agile sailing vessel in the world!!!

However, since this was just a spur-of-the-moment idea, Kyle needed to confirm a few things before putting it into action.

With a thought, he gave little Diga a friendly smile.

"Little Diga, do you know about Devil Fruits?"

"Devil Fruits?"

Diga tilted his head, showing an adorable expression.

"I know about them~"

"Devil Fruits are treasures of the sea. Eating one grants mysterious powers!"

"But at the same time, the user becomes hated by the sea!"

"I also know that there's a Devil Fruit in the captain's room~"

With the innocence of a child, the ship spirit answered the captain's question earnestly.

Under the hood, his face revealed a pure smile that would make any woman swoon.

Hearing Diga's answer, Kyle's face lit up with joy, and he quickly praised him.

"That's right! You're so smart, my little ship spirit~!"

Indeed, ship spirits seem to possess innate knowledge.

Whether it's a memory passed down through the ship spirit lineage or knowledge derived from the crew's memories...

Diga's possession of this basic knowledge would undoubtedly save Kyle a lot of explanation for his upcoming questions.

After a few words of praise, he immediately asked the question he was most concerned about.

"So, if little Diga were to eat a Devil Fruit, and the Diga were to come into contact with seawater..."

"Would you, as the ship spirit, become weak and unable to use your powers?"

Having a ship spirit eat a Devil Fruit is undoubtedly a bolder idea than a single-take shot.

But if eating a Devil Fruit would make the pirate ship weak and powerless upon contact with seawater, that would be a huge problem!

Fortunately, after pondering for a moment, little Diga, who had been thinking seriously, gave an answer that delighted Kyle.

"Hmm... no, Captain Kyle."

"Although I am the embodiment of the Diga, the connection between the ship spirit and the ship is more like a soul or spiritual force, not a biological one."

"So the Devil Fruit wouldn't affect both the ship spirit and the ship at the same time."

Little Diga put on a serious face, reminiscent of Conan, as he answered Kyle's question.

Upon hearing this explanation, Kyle's face lit up with joy.

"That's great!"

"Come with me, little Diga!"

He clenched his fist and pounded his palm, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.

After learning that the system could make him stronger and grant special abilities, Kyle naturally wouldn't choose a Devil Fruit with obvious weaknesses.

So, this valuable Storm-Storm Fruit had only two possible fates:

One was to be sold at an auction house for a large sum of Beli;

The other was to keep it and wait for a suitable crew member to use it.

And now, the appearance of the ship spirit Diga perfectly fit the second scenario!

If not now, then when should the Storm-Storm Fruit be used!?

Seeing that Kyle had already entered the captain's cabin, little Diga, in his spiritual form, suddenly materialized and followed him to the railing outside the cabin.

Before he could step into the captain's cabin, Kyle, holding the Storm-Storm Fruit, had already returned to his side.

"Try it, can you eat it?"

A green, spiral-patterned fruit was handed to little Diga.

"Huh!?"

"Captain Kyle, are you giving this Devil Fruit to me?"

Little Diga exclaimed in surprise, his tone clearly becoming happier.

However, he obviously didn't understand the real-world value of a Devil Fruit, simply feeling happy that it was a gift from Kyle.

And since the captain's task was for him to eat the Devil Fruit, he would naturally take it seriously.

The ethereal little Diga suddenly jumped down from the railing.

At that moment, Kyle clearly heard the sound of something landing.

He immediately realized that little Diga had entered his physical form.

Watching him take the Storm-Storm Fruit from his hand and bite into it without hesitation, Kyle felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness.

After all, there was no precedent in the world of One Piece for a ship spirit eating a Devil Fruit, and he wasn't sure if his idea would work.

After a gulp, seeing that the ship spirit showed no expression and was still eating the remaining fruit, Kyle couldn't help but ask curiously:

"How does it taste?"

"Hmm?"

Little Diga looked up, still chewing, and mumbled:

"Sorry, Captain Kyle, I don't have a normal biological sense of taste, so I can't answer that question."

"Oh, that's fine, that's fine."

Although it was a bit sad that the ship spirit couldn't taste delicious food, at least he didn't say it tasted like crap, which was a relief.

After a while, little Diga finally finished eating the green, spiral-patterned fruit, which was about one-fifth his size.

Before Kyle could ask again, a breeze suddenly swirled around little Diga.

He playfully waved his arm.

In an instant!

A storm surged, forming a horizontal tornado that slammed into the sea beside the ship!

The next moment, a spiraling water column rose like a giant serpent emerging from the sea, roaring towards the distant ocean before slowly dissipating.

"It worked!!?"

Seeing that little Diga had indeed used the power of the Storm-Storm Fruit, Kyle's expression relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Immediately after, he pulled out a compass and a navigational chart covering most of the East Blue from his bag.

After confirming their direction based on the location of Port Yaksi, Kyle pointed towards a specific direction and said with a smile:

"Alright, little Diga, let's test out your new powers!"

"From now on, use your fruit's abilities and head full speed in that direction!"

"No problem, Captain!!!"

Once again receiving instructions, little Diga's lips curled into a smile.

Without any visible action, the ship began to turn.

Little Diga's figure flickered, moving from the captain's cabin door to the crow's nest, where he stood steadily on the railing.

In the next second.

The previously calm sea suddenly began to churn with waves.

The sails, once slack, now billowed out.

A fierce wind surged, yet it was strangely divided into upper and lower layers.

One part pushed the sails, while the other drove the waves.

Yet, on the ship's deck, there wasn't the slightest hint of wind pressure.

Clearly, the storm around the ship was under Diga's control!

Kyle's dark eyes sparkled with excitement.

If the ship's previous speed was like riding a bicycle, their current speed was at least that of an electric scooter!

The speed had increased by more than three times!

This had already surpassed the normal speed of an ordinary sailing ship!

And this was just the ship spirit's first time using the fruit's power.

The ship spirit, created by the system, like Kyle himself, possessed limitless potential!

In the future, as the Diga leveled up and the crew grew, the ship spirit's strength would undoubtedly increase.

By then, perhaps the Diga could even become a ship that sailed through the sky!

Moreover, with his passive ethereal ability, Diga wouldn't fear seawater, seastone, or other things that countered Devil Fruit users.

The more Kyle thought about it, the more perfect his decision seemed.

"I'm such a genius, full of clever ideas!"

He silently gave himself a thumbs-up in his heart.

Kyle believed...

There was no better way to utilize this Storm-Storm Fruit!!!

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