Chapter 57: A Beauty to Rival Louis's!
Chapter 57: A Beauty to Rival Louis's!
"A Devil Fruit?" Uta was thoughtful. Soon, she remembered the two Devil Fruits that had been salvaged from the sea after they had sunk a pirate ship. She immediately understood what was in the wooden box and subconsciously asked, "Is this that Siren Fruit?"
Louis nodded. "That's right."
"You two are already Devil Fruit users. If I eat a fruit too, what will we do if you fall into the sea?" Uta was a little worried. She was concerned that if she ate a fruit, she wouldn't be able to help at the most critical moment.
To this, Louis said with a smile, "Don't worry. I can turn the seawater into a living thing and have it pull me out of the sea."
Just then, Yelena walked out of the kitchen with food, placing it in front of the two of them. "The Wendigo is a Mythical Zoan that is always accompanied by extreme cold and blizzards," she said softly. "I can also freeze the surface of the sea before I fall in."
"But..."
"Isn't this the fruit your tribe was supposed to retrieve? It wouldn't be appropriate for me to eat it, would it?" Uta still remembered that Louis had said he wanted this fruit.
To this, Louis met Uta's purple eyes and said softly, "Uta, your singing voice is unparalleled. No one is more suited for the Siren Fruit than you."
"..."
Uta heard this and opened the wooden box. The twin fruit, one with a fish-scale pattern and the other with a feather pattern, was revealed under the soft light.
Uta still remembered that when they had found the two Devil Fruits, she had once asked Shanks for the other one. The Sing-Sing Fruit.
Over this period, Uta had gradually come to understand the reason why they hadn't given her that fruit back then. And just over a month ago, Shanks had offered her the Sing-Sing Fruit again, but she had refused it on the grounds that she was worried about Louis and Yelena falling into the water.
Louis saw Uta's dazed expression and, after some thought, asked, "Uta, would you prefer the Sing-Sing Fruit? If you want it, I'll go back and get it for you."
That fruit was one that Shanks had intended for Uta to eat anyway. If Uta wanted it, Louis would go get it. It wouldn't take long. Although powers like the Five Elders and Big Mom knew about the Sing-Sing Fruit's information and the weakness of Tot Musica before it went berserk, and had chosen to turn off the audio feed when watching the live broadcast in the original story, the power of the Sing-Sing Fruit and Tot Musica was strong enough to ignore that small detail.
However, Uta looked up at Louis and shook her head. She then smiled and picked up the Siren Fruit. "There's no need. I no longer want a virtual world."
"Besides, only with a strong enough physique can one train the power known as Haki and participate in a battlefield like the one just now, right?"
"I know my talent isn't outstanding, so I'd better choose a Zoan type."
Most importantly, Uta felt that if she chose a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, she would still need to be protected by Louis and Yelena during a fight. Uta didn't want that to happen in the future. That way, she would become the very thing she didn't want to be—a burden. Therefore, she chose the Mythical Zoan that could enhance her physique.
CRUNCH...
Uta opened her mouth and took a bite of the fruit. The next moment, an intense flavor and an indescribably strange taste assaulted her taste buds, making her face scrunch up tightly. "Ugh..." Uta let out a despairing groan.
Seeing this, the other two also frowned subconsciously. They had both eaten Devil Fruits, and that disgusting taste left them with lingering fear.
Soon, Uta recovered, slumping weakly in her chair and gasping for air.
"Here." Louis handed her a glass of water. Uta took the water and gulped it down.
"Um..." Yelena had a strange expression. She pointed at the other, uneaten fruit on the same stem. "This... do you need to eat this one too?"
Uta's drinking motion froze. She stiffly turned her head to look at the fruit she had placed on the table.
"..."
"Probably not, right?" Louis answered with some uncertainty. The information circulating in the world was that you only needed to eat one bite to get the ability. But for this kind of twin-stemmed Devil Fruit, Louis really didn't know if you needed to take a second bite. When Boa Hancock ate the Love-Love Fruit, did she eat the second fruit? Perhaps only she herself knew.
While Louis and Yelena were pondering, Uta looked at the remaining fruit, then recalled the scene of Yelena eating the entire Wendigo fruit. She gritted her teeth, a look of someone facing death in her eyes. She snatched the fruit and quickly took a bite from the other one as well.
CRUNCH...
"Ugh..."
The despairing groan sounded again.
"..."
Louis was utterly amazed. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something. But in the end, he glanced at Yelena, who was even more ruthless than Uta, and swallowed his words. Uta had taken two bites; Yelena had eaten the whole thing. In contrast, he had only taken one bite before throwing the Life-Life Fruit away.
Yelena also handed her glass of water over.
When Uta had recovered again, Yelena, recalling her own first transformation into a Wendigo, gently guided Uta to sense her fruit's ability. "Uta, feel the new power inside your body. Guide it with your will..."
Uta nodded blankly, then closed her eyes. The next moment, her form began to change.
A pair of small, wing-like pink fins emerged from the sides of her ears, breaking through her red and white hair and fluttering in the air. On her already beautiful face, several colorful scales appeared from the corners of her eyes, adding a touch of alluring charm.
A dense layer of colorful scales emerged on Uta's hands, spreading all the way to her elbows. From her slender fingers, ten small, dagger-like claws grew, incredibly sharp.
Uta's legs merged together, and from the waist down, pink scales grew. Her legs were replaced by a long fishtail. Between her lower back and hips, a pair of wing-like fins grew.
In just a moment, a bewitching siren appeared before the two of them. The current Uta seemed to possess an endless magic in her every move, capable of charming one's consciousness to the point of being lost and drowning in the deep sea.
Dream-like, a beauty that could overthrow cities. This was Yelena's first impression.
Yelena glanced at Uta in her siren form, then at the curious-looking Louis. Finally, she gave Uta the highest praise.
"A beauty to rival Louis's!"
Then, under their gazes, Uta opened her eyes, revealing a pair of purple gems that held a fatal magic. She lifted her scale-covered hands, examining the claws on her fingers.
"What a strange change..." A sweet, girlish voice, like the music of the heavens, sounded, so pleasant that one couldn't help but be lost in it, unable to break free.
Then, Uta lowered her hands, turned to look at the fins that grew from her lower back to her hips, and tried to control them. The next moment, under the gazes of the two, Uta began to float.
After a brief period of exploration, the fins on her lower back moved slightly, causing her to move within the cloud cave. This was not flying, but rather like a fish swimming in the deep sea. She swam rapidly within the cloud cave, her speed extremely fast.
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