Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Chapter 152 Weapons and Strength

There has always been a saying in the sea:

The strength of a devil fruit ability user does not depend on the ability user itself, but from his own creativity and imagination.

This statement...is bad.

Strictly speaking, the ability of the devil fruit itself determines the "starting point" of the capable person.

For example, identical twins, one ate the rubber fruit, and the other ate the lava fruit.

Then in a short period of time, the person who ate the lava fruit must be stronger than the person who ate the rubber fruit.

This is the inevitable result.

But the starting point is not the point, the strength of the ability itself can also be changed by relying on the efforts and training of the ability person.

An ability user with a low starting point needs to put in thousands of times the effort compared to ordinary people, only in this way can he gain a foothold on this sea.

It's just... is there such a possibility?

A person with a very high starting point has also put in thousands of times more effort than ordinary people.

——Assuming there is such a person, what kind of situation should it be like?

...

The answer is of course very simple.

Just look at the "peak" of each era, there are plenty of them.

...

In fact, the so-called "peak" includes many types of guys.

Not just guys who have a high starting point and work hard, but also people who are naturally strong, people who use hard work to make up for their starting point...etc.

All in all, it was a pretty interesting group of people for the whole era.

Ryan Rowan is certainly one of them.

And his argument about his own strength is naturally quite interesting.

...

One day, when Neferutali curiously asked where Rowan's "strength" came from, he said this theory from Rowan's mouth:

"Maybe it's because of the devil fruit?"

……ha?

Neferutari froze for a moment, and then couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.

In history, there is no shortage of people who ate the rustle fruit, but the guy who can develop it to such a degree is only Ryan Rowan.

Such a guy actually said that his achievements came from devil fruits?

This argument is somewhat ridiculous.

But Rowan then shook his head, indicating that he hadn't finished speaking.

"In terms of the 'attitude' towards devil fruit, we are not the same."

"How to say?"

Neferutari is interested.

Luo Wen asked back: "Suppose you ate the rustle fruit, what would you do with it?"

"I won't……"

"The optimal solution—tell me your optimal solution." Luo Wen emphasized.

Neferutali thought for a moment, and replied: "I will try to manipulate your gravel soldiers, but I can't achieve your precise control. Maybe I will focus on developing large-scale destructive attacks..."

"Hahahahaha!"

Before Neferutali finished speaking, he was interrupted by Rowan's loud laughter.

"Yes, that's it!"

Luo Wen clapped his hands and laughed, "Your understanding of the word 'devil fruit' is essentially 'power'."

He was playing with the rolling gravel around him.

"Your development of devil fruit abilities is more like an exploration of the use of 'power'."

"But I'm different..."

At this point in what Luo Wen said, he suddenly pulled out the scepter at the side and waved it around the room.

Neferutali was of course very upset when he saw this, but it was not because Rowan might accidentally injure him, because that was simply impossible.

The real reason for his displeasure was that Rowan would mess up the layout of his room by doing so.

It's a hassle to clean up!

On the other hand, Luo Wen was full of interest, waving various moves one after another, as if he was surrounded by enemies attacking him.

In the end, an "enemy" at the farthest corner stabbed at Luo Wen with a dagger in his hand.

It was too late for the scepter and spear in Luo Wen's hand to return to defense, but he suddenly swung his left fist and knocked the "enemy" apart with one punch!

clack la la la...

The sound of Rowan clenching the five fingers of his left hand came to Neferutari's ears.

"Look, this is what it looks like!"

Rowan laughed excitedly: "You see devil fruit as the 'power' of swinging spears and fists, but in fact, the spear in my hand is the so-called 'devil fruit'!"

Hearing this, Neferutali couldn't help being stunned.

He was thinking about the meaning behind Luo Wen's words.

But facing his old friend, Luo Wen obviously couldn't bear to let him think too deeply, after all, he had already thought too much.

"For me, 'Devil Fruit' is a 'weapon'!"

Luo Wen laughed loudly and said: "The so-called 'weapon' is something that can be used when it is suitable, and it can be used when it is not suitable, and 'strength' is the basis for using all 'weapons'."

Swish... Swish...

Two enemies made of gravel appeared in front of and behind Rowan.

Rowan first swung his spear and pierced the one in front of him, then turned around and punched the enemy behind him on the head.

The two enemies dissipated instantly, turning into two pools of gravel.

"I can use gravel to form soldiers to fight the enemy, and I can turn the gravel into weapons to kill the enemy..."

"I can use 'weapons' to defeat the enemy, or I can use my own power to use other weapons, and I can even combine the two weapons to use my own power to fight against the enemy together!"

"'I'——is the power to control the 'weapon' of the devil fruit!"

Rowan's voice echoed in the room and in Neferutari's ears.

Neferutari thought for a while and couldn't help laughing.

That's right, this is that [Golden Dawn] Ryan Rowan.

Even the "Devil Fruit" couldn't change his extremely conceited personality.

But... what he said seemed to make sense?

Neferutari is not a devil fruit ability user after all, so she cannot understand the psychology of ability users.

What exactly are devil fruits to those who eat them?

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Back to the present time.

Rowan is still practicing his theory today.

For him, the devil fruit is a "weapon" that can maximize its own power.