Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Chapter 151: weapons and power

There has always been a saying in the sea:

The strength of a devil fruit ability person does not depend on the ability person himself, but stems 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 person with the ability.

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

So 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 the efforts and exercise of the ability person.

A person with a low starting point of ability eventually needs to put in a thousand times the effort compared to ordinary people, and only in this way can he stand on this sea.

Just...is there such a possibility?

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

——If there is such a person, what should the situation be like?

...

The answer is of course simple.

Just look at the "peak" of each era, and you can find many of them.

...

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

Not just guys with a high starting point and quite hard work, but also people who are naturally strong, people who make up for the starting point with hard work... and so on and so on.

All in all, that was quite an interesting group of people for the entire era.

Ryan Rowan is certainly one of them.

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

...

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

"Maybe it's because of the Devil Fruit?"

……what?

Neferutari was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't help feeling a little ridiculous.

Historically, there is no shortage of people who have eaten the shasha 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 his words were not finished.

"We are not the same in the 'attitude' towards Devil Fruits."

"How to say?"

Neferutari is interested.

Rowan asked rhetorically, "Suppose you ate the rust fruit, what would you use it for?"

"I do not know……"

"Optimal solution - talk about your optimal solution." Rowan emphasized.

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

"Hahahahaha!"

Before Neferutari could finish her words, she was interrupted by Rowan's laughter.

"Yes, that's it!"

Rowan clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Your understanding of the words 'devil fruit' is essentially 'power'."

He was fiddling with the gravel tumbling around him.

"Your development of Devil Fruit abilities is more like an exploration of the use of 'power'."

"But I'm different..."

When Rowan said this, he suddenly pulled out the scepter and waved it in the room.

Neferutari was of course very upset when she saw this, but it wasn't because Rowan might accidentally injure him, because that was simply impossible.

The real reason he was upset was that Rowan would mess up the arrangement of his room.

It's a hassle to clean up!

On the other hand, Rowan was full of interest, and waved all kinds of moves one after another, as if all around him were enemies attacking him.

Finally, an "enemy" in the far corner held a dagger and stabbed Rowan.

The scepter and spear in Rowan's hand was too late to defend, but he suddenly threw out his left fist and smashed the "enemy" away with one punch!

Crack la la la...

The sound of Rowan pinching the five fingers of his left hand entered Neferutali's ears.

"Look, that's what it looks like!"

Rowan smiled excitedly: "You see Devil Fruit as a 'power' that wields a spear and a fist, but in fact, the spear in my hand is the so-called 'Devil Fruit'!"

Hearing this, Neferutari couldn't help being stunned.

He was thinking about the meaning behind Rowan's words.

But in the face of his old friend, Rowan obviously didn't have the heart to let him think too much, after all, he usually thinks too much.

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

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

shhhhhhhhhh...

Two gritty enemies appeared before and after Rowan.

Rowan first danced his spear and pierced the one in front of him, then twisted his body and punched the enemy's head behind him.

The two enemies dissipated in an instant, turning into two beaches of gravel.

"I can use the gravel to form soldiers to fight the enemy, or I can turn the gravel into a weapon to kill the enemy..."

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

"'I' - is the power that controls 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 but smile.

Yes, this is the [Golden Dawn] Ryan Rowan.

Even "Devil Fruit" can't change his arrogant personality.

But... he seems to have some truth in what he said?

Neferutari is not a Devil Fruit power user, so she cannot understand the psychology of power users.

What exactly are Devil Fruits to those who have eaten them?

...

Time goes back to the present.

Rowan is still practicing his theory to this day.

For him, Devil Fruit is a "weapon" that can maximize his own power.