Chapter 233: Candle-Candle Fruit Transfer

"So, Captain, you finished off those two Giants?"

Nami said with some surprise. Uchiha Feiyu did not really hide his special abilities; when he killed and absorbed Qi and Blood, he did so directly in front of Nami, so Nami had some understanding of her captain's abilities.

Since he said he had absorbed the Qi and Blood of those two Giants, those two Giants were likely already dead.

"That's right, those two Giants were indeed finished off by me. Come to think of it, if not for good luck, the one who died this time might have been me."

"However, you all should not go around spreading this matter. Those two Giants, Dorry and Brogy, seem to be quite famous in the Giant Kingdom, and there are still many Giant admirers to this day. If the news gets out, it might invite some trouble."

Uchiha Feiyu did not care about the trouble those Giants might bring, but he did not want to stir up extra trouble either, so he gave the instruction casually.

"Alright, I understand, Mr. Feiyu!"

"Understood, Captain!"

The group on the ship nodded in agreement, with a hint of excitement on their faces.

The group on the ship had seen the strength of those two Giants, especially the impact brought by that move, Ikoku; everyone sitting on the ship at the time could see it, and it was simply earth-shattering.

As a result, the fact that even such strong individuals were no match for Uchiha Feiyu naturally gave them no small amount of confidence.

Nami felt that having such a powerful captain gave her a full sense of security. Princess Vivi and the curly-haired one also felt that their country finally had hope; if they could defeat such large Giants, they should also be able to defeat the Seven Warlords of the Sea!

"Alright, enough of that. Where is that Candle-Candle Fruit user?"

Uchiha Feiyu stretched his back. Although his injuries had fully recovered after absorbing the Qi and Blood of the two Giants, in reality, his pain nerves still had some phantom pain from the battle. Coupled with the adrenaline from the recent fight fading, he now felt a bit exhausted.

So, Uchiha Feiyu prepared to finish things quickly and then go back to get a good rest.

"He's right there. Isn't that him in the water bucket?"

Uchiha Feiyu turned his head and sure enough, he saw Mr. 3's head in the water bucket. He glanced at the deck again and frowned:

"Where is Usopp? Where did he run off to?"

"When Usopp was on the ship, he was attacked by a pterosaur and got a bit injured. He is still resting in the cabin now."

"Tsk... I'll have to find a Ship Doctor later... otherwise, this is too much of a hindrance."

This time, Nami did not get sick from the bugs of the Grand Line. Of course, this was definitely due to the Slippery-Slippery Fruit. With this fruit, even mosquitoes could not cling to Nami's skin, let alone bite her.

However, regardless of Nami or Usopp, their physical fitness was what it was. They were not tough like Luffy or Zoro. Sailing on the sea, they definitely needed a Ship Doctor.

Uchiha Feiyu could act as a part-time battlefield doctor, and the treatment method was very simple—just find a big fish or sea beast on the sea, drain its Qi and Blood to convert into Dharma Power, and treat it on the spot. The Blood Scripture was a top-tier cultivation art regarding Qi and Blood and the physical body; as long as there was enough Qi and Blood energy, regenerating flesh and the like was easy.

But if they got sick, he would be helpless. The One Piece World had countless messy diseases; even someone as strong as the Pirate King Roger would get sick just like that, and it was the incurable type.

(It's decided. After the matter in Alabasta is over, I'll go to the Drum Kingdom and call over that reserve-food doctor!)

There were many brilliant doctors on the Grand Line, but since the original Straw Hat Pirates had already proven Chopper's medical ability and combat talent, Uchiha Feiyu did not want to waste the effort to find other doctors.

(But in this way... the Ship Doctor and Navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates have both been intercepted by me. I wonder what changes will happen to Luffy's pirate journey?)

(Thinking about it carefully, it's probably not just the crew members who were intercepted; even the Going Merry and most of his opponents seem to have been rounded up by me.)

"Call Usopp out first. If it's just an injury, I can still handle it."

Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, Nami did not say much and went directly to the room to call Usopp out. A moment later, Usopp, wrapped up like a mummy, arrived on the deck.

"Didn't you say it was just a small injury? This doesn't look like a small injury..."

"And... what's with the stench on this guy?"

"Sob, sob, sob, Captain, I was almost eaten by that pterosaur! Luckily, I prepared a Super Stink Bomb, which is how I smoked out that pterosaur... but I also fell from the sky and ended up like this."

"Tsk... your operation is truly speechless..."

Uchiha Feiyu was speechless for a moment, then walked to the water bucket and thrust one hand directly into Mr. 3's heart.

In an instant, this Agent of the Baroque Works was drained into a dried husk by Uchiha Feiyu. The Qi and Blood turned into a wisp of Blood Scripture Dharma Power, and the Devil Fruit within his body turned into a wisp of Devil Fruit Soul.

Afterward, Uchiha Feiyu walked directly to Usopp, reached out and patted his head. The Blood Scripture Dharma Power entered Usopp's body and immediately dissipated into Qi and Blood essence, recovering most of Usopp's injuries in an instant.

At the same time, the Devil Fruit Soul also merged into Usopp's body. Uchiha Feiyu felt his palm heat up and quickly lifted his hand. He saw that the headscarf on Usopp's head had been burned with a large hole, his hair stood up, and wisps of Huoguang emerged from the center.

"Tsk... another Aftereffect?"

The Candle-Candle Fruit would ignite a faint Huoguang on the user's head, just like a burning candle.

However, this was a situation that only occurred when the Candle-Candle Fruit activated its ability. For someone like Usopp to maintain this hairstyle in a normal state, it certainly didn't count as too normal.

Just like how the original Richie the Lion turned into a bald lion after fusing with the Vulture-Vulture Fruit, this was clearly also an Aftereffect of Uchiha Feiyu's transfer of the Devil Fruit.

This little bit of an Aftereffect was nothing. Think about the Artificial Devil Fruits of the Beast Pirates; the success rate of that thing was only 1/10, and even if it succeeded, it often turned people into neither human nor beast, like ghosts. Yet, there were still so many pirates queuing up to eat Artificial Devil Fruits.

His own Devil Fruit Ability transfer only had this tiny bit of an Aftereffect; if the pirates of the Beast Pirates knew, they would probably be crying and begging to be pulled over.

"Eh eh eh eh eh? What happened to me?"

Usopp shouted in surprise. Feeling the changes in his body, he reached out to touch his head but was scalded by the flame on his head.

"You are now a Candle-Candle Fruit user. Come, use your Devil Fruit Ability!"

Uchiha Feiyu explained to Usopp. Usopp was stunned for a moment, never expecting that he would become a Devil Fruit user just like that.

Not only that, he also felt that most of his original injuries had healed; his internal organs had fully recovered, and his wounds had closed. It was just that some fractures and the like in his body were still slightly fragile and had not fully grown back.

However, Usopp did not dare to ask more. After all, he was just a captive; what if he asked too much and the other party killed him to silence him?

Reaching out his hand, Usopp moved his mind, and a large amount of candle wax sprayed from his hand, solidifying into a statue exactly like himself in a moment.

"Really! I am also a Devil Fruit user! This must be the ability of the Candle-Candle Fruit! So amazing!"

Usopp fiddled with the Devil Fruit Ability a little, using the wax produced by the Candle-Candle Fruit to create various objects, and soon had an understanding of his fruit ability.

It seemed that because the Devil Fruit Ability was originally extracted from Mr. 3's body, the strength of the wax Usopp produced was no less than steel. Abilities like Candle Champion and Candle Seal were all things he could use after fiddling with them for a bit.

It could be said that from the very beginning, he inherited Mr. 3's development progress. In this respect, Uchiha Feiyu's Devil Fruit Ability transfer, apart from the Aftereffect, brought effects that were much stronger than simply eating a Devil Fruit.

However, Mr. 3's development was just so-so. Although it wasn't considered weak, it wasn't considered strong either; at most, it saved Usopp a period of exploration time.

Ignoring Usopp, who was excited after gaining the Devil Fruit Ability, Uchiha Feiyu gave an instruction and ran directly into the cabin to rest.

The next morning, Uchiha Feiyu opened his eyes and felt full of energy throughout his body. He moved his body slightly and felt his joints pop.

"Strength has improved again... feels really good!"

Although he didn't do any training, the recuperation after a fight was clearly also a way to improve strength. After his body fully recovered, Uchiha Feiyu could feel that he could probably take on three of himself before arriving at Little Garden.

Walking out of the room, Uchiha Feiyu couldn't wait to train a bit to see how much his strength had increased, but the moment he arrived on deck, he was slightly stunned.

On the deck, Usopp was controlling the rudder to steer the ship, Nami was still studying her Clima-Tact, and Princess Vivi and the curly-haired man were chatting...

These were nothing, but there was also Miss Golden Week, who had spread a picnic blanket on the deck and was sitting on it, drinking tea and eating rice crackers.

"Miss Golden Week? What's up with this kid? Why was she let out?"

Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, Miss Golden Week put down the rice cracker and black tea in her hands and looked at him poutingly, while Nami scratched her head and smiled:

"There was no other way... We couldn't keep Marianne locked in the cabin forever! Besides, she isn't a Devil Fruit Ability user..."

Since she wasn't a Devil Fruit Ability user, there was no need to kill her to extract an ability; in fact, neither Nami nor Vivi could bring themselves to take action against Miss Golden Week.

After all, judging by her appearance, she was just a 12-year-old girl, and as righteous people, they certainly couldn't bring themselves to attack a child like that.

"Fine, then just let her stay here!"

Uchiha Feiyu didn't really care about this; while it was true that the little girl's ability was very powerful, she herself didn't have any strong desire to fight.

Although she cared quite a bit about her companions—as seen in the cover story where she rescued her Baroque Works comrades—she didn't use any violence throughout the entire process, which showed just how laid-back she was.

As for whether they could win over Miss Golden Week Marianne, that was a matter for Nami to handle; it would be best if this little girl could join them on their voyage, but if not, Uchiha Feiyu felt it didn't matter.

Moreover, Uchiha Feiyu's surprise wasn't because of Miss Golden Week Marianne, but because of someone else he had sensed through his Observation Haki.

Slowly raising his head, Uchiha Feiyu spoke indifferently:

"The person sitting on the mast, aren't you going to introduce yourself?"

As soon as Uchiha Feiyu's voice fell, everyone on the deck was shocked and hurriedly looked up, just in time to see a woman with slightly dark skin, wearing black leather clothing, and looking somewhat like a Western cowboy, sitting on the ship's mast.

"This person is... it's Miss Sunday! She's the partner of that Seven Warlords of the Sea, the one who replaced Krokfar to manipulate Baroque Works!"

Princess Vivi was greatly alarmed and screamed, and as soon as she finished speaking, everyone on the deck immediately took a defensive stance.

Miss Sunday, who was sitting on the mast—that is, Nico Robin—smiled lightly after hearing Princess Vivi's words:

"What a cute princess. But shouldn't you thank me more? If it weren't for me, you would have been exposed the moment you first joined Baroque Works!"

"What... you guy, did you discover my identity from the very beginning? What kind of conspiracy do you have?"

Princess Vivi said with a nervous expression. At this moment, Uchiha Feiyu suddenly reached out his hand to block in front of Princess Vivi, interrupting their conversation:

"Alright, just as this Miss Sunday said, she has no malice toward you. Although she did some things that helped the villain, she actually tried her best within her own capacity to provide you with help."

"Huh!?"

Princess Vivi was greatly shocked. The other party had provided her with help? Was that for real!?

Nico Robin, who had been sitting on the mast with a full smile, had her smile slightly stiffen, and she revealed a serious expression. She carefully sized up Uchiha Feiyu, but no matter how she looked, she couldn't discern Uchiha Feiyu's identity.

News on the sea spreads fast or slow, with no standard.

If it spreads fast, the World Government and the Marines, or people like Pirates and the Revolutionary Army, will have their every minor action immediately spread throughout the world for everyone to know.

If it spreads slow, as long as it has nothing to do with the aforementioned power groups, even if someone has astonishing strength, they are often obscure and unknown. Uchiha Feiyu undoubtedly belonged to this low-profile category.

When she arrived, Robin had already checked; this Going Merry was not a pirate ship, and there was no pirate flag hanging on it. Since they were neither pirates nor Marines, Nico Robin couldn't gauge Uchiha Feiyu's strength.

(End of this chapter)