Chapter 15: Sorry, Let Me Activate My Cheat First

"There's actually such a move?" Su Han stared in disbelief.

It wasn't that Su Han was surprised the guild system had this ability—after all, a cross-dimensional guild capable of contacting the outside world could naturally possess any powerful capability. What truly shocked him was that the guild system could be so thoughtful.

It had popped up the very instant he obtained the Yami Yami no Mi and felt his first pang of worry.

"I always thought improving the Devil Fruit might cost points, and probably an astronomical amount," Su Han muttered, but still opened the interface in his mind. Regardless of how high the point cost was, checking it out wouldn't hurt.

Devil Fruit Special Type Enhancement.

Eliminate Devil Fruit weakness to Seastone and seawater: 1,000 points. (Note: This is the discounted cost after using President's Privilege—only 10% of original!)

Enhance Devil Fruit abilities: 1,000 points. (Note: This is the discounted cost after using President's Privilege)

Seeing these two lines, Su Han couldn't help but swallow hard.

In the One Piece world, Devil Fruits were incredibly powerful, yet had one fatal flaw—their users feared seawater and were vulnerable to Seastone.

Now, eliminating the Devil Fruit's weaknesses required only 1,000 points.

"If Whitebeard knew he could use points to remove the flaws of a Devil Fruit, he'd probably go crazy," Su Han murmured. Whitebeard was strong, and his Gura Gura no Mi had reached its peak potential, but his weakness remained—he still couldn't enter the sea.

Of course, for someone at Whitebeard's level, that weakness wasn't really a weakness anymore. To put it bluntly, even if teleported into the ocean, Whitebeard could simply use his Gura Gura no Mi to shatter the sea itself.

Ultimately, it came down to mastery.

Su Han shook his head, pushing the thought aside, his eyes flickering slightly as he stared at those two lines.

The President's Privilege allowed him to remove the Devil Fruit's weaknesses and enhance its abilities for just 2,000 points combined.

And this was already at a 90% discount thanks to his President status. If Su Han weren't the president, removing the Devil Fruit's weakness would cost 10,000 points, and enhancing its abilities another 10,000—totaling 20,000.

"Being president really is awesome!" Su Han exclaimed from the heart. "It's just like activating a cheat code."

A life with cheats activated was truly lonely as snow.

"Do I even need to ask? Enhance it!" Su Han confirmed in his mind.

In the next moment, his accumulated 2,800 points instantly dropped to 800. His heart twitched imperceptibly; he took two deep breaths, barely calming himself. He reassured himself—every cost was necessary.

Before Su Han, the Yami Yami no Mi was now coated with a crystal-clear luster.

A faint glow enveloped the fruit, lasting about ten minutes before fading away.

Su Han examined the upgraded Yami Yami no Mi with anticipation. The evolved fruit looked almost identical, though slightly larger than before.

Picking up the Devil Fruit, Su Han took two deep breaths, then finally bit into it. But the moment he swallowed, his expression turned extremely strange.

"Didn't One Piece say Devil Fruits taste like shit?"

Reflecting on it, Su Han found the taste actually quite good—slightly sweet. Not a delicacy, certainly, but definitely not unpleasant.

Su Han fell into deep thought, then posted in the guild chatroom.

Su Xiao: "@Come Be My Son. By the way, how does the Devil Fruit taste?"

Whitebeard had just subdued his son Thatch, clearly still too agitated to leave the chat, and responded immediately upon seeing Su Han's question.

Come Be My Son: "@Su Xiao. Oh hahaha! Has the Guild Leader also been misled by One Piece?"

Su Xiao: "???"

Su Han was utterly confused. Did Devil Fruits really taste awful? Just as he pondered this, Whitebeard sent a second message.

Come Be My Son: "Trust me, the taste of a Devil Fruit is 100 times worse than the worst thing you can imagine! You'll never understand that flavor through mere memory replicas."

Come Be My Son: "But gulp it down anyway! It's a bit nasty, sure, but gaining power requires sacrifice. How could anything in this world come without a price? Perhaps it follows some principle of equivalent exchange."

There was a tinge of emotion in Whitebeard's words.

Su Han shifted his gaze from the chatroom, staring at the half-bitten Yami Yami no Mi before him, lost in thought.

Was Whitebeard's sense of taste off? Or was it because people from his world had completely different taste buds? This might be a question worth investigating.

As Su Han pondered, he took a second bite.

He thought: "Delicious."

Only after finishing the entire Yami Yami no Mi did Su Han suddenly remember something, his expression shifting rapidly.

"Hmm? Could it be that the terrible taste of the Devil Fruit is part of its flaw?"

If bad taste was indeed part of the flaw, then naturally it would have vanished during the previous optimization.

"That explains it!" Su Han nodded with satisfaction, then closed his eyes and pulled up his character template.

Every member in the guild had a character template. Previously, Su Han's abilities were few, so there was no need to check.

This time, Su Han wanted to see how his character template would change after consuming the Devil Fruit.

Character Name: Su Xiao (Su Han)

Rank: President of the Cross-Dimensional Guild

Current Abilities: Armament Haki (Advanced), Observation Haki (Basic), Conqueror's Haki (Basic)

Special Ability: Yami Yami no Mi

After a moment's thought, Su Han tapped on the special ability "Yami Yami no Mi." Sure enough, the ability details unfolded.

Ability Name: Yami Yami no Mi Mode

Ability One: Activate the Yami Yami no Mi's power. Upon physical contact, forcibly disable all supernatural abilities of the target except for pure physical techniques.

Su Han: "???"

Kamijou Touma's... Imagine Breaker?!

No, this was infinitely more powerful. Imagine Breaker only worked on one hand, but Su Han, using the Yami Yami no Mi, could disable abilities with either hand—or even his toes—as long as he made contact.

Even if this were his only ability, this enhancement alone was worth every single point.

Holy crap—completely ignoring opponent level and nullifying all supernatural powers. Truly overpowered...

Ability Two: Unlike regular Logia-type fruits, the Yami Yami no Mi cannot turn its user into intangible elements. However, while using its power, the user can pay double pain as a cost to become immune to all attacks.

As long as your will is strong enough, you shall fear nothing.

Su Han: "!!!"

Damn, this second ability is also incredibly powerful. With strong enough willpower, immune to all attacks from opponents?! Although it requires immense willpower, it's still a pseudo-invincible ability.

Su Han eagerly turned his attention to the last ability.