The people of this world are very strange.
Even lawless pirates or Slaves on the verge of death never thought of killing Celestial Dragons when facing them.
Many people don't even realize they can resist.
If they were afraid of the World Government's retaliation, that wouldn't be reasonable either.
Because they aren't even afraid of death.
It seems only descendants of D have the consciousness to harm Celestial Dragons.
Even Gerald, that guy, has started comparing himself to an Admiral.
Even so, all he wanted was to take Black hostage and escape.
When Gerald woke up, he found himself re-handcuffed.
Under the effect of the Sea Stone chains, he had no strength left in his body.
"Sigh..."
He let out a long sigh and fell into despair.
Black, of course, didn't care about Gerald's state; after the experiment was completed, he had already left the cell.
The environment down there made him very uncomfortable.
Stella was waiting outside the door, looking down at his mud-stained boots.
"Your Highness, let me help you change your clothes first."
Black nodded and returned to his room with Stella.
During the process of changing clothes, physical contact was unavoidable, but Black didn't make any more excessive moves today.
The recent experiment had given him great inspiration, and he still needed to sort things out.
Back on the deck, Black tossed Perona, who was trying to cause trouble, aside and began to ponder what had just happened.
A Devil Fruit user combined with the same ability card can directly awaken their Devil Fruit ability.
So, is this an isolated case or a stable phenomenon?
This needs to be determined by subsequent experiments.
If it's just an isolated case, then so be it.
If everyone can awaken their Devil Fruit ability this way, Black will have the possibility of mass-producing awakened users.
Since an ability user plus an ability card can awaken, then two identical ability cards should also be able to awaken directly.
Besides that, what would happen if another ability card was used while in an awakened state?
All of these need to be verified.
This is also why Black didn't deal with Gerald immediately; he wanted to keep him for further experiments.
Of course, Gerald will never see anyone else again.
Black took out a golden glowing card and spun it in his hand.
This was a Glint-Glint Fruit ability card that had dropped from the young Kizaru a long time ago.
Black, of course, couldn't go find Kizaru and use the ability card on someone suspected of being a Revolutionary Army spy.
But the card system's draws can have duplicates, and there's a chance of drawing the young Kizaru again.
Besides that, there's also the adult stage Kizaru and the elderly Kizaru.
The probability of getting three ability cards is not small.
Thinking of this, Black called out:
"Koala!"
"Your Highness!"
Koala jogged to Black's front.
Koala, who was training, had a flushed face, and fine sweat made her golden hair stick to her forehead.
Black reached out and tidied her sideburns:
"Here's something good for you!"
With that, the ability card in Black's hand activated.
The card transformed into golden light and flowed into Koala's body.
"Oh... that feeling again."
A warm current surged through her body, and Koala couldn't help but whimper again.
Having experienced using an ability card once before, she naturally knew that this was Black strengthening her.
She suppressed the urge to make any more embarrassing sounds, afraid of being discovered by others on the deck.
A moment later, when the warm current dissipated, Koala opened her eyes.
She saw Black holding a diamond-encrusted dagger, stabbing it towards her.
Koala controlled her body's instinctive urge to dodge, standing still as it pierced her shoulder.
"Huh?"
Koala didn't feel any pain; she looked down at her shoulder.
Golden light flowed around the wound, and the pierced area was rapidly healing.
"This is... Logia-type elementalization?"
"Did I eat a Devil Fruit?"
Koala had been with Black for so long that her knowledge had grown considerably.
Although she didn't know the Glint-Glint Fruit had already been eaten by someone, she understood the characteristics of Devil Fruits very well.
Black smiled, holding her in his arms, and whispered:
"This is a secret, okay?"
"You can't tell anyone except your sisters, and you can't show it in front of outsiders normally."
"Got it?"
Koala nodded vigorously, her small face serious, and said earnestly:
"Your Highness, rest assured, I will absolutely not let anyone find out."
Black being able to enhance her physical abilities was already incredible.
Now, he could even directly bestow Devil Fruit abilities.
Koala vaguely understood what this meant and was well aware of the seriousness of the matter, so she naturally promised to keep it a secret.
Black patted her little head:
"Go continue your training."
"No matter what Devil Fruit it is, your own physique is the most important."
Black planned to train Koala to be the first combat specialist by his side.
Mandy was to be sent out, and Black couldn't always have CP with him.
He couldn't possibly handle every little problem himself, could he?
That would be too undignified.
Black even planned to have Koala deal with Sabo when facing the Revolutionary Army in the future, which would satisfy his perverse sense of humor.
After Koala left, Black called Stella and instructed her to summon the CP agents.
Black didn't like his life being disturbed, so the accompanying CP agents had always been housed in the back cabins of the ship.
As CP agents, they naturally wouldn't dare to constantly use Observation Haki to pry into the privacy of Celestial Dragons.
This was also why Black dared to directly use the ability card on Koala on the ship.
Two CP agents used "Soru" to sprint to Black's front, kneeling on one knee:
"Saint Black, sir."
Black let out an ambiguous hum:
"Send a message back, tell the Government to find me a Falcon-Falcon Fruit user and an Elephant-Turtle Fruit user."
"I want them to be my Slaves! To perform 'Falcon Pounces on Turtle' for me!"
"Yes! Saint Black, sir!"
The two CP agents immediately agreed and went back to relay the message.
If there are conditions, they must be used.
Having two strange Slaves fight each other perfectly fit the persona of a Celestial Dragon.
Such matters didn't even need to go through the Gorosei; the CP agents could handle them themselves.
Black wanted to find these two ability users, naturally because he still had two ability cards.
He wanted to use them to determine the success rate of awakening... After this experiment, Black became even more interested in the ability users within the card System Space.
He turned his gaze to the elderly Whitebeard.
Whitebeard during the Marineford War indeed had strong attack power and very skilled combat techniques.
But Whitebeard's bursts at that time couldn't last for many more times.
With Black's current strength, defeating him wouldn't be too difficult.
Rubbing his hands, Black immersed his consciousness into the System Space.
He clicked on the elderly Whitebeard's card.
"System! Enter combat!"