Among the Four Heavenly Kings, Mangu, Neferpet, Luo, and Klocke Dahl were all Devil Fruit users, so they were automatically excluded from the selection for the Eight Tribes.
When Kaito took all the remaining Devil Fruits out of his Munch-Munch Fruit storage space and placed them on the paper table Lafayette had created, he began explaining the abilities of each Devil Fruit one by one.
Klocke Dahl's pupils immediately contracted.
What is going on with these Devil Fruits?
He was undoubtedly shocked.
The reason was very simple.
Many of these Devil Fruits had originally belonged to the cadres of Baroque Works.
Aside from Bowness and Bentham, Klocke Dahl had already guessed that his other subordinates might have been killed when he failed to see them.
But he had never expected that the Devil Fruits belonging to those people would all end up in Kaito's hands.
When a Devil Fruit user dies, their Devil Fruit will eventually be reborn.
However, that rebirth is random.
The fruit doesn't simply reappear beside the corpse of its previous user after death.
In other words, there was no normal reason for Kaito to possess so many Devil Fruits that had belonged to members of Baroque Works.
Klocke Dahl's expression fluctuated.
When he looked at Kaito again, there was even more fear and suspicion in his eyes.
"Dorry, Brogy, these two Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits are very suitable for the two of you. Do you want to eat them?"
Kaito paid no attention to Klocke Dahl's reaction.
Instead, after taking out the Devil Fruits, he pointed toward the Giant Ape Fruit and the Pteranodon Fruit and made the offer to Dorry and Brogy, who were sitting beside the high platform.
"An Ancient Zoan? It seems pretty good."
"Dorry, do you want to eat one? I intend to."
Dorry stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Brogy, on the other hand, simply accepted Kaito's proposal.
Well... mainly because of the pressure.
Although Brogy had become one of the Eight Tribes, he had deeply felt how competitive the War Pirates were.
Whether it was the competition for the Four Heavenly Kings or the Eight Tribes, every position was fiercely contested.
Even against an ordinary brigade captain, he could no longer afford to be careless in battle.
Under that pressure, Brogy naturally wanted to improve his strength.
And a Devil Fruit was undoubtedly a good choice.
Especially when the Devil Fruits in front of him were rare Ancient Zoans.
There was no reason to pass up such an opportunity.
"Well, then I'll eat one too. Otherwise, I'll fall behind you."
Seeing that his friend had decided to eat a Devil Fruit, Dorry quickly followed suit.
Not to mention the competitive pressure within the pirate crew, even when competing against his best friend, Dorry refused to allow himself to fall behind.
After discussing it briefly, Dorry chose the Giant Ape Fruit, while Brogy chose the Pteranodon Fruit.
Boom! Boom!
With the enormous size of the giants, a Devil Fruit was barely enough to satisfy even a single bite.
The two swallowed their respective fruits in one bite, fortunately avoiding the unpleasant taste that Devil Fruits were infamous for.
But the moment the Devil Fruits entered their stomachs, their abilities immediately began taking effect.
Both Dorry and Brogy began to change.
The former grew thick black hair all over his body.
His enormous body swelled even further, becoming larger and more imposing until he transformed into a terrifying Giant Ape standing roughly fifty meters tall.
The latter sprouted two enormous dragon-like wings from his back.
His body also expanded dramatically, transforming him into a Pteranodon with a wingspan and body length exceeding seventy meters.
The increase in size naturally caused Dorry and Brogy's weight to increase as well.
The transformation alone caused the ground beneath their feet to collapse.
"That's enormous! Are all Ancient Zoans this huge?"
"How could that be? There aren't Giant Apes or Pteranodons that large naturally. Their transformations must have something to do with the fact that they're giants."
"No wonder the captain recommended these two Ancient Zoans to them. When naturally enormous giants consume Zoan fruits belonging to species that are already huge, the transformed forms will obviously exceed the normal range."
Seeing the already enormous Dorry and Brogy transform into two even more gigantic monsters, the members of the War Pirates were stunned.
Even Robin and the other cadres were shocked.
Although size didn't necessarily represent strength, such an enormous increase in size naturally created an overwhelming visual impact.
"It's incredible! I can feel that my body has become much stronger!"
Dorry, who had transformed into a terrifying Giant Ape, sensed the changes taking place within his body.
He couldn't help becoming excited.
He immediately leaped into the distance.
Boom!!!
When Dorry jumped, an astonishing force erupted from his legs.
The ground beneath him collapsed and shattered, forming a huge crater.
The resulting air waves howled outward.
Even the high platform nearby shook violently under the impact.
A large number of sheets of paper suddenly protruded from the structure.
Lafayette immediately activated his Paper-Paper Fruit ability, reinforcing the high platform and preventing it from collapsing.
At the same time, a protective cover formed over the paper table, shielding the Devil Fruits placed on top of it.
Kaito and Robin steadied themselves, but their eyes remained fixed on Dorry.
With a single leap, Dorry not only soared hundreds of meters into the air, but also traveled hundreds of meters forward before finally descending into the distant forest.
Using the momentum from his fall, Dorry threw a powerful punch into the ground below.
Boom!!!
A deafening roar echoed in every direction.
A powerful vibration spread outward.
It seemed as though the entire island had been shaken.
Countless amounts of dirt and trees were thrown into the air as violent, hurricane-like air waves swept across the forest.
"Get down!!"
The violent air wave swept toward everyone from the distance.
The expressions of the members of the War Pirates changed immediately, and they hurriedly dropped to the ground to avoid being blown away.
On the high platform, Lafayette once again activated his Paper-Paper Fruit ability, creating an enormous paper wall to block the incoming air waves.
The violent wind slammed into the paper wall, causing it to shake violently.
The gale continued for quite some time before finally subsiding.
The paper wall disappeared.
On the high platform, Kaito and Robin immediately looked toward the distant forest.
"Hiss..."
Sounds of people sucking in cold breaths rang out from Robin, Lafayette, and the others.
All of them were stunned.
In the distance, the forest had been completely devastated.
A vast vacuum-like area had suddenly appeared in the middle of the forest.
At the center of that destroyed area was an enormous crater with a diameter of nearly one hundred meters.
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