Bai Ye pointed to the rotating disc on the gashapon machine and said, "Spinning this will give you a capsule toy!"
The gashapon machine was Bai Ye's personal property. Other Chosen Ones couldn't help him draw from it. Who would the capsule toy belong to if they did?
However, Zi Yuan was not a Chosen One but a native. That changed everything. Any capsule toy drawn would still belong to Bai Ye.
Zi Yuan had never seen a gashapon machine before and was quite curious. After a moment's hesitation, as Bai Ye instructed, she reached out, grabbed the handle, and turned the disc.
The machine whirred to life again, and then...
"What the hell!" Bai Ye's eyes widened as he looked at Zi Yuan. "Are you kidding me?"
Zi Yuan looked at him in confusion. "What's wrong?"
Bai Ye bent down and took the capsule toy from the machine. It was...
Blood red!
A red capsule toy!
Bai Ye looked at Zi Yuan and said, "I feel so guilty right now. Does this luck have to cost you three years of your life?"
"It's fine," Zi Yuan said dismissively. "As long as we ghosts don't die in battle, we can live for six or seven hundred years!"
Bai Ye: "..."
Good heavens, others pay with money, you pay with your life!
Bai Ye was instantly speechless. This was the first red capsule toy he had ever gotten, and he hadn't even drawn it himself.
As he thought, Bai Ye opened the red capsule toy.
Doku Doku no Mi (Devil Fruit) (Item) (Red): Upon consumption, it grants an ability, allowing the user to generate poison from any part of their body. They can engulf their entire body in immensely powerful poison, release it from any limb, and even convert their breath into a poisonous gas. However, care must be taken not to contaminate food during consumption, as it can affect the user, causing persistent diarrhea even with high poison resistance.
Weakness: Cannot come into contact with seawater or Seastone.
Effect: Poison (Except for its own poison, which causes minor effects (diarrhea), no other poison can harm the consumer of the Doku Doku no Mi.)
Poison Ball: (Condense poison from the palm and throw it as an attack.)
Poison Cloud: (Release poisonous gas from the body, which invades the system upon contact, causing gradual loss of all five senses.)
Poison Gas Bomb: (Expel tear gas bubbles from the mouth as an attack.)
Poison Dragon: (Release a dragon made of condensed poison that corrodes anything it touches.)
Poison Giant Soldier: (Form a giant skeletal figure from poison, capable of large-scale attacks. Contact results in gradual loss of life force due to toxic corrosion.)
...
Bai Ye stared blankly at the opened red capsule toy, his entire body frozen like a statue.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Zi Yuan nudged Bai Ye, who was staring into space. "What are you spacing out about?"
"I'm going to take on the Pig Demon Emperor solo, I'm invincible!" Bai Ye snapped back to reality after being nudged, and then he burst into laughter. "I can take them both!"
Seeing Bai Ye's uncontrollable laughter, Zi Yuan sighed. "Such a good person, why have you gone mad again!"
Mad?
Bai Ye felt like he was truly going mad right now!
This was a red-quality ability!
Most importantly...
This ability was obtained through an item!
If the gashapon machine had directly produced an ability, Bai Ye wouldn't be this ecstatic, because the ability would disappear after 24 hours.
However, obtaining an ability through an item was a completely different matter.
If an ability came directly from the gashapon machine, it was an item of the machine itself, and the 24-hour limit would apply, with the ability being recalled once the time was up.
But if the gashapon machine produced an item that *granted* an ability, it wouldn't be subject to the 24-hour limit. The item from the gashapon machine was the *item*, not the ability itself. When the 24-hour limit was up, it would be the *item* that was recalled, not the ability gained through the item!
And since the item, as a consumable, had already been used by Bai Ye, there was no question of it being recalled or not. The obtained ability was linked to the item, not the gashapon machine, so it wouldn't be recalled by the machine.
Simply put...
Zi Yuan had helped Bai Ye get a red-quality ability for free!
And it was permanent!
Excitedly, Bai Ye spread his arms towards Zi Yuan. "Your kindness is immense, little brother is eternally grateful. I have no way to repay you, perhaps I should offer myself..."
*Bang!*
Before Bai Ye could finish, he received a punch to the face.
His nose stung, and he almost shed tears.
"Fine, I won't hug you!" Bai Ye said, clutching his face. "Was that punch necessary?"
"Hmph!" Zi Yuan snorted. "Are you going to rescue the person or not?"
"Yes!" Bai Ye rubbed his nose. "Even if the Pig Demon Emperor showed up now, I dare to kill him for you!"
With the red-quality ability in hand, Bai Ye was filled with confidence. He then couldn't help but size up Zi Yuan. This woman was truly a chosen one; her first gashapon draw yielded a red-quality item, a Devil Fruit ability no less...
If he used a Godstone Fragment to have Zi Yuan draw again and get a gold-quality Devil Fruit...
"You're all talk," Zi Yuan rolled her eyes at Bai Ye's continued silly grin. She started walking forward, urging him on, "Let's go already."
"Oh, coming."
Bai Ye regained his senses and put away the gashapon machine.
He decided to save the last draw for emergencies. If he really had to face the Pig Demon Emperor...
Boasting was one thing, but Bai Ye knew it was still a long shot. Even with the Doku Doku no Mi, it might not be effective. The reason was simple: judging by Rimuru's physical stats, the Pig Demon Emperor's physical stats were likely all above two hundred, and perhaps one or two were even above three hundred.
Therefore, while Bai Ye's attacks using the Doku Doku no Mi might not be at a disadvantage, his defense...
Bai Ye felt he might be beaten to death in three punches.
Thinking of this, Bai Ye suddenly felt that life was full of ups and downs, with unpredictable twists and turns.
Bai Ye had originally wanted to acquire combat abilities, and abilities were certainly a form of combat power. At this stage, the possibility of obtaining a red-quality ability through normal means was almost zero.
After all, black-quality items were now extremely rare. Without considerable strength, forget about obtaining them; one couldn't even dream of it, let alone red-quality items.
Therefore, with the sudden acquisition of the Doku Doku no Mi, his combat capabilities had been greatly enhanced. However, Bai Ye realized that his physical strength seemed to be lagging behind. Although the Five Spirit Plate could continuously improve his physical attributes, it was a gradual process, and it wouldn't be possible for Bai Ye's physical strength to reach a higher level overnight.
So...
Did he need to go looking for items that could strengthen his body again?
This was truly a case of plans not keeping up with reality!
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