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Chapter 432: The Time-Time Fruit
Chapter 432: The Time-Time Fruit
What is it like to watch the moon being split in half, only to be kneaded back together like dough?
This was Robin's exact sentiment at that moment.
It was hard to describe her feelings at that moment; she felt a sense of distant detachment.
In fact, Feng Ye's power, so immense that it seemed divine and infinitely distant, had always made her feel this way. If it weren't for the fact that Feng Ye usually behaved and acted in a very human-like manner, she might have only felt awe towards him.
"What are you spacing out for?"
Just as Robin was daydreaming, a hand suddenly reached out and ruffled her hair.
By the time Robin came back to her senses, Feng Ye had already appeared beside her, looking at her with a gentle smile.
Feng Ye was in a great mood.
He had finally reached the realm of a great swordsman in his sword cultivation, and his training in this world had come to a satisfying conclusion.
From now on, his improvements would come from cultivating the divine tree to bear fruit and searching for the time-related powers in this world to see if they could be of any use to his illusory clock.
Speaking of which,
Robin had indeed grown up very quickly.
The current Robin had grown to a height not much shorter than his, reaching about 5'7".
Although she still looked a bit youthful and immature, she had essentially the same appearance as adult Robin, and it would be inappropriate to call her "Little Robin" anymore, as she had indeed grown up in every aspect.
At fourteen years old, Robin was nearly 5'7" tall, and Feng Ye predicted that she would likely grow to be over 5'9". The heights of people in this world were indeed unpredictable.
Feng Ye didn't mind Robin being taller than him.
After all, height was meaningless to him; he could easily adjust his height however he wanted.
The Doubling Technique was just a type of Yang Release ninjutsu, and with his Six Paths body, he could use it effortlessly and maintain it permanently.
So, height and size held no significance to him.
On the other hand, even if Robin grew taller than him, could she possibly overpower his presence and charisma? That was obviously impossible.
Even if adult Hancock and Robin stood on either side of him, they couldn't completely overshadow his aura and charm.
He was confident about that.
However, now that Robin had grown taller, he couldn't simply use the 'head-patting' gesture on her anymore; he had to raise his hand.
This gesture didn't feel as harmonious as when she was little; instead, it carried a hint of ambiguity.
Robin sensed this subtle ambiguity.
Far from retreating, she instead flashed a smile and said, "It seems like you'll have to be a bit more careful when you're testing your sword from now on, Mr. Feng Ye. Otherwise, you might accidentally destroy this world."
"I've always been very restrained with my power," Feng Ye chuckled.
It was precisely because he feared destroying the world that he had tested his strength by slashing at the moon in the night sky, using it as a gauge for his progress.
"...Restrained," Robin echoed, a hint of strangeness in her eyes as she recalled Feng Ye's past combat methods. But upon further thought, it did seem that he had been quite restrained.
With the power Feng Ye had displayed earlier, she truly believed that he could have torn this world in two if he hadn't held back.
"It looks like your secluded cultivation has finally come to an end," Robin commented.
"Yes," Feng Ye replied, lowering his hand and turning to walk away. "Let's go get something to eat first.
The North Blue.
White Town, Flevance.
This place used to be a wealthy nation, abundant in amber lead ore beneath its surface—a highly superior raw material.
The extraction of amber lead had transformed nearly all the citizens of the country into nobles and gentlemen, leading to a life of dignity and comfort.
However...
The king, royalty, and the World Government, in their pursuit of interests, concealed an important fact: that mining amber lead would lead to amber lead poisoning.
Minimal exposure to amber lead resulted in manageable levels of toxicity for the human body, but prolonged extraction and contact caused the poison to accumulate and penetrate, eventually erupting with full force.
What was even more terrifying was that the toxicity of amber lead was hereditary, and with each generation, the poison manifested at an earlier age. This resulted in the first generation of amber lead miners and their sons, as well as teenage grandchildren, falling ill simultaneously.
Panic engulfed the nation, plunging it into an abyss of ruin!
Due to the World Government's concealment of the truth about amber lead illness being a form of poisoning, neighboring countries believed it to be a contagious disease. This led to a complete blockade and quarantine of Flevance.
The entire border was lined with armed soldiers, their guns trained on Flevance's territory, ready to shoot down anyone who dared cross the border without discrimination.
Not far from the border line.
Feng Ye appeared, gazing off into the distance at Flevance with a slight shake of his head.
"A tragic fairy tale..."
He had come to this place to await the birth of the Time-Time Fruit, having already used his future-seeing ability to pinpoint its exact location.
If he remembered correctly, over there should be the birthplace of Trafalgar Law, and it looked like it was on the brink of destruction.
The entire country was in disarray, with corpses littering the borderlands as far as the eye could see—a scene straight out of hell.
Looking inward, one could faintly make out the damaged buildings that once shone with a brilliant white luster.
It was easy to imagine what this country must have looked like before its destruction—a fairy tale-like island that rivaled Skypiea and Fish-Man Island, a place worth visiting.
Feng Ye did not linger on the scene.
Although it was a grim sight, to him, it was but another mundane occurrence, and he had no intention of intervening.
Every corner of this world, and indeed, every world, was fraught with tragedy at every moment.
While he wasn't exactly an evil entity, neither was he a saint who mourned the plight of others, especially after having witnessed too much darkness and tragedy.
There was no need to change anything.
For there was no such thing as an absolutely sunny world.
And if such a world did exist, it wouldn't be for humans, because humans, by their very nature, possessed both light and dark within them.
"It's here!"
Feng Ye averted his gaze from Flevance and turned to look forward, his eyes narrowing in concentration.
With his Reincarnation Eye, he could see a certain energy converging and intertwining in that spot, eventually coalescing into a Devil Fruit.
It was the very same Devil Fruit that Kozuki Toki had possessed. After her death, it had reappeared here once more.
Paramecia-type,
Time-Time Fruit!
(End of Chapter)
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