[Orochimaru: If you don't want to eat a Devil Fruit, consider human modification. I can implant some special organs for you...]
[Orochimaru: For example, extra arms. If you're a swordsman, you could wield three blades at once.]
[Orochimaru: Six-armed test subject.jpg]
[Random guy wanting to latch onto Luo Feng's coattails: Uh, Master Orochimaru, I have a question. If I also undergo human modification and transform into a beast form, will I get six giant ape arms?]
[Orochimaru: …Good question. We can try. When will you come by?]
[Random guy wanting to latch onto Luo Feng's coattails: Ah—no need, I was just joking...]
[Kamado Tanjiro: Amazing… you can make people grow six hands?!]
[Random guy wanting to latch onto Luo Feng's coattails: Tanjiro, calm down! You're not actually going to want six hands, are you?!]
[Orochimaru: I've got even more modification plans. How about implanting an eye on your back? That way you can always see enemies behind you...]
[Kamado Tanjiro: Wo—wow! Incredible!]
[Orochimaru: Heh, and this plan: implant liquid metal under the skin so you become impervious to blades and bullets!]
[Kamado Tanjiro: That's awesome too!]
[Ai Haibara: Ridiculous — I can't believe anyone would accept Orochimaru's weird human modifications...]
[Tony Stark: Hey! Over here, kid! Isn't an Iron Man suit better? Put one on and you can fly and do anything! That's what every man wants!]
[Kizaru: Hey! Orochimaru, don't go messing around. What if your human modifications go wrong?]
[Hermione Granger: You're experimenting on humans???]
[Random guy wanting to latch onto Luo Feng's coattails: Uh, I should clarify for Master Orochimaru — his test subjects are bandits and robbers and other bad guys. If they die, no sympathy needed.]
[Hermione Granger: But they're still human! How can you turn living people into such grotesque things?]
[Orochimaru: Heh, maybe compared to being killed by me, they'd rather accept modification to keep their lives?]
[Orochimaru: If you can't stand it, I can just kill them — after all, they deserve it, right?]
[Hermione Granger: I never said to kill them...]
[Kobayashi: Orochimaru-san, don't bully the newbies. Hermione, don't get too worked up — Orochimaru-san isn't a bad person. You'll understand when you grow up.]
[Kobayashi: Hmm, at least for now this Orochimaru-san isn't bad. I can vouch for that.]
[Random guy wanting to latch onto Luo Feng's coattails: Indeed — compared to that troublemaking serpentine uncle from the original worldline, Orochimaru as Hokage is basically a moral exemplar...]
[Kizaru: No point arguing. Don't forget we were all strangers who only connected through the chat group at first.]
[Kizaru: As long as no one in the group attacks other members, people are free to do what they want in their own worlds. We don't have the right to interfere.]
[Hermione Granger: But if bad people join the chat group, are we just supposed to watch them do evil?]
[Kizaru: If we could interfere in each other's chat-group members at will, no one would be safe]
[Passerby wanting to cling to Luo Feng's thigh: As expected of Boss Kizaru, you even thought this far ahead…]
[Kobayashi: Hmm, if someone could interfere in my life at will, it really would make me uncomfortable.]
[Passerby wanting to cling to Luo Feng's thigh: Don't worry, not many in the group can interfere in your life. After all, there aren't many who can beat your dragon maid…]
[Ai Haibara: @Kizaru, from the very start, had you already decided on the principle of not interfering with your chat group companions?]
[Kizaru: More or less. In a sense, if the strongest person like me doesn't set an example, this chat group would just end up a complete mess.]
[Passerby wanting to cling to Luo Feng's thigh: Love it, love it! Boss Kizaru really is amazing!]
[Kizaru: No need for flattery. I was just being cautious. If Jotaro had been on guard against me back then, I wouldn't have been able to obtain a Stand that's been so helpful to me.]
[Orochimaru: Heh, if you put it like that, it does sound necessary…]
[Tony Stark: As expected of my best friend! Oh! I suddenly got inspired—maybe I can design a brand-new Iron Man suit, and call it…]
[Passerby wanting to cling to Luo Feng's thigh: An Anti-Kizaru Armor?]
[Tony Stark: Pfft! No, an Anti-Passerby Armor!]
[Fubuki: @Kizaru, my sister has already eaten that Devil Fruit.]
[Passerby wanting to cling to Luo Feng's thigh: That Mythical Zoan one? What is it? I can't wait to see the transformation after eating a Mythical Zoan!]
[Kizaru: Hmm, looks like it's Zoan · Mythical Model · Tori Tori no Mi · Garuda form?]
[Passerby wanting to cling to Luo Feng's thigh: Holy crap?! A Garuda? The one that eats dragons? That brutal? Boss Kizaru, where did you even get that?!]
[Xiao Mei: Cousin Xiao Yan also ate that Devil Fruit! He's already started transforming!]
In the One Punch world, Tatsumaki, who had just arrived at the Blizzard Group's base, took the Devil Fruit Kizaru sent and, without much hesitation, took a big bite.
"Blegh!"
Tatsumaki swore this Devil Fruit, which looked a bit like a pineapple, was the most disgusting thing she had ever eaten in her life.
Even the nutrient solutions those damned researchers fed her back when she was locked up in the lab tasted like gourmet food compared to this!
But in order to go after that scumbag Kizaru, Tatsumaki still braced herself to finish eating the rest of the Devil Fruit.
"You only need one bite. The rest isn't necessary."
Luckily, Fubuki felt sorry for her sister and didn't wait until she finished the whole thing before telling her the truth.
"This stuff is so gross… So once I eat it, I can transform?"
Tatsumaki wiped her mouth with her sleeve in disgust, the nausea in her chest and stomach refusing to go away.
Unsurprisingly, the taste of the Devil Fruit would become a nightmare haunting her for quite some time.
"Mm-hm. That's what Kizaru said. Let's go outside—you ate a Mythical Zoan, so who knows how big you'll get…"
As she spoke, Fubuki led Tatsumaki outside the villa. She had already dismissed her Blizzard Group subordinates—not because she didn't trust them, but because she didn't want Tatsumaki to feel uncomfortable.
"Transform… how do I…"
Tatsumaki glanced impatiently at her own body, unable to feel any change after eating the Devil Fruit.
The moment her words fell, a pair of magnificent wings sprouted from her back like bamboo shoots after the rain. Then, under Fubuki's startled cry, Tatsumaki's body swelled rapidly like an inflating balloon.
In the blink of an eye, a majestic golden-red divine bird appeared above the villa. The several-story building below wasn't even as large as one of the bird's talons.
"Cry!"
It was Tatsumaki's first time transforming into a Garuda, and she was still unaccustomed to her beast form. She nearly toppled to the ground, but fortunately, as a psychic, she was already used to flying. With sheer telekinetic force, she kept herself hovering in midair.
After a short while, Tatsumaki began adapting to this new body and tried flapping her wings to ascend.
This, however, was a nightmare for Fubuki on the ground. A storm of flying sand and stones, comparable to a level-eight gale, nearly blew her away.
In an instant, Tatsumaki soared high into the sky. Even among Mythical Zoans, the Garuda was one of the most powerful. Otherwise, it would never have been treasured by Kaido himself.
After all, even Kaido's three All-Stars only had Ancient Zoan fruits. Those were decent compared to ordinary Zoans, but they couldn't even begin to compare with a Mythical one.
Experiencing flight through her own wings rather than psychic powers for the first time, Tatsumaki thoroughly enjoyed the sensation. She spent over half an hour in the sky, causing no small commotion.
Even the Hero Association was alerted. Thankfully, Fubuki and her Blizzard Group were far stronger than before. They didn't expose Tatsumaki's identity as the divine bird, and successfully brushed off the Association's questioning.
Seeing her sister vanish into the skies before she could even admire the Garuda's beauty left Fubuki frustrated. She couldn't help but complain in the chat group about how unreliable her sister was.
Meanwhile, in the world of Battle Through the Heavens—
"How marvelous… truly marvelous. I've seen much in my lifetime, yet this is the first time I've encountered such a miraculous fruit. If refined into medicine, it might even produce an unprecedented pill!"
Xiao Yan placed his palm on the strange-looking Devil Fruit so that Yao Lao, inside the ring, could examine it.
Truthfully, before seeing the Devil Fruit with his own eyes, Xiao Yan had always doubted Xiao Mei's words about the dimensional chat group.
But after witnessing it for himself, he had no more doubts at all.
If he ate this fruit, he would gain power comparable to a Dou Fighter, even a Dou Master—enough to walk sideways through Wutan City.
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