Chapter 62: "Key" and "Lock"

Jī live of dormant cells, with repolymerization······

Ace and Yuna glanced at each other, and both read the suspicion in each other's eyes, what was the purpose of Arkham's words?

"Those with Devil Fruit abilities are afraid of the sea, but the fruit itself comes from the sea, and ordinary people call it a 'punishment' for betraying the sea, which is extremely stupid!" Arkham did everything he could to despise what he called "mediocre people" while continuing to talk to Ace and the others. Small^Say^ Ad-free ~Apex*~Net.

Perhaps, we can make such a hypothesis······ Suppose that the Devil Fruit does not possess those terrible abilities because it comes from the sea, but because it is suppressed by the sea, the fruit will appear in the sea, thus creating the illusion that the fruit is from the sea. ”

"Well, we have come to the conclusion that the power of the Devil Fruit is ······ In fact, it is artificial. ”

Is a Devil Fruit really just a fruit? At least, its fruit tree has never been seen, in other words, even the "fruit" itself that is named only because of its shape may be an illusion.

"That's your conclusion, it's ridiculous." Arkham's astonishing appearances made Ace's horns upturned, and he gradually laughed out loud, "Unfounded suspicions, self-righteous proofs, scientists seem to like to flaunt their wisdom." ”

"What is known, you call it science, and what is unknown, you call it unrealistic fantasy······ Self-righteous guy, do you really think you can do this? ”

Arkham paused, frowned, the murderous intent in his eyes flashed, and then the corners of his mouth were full of mocking smiles, "Ignorant people are always full of jealousy of the wise. ”

"Forget it, I can't talk about you, and I'm not interested in your research, but now that this is the case, you can explain to me why the capable can't touch the seawater, and what is your reason." Ace shrugged slightly, looking bored, feeling that the weight of Arkham's hard work was as heavy as a little joke after dinner.

"You ······" A few tiny green tendons bloomed on the corners of Arkham's forehead, but considering the difference in combat power between the two sides, he finally endured it, "I said it so simply and directly, don't you understand?" The Devil Fruit is just a disguise, and the people who really have the power are those who take the fruit. ”

"Oh?" In front of Ace's right hand, a small golden flame ignited from his fingertips, although the scale was small, the surging heat was still terrifying, "You say, my flame is what I had from the beginning?" Then I'm amazing! ”

Ace pretended to be surprised, causing Yuna behind him to chuckle, and the two of them singing and harmonizing made Arkham even more annoyed.

"Your idea is interesting, but it is so nonsense, according to you, that the world does not know how many people can have the same ability, and in this way, does it not violate the iron rule that 'no two fruits are the same'?"

"That's why I said, 'The jī of dormant cells, and repolymerization,' haven't you heard of the gene chain?" Arkham shouted as if he had been touched by the limit, "Let me tell you, usually human rous bodies automatically impose restrictions in order to avoid injury, and even, due to some unknown self-protection mechanism, most of the human body's tissues simply play a completely opposite role in clamping xìng······ After tens of millions of years of reproduction and life, human beings have evolved to an incredible extent, and the so-called 'abilities' you are talking about may have been controlled by human beings a long time ago······ No, it must have been mastered! Now you're just unleashing it again. ”

"This sea is the most wonderful place, humans, fishmen, giants, sky island people, sea kings······ The sea has given birth to a variety of species, although with the passage of time, the migration of species, the relationship between races has become more and more delicate, but it is undeniable that millions of years ago, all species were just a single cell, but today, a small cell, but carry the mystery of the world for thousands of years! ”

"Although the genetic information on the gene will gradually decrease as the cell divides, it is not a way to get rid of the dross, in other words, everyone can have endless abilities, the human body, is a treasure trove of countless treasures, but it is now sleeping, and when it sleeps, it is millions of years, if you want to wake it up, you need a key, and that key is ······"

"Devil Fruit." Ace and Yuna replied at the same time.

"Bingou!" Arkham laughed out loud, laughing so wantonly, "In everyone's body, there is a unique 'lock' that perfectly matches their own characteristics!" Behind the 'lock', there is naturally a hidden "talent" that belongs to you, and the source of opening the lock, which can also be said to be the 'key', will also only appear in one ······"

"But the same ability has appeared in history, and it has been recorded." Ace replied coldly, the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book records thousands of known Devil Fruits, and even the appearance of the fruit is depicted on the Illustrated Book, this is no coincidence!

"As I said, it is the 'key' that best matches your 'lock', and there have indeed been similar abilities in history, but they will never be completely consistent, there is no weak fruit in the world, only weak abilities······ Because they don't match the 'key power' to 'open' your only 'lock'! ”

"Okay, if you're right, then I'd like to ask a few more questions." Ace listened to this, and after pondering for a moment, he asked again, "Why would the person who ate the two fruits be unable to bear it and die, and why did only one of the two people who ate the Devil Fruit get it?" Finally, and most importantly, why does seawater incapacitate the able? ”

"Of course, it's an honor." Seeing that the two seemed to have a certain degree of convincing in their words, the corners of Arkham's mouth once again hung on the sly smile, and immediately answered Ace's question generously, "The first question, this is simple, can you put two keys into one lock at the same time?" ”

"The second question, as I said, the cells have been reactivated, and they will re-aggregate their own exclusive abilities, that is, return to the state when thousands of races set a single cell, even if the other party also takes the fruit, as long as you match this 'lock' better than the other party, you will become all the control of this exclusive ability, this is re-aggregation······"

"As for the third question, yes, this is indeed the most important question, why does the sea make the capable incapacitated, this answer is actually ······ I haven't come up with it yet. ”

"Hey, hey, what's that in your eyes?" Arkham spoke gloomily, obviously depressed by the "so you don't know" look from the two.

"That being said, I've researched something even more remarkable, and that's a masterpiece······ Arkham turned his head in the direction of the incubator with a look of relief, and then, he took two steps back and bowed deeply to Ace and the others.

"Thank you two for speaking with me here, Arkham learned a lot." At this time, Arkham buried his head so that people could not see his expression, and if Ace and Yuna could see it, they would be very familiar, because the look that flowed from each other's eyes was called "conspiracy".

"Be careful!"

Ace suddenly shouted, and there was a loud roar in the narrow secret room, and two black shadows that attacked from behind were smashed out and shattered, and when they looked closely, they were two black giant birds, but there was a strange color flowing between the wings.

These are two strange birds with steel bodies!

At this time, Arkham had already retreated to a corner of the wall, he smiled and gently turned on a switch above, the secret doors on the four walls of the secret room slowly opened, and the black giant bird flew out in a steady stream, surrounding the two of them in the center, and suddenly, the secret room was full of steel giant birds flapping their wings and circling figures.

"What the hell?" Ace just drew his knife and slashed it, but when he touched the body of the giant bird, there was a huge anti-shock force, and the water in his hand was scattered, and Yuna was also uncomfortable, she fired more than a dozen shots in a row just now, and even a giant bird did not fall down.

"See what I've gotten out of a small part of my research?" Arkham was covered with the body of a giant bird, which floated silently in the air as if unconscious, and did not attack, as was the case with all the giant birds in the field.

"By using living cells to erode the inanimate steel, they will take on life like newborn babies, and then, through repolymerization, they will be able to take on their own forms······ You don't know how difficult it is to bring life to a piece of steel, and just reconverging the Devil Fruit's abilities is an impossible task. ”

"Is it really a bad guy who will be killed when he knows your secret?" Ace pursed his lips a little amusedly, and pulled out Ju Yi's text and Zezong together, holding his two knives, ready to break through with Yuna at any time.

"No, no, no, you're mistaken, I'm just coming up with a new research topic, for example······ Yours, flames. Arkham stared at the other man's arms and smiled, his fiery gaze as if it was about to melt Ace's entire body.