Chapter 635 - 876 – What Kalifa Has in Mind

In the original story, Kalifa was the one who ate the Bubble-Bubble Fruit.

After obtaining that Devil Fruit, she had developed its abilities in all sorts of creative ways. She could not only use the Bubble-Bubble Fruit for something as basic as cleaning, but could also put its powers to use against enemies.

Kalifa was already beautiful enough as she was, and her cleaning skills were excellent as well. Even so, Arton felt that if she acquired the Bubble-Bubble Fruit, her ability to clean would undoubtedly rise another level.

Truth be told, Arton also wanted to see what it would be like to have Kalifa clean him after eating the Bubble-Bubble Fruit.

"Mm… Compared to a Devil Fruit, I'm much more interested in that mysterious ability of yours."

Kalifa raised her right hand and rested it on Arton's sword, shaking her head as she spoke.

Given the chance to obtain such a miraculous ability, Kalifa naturally still found so-called Devil Fruits rather unappealing.

Just as she was about to save time and continue cleaning Arton, Raki suddenly spoke from beside them.

"It's rare to hear you say you want one of your companions to become a Devil Fruit user, Captain. Could this fruit be as special as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?"

At those words, Kalifa's eyes lit up as she licked the ice cream in front of her.

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit was a Logia among Logias, and its power was undeniably exceptional. Even Kalifa thought so, especially since she had personally witnessed that kind of ability from Conis not long ago.

If Arton was offering her some sort of Logia Devil Fruit, then Kalifa felt accepting it might not be such a bad idea after all.

"It isn't," Arton replied with a shake of his head.

"So it's not a Logia Devil Fruit after all…"

Kalifa sighed and gave the ice cream another lick.

"Then it must be a Devil Fruit with some sort of unusual ability. Could it be something like Uta's?"

"Uta's Devil Fruit?"

Kalifa toyed with Arton's longsword and glanced curiously back at Raki.

"Mm-hm. Uta's Devil Fruit is incredibly special. She often secretly takes us into dreams to have fun."

As Raki spoke, her pretty face gradually flushed red.

There was no helping it. The wonderful dreams Uta had let them experience were simply far too enjoyable. Every time Raki remembered them, her heart could not help fluttering.

Since Kalifa had already become close enough to Arton, Raki went ahead and told her about the things Uta had done using her Devil Fruit ability.

Little by little, Kalifa—who had originally shown no interest whatsoever in Devil Fruits—suddenly began to find them much more intriguing.

"Don't tell me you think this Devil Fruit you mentioned would be especially suitable for us to have fun with, Captain?"

Kalifa's eyes brightened as she asked.

Becoming a Devil Fruit user certainly had drawbacks, but if she could use the fruit's various tricks to grow even closer to Arton, then deep down, Kalifa was willing to accept them.

After all, getting closer to Arton would let her become even more attractive in his eyes.

And under those circumstances, wouldn't the chances of Arton taking more pictures of her naturally increase?

As long as she could appear more often in the diary of Arton, the owner of the Sea Diary System, she would be able to earn more points and use those points to become stronger.

Seen that way, Kalifa no longer felt that becoming a Devil Fruit user would be a losing proposition.

"How should I put it…"

Arton rubbed his chin and thought for a moment before speaking to Kalifa, who for the time being was using her hands to clean the tableware.

"This Devil Fruit of mine really is quite convenient for having fun. Put simply, if you had its abilities, you'd have a lot more ways to enjoy yourself."

"Can you tell me more about it?"

Kalifa's eyes lit up with curiosity.

Arton nodded. Since Kalifa had asked, then as her captain, he naturally could not disappoint her.

However, Arton wanted to see for himself just how Kalifa would develop the ability when it came to having fun. Because of that, he did not tell her any of the ways he himself had imagined using the Bubble-Bubble Fruit for entertainment.

Instead, he merely described some of its combat applications, along with how its powers could be used to clean an entire town.

What Arton did not know was that the more he explained, the brighter Kalifa's eyes became.

All kinds of ideas for using the Bubble-Bubble Fruit to have fun were already surfacing in her mind.

"Captain, please give me that Devil Fruit and let me use it."

Kalifa placed one hand on Arton's sword and the other on his leg, her expression unusually solemn.

"Hmm?"

Arton raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you suddenly so serious?"

"Because I'm very interested in the ability you described."

The corners of Kalifa's lips curved upward.

Seriously, how did I forget about that? Arton clearly drew so many scenes in the manga of me using the Bubble-Bubble Fruit's powers to have fun with him.

That was right. In the derivative manga Arton had drawn with Kalifa as the model, there had been plenty of scenes where Kalifa used the Bubble-Bubble Fruit to please him.

She had simply been having so much fun with Arton lately that it had slipped her mind for a while.

Now that she remembered, there was naturally no way Kalifa intended to let the Bubble-Bubble Fruit pass her by.

If she could use the Bubble-Bubble Fruit's powers on Arton, she would surely leave an even deeper impression on him. That, in turn, meant Arton would surely take more pictures of her.

With such a perfect opportunity to earn more points practically being handed to her, Kalifa felt that refusing it would be the truly regrettable choice.

She even believed that if she chose not to eat the Bubble-Bubble Fruit, Arton would eventually give it to another member of the Flame Blade Pirates.

If that really happened, Kalifa suspected she would regret it immensely.

And if she then had to watch scenes that had originally belonged to her in her copy of the Sea Diary play out with another crewmate instead, she truly would not know how to feel.

So, to prevent that imagined future from ever becoming reality, she needed to eat the Bubble-Bubble Fruit right now.

Then, once an opportunity presented itself, she could recreate with Arton the Bubble-Bubble Fruit scenes from the manga.

That way, she would undoubtedly leave an even stronger impression on him.

"…So you're really sure you want to eat this Bubble-Bubble Fruit?"

Arton took the Devil Fruit out from inside his clothes and looked at the utterly serious Kalifa.

"Yes. Please, you absolutely have to give it to me. I'm begging you."

Kalifa held Arton's longsword reverently in both hands, her expression almost devout.

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