Chapter 637 - 880 – A Unique Use for the Bubble-Bubble Fruit [BONUS]

"Now that I have the Bubble-Bubble Fruit's abilities, I want to use them to give you a proper cleaning, Captain."

Kalifa smiled as she spoke.

"Are you sure?" Arton raised an eyebrow. "You should know I'm almost ready to get going. If you start something again, I might not be able to hold back."

Kalifa hesitated for a moment when she heard that, but ultimately nodded decisively.

"You really are pretty bold, Ms. Kalifa."

"Speaking of which, didn't I already clean you up after eating the Devil Fruit?"

"In that case, you probably don't need to clean me again."

Arton spoke.

"I don't think that was enough. Um… I was hoping you could stay and help me practice using my ability."

"You really are… Fine, fine. I'll just lie here. Do whatever you want."

Arton sighed and lay back down.

"Thank you, Captain."

Kalifa clasped her hands against her cheeks, a huge smile spreading across her face.

Seeing this, Raki could not help feeling a little emotional.

It seemed Kalifa really had fallen for Arton.

She had wanted to try out her new ability on him the very moment she obtained it. That alone was enough to show just how much she liked him.

And the two of them had not even known each other for very long.

Still, Raki could understand. Her own situation had been much the same—she had also fallen for Arton not long after meeting him.

"Still, the Bubble-Bubble Fruit's ability really is pretty unusual. It's just a shame it can't be used on us the way Uta's Devil Fruit can."

"In that case, doesn't that mean only Kalifa herself can really enjoy this ability?"

Raki muttered thoughtfully.

"That's not true."

Kalifa suddenly turned around and reached out to take Raki's hand.

"Is that an invitation?"

Raki asked with a smile.

"Mm. I can use my ability to make parts of your body suitably smooth. That way, you can enjoy some of the convenience brought by the Bubble-Bubble Fruit too."

Kalifa smiled.

"I see. In that case, it really is worth trying."

Since Kalifa had already extended the invitation, Raki naturally had no intention of refusing. She smiled and walked over.

Kalifa was quite generous as well, sharing half of the sweet treat by her lips with Raki.

Before this, she had deliberately cast her lips as Raki's little demon.

"What a novel feeling. Not bad at all."

Raki smiled.

"I'm still not very skilled with it. If anything feels uncomfortable, tell me and I'll adjust how I use the ability."

"Of course."

Raki nodded.

Naturally, she also wanted to help Kalifa become stronger. They were companions, after all, and would be living together for a long time to come.

Besides, if Kalifa grew stronger, it would make things easier for them whenever they sparred against Arton in the future.

If possible, Raki also wanted to see Arton lose to them a little more often.

After all, Arton seemed to enjoy that uniquely satisfying feeling of defeat whenever he fought them.

Even if it was for Arton's sake, Raki felt she should help Kalifa familiarize herself with her new ability properly.

"Thank you."

Kalifa smiled at Raki.

…

"Impressive. You actually made me use my finishing move again."

"Kalifa, you're getting pretty good at using the Bubble-Bubble Fruit."

Arton raised his eyebrows and looked down with a smile at Kalifa, who was kneeling to his left.

He had to admit that Kalifa had given him quite a surprise.

Originally, he had thought the Bubble-Bubble Fruit would not be all that useful during their sparring sessions, and that Kalifa would therefore be unable to recreate the scenes he had drawn in his derivative manga.

Clearly, however, Kalifa had taught him a serious lesson.

Not only had she recreated some of those scenes, she had even gone beyond what Arton himself had drawn.

At the very least, among all the moves Arton had depicted in his manga, there were no fewer than twenty-one that Kalifa had managed to use on him.

What Arton did not know was that the main reason Kalifa could even perform techniques absent from the manga was that she had already seen illustrations on Arton's side depicting herself using the Bubble-Bubble Fruit.

Without that information, even if she had wanted to develop techniques that did not appear in the derivative work, she would have lacked enough clues to figure them out.

What delighted Arton even more was that Kalifa's experiments with the Bubble-Bubble Fruit really did bring him a distinctly unique sensation.

It was not overwhelmingly stronger than ordinary sparring, but trying it every once in a while certainly made for a very fresh experience.

"As long as you're satisfied, Captain, I'm already very happy."

Kalifa wiped the corner of her mouth and smiled.

Naturally, receiving Arton's praise pleased her immensely.

Still, she had not forgotten the person who had helped her.

"I really have to thank Raki too. If she hadn't helped me, I don't think I could have made Captain use his finishing move so quickly."

Kalifa smiled as she spoke.

Thinking back to how Raki had helped Arton take things seriously even earlier than she had only made Kalifa happier about her decision to eat the Bubble-Bubble Fruit.

For now, she had only used the ability in a fairly basic way against Arton.

Once she became more familiar with it and learned to employ the Bubble-Bubble Fruit from all sorts of different positions, who knew what unexpected results she might achieve?

Kalifa was already looking forward to discovering even more possibilities.

In fact, despite how exhausted she already was, she almost wanted to drag Arton back immediately and try out a few more techniques.

"Kalifa's right. I should thank you too, Raki, for letting me experience a different side of you."

Arton lowered his head and smiled at Raki on his right.

"Mm." Raki nodded. "I'm happy I could give you a different kind of experience too, Captain. And of course, I also have to thank Kalifa for letting me experience the effects of the Bubble-Bubble Fruit."

"It really is quite a good ability."

After this round of sparring, Raki had also developed much greater expectations for the Bubble-Bubble Fruit.

Right now, she only hoped Uta would use the Sing-Sing Fruit on Kalifa and bring her into the dream world while Kalifa could still use the Bubble-Bubble Fruit there.

If that worked, then Raki believed that she and the other crewmates who had grown close to Arton would be able to enjoy even more—and even better—experiences.

Just thinking about all the additional ways they might be able to have fun made Raki unable to suppress her excitement.

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