One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 847 Black Panther Fruit
"Master, please have some tea."

In the evening, most of the others had left, leaving only the people from the Kendo Hall and the Yamato team. The real apprenticeship ceremony was then officially held, and Kuina, who had recovered a little, handed a bowl of tea to Hiyori. Hiyori took the teacup with both hands and took a sip. This sip represented that Kuina had officially become Hiyori's disciple.

"Great! We're done! Now let's pick a gift!"

After pretending for a long time, Hiyori was already fed up with it. Finally, the ceremony was over. Now it was time to start choosing the devil fruit. After all, they had gone through all this trouble just for this plate of vinegar to make such a large table of dumplings.

The Black Panther Fruit and the Griffin Fruit were placed in front of Kuina for her to choose. Although Kuina still wanted to refuse, she took a look at Hiyori's disapproving eyes and finally did not say it.

"Hey, Hiyori, didn't you introduce these two fruits to her?"

Yamato quietly pulled Hiyori aside and whispered.

"No, if I tell her, she will definitely choose the Black Panther Fruit, even if the Griffin Fruit really attracts her. It's better to choose blindly. Anyway, she won't lose anything. Just go with your feeling."

Yamato whispered.

"That's right. Going by feel is the most appropriate. You ate the fruit by feeling, didn't you? Come to think of it, I almost ate the wrong fruit and ate your fruit. Fortunately, Uncle Quinn stopped me, otherwise I would have been useless."

When Yamato grew up and heard Lily talk about what happened that year, he was so scared that he even bought sweets for Quinn for several days. Quinn was confused every day and thought something was going to happen to him. He was so scared that he didn't dare to go out.

"Me! I'll choose this one."

While the two were chatting, Hiyori made her own choice, and finally she chose the black fruit.

"Hmm? Are you sure you chose this one? Tell me why?"

Hiyori walked forward and asked. The fruit was the Black Panther Fruit, which was the relatively inferior one of the two fruits. Hiyori was curious why Kuina didn't choose the Griffin Fruit which looked better.

"Compared to the fruit that feels like feathers, I prefer this smoother one. It's as smooth as a knife blade, and it feels more suitable for me."

Kuina thought for a moment and said.

"Well... maybe this is fate. Okay, then, you can eat it. The fruit in your hand is the black panther form of the Cat-Cat Fruit. As a cat, the black panther not only has the ability to improve physical fitness that all animal-type fruits have, but also has the flexibility that is unique to cats, which is very suitable for you. And if I remember correctly, the black panther's night vision ability and speed are both top-notch among ordinary animal-type fruits."

Seeing Kuina's choice, Hiyori did not intervene in the end. Maybe this was fate. Since she had already made the choice, there was no need to say anything more. She directly began to introduce the fruit in Kuina's hand.

"A black panther? I remember it being a very beautiful animal in the book."

As soon as Kuina heard what Hiyori said, her eyes lit up. Although she had never seen a black panther, she had seen it in books. Although it was just words, the book said that the black panther's fur was like the finest silk, and Kuina's favorite color was actually black.

"I think it's really good. The big black cat is very cute."

Yamato thought about the black panthers in the ecological park near Onigashima that were fed so much that they could hardly walk, and said uncertainly, "Their fur is indeed like silk. Because they eat too well, there is so much oil on their bodies that it has turned outward along the fur. It can be said to be truly shiny and slippery."

"Okay, let's try it now to avoid any more trouble."

Hiyori obviously also remembered the fat black panthers in the ecological park. Those black panthers were really well fed. She hoped that Kuina would not become like this. In short, instead of discussing those trivial things, it would be better to let Kuina eat the fruit now. Hiyori was afraid that this child would really do something sneaky and hide it.

"Then should I eat it?" Kuina looked at the others uncertainly and asked. Hiyori really guessed it right. Until now, Kuina was still a little hesitant. This was her personality. Sometimes she would seem to be hesitant.

"Stop wasting time! Eat it!"

Hiyori grabbed the devil fruit and almost forcefully stuffed it into Kuina's mouth. She really couldn't afford to waste time. She decided that she could do nothing else before leaving. She had to build up Kuina's self-confidence! How could this child be a swordsman if she was afraid of this and that every day! Without the courage to move forward! No matter how high her talent was, it was useless!

"啕——"

After eating the devil fruit, Kuina felt like she was about to vomit. No one told her that this beautiful-looking fruit was so unpalatable.

"It's useless. You can't spit it out. Once you eat it, you will never be able to spit it out again. Unless you die or under some special circumstances, this fruit will stay with you forever."

Looking at Kuina who was performing the first operation that every Devil Fruit eater would have, Hiyori shook her head and said that maybe she had used too much strength, causing Kuina to not even have a chance to slow down, and the strange taste continued from beginning to end.

"Ahem, but it really tastes terrible, Master."

Kuina said with a bitter face that her endurance was definitely good, but the taste was so overwhelmed that she really couldn't bear it!

"Oh my, it will be fine in a while. Come on, let's try the feeling of transformation first. Most of us here are animal-type fruit ability users. We can help you keep an eye on the scene, just in case."

Although I've never heard of anyone getting stuck on transformation after consuming an animal-type devil fruit, it's better to be safe than sorry, right?
"Then I'll try."

Kuina didn't know how to transform at all. She just imagined the appearance of a black panther in her mind. Although she had never seen a real one, she knew what a panther looked like. A black panther is a leopard with a pitch-black body, right? So it should be...

Kuina felt her body being stretched, her shoulders moving up, her head stretching forward, a strange feeling emerging from her buttocks, and her hands and feet also began to have strange sensations, and finally...

"Hoo!! Cough cough cough, what a strange feeling, huh? You all have grown taller?"

Kuina felt an urge to roar, but as soon as she roared, her throat got stuck. Then she opened her eyes and saw that everyone else seemed to have grown taller.

"It's not that we got taller, it's that you got down."

Hiyori brought a mirror and showed it in front of Kuina. Kuina looked at the streamlined body in the mirror and looked left and right in surprise. It was so magical, had she become like this?

"Kuina turned into a cat!"

Zoro shouted in surprise. In fact, before this, he had never figured out what Kuina ate. It turned out that Kuina could transform after eating a fruit?

"This is called a devil fruit. It is a secret treasure of the sea. It has all kinds of magical abilities. I'll tell you the details later. Just watch it first."

Jack said to Zoro, and although Zoro was surprised, he didn't say much. He held back and continued to watch. He was very curious if Kuina could change back?

"Very good, then try to transform into an orc. Remember, this time you have to imagine yourself as an orc. This is very important because you are a swordsman and you will eventually hold a sword. You must imagine yourself holding a weapon. Do you understand?"

Hiyori said earnestly that if the transformed appearance affected the use of weapons, it would be a waste of time and effort!

(End of this chapter)