Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 279 SMILE Fruit and Prayer Beads

At this moment, Luca has three items placed in front of him.

In other words, these were the props he personally identified by sight during his trip to Wakanda.

Although the 'core components' of these three props all seem a bit odd, they are not all useless.

The first item is the heart-shaped grass, a plant native to Wakanda.

As mentioned before, Luca has completely wiped out most of Wakanda's heart-shaped grass reserves this time, leaving no stone unturned.

However, he did not intend to use these heart-shaped herbs to strengthen his subordinates; rather, he was driven by a "since I'm already here" mentality and the thought that "why not take them if they're free" mentality.

Bringing so many back would at most be for sampling and research; Luca would absolutely not allow his men to consume them directly.

Of course, this is not because the heart-shaped herb is not effective.

This all-natural, side-effect-free super-fighter drug is sought after no matter where it's placed.

However, Luca had some doubts. The so-called heart-shaped grass might just be a channel for the leopard god to communicate with his followers.

In the original work, it was shown more than once that people who take the heart-shaped grass will enter a certain space and see the previous generation of heart-shaped grass users.

Moreover, those who have been enhanced by consuming the heart-shaped herb can instantly 'remove' the enhancement brought by the heart-shaped herb by taking another secret medicine without any side effects.

Furthermore, the appearance of the Black Panther God's clone coincided precisely with the moment Eric Mungo, the Heart-Shaped Grass Enhancer, died.

To Luca, none of this seemed like genetic modification or a body enhancement drug.

Gaining power, being able to communicate with gods, having the power to be withdrawn at any time, and becoming a vessel for gods on earth—this all seems more like a kind of metaphysical blessing from the gods. Similar scenarios are all too common in various film and television works.

Of course, all of this is just Luca's speculation. The specific situation will only be known after further experimental testing upon returning.

However, regardless of the exact principle behind how the heart-shaped grass gains its power, it doesn't affect the 'core component' that Luca directly plucked from the heart-shaped grass garden.

【Artificial Devil Fruit - SMILE】

[One Piece World 2/5]

[Manufacturer: Caesar Courland]

[Core Component: Heart-Shaped Grass]

[Crafting Materials: 1 Black Panther Soul, 1 Liter of Black Panther Blood]

[Item Description: SMILE Fruit. Developed by Caesar Clown, this is a mass-produced artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruit. Due to limitations in manufacturing processes and technology, only 10% of SMILE Fruits are actually produced as finished products. Even Caesar Clown, the creator of the fruit, cannot distinguish which are finished products. Finished products grant the user abilities similar to Zoan-type Devil Fruits, including but not limited to the growth of animal limbs on random parts of the body or the addition of an uncontrollable animal head, without the physical enhancements typically associated with Zoan-type Devil Fruits. Defective products, on the other hand, strip the user of all facial expressions except for smiling.]

[Friendly reminder: This fruit is confirmed to be a finished SMILE. Even so, the user should still be concerned about the form in which they will gain animal abilities. So, would anyone actually want to eat something like this?]

how to say?

Upon seeing the description of this item, Luca had already judged it to be 'the worst of the worst'.

Although the 'golden finger hint' indicates that there is no risk of failure with this fruit, and judging from the 'synthesis materials' required, it can be roughly determined that this should be the 'Devil Fruit Black Panther Form'.

But the so-called 'invincibility' is only relative. Luca has seen One Piece before, and there are countless bizarre creations made by people who ate this garbage fruit.

What if after eating the [SMILE Fruit] a leopard's head grew on its stomach, or its lower body turned into a black panther, creating some kind of bizarre appearance?

Luca even felt that it would have been more satisfying to eat the defective product.

Therefore, even if Luca had never eaten the [Pink Dragon Fruit], which meant the two Devil Fruits couldn't coexist, he would never think of using such a thing to strengthen himself, let alone his subordinates!
Fortunately, synthesizing this fruit is not difficult, so Luca simply uses it as one of the five keys to unlock the 'Pirate World'.

Once it's actually synthesized, it will most likely be given to Sherry so she can study it in her spare time and broaden her horizons.

Aside from the useless [SMILE Fruit], the second item is quite interesting.

This is a prop that Luca accidentally discovered in their core laboratory while collecting data on Wakanda's vibranium technology.

A vibranium bracelet with a design somewhat resembling Buddhist prayer beads.

We won't go into too much detail about the original purpose of this thing, since Luca has already obtained all the technical data and has a large reserve of vibranium, so he can replicate it at any time.

What's important is the items he can synthesize.

【Buddhist prayer beads】

Overwatch World 1/5

[Created by: Zenyatta]

[Core Component: Vibranium Bracelet]

【合成耗材：5枚微型能量发生器、1枚微型治疗仪、1枚微型探照器、2枚微型护盾发生器、9枚微型悬浮装置】

[Item Description: Nameless Buddhist Prayer Beads. Originally just ordinary prayer beads belonging to the mechanic monks of the Shambhala Monastery, Zenyatta transformed them into a high-tech weapon capable of both offense and defense after deciding to leave the monastery and travel the world. The beads possess multiple abilities: attack, damage amplification, and healing. Consuming a large amount of energy at once can also grant the user a transcendent state, providing temporary immunity to damage while continuously healing themselves and nearby allies.]

[Friendly reminder: Controlling the prayer beads requires a mechanical mind. The prayer beads' healing abilities can also restore damage to the mechanical body. Perhaps it's more accurate to call it a repair technique rather than a healing method.]

It's an item that Luca can't use on his own.

Of course, this is not absolute.

Luca naturally had no intention of transforming himself into a mechanical life form or doing anything like 'mechanical ascension', but...
'A mechanical mind? I wonder if it can be simulated and forcibly used using the Mind Stone?'

Since the item hasn't been synthesized yet, Luca can only make wild guesses.

Even if he really can't use it himself, he can just give it to Little Vision to use.

What Luca truly valued was the healing technology it contained, or rather, its dual repair methods for both the physical body and the machine.

And that amazing ability that the cheat system can identify as 'immunity to damage'.

'Hopefully the repair will be effective, or if the relevant technology can be extracted from the disassembly, we could try applying it directly to the Boxer Gundam.'

If Luca could give his Gundam the ability to be 'invincible and self-repairing', he wouldn't mind putting a large floating rosary around the Gundam's neck.

(End of this chapter)