One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

"Thank you, Crimson."

"However, I have thoroughly studied the Storage Fruit's ability, and I am quite certain that it is the most suitable ability for me!"

Is that so?

Chi Hong nodded and didn't try to persuade him further.

He chose to believe Usopp's decision.

"So……"

"Since you've made up your mind, then go forward bravely!"

Red smiled encouragingly and gently patted Usopp's shoulder with one hand.

"Ok!"

Usopp took the Devil Fruit and nodded vigorously. Looking at the strange demonic patterns on it, even though he had made up his mind, he choked up.

However, thinking of the power described in the encyclopedia, he gritted his teeth and bit into the Devil Fruit.

In an instant, his face turned incredibly ugly, revealing the most genuine feelings of every Devil Fruit user:

"This is absolutely awful!!!"

Usopp, his face contorted with rage, took a bite of the fruit, chewed it roughly a few times, and then swallowed it whole.

Usopp's assessment of Devil Fruits immediately earned him sympathetic glances from the other Devil Fruit users in the Straw Hat crew.

To avoid any residual power in the remaining fruit, even though he knew that the Devil Fruit only needed one bite, Usopp forced himself to swallow the entire Devil Fruit, despite feeling nauseous.

The next moment, in everyone's sight, Usopp's body suddenly expanded.

The yellow plaid scarf on his head was spread out, becoming a flat top shape, and his body also became square.

In the blink of an eye, Usopp transformed into a strange, square shape, resembling a large warehouse with arms and legs, and appeared before everyone.

The eyes became transparent windows, and the mouth became a door to the warehouse.

His signature long nose was particularly striking, almost like a flagpole without a flag rising from the house.

"U...Usopp!? Are you alright!?"

Upon seeing this, Chopper immediately stared in astonishment and shouted.

But then, Usopp, in his ability form, extended two strange, large wooden hands from either side of the warehouse, emitting a deep, muffled laugh:

"Hehehe~ I feel more comfortable than ever before right now!"

"Oh, right!"

Usopp suddenly crouched down, slowly opened his mouth, and mumbled to the crowd:

"Would you like to come inside my body and take a look?!"

"Let's just forget about it!!!"

Upon hearing this, everyone instantly waved their hands and shook their heads in unison, taking a step back.

"What a disappointment!"

Usopp let out a helpless cry, and then his body began to shrink, returning to his normal human form.

"So..." Robin asked on behalf of everyone, "Usopp, is there a special reason why you chose this fruit?"

Judging from Usopp's bloated body after his transformation, this is clearly not a Devil Fruit suitable for combat.

Everyone's eyes widened instantly, and they looked at Usopp with curiosity.

Feeling the attention he was receiving and having gained new abilities, Usopp immediately became excited.

However, instead of explaining to the crowd, he smiled at Crimson and said:

"My power cannot be displayed here, Crimson. Take us to Laboon's abdominal world!"

"Good~"

Red, who was also very interested in the Devil Fruit ability chosen by Usopp, simply waved his hand and summoned a huge dimensional portal in front of the Going Merry.

In an instant, the Merry disappeared into the sea, as if it had never existed.

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Half an hour later...

Inside Rab's abdominal cavity world.

The Straw Hat crew stared wide-eyed in disbelief as countless insects of varying sizes flew towards the deck of the Going Merry, only to vanish just as quickly!

"This...this Devil Fruit ability is just too terrifying!?"

Stunned, Zoro clicked his tongue, his eyes no longer showing the disdain he had previously held for the Storage Fruit, but instead filled with shock.

The reason for this was that this scene had been unfolding in front of them for more than twenty minutes!

At this moment, his crimson eyes also gleamed as he looked at the illustrated guide to stored fruits in his hand and nodded in agreement:

"No wonder Usopp chose this Devil Fruit ability."

"Although I guessed that the name of the warehouse might be related to space-related things..."

"But this terrifying storage capacity, even if it's not an infinite space, its spatial range must be terrifyingly large!"

Because the world of One Piece also has the Swamp Fruit and Dark-Dark Fruit, which possess infinite space, the effects of Usopp's Storage Fruit didn't shock Red too much.

only……

"Now, it's really hard to say whether it or the Fortress Fruit will prevail!"

Time passed slowly.

About half an hour later, the noisy abdominal cavity finally quieted down.

With the last insect queen, whose size was comparable to the Going Merry, swallowed whole by Usopp, there was no longer any sign of insects surviving in the entire abdominal cavity.

"That's... absolutely terrifying!"

The people standing on the deck of the Going Merry were once again amazed by the abilities that Usopp had displayed.

After doing all this, Usopp transformed back into his normal form and proudly explained to everyone:

"The Storage Fruit can transform my body into a vast warehouse with almost infinite space!"

"Items or creatures stored in my body will be preserved in my body in the best possible way."

"At the same time, I can also divide the storage space inside my body into different areas and freely set the environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and air pressure in each area."

"In this way, my body will become the perfect breeding ground for both insectoids and plants!"

"With the power of this fruit, I can cultivate more powerful insects and plants in a more specialized way."

"And when I need to fight..."

Before he could finish speaking, Usopp, his eyes gleaming, suddenly waved his hand in front of the Going Merry.

In an instant!

The pores on the top of his arms suddenly transformed into hatch-like shapes and were opened instantly!

Countless dense black dots poured out from Usopp's arm. After leaving his body by several centimeters, these strange black dots suddenly expanded and transformed into a vast army of insectoids in the blink of an eye!

It emitted a deafening roar and hovered high in the sky in front of the Merry, creating an exceptionally grand and terrifying scene!

Witnessing this, Usopp's lips instantly curled into a proud smile, as if he were talking to himself, or perhaps to his companions:

"That's why I said... this is the most suitable Devil Fruit ability for me!"

At this moment, Usopp, who had always been timid and insecure, seemed to have gained endless courage and boldness, and his entire aura was slowly changing and sublimating!

"Usopp, you've gotten stronger."

As they watched Usopp's retreating figure, the Straw Hat crew all had the same thought flash through their minds.

With a slight upturn of his crimson lips, he picked up the illustrated guide to the stored fruits and suddenly summoned a bolt of lightning to ignite it.

The contents of this illustrated guide have lost their meaning.

Starting today, this Devil Fruit called the Storage Fruit will be rediscovered by the entire world because of Usopp's existence!

Perhaps one day in the future, someone will even rename this Devil Fruit, giving it a more resounding name...

It truly deserves the title of "legend"!

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Of course, Devil Fruits with such powerful abilities are not without limitations.

This Devil Fruit remains unknown in the world because it has three limitations:

One is what the Straw Hat crew saw before...

The Storage Fruit's storage ability is not instantaneous teleportation. Instead, objects need to be brought close to Usopp, shrink due to the fruit's power, and then enter Usopp's body through the "storage door".

This means that it will take some time for objects to enter the warehouse.

Although it seems insignificant, it involves allowing the object to completely enter Usopp's body, with a slight risk of it being intercepted.

The second restriction is that the creatures that the warehouse can hold must be in either an "active" or "unable to struggle" state.

In other words, even if someone touches Usopp's body during a battle, they cannot be affected by his Devil Fruit ability and enter his storage space.

The final limitation, and the fundamental reason why this Devil Fruit ability didn't leave a lasting mark on history...

That is, when using the Devil Fruit's ability to contain objects, the user can only contain objects that they can lift, and this judgment has very clear requirements on the "integrity" of the object!

Even if an object is slightly entangled by a thin thread, with the other end wrapped around something that the ability user cannot lift...

Therefore, he still cannot contain objects until the ability user cuts the thin thread.

Good thing...

All these restrictions have no effect on Usopp!

In his hands, the Storage Fruit is no longer just a convenient ability to store objects!