A summer city, this metropolis is known as Itogami Island, an artificial island floating in the Pacific Ocean, built with carbon fiber, resin, metal, and magic.
The bright moon overhead coldly illuminated the sea surrounding the city.
It was nearing midnight, and the date was about to change.
The darkened windows of the buildings reflected the streetlights, looking like shattered sunglasses.
The bustling street in front of the station was a dazzling sea of neon; late-night family restaurants; KTVs; convenience stores.
The streets were still full of young people.
Amidst their loud chatter and laughter, they would occasionally discuss some absurd rumors.
Of course, these were just common urban legends.
The Fourth Progenitor, it was said that a Vampire existed somewhere on this island, but others listened with disinterest, because on Itogami Island, monsters were not uncommon.
There were Beastmen, Elves, Vampires, artificial life forms, and so on.
At this moment, the island welcomed an outsider.
“I can’t believe I transmigrated!
My parents must be so sad!” A young man in his early twenties lay on the ground on a park sidewalk, muttering lifelessly.
“Forget it, since I’m here, I’ll make the best of it!
First, I need to figure out where this is!” The young man made up his mind.
The young man’s name was Xin Yan, a genuine citizen of the Celestial Star.
His life was complete; unlike other transmigrators, he hadn’t died accidentally or been murdered, yet he still transmigrated.
That day, Xin Yan bought a fruit from a small stall that looked like a fossil, covered in spiral patterns.
Well, everyone in the Celestial Star knew it looked like a Devil Fruit.
Out of curiosity, Xin Yan paid for it.
Of course, curiosity aside, Xin Yan had no intention of eating it; who would eat a rock?
However, that very night, the fruit changed.
While Xin Yan wasn’t paying attention, it began to throb like a heart, and then the stony mud attached to its exterior fell off like quicksand.
By the time Xin Yan noticed, the fruit had revealed its original appearance.
Or rather, without that rough layer of stony mud, the patterns on the fruit’s surface became even more exquisite.
At first glance, it gave a feeling of being devoured.
Xin Yan was even more curious.
The fruit was entirely black, making it impossible to tell what kind of power it held.
Driven by curiosity, his hands uncontrollably reached out to touch the fruit.
A powerful suction emanated from the fruit’s center.
With almost no strength to resist, Xin Yan was sucked in.
When he woke up, he was already on this island!
At the same time, a part of his memory appeared in his mind, memories about the fruit.
“The Dark-Dark Fruit, huh?
Not bad!” Xin Yan murmured.
When his body transformed into darkness, he possessed black hole-like gravity, capable of sucking in anything that came into contact with the darkness.
However, unlike Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit, this entirely black one also had a special characteristic: devouring.
As the name suggested, it could devour external powers and abilities and turn them into its own.
One could say this fruit was even stronger than Blackbeard’s.
But it also had drawbacks; due to its inherent gravity, it couldn’t evade physical attacks, physical damage would affect him, and he would endure twice the pain of an ordinary person.
However, in Xin Yan’s eyes, this wasn’t a drawback at all, because when his body turned into a black hole, devouring all things, who could harm him?
“It’s so hot!” The scorching weather made Xin Yan unable to muster any energy.
“Is this Japan?” He saw two young women walking by, dressed in colorful clothes, communicating in Japanese.
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