Mangekyo Eye Technique

"I only lost because of a momentary mistake, a momentary mistake!"

Ulti gritted her teeth. "Captain Yota, give the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to that bastard Moria, and let us fight another round!"

"Hehehe!" Charlotte Pudding covered her little mouth with one hand, a deliberately affected smile on her face. "Ironhead Girl, that stubbornness of yours is really adorable! Should Captain wait until all your stamina has recovered before letting you fight Moria again?"

Ulti gritted her teeth in fury but could not say a word. After taking a barrage of heavy punches from Moria, who had absorbed over a thousand shadows and gone berserk, Ulti had only survived because of Yota’s absurd healing abilities.

With any other doctor, Ulti and Page One, who had been left with barely a breath, would have had no choice but to wait for death, let alone get back up and fight.

"Enough. You really didn’t perform very well this time, Ulti." Yota impatiently cut her off.

"A loss is a loss. There’s no such thing as a next time. If someone hadn’t saved you this time, do you think Moria would have left you with even a breath?"

The usually hot-tempered Ulti lowered her head like a defeated rooster. Page One, who looked like a cool little guy, spoke up as well. "Sorry for disappointing you, Captain…"

Yota simply waved his hand. "There’s nothing to be disappointed about. Besides, this mistake was mainly Ulti’s fault. It didn’t have much to do with you."

Then Yota turned his gaze to Charlotte Pudding. The previously smug Pudding blushed slightly and gave an embarrassed smile when she saw him looking at her.

"But Pudding, you did very well this time. Your abilities gave me quite a surprise."

It truly was a surprise. Pudding’s Mangekyo Eye Technique had displayed obvious Devil Fruit traits, clearly making it a mutation unique to the Pirate World.

The Mangekyo Eye Techniques awakened by pure-blooded Uchiha often came with names resembling myths, engraved into the Uchiha bloodline.

Pudding’s awakened Memory Deletion, on the other hand, had undoubtedly been influenced by her Devil Fruit.

"Other than Memory Deletion, what else did you awaken?" Yota asked.

Pudding smiled. "Well, besides Memory Deletion, I also gained the ability of Soul Extraction. Not for my own soul to leave my body, but for my opponent’s soul to leave theirs."

"Like this!"

As soon as Pudding finished speaking, she reached out and slapped Moria’s enormous body. Instantly, a soul identical to Moria was knocked out of him.

However, although Moria’s soul had been knocked out, a thin thread still connected it to his body. After remaining outside for only a few seconds, the newly emerged soul was absorbed back into his body.

Pudding withdrew her Mangekyo Sharingan and continued, "I have to strike the opponent to knock their soul out. Also, the soul returns in a very short time."

"If it’s someone whose body and soul are both particularly strong, it might only make them dizzy for a moment."

Yota nodded lightly. Pudding had made it sound insignificant, but Yota had already realized that the two attacks complemented each other.

Soul Extraction could directly shake the soul, after which Memory Deletion could be used. Combined, their power might stack to a terrifying degree.

Against someone even slightly weaker, Pudding might be able to wipe their memories clean back to infancy in a single move!

Likewise, if Memory Deletion first caused someone to lose focus, then Soul Extraction would have a much higher chance of knocking out their soul.

If those two moves were used together, there were probably no more than twenty people in the entire Pirate World who could withstand them.

Only the very strongest Emperor-level fighters, or those just below them, such as Emperor Vice-Captains and Admiral candidates, could endure it. Ordinary Great Elites and Elite Vice Admirals would likely be instantly defeated!

"Actually, I think I could gain one more Eye Technique…" Pudding reached up and touched her forehead. "The most important third eye on my forehead seems to still be nurturing something, but it feels like it lacks some condition, so it can’t be brought forth."

Yota nodded and pondered for a moment. "Perhaps what it lacks is a Devil Fruit as material… Your two Mangekyo Eye Techniques both show obvious traces of Devil Fruit abilities. They just happen to be from the Memory Fruit and Hollow-Hollow Fruit you once ate!"

"In other words, if I switch to another Devil Fruit, I can gain a new Eye Technique!" Charlotte Pudding muttered, then looked at Yota with anticipation.

Yota chuckled and casually took out two Devil Fruits. "These two Devil Fruits should be fairly compatible with Sharingan Eye Techniques. What do you think?"

The moment the two Devil Fruits appeared, they drew everyone’s attention. Pudding gasped first. "That… that’s Mother’s Soul-Soul Fruit!"

Then her gaze landed on the other bright red Devil Fruit in Yota’s hand, and a hint of confusion appeared on her face.

"A Mythical Zoan, the Bat Fruit, Vampire form! They say it’s a Devil Fruit that can preserve youth forever!" Ulti’s eyes went wide as she shouted.

As a member of the Beasts Pirates and a female, Ulti naturally yearned for a Mythical Zoan that could preserve youth forever. That was why she recognized the Devil Fruit at a glance.

Charlotte Pudding did not know as much about Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits as Ulti, who had been born into the Beasts Pirates, so she had not recognized it at first.

But she still knew a little about what kind of Devil Fruit the Vampire Fruit was. It might not compare to top-tier Mythical Zoans like the Azure Dragon Fruit, Buddha Fruit, or Phoenix Fruit, but it was still an immensely powerful Devil Fruit only a step below them, not inferior to her mother’s Soul-Soul Fruit in the slightest.

Most importantly… it could preserve youth forever!

Although this Devil Fruit was only being used by her, not directly given to her, what if her Mangekyo Eye Technique happened to gain the Vampire Fruit’s ability to absorb vital essence and convert it into youth? That was not impossible, was it?

Driven by that thought, Charlotte Pudding unhesitatingly picked up the Vampire Fruit. "I choose this one! Extract the Memory Fruit from my body."

Yota nodded slightly. With a casual sweep of black mist, he extracted the Memory Fruit from Charlotte Pudding’s body. Charlotte Pudding immediately took a bite of the Vampire Fruit.