Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit

"Then let's discuss this issue."

Raiche nodded and looked at the others: "You guys continue."

After saying that, he left with Natasha.

What remained were two groups of warriors from the two battle groups, eager to fight, and the powerless roar of the Witchheart Demon.

The two returned to the conference room, and Rachel took a bucket of water from the shelf and handed it to Natasha.

Yes, it's a 10L bucket of water, shaped like an enlarged water cup with a handle. You can drink by simply tearing open the straw connector.

This was specially designed to replenish the water levels of these super soldiers.

As physical strength increases, the nutritional needs of food also increase, as does the need for water.

Water is just as important as food.

Of course, wartime and daily life must be distinguished.

Under intense combat, the body immediately transforms into a highly efficient, high-speed machine to provide the necessary functions for prolonged battles.

In everyday life, this is not necessary.

Natasha had just gone through a battle and was short of water, which shows that Reicher was indeed very thoughtful in this regard.

Natasha thanked them and took the enlarged teacup. She casually tore open the straw connector, put the straw in her mouth, and started drinking.

In no time, the water in the bucket visibly decreased until it was completely drunk.

“We lack equally lethal moves.” After finishing her water, Natasha got straight to the point, recounting her observations over the past three days.

“That’s right. We have the ability to kill normal people, including mutants, but not those creatures.” Reicher nodded. Those creatures didn’t just refer to demons.

The battle group was formed by their own boss. As the battle group leaders, Rachel and Natasha couldn't just be ordinary soldiers who charged into battle for Matthew.

In addition to daily management, the two also had to worry about how to make up for the shortcomings of the battle group in all aspects.

“For now, armor, combat suits, and gloves are barely enough, but weapons would be best,” Natasha suggested without much thought.

"You mean, energy weapons?"

Rachel raised an eyebrow, guessing the subtext of Natasha's suggestion.

Milson’s technology department has recently been researching energy weapons, and although it is highly classified, the two men are aware of it.

“We need these things not only to fill the gaps in the battle group’s weaponry, but also to meet the need for large-scale casualties in the rear.”

Natasha is a spy, and she also understands the complete attack patterns after the military scales up.

By adopting the mindset of modern military.

The size of the army, navy and air force.

The individual combat capabilities of the Astartes and the Raven Chapter warriors are undoubtedly superior to any known army, and they would be no match for even extraordinary beings like demons.

The problem is that the attack patterns are too limited.

Facing an enemy, the only option is to charge in and fight hand-to-hand; this is not a healthy approach.

It's alright now, but once we get to the future and large-scale wars break out, whether it's against demons or other civilizations and races outside of Earth, the role of warbands in this regard won't be particularly significant.

It's even a bit stupid.

Reicher, a former soldier, understood what Natasha meant.

He picked up a chair, plopped down on it, crossed his arms, pinched his chin with his fingers, and said thoughtfully, "These things need to be done step by step."

"We can learn from the model of modern armies, but our weapons and equipment all need to be upgraded and iterated."

"For large-scale wars, we need fleets and firepower, and these need to be built. In particular, with the advent of magic, we can also make use of it."

"only....."

“We just need someone to learn magic, understand the relevant knowledge, and be able to apply magical runes, magic circles, and the like to our equipment and weapons,” Natasha continued, picking up where Reicher left off.

"That's right, I believe our BOSS is already considering this matter."

Otherwise, where did the armor and combat suits of the two major battle groups come from?

“Construction takes time, and our priority is to solve the present problem. So, once the energy weapon technology is fully understood and developed, perhaps it can be combined with magical runes?” Raiche said uncertainly.

After all, he really didn't understand this area.

"Maybe, I'll mention it to the boss later."

Natasha nodded. She liked weapons; she was an expert in hand-to-hand combat, but she preferred having weapons in her hands.

Just as the two were discussing some details.

Suddenly there was a knock on the conference room door, interrupting their discussion. Lei Che raised an eyebrow and said, "Come in."

The conference room door was pushed open, and it was Negri.

“Reicher, I have to leave for a bit.” As soon as he entered the conference room, Nigley said to Reicher.

Need help?

“I’m not sure. A guy I’ve known online for a long time sent me a distress signal. I have to go there,” Nigley said helplessly.

"Sure, do you need any help?"

“Hey, beautiful lady, do you have a moment?” Nigley asked Natasha.

Natasha raised her delicate eyebrows: "Of course."

"Come on, we need to get going right away."

Nigley liked Natasha's decisiveness.

So the two left the conference room. As for Reicher, he didn't say a word. He knew that sending two super soldiers was enough to solve most of the problems.

If that doesn't work, there are still over a thousand others on this island.

As for Negri and Natasha, they took off and left on the island's transport plane.

In the dark night sky.

Inside the transport plane's rest area, Nigley briefed Natasha on the situation.

"A few years ago, I met a girl online. She was very talented with computers. We interacted a lot and eventually became friends."

“We’ve been in touch, but just thirty minutes ago, she sent an SOS signal through my private network.”

“I discovered through online tracking that this girl had recently been investigating a criminal with a girl named Jessica Jones, and then the two of them completely lost contact in Hell’s Kitchen, New York.”

"Someone must have cut off the signal."

Negri didn't seem very nervous; after all, she had seen all sorts of big scenes. She was just a little worried about the girl's safety.

"Hell's Kitchen, New York? I've heard of that place; it's the most chaotic place in all of New York."

Even Natasha, whose activities don't take place in the United States, knows the infamous name of Hell's Kitchen.

It is a collection of awfulness, chaos, and crime.

“So we need to speed things up. I was planning to recruit that girl into the Information Department.” Nigley lay back in her chair, and could only hope that the girl was still alive before they arrived.

Chapter 89 Rumble-Rumble Fruit (Bonus chapter for the author who's tired, just destroy it already!)

Rumble!

Above the sky, terrifying lightning bolts danced wildly, the sea churned, and finally a huge sphere of lightning shattered the thick clouds and crashed heavily onto the sea.

A dazzling white light flashed by in an instant.

Terrifying ripples and waves exploded, and towering waves surged wildly, sweeping in all directions, engulfing and destroying everything as if the end of the world had arrived.

The ocean was evaporated, creating a crater thousands of meters deep, with billowing water vapor constantly rising upwards.

It took a while before it was slowly submerged by the sea.

Above the sky, Matthew stood tall, his hands crackling with electricity.

This wasn't the red and black lightning crackling with Conqueror's Haki, but rather blue and white.

This is not magic.

It is pure lightning power, derived from one of the most powerful Logia-type Devil Fruits in the One Piece world, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Yes, he activated the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia and ate it.

Essentially, according to the original setting, a person cannot consume two Devil Fruits; the user who consumes a second Devil Fruit will die.

Matthew, however, was different.

His Glint-Glint Fruit ability was granted directly from signing in, not from consuming a Devil Fruit.

So he essentially exploited a bug.

He is a user of two Devil Fruits.

Before illuminating the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, he considered many fruits, such as Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit, Magma-Magma Fruit, Heal-Heal Fruit, Fish-Fish Fruit (Azure Dragon Form), Op-Op Fruit, and so on.

And then there's the rubber fruit, hailed as representing free will and the sun god Nika.

After much deliberation, he chose the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

He actually only has two Devil Fruits to choose from: the Op-Op Fruit and the Gum-Gum Fruit.

However, he gave up very quickly.

The Op-Op Fruit is indeed the top-tier fruit, both in terms of its abilities and the so-called ability to achieve immortality. However, it doesn't have much effect on him. He doesn't need the abilities, and the idea of ​​immortality is pure nonsense.

As for lifespan, magic can solve that problem.

Magic can subtly influence and change a person's lifespan; for example, the Ancient One has lived for 700 years since birth.

Essentially, she could live forever if she wanted to.

He only gave up his life to pave the way for Doctor Strange.

Of course, this kind of giving up has nothing to do with death.

She achieved immortality in another form.

The stronger one's life level, the less lifespan becomes but a number. This life level refers not only to the physical body but also to the soul.

The Ancient One's body was far superior to that of ordinary people. Not to mention Matthew, even the warriors like Rachel couldn't compare. But she was able to live forever because her soul level had reached the level of the Heavenly Father.

Not only can one achieve immortality of the soul, but one can also influence the physical body with magic; at most, the physical body will just be a little weaker.

As for the Gum-Gum Fruit, Matthew was terrified.

This thing is a bit sinister. After Luffy activated his Nikka form, his personality changed completely. There's a theory that the Devil Fruit influenced Luffy's will.

Whether it's real or fake, even if this thing can light up, he'll only take it out to study it, not eat it himself.

Strength is strength, but it's not a necessity.

The Dark-Dark Fruit is also very powerful, possessing infinite gravity and space like a black hole. It can suck in anything that comes into contact with darkness and compress and crush it with infinite power, as well as attract users with special abilities to disable them.

Having outstanding abilities is not a necessity.

In terms of its abilities, it can achieve many magical feats, not to mention the drawback that it absorbs damage, making it more sensitive to pain than ordinary people.

None of them are as good as Marco's Bird-Bird Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Phoenix form.

At least this thing has an amazing self-healing and regeneration ability.

Injuries can be immediately healed by flames, but it consumes energy. Unfortunately, this ability overlaps somewhat with the life-restoring ability.

Similarly, its effectiveness is not high.

In comparison, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is completely different.

While it may be slightly slower than the Glint-Glint Fruit, it has more advantages and is more practical. First of all, its destructive power surpasses that of the Glint-Glint Fruit.

The Glint-Glint Fruit surpasses the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in terms of single-target penetrating power, while the Rumble-Rumble Fruit possesses an unparalleled wide-range destructive power.

Whether it's Wan Lei, Lei Ying, or the 200 Million Volt Thor, they are all stronger than the Glint-Glint Fruit.

It also provides an extremely high boost to Observation Haki.