Tap, tap, tap!
Having rested enough, Brian left the dining hall and headed toward the training ground.
As he walked, he continued pondering.
"Based on the current situation, the New World will remain chaotic for quite some time."
"However, for me, this presents a rare period of free time."
"It's time to resume developing the Bunch-Bunch Fruit."
According to the vast amount of shared intelligence collected by Shakuyaku, the New World would maintain this chaotic state in the short term.
Not just the New World—even the first half of the Grand Line and the four seas would continue in turmoil.
Once pirates' desires and schemers' madness were stirred up, they wouldn't easily settle down anytime soon.
But this chaos wouldn't significantly affect him for the time being.
Afterward, he only needed to maintain regular duties alongside other executives, handling pirates or CP organizations as assigned.
For Brian, this was a precious window of leisure.
It had been about two years and two months since he set sail.
The first two years were spent laying low, busy collecting resources and giving birth to Beast Girls.
Joining the Rocks Pirates two months ago had made him increasingly busy without a moment's rest.
Now, his Beast Girl Legion was about to experience explosive growth.
His personal strength would also find it difficult to reach the higher Emperor Tier in the short term.
Naturally, Brian needed to pick up the development of the Bunch-Bunch Fruit again.
Over the years, his progress with the Bunch-Bunch Fruit hadn't been particularly deep.
Mainly, it was limited to generating clumps and taming Beast Girls.
He could clearly sense that his fruit ability still had considerable room for growth, with a long way to go before awakening.
Since he had time now, it was natural to focus on researching the Millet-Millet Fruit.
"In the original work, the development of the Millet-Millet Fruit was quite simple—just taming, without much other description."
"Ultimately, developing Devil Fruits depends on the person who eats them; the original work is just a reference."
"What if I inject Haki into the generated clumps, allowing those who eat them to temporarily possess my Haki?"
"If applied to my Mythical Zoan Beast Girls, wouldn't that be incredible?"
"Or perhaps stamina clumps—condensing my stamina, directly extracting and crafting it into clumps."
"After eating them, quickly recover stamina, unleash several big moves in a fight, then eat more clumps and continue bombarding the battlefield."
"Tsk, tsk, just thinking about it makes me feel sorry for future enemies."
"And there are Explosive Clumps, Life Clumps, and so many other directions to explore..."
...
With memories from the original work and his previous life, Brian's ideas were more wildly imaginative than anyone else in this world.
This was especially evident in developing fruit abilities.
He didn't need to strictly follow the development paths of previous fruit users recorded in the encyclopedia.
By thinking outside the box, he could always find a path better suited to himself.
Of course, the abilities mentioned above were still part of his conjectures.
Whether they could be realized, and how feasible they were, would depend on practical results.
"Hah~"
"Haa~"
"Keep going, keep going, Xuan, are you tired?"
"Hahaha, I'm definitely the strongest after all."
Before he knew it, Brian had arrived at the training ground.
Even before entering, he could hear the chaotic sounds of training coming from inside.
Along with the arrogant laughter of Tiger Girl Yin.
"Two tigers cannot share one mountain, unless one is male and the other female."
"That saying really holds true, even if one of them is a female leopard."
Shaking his head, Brian walked straight into the training ground.
Sure enough, in the center of the arena, Tiger Girl and Leopard Girl were constantly engaged in combat.
Bang bang bang~
The Six Styles and even Haki were being used with increasing proficiency by the two.
Their powerful attacks collided, continuously dealing critical damage to the training ground.
Leaving the training area full of pits and craters.
Tiger Girl Yin and Leopard Girl Xuan were the two most combative among the first batch of Beast Girls born under his command.
They had been competing with each other from the very beginning.
Even now, as the number of Beast Girls under him continued to grow, their rivalry hadn't ceased.
The only saving grace was that they at least knew their limits.
While they fought, they never took it to the point of lethal force.
Brian had no intention of stopping them anyway, since nothing serious would happen.
He walked straight toward the right side of the training ground, where a petite figure was continuously training.
The Six Styles still appeared quite clumsy in her hands, but she had indeed begun to grasp them.
"Mi, stop for a moment."
"Meow, Master, Master, you're here!"
The Beast Girl who was training stopped when Brian called her, cheering with delight.
Her agile figure quickly leaped up, directly onto Brian's back, bouncing with excitement.
Her behavior was completely that of a cat's.
This was the second newest Beast Girl added to Brian's ranks - Cat Girl.
She was from the same batch as Cow Girl, who was still sleeping.
Born from the Zoan Type Common Type·Cat-Cat Fruit·Tabby Cat Form.
Her entire body was covered in light yellow fur, with a tail held high adorned with a purple bow.
Her anthropomorphic outfit differed from the previous Beast Girls - she wore light red shorts.
However, what should have been a very lively demeanor
was completely overshadowed by the pink glow currently shining from her eyes.
Cat Girl, with a lively personality, prefers to express her feelings through actions.
Once she enters her heat cycle, she becomes more clingy and affectionate, yet even more attached.
Fortunately, she was still in her normal state at the moment.
Brian had named the Cat Girl Mi, after a cat he had raised in his previous life whose nickname was Mimi.
"Master, Master, I've already learned all the Six Styles!"
"Did you see? Am I not amazing?"
Being cute and acting spoiled came naturally to Cat Girl.
"Yes, yes, Mi is the most amazing, very good."
"Next, you can continue with Haki training."
"Mhm mhm, Sisters Yin and Xuan have both been teaching me."
"Though, they started fighting again."
Pointing at the two still battling, Mi sounded somewhat helpless.
Both of them were her training instructors, so this kind of situation had become normal.
Even now, she still couldn't quite get used to it.
"It's fine, let them finish their fight."
"Where's Fu?"
Brian noticed that Bat Girl wasn't around and asked.
As for Dog Girl and Sheep Girl, there was no need to look for them now.
After what happened this morning, they were definitely still avoiding him.
"Fu went out alone, said she was going to hunt some Sea Kings from the sea surface."
"Said it would be good practice for her abilities."
"I understand. Then continue with your training."
"I need to do some special training myself."
"Yay! Don't worry Master, Mi will protect you well."
Seeing Mi, who only had the strength of a Rear Admiral, behave like this warmed Brian's heart.
Although Mi's strength was far inferior to his, this attitude made him, as both her master and creator, feel quite comfortable.
The relationship between the Beast Girl Legion and him had already begun to transcend the typical master-servant hierarchy.
It was gradually moving closer to becoming like family.
Only with the Beast Girls would Brian feel completely safe entrusting his back to them.
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