Matthew Atkinson
Oxford, United Kingdom
After their conversation with the principal, Matthew returned to his dormitory, turned on his computer, and logged into the university's official website.
He first checked his student points.
This was the first time he had checked, and he was surprised to find that he had over two thousand points.
As the professor mentioned before, student points consist of fixed monthly points plus bonus points.
Matthew had always been a student in Class B, and his fixed monthly points should be 80.
But Matthew, who should have been in Class A, was relegated to Class B due to a plot by someone in the administration.
Although he later chose to remain in Class B, Professor Holland spoke with the administration and ensured he received the same points as a Class A student.
Therefore, Matthew received 100 points per month instead of 80.
But only eight months had passed since university started, and accumulating two thousand points in that time meant the university was giving him plenty of bonus points.
Matthew found the exchange module, exchanged his student points for auction points, and then logged into the auction website.
By now, the auction website was already filled with messages from students across the country.
"So many supernatural items? The Ministry of Education has really gone all out this time."
"Heh, most of them are one-time use supernatural items, not good stuff..."
"This guy is brave. Aren't you afraid of not graduating, mate?"
"Holy crap. I saw a pair of super-fast boots. I want them."
"I want those super-powerful gauntlets, don't even try to take them from me."
"Holy crap. There's a Tremor-Tremor Fruit? They dare to put this harmful thing up for auction?"
"Hahaha, I know this Tremor-Tremor Fruit. It belongs to one of my high school classmates. When he came out of the Holy Land, his face turned green."
"Who would spend points to buy the Tremor-Tremor Fruit? Is the Ministry of Education joking about bringing this out?"
"No, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is known as the strongest Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. It's not as bad as you guys make it out to be, is it?"
"Hey mate, I suggest you search for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit online, then you'll understand why it's so disliked..."
"If they had brought it out earlier, maybe someone would have been willing to pay for its training enhancement effect. Now that so much time has passed, the training effect of this Tremor-Tremor Fruit should have disappeared long ago, right? It's just a piece of junk now, only an idiot would want it."
At the sight of these comments, Matthew was immediately stunned.
Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
How could something this powerful appear at an auction?
He immediately clicked the "Auction Items" section and began searching within.
The Ministry of Education has indeed prepared quite a few supernatural items this time, but most are one-time-use props.
Soon, Matthew found what he was looking for. It was a blue, pear-shaped Devil Fruit, with the lower part cracked.
Below the picture was an introduction from the official website.
[The Tremor-Tremor Fruit: Once eaten, it grants the user the superpower to generate tremors, making it incredibly powerful and hailed as the strongest Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. However, each use of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power also causes a backlash against the user, requiring an extremely strong physique to use.]
[Note: This Tremor-Tremor Fruit was obtained last May, more than 200 days ago. Its training-enhancing effects may already have worn off. Use with caution.]
When Matthew read the explanation, he understood one of the problems with Devil Fruit.
Many abilities gained in the Holy Land enhanced the user's training effectiveness. At least for a certain period.
During this time, supernatural individuals could increase their attributes faster through training.
But there were exceptions. Like Kryptonian Bloodline. Matthew's ability didn't provide him with any training enhancement.
And another thing about abilities obtained from the Holy Land was that the more quickly they were used, the better.
These supernatural abilities began to lose their training-enhancing properties if they weren't used. And if they weren't used for a long time, they completely lost those properties.
That's why, in high school, when Matthew exchanged Kryptonian Bloodline for Flame-Flame Fruit with Natalie, the vice principal advised Natalie to eat the Devil Fruit immediately.
So, this Tremor-Tremor Fruit currently possessed only the superpower to generate tremors and no longer had a training-enhancing effect.
...
But Matthew didn't care about that effect.
When he saw the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, his eyes lit up.
This... This thing was GOLD.
Whitebeard from the One Piece anime possessed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, a Devil Fruit capable of destroying the world.
Earthquakes, air tremors, space cracks, and even massive tsunamis could easily be triggered.
Matthew could never have imagined that something so powerful could be useless in this world.
It received treatment similar to that of the Kryptonian Bloodline.
The fact that the Kryptonian Bloodline didn't work was understandable because there was no sunlight in this world.
But what about the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
Thinking of this, Matthew immediately opened a search engine and searched for information about the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
And soon he figured out the reason.
It turned out that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had a major side effect.
Each time this ability was used, although it could deal damage far exceeding the user's own capacity, it also generated a strong recoil force that could harm the user.
Simply put, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power could backfire on the user's body.
Without a strong physique, it was impossible to control this ability.
So far, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had appeared a total of five times in the Holy Land.
The first four users did not die in the supernatural realm. They died suddenly at a young age.
Through physical examinations, doctors discovered that the cause of their sudden death was too many hidden internal injuries within their bodies.
When this news came out, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was immediately designated as a "forbidden fruit" by countless supernatural individuals.
There was a saying in the supernatural world: If you're not tough enough, don't use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Although it was said in jest, it still frightened quite a few people.
So, in May, when a high school student in Scotland obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit from the Holy Land, he dared not eat it at all.
The main reason was that the other party came from a wealthy family and had no need to try his luck in the Supernatural Realm.
In addition, the side effects of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit also led him to choose to give up.
Matthew believed that if a child from a poor family, or someone who craved power, obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, they would still eat it, even knowing its severe side effects.
At worst, they can simply forgo using the tremor ability and rely on the training-enhancing effect provided by the Devil Fruit.
And now this Tremor-Tremor Fruit has been stored for over two hundred days.
Its most important training-enhancing effect was long gone, leaving only the simple tremor ability.
For most people, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was indeed a useless thing right now.
Moreover, it made the person who ate it weak to seawater and sea stones. Therefore, it was normal for students to see it only as something harmful.
...
Thinking about this, Matthew was somewhat moved.
He had a feeling he couldn't quite explain about this Tremor-Tremor Fruit. It was as if fate had saved this fruit for him.
He wouldn't lie.
After Natalie obtained the Witch's Bloodline at the eighth layer and gained her second ability, Matthew decided to find a second ability for himself as well.
The Witch's Bloodline description stated that because it's a bloodline, it couldn't be used by someone who had combined it with another bloodline card.
However, a Devil Fruit user like Natalie merging it with the Witch's Bloodline posed no problems.
Following this logic, Matthew, being a Bloodline user, eating a Devil Fruit shouldn't pose a problem either.
Then a smile suddenly appeared on Matthew's face.
Others may fear the side effects of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but he had absolutely nothing to fear.
With his Steel Body and Supreme Level Armament Haki, no amount of recoil could harm him.
The destructive power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was extremely high.
Although Matthew was very powerful now, he didn't mind having more tricks up his sleeve.
Having more abilities was never a bad thing. Moreover, the tremors a Tremor-Tremor user could create depended on the user's strength.
And when Matthew used this fruit with the power of a Kryptonian, he could unleash destruction beyond anyone's imagination.
So, he really wanted that Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
The only problem now was whether Matthew would have any conflict with his Kryptonian Bloodline if he got the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and ate it.
Natalie didn't have this problem, but she received the Witch's Bloodline as a reward at the eighth layer. And the Supernatural Realm may have specifically set up the reward so that it wouldn't conflict with other abilities.
But for Matthew, Tremor-Tremor Fruit was a supernatural ability obtained from the Holy Land.
Similarly, the Kryptonian Bloodline was a supernatural ability acquired in the Holy Land.
Matthew had no idea whether any conflict would arise if two Holy Land abilities were to appear in the same person.
So, he did what anyone would do: Googled it.
Well... Google didn't exist in this world, but whatever.
He searched online and found that most people said there was no conflict.
Some powerful supernatural individuals even possess two kinds of Holy Land abilities.
As for how they obtained the other kind of Holy Land ability, only they themselves know, and it certainly wasn't obtained through coercion.
It seemed Natalie wasn't alone in possessing two supernatural abilities.
On the other hand, although everyone online said there was no conflict, Matthew wanted to be sure. After all, his life was at stake.
Matthew picked up his phone and dialed Professor Holland's number, intending to ask him for advice.
"Matthew? You called me for something? Do you feel you don't have enough auction points?"
Before Matthew could speak, Professor Holland said, "Don't worry, you and Natalie are different from the other students. Your accounts have special privileges. When an item is being auctioned, if there is competition, you can use points on credit without limit."
Matthew: "..."
Was this for real?
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Ch.161: A New Project
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