Chapter 42: Rainbow Fruit!

Chapter 42: Rainbow Fruit!

Roughly ten minutes later.

Beli successfully crossed the outermost perimeter of the Boeing Islands—the "Forest of Bandits," which was swarming with all kinds of large creatures.

Along the way.

Beli eliminated numerous mutated organisms, including but not limited to giant cockroaches, man-eating sunflowers, and disguised man-eating plants, harvesting a total of 3 E-rank Baits.

The danger level of the outermost "Forest of Bandits" on the Boeing Islands was self-evident.

After finishing off a giant earthworm blocking his path and harvesting his fourth E-rank Bait, Beli stepped into the central region of the Boeing Islands—the Temptation Forest, filled with the allure of various foods.

The first thing that caught his eye was a completely absurd ramen waterfall!

Naruto fishcakes the size of door panels, giant soft-boiled eggs split in half, thick chunks of chashu pork, and finely shredded nori flakes filled the air with an incomparably rich aroma.

Beli shifted his gaze away from the ramen waterfall and looked around.

Beneath the ramen waterfall, what appeared to be a rocky terrain was actually a thick layer of meat chunks, roasted to a mouth-watering aroma by some unknown force;

Looking further to the side, there were pasta shrubs, ham fruits, chocolate rocks, hot dog bushes, and so on.

Beli felt as though he had been placed inside a dreamy kingdom of gastronomy!

"What completely unreasonable plant-based organisms..."

Beli squatted down, plucked a tender green blade of grass from the ground, popped it into his mouth to taste, and found it was actually a sweet apple-flavored candy stick.

"It doesn't quite look like it grew naturally; rather, it looks like the handiwork of some Devil Fruit user—"

"Hmm, could it be the Paramecia-class Food-Food Fruit, mastered by Streusen, the head chef of the Big Mom Pirates, which allows one to turn anything in the world into ingredients?"

Beli didn't mean that Streusen had created this entire Boeing Islands.

Rather, he meant that some past user of the Food-Food Fruit had utilized their fruit ability and botanical concepts to create super plants like the "Baron of the Stomach."

"Insufficient intelligence to deduce the absolute truth, but it should be pretty close."

Beli discarded the half-eaten apple grass in his hand and looked around.

The biological density in this Temptation Forest was by no means inferior to the preceding Forest of Bandits.

The problem, however, was that the creatures in the Temptation Forest were not filled with aggressiveness and cannibalism like those in the first half's Forest of Bandits.

Deeply mesmerized by the super delicacies of the Temptation Forest, every single one of these creatures had eaten until they were plump and round. Not only had their wild instincts plummeted drastically, but their desire to attack had also diminished to an unknown extent.

In short.

They were all ruined by pampering!

Chubby antelopes, chubby wild boars, chubby leopards, chubby little birds, chubby cows...

Beli thought he had wandered onto the animation set of *If the Animal Kingdom Were All Fat*.

"For now, it's better not to deal with these obese creatures. Let's build a temporary shelter first!"

A thought flickered through Beli's mind.

Constructing a shelter on the Boeing Islands was no easy task.

The "island ground" here was actually the digestive organ of the Baron of the Stomach.

At a certain fixed time every day, the Baron of the Stomach would directly tilt these grounds, dumping all the plump creatures in the Temptation Forest right into the feeding mouth at the very center of the island!

Of course, the outermost Forest of Bandits was not within the manipulation range of the Baron of the Stomach.

Logically speaking, it would be most appropriate for Beli to build a temporary camp in the Forest of Bandits.

However, the density of giant creatures in the Forest of Bandits was exceptionally high.

Once Beli went out hunting and left the temporary shelter, there was a risk of the shelter being destroyed by other creatures.

Even if Beli stayed inside the temporary shelter, those starving large creatures that refused to enter the Temptation Forest still had the potential to actively launch attacks on him!

Building a temporary shelter in the Forest of Bandits meant not having to worry about destruction by the Baron of the Stomach, but the danger level was very high.

In contrast.

Building a temporary shelter in the Temptation Forest had no such concerns.

The only thing that needed to be worried about was the anchoring problem of the temporary shelter.

"Let's just find a tree thick enough in the Temptation Forest and make a treehouse!"

Having made up his mind, Beli immediately sprang into action.

With the [Beast Breath: Spatial Perception] fully activated, Beli quickly found a giant tree whose shape and thickness met his requirements.

The trunk of this tree was thick enough for several people to embrace, and its lush branches hung densely with lantern-like pink watermelons.

"Compared to everything else, pink watermelons growing on a tree actually seem somewhat reasonable?"

Beli didn't bother looking for other handy tools to help hollow out the trunk.

For Beli at present, his hands were the best tools.

To be precise, it was [Finger Pistol]!

Thud-thud-thud-thud—

A dense sound like a pile driver rang out.

Acting like an emotionless robot, Beli crazily thrust his hands into the thick trunk before him.

Accompanied by wildly flying wood chips.

Beli quickly excavated a very spacious interior treehouse from the giant tree that required several people to hug. The bed, chairs, table, shelves, and other furniture were all closely connected to the giant tree itself, so there was no need to worry about the risk of collapse.

It was now evening.

Beli finished the construction of the treehouse, casually reached out the window, and plucked a large, round pink watermelon.

While enjoying the watermelon, Beli fished out the four E-rank Baits he had obtained earlier.

These baits were all low-grade E-baits, which fused together to form a top-tier E-bait.

"I wonder what kind of thing this fishing will pull up; I just hope it's not some kind of food!"

Beli muttered to himself inwardly, glancing sideways at the Goddess of Luck's cup.

"O Goddess of Luck with great assets! Fishing!"

[Fishing in progress...]

[Harvest type for this fishing: Item]

[E-rank Item: Rainbow Fruit]

[Item Origin: Toriko]

[Item Description: Named 'Rainbow Fruit' because the aroma of its juice forms a seven-colored rainbow in the air, and upon consumption, its flavor undergoes seven stages of change depending on the surrounding temperature and humidity.]

[Item Effects: 1. Can serve as the dessert for a Full Course Menu; 2. Juice manufacturing. Note: A single drop of pure Rainbow Fruit juice can turn the water of a 25-meter swimming pool into rich and mellow fruit juice.]

[Item Evaluation: You're going to have a good juice time.]

A vibrant fruit the size of Beli's own head materialized in his hands, its flesh plump and round, and a faint fruity fragrance formed a hazy rainbow inside the wooden house.

"Tch! Food! The food I need the least!"

Beli picked up the Rainbow Fruit, leaned in, and took a gentle bite.

The rich and mellow juice exploded like a bomb in Beli's mouth, and his taste buds were instantly and completely occupied by this overwhelmingly sweet flavor.

If the visual effects didn't forbid it, Beli would have torn his clothes off right then and there!

说了 "Is this food? This must be a medicinal fruit!!"

Beli forcibly restrained himself from devouring the entire Rainbow Fruit in one go.

He turned his head and looked at the pink watermelon outside the window.

The pink watermelon, which had seemed so sweet and thirst-quenching in Beli's eyes just moments ago, now looked like a bland model made of a pile of sand.

Having taken merely a single bite of the Rainbow Fruit, Beli had completely lost all worldly interest in other fruits.

"Damn it! Don't tell me I'm actually going to starve to death on the Boeing Islands!"