Since taking care of Teach, Sage has been waiting for the appearance of the fruit.
He is confident that both fruits will choose him, because there's no one else in the world more compatible, especially with his strong will that constantly thinks about consuming both fruits. Attracted by this will, the fruit would certainly reincarnate right in front of him.
Now, one has reincarnated.
The result was just as Sage expected, that demonic ability was locked within him.
"How peculiar..."
Lily marveled, "You actually consumed a second fruit, Sage. You mentioned before, there's nothing special about your physique, is it merely by pure will?"
"Just as Haki transcends everything in the world, Haki represents willpower, and ultimately, will can influence the world."
Sage smiled slightly, "Then, my will surpasses the fruit's will over the world, influencing the fruit. Naturally, I can also accommodate another Devil Fruit. Will transcends everything, in other words... I transcend everything!"
After consuming the Devil Fruit, the Ability User becomes like Moriah's shadow, changing through the shadow to influence the body, mimicking the shadow's actions.
The fruit doesn't reside in the body but assimilates on the will, and upon deep research, it'll be found that the power contained within the Devil Fruit is actually the world's perception imposed on the fruit, and gradually developed over time.
"To consume the second fruit doesn't require being as special as Teach, of course, it also requires a strong enough physique to withstand the second fruit's infusion. But most importantly, it's necessary to conquer the will."
Sage dispersed the vibrating white light in his hand, and lightly tapped his forehead with his finger, "With will beyond the world, naturally the fruit's power can be molded as one wishes. The world's perception is certainly strong, but it has its limits, because most people's imagination only goes that far. But if it is surpassed, then the expansion of power is according to one's desires. A hundredfold? No, for me, limits have long ceased to exist, the only constraint is time."
Like the Flame-Flame Fruit's fire, the world's perception is just ordinary fire, its temperature can't surpass magma, let alone solar flames.
Magnet-Magnet Fruit can never develop a powerful magnetic field, not to mention such fundamental forces that can be deemed as world-ending level.
The world's perception doesn't allow such development, only by surpassing this perception, can development be directed as one wishes.
That's why More-More Fruit provides amplification to personal mass and form, and why the More-More Fruit allows reverse compression.
Very early on, he surpassed the world through his personal strong will.
More-More Fruit could be renamed Sage Fruit.
"As long as personal destructive will once again surpasses the world's perception, transcends the devil's will, then it will be possible to consume the third, fourth, fifth fruit... What a pity!"
Snap!
He suddenly reached out and grabbed a fruit, at that moment, the fruit transformed in his hand from a normal fruit to a purple-black shape, akin to a burning flame fruit.
Dark-Dark Fruit!
With the appearance of the first, naturally comes the second!
Sage chuckled lowly, "If you had appeared first, the new plan could have been initiated! No need to rush... being a little bit late, just wait a bit longer."
He handed the fruit to Lily, "Take care of it, until the day I use it."
"It really has appeared again..."
Lily took the Dark-Dark Fruit, inspecting it, asked, "Why not consume it together?"
"Hahahaha, haven't conquered the Tremor yet, consuming it would be expelled, for now, keep it stored."
Sage laughed heartily, "Wait until I become a bona fide 'God of Destruction' before discussing further!"
He knew his own bad luck well, discovering Devil Fruits naturally was unlikely, can only forcibly peel the fruit using Dark-Dark.
If the Dark-Dark appeared first, then becoming a life-form like 'Tot Musica' is also an option.
Forcing the combination of fruits related to More-More, becoming stronger than Tot Musica's life form.
If his speculation is correct, then the individual on the Void Throne could be in such form.
But since Dark-Dark is not the priority, focusing on one's self isn't a bad choice.
No destiny decisions, just the reason for first-come, first-served.
More-More Fruit renaming to Sage Fruit wouldn't be wrong at all, but it's still Paramecia-Type, even after Sage's death, it would only leave that limit.
Generations of Ability Users are like game leaderboards, someone might rise to first, break limits, create new records, waiting for successors to ascend and challenge.
The legend Sage leaves must be grand enough to transform More-More Fruit into a new Mythical.
He's not interested in clinging to a single ability; Tremor has arrived just in time.
Vibration, Element, Amplification...
With his supreme body technique skills, as long as the legendary degree is high enough, after his death, a new fruit could emerge out of thin air.
Human-Human Fruit, Mythical, God of Destruction Form, can also be named...
"By then, just like Nika, I could become the 'Sage' form! Hahahaha! Though I don't care for immortality, I'm highly interested in leaving a profound mark on the world!"
Sage laughed heartily, "Nika is the Warrior of Liberation, while I am the Landlord of Dominion! The world has oppositions and conflicts, only then can it truly be a world! Oppression isn't sophisticated enough, eventually it will be eliminated by the world!"