Infinite Regeneration In The Apocalypse-Chapter 138: The Fruit And Gloria’s Upgrade!
Gloria was confused at first about what exactly she was looking at. "What kind of fruit is this? I’ve never seen anything shaped like this before."
She took the fruit carefully from his hand and examined it more closely, turning it over and studying its unusual form. "It looks like a tiny baby," she said with a mischievous giggle at the strange appearance.
But then, suddenly, recognition dawned on her. The pieces connected in her mind. A fruit shaped like a baby? That distinctive form was mentioned in stories and legends, but she’d never actually seen one in person before.
"Wait... is this... an Evolution Fruit!?" Her eyes went impossibly wide with shock, and she gasped so loudly it echoed in the small room.
Her hands holding the fruit began trembling violently, as though she were holding red-hot iron that was burning her palms. She looked like she wanted to drop it but couldn’t bring herself to let go of something so precious.
She stared at Vogue with absolute disbelief written across her face. She vaguely remembered that Vogue had donated one of these fruits to the academy during that ceremony, but she had been standing at a far distance during that presentation and hadn’t been able to see the actual fruit up close.
Now, holding it in her own hands and examining it directly, there was absolutely no doubt about what this was.
This single fruit was worth hundreds of millions of credits on the open market. There was constant, overwhelming demand for Evolution Fruits, but the supply was almost nonexistent because they could only be obtained during Osympic Trials and even then were extremely rare drops.
Gloria couldn’t believe that Vogue would simply hand over something this incredibly valuable to her! They hadn’t even been in a relationship for very long—just a few weeks of secret meetings and growing affection. And while she loved Vogue deeply with all her heart, she honestly hadn’t known whether he felt the same intensity of emotion toward her or was just enjoying a casual fling with an older woman.
She had genuinely worried that with his incredible potential and growing power, he would eventually outgrow her and move on to someone more suitable to his new status. That fear had kept her up some nights, wondering how long their connection would last.
But this gift changed everything. This wasn’t just an expensive present. This was like a bold, unambiguous confession saying "I love you deeply and I will never abandon you." The value of what he was giving her spoke louder than any words possibly could.
Her entire mind trembled with overwhelming emotion. Her heart felt like it might burst from the intensity of feeling flooding through her. Even her body reacted—she could feel wetness trickling between her legs as arousal mixed with deep emotional connection, her vagina becoming slick with desire.
Her love for Vogue, which had already been considerable, suddenly increased exponentially. If it was possible to quantify such things, her affection had just jumped to one thousand percent of what it had been moments before.
"I... I don’t even know what to say," Gloria stammered, tears forming at the corners of her eyes. "This is too much, Vogue. This is worth more than my entire life savings. I can’t possibly—"
Vogue smiled gently at her speechlessness and placed one finger against her lips to stop her protests.
"There’s no need to say anything at all," he interrupted softly. "Just eat the fruit and awaken a second element. That’s all the thanks I need."
Gloria had awakened an E-Rank healing-touch talent during her own Osympic Trial years ago. It was an incredibly useful ability for medical work, which was why she had become a school nurse. But E-Rank was considered quite low, and a purely supportive healing talent meant she could never advance beyond working in safe, civilian positions.
However, if she could awaken a second talent—literally any second talent, no matter how low the rank—she would immediately become a dual awakener. That status alone would make her highly sought after by various companies and organizations throughout the city.
Just the reputation and prestige of having a dual-talent employee could raise a company’s stock value by a huge amount. She would go from being a modestly paid school nurse to having her choice of lucrative positions with benefits and security.
"I’ll take it when I get back home to my apartment," Gloria said, carefully setting the fruit aside on the small bedside table. "First, let me say a proper thank you to you for this incredible gift."
She repositioned herself to straddle his lap more directly, facing him with her legs on either side of his hips. Then she leaned in and began kissing him passionately, her hands running through his hair. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
But after just a few heated moments, Vogue gently pulled back and stopped the escalation.
"I know you’re extremely eager to consume the fruit and find out what second talent you’ll awaken," Vogue said with understanding. "Your mind is going to be completely focused on that fruit and what might happen, which means you won’t be able to properly concentrate on sex. Trust me, I know how distracting anticipation can be."
He smiled kindly. "Eat the fruit first and complete your awakening. Then afterward, when you’re not distracted, we can do other intimate things together. The fruit is more important right now."
"You know me far too well," Gloria said with slight embarrassment, realizing he was absolutely correct. Her mind had indeed been racing with possibilities even while she was trying to kiss him.
She climbed down from his lap and sat cross-legged on the bed in a meditation position, settling herself properly. She picked up the Evolution Fruit again and held it carefully in both hands.
Gloria glanced at Vogue, who was watching her with an encouraging smile on his face. His support gave her the confidence she needed.
She brought the fruit to her lips and took a large bite. The taste was incredible like the most perfect mango she had ever eaten, sweet and juicy with complex flavors that seemed to shift with each chew.
She continued eating quickly, consuming the entire fruit within two minutes. She even ate the seeds, not wanting to waste any potential benefit.
Then she swallowed the last bite and closed her eyes, settling into deep meditation as she felt the fruit’s energy beginning to spread through her body.
Vogue watched carefully, ready to intervene if anything seemed to go wrong during the awakening process. But he was confident it would be fine. Evolution Fruits were designed by the Omnibus System to be safe when consumed properly.
Now they just had to wait and see what second talent Gloria would receive.
Gloria sat completely still in her meditation position, her breathing becoming slow and rhythmic as she focused inward. Her hands rested gently on her knees, palms facing upward in the traditional cultivation posture.
For the first few minutes, nothing happened. Gloria opened her eyes and blinked at Vogue with a puzzled expression on her face as the Evolution Fruit’s energy dispersed throughout her body at the cellular level.
At that moment, her body began to glow a soft green light. It gentle at first but growing steadily brighter. The light pulsed in rhythm with her heartbeat, creating waves of luminescence that flowed across her body like water.
Vogue leaned forward with interest, watching the transformation carefully. He had never actually witnessed someone else consuming an Evolution Fruit before, so this was educational as well as personally important to him.
The green glow intensified dramatically, becoming so bright that Vogue had to squint slightly to look directly at her. The light filled the entire small room, casting dancing shadows on the walls and ceiling.
Then something extraordinary happened.
Gloria’s original E-Rank healing talent, which had been dormant and passive inside her spiritual core, suddenly activated on its own. The talent responded to the Evolution Fruit’s energy like a sleeping creature waking up after years of hibernation.
At the exact same moment, a new talent began forming. The ten percent chance had triggered successfully. A second awakening was occurring.
But instead of manifesting as a completely separate ability like ice manipulation or fire control or enhanced strength, this new talent was also healing-based. It was an A-Rank healing talent, vastly more powerful than her original E-Rank ability.
The two healing talents, one old and weak and one new and strong, suddenly began resonating with each other inside Gloria’s spiritual space. They vibrated at matching frequencies, drawn together by their fundamental similarity.
Then, impossibly, the two talents began to merge.
This shouldn’t have been possible according to normal cultivation theory. Talents were supposed to be distinct and separate, each one operating independently even in dual awakeners. But the Evolution Fruit’s divine energy was facilitating something that broke the standard rules.
The E-Rank talent and the A-Rank talent spiraled around each other, intertwining like two strands of DNA combining into a double helix. The weaker talent was absorbed into the stronger one, but it didn’t simply disappear. Instead, it provided foundational structure and stability that allowed the A-Rank talent to transcend its original limitations.
The merged talent began evolving further, climbing beyond A-Rank into territory that very few people ever reached.
It transformed into an S-Rank talent.
But more than that, it became something unique and unprecedented—a specialized healing ability so powerful it deserved its own legendary name.
[Talent Awakening Complete]
[Original Talent: Healing Touch (E-Rank) - MERGED]
[New Talent: Advanced Regeneration (A-Rank) - MERGED]
[Combined Result: God-Hand Rebirth (S-Rank)]
