But it was no use, his body was already completely taken by the tree, and he started eating. One chomp, and then another, the thick syrup like juices flowed down Shichiro's mouth, and it even made him eat a bit of it to copy its DNA and other biological functions, and he was lucky it did. He was eating it like an apple, saving a moist and juicy core for last, and soon, that was also in his mouth. He managed to fight back the ferocious urge to chew and swallow for a little while, but then he swallowed the fruit whole. The forest was suddenly back, the illusion held on him, and he immediately clutched his stomach. There was an intense pain coursing through his body as his stomach was dissolving the fruit, and he immediately attempted to vomit by sticking his fingers in his mouth, which resulted in nothing but dry heaving. He knew about the structure of the plant and how it was attempting to swell his mana capacity to bursting, and this would leave him without any mana, simply a civilian after that, and he was trying desperately to avoid that. He simply could not make himself vomit by using the fingers down the throat method, as apparently the fruit didn't want that, so he punched himself repeatedly in the stomach, again, nothing but dry heaving and no effect. Getting desperate, and managed to stave off the pain for a little while, enough to get a stick. He sharpened the stick, and made sure to think clearly before shoving the stick down his throat. From his training, he knew that the esophagus he had was about one foot in length leading to the stomach opening, and then he had to move the stick about an inch away from himself so that he didn't puncture the lining of his stomach.