Excite Bullets

Excite Bullets are a type of disease carrying ammunition invented by "Queen the Plague" and used by members of the Beasts Pirates.

Excite Bullets
Each bullet appears as a small, dark-colored ball that can be loaded into and fired normally from a flintlock. Each Excite Bullet contains a disease that will infect a victim upon being hit by one of the bullets. Apart from the effect of the virus, a hit from an Excite Bullet seems to be non-lethal.

Excite Shot
An Excite Shot is a cannonball-sized variation of the Excite Bullet which contains 200 doses worth of virus, as indicated by the number written on it in light text. In the VIZ manga, these are called Plague Shots.

Babanuki attempted to use one against a crowd surrounding Luffy's group inside of the Prisoner Mine by shooting it out of his elephant's trunk. However, the effects remain unseen as Luffy tangled the trunk, causing the shot to explode in Babanuki's chest.

Mummy


Mummy is a fast-acting, highly contagious virus that causes the victim to become severely dehydrated and shriveled, giving them an appearance similar to that of a mummy. It also causes everlasting pain to the victim.

Due to the contagious nature of the virus, the victim will spread it to others upon contact, thus allowing for a wider range of effect and an increased number of casualties. This means that the shooter does not necessarily have to hit the intended target, but can instead simply choose to shoot those around them and use the victims as living weapons, a strategy Daifugo attempted to use against Monkey D. Luffy who had proven too elusive, by infecting nearby prisoners instead.

Those who receive the infection from an Excite Shot are left with a small skull-shaped mark on their skin in the place they were hit.

Ice Oni
Ice Oni is a contagious virus that causes the victim to be suffer a severe decrease in their bodily temperature and be covered in a layer of ice, which takes a demonic shape. Queen refers to this virus as the best one he has created, calling it his "Shining Jewel".

Just like Mummy, the victim will spread it to others upon contact. Unlike Mummy, however, the victims appear to lose their reasoning, becoming highly aggressive and attacking anyone in their surroundings indiscriminately.

Trivia

 * The "Excite" part of the Excite Bullets' name is a pun based on the the words "ekisai" (疫災) and "excite" (エキサイト). The Viz translation attempts to retain this pun by calling them "Plague Rounds", which sounds like "playgrounds".
 * This matches their creator's epithet: Queen the Plague (疫災のクイーン)
 * The Excite Shot is likely based upon similar anti-personnel artillery ammunition, such as Canister Shot, which frequently saw use in naval battles including even by some pirates.

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