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Loguetown, Port!
"Clatter! Clatter!"
Moji, the beast tamer of Buggy's crew, was squatting beside the Going Merry with his pet lion Richie.
Moji continuously struck matches, attempting to ignite the dynamite and blow up the Going Merry.
"Damn it! Why is there this rain!"
Moji shouted unwillingly.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Just then, a series of footsteps approached.
"Hm?!"
Moji looked over.
"It's you! Cat Burglar Nami!"
Moji glared at Nami, who was running towards them with large and small bags, gritting his teeth in hatred.
If Nami hadn't tied up Captain Buggy's body parts, they wouldn't have suffered so much.
Richie was almost eaten by the natives of a small island!
"Go! Richie, take them down!"
Moji pointed at Nami and yelled.
"Usopp, quickly go and take care of that lion."
Nami commanded.
"Me?!"
Looking at the super huge lion, Usopp's face turned green.
However, this was precisely Luen's first step to becoming a Warrior of the Sea!
He, Usopp, was a brave man recognized by Luen!
Usopp roared, pulled out his slingshot.
"Sure-Kill! Egg Star!"
Usopp took out an egg and shot it towards Richie's eyes.
In this stormy weather, his powerful Gunpowder Star and similar ammunition couldn't be used.
Hitting the lion's eye with an egg was the move Usopp could think of immediately.
"Clatter!"
The egg smashed directly onto the ground.
"Oh no! My hand slipped because of the rain!"
Usopp yelled, clutching his head.
"..."
Nami's eye twitched slightly.
Can this Usopp guy be more reliable?! Luen thought highly of him.
"Woof!"
But the next moment, Richie, who was charging over, saw the smashed egg on the ground and immediately licked it up with a joyful expression.
"Hey! Richie! What are you doing!" Moji yelled.
"Phew!"
Nami let out a sigh of relief, glad that the opponent was also unreliable.
"Now's our chance, Undefined!"
Nami shouted.
"Damn it, if that's how it is, then I, the beast tamer, will take action myself!"
Seeing that Richie was unreliable, Moji shouted.
Anyway, the troublesome guys weren't around, especially King Luen, who had a bounty of one hundred million Beli.
That terrifying monster who could knock them out with just a glance.
Fortunately, Captain Buggy said he could handle that man.
Plus, here there was only the Cat Burglar Nami, and a long-nosed man who looked utterly weak.
Moji immediately roared and was about to charge forward.
"White Man!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Two spirals of smoke captured Richie and Moji amid their terrified gazes.
Richie's massive body was utterly powerless to resist.
"W-what is this! I can't move at all!"
Moji yelled in panic.
"Woof! Woof!"
Richie also roared in terror.
Nami's beautiful eyes, meanwhile, sparkled with surprise.
Nami was too familiar with this voice.
"Luen!"
Nami turned her head, looking at Luen in the distance, and exclaimed in surprise.
"King Luen?!!!!!!!!!"
Moji's face turned green with fright when he saw the newcomer.
Why?! Didn't Captain Buggy say he would deal with this guy?!
Richie also let out fearful whimpers.
"Luen, your, your arms?!"
Usopp watched as Luen's hands had turned into smoke, extending to capture Richie and Moji, and he stuttered in shock.
"Luen! Did you succeed?!"
Nami said, surprised.
Nami and Luen, naturally, talked about everything.
The thing Luen planned to obtain here was this Devil Fruit, which came from the Marine Commander here.
Nami, of course, knew about it. But Nami also knew that if she went, she would only be a hindrance.
Moreover, Luen never did anything he wasn't confident about.
She trusted Luen.
Of course, upon seeing Luen truly succeed, Nami was genuinely happy for Luen.
"That's right, this is the Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit."
Luen looked at Nami and smiled.
"Logia-type, awesome!"
Usopp exclaimed in admiration.
With Luen around, Usopp and the others' knowledge had already completely changed from before.
Usopp also had a simple understanding of Devil Fruit classifications, generally divided into Zoan-type, Paramecia-type, and the rarest Logia-type.
Especially the Logia-type, where the user could transform into a natural element, and without Haki, any physical attack would be unable to harm the Logia-type user, making them a lamb to the slaughter.
It was his first time seeing such a wondrous ability, and Usopp was full of exclamations.
"Ohh, Luen's speed is too fast!"
Behind Luen, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro were sprinting towards them.
Luffy exclaimed in amazement.
"Ah, Logia-type Devil Fruits are truly powerful abilities."
Zoro nodded.
Just now, as they were heading here, Luen went ahead.
Luen's lower body instantly transformed into smoke, like a smoke jet, and he reached the port at an incredibly terrifying speed.
"Luen said that this Smoke-Smoke Fruit is just a bottom-tier ability among Logia types. I can't imagine how terrifying those truly powerful Logia-type abilities must be.
"That must be a true natural disaster."
Sanji showed an expression of amazement.
"Hmph, then why don't you let Luen find you a powerful Devil Fruit ability, you stinky cook?"
Zoro, standing nearby, deliberately said upon hearing this.
"You Marimo bastard! You know my dream is to find the All Blue, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you!"
Sanji's forehead immediately bulged with veins, and he started fighting with Zoro, who had an 'I'm totally doing this on purpose' look.
To find the All Blue, that legendary sea where the four great seas converge, swimming ability is crucial, and one cannot become a landlubber.
This was also why Luen had never mentioned finding powerful Devil Fruits for his companions.
While Devil Fruits could greatly enhance strength, apart from Luen, who possessed the Strongest Entry System and could avoid the side effects of Devil Fruits,
Everyone else would become a landlubber if they ate a Devil Fruit.
This was unacceptable to Sanji and the others, because their dreams couldn't be achieved as landlubbers.
Even Nami was the same.
Nami's entries were very suitable for powerful Logia-type Devil Fruit abilities, but Nami's dream was to draw a world map of the entire sea.
Drawing some sea chart areas required Nami to enter the sea and explore them personally, so that they could be drawn accurately.
So Nami would not eat a Devil Fruit, and Luen would not suggest it.
In this vast sea, for those who harbored dreams, chasing those dreams was the main theme; Devil Fruits and power were merely tools to serve that purpose.
The best way for Nami to gain powerful combat strength was still to obtain Zeus, the thundercloud Homie created by Big Mom using the Soul-Soul Fruit.
Of course, at Luen's instruction, Usopp had already begun manufacturing the Weather Egg.
"Hehehe, Luen and the others are going to board, we should hurry too!"
Luffy watched Luen and his companions prepare to board, then looked at their distance from the Going Merry, and immediately revealed an expression that said, 'I have a great idea.'
"Gum-Gum!"
Luffy grabbed a building, his rubber arm stretching fiercely.
"Thwack!"
Luffy then, hearing his words, stopped fighting and encompassed Zoro and Sanji within his rubber arm.
"Hey, Luffy, you're not trying to..."
Zoro, who had been tricked many times, felt his face twitch.
"Let's go! Rocket!"
Luffy burst out laughing.
"Luffy! You bastard!"
Amidst Zoro and Sanji's curses, the three were immediately launched towards the Going Merry.
"Bang!"
Under Luen's amused gaze, Luffy and the others crashed onto the Going Merry's main sail, slowly sliding down.
"Hehehe, safe landing!"
Luffy, with his rubber body, naturally wasn't afraid of such impacts. He immediately jumped up from the deck, brimming with vitality.
"I'll cut you down eventually, you bastard!" Zoro, dizzy from the fall, his mouth twitching.
"Damn it, after I learn Haki with Luen, I'm going to kick you to death, you rubber bastard!"
Sanji was also severely dazed by the impact.
"Sanji, do you want to bring this lion along? Cook it."
Luen pointed at the terrified Richie.
"Lion?"
Sanji shook his dazed head and looked at Richie, who was caught by Luen's Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability and couldn't move.
"Woof!"
Richie immediately whimpered, his eyes full of terror.
Back then, he was almost eaten by the natives on an island.
He had barely escaped and reunited with his beast tamer and Captain Buggy, so why was he going to be eaten again?!
"Lion meat, huh? I didn't buy seasonings for carnivorous meat like this, so it might be a bit gamey. And the ship's refrigeration facilities aren't big enough for such a large piece of meat."
Sanji looked at Richie, stroking his chin in serious analysis.
When it came to cooking, Sanji was very serious.
Sanji had already calculated and bought enough ingredients to fill the ship's refrigeration and storage facilities.
"Is that so? Then let's just leave it here."
Luen said upon hearing this.
Luen didn't like gamey meat.
He then activated his Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability, suffocating Richie and Moji.
"As for cooking, I bought a fantastic elephant tuna."
Sanji smiled.
Sanji opened a huge package, revealing the fish inside.
It was a fish several meters long, with a long, elephant-like nose and beautiful patterns.
"I've prepared all the seasonings for it. Let's make it the first celebratory dish for entering the Grand Line!"
Sanji's face was full of anticipation.
This was his first time cooking elephant tuna, and as a chef, Sanji was very excited about what it would taste like.
"Oh? I'm really looking forward to it."
Luen looked at the elephant tuna, a smile playing on his lips.
In his previous life, Luen had been very curious about the taste of this fish. Now, he could finally taste it himself.
Hmm, especially that long nose, he definitely had to try what it tasted like. Luen smiled.
"Alright! Brothers! To the Grand Line!"
Luffy stood on the deck, looking at the distant route, shouting excitedly.
"Oh!"
Sanji, Zoro, and Usopp also smiled, raising their hands in response to Luffy.
Their dreams could only be realized on the Grand Line!
"Hard a'port!"
Nami also excitedly grabbed Luen's arm, her small hand squeezing tightly, telling Luen how excited Nami was at that moment.
"The Grand Line, huh."
Luen patted Nami's small hand on his arm, looked at the distant route, and revealed a confident smile.
Finally, they were about to embark on this legendary route.
The next step was to conquer this place!
Then, stand above all! To become a true king!
The super potential entries obtained from the East Blue would truly shine only after reaching the Grand Line!
Luen's eyes gleamed with ambition!
"Have they set off?"
From a high point in Loguetown, a cloaked figure watched the Going Merry sail away, revealing a confident smile.
"Crack!"
A flash of lightning illuminated the man's face â a man with large tattoos, looking very imposing.
Luffy's father, the leader of the Revolutionary Army! Monkey D. Dragon!
"You've found good companions, Luffy."
Dragon's lips curled into a confident arc.
"And King Luen? An incredible man!"
Dragon's eyes gleamed.
To be able to directly strip others of their Devil Fruit abilities.
And not just that!
Although his attention was previously on Luffy, just now, he used Observation Haki to observe Smoker, whose Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability had been taken by Luen.
His aura and power were greatly diminished, as if he had degenerated into an ordinary person.
If he could only steal others' abilities, that would be one thing. But if he could steal everything from others, including their power?
Then the ability this man possessed was countless times more malicious and dangerous than the legendary, most malevolent ability, the Dark-Dark Fruit!
And with Luen possessing such a degree of Haki even before entering the Grand Line, no one could truly say what his future impact would be.
At least, he couldn't see this man's future!
But one thing Dragon was sure of was that from the moment this man entered the Grand Line, this sea would truly head towards an unforeseeable future! Fortunately, Luen was a companion Luffy had chosen.
Dragon's lips curled into a smile, and he spread his hands.
"This sea, this era! What will it become because of you?!
Will it go berserk? Or will it move towards the future I anticipate? I will watch with bated breath!
King Luen! And Luffy!"
Dragon laughed heartily.
Then a gust of wind swept by, and Dragon's figure disappeared from Loguetown.
"Steady the ship!"
Nami continuously directed the Going Merry's navigation.
"Hey! Look at that light! Is that the island's lighthouse?"
Usopp, acting as lookout, shouted, pointing at the light in the stormy distance.
"That's a navigation light on the sea! The entrance to the Grand Line is on the other side of that light!"
Nami took out the sea chart she had taken from Buggy, a joyful smile on her face.
"You're not going to make us sail into this storm, are you!"
Cold sweat broke out on Usopp's forehead.
"Bang!"
Just then, Luen placed twelve barrels of sake in the center of the deck.
"Let's perform the ritual before entering the Grand Line, the pirate way."
Luen laughed aloud.
His confident laughter couldn't be drowned out by the fierce storm.
Before entering the Grand Line, state your reasons and dreams for entering the Grand Line!
This was the pirate ritual of this era, for those still chasing their dreams!
"I want to stand above all!"
Luen stomped his right foot onto a barrel, laughing confidently.
"Boom!!!"
The dark clouds in the sky were boiling.
Conqueror's Haki, especially Conqueror's Haki that could already affect reality to some extent, could even cause drastic changes in the weather.
"I'm going to draw a world map!"
Nami placed her right foot close to Luen's, a joyful smile on her face.
"I'm going to find the All Blue!"
Sanji placed his foot on it, also smiling excitedly.
"I'm going to become the Pirate King!" Luffy shouted loudly.
"I'm going to become the world's strongest swordsman!"
Zoro rested his hand on Wado Ichimonji, revealing a beast-like grin.
"I, I'm going to become a brave Marine Warrior!"
At this very moment, Usopp was nervous and stuttered a bit, but his tone was firm.
"Let's go! To the Grand Line!"
Luffy grinned and laughed.
"Whoosh! Bang!"
Luen and the others laughed as they lifted their feet from the barrels, then brought them down.
The barrels instantly burst open, and the sake splattered wildly in the storm.
It splashed onto everyone.
Even Luen, at this moment, did not use Armament Haki to avoid the splashing sake,
But rather, laughed with his companions, letting the sake splash on them.
This was the pirate ritual!
Symbolizing that dreams will eventually come true!
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