Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Visibly, the withered body, like that of an old man, began to swell and fill out, the grayish-white skin gradually regained its color, and the fine cracks slowly healed as new tissue filled the area.

Is this a human body?

Even the Whitebeard Pirates captains, who were well-versed in the New World, all looked surprised.

In contrast, Luffy's face showed an increasingly obvious expression of pain, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Straw Hat Boy, this is no joke!"

Ivankov squatted down beside him, his face extremely pale. "Eating is painful for you! Just how bad is your physical condition?!"

Luffy has already experienced the pain of eating.

As for why? This time it's not because of the punishment from the One Piece training program.

During his time in Impel Down, Luffy's arm was tainted with Magellan's deadly poison. Even after a fight, the venom remained, making treatment quite troublesome.

After learning about Ivankov's abilities, he had him inject him with Ampriyo Excitement Hormone.

It has to be said that the effect is very good.

He has remained energetic to this day.

As a user of the Hormone-Hormone Fruit, Ivankov knew better than anyone the side effects of that injection: it overdraws the body's foundation, causing severe pain and weakness that would last for days or even weeks.

The unbearable pain on Luffy's face now is clearly the side effects starting to backfire.

Forcing yourself to eat and fight in this state is practically suicidal!

but,

"Little Ivan, do that move again," Luffy said.

"Are you crazy?!"

Ivankov screamed, his massive head slamming closer. "How could your body possibly withstand the side effects of a second surge of adrenaline?!"

“I’ve already endured things that hurt even more than this,” Luffy grinned.

While our companions were being swatted away in the Sabaody Archipelago, that kind of punishment was happening all the time.

He has experience dealing with pain.

As long as your mental strength is strong enough, pain is almost like a stimulant!

Doping?!

Marco gasped upon hearing the word.

The side effects of using that stuff even once are enormous. Using it once is bad enough, but now they actually want to use it a second time.

A normal person would be in so much pain after just one use that they'd fainted. Of course, Marco also noticed that Luffy wasn't acting like a normal person anymore.

The food that was brought in was decreasing at a visible rate.

Luffy's belly bulged out, like an inflated balloon, making him round and chubby, with a fat face that was almost unrecognizable.

This goes beyond the realm of simply being full and completely violates human physiology.

Marco, being knowledgeable and experienced, quickly noticed something amiss.

"Are you going to use a naval technique?"

"It's a return of life,"

Ivankov said, "The advanced application of the Navy Six Styles allows you to control your body with your mind and precisely distribute the nutrients and energy you take in to where they are needed. This can heal injuries, replenish physical strength, and even be stored up for use in battle."

The food Luffy eats is making him almost as big as Whitebeard.

Consuming such a massive amount of food at once, and then utilizing the life-restoring process to fully absorb and transform it in a short period of time, will yield excellent results.

How difficult is it?

Luffy did not respond.

He just kept eating, eating like crazy.

It was as if it wanted to devour the entire food reserves of the Moby Dick.

Finally, when the last piece of meat was swallowed, Luffy stopped eating.

Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Your enormous body, which has expanded like a ball, begins to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The fat and bulge disappeared, the protruding abdomen quickly flattened, and the plump cheeks regained their definition.

In just a few breaths, Luffy returned to his original lean and agile physique.

He stretched his arms and looked at Marco. "Not enough? Is there any more?"

Yes, there are.

Marco's throat bobbed, and he looked at Luffy as if he were looking at some kind of monster.

But is he really okay?

Ace then personally carried out a large pile of food, saying with a complicated expression, "Luffy, it's all yours now."

My father's body was riddled with wounds.

The golden lion's head is topped with a ship's rudder.

The only one we can count on is Garp?

Luffy nodded vigorously and continued eating.

Consume large amounts of food again to make your body swell up.

"Little Ivan, give me another injection."

"Don't joke around."

Repeating two injections in a short period of time can be fatal. If something happens to Luffy, how will he explain it to Dragon?

Luffy recovered quite well through the Life Return method, but Ivankov's Devil Fruit power side effects cannot be eliminated in this way.

That requires a long period of rest to allow the body to adapt and recover slowly.

This is also one of the drawbacks of Ivankov's abilities.

"Hurry up, there's not enough time."

Luffy interrupted him, his gaze fixed on the distant battlefield. "Besides, the situation over there doesn't look right. We might not even be able to leave if we just try."

There, the eerie purple flames had reformed into human form.

Im's figure reappeared, the black trident and spellbook intact, as if the previous attacks had never harmed it.

Garp, Whitebeard, and Shiki surrounded him in a triangular formation.

Seeing Luffy's determination, Ivankov decided to go all out.

"Honestly, I don't care what happens then!"

He then used his abilities to give Luffy a boost of energy.

Emporio's Excitement Hormones!

puff!

The needle was precisely inserted into Luffy's neck, and dark red liquid was injected into his blood vessel.

Almost simultaneously, Luffy's body trembled violently.

The veins on the skin bulged, and the pupils contracted instantly, then suddenly dilated.

A violent aura erupted from his body, but was forcibly suppressed.

"Ugh!"

Luffy let out a low growl, knelt on one knee, and slammed his fist hard on the deck, creating a spiderweb-like crack.

pain.

Indescribable pain swept through every nerve in my body.

But soon, that feeling returned!

In the center of the battlefield.

Im's figure was completely solidified.

A dark purple flame burned silently around him, and his indifferent eyes swept over Garp, Whitebeard, and Shiki before finally settling on the distant Moby Dick.

"Was it on that ship?" Im murmured to himself.

The next second, His figure vanished without warning.

"Hey, what are you trying to do to my sons?!"

Whitebeard's expression changed drastically, and he swung out Murakumogiri with all his might, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power tearing through the air in an attempt to intercept.

His sword missed its mark, and alarm bells rang in his mind.

but,

Im completely ignored Whitebeard, his voice cold, "Those who associate with Nika, their sinful bloodlines, will all be wiped out."

"Don't even think about it, you idiot!"

Whitebeard roared and leaped into the air, unleashing the white light of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit with his Murakumogiri, slashing with all his might at Im's back!

That slash landed squarely on my skin.

Im's body was severed from shoulder to waist, and eerie purple flames scattered in all directions.

Unbeknownst to Whitebeard himself, the moment his negative emotions were brought to the fore, a strange chill crept up the blade, piercing the depths of his soul.

A dark, twisted, and malicious whisper echoed in his mind.

That was a fear buried deep in his heart.

It's about aging, about death, about the day when I can no longer protect my sons, and about the nightmare of the Whitebeard Pirates falling apart.

In the instant his mind was disturbed, Whitebeard was caught off guard.

Two long, thin, jet-black shadows emerged silently from Im's cleaved body, piercing through his chest without a sound.

Garp looked up and saw this familiar yet unfamiliar scene.