One Piece: Starting with Coercion and Enticement of Nami

"But that's not right. You're not a swordsman who specializes in swords; you're known outside as a weapons master!"

Upon hearing this, Thoth smiled. His "Overlord" trait gave him an almost imperceptible control over his own power.

Feeling the sharpness within his body, he refined his essence, energy, and spirit, forging his own military aura. It was no longer limited to the aura of a certain combat technique, but rather as if the military aura had been transformed into a special physical constitution.

With a thought, Thoth's aura surged, and as his essence, energy, and spirit condensed, he raised his right hand in front of him, forming a sword finger.

A sword aura swirled from his fingertips, drawing upon the vital energy and spirit of all things to converge at his fingertips, drawing together the invisible flow of energy that resonated with the breath of all things.

At that moment, at close range, Nami's eyes widened. Thoth's aura had changed, and the surrounding air currents seemed to have become terrifying in the blink of an eye.

It's as if it could transform into a slashing attack and sweep over you at any moment.

Unable to resist, she leaned her upper body slightly backward, the airflow ruffling her orange hair.

She was somewhat incredulous: "You can control airflow?"

Thoth then withdrew his military force, sensing that the depletion of his internal energy was not insignificant. He shook his head:

"It simply relies on the breathing of all things, on its own momentum to resonate with the natural airflow, and thus simply draws in and borrows from it."

It's not a matter of manipulation or anything like that.

"That's really impressive. I've never seen anyone else do something like that, except for those with Devil Fruit powers."

Thoth glanced at her, placed his left hand on her head, and smiled slightly:

"The fish-men can gradually control ocean currents through their own technical training. Some can even grasp air with the right humidity and gather it into water."

The ocean is so vast, how many people have you met? There are countless things you haven't seen, girl, you must remain humble.

Hearing Thoth say this, Nami stuck out her tongue: "I don't want to be humble. I'm so cute, I don't want to live a tiring life. Anyway, I'm not going to cause trouble."

Even if someone provokes me, even if I can't win a fight, you'll still be there for me.

Thoth laughed, turning his head to look at her radiant smile, and said matter-of-factly:

“That’s right, that makes sense. You can come and rely on me as you please.”

Nami's eyes lit up, but she quickly shook her head: "I'm not being willful."

Thoth smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"By the way, Thoth, where are we going tomorrow? Are we going to hunt sea sparrows again?"

"There are very few seagulls coming to the vicinity of the Konomiya Islands nowadays?"

"Shall we go to another sea area? Besides, I really miss my treasures that I hid on Coto Island!"

"Yes, indeed, our training has come to a close at this stage, and it's time for you to relax."

"So, let's first retrieve the treasure along the way, and then head to the Stormy Sea for our adventure!"

Nami's eyes lit up immediately, and she nodded with a smile, rubbing her hands together in anticipation. But then, she suddenly blinked:

"By the way, Toth, are you still looking for Karina?"

At this point, Nami was speechless and made a comment:

"That cunning Karina is really good at hiding. She hasn't been showing her face at sea much lately. Could she have died in some hidden corner?"

As he spoke, a barely perceptible hint of worry appeared in his eyes.

"Don't worry, because worrying won't help. If she's really as smart as you say, then she definitely won't get into trouble. Smart people can always save themselves."

Thoth's words of comfort brought a smile to Nami's face. "Indeed, that vixen is no simple creature."

Just then, Johnny's shout came from the top of the stairs:

"Brother Tote, dinner is ready."

"Okay, got it!"

Thoth turned around and responded, then looked at Nami, "Let's go eat."

Nami nodded, and seeing Thoth get up and leave, she quickly got out of bed, put on her shoes, and chased after him.

As soon as they stepped out of the room, Nami jumped up with a whoosh and grabbed Thoth's neck, hanging on his back.

"Giddy up! The Thoth, depart!"

Nami's cheerful laughter rang out.

"Go down."

Thoth was speechless, then slapped her buttocks hard, making her cry out in pain. Nami complained:

"It hurts a lot? Then I won't go."

Seeing this, Tot supported her by the knees and carried her up the stairs.

Nami immediately beamed with joy.

The three people already seated at the table saw the two of them approaching in this manner. Nojiko blinked at the sight, and Nami stuck her tongue out at her.

Then those legs clamped around Tot's waist, "Put me down!"

……

After dinner.

Thoth went outside to the deck. The downpour came and went quickly, and Johnny and Joseph were cleaning the deck.

By the fence, I breathed in the fresh air after the rain, which carried a faint earthy smell.

As the sun sets and night falls, Thoth gazes at the vast ocean, his Observation Haki resonating with the ocean's breath, allowing him to deeply experience its wonder.

As the ocean currents and tides rise and fall, sight, hearing, and color resonate with the pulse within them, and perception begins to extend into the distance in accordance with the pulse of the ocean currents.

Until the limit of one's own Observation Haki perception range, however, this limit, under this state of resonance, continues to slowly and continuously extend outward.

Seeing and hearing color,

Growing slowly.

A peculiar natural “life” network slowly emerged in Thoth’s consciousness.

The ocean is boundless, deep and all-encompassing. In his consciousness, that profound and boundless energy flowed back into Thoth's consciousness, allowing him to feel a wondrous sensation as his own spiritual consciousness was being purified and refined by the ocean.

My mind and body gradually became peaceful and serene.

Half an hour later, when the cleaning team got to this spot...

Johnny was surprised to find that, in his eyes, Thoth appeared to be surrounded by a deep, dark sea.

Joseph blinked, and the two looked at each other, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

Joseph came to within five meters of Thoth and slowly reached out to touch the deep sea, but he touched nothing.

Nothing stuck to my hands, but I felt that there was a lot of moisture in the air.

Johnny touched the touchscreen, and the two looked at each other. Johnny asked curiously, "A hallucination?"

"It's a visualization of momentum."

At that moment, a soft chuckle came from Tote.

Joseph looked embarrassed.

"Brother Tote, have we disturbed your cultivation?"

Thoth shook his head: "Not really. I can enter that state anytime now."

As he spoke, Thoth glanced at the progress of his Observation and Aura training over the past half hour.

[Observation Haki (Advanced Level 972→973/1000)]

Johnny, seeing this, breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to the puddle at Thoth's feet:

"We'll come and clean up."

Thoth was about to move to a different spot when Nami emerged from the cabin, carrying a white anti-eavesdropping beetle and a sea-blue beetle that was currently connected.

"The mouse is looking for you."

Upon hearing this, Thoth and Nami walked aside. Just as he took the microphone, the rat's cunning voice came from the other end:

"My dear Brother Thoth, I've just received some interesting information. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Thoth raised an eyebrow, a hint of curiosity in his eyes: "Tell me about it?"

The mouse didn't hesitate, and a squeaking laugh came from within: "I don't know, do you know what a Devil Fruit is?"

Thoth's eyes flashed. "You have some? How many Berries do you want?"

"No, no, no, I don't have that kind of thing," the mouse quickly said, but then he chuckled:

"My intelligence agent overheard an interesting piece of information today."

On Glass Bead Island, there will be an underground black market auction in three days. I heard that the grand finale will be a Devil Fruit whose specific abilities are currently unknown.

Are you interested?

Thoth narrowed his eyes slightly. "Don't you want it?"

The mouse chuckled, "Don't you know? If the branch commander is an ability user, he will be forcibly conscripted to study at the Navy Headquarters' military academy."

I don't want to go there and work myself to death learning those martial arts fighting techniques.

Besides, I don't have that much money to buy that stuff.

Thoth smiled. "How much are you asking for for this information?"

The mouse's voice immediately came through:

"I don't want money. I'll give it to you for free this time. After all, if some scumbag gets his hands on it, I might run into trouble later."

Thoth didn't believe him and laughed: "Later, I'll deposit two million peles into your bank account."

Thank you this time. I'm glad you thought of me for this kind of information, so I won't let you leave empty-handed.

Suddenly, a cheerful, suppressed laugh came from the other side, "Then I won't bother you any longer. I wish you success in acquiring it."

"Alright, I'll take your good wishes."

Thoth ended the phone call with the Telephone Bug, and Nami looked at him with a mixture of pity and curiosity. "It's a Devil Fruit? Are we going to go there to fight for it?"

"Glass Pearl Island is located to our north, about half a day's drive from where we are now."

Thoth smiled slightly: "Over this period of time, we now have a total of over 400 million Berries. Generally, a Devil Fruit auction requires at least 100 million Berries."

"Saving money is useless. Since there is an opportunity, we should naturally give it a try."

“Let’s go to Glass Pearl Island. It’s a popular place for sending messages in the East China Sea. Even if we don’t get the Devil Fruit, we can still relax there.”

"Okay, let's go then."

Nami was excited and eager to get started.

057. Glass Pearl Island!

9 PM.

Tote's Workshop.

"Are you ready?"

Thoth looked at Nokigo, who was sitting on a single bed in the corner of the workshop.

The girl was wearing a light blue printed halter top and pink lipstick.

Her fair shoulders and neck, smooth waist, and full, firm, long legs gleamed with a lustrous sheen under the lights.

At this moment, Noki looked at the injection in the syringe in Thoth's hand, which shimmered with a dark luster under the light. It was a drug that could stimulate the human senses to become extremely sensitive and greatly excite the human body.

Side effects include some body pain, and varying degrees of damage to organs and muscles after the effects of the drug wear off.

For an ordinary person, this would be like taking a drastic, overpowered drug, but for Nojiko, a user of the Smooth-Smooth Fruit,

However, it is a common medicine with minor side effects that helps improve physical and sensory control through cultivation, and those side effects can be metabolized by her perfect body.

She would come and do this kind of auxiliary practice every three days.

"Ready."

Noki leaned forward, turning her right arm toward Thoth.