Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

The person who arrived was Kyle, and the moment he arrived, he immediately turned his gaze in a certain direction.

Relying on his powerful Observation Haki, he sensed a strong and somewhat familiar aura at that location.

"Um?!"

Kyle raised an eyebrow, his eyes flashed, and without much hesitation, he transformed into a streak of purple lightning and sped off in that direction.

Even if he didn't recognize the aura, he would still go and check it out once he sensed its power.

After all, there aren't many powerful individuals in this world who can unleash such an aura.

In just a few breaths, Kyle arrived at his destination.

What came into view was a pure white figure pressing down on two other people.

! !

Kyle's pupils contracted slightly, his gaze not falling on the other two at all, but entirely focused on the pure white figure, Luffy, before he spoke, word by word:

"Nika Form!!"

"That Luffy guy..."

"How did my Devil Fruit power awaken out of nowhere? This is a bit tricky!"

Kyle shook his head, looking like he had a headache.

Essentially, Luffy's awakened ability isn't what troubles Kael. As Luffy's older brother and captain, he definitely wants Luffy to be as strong as possible.

However, Kyle didn't have much of an idea about becoming stronger by relying on the awakening of a Devil Fruit.

This is not because he, like that old guy Zephyr, believes that Devil Fruit abilities are merely external things, and that one's own strength is more important.

Kyle himself is a Devil Fruit user, and he has enjoyed the convenience and strength enhancement brought to him by his Devil Fruit ability for a long time.

As for himself, he still believes that Devil Fruit abilities are very important.

The idea that there are no useless Devil Fruits, only useless Devil Fruit users, is utter nonsense.

That's just comforting for those guys who ate the garbage fruit.

It's no exaggeration to say that powerful Devil Fruit abilities can drastically change a person's strength.

If it were any of the other members of the Canglan Squad whose Devil Fruit abilities awakened, Kael wouldn't be worried at all. But with Luffy, Kael doesn't really want his Devil Fruit ability to awaken, at least not at this time...

Because once Luffy's Devil Fruit awakens, it will mean a problem.

They're going to clash with the World Government and Im. This isn't just Kyle being alarmist; it's the truth.

He was certain that Im would make his move against them soon.

Prior to this, even though the World Government knew that Luffy was the owner of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit on the surface, but in reality the Zoan-type Mythical Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit in Nikka form, they didn't have any major concerns.

At most, we just need to observe more at the beginning. After all, the Nika Fruit has been passed around countless times and eaten by countless people over the past eight hundred years.

But it still had no effect whatsoever; the fruit had never awakened in the past eight hundred years.

If this fruit doesn't awaken, then it's just an ordinary rubber fruit, and Luffy is just an ordinary Paramecia-type rubber fruit user.

Instead of what it is today—

Sun God Nika!!

Therefore, the World Government wouldn't have been very hostile towards Luffy before this, especially since Luffy was technically their subordinate.

But Kyle knew perfectly well that everything would change from this day forward.

Now that Luffy has awakened the Nika Fruit, everything is different.

Given the World Government's influence and Im's apprehension towards Joy Boy, Kael had every reason to believe and be certain that the other party would definitely target Luffy; there was no surprise.

After all, the Luffy of today is no longer the Luffy of their subordinate organization, but someone who is very likely to inherit Joy Boy's will and overthrow their rule.

Even if Luffy might not have meant it that way, would Im believe it?

Is he willing to take the gamble?

Kyle felt that he was most likely unwilling.

After a long pause, Kyle shook his head helplessly and spoke softly:

"Well, things have come to this, so we have no choice but to start the war sooner rather than later!"

What Kyle meant when he said Luffy could awaken his powers later was this: if Luffy awakens his powers later, he can develop for a longer period of time.

The chances of winning a war against the World Government would naturally be higher.

But since it has already happened, there's nothing we can do but go for it.

After making the decision, Kyle stopped thinking about it and focused more on Luffy's current strength.

After watching for a short while, I couldn't help but marvel at it.

"As expected of a fruit bearing the name of a god, its abilities are truly outrageous!"

Although in his previous life, Kyle had already witnessed Luffy's battle performance after awakening the Nika Fruit back in the anime.

But even though you've seen it, there's still a big difference between seeing it in anime and seeing it in real life.

Especially now that Kyle knew Luffy's strength before, seeing Luffy's rapidly increasing power makes the contrast even stronger.

So, as I said before, a powerful Devil Fruit can significantly boost one's strength.

Originally, Luffy's strength was barely enough to reach the threshold of an admiral, but now, after his Devil Fruit awakens, he has become a powerful figure even among admirals.

Although he hasn't reached the King-level combat power yet, he's almost at the peak of the General-level.

It's no weaker than Kaido used to be.

This is normal, since Luffy's original strength was already stronger than when he awakened his Nikka form in the original work, so his strength after awakening will naturally be even stronger.

As time went by, under Luffy's bizarre fighting techniques, Red Earl and Bondi Wald were increasingly defeated.

They were almost unable to cope.

The two were getting increasingly frustrated as they fought, as their attacks could barely touch Luffy, and even when they did, the damage was very limited.

On the contrary, they took almost all of Luffy's attacks, and the unpredictable attack methods left them at a loss as to how to deal with them.

You never know when a fist might come from an unexpected direction.

This put them in a position of being almost constantly on the defensive.

After being driven back once again, Count Red and Bondi Wald exchanged a glance, instantly exchanging a look.

This can't go on any longer!!

If things continue in this state, then their final outcome is almost certain: they will be defeated by Luffy.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation as much as possible, they should take advantage of the fact that they still have some strength and fight to the death, even if it means killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of their own.

It's better than losing in the end.

With this in mind, the two of them suddenly unleashed their powerful aura, unleashing an incomparably strong force.

They're going to fight for their lives!!

However, at that moment, something unexpected happened...