One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

Nameri and Rab, too, had this hope.

And hoping for the strongest...

Little Mei Li is the one.

After all, although the wood used to create Little Meli was considered a high-grade material in the East Blue, it was just ordinary wood in the bizarre and fantastical Grand Line!

Red plans to purchase some high-grade materials after arriving in Water 7, and then have Wapol use his Devil Fruit ability to fuse and forge them, combined with the craftsmanship of the shipwrights there...

I wonder if it will trigger the ultimate evolution of Pokémon and allow Merry to become a better version of herself!

As for filibustering...

Although it was difficult and far-fetched, he placed his hopes on Vegapunk in the new world.

After all, he could even create a fully mechanical sea monster army.

Making some upgrades to Laboon, which has already been modified, shouldn't be too difficult.

Time passed slowly amidst the Straw Hat crew's busy work.

Although they currently lack any intelligence and have no idea what the future holds, they are still uncertain about what will happen.

But each of them knew that as long as they were strong enough, the turbulent undercurrents of the world would never affect them.

……

……

Silent all night.

After a day of intense training, Luffy had no time to rest and followed Red to the Pokémon world, standing once again on the wood-grained floor of the Fuchsia Gym.

"Can you hold on, Luffy?"

Seeing that Luffy hadn't rested at all except for eating for almost a day and a night, Akame couldn't help but ask him with concern.

But what he received was Luffy's unwavering answer:

"Of course!"

"I'm far from reaching my limit!"

Peng!

Luffy looked at the empty space in front of him, his face showing excitement.

"Is that so?" Knowing that Luffy was eager to become stronger to save Ace, Red didn't say anything more.

In any case, Luffy, with his regenerative abilities, certainly has a much longer endurance than ordinary people.

Staying up for a few days and nights is no problem.

"In that case, let's clear this gym as quickly as possible!!!"

Having cultivated the primal power, the crimson spirit, which also did not require sleep, shouted with great vigor.

Luffy's eyes flashed, and he responded in a resounding voice: "Let them come at me!"

In an instant, the two of them started exploring the strange maze that seemed empty but was actually filled with various invisible walls.

Although the Poison type, represented by the Scarlet Gym, provides an extra damage bonus against Luffy's Fairy attribute, the sheer level and overwhelming strength of the Scarlet Gym are enough to make it a master of reverse attribute attacks.

The two charged recklessly, attacking anyone they saw and circling around any wall they encountered...

Finally, after nearly two hours of the game world's battery being depleted, they successfully arrived in front of the Crimson City Gym Leader, Ajax.

As the Gym Leader, A-Gi not only has Pokémon levels far exceeding those of the previous Gym Leaders, but each of them is between level 48 and 50.

Even the number of Pokémon is more than that of a typical roadside trainer, just one short of reaching the full set of 6.

Fortunately, within the rules of the game world, they could only fight Luffy one at a time in a gauntlet battle.

Otherwise, even Luffy would have a lot of trouble dealing with five level 50 Poison-type Pokémon at the same time.

Even in a simple tag-team battle, Luffy didn't fare much better.

Although his Bright Storm move can quickly clear the poison status from the body.

However, due to the prolonged continuous battles and his own issues, he found it increasingly difficult to maintain Gear 4 in the later stages.

When it came to A-Ju's last Pokémon, Gear 4 even started to become a burden for Luffy again.

"No! It can't end so easily!!!"

Just as his body was about to give out, Luffy's face, covered in flame patterns, suddenly contorted into a ferocious expression.

He clenched his teeth, refusing to exhale his last breath.

His angry eyes trembled incessantly, like bells.

"If I can't hold on here, how am I supposed to save Ace?!"

boom!!!

Luffy stomped on the wooden floor, instantly creating a huge crater in the dojo's specially designed area.

Upon seeing this, A-Ju's expression suddenly changed.

After all, in his programmed memories, the materials used in this gym were far from being easily crushed in order to cope with battles between Pokémon!

However, before Aju could react, a terrifying aura, like that of a god or demon, suddenly erupted from Luffy's body!

In an instant, the entire dojo was enveloped by a terrifying mental shock, as if a whirlwind had swept through.

"This...this is..."

Feeling the tremors and dizziness that kept coming from her mind, A-Ju's heart suddenly went into a frenzy.

Attacking a trainer... isn't that illegal?!

Raging flames and blazing lightning surged around Luffy.

However, Luffy, who had finally managed to unleash a deeper level of power within him to maintain Gear 4, did not hesitate at all.

With a flash, it transformed into a blazing bolt of lightning, charging straight towards the level 50 Crobat flying in mid-air.

Before it could react, Luffy, who had already opened his mouth wide and unleashed a destructive beam, was already beside it.

"Rubber—Big Bang!!!"

boom!!!

With the impact of Conqueror's Haki, the violent energy from Luffy's mouth surged forward, piercing straight through the body of the Crobat.

However, Luffy did not linger after the attack.

Thanks to the powerful mobility of Gear 4, he managed to resist the stiffness in his body after activating the Hyper Beam, and once again curled his arm into the shape of a heavy cannon, using his other hand as a standard sight frame to aim at the location of Crobat.

Upon seeing this, A-Ju, who had snapped out of Luffy's Conqueror's Haki, immediately shouted:

"Crossbat! Get out of the way!!!"

He had already seen Luffy use this move many times before.

After all, his first four Pokémon all fell to attacks like Luffy's.

The Crobat, slammed against the edge of the gym by the impact of the Hyper Beam, showed a pained expression, but still immediately flew into the air, putting distance between itself and Luffy.

Crobat, a level 50 Flying-type Pokémon, has a very impressive flight speed!

Hitting it won't be that easy.

However, just as A-Ju was pondering this...

"it's useless!"

A crimson voice suddenly reached Aju's ears, causing him to look at the trainer opposite him.

But Crimson's lips curled into a strange smile as she said to him:

"You can't dodge Luffy's attacks!!!"

As if to echo his crimson words, Luffy suddenly exhaled hot breath and said:

"Rubber Playful Snake Fist!!!"

Whoosh!!!

The arm, imbued with blood-black Armament Haki, suddenly shot out, but narrowly missed Crobat's swift movements.

Upon seeing this, A-Ju breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he once again adopted the composed demeanor befitting a dojo master, and smiled at Crimson:

"The Pokémon you raised is indeed very powerful!"

"But the continuous battles had already exhausted him!"

"With Crobat's speed, your Pokémon has no chance of hitting it!"

"Oh? Is that really so!?" The crimson face remained unchanged as he smiled lightly.

The next second, a scene that left A-Ju speechless unfolded...

Suddenly, a faint pink light appeared on the fist that Luffy had flung away and which had clearly lost its target.

Immediately afterwards, the fist, which was as fast as lightning, suddenly bounced back in the air like a rubber band, emitting a soft buzzing sound.

The fist, pulled by the rubber band, suddenly changed direction and slammed down in a terrifying manner towards the back of the Crossbat!

As a bat-like Pokémon, Crobat, with its exceptional sensitivity to sound waves, displays a more powerful perceptive ability than Observation Haki.

Even though she didn't see anything, she still managed to flap her wings and dodge Luffy's attack once again.

But all of this is just repeating the scene from three seconds ago.

buzz~

The flying arm, under the influence of the fairy-type ability, once again came into play, changing the trajectory of Luffy's fist.

Although Luffy hasn't yet developed a technique that uses Haki to change the direction of an attack, he's benefited from the playful techniques he's already mastered...

Luffy has successfully utilized the transformative properties of Fairy-type energy to create a unique technique called "Snake Fist"!

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