One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

But just as she was about to speak, Zoro stopped her.

Luffy pulled his straw hat down over his head, his expression unusually serious, and said:

"In that case..."

"Then I'll punish you by not letting you eat breakfast tomorrow!!!"

"........."

"........."

The cool sea breeze did not stop, and the two of them did not fall off their clothes.

However, the originally solemn scene suddenly turned comical because of Luffy's words.

But Crimson answered seriously:

"I understand, Captain. I will carry out the punishment."

The deck under the moonlight suddenly fell silent.

After a long pause, Luffy suddenly spoke sincerely to Akame:

"Thank you, Crimson."

Crimson smiled calmly: "You're welcome~"

Nami, who had initially thought the two were about to have a fight, was completely stunned by this inexplicable conversation.

She quickly turned around and cast a questioning look at Zoro, who seemed to know something.

Zoro, who didn't yet possess the ability to utter riddles, pondered for a few seconds before whispering to Nami:

"I think... Red didn't forget to inform Luffy, but deliberately didn't."

"It was all for that apology just now."

"Huh? Why is that?" Nami's eyes widened, unable to comprehend the man's thought process.

Fortunately, Zoro saw it clearly and explained it to her:

"Perhaps... Red wanted Luffy to realize that he is the captain of this ship."

Nami still couldn't understand: "What... what's wrong with that? Isn't Luffy our captain?"

Zoro chuckled, then countered with a question:

"So Nami, have you ever truly considered Luffy as the captain who will guide us in the right direction!?"

"Do you think this ship is obeying Luffy's orders or Red's orders?"

"what?"

Nami paused for a moment, Zoro's question flashing through her mind, and she didn't know how to answer it.

If Zoro were to ask her if she considered Luffy a crewmate.

She will definitely answer without hesitation.

But... Captain...

On this ship, it seems that Crimson is making all the decisions, big or small.

Compared to a captain who leads everything, Luffy is more like an obedient henchman.

In that instant, Nami seemed to suddenly understand the meaning behind everything Akane had done.

“I see…” she murmured softly.

In fact, Zoro's prediction was entirely correct.

However, this is not surprising.

After all, Crimson's idea was inspired by him.

Just as Nami thought, Luffy, who had just set sail, was full of curiosity about the outside world and full of tolerance for his crewmates...

Rather than calling him the captain of the Straw Hat crew, it would be more accurate to say that he simply wants to lead a group of like-minded companions on adventures around the world.

This approach may bring happiness, but it is not in line with long-term plans.

In the original timeline, Usopp left the Straw Hat crew due to his own weakness and the Merry incident.

After the Enies Lobby incident, it was Zoro, the unsung vice-captain, who became strict, making Luffy fully understand the responsibilities of a captain.

Now that Red has become the Straw Hat Pirates' vice-captain, the tragedies that occurred in the original timeline will naturally no longer happen.

So, in order for Luffy to grow, he deliberately staged this whole thing.

Although the effect was not as strong as in the original timeline, it was fortunate that it lasted longer.

Red believed that, under his subtle influence, Luffy would adapt to his role as captain more quickly and understand the heavy responsibility he bore.

After resolving Luffy's issue, Red turned his attention to Zoro and Nami.

"So, Zoro and Nami, I imagine you two also have many questions you'd like to ask me, right?"

"This……"

Nami was still hesitating, but Zoro had already stepped forward and asked:

"There are indeed some problems."

"Red, what you said to Buggy last night, was it true?"

"You mean...you can see the past and the future!?"

Chapter 30 Nika Fruit

"Past and future?"

Crimson chuckled softly, then readily admitted:

"To be precise, what I see are fragments of the past, and a future that has already been altered!"

“That…” Zoro paused for a moment, then murmured in a daze:

"That seems pretty impressive!"

Nami also showed a shocked expression upon hearing this answer.

Seeing the future?

Is there really anyone who can do such a thing?

I don't know why...

Even though she had only been with the Straw Hat crew for a little over a day, her worldview had already collapsed several times.

Nami is now even starting to wonder if she's been driven crazy by the pressure from the dragon and is hallucinating.

Of all the people on the deck, only Luffy was still completely bewildered.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

He tilted his head to the side, feeling as if a thick barrier called the brain had separated him from his companion.

Zoro swallowed silently for a moment, then immediately turned his attention to Luffy, asking Red incredulously:

"So... were all those things you said to Bucky things things that will happen in the future!?"

"Luffy's future...will he really overthrow the World Government!?"

"Who can say for sure what the future holds?"

Crimson chuckled indifferently: "After all, while I'm observing the future, the future is already changing."

"However, one thing will not change..."

"As long as Luffy continues to grow stronger, he will inevitably become a target of the World Government in the future!"

"Who told him to eat such a special Devil Fruit!"

"What do you mean? Does the fruit Luffy ate have some special meaning?" Zoro pressed on, seizing the key point.

At that moment, even Luffy turned his head and looked at Akane with curiosity.

"Yes, crimson?"

"What I ate was a rubber fruit, wasn't it? Was there anything special about it?"

"hehe."

Red chuckled, reached out and pulled Luffy's mouth shut, then explained to the crowd:

"The Gum-Gum Fruit!? That's just a fabrication by the World Government to cover up the truth of history!"

"The fruit you ate is truly named Zoan-type Mythical Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Nika Form!!!"

"Huh?! Animals? Mythical beasts? Humans? Nika?!"

Hearing this bunch of random names, Luffy blinked in surprise.

After calling it "Rubber Rubber" for almost ten years, Crimson suddenly tells him that the fruit he ate isn't called that...

It's not even a Paramecia type!!?

Although Luffy didn't know what a Mythical Zoan was, these two points alone were enough to make him dizzy.

Compared to Luffy, Zoro and Nami were even more shocked.

"Wait!" Nami suddenly exclaimed, "Why is the World Government doing these things... What truth are they trying to cover up?!"

At that moment, Nami felt a chill run down her spine.

She just joined a fledgling pirate crew, how did it suddenly turn into a confrontation with the World Government?

She was being exploited by the Arlong Pirates not long ago!!!

However, in response to Nami's predicament, Crimson offered an even more astonishing answer.

"I think... the reason why the World Government is so wary of this Devil Fruit ability is probably because Joy Boy, the World Government's greatest enemy 800 years ago, was a user of the Nika Fruit."

"And according to the legends passed down since ancient times..."

"It seems that every Nika-Fruit Awakener becomes the World Government's greatest enemy!"