One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

"This is……"

A look of surprise suddenly flashed in his crimson eyes.

He immediately focused his attention back on Luffy's attribute panel in front of him.

He then saw that the words "near death" had completely disappeared.

Of course, this does not mean that Luffy is dead!

Because at that moment, his health bar, which had already reached zero, suddenly jumped up with the sound of the drum, changing from the original [0] to a crimson number he had never seen before...

【0.1】！！！

Chapter 320 The Incomplete Nika, the Complete Luffy (Seeking Monthly Tickets~)

"Luffy!"

Realizing something, Crimson suddenly stopped what she was doing and focused her gaze once again on Luffy's health bar on the attribute panel.

next moment……

Luffy's health bar changed again.

0.5……1……3……12……30……

As the ancient drumbeats resounded, Luffy's body convulsed violently as if struck by lightning.

White gas drifted out from his scarred skin.

With each leap of his body, Luffy's health bar on his attribute panel would begin to recover in an irregular but increasingly significant way.

In the blink of an eye, his health bar was full again.

Even so, Luffy's health did not stop changing. Instead, he broke through his original health limit in one fell swoop and quickly rushed towards a higher level!

"It's coming!"

Realizing that Luffy had successfully entered his awakened state, Red now showed an even more tense expression than before.

He instantly shut down the control panel in front of him, without even having time to warn his companions, and immediately amplified the effect of his spiritual vision, staring directly at Luffy.

In an instant, his gaze pierced through the murky material world.

In the crimson eyes, the entire world transformed into fragments of free-floating spiritual energy and individuals existing as souls!

And Luffy's soul was right in front of Red.

However, compared to Luffy's ever-increasing health bar, his soul remained unchanged, just as it had always been.

In fact... because he had just experienced a near-death experience, Luffy's soul flame was much weaker than usual, and he was visibly listless.

At the same time, Luffy, who was lying on the ground, suddenly exuded an extraordinary aura.

A fierce burst of Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted from his body, shaped like a black lightning bolt. This caused Nami and the others who were gathered nearby to change their expressions abruptly, and they couldn't help but take a step back, moving away from Luffy at this moment.

The drumbeats grew louder and more intense!

Even the sea kings wandering around Fishman Island were awakened by the ancient drumbeats, and inexplicably opened their eyes, gazing towards Fishman Island.

"This is!?"

The sea kings, whose intelligence was in no way inferior to that of humans, looked on with puzzlement as they listened to the familiar yet unfamiliar drumbeat.

After all, their king has not yet fully matured.

According to the agreement, it was not yet time for them to be deployed.

and so……

Why did Joy Boy appear at this time?!

The sea kings' enormous eyes revealed a look of surprise and doubt.

Because this means that from this moment on, the fate that was originally written has suddenly changed.

They cannot determine...

Is this change ultimately a good thing or a bad thing?

……

……

the other side.

The red nerves remained taut.

Luffy is showing more and more of Nika's characteristics.

Based on his impression of the anime, in a few seconds, Luffy will show a strange smile while unconscious, and then turn into a laughing "Nika"!

He has to stop everything before Luffy gets happy!

It seems to be in response to the crimson heart's voice.

In that instant, a mysterious spiritual force suddenly appeared out of thin air from Luffy's body and quickly enveloped his soul.

At the same time, with the emergence of that special spiritual power, the "Nika Power" surging out of Luffy's body also suddenly increased.

It was as if all this power had been preparing for this moment!

"It's here!!!"

His crimson pupils, which had been ready all along, suddenly dilated.

The next moment, he immediately made his move.

The surging spiritual power, like a roaring torrent, transformed into a sharp arrow, swiftly shooting towards the spiritual power contained within the fruit's ability.

And as it turns out...

That peculiar spiritual power was indeed the Devil Fruit will hidden within Luffy's body.

Because after discovering the crimson mental attack, the mental force miraculously and abruptly changed direction, avoiding the crimson mental attack.

Fortunately, Crimson had anticipated this.

He quickly transformed his mental energy into a barrier once again, directly blocking the path of that willpower's advance.

At the same time, Crimson suddenly shouted, "Brook!"

Brooke, who had already begun her operation, immediately responded:

"Leave the rest to me!"

"I will absolutely not allow the power of the Devil Fruit to affect Luffy!"

As he spoke, Brook, who had somehow transformed into a green ghostly form, conjured countless fists and rained them down on Luffy's body like a storm of pear blossoms, yet perfectly avoiding Luffy's vital points and causing as little damage as possible.

After all... his goal wasn't to make Luffy completely disappear while he was still asleep.

Instead, they wanted to trigger Brook's amazing properties in this way!

Trait: Wandering Soul. Its effect is that when fighting enemies in close combat, there is a certain probability of completing a soul interaction with the enemy!

That's right!

Red and Brook's plan was to use Brook's special abilities to completely protect Luffy's soul.

As for whether Nika's will will affect Brook?

Crimson thought this possibility didn't exist!

If Nika's will could so easily unite with someone outside of destiny, it wouldn't have taken eight hundred years to find a host other than Joy Boy!

Brook's punches in his spirit form can also be considered close-quarters combat, and can also trigger Brook's ghost-like abilities...

And this is the best solution that Red could come up with to help Luffy avoid Nika's will attack!

Brook, who had been rehearsing in his mind for a long time, did not disappoint Crimson.

Almost the instant those hundreds of fist shadows landed, his special ability was successfully triggered.

Under the magical power of Pokémon abilities, Brook, being a Will-o'-the-Wisp, directly entered Luffy's body.

Instead……

Luffy's soul transformed into a soft, strange shape and flew out of his body, heading towards Brook's body.

In an instant!

Nika's will, which had been frantically attacking Luffy's soul, suddenly stopped, as if it had crashed and remained frozen in place.

Clearly, even the will of Nika, who represents the divine power of the pirate world—the sun god Nika—never imagined that it would one day encounter such a situation.

Just as Crimson had predicted...

When the soul of the person destined to be Luffy no longer appeared inside his body, the will of the Nika Fruit lost its target and became helpless.

Crimson would certainly not let such a great opportunity slip by!

He directly increased the output of his mental power, instantly transforming it into an unbreakable net of mental energy, which enveloped Nika as he was caught in a dilemma.

Then he pulled the mysterious Nika will out of Luffy's body.

"That's enough, Brook!" Crimson shouted again.

Upon receiving the order, Brook immediately canceled his Ghost ability, allowing his and Luffy's souls to revert back to normal.

"In that case, Luffy should be able to awaken Gear Fifth without being corrupted by Nika's will, right?!"

Red looked at Luffy's body with an expectant expression.

What Crimson didn't expect was...

As the Nika Fruit disappeared, the Nika power that had been surging out of Luffy's body began to gradually subside.

Even Luffy's hair, which had already been dyed white, began to turn black and white.

"What's going on!?"

Brook, who had just returned to his skeleton body, immediately asked in surprise.

Unfortunately……

At this moment, Crimson frowned, completely baffled by Luffy's current condition.