One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

Instead, the Flame Butterfly gains a total attribute increase of up to 16.5 points after each level up!

You should know...

Even for Chopper, the attribute increase per level is only 16 points!

This scene alone is enough to prove the success of Usopp's "Zerg genius" training program!

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"Are you sure there's no problem, Crimson!?"

Inside the laboratory, Usopp held up a Devil Fruit covered in flame-feather patterns and with a protective wing on each side, his face showing a tense expression.

Even though she had already placed the fruit next to the Flame Butterfly, she still nervously asked Crimson again.

Red, however, wore an expectant expression and smiled at Usopp:

"Don't worry! It's just a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit!"

"It's a waste to leave it in the air anyway!"

"It's definitely worth the money to feed such a gifted individual as the Flame Butterfly."

"I'm really looking forward to seeing how it performs after it gains the power of the Vermilion Bird!"

A powerful talent, a bizarre ability to absorb flames, and the Vermilion Bird Fruit, which is comparable to Kaido's Azure Dragon Fruit...

The crimson color was almost entirely foreseeable...

In the future, under Usopp's command, the Flame Butterfly will display its majestic power, wielding a blazing inferno!

"That's right!"

Thinking of this, Crimson seemed to suddenly remember something and spoke again:

"Now that this mutated fire butterfly has become an important general under your command, it should be given a new name to distinguish it from other fire butterflies."

"Naming it!?"

Usopp, who had finally made up his mind to hand the Suzaku Fruit to the Flame Butterfly, felt a chill.

He immediately asked Crimson:

"Indeed, it should be given a catchy name."

"Crimson, do you have any good ideas!?"

"My thoughts..." Crimson grinned, giving the Flame Butterfly, which was sucking on the Devil Fruit with its slender mouth, a hint of amusement flashing in its eyes.

"Since its name is Flame Butterfly, and now it has eaten the Vermilion Bird Fruit, which is known as a divine beast."

"Then I think we should call it..."

"Vulcan Moth!"

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"Vulcan Moth?!"

Upon hearing the name, Usopp was stunned for a moment again.

If he remembers correctly, that seems to be the name of a Pokémon in the Pokémon world!

Although butterflies and moths may have many similarities in some ways, he had never really thought of using such a degrading term.

However, after muttering "Fire God Butterfly" a few times, Usopp felt the rhythm was strange, as if he was being taken advantage of. In the end, Usopp decided...

From now on, let's call this mutated fire butterfly the Fire God Moth!

Anyway, there's no real Vulcan Moth in the One Piece world, so who cares about these things!?

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"Vulcano, use Flamethrower!!!"

boom!!!

At Usopp's command, a vortex of orange-red flame appeared out of thin air and surged toward a level 40 Gentleman Moth not far away, instantly engulfing it.

"Squeak..."

Under the intense heat, the gentleman moth suddenly let out a terrible cry.

However, the next second...

Whew!

A powerful storm suddenly swept over the flames, extinguishing them completely.

The gentleman moth, waving its deep yellow wings, turned around, its eyes flashing with angry red light, and looked at the attacker behind it.

Seeing that the vortex of fire had not caused much damage to the Gentleman Moth, Usopp's expression changed slightly.

"As expected, it's a bit too much to ask a level 25 Volcarona to challenge a level 40 Pokémon?"

“However…” Usopp’s lips curled into a confident smile. “Then, let’s try this next!!!”

"Vulcan Moth, activate transformation!"

With a wave of his hand, Usopp commanded Volcano to suddenly raise its head and let out a sharp cry.

"Chirp~!!!"

Despite being an insect, the fire moth emitted a sharp bird cry at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, a vast flame engulfed its body, and under the transformation of the flame, the fire moth's body suddenly transformed into the shape of a large bird.

Its shape and appearance are very similar to Marco's phoenix form.

The only difference is that the flames covering the entire body of the Volcano are high-temperature flames that exude a hot and inviolable aura.

The intense heat instantly filled the entire space. After entering the Vermilion Bird form, the Volcano's originally dull insect compound eyes transformed into a pair of sharp eyes.

"Hehe~"

Looking at Volcano's new form, a look of satisfaction immediately flashed in Usopp's eyes.

He immediately gave another command to the Volcano, which attacked the Gentleman Moth, whose strength was comparable to that of a billion-dollar pirate.

Under the power of the Vermilion Bird Fruit, the flames released by the Fire God Moth instantly became more surging and intense.

The vortex of flames, which could only cause minor damage to the Gentleman Moth, now burned a distinct black scorch mark on its body like the blazing sun, and the scorch mark quickly spread throughout its entire body.

The Azure Dragon Fruit grants its user a powerful physique and other peripheral abilities, while the Vermilion Bird Fruit, which is on the same level, grants its user powerful fire manipulation abilities!

In its Vermilion Bird form, the Fire Moth, who already possesses an extraordinary affinity for fire-based abilities, can be said to have become a god who controls flames in this world!

With the enhancement of the Vermilion Bird Flame, the fire attacks released by the Volcano are increased in power by nearly two times.

Compared to the Vermilion Bird Flame, which is like heavenly fire descending to earth, the flames released by the Flame-Flame Fruit can only be considered ordinary fire common in the world.

So, the Flame-Flame Fruit, XXXX!

Of course, such a huge gap in levels is not so easy to bridge.

Even though it was burned and injured by the Vermilion Bird's Flame, the Gentleman Moth still bravely flapped its wings, emitting a strong purple poison powder, and at the same time used a gust of wind to quickly blow the poison powder towards the Volcano Moth.

Its speed is so fast that it gives people almost no chance to react.

This clearly demonstrates that the combination of poison powder and wind is the Gentleman Moth's signature move.

However, upon seeing this, Usopp showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he revealed a funny expression and chuckled.

"Poison powder!? That's definitely a pretty good combo~"

"If it were a Volcarona in its normal form, dealing with this overwhelming dust would be quite difficult!"

"It's just a pity..."

After a soft murmur, Usopp suddenly looked up. Despite his dual nature as a grass-and-insect user, a flame-like glint flashed in his eyes as he immediately gave the order:

"Vulcan Moth, charge straight in and deliver the final blow!!!"

"Use the 'Bear's Fury's Hottest Feature!!!"

"Chirp~!"

Upon receiving the command, the volcano moth emitted a sharp cry once more.

In an instant, even hotter Vermilion Bird Flames erupted from its body, completely enveloping it, and then it swooped down towards the Fire Moth opposite it.

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Half a minute later.

Looking at the fallen Gentleman Moth, Crimson quickly threw out the Ultra Ball Arceus Edition, capturing the Gentleman Moth and converting it into two streams of experience light that flowed to Usopp and Volcarona respectively.

But after he finished doing all this, a strange look flashed across his face.

Watching the human and moth already searching for their next target and continuing to level up, Crimson couldn't help but murmur softly:

"Why does it feel like... Usopp is more like a trainer than me!?"

At least when he's training the Straw Hat Pirates, he never gives out every single order, big or small, like Usopp does.

More importantly...

As the King of the Zerg, Usopp possesses absolute control over Volcarona, commanding it with even greater ease than Red, the nominal trainer.

For a moment, Crimson felt like an experience booster, following behind Trainer Usopp, throwing Poké Balls at him to gain more experience.

A thought flashed through his mind, and seeing Usopp and Volcarona catch another Pokémon, he followed suit and gave them a Great Ball Arceus.

Unlike the Poké Balls that I used before, which had to be purchased from the Friendship Shop.

Because in this game world, Crimson has the ability to create Poké Balls using items collected from the roadside, the effect of the Poké Balls in Arceus's version is significantly weakened by the machine.

The ability to obtain items has been removed, leaving only the increase in experience points.

Fortunately, obtaining Poké Balls in this world is very simple, so Red doesn't feel bad about throwing them away.