One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

Arceus World, Emerald Region.

Following the plot, Red, who had been driven out of the village of Jubilee by the Galactic Team's boss, led Luffy and Zoro to a small room where they met a special NPC named Usopp and successfully received a new main quest...

The Trial of the Three Sacred Mushrooms!

"It's finally coming to an end."

After successfully completing the dialogue with the NPC, Crimson sighed inwardly.

It must be said that he underestimated the complexity of the quests in the Arceus game world.

Red originally thought that with the Straw Hat crew's current strength, defeating a mere Arceus would be a piece of cake.

But once he actually started leading everyone to focus on the main storyline, Crimson realized...

The vast map not only brought more Pokémon for the Straw Hat crew to level up, but also made some tasks that originally required searching and exploration incredibly complicated and time-consuming.

Once he realized this, he immediately felt that he couldn't delay any longer.

So recently, Red has been leading the Straw Hat crew at full speed, abandoning some unnecessary side quests and heading straight for the main storyline.

Thanks to their leveling up over this period, Crimson's accumulated experience in the Pokédex has long reached the required standard, saving them a lot of effort.

And so, after doing quests and leveling up for almost half a month, Crimson and his friends finally pushed the game's progress to the second-to-last major level!

Next, they only need to go to three locations in the Greenland region, find the three legendary Pokémon of the lakes, and pass their tests to directly find the final boss of Arceus after completing the first playthrough...

Dialga, the god of time who controls the power of time, and Palkia, the god of space who controls space!

Therefore, he specially brought in the Straw Hat Pirates' two strongest fighters—Luffy and Zoro—for this final sprint!

After all, the Pokémon they are about to face are no longer the straightforward creatures like Mewtwo, which only have the ability to fight.

A guy who only knows how to fight, Red believes that no one can be a match for Gear Fifth Luffy.

What I fear most is that the opponent might use underhanded tactics, such as unleashing the special abilities of some mythical beasts.

In this way, even Red couldn't guarantee that Luffy in Gear 5 would be able to help him clear the level smoothly.

However, with Zoro joining the team, the success rate of clearing the game is at least 85%!

"I wonder if the mythical beasts that can't be caught in the game world will inherit their divine powers and abilities?"

With the battle situation settled, Crimson had more mental capacity to think about other issues.

With a powerful template like Mewtwo, he might find it hard to be interested in any other legendary Pokémon templates besides Arceus.

Therefore, even though Dialga and Palkia are two divine beasts whose level is perhaps not even as high as Luffy's, they are the only ones that Red can look forward to...

That is, the divine duties they hold!

"The power to manipulate space and time!?"

"Don't let me down, machine buddy!"

After a brief moment of anticipation, Red immediately led Luffy and Zoro away from the cabin and headed towards the location of the Three Sacred Mushrooms.

However, after leaving the cabin, Zoro and Luffy's expressions clearly changed.

Seeing that even Luffy looked thoughtful, Akame immediately became curious.

"What's wrong with you two?!"

"Crimson, do you think what that woman just said applies to the real world as well?!"

Perhaps anticipating that Crimson would ask them a question, Zoro, who seemed to be deep in thought, suddenly looked up and asked Crimson in return.

"What did you say?!" Crimson was stunned for a moment, then instantly reacted and said:

"You mean... concepts about time, space, and the universe!?"

“That’s right!” Zoro nodded in agreement.

"I always felt that after hearing what that woman said, there was something vague and lingering in my mind, but I could never quite grasp it."

"The four directions and the space above and below are called the universe, and the past and present are called the time... I never imagined that there would be such profound and infinite knowledge in the Pokémon world."

"I feel as if my swordsmanship is trembling."

Even Luffy, upon hearing this, looked up with a strange expression, scratched the back of his head, and said:

"Although I didn't quite understand what the woman was saying, something felt off, like something I couldn't quite put my finger on."

"However, I always feel that if it could be used in the fifth gear, it would produce unexpected results."

"The universe, could it be a more interesting place than the ocean!?"

"It can enhance swordsmanship and Gear 5?" Red was stunned, never expecting that a single sentence could bring Luffy and Zoro so much insight.

But then he immediately thought of something...

Compared to the pirate world, which has a weak cultural foundation and is rife with barbarity, they would indeed find it difficult to come into contact with such profound words.

This phrase, which the Crimson Crimson had heard for at least eight hundred years, was a bit too much of a dimensional blow for them.

It's a pity this is a pirate world, not some kind of cultivation world.

Otherwise, this single moment of enlightenment might have been enough for the two chosen ones to receive the blessings of heaven and earth and gain profound understanding on the spot.

but……

"The power of time and space?" A glint flashed in his crimson eyes as he explained to the two of them:

"The world of One Piece does indeed possess similar powers..."

"Remember Bonney from Supernova?!"

"Although her current power is not very noticeable, her Devil Fruit ability is very likely related to time and space."

"In short... the waters here are too deep for you to handle."

"Once things are settled here, I'll see if there's a chance for you to experience the power of spacetime firsthand!"

If the machine is powerful enough to grant him the abilities of Dialga and Palkia, he can let Luffy and Zoro personally experience the power of space and time.

At that time, one of them is blessed with extraordinary destiny, and the other is a genius of enlightenment. They might actually be able to develop special abilities.

After all, Nika's power is capable of things like conjuring objects out of thin air... a mere matter of space-time~

Without elaborating on the topic further, Crimson led the two directly toward Lake Heart, where the first legendary Pokémon, Mesprit, resided.

Fortunately...

Because the mission was in special terrain, Crimson and his team easily found the location of the Lake of Heart once they reached a certain altitude.

The guardian of the Lake of Hearts is a level 65 Green Form Pokémon—the boss, Goodra!

With a base stat total of 600, extremely high strength at level 65, plus the unique boss attribute bonuses of the game world...

This Goumi Dragon's strength is already comparable to that of a gatekeeper Marine Admiral!

Fortunately, the current machines allow Red to bring two Pokémon at once, and in wild battles, the battle arena does not force only one Pokémon to battle as in the anime.

With Gear Fourth Luffy and Ultra Instinct Zoro working together, the two easily defeated the boss, Goumi Dragon, and successfully completed the challenge against Emredo.

Unfortunately……

After handing over the necessary items for the mission to Crimson, Emrido vanished in a flash, giving Crimson no chance to attack or challenge it.

As second-generation gods created by Arceus, the Legendary Pokémon of the Lake may not be the strongest in battle, but each of them possesses unique abilities.

If he could defeat them, Crimson would very much like to see the names of those three little guys appear in his template list.

It's also a good opportunity to see the Pokémon template and whether it grants the Red Pokémon divine powers.

The legendary Pokémon of the three lakes each possess one of the three fundamental characteristics that constitute the spiritual world: cognition, emotion, and will.

Their abilities are still quite appealing to Crimson.

but……

"It seems I can only consider these things in the second playthrough."

Red shook his head and sighed softly in his heart, then immediately led Luffy and the other two towards their next destination without stopping.

The entire Arceus world is divided into two playthroughs.

The first playthrough is the normal storyline. After completing all the main quests, you can quell the spacetime rift in the sky above the Xicui region.

The second playthrough is basically about triggering various quests to collect legendary beasts.

However, compared to the ease of the first playthrough, in the second playthrough they may encounter more than one Pokémon whose strength is no weaker than Mewtwo.

There is still some pressure on the Straw Hat Pirates right now.

Therefore, Crimson does not intend to subdue these mythical beasts in the short term.

What he was more concerned about was...

What kind of reward will the machine give him after completing Arceus once?

"We need to speed things up!!!"

A slight smile played on her crimson lips as she began to dream of the future.

……

……

Two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Of course, it was impossible for Crimson and the others to stay in the game world 24 hours a day.

The little things in life always require time to manage.

Nevertheless, in two days, Crimson and his friends successfully traversed the world map, passed all the trials of the Three Sacred Mushrooms, and obtained the story-exclusive item "Red Chain".

During this time, Zoro successfully leveled up to level 61 by taking advantage of the high amount of experience gained from the three gatekeepers, once again widening the gap between him and Sanji.

I have to say...

Zoro truly deserves to be called the most charismatic man in the world of One Piece!

Just a few months ago, he had fallen far behind Sanji because of the Speed-Speed ​​Fruit's power.

But ever since he mastered the ability of attribute awakening, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds!

The indestructible steel attribute and the domineering and arrogant dragon attribute, plus the ghostly aura that Zoro has long since incorporated into his swordsmanship...