One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

Karina, who is known for her intelligence, gave a slight bitter smile, and said helplessly with envy and jealousy.

To her surprise, even though she spoke so softly, Moria, who was next to her, could still hear her.

"That's right! In this world, only power is real!"

"Those who possess power can obtain everything in this world!"

"So, Miss Karina, you haven't made a decision yet!?"

"Although the Moonlight Pirates are only one member of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, you should be able to see that even among the Straw Hat Pirates, which are full of strong individuals, we can be considered top-tier fighters!"

Your talent will never be wasted!

"Ah...this..."

Karina opened her mouth in surprise.

Although it wasn't the first time Moria had invited her, the sudden series of events still made it difficult for her to correctly analyze the current situation.

At this moment, a short time has passed since Moria defeated Tesoro.

After Karina agreed to help Moria control the Entertainment City to the Pokémon Ocean, the two sides officially established a cooperative relationship.

With the aim of learning as much as possible about Nami's friend, Moria also had a brief conversation with Carina.

Perhaps it was Moria's power that intimidated her, but after learning that Moria was treating her so specially because of Nami, Karina's feelings became inexplicably complicated.

Although Nami's performance wasn't particularly outstanding in the Straw Hat Pirates, a group of eccentric and powerful individuals, Carina didn't miss a single piece of news about her old friend.

However, their current statuses are now worlds apart, one in heaven and the other on earth.

As a high-ranking member of the Straw Hat Pirates, Nami is already a powerful figure who can influence the course of the world, yet she remains a thief who travels between various forces, stealing money.

To put it more nicely, she's nothing more than a beautiful female thief.

"I'm sorry, Lord Moria, this all happened too suddenly. Please allow me some time to consider it."

Ultimately, Karina did not directly refuse Moria's invitation.

Having traveled the world alone for many years, and even come to the side of Tesoro, the richest man in the world, she had long been accustomed to her solitary and skeptical nature.

Her sudden decision to join another faction, such an abrupt change of identity, left her somewhat bewildered.

After all, the Moonlight Pirates are under the Straw Hat Pirates' command.

Once he accepts the invitation, he can't treat Moria and the others the same way he treated Tesoro.

The stakes involved are completely different.

more importantly……

From her brief conversation with Moria, the astute Carina also realized that Moria and the others did not seem to have obtained the information about themselves from Nami.

In other words, Nami may have long forgotten about her existence.

Especially during their last collaboration, the two parted ways without saying goodbye.

Although Karina believed that Nami, whose intelligence was second only to her own, would surely understand why she had betrayed her, so many years had passed, and who knew what it would be like when they met again.

So let's wait until she's actually able to enter the Pokémon Ocean before making any decisions.

Despite the frequent trade in the Pokémon Seas, with a large number of ships coming and going every day.

But that is, after all, the territory of the Straw Hat Pirates, the strongest pirate crew in the world. A professional like Karina, who is inherently malicious, would never dare to approach the Pokémon Sea even a fraction of the way.

Now that she has this opportunity, she plans to take a trip to the Pokémon Ocean.

After all... that's the same sea area as the wildly popular virtual game "Pokémon World," and also the birthplace of "Pokémon World." She had long wanted to visit it.

Unfortunately, she wasn't very talented as a trainer, and her first Pokémon didn't have much potential either, so she didn't have the idea of ​​participating in the Indigo League to compete for the strongest trainer reward.

Two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Under Moria's forceful coercion, not a single tourist from the entertainment city escaped. They all offered up a great deal of wealth and treasures to the Moonlight Pirates before they were able to leave the entertainment city that had caused them so much fear.

Only a few individuals who had trade dealings with the Straw Hat Pirates' affiliated trading companies were spared leniency by Moria and his crew after providing evidence or proof, and no wealth was confiscated.

This also made those who were associated with the Straw Hat feel a sense of superiority. After learning that they didn't have to pay the life-saving fee, they even took the initiative to help the Moonlight Pirates collect the wealth of other people.

Their enthusiasm for work even surpassed that of the zombies Moria sent out.

Judging from their expressions, this job seemed much more enjoyable than having a good time in the entertainment city.

They were just victims a moment ago.

The diversity of human nature was on full display at this moment.

……

……

On the turbulent sea.

The glittering entertainment city, brightly lit like shimmering neon lights, glides through the dim sea.

It must be said that Karina is indeed quite skilled; single-handedly, she actually managed to control this special ship, which is comparable to a small island, and sail it normally on the sea.

It's important to understand that the City of Entertainment is quite different from the Thriller Bark Moria had previously encountered.

Although Moriah's Thriller Bark is also a small island, it still uses the old-fashioned sailing mechanism to move by wind power.

Meanwhile, Tezzolo's entertainment city, thanks to the massive expenditure of money, has long since improved its power system, adopting modern electronic ship control technology.

Karina was able to not only find out the location of Tesoro's vault in such a short time, but also master such a set of ship control techniques...

His intelligence is so high that it can be said to be among the best.

This is also why Moria values ​​her and wants to invite her to join his crew.

After all, their pirate crew seems to really lack a strategist.

Moria now has a problem that is giving him a real headache.

Crimson originally sent him to cause trouble for Tesoro, but actually wanted to test Hades' power.

However, after acquiring information about Tesoro and the Entertainment City, Moria, along with a group of subordinates and zombies, easily wiped out the entire Entertainment City.

With so many innocent tourists on the island, Pluto had no chance to unleash his power.

and so……

Where should they go next to find a place where they can demonstrate the power of Hades and unleash a devastating attack?

So focused on showing off and quickly eliminating Tesoro, a guy whose power was even greater than before, he completely forgot the real purpose of his trip.

This is all Tesoro's fault; his methods were really limited to what was written in the intelligence reports.

To simply shut down the power after paying a little attention seems rather weak, doesn't it?

With this kind of ability, how exactly do they control the lifeline of the world economy?!

Moria remembered that before the Straw Hat Pirates became truly wealthy, this guy was said to control not 12%, but 20% of the wealth!

So, this kid really did get his status by being a lackey of the Celestial Dragons, right?

"........."

Inside the Pluto, Moria sat in the captain's cabin he had chosen. After thinking for a long time, he opened the personal terminal on his wrist and sent a voice message.

"Perona, come here for a second!"

Whoosh!

Less than a minute later, Perona, now a ghost, emerged from the wall and appeared in front of Moria.

"Lord Moria, you wanted to see me?"

"Hmm." Moria nodded, a rare look of worry appearing on his arrogant face.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke:

"Judging from the situation, this area of ​​the sea should be relatively safe. Go to the Entertainment City and have Karina come over."

"Although she doesn't seem to have made a decision yet, sometimes you really need some smart people around you."

"Uh~"

Perona, unaware of what Moria was worrying about, stiffened.

Although she wasn't particularly clever, she still managed to understand the hidden meaning in Moriah's words.

Lord Moria seems to be saying they're not very bright!?

What a joke!

The ones who aren't thinking straight are clearly those two idiots who hang out with zombies all the time.

Perona's brain works really well!

Of course, Perona, who considered herself very clever, had no intention of arguing with Moria about this matter.

After agreeing, her body floated towards the ceiling, completing the task Moria had assigned her.

Shortly afterward, Karina, who had come from the City of Entertainment, cautiously knocked on the door of Captain Moria's cabin.

After receiving the reply "Come in," she then came in.

To be honest, she's quite knowledgeable to have gotten to where she is today.

However, after boarding the ancient weapon Hades, she was still deeply shocked.

In the past two days, reports about Moria and Hades have been spreading like wildfire across the ocean.

Karina naturally learned of this as well.

"I never imagined that I would one day be able to leave my footprints on the deck of the Ancient Weapon Hades."

Karina laughed and joked as she pushed open the door.

Upon hearing this, Moria's eyes flashed with pride.

"Hehehe, if you join the Moonlight Pirates, you can even have your own private room on this Pluton."

"That sounds pretty tempting~" Karina said with a longing expression, but then immediately asked:

"So, Lord Moria, why did you have Miss Perona summon me here?"

"This one……"