One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

"Hurry up and sign up in the group, or you'll be out of luck once there are enough people!"

"I'm going right now!" Barto replied eagerly, and hung up the phone.

He then opened an app with a straw hat icon and was immediately taken into a group chat with a 999+ notification...

Chapter 491 Since things have gotten this big, let's just give birth to it~

Barto subconsciously tapped the red dot, and instantly the screen seemed to go crazy, rapidly expanding upwards until the information at the top stopped at the position Barto had last viewed. Only then did he begin to look at it seriously.

On the screen are real-name avatars and their respective group nicknames.

The New King of Giants, Hajrudin: "Wait, what's going on!? Moria, are you sure Lord Crimson has agreed to let you attack Elbaf!?"

Moria, the Master of Shadows: "Of course! Do you think I have the time to entertain a bunch of weaklings like you!?"

Hajrudin, the New King of Giants: "Impossible! There must be some misunderstanding! I must go find Lord Crimson!"

Amazonian Queen Hancock: "No need to ask! Lord Red just sent me a message, Moria wasn't lying."

"It's just different from what you think. Lord Crimson's order wasn't to attack Elbaf at all, but to have Moria take down that madman Loki in Elbaf!"

Lord of Shadows Moria: "Tch~ What a meddlesome woman!"

New King of Giants, Hajrudin: "I see~ As long as we're not fighting Elbaf, then there shouldn't be any problems."

Bucky the Clown: "Hey, aren't you being a little too heartless? If I remember correctly, Loki is your brother, isn't he?"

Hajrudin, the New King of Giants: "Hmph, I have no brothers who killed my father."

"and……"

"Since Lord Crimson's order is to deal with that guy, I, Hajrudin, and the New Giant Warrior Pirates must lend a hand!"

Lord of Shadows Moria: "Hehe~ Come on, come on! This is the perfect opportunity for you to witness the power of Hades!"

Gluttony's Daughter Bonnie: "What? You actually dug that old relic out? It's been sitting around for so long, is it even usable?!"

Moria, the Master of Shadows: "Heh heh, want to know the power of the Ancient Weapons?! If you do, come to Elbaf! I'll show you everything there!"

New King of Giants, Hajrudin: "No... don't say anymore! Senior Moria, please let me go with you this time. I will do my best to persuade the warriors of Elbaf to join the Straw Hat Pirates."

Surgeon Law: "It seems the Straw Hat crew wants Elbaf to choose sides early. After all, it's the world's number one superpower, and it's unlikely they'll remain insignificant at this point..."

"........."

"........."

"Oh, so that's how it is~"

Half an hour later, Barto, who had completed the feat of climbing the building, nodded knowingly, having a general understanding of what had happened.

In short, after obtaining Pluton, Moria seemed eager to do great things for the Straw Hat Pirates, so he submitted an application to Red to subdue Elbaf and received approval.

Then, it seemed that Lord Red was worried about Moria traveling alone, so he asked him to find other members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet to accompany him, and specifically instructed Empress Hancock, who had once been a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, to accompany him.

Upon receiving the order, Moria immediately spread the word among the captains of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, much like a eunuch receiving a sacred command.

Ever since Crimson had the research team develop the group chat function for personal terminals, these captains have been bragging and joking around in the group. Now that they've encountered something serious, it has immediately attracted everyone's attention and sparked a heated discussion.

At first, everyone was discussing this matter very seriously. As the hidden prince of Elbaf, he even directly proposed to go along to avoid Moria and his group actually fighting Elbaf and causing casualties among the giants.

However, the atmosphere of the discussion changed instantly when Luo brought up the topic of "taking sides".

What started as a desire to see Moria's abilities somehow turned into forcing Elbaf to take sides.

After all, they were a group of pirates, and a powerful group of pirates who had joined the world's largest pirate crew...

Soon the group chat turned into a discussion about making Elbaf submit and obey the Straw Hat crew's orders.

In order to achieve this effect, most of the captains who were not in trouble signed up to support Moria.

Even those who were busy with work said they would finish what they were doing as soon as possible and head to Elbaf.

In a short time, a massive force, capable of shaking the seas even without the straw hat, quietly gathered together.

……

……

at the same time.

On the vast, adrift sea, Moria, having shut down his personal terminal, stared blankly at the empty wall before him, blinking in astonishment.

"How could things have turned out like this?"

"No, I just wanted to invite a few people to come and watch the show, how did it all turn into such a big mess..."

"If we just let this go and leave it at that, we'll lose face big time!"

Moriah looked distressed.

At this moment, he even regretted suggesting to Crimson that he subdue Elbaf.

In fact, ever since his trip to Mary Geoise, after Red discovered the World Government's intention to continuously collect Devil Fruit users, he also realized...

Although the Devil Fruit users no longer pose any threat to them, the Straw Hat Pirates are no longer just Luffy and his group.

This is already a huge force spanning the globe, so the things we need to consider can't just be based on Luffy and his crew.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Straw Hat crew from being bullied outside, Red also issued an order for all members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet who did not have specific jobs to go out to sea to find Devil Fruit users and Devil Fruits.

Those who can be recruited should be recruited, those who can be communicated with should be communicated with, and those who really cannot be recruited should be brought back to the Pokémon Sea and allowed to reside permanently in one place, because you never know when you might need to use their abilities.

As for those who still fantasize about becoming kings or emperors and dominating a region with their Devil Fruit abilities, we can only regretfully inform them that their dreams have been shattered.

Ultimately, what awaited them was imprisonment and being used as experimental subjects until they were willing to obey.

Simply put, everyone in the Straw Hat Grand Fleet is busy with their own things these days.

Moria never expected that at this critical juncture, he could summon a massive army with a single arrow.

This is absolutely infuriating!

This is not the outcome he wanted.

"Fine, since that's how it is, we'll just have to bite the bullet and go for it!"

"But if all those guys come, we absolutely can't mess things up, or they'll laugh at us to death!"

Although Moria was reluctant to admit it, he had to admire Red's eye for talent.

In the Straw Hat Grand Fleet today, besides him and Hancock, the two veteran Shichibukai, various strong individuals are emerging one after another like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, their talents are frighteningly strong, and sometimes even Moria himself can't help but feel jealous.

Buggy, the humanoid succubus, can gather a group of followers wherever he goes. In fact, many members of other pirate crews that were originally part of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet sometimes join Buggy's crew after having a few drinks with him, which is really outrageous.

Bartolomeo, with his absolute defense and Barrier-Barrier Fruit, makes countless powerful individuals hesitate to attack him. However, he is also incredibly shameless, making it impossible for people not to hit him, ultimately wasting their energy on the barrier.

Surgeon Law, despite his young age, awakened his Devil Fruit power early on. Combined with his psychic techniques, his spatial manipulation skills leave all his enemies bewildered, unable to even physically touch him.

Bonney, the Time Girl, is said to have a true age that remains unknown, a secret even within the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. Her abilities are both mysterious and powerful… and most importantly, she has a father, Kuma, who is on par with Moria and Hancock!

Although Big Bear has now returned to the Revolutionary Army and contributed to the revolutionary cause, this will not affect Bonnie's value; on the contrary, it makes her even more awesome.

After all, she was backed by high-ranking members of the Revolutionary Army.

At least within the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, apart from Buggy, who is sworn brothers with Shanks, no one else has such an impressive background.

Oh no, Haldin should also be considered, but he's too weak to be counted.

As for the others, there's Capone the Castleman, Drake the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Cavendish the White Horse Swordsman, Carib the Swamp Demon…

Perhaps because they haven't been with the Grand Fleet for long, or for some other reason, they are not as famous as the aforementioned individuals, but they are still formidable figures.

It's safe to say that even someone as powerful as Moria in his current state wouldn't dare claim to be 100% certain of defeating any of the aforementioned individuals.

After all, he's not the only one who has received a boost from the power of Pokémon!

"No, we need to find someone to study this properly."

"After all, it's an event we organized ourselves; if things go wrong, we're doomed!"

After much deliberation, Moria finally decided to release the pressure in his heart.

As for who it will be released to?

Those are naturally his beloved subordinates!

He is no longer the loser who single-handedly shouldered all the failures of the past.

True strength never hesitates to seek help from the weak.

This is something he learned from Crimson.

Soon, a small meeting, exclusively for the Moonlight Pirates, was held in Moria's office.

Perona, Hogback, Absalom, and the bewildered Karina sat opposite Moria in turn.

After listening to Moriah finish recounting his troubles, the four of them immediately displayed different expressions.

Perona looked worried. She was the first to empathize with Moria, perhaps because her own thoughts were also somewhat abnormal.

But having only mastered the art of ghost magic, she, like Moria, could only place her hopes on others.

Hogback, on the other hand, looked excited. Even with a pair of black sunglasses on, one could still see the glint of light beneath them, as if he were deep in thought, and perhaps even itching to rush into his laboratory and create a bunch of bizarre zombies.

Since they're all disposable anyway, and he doesn't need to consider the long term, he can go all out and make a big splash, and then have Captain Moria bring over a few reliable shadows.

That's right~

Moria has now returned to a normal life, and with the existence of chat software, he has made a few friends in the large fleet.

These people all have one or two powerful figures imprisoned in their hands, such as Destroyer Wald in Barto's hands, and Edward Weevil in Law's hands.

It's just borrowing their shadows for a short time; it won't affect them at all, and it will even give Moria's men a few more powerful zombies.

In contrast, Absalom's situation is somewhat awkward at this time.

His talent wasn't particularly good, and he didn't develop his Devil Fruit ability very well either...

Although we obtained a batch of powerful equipment from the research unit, we were able to barely handle some minor situations.

However, compared to the powerful members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, his methods were simply insignificant.

He didn't possess Perona's eerie ghostly powers, nor did he have Hogback's unparalleled cadaver tailoring skills...

His current position in the Moonlight Pirates is like his Devil Fruit ability: he's practically invisible.