One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

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Boom!!!

As a cloud of dust rose, the land of Wano Country suddenly shook violently.

Call ~

A sudden, inexplicable gust of wind arose, blowing away all the swirling smoke and dust.

Crimson, having recovered from its Eterna form, entered the dimensional portal instantly with four small robots without any pause.

When they reappeared, they were already on the deck of the Merry.

"Eh... Crimson!?"

As soon as he appeared, Usopp, who was doing something on the deck, immediately noticed his presence.

Strange to say.

Whether it's Luffy, Zoro, or anyone else, Observation Haki is almost like having a switch; it only works when used and when one is vigilant.

Normally, they can only sense killing intent and hostility.

But Usopp is the only one who, whether because he is too timid and always on guard or something else, can keep his Observation Haki constantly active, even when he is sleeping.

This isn't exactly an advantage, as this state is quite a burden on Usopp's mental health.

But at least in the current state of the One Piece world, very few people could successfully ambush Usopp.

First, their movement speed must exceed Usopp's reaction speed by several times or even more in order to launch an effective sneak attack.

"Usopp~ Hmm!?"

Crimson casually greeted them.

But the next second, his gaze suddenly fixed on the little guy under Usopp, and then his eyes widened in astonishment.

"A green...caterpillar!?"

"Huh? Hahaha, even you find it unbelievable, right!?"

Usopp seemed to have anticipated Red's expression and was prepared to burst into laughter.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the caterpillar below obediently spat out a thread, which wrapped around Usopp's arm and landed directly on his shoulder.

"Wait, what's going on!?"

"I'll only be out for... half a day, right?"

Red looked up at the sky. He had left the Merry earlier that morning and entered space almost a few minutes after leaving.

Aside from wasting some time traveling through space, they hardly stopped moving.

The sun is only just beginning to set.

How come Usopp has Pokémon after going to the moon?

Did I land on the wrong planet?

For a moment, the excitement in Crimson's heart about exploring the universe was greatly suppressed.

He looked at Usopp with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's going on?"

"Haha~" Usopp continued to chuckle, then explained, "Actually, this was just a little experiment of mine~"

"I've been pretty bored these past few days, so I suddenly had a brilliant idea: since wish power can be concentrated into a fruit, what if I could turn an ordinary fruit into a Devil Fruit..."

"And Zoan-type Devil Fruits will turn the user into the corresponding animal."

"So I was thinking, is it possible to skip the Devil Fruit step and directly inject the power of will into the body of a living being? I wonder what would happen."

“Not long after you left this morning, I went to see Pythagoras and brought up this idea.”

“Pythagoras seemed quite interested in this as well, so he took some of his accumulated willpower and injected it into the body of an insect…”

"And then, the original insect turned into what it is now~"

Usopp pointed to the green caterpillar on his shoulder.

Although it looks like a Pokémon, it doesn't seem to have the intelligence of a Pokémon. It just acts like an ordinary insect, enjoying the Bug-type energy emanating from Usopp and greedily sucking it up.

"So... you had a sudden inspiration and actually created Pokémon in this world!?"

"What kind of living Arceus are you?!"

"Uh..." Usopp, who knew Pokémon well enough, could obviously hear the teasing in Red's words. He awkwardly scratched his cheek:

"Actually, it can't really be considered a complete Pokémon~"

"Because we just tested it in Pythagoras, and this caterpillar is currently in the same state as those who ate artificial Devil Fruits. It can only maintain its current state and cannot return to its original state."

"But Pythagoras also said that the advantage of this is that it can successfully circumvent the rule that only one person with the same Devil Fruit ability can exist."

"In other words, given enough time, he could even create a swarm of caterpillars."

"Ah..." A glint of light flashed in his crimson eyes, "Isn't this perfect!?"

Usopp suddenly smiled: "I think so too!"

But then he continued:

"However, Pythagoras also said that the success of this green caterpillar was due to its small size and widespread nature."

"Because Viridian Forest is arguably the most memorable location for all Pokémon players, and Caterpie is quite weak, almost every new player will catch one to raise..."

"Therefore, the desires associated with the green caterpillar are relatively concentrated in one place."

"Even so, condensing this green caterpillar consumed most of the caterpillar's willpower."

"To create more Pokémon, we need more players to enter the Pokémon world."

"That's easy to discuss!"

His crimson eyes flashed.

He never expected that the Pokémon Fruit he was looking forward to would appear in this way.

However, the ability to directly create Pokémon and Pokémon Fruits are not contradictory.

After all, there are no trainers in the real world, nor is there a rule like in the Pokémon world where losing the ability to battle doesn't mean you won't die...

So the appearance of Pokémon in reality would at most bring Red a pleasant surprise.

But what can truly bring power and even help them enter the universe is the Pokémon Fruit that he is most looking forward to!

Of course, selling Pokémon merchandise related to the virtual reality game Pokémon World is a perfectly normal thing, right?

Looking at the little guy on Usopp's shoulder, Scarlet seemed to see a whole new trade route!

Chapter 495 The goal is—the stars and the sea!

Caterpie, which evolved through willpower, also inherited the Pokémon-specific evolutionary laws and successfully evolved into Metapod.

This news is perhaps the best news Red has heard in the past three days, apart from the successful creation of the Space Pirate Vivre Card and its drifting away.

All I can say is that the power of willpower is truly immense.

Perhaps in the world of One Piece, the power of will is equivalent to the Hogyoku in Bleach or the Otsutsuki bloodline in Naruto...

They all possess omnipotent power; whatever they wish for comes true.

It can even perfectly mimic the natural laws of other worlds.

This was something Crimson hadn't expected...

The fundamental principle of the One Piece world is surprisingly quite human-centered.

Compared to the two major events mentioned above, the recent news that the Straw Hat Pirates are preparing to capture Elbaf, which has been making headlines across the seas, has received little attention within the Straw Hat crew.

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"What's wrong, Crimson? Why did you suddenly call us over?"

Inside the conference room of the Going Merry.

Luffy and the others pushed open the door one after another, sat down in their usual places, and then asked Red, who had sent them a mental message, with curious expressions.

Red, however, smiled without saying a word, mysteriously waving his hand at Luffy, signaling him to calm down.

"Don't worry, trust me, you'll jump for joy when you hear this good news."

"However, at such an important moment, we should wait until everyone is gathered before discussing this further."

"Okay, all mysterious~"

Luffy muttered a complaint.

But then, just like a slime, it slumped limply onto the table.

Having been engrossed in the game world for almost a month, he hasn't been able to cultivate properly. Now that he's just started to enter cultivation mode, he's clearly finding it difficult to adapt to the monotonous and tedious cultivation life.

Simply put...

The goal was so clear that it seemed like it could be accomplished simply by following the steps, that Luffy and even the rest of the Straw Hat crew had become complacent.

Perhaps only Zoro and Sanji are currently able to maintain such a high level of training.

Even during the time when the Straw Hat Pirates were all engrossed in the Pokémon world, the two of them did not slack off in the slightest.

I only play games during my spare time from training, as a way to relax and add some flavor to my mood.

After all, Hawkeye has now successfully mastered the complete Pokémon form, and combined with his already extremely sharp swordsmanship, his strength has increased significantly once again.

Despite the fact that the story of Roronoa Zoro, the new world's greatest swordsman, has begun to circulate across the seas due to the events at the Festival Island, Hawkeye has not completely denied the incident.

But the truth is...

In a sparring match two weeks ago, Zoro was once again defeated by Mihawk.

Despite his remarkable progress, he is still a little behind Hawkeye, who has achieved Pokémon transformation.

As for the rumors circulating about the world's greatest swordsman, neither of the two individuals involved paid any attention to them.

For Hawkeye, if Red hadn't also granted him Pokémon powers and selflessly taught him all the techniques related to using Pokémon powers, such as Pokémonization...