Half an hour later...
The Going Merry finally entered the normal sea current. The crew were heading to the Warship Island which is the home island of Apis.
Nami and other heaved a sigh of relief after escaping the calm belt area. Those towering sea king gives birth to their trauma as they will surely evade that part of the sea in the future.
Meanwhile, Luffy was having fun with the fan blades made out of cloud. He was so amazed that he jumped to it every now and then. Everytime he jump, he always get swatted by it's fluffy blades which gives him so much amusement.
Even the rest of the Strawhats have come to marvel this creation of Luke too.
They wondered what kind of power that gives function to a cloud, but only Luke can answer this question. Even Luffy didn't know the answer despite knowing Luke for a long time.
Nami commanded the cloud to stop spinning as they waited for Luke to catch up.
While waiting, the crew huddled around in the middle of Going Merry as they examined the cloud closely.
Usopp, Yosaku and Johnny pinched the cloud fan blades every now and then while Luffy tried to eat it which of course stopped by Nami and others.
Billy the duck also approached as it sent lightning sparks.
Crackle!!
The cloud easily absorbed the lightning as it swayed left and right expressing it's delight.
"Amazing! It's also immune on lightning!" Luffy's eyes sparkled as he played around with the cloud fan blades.
"Say, Luffy. Where did you met Luke? He's so mysterious and strong too. I can't see through him at all." Nami asked with curiosity written her face. Right now, she treated Luke as a friend she could depend on. Despite his overall charm and friendly attitude, she's still wary of him sometimes.
Everyone paid attention to Nami, they were also mystified by Luke's existence.
Luke casually throwing Devil Fruits as if cabbages, who does that?! He can fly, control bodies, even fighting sea kings alone, who the heck does that?!
"Hm? Oh, Luke is my neighbor in my hometown. Makino told me he's a womanizer back in the days!" Luffy laughed happily as he recalled the times when he and Luke trains at Mount Corvo.
"Who's Makino?" Usopp asked.
"Oh, Makino is my caretaker. I love eating food she delivers in my training. From what I know, Makino was hitting on Luke." Luffy contemplated.
"Really? So how's their relationship goes?" Nami got interested at the topic.
"I don't know?" Luffy laughed mysteriously at the group. He will not expose Luke's personal relationship to the crew.
"Right Luffy. Luke mentioned you trusted his knowledge too much. Is that true?" Sanji asked as he was more interested about Luke's connection of Luffy.
Luffy went silent for a bit after hearing Sanji. He said after a few seconds,
"Luke has a very scary knowledge. Of all the person I know, he's the most intelligent man. That is why I trusted his suggestions sometimes." Luffy was sure that Luke was the most intelligent person in East Blue.
"Wow, this is new. You're actually afraid of Luke's knowledge?" Zoro had a doubtful look. In fact, everyone does.
"Hehe! Yes. I have one warning to you all." Luffy smiled as he continued, "Never doubt Luke's knowledge or you'll end up in regret." With that, Luffy resumed his goofy attitude as he played with the fan blades made out of cloud.
"Guaaaa!! Guuuaa!!!" Billy flapped it's wings happily as it flew towards Luke whose flying back to Going Merry.
Behind Luke was a floating sea king's meat that's already been chopped to a large cube the size of Going Merry.
"OOOOOOHHH!! MEEEEAT!!!" Luffy salivated as his eyes became bright like shining stars seeing the glimmering massive meat.
"Treats for everyone." Luke smiled as he let the giant cube of meat float by the side of Going Merry.
"This..!! This is sea king's meat!"
Sanji's eyes were shining too. Apparently, one of his wishes is to cook the legendary meat of a sea king. After seeing the sea king's meat, he almost kneeled to worship Luke.
The Strawhats were having a feast until they reached the Warship Island.
Luke already dissolved the fan blades as he didn't want for the crew to rely on this kind of convenience. If they did, Nami's role will become easy and her navigation skill won't progress further. Maybe he will use those fan blades once they explored half of the grandline.
"Luke. Luffy says you have vast knowledge of the world." Nami approached Luke as she smiled. Her eyes were squinting as if she's planning on something.
Luke who's busy at contemplating things, paused as he glanced at Nami. He waved his hand as he somehow guessed her intention, "I don't have money. Go away."
"Oh, don't be like that. We're comrades, right? Say, do you know some islands that have treasures buried in there? You know, we kinda have low in funds at the moment..." Nami massaged Luke's shoulder as her eyes became berries sign.
"Every island have their own treasures. If you are fated, you can take it all for yourself." Luke ignored her reasonings. They can get funds by ransacking fellow pirate's treasures.
"Come on. Just this once." Nami smiled. In truth, all her funds has been emptied. Zoro loaned money on her so she's currently broke.
Luke rubbed his beardless chin as if he was in deep contemplation.
Seeing Luke was thinking hard, Nami's eyes shone brightly. He didn't mind giving Luke a few days of massage just to get this valuable information regarding treasures.
"I got one. However, you have to pay a heavy price for it." Luke squinted his eyes at Nami from head to toe as if he was checking a fine piece of art.
Nami shivered seeing Luke staring at her with his obscene eyes. She recalled Luffy mentioned Luke was a womanizer, was it really true?
"What are you thinking, you naughty cat? I'm talking about your extra Devil Fruit, the Gold Fruit. If you surrender it to me, I will provide you a valuable information regarding treasures."
Luke's eyes curved in amusement. Nami right now is a bit young for his preference. So teasing her is giving him entertainment instead.
"Wai- What?! You're the naughty cat! Your whole family are naughty cats! And no! I won't let you take my precious treasure!" Nami puffed her cheeks in anger as she left.
Luke only chuckled as he thought, 'What a brat. I can't wait to play with Nico Robin soon.'
Anyway, Luke's intention is to give Nami another surprise. Unless she let go of that Gold Devil Fruit, he won't let her have her way on easy treasures.
At the moment, Luke created a pair of gloves to wear. He also created ten simple-looking gold rings for each finger.
Each ring will have significant functions in the future.
Luke discovered that each homies he created have their own separate lives. Meaning, they can have the power of Devil Fruit if they want. They will naturally dies once their lifespan ended.
He planned on using external powers in the future to preserve his own.
He set five golden rings to be his special homies and five golden rings dedicated for homies having Devil Fruit powers.
With this line-up, Luke successfully became a one-man army. Even Blackbeard's ability to possess additional Devil Fruit is way behind.
Still, he needed Blackbeard since the latter is collecting Devil Fruits for him.
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New World...
SWISH!! Boom! Boooom! Booooom!
Admiral Kuzan and Admiral Akainu stood side by side on a battleship as they watched the current war happening on a small island.
Behind the two Admirals are five tied up pirates that seems to be high position in their ranks.
"Where's Saitama? Always irresponsible!" Akainu's face was grave as he said in annoyance.
"Let him. He's able to capture each important crew of Whitebeard Pirates and Seven Deadly Sins Pirates. It's serves great morale to the marine troops." Kuzan lazily replied.
Akainu eyed the two out of five captured pirates. He said,
"Sin of Greed, Ban of Seven Deadly Sins Pirates and..." Akainu paused as he glared at another pirate.
"Second Division Commander of Whitebeard Pirates, Fire Fist Portgas D. Ace."
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A/N : Next chapter in 3 days approx.