Luke was casually riding on a sleigh while being pulled by Zoro and Yosaku. Riding beside him was Nami and Vivi who's unable to race with the men.
They were heading to the northern part of the Drum Kingdom where doctor Kureha lived with Chopper. It's quite far since they were traveling through the snowy mountains.
Nami frowned from time to time. She was clearly bothered by something in the middle of their race.
"What is it, Nami?" Luke asked in interest.
"We have three problems. First, there's a bunch of wild animals at the top of the snowy mountain, hiding for ambush. Second, King Wapol and his men are nearing the doctor's house. And last, another group came from the west, heading to our direction. I'm guessing they are marines that will intercept on our way." Nami explained.
"If it's the marines, it should be easy. The most tricky thing is how to rescue the doctor on time." Zoro frowned.
The house is more than 10 kilometers away and they are still rushing to pass a giant snowy mountain. By the time they arrive the doctor's place, it might be too late.
"Wild animals..." Dalton's expression changed to worse when he heard Nami. Although he was amazed by her ability, he was also alarmed when he heard the news.
"Mr. Dalton, when did these marines arrived in the kingdom?" Luke asked the leading man.
"Marines?" Dalton proceeded to explained the arrival of marines a month ago because of the danger brought by the escaped prisoners of the Impel Down.
"There's a Vice Admiral here that monitored this kingdom's safety." He added.
"Vice Admiral? Are they strong?" Luffy got curious.
"Your grandpa is a Vice Admiral. You think he's not strong?" Luke chuckled as he retorted.
"I never knew. And his punch really hurts." Luffy grumbled recalling those nightmare he had with Garp.
"There's one in Alabasta too." Vivi pondered for a second then she continued, "That Vice Admiral looked intimidating. I forgot his name though. But I know a few Vice Admirals other than Garp. There's one that looked like a little girl too. Her name is Tatsumaki."
Luke raised a brow in surprise. Now he figured out why a powerful little lady was situated at Logue Town.
That event at Impel Down caused the Marines to spread throughout the world.
"The Vice Admiral in Drum Kingdom is named Bang, the Silver Fang. He's rather old and harmless. He was accompanied by another old man but I forgot his name. They called each other brother though." Dalton calmly stated.
Luke once again got surprised by the news.
'I don't know if this is still called a butterfly effect. Everything is starting to shift to a new line of story. If this goes on, the original Strawhats that hasn't been recruited yet might not be recruited anymore.' He thought with a frown.
His initial goal is to follow the original story in a smooth way without any hitch. Now, everything is starting to shift to a new direction and it may become problematic with unpredictable scenarios.
"What's the matter, Luke? Do you know this Silver Fang?" Nami was always attentive to Luke. Now that he showed more than one expression, she became curious.
Luke ignored Nami and instead stared at Vivi as he asked, "Does that little girl have curly green hair?"
"Yes." Vivi readily nodded which surprised the group.
Even Zoro and Yosaku stopped their tracks which halted the sleigh.
"Why? What's the matter?" Vivi got puzzled as she asked the group.
Zoro frowned as he got to know why Luke acted strange.
The Strawhats finally recognized the little girl called Tatsumaki. Turned out she's that powerful girl back in Logue Town which played with them with ease.
"That also means this Vice Admiral intercepting us is as powerful as that little girl." Luffy's eyes gleamed with battle intent.
He had a self reflection before as he was the one that got knocked unconscious first during the battle with Grimmjow. This time, he will make sure not to be the burden when facing this new powerful enemy.
Now that Luke is incapable of fighting, the pressure suddenly doubled.
They came to realize that Luke was the strongest of their team and carried the heaviest burden alone. If not for him, they would be just some rookies playing pirates in the seas, waiting to be slaughtered by those powerful foes.
"Oh no! The doctor's house collapsed by an explosion!" Nami panicked as she exclaimed. They were just too far to rescue the doctor.
"Let's hurry!" Luffy dashed when bunch of giant rabbits hindered their way.
These giant rabbits bared their fangs while glaring at the Strawhats. These beasts are clearly not vegetarians, they are here for the meat.
"This is bad. More of these beasts are popping in random places. We can't take them all at once." Zoro commented seeing the giant rabbits all over the place.
"Actually, you can go there in an instant." Luke turned to Nami.
"Me?" Nami pointed at herself in disbelief.
"Yes. Just go to the cloud and jump to a location you want with your power." Luke explained as he pointed upwards to the sky.
"Woah! Really?! You have a cool power Nami!" Luffy's eyes sparkled in amazement at Nami.
"I can?" Nami further asked. She found it hard to believe that she can actually travel with such a long distance.
"The sky is your home. As long as there's a cloud, you can travel anywhere you want at lightning speed." Luke smiled.
"I'm more tempted to try now. But I don't know if I can do it. Are you sure about this?" Nami was excited but also worried. She hadn't done it even once.
"What? You think the power of a God is just for show? Your power have unlimited functions and I just told you one. You only need to focus." Luke nonchalantly replied.
Nami went silent. Then she remembered they were here to find a doctor to treat Luke.
In fact, she owed Luke big time for guiding her and giving her two powerful Devil Fruits.
Even if Luke hint for her body, she might actually give him some spicy benefits. Plus, the man was full of charm, yet bad for teasing her once in a while. However, Luke have no interest in her, probably..
Now that Luke was in trouble, she will double the effort to rescue the doctor whether if she owed Luke or just being a close friend.
CRACKLE! SWISH!
Nami took a deep breath then she reached a hand to the cloud. Without any suspense, she suddenly transformed into lightning that connected to the cloud as she traveled to the distance before coming down using a Thunder Strike at the doctor's home.
"That was a smooth travel." Usopp commented in awe seeing Nami probably arrived at their target location.
"She has a good talent." Luke nodded in approval.
Even Luffy exclaimed in amazement. He will surely ask for Nami to let him ride with her to the cloud later.
Meanwhile, the Strawhats started to deal with the giant rabbits. Although these beasts are so tenacious, they were no match for the improved Strawhats.
Then a giant rabbit that seems to be the leader growled.
SWISH! SWISH!
The Strawhats were puzzled when they saw the giant rabbits lining up at the peak of the snowy mountain.
Dalton, who has more experience in this line up of giant rabbits, slowly changed his expression into horror.
"This...! They are creating avalanche!" He shouted which alarmed the Strawhats.
"Quick! Break their formation!" Zoro was first to dash with his Wado Ichimonji sword followed by Luffy and Yosaku and others who pulled the sleigh to catch up.
Luke was casually watching the battle. He looked like a pampered prince while being protected by his own royal guards.
Meanwhile, the giant rabbits started to jump which caused the piled up snow to slowly slide down due to the tremor of the land.
"Too far! We can't make it!" Yosaku felt the building tension as he shouted in fear.
"We can!" Zoro narrowed his eyes and he suddenly slashed in horizontal line.
SWOOSH!
An arc of air blade spanning more than two hundred meters in length manifested in the air as it traveled towards the giant rabbits. The air blade was so sharp that it cleanly cut the trees in it's path.
"This technique looks familiar!" Luffy was surprised. He recalled that powerful skill of Grimmjow that gave him a hard time in their battle.
"I've yet to fully master this skill. It should be enough to deal with these beasts." Zoro commented as he watched the air blade closing dangerously to the giant rabbits.
SWISH! BOOM!!
"Nice, Zoro! You defeated them all at once!" Usopp and others cheered seeing the explosion from above.
"No. Zoro just helped those beasts create an avalanche." Luke commented calmly.
"What?!" Vivi was first to react then she inspected the peak. To her horror, a massive avalanche formed and rushed to their direction.
"Zoro! You bastard! Are you trying to kill us all?!" Usopp and others lashed out at the speechless Zoro.
Earlier they were praising him, now they were cursing at him.
"This is bad! There's a town below us! There's also villages of each side of this mountain!" Dalton said with a grim voice.
The avalanche is getting bigger and faster. It's large enough to bury a large town.
The Strawhats were in a dilemma. No matter what they do to stop the avalanche, the common people below will be affected one way or another.
"Zoro, split this rushing avalanche." Luke slowly stood up which caught the attention of the group.
Zoro didn't know what Luke planned but he began to concentrate for the rushing snow.
ZING!! SWISH!!
Zoro forcefully slashed in a vertical line causing the massive avalanche to split in two parts.
Luke took out his Special Gun Homie then aimed at one part of the avalanche. After adjusting one-third of a whole ammo, he decisively fired.
ZOOM! SWOOSH!!!
The surrounding air stagnate for a second before half of the avalanche disappeared in a flash, leaving a straight line crater where Luke aimed.
The group became gobsmacked. Their eyes popped out in disbelief.
Luke wasn't finished as he pointed his Special Gun Homie to the remaining half of the avalanche. And just like the first one, the rushing avalanche instantly vanished as if it never were there in the first place.