Chapter 115 Playing with Fire at Your Fingertips Startles Sanji and His New Ship, LufrankyWith a thought from Luffy, the title was instantly transferred to Lucci.
Seeing no one around, Luffy casually opened an invisible door.
Lucci walked out of the Devil Fruit's space expressionlessly.
Luffy looked closely and, sure enough, this guy looked incredibly punchable now, making him want to kick him.
Of course, this might also be because Luffy already disliked him.
After the experiment, he immediately stuffed Lucci back into the Door-Door Fruit's space.
This god-level Devil Fruit, which was forcibly shelved by Oda due to its overpowered nature, was incredibly convenient to use.
Unfortunately, Bruno's blockheadedness meant his development of it was utterly pathetic.
However, the Door-Door Fruit remained Luffy's biggest gain from this Enies Lobby trip.
In Luffy's eyes, the Door-Door Fruit was basically a pirate version of Doraemon's Anywhere Door.
The Mirror-Mirror Fruit allows the user to freely travel through mirrors to any mirror they've touched; there's no reason the Door-Door Fruit couldn't do the same.
If he could further develop the Animal Path's Door-Door Fruit ability to the level of Charlotte Brûlée's Mirror-Mirror Fruit,
he could then connect to any location, including Skypiea, anytime, anywhere on the Going Merry!
This terrifying strategic deployment ability, granting access to the entire map at any time, is the true value of the Door-Door Fruit.
It's absurd that such an overpowered ability has been turned into a useless fruit by Bruno, used only for assassinations and opening doors.
If he could further develop and awaken the Door-Door Fruit, achieving the ability to freely open doors to other dimensions within himself,
then the Door-Door Fruit would be similar to Obito's overpowered Kamui!
Combined with a low-budget version of Doraemon's Anywhere Door, it would be a god-tier skill combination with the Rinnegan!
In the future, when trouble arises, Luffy's main body can remotely control the Six Paths of Pain from the absolutely safe Gate World.
The Six Paths of Pain can roam freely outside; if they can't win a fight, they can simply pull them into the Gate World and gang up on them!
Just imagining this scene is enough to make one tremble with excitement.
In comparison, the title and fire control skill awarded by the template seem somewhat useless.
But something is better than nothing. It's just that without the power source of the Sword of Damocles, can this fire control skill really be effective?
Luffy chuckled inwardly, remaining noncommittal.
At that moment, Sanji and Robin walked in side by side from outside.
"Luffy's grandfather, who's a Marine hero, is ridiculously efficient."
Sanji, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, chatted with Robin beside him with a smile, while rubbing his thumb against the lighter's flint.
With a crisp "click," a flame just ignited.
Luffy's previously bored gaze was instantly drawn to the orange-red light, his pupils contracting sharply.
He flicked his index finger upwards, and the flame that had been on the lighter vanished into thin air, leaping and dancing merrily on his fingertip.
"Holy crap!"
Luffy stared at the flame dancing on his fingertip, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
"This is definitely a bug!!"
Sanji stared blankly at the inexplicably extinguished lighter in his hand.
"Hey, Luffy, you didn't eat the Flame-Flame Fruit, did you? When did you secretly sign up for magic classes?"
As he spoke, he leaned over and lit a cigarette using the flame from Luffy's finger, taking a deep drag.
"Teach me quickly! If I master this trick, I'll look incredibly cool lighting cigarettes for pretty girls, winning their hearts in no time!"
"Go away, go away!"
Luffy waved away the smoke with a look of disgust, but his eyes remained fixed on the inextinguishable flame at his fingertip.
Even though there wasn't a Damocles' sword hanging over his head, he could still use fire control at will!?
This bizarre phenomenon reminded Luffy of the crazy online mockery that followed the revelation of the Nika Fruit's true name in his past life…
These days, the Flame-Flame Fruit… even dogs wouldn't eat it!
Thinking of this, a wicked smile involuntarily crept onto Luffy's lips.
With this godlike power, if he still couldn't beat Ace, that brother-obsessed guy?
He might as well just find a soft block of tofu and smash his head against it…
Robin, resting her chin on her hand, watched Luffy's expressive face with captivating eyes, a subtle tenderness hidden deep within them.
Sanji, however, rolled his eyes dismissively and exhaled a smoke ring.
"If you don't want to teach, fine. Nami and the others are playing in the pool behind the villa. I need to go prepare some coffee for the ladies."
Luffy suddenly added insult to injury:
"Don't forget, Kokoro is soaking in the pool too..."
This casual remark instantly doused most of the budding romance in Sanji's heart like a bucket of ice water.
The image of the visually strikingly large mermaid Kokoro flashed through his mind, and Sanji froze.
Robin, standing nearby, finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Having experienced the terrifying catastrophe of Enies Lobby, she had finally shattered the darkness that had shrouded her heart.
The next morning, the sun shone brightly.
Iceberg led the Straw Hat crew to the colossal object covered by a huge white canvas.
The sea breeze blew, and the canvas fluttered in the wind.
"Here you are, the new ship you've all been waiting for."
Iceberg pointed to the towering hull, a confident smile playing on his lips.
"And, to ensure this ship is in top condition, I've specially assigned you a top-notch shipwright."
"Come out! Franky!"
Iceberg suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Supper!!!"
With a deafening scream, the canvas was violently ripped open.
Franky, wearing only a pair of briefs, made his grand entrance in an extremely embarrassing pose.
The entire Straw Hat crew froze instantly, a row of black lines appearing neatly on their foreheads.
Nami's lips twitched: "This guy is definitely a pervert, isn't he?"
Chopper blinked his big eyes, looking completely innocent: "Huh? Is this the legendary pervert?"
Everyone roared in unison: "This is a pervert!!!"
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Meanwhile, at Marine Headquarters.
"Marshal of the Warring States! Something terrible has happened!"
A communications officer, drenched in sweat, rushed into the Fleet Admiral's office without even knocking.
"The advance fleet heading to the New World has been completely annihilated! Whitebeard's Grand Fleet is also making frequent, clandestine movements!"
"What did you say?!"
Sengoku slammed his hand on the desk, sending documents flying. His face instantly turned ashen.
The New World was a perpetual sore spot for the Navy, an unhealable wound.
The Four Emperors had joined forces against it, forcing the Navy to relinquish control of that sea.
Now, for the Navy to navigate the New World was virtually impossible.
Unlike the cat-and-mouse game of the first half of the Grand Line, the pirates of the New World didn't take the Navy seriously.
When they encountered warships, these desperados didn't run; instead, they pounced on them like mad dogs.