[The Thousand Sunny left the Florian Triangle and sailed straight for the Sabaody Archipelago~~~]
[On the deck, Luffy was leaning on a chair, wearing sunglasses, and shouting "Lollipops~~~"]
["Registered, Captain!"]
[Kalifa walked over with high heels, holding a thick registration book.]
["Hmm," Luffy grunted.]
[Kalifa opened the first page and read: "A total of 829 people, of whom 73 have no bounty, 57 have non-bounty crimes, and the remaining 699 people have bounties!"]
["So many!"]
[Hearing this, Luffy's eyes gleamed. He pulled his sunglasses down a little, his gaze shifting to Kalifa: "How much money in total...?"]
[Kalifa pushed up her purple-gold glasses: "A total bounty of 3.374 billion Berries for 699 people."]
["Hiss~"]
[Even Luffy, who now possesses nearly 4 billion in assets, still couldn't help but gasp upon hearing this number...!!!]
["Holy moly!!!"]
[If this were all converted into cash, his assets would directly double!!!]
[Pirates are truly valuable!!!]
[What firearms, what Devil Fruits...]
[In front of selling pirates, everything else is just petty cash!!!]
["Good! Tell Law and Capone that they shouldn't mistreat them. Feed them well and fatten them up!!!"]
[These are all money gods! Better to fatten them up for easier delivery...]
Nami: "Ah... Luffy can really make money here~~~"
In an instant, it was over 3 billion Berries.
Nami watched, drooling~~~
If this is ours, how many beautiful clothes can I buy...?
If we had over 3 billion Berries, we wouldn't even have to scrimp and save to buy things.
Usopp: "Yeah! They make money fast, so they spend money lavishly! Building the Thousand Sunny alone cost 600 million Berries for materials! And 100 million Berries for labor! After it was finished, they even gave out 100 million Berries in red envelopes... We're practically paupers!"
Nico Robin: "Actually, at first, Luffy also scrimp and saved on spending money. Remember when we first arrived at Water 7, he even haggled over that price by half? Later, as more and more money came in, he also became generous."
Nami: "Hahaha! Indeed, haggling red-faced with the shop owner for tens of thousands of Berries~~~"
Trafalgar Law: "This is normal. Poor days live poor, rich days live rich. The Red-Haired captain over there is quite realistic~~~"
[Sabaody Archipelago~~~]
[Grove 66~~~]
[This is the Marine's G-6 Branch base!]
[Night falls~~~]
[Rear Admiral Smoker sat by the window, stroking the medal of his Rear Admiral rank, and the appointment letter as commander of the Marine's G-6 Branch base...]
["I never thought I, Rear Admiral Smoker, would be fortunate enough to become a Rear Admiral in this life..."]
[Thinking back to half a year ago, he was still a Marine Captain with seemingly no hope of promotion. Now, he's actually stationed at G-6 Branch of the Sabaody Archipelago, which is one of the Marine's major branches and also one of the first branches established!]
[He didn't expect such a good thing to fall from the sky. Those five bastards, he beat them up, then directly got promoted and got rich... Not only was he promoted to Vice Admiral, but he also became the base commander of the Marine's G-7 Branch on Dressrosa Island, and now he's transferred to G-6 Branch on Sabaody Archipelago!!!]
[You must know... this place used to be guarded by a Marine Admiral! Now he's actually letting a newly promoted Rear Admiral guard it! You can see how much the Headquarters values him~~~]
["My five fated ones... when will you come to see me again? Maybe I'll even be promoted to Vice Admiral then~~~"]
[Rear Admiral Smoker put away the medal and appointment letter, then went to bed.]
[Just then, his room door opened...]
[Out of battle instinct, Rear Admiral Smoker immediately reached for the gun on the table!]
[But just as his hand reached halfway, Rear Admiral Smoker suddenly froze!!!]
[Huh???]
[This is...???]
[When he clearly saw the "enemy" who had just walked in, he was directly excited to the point of breaking down!!!]
["Haha!!! Come on!!!"]
[Without another word, he directly spread his arms, indicating that he had no weapons, then rushed towards the person with his head buried in his arms~~~]
[The Straw Hat Five were instantly dumbfounded!!!]
["What's going on???"]
["Where did this lunatic come from?"]
[Buggy, with a look of disdain, swung a club and hit him~~~]
["Ah!!! —"]
[Rear Admiral Smoker happily cried out, then collapsed backward...]
[Everyone looked at each other, speechless (face of a dog) and dumbfounded.]
[Then, the Straw Hat Five found the vault.]
["Not enough!! This full amount is estimated to be only a little over 2 billion Berries!!"]
[Usopp roughly calculated and said unhappily.]
["This is the Sixth Branch, how can it be so poor?"]
[Luffy was extremely depressed, then shook his head and said, "When we go back, I'll have Nami calculate it properly. Plus the 10 billion Berries they owed us last time, the Marines owe us 12 billion Berries!"]
[Saying that, Luffy's hands stretched long, and he walked over one by one to the treasure chests, then carried these treasure chests and slipped away~~~]
[After these funds were transported back to the Thousand Sunny, Luffy and the others began to send pirates to the Marine base in batches.]
[Then, they fled overnight!!!]
[Arriving at an island near the Sabaody Archipelago, Luffy released all the nameless individuals who had no bounty orders.]
["So this knife really belonged to Ryuma before he was alive... Buggy!"]
[Luffy looked at the introduction of Shuusui in a famous sword picture book, his face showing a look of surprise~~~]
[Nami also widened her eyes: "What good luck! To actually find such a famous sword on a corpse!"]
["Maybe Moriah didn't research it, otherwise, how could he casually put a famous sword on a corpse~~~" Luffy rubbed his chin, analyzing.]
[Then, he pointed his finger at Zoro: "And Wadō Ichimonji, Yukinari, Shuusui, these two famous swords and one good sword, this guy is now quite a brand name!!!"]
["Haha!!"]
[His companions laughed loudly~~~]
["Oh, right, next we're heading to Fish-Man Island. Is everyone ready for the underwater adventure?"]
[At this time, Nami held a nautical chart and presented it to Luffy.]
["Fish-Man Island? That's great!!!"]
[Thinking of the mermaid sisters on Fish-Man Island, Sanji's eyes were filled with little red hearts.]
["No! Don't rush!"]
[But just then, Luffy rejected this proposal.]
[He looked at everyone: "During the day, we heard that the first half of the New World's Great Voyage is even more dangerous, with pirates with bounties exceeding 100 million Berries being as numerous as cattle and sheep~~~ Even those with Conqueror's Haki are often seen!!!"]
["And besides... the most crucial thing is this!"]
[Luffy slapped a piece of information on the table!]
[Nami picked it up excitedly and opened it to read: "Currently known whereabouts of the Red Poneglyph: one piece is in the hands of the Four Emperor Big Mom, and one piece is in the hands of the Four Emperor Kaido."]
["Yes! We got information from multiple intelligence channels on Sabaody Archipelago during the day, and it's pretty much the same. Currently, there are only two confirmed locations for the Red Poneglyph's content. Regardless of what... since we are heading to Raftel, then we must obtain the contents of these two Red Poneglyphs!"]
["Next, what we'll face in the New World will be the Four Emperors' territory! So... our crew cannot have any weaknesses! Therefore... we need to undergo intensive training for a period of time!!"]
[Speaking of this, Luffy looked at Sanji, Law, and Franky: "Especially you three, your training time is relatively short. You must intensely improve yourselves during this period!"]
["Mm!" Law nodded. She knew that her own strength could steadily rank among the bottom three in the Straw Hat Pirates, so she was completely clueless.]
["Good, I'll work hard too!"]
[Sanji also raised his fists~~~]
["Train! Mm~ super!! Franky also had no objections.]
Nami: "More training again..."
Usopp: "It really is 'a word disagree, a word train'~~~"
Roronoa Zoro: "Training is essential! With our current strength, going to the New World is already far beyond us!!! And they still need to continue training for a while before going to the New World. By then, they'll be even stronger!"
Nico Robin: "In comparison, our side is a chaotic adventure, while their side is more like a well-prepared expedition..."
Monkey D. Luffy: "It seems we also need to find time to train well for a while!!! I don't want the tragedy of the Going Merry to happen again!!!"
[On an unknown small island, the Straw Hat Pirates' training began~~~]
[Luffy assigned mandatory and optional training plans for everyone...]
[Mandatory: Soru, Geppo!]
[Among the newly acquired Rokushiki techniques, Geppo was Luffy's favorite...!!!]
[As long as one can use Geppo, they can guarantee a certain amount of aerial mobility. Even if a user is knocked into the sea, they can use Geppo to change direction in mid-air and return to land!!!]
[It's equivalent to a life-saving skill, so Luffy has stipulated that everyone must learn it!!]
[Including both Ivankov and Marguerite sisters.]
[And Soru, this Rokushiki technique, is about moving quickly in an instant, and it's an extremely practical evasive and escape ability!!!]
[And moreover... Geppo is like an advanced ability of Soru, so to train Geppo, one must first train Soru!!!]
[Besides the mandatory courses, there are also optional ones!!!]
[The direction of optional training also differs according to each person's characteristics~~~]
[For example, Law...]
[She is a user of the Flower-Flower Fruit, and she can make flowers bloom anywhere she can see on her limbs~~~]
[And the strength of those blooming limbs inherits the strength of the main body!]
[This means the strength of Robin's main body becomes especially important!]
[So Armament Haki is the main direction for Robin to cultivate!]
[Additionally, Sanji's Leg Style is also a mandatory course arranged by Luffy for Robin!]
[From the current configuration of the Straw Hat Pirates, the main combatants are Luffy, Zoro, Buggy, Sanji, and Franky! It can be said that the front-line meat shields are already sufficient!!! And Robin's Devil Fruit ability also determines that she is not suitable for standing on the front line during combat~~~]
[It is most ideal for her to provide support with Nami!!!]
[Nami's direction is pure support, but Robin is different!!!]
[Luffy hopes she can become an AOE type support~~~]
[Chopper, being a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, will focus on developing his Devil Fruit while cultivating Haki as a supplement~~~]
[Usopp, on the other hand, will focus on Observation Haki!]
[Since Sanji doesn't use his hands, cultivating Armament Haki along with Leg Style is also a very suitable training method for him.]
[Besides that, Luffy also had the cleaning trio begin the path of Haki cultivation.]
[Although they are just cleaners, this is not just any ordinary cleaner, these are the cleaners of the Straw Hat ship!!!]
[If they don't know a bit of Haki, wouldn't it be embarrassing to say it???]
[As the Straw Hat Pirate King's training officially began, time flew by like a white steed dashing past a crack in the wall, quickly passing by.]
[In the blink of an eye, two months passed!!!!]
[This day, on the island, a wave of excited laughter soared into the sky...!!!]
["It's done!!! I succeeded!!!"]
[Buggy stood atop a mountain peak, laughing heartily~~~]
["He awakened?"]
[Luffy was the first to arrive here. Looking at Buggy in front of him, although there seemed to be no visible change, in terms of aura and feeling..., there was clearly some kind of fundamental metamorphosis!!!]
["That's right!!! Luffy, I finally awakened! Haha!!!" ]
[Saying that, he couldn't wait to demonstrate for Luffy~~~]
[Both of his hands immediately flew out, continuously touching a piece of rock~~~]
[Those rocks he touched all immediately disintegrated and split, turning into countless fragments!!!]
["Rise!!"]
[Buggy roared lowly, and those rock fragments all flew up at once, forming a large cleaver at least ten meters long in front of Buggy...!!!]
[Under Buggy's control, this large cleaver fiercely swept out towards the forest ahead!!!]
[Swish!! ———]
[Without any hindrance, this massive cleaver sliced through the forest before them!]
[Rumble~~~]
[After a delay of one or two seconds, all the trees fell~~~]
[The formerly dense forest now directly had a "plum blossom pattern"...]
["Oh!!"]
[Luffy's eyes widened. He had to admit, purely from a visual effect standpoint, Buggy's trick was indeed outrageous!!!]
[However, he looked at the fragments that formed the ten-meter-long blade, and said somewhat strangely: "You just awakened, and you can already directly crush other things to this extent?"]
[Upon hearing this, Buggy immediately laughed: "This is all thanks to the good foundation you laid for me!! After my awakening, the degree to which I can split external objects is determined by the degree to which my main body can actively split. If my main body can actively split into pieces as small as grains of sand, then my ability to split external objects can also reach the size of grains of sand...!!!"]
["So that's how it is!!!"]
[Luffy nodded, then asked again, "Then can these external objects that you've split return to their original state?"]
["Yes!"]
[Buggy waved his hand, and the ten-meter-long cleaver in the air immediately disintegrated and split, turning into countless fragments that fell back to their original positions.]
[When those fragments recombined, they turned back into perfectly intact rocks~~~]
[Just like Buggy himself, after splitting, he can return to normal!!!]
["Amazing!!!"]
[Seeing Buggy's splitting effect after awakening, Luffy couldn't help but give him a thumbs up!]
[Can split upon contact!!!]
[This ability is very domineering!!!]
[And it can also revert, with extremely high fault tolerance!!!]
[Strong!]
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