A Woman Playing with Fire

Late at night.

Aboard the God Slave.

Inside the captain's quarters.

After Anna and Charloss had scrubbed her clean, the lightly dressed Makino sat on the bed, watching Lin Yu before her with a nervous expression.

She knew what was about to happen, but she was still somewhat nervous.

Name: Makino

Identity: Barmaid

Specialty: None

Talent: None

Favorability: 30

Combat Power: One Star

Devil Fruit: Paramecia-Box Fruit

Lin Yu sat at the nearby table, propping up his head with his right hand as he looked Makino over from head to toe.

Because she had eaten a Devil Fruit, Makino's combat power had now directly reached one star.

"Y-You... what are you still waiting for?"

Makino grew uneasy under Lin Yu's scrutiny and, blushing, issued an invitation to form a team.

Since it was unavoidable anyway, she chose to face it sooner.

Hearing Makino's invitation, Lin Yu chuckled and looked at her with a smile.

"Makino, are you willing to join my Pirate Crew and become my subordinate?"

"I am."

Although Makino was already aboard the ship and did not understand why Lin Yu was asking this, she still nodded in reply.

Ding! Makino has joined the crew. Please select Makino's Crew Position.

Lin Yu directly selected the cook position. He could adjust these positions whenever he wanted anyway, so it did not matter much.

Then Lin Yu took Makino's hand and smiled.

"Miss Makino, are you hungry?"

Makino's pretty face instantly flushed crimson at his words.

The next morning.

Feeling refreshed, Lin Yu came onto the deck.

No one knew who Makino's child belonged to in the original story, but now, Makino's child was destined to be his.

With a smile, Lin Yu took the Grade Sword, Rain Cutter, from the air beside him.

After sharing intimacy with Makino, he had successfully obtained her Devil Fruit ability.

Now, just like Makino, he could retrieve items he had stored inside the Extra-Dimensional Storage Box from thin air anytime and anywhere.

The Box-Box Fruit's storage box had to be summoned when storing items.

But when taking things out, all he needed to do was reach into the air. It looked incredibly cool.

Makino had also begun generating returns for him, allowing him to receive 5 points of experience feedback per hour in the three physical attributes of physique, Qi and Blood, and spirit.

After swinging Rain Cutter a few times, Lin Yu began studying how to integrate his wind-control ability into Swordsmanship and create the Wind Barrier and Last Breath.

Only then could he be considered a qualified Yasuo player.

A few minutes later.

Lin Yu created a Wind Barrier. For someone who could manipulate the power of wind at will, it was effortless.

The instantaneous dash of Last Breath, on the other hand, left him a little stumped.

"Forget it. I'll perfect it after I recruit Kalifa and learn Shave."

After experimenting a few times, Lin Yu stopped dwelling on it. He lay down on the recliner at the bow and waited for Reiju and the others to wake up.

According to Reiju, the superhuman abilities gained by Lineage Factor Modified Humans could likewise be strengthened through training. With long-term training, they could even possess power comparable to Devil Fruits.

It was just that such training was too exhausting, so Reiju had never trained before and thus could not generate any feedback returns for Lin Yu.

Therefore, Lin Yu planned to train Reiju and obtain feedback from her.

As for training himself, that was impossible.

Before long.

Reiju, Nojiko, Anna, and Charloss came onto the deck and began their daily grueling training.

Of them all, Nojiko trained the hardest.

Lin Yu making her stay behind to guard the God Slave yesterday had dealt her quite a blow.

When she learned that Makino had eaten the Devil Fruit Lin Yu had given her, Nojiko became even more envious.

She too hoped to rapidly increase her strength.

It was not until ten in the morning that Makino woke up from bed.

After breakfast, she changed into a cropped T-shirt and hot pants, then joined Nojiko's basic training.

Now that she had boarded Lin Yu's pirate ship, she knew she had to quickly improve her strength.

Moreover, to the Barmaid from Foosha Village, a Devil Fruit worth one hundred million Berries was an astronomical sum.

After Lin Yu fed her that Devil Fruit, she felt as though she had been saddled with an enormous debt, leaving her deeply unsettled.

That was why she wanted to strengthen herself as quickly as possible and make herself useful.

Lying at the bow, Lin Yu flipped through the Newspaper while occasionally turning his head to look at the tempting figures behind him.

At this moment, Reiju, Nojiko, and the others were all dressed in cropped T-shirts and hot pants, exposing their long, slender legs.

The prolonged training had left all the women drenched in sweat, their skin glistening with moisture. Combined with the flush brought on by training, they looked incredibly alluring.

It was not until eleven in the morning that Lin Yu stopped the women's physical training and let them rest separately.

Training all morning and handling their own affairs in the afternoon was Lin Yu's arrangement for everyone.

Afterward, Lin Yu took a Devil Fruit from thin air and examined it in his hand.

Charloss had found it yesterday in the Kingdom Treasury of the Goa Kingdom, and Lin Yu had not known what kind of Devil Fruit it was at the time.

But after trying to inspect it with the Scan skill just now, he learned this Devil Fruit's name.

Animal-Type-Bug Fruit, Light Butterfly Form

The Light Butterfly was a kind of butterfly in the pirate world. Its entire body was pure white, and beneath the sunlight, it resembled an angel symbolizing light. That was how it got its name.

Nojiko, who had just finished bathing, spotted the Devil Fruit in Lin Yu's hand. Her eyes immediately lit up, and after changing direction, she came to his side.

"Want to eat it?"

Lin Yu glanced at Nojiko, who was squatting beside his recliner, and smiled.

"Mm." Nojiko wiped the droplets from her forehead and nodded vigorously.

On the God Slave, aside from Reiju, she was the only one who had yet to gain a Devil Fruit ability.

And Reiju already possessed abilities comparable to a Devil Fruit's, so it made no difference whether she ate one or not.

"Nojiko, this Devil Fruit isn't suitable for you."

"So I'll give you one after I find a suitable Devil Fruit."

"Didn't you want to become a female warrior and protect Nami? Then you'll have to wait a little longer."

Lin Yu shifted to the side, making room on the recliner. He pulled Nojiko over to lie beside him and explained.

The Light Butterfly Devil Fruit in his hand did not provide much of a boost in combat ability.

In Lin Yu's view, its only useful ability was flight.

And Lin Yu still had several Battle Suits he had gotten from Gage. If Nojiko wanted to fly, he could completely help her with a Battle Suit.

"Is that so?"

Nojiko looked somewhat disappointed.

Then she rose from the recliner and straddled Lin Yu's waist.

"Uh... what are you trying to do?"

Seeing Nojiko's movement, Lin Yu opened his mouth, not expecting her to be so proactive.

"Seduce you."

After saying that, Nojiko kissed Lin Yu. Once his sword was drawn from its sheath—

She immediately burst into laughter, jumped into the sea, grabbed a rope, and began surfing. As a Devil Fruit user, Lin Yu did not dare go into the sea to catch her.

"Woman, you're playing with fire."

Lin Yu rose from the recliner in extreme discomfort, gritting his teeth as he stared at Nojiko.

Then he went to Makino and Reiju, who had just finished bathing and stepped onto the deck, scooped them both up, and ran toward the captain's quarters.

"Hey, this has nothing to do with us!"

Makino and Reiju cried out.

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

The door to Sengoku's office was pushed open once again.

Meeting King Brannew spoke loudly to Sengoku, who was drinking tea.

"Marshal Sengoku, this is bad! The king of the Goa Kingdom has been killed by the criminal Lin Yu!"