Binge Eating

Luffy, Luffy asleep, opened his eyes, looked at the pale blue sky above, and shook his head:

"Huh!? I'm not dead yet?!"

"You're awake, Straw Hat."

Hearing the voice beside him, Luffy immediately looked up and found himself lying on the deck of a large ship. Next to him, a lively girl with orange hair was looking at him with curiosity.

"Hello! Who are you? Where is this place? Where is the Giant Dragon?!"

Luffy jumped up, leaving Nami speechless. When he first joined the crew, he was only at 30% health, but after lying down for a few hours and getting some IV Nutrient Solution, he had completely recovered.

Is this thing really human? Or is it some kind of reincarnated earthworm or starfish?

After hearing Luffy's question, Nami, who had been surprised, finally came to her senses and then replied with a grin:

"That Giant Dragon! It's already gone, it seems it was just passing by! As for me, my name is Nami! This is my boss's ship!"

Blinking his eyes, Luffy's face showed obvious disappointment:

"Oh, they're already gone. Honestly, I was hoping to find a Giant Dragon as a companion!"

Nami looked at Luffy with a strange expression:

"To be a partner? Do you perhaps want to be that Giant Dragon's Emergency Food partner?"

"Emergency Food Partner, hahaha! This is so funny!"

"I'm talking about you! Aren't you afraid of being eaten alive by Giant Dragon?"

"Huh!?" Luffy's smile faltered, and a look of surprise appeared on his face:

"So the Emergency Food were referring to me!"

With a long face, Nami directly complained:

"What do you think? Do you still want to use that Giant Dragon as Emergency Food?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Nami saw Luffy drooling like a waterfall and immediately covered her head, speechless.

"Dragon meat... it must be delicious! Uh, I'm getting a little hungry, is there any food on the ship?"

Although he said it was a question, Luffy's actions were anything but polite. He stood up and wandered off towards the kitchen.

As they walked, they sniffed, as if they had smelled the aroma of food.

"Hey, you! At least be a little more polite!"

Nami grabbed Luffy's hand, trying to pull him back, but the hand grew longer and longer, stretching for more than ten meters. Luffy still walked towards the kitchen like a zombie. Seeing that the kitchen door was locked, he blinked, stuck his head out, and stuck it directly into the window.

"What kind of reincarnated starving ghost is this guy?!"

Seeing the scene before her, Nami couldn't help but laugh and cry. She loosened her grip, and Luffy's outstretched arm snapped back, sending him flying towards the window with a thud, where he landed right in the middle.

What's going on?

A faint question came from behind. Vegapunk, holding a large syringe, walked over with a strange look on his face, staring at Luffy's butt Luffy in the window.

Normally, with the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit, being stuck wouldn't be a big deal; he could easily stretch and deform it to get out. However, in Vegapunk's eyes, Luffy's stomach was expanding rapidly at a visible speed, and with cracking sounds, it squeezed the entire window, making a sound that was almost like it was breaking.

Pushing open the kitchen door, Vegapunk looked speechless at the chaotic scene inside, a sight that made his sanity plummet.

Luffy's head emerged like a long snake, devouring the bread, sausages, and canned food stored in the kitchen, seemingly intent on emptying it all. Large amounts of food flowed directly from his neck into his stomach, which was the reason for his rapidly expanding belly.

Although Garp's training of Luffy from childhood to adulthood was unreliable, it was indeed quite effective. Even though Luffy himself had never learned any of the Six Powers, he still possessed the basic Life Return ability, and could recover quickly even when seriously injured.

The price was a significant depletion of nutrients in his body. Even though Vegapunk initially gave him nutritional injections, it couldn't completely compensate for the material deficiencies, which is one of the reasons why Luffy has become a demon.

Ignoring Luffy's starving Luffy, Vegapunk closed the door, walked over to Luffy's buttocks, found a vein in his thigh, and stuck a needle in.

"Awooo!!!"

With a scream from Luffy, Vegapunk quickly finished collecting the blood, flicked the huge syringe, and casually placed it into the Space Bubble he had created.

"It hurts so much! What happened?!"

He forcibly pulled himself off the window, leaving a large hole in the wall. The window was stuck to Luffy's body like a swimming ring, making him look quite comical.

Luffy turned his head, glanced at Nami, and then at Vegapunk:

"What just happened? I feel like something pricked me!"

"It's nothing, just a big wasp stung you."

Vegapunk waved his hand dismissively.

"I see. Where's the wasp?"

"That wasp! I've already chased it away."

"Oh, I see. Thank you so much!"

Nami slapped her forehead. This silly girl had been sold out and was even helping to count the money. She was completely manipulated! Couldn't she use her rubber brain to think about where there were wasps on the ocean?

However, Nami is no longer Luffy's crew member, so she only finds Luffy's goofiness somewhat amusing and doesn't feel angry at all.

"Oh right, who are you?!"

Only then did Luffy realize what was happening and looked at Vegapunk, asking a question.

"Idiot, didn't I tell you? This is our boss's ship! He is of course my boss, Dr. Vegapunk!"

Nami grabbed Luffy's ear and yelled twice, startling Luffy into rubbing his ear.

Then, Luffy looked around again. This large ship was much better than Luffy's small boat, Luffy immediately sparked his interest:

"So you're the boss. In that case, would you be willing to become my partners and join me in the search for the Grand Treasure?"

"I'm going to be the Pirate King! Glug..."

Although Luffy's words sounded very powerful, considering that he was also biting on a chicken leg, his powerful words just came across as comical.

Vegapunk slightly curled the corners of his mouth:

"Being your partner in the search for the Grand Treasure is fine, but... Straw Hat, whose ship is this?"

"Yes, it's yours!"

Whose food are you eating?

"Ah, it's yours too."

"So, do you know anything about navigation?"

"Uh... I don't understand!"

"Then tell me, who should be captain between the two of us?!"

"Of course it's me!! I'm going to be the Pirate King! How can the Pirate King not be the captain!"

Beckham opened his mouth, then chuckled wryly:

"Fine! I must have been out of my mind to want to argue with someone as dense as you."

"But never mind. Although I'm also somewhat interested in the so-called Pirate King Grand Treasure, scientific experiments are definitely more suitable for me!"

"Rubber Boy, since I saved your life, it shouldn't be a problem for me to let you do an experiment to repay me, right?"

Seeing the gleam in Vegapunk's eyes, Luffy shivered. He looked around, puzzled, but found nothing.

Then, the carefree Straw Hat put that feeling out of his mind, patted his chest, and said confidently.

"Don't worry, I'll cooperate with you no matter what kind of experiment it is!"

"No! Help! I can't eat anymore! I really can't eat anymore!"

Inside the ship's Laboratory, Vegapunk smiled as he looked at the nearly ten-meter-tall spherical object before him.

"How could you not be able to eat? I've already calculated it. With your Devil Fruit development ability and Life Return ability, you should be able to eat another 200 kilograms or so of high-energy food!"

"Don't worry, I've created a special Training Pod for you. Your digestion speed will be very fast. For the next two weeks, I'll feed you well Tenten!"

"Devil Fruit Awakening requires exceptional physical fitness, and it's thanks to your rubber body that you can undergo such extreme nutritional supplementation and high-intensity training. You'd better cherish this opportunity!"

"Help... someone's going to die!"

With a smile on his face, Vegapunk once again forced a huge amount of high-energy food onto Luffy. Then, he dragged the ten-meter-tall, spherical Luffy to a huge pit and kicked the giant Luffy ball into it.

Luffy crashed to the bottom and bounced twice. Vegapunk activated his Electromagnetic Ability, and a huge lid descended from the top of the crater. The entire crater was then filled with a strong shockwave, which began to vibrate Luffy's flesh, bones, and the food inside him.

"It hurts so much! What happened? My bones feel like they're breaking! My internal organs feel like they're melting!"

The intense shockwave shattered Luffy's rubbery muscles, bones, and nerves, Luffy in agony.

However, the high-energy food created by Vegapunk inside Luffy's stomach was also transformed into pure nutrition and restorative energy under the vibration of the shockwave, and began to rapidly restore his body.

So, amidst the intense pain, there was also an intense, almost unbearable itching, which was the feedback effect on the nerves as Luffy's cells were rapidly recovering.

"It's so itchy, so itchy! Why is it so itchy? My bones and internal organs are itchy!"

Compared to the pain, the itching was obviously more unbearable. Luffy, who had already turned into a ball, rolled around on the spot, more than ten times. The entire Luffy Ball got smaller and smaller. After about an hour, the Luffy Ball shrank back to its original shape, revealing a much more muscular Luffy.

However, Luffy's entire body turned red, which was the result of the waste blood and tissue in his body being expelled from his pores.

With a snap, the cover above the dent returned to its original position, revealing Luffy inside, looking dazed and on the Luffy of death.

However, Vegapunk showed no sympathy whatsoever, and immediately poured cold water on Luffy's head, Luffy back to his senses.

"What are you doing?!"

With an angry shout, Luffy leaped up, only to be utterly astonished to find himself crashing headfirst into the ceiling, even creating a small dent.

"Ouch... wait, it doesn't seem to hurt that much!"

"I feel so much lighter, and I'm stronger too!"

Noticing the changes in his physical abilities, Luffy clenched his fist, a look of utter astonishment on his face:

"What's going on? I've become so much stronger!"

"Don't worry, you'll keep getting stronger!"

Vegapunk spoke with a broad smile, and at the same time opened Space Bubble, piling up tons of high-energy food in front of Luffy once again.

Even someone as thick-skinned as Luffy was so shocked by the food in front of him that his legs went weak.

"Wait... wait a minute... I'm not hungry at all right now..."

"Whether you're hungry or not isn't up to you! Come on, keep eating!"

With a smile on his face, Vegapunk reached out his hand, and the powerful attraction immediately pulled Luffy over.

Then he took out a small ball from his hand and put it into Luffy's mouth. The ball immediately turned into a circle and continued to expand until it was the size of a basketball hoop, making it impossible for Luffy to close his mouth. He could only make "ah ah ah ah" sounds.

As the Sea Stone emanated from the circle in his mouth, Luffy, who had been trying to escape, immediately collapsed to the ground, watching helplessly as Vegapunk took out a shovel and shoveled down at the mountain of food that was over ten meters high.

"Waaaaaaah!"

As the shovel drew ever closer, Luffy wanted to shake his head frantically, but Vegapunk stomped on him, leaving him only able to watch as the shovelful of high-energy food was shoved into his mouth, tears of sorrow streaming down his face.

"Ugh... Why do I feel like I ate... more food this time? My stomach feels like it's going to explode..."

After removing the ring from Luffy's mouth, Vegapunk placed it directly in Luffy's throat, preventing him from spitting out the food that was already in his throat, and then leisurely went to wash his hands.

After hearing Luffy's complaint, Vegapunk chuckled:

"Of course, as your physical condition improves, your food intake will naturally increase! Theoretically, in half a month, the amount of food you eat each time should be more than five times what you are eating now!"

"Five... five times!!! Help!"

Luffy cried and wailed with snot and tears streaming down his face. This was the first time in his life that he had felt such fear about eating. He was about to stuff himself to death!

"Alright, a new round of training is about to begin! Let's go, Luffy!"

With a smile on his face, Vegapunk dragged Luffy along the ball and walked towards the training machine. Luffy, who was being dragged Luffy, had a look on his face that said he was being played with, and his eyes had lost their sparkle.