News of the Luck-Luck Fruit

"Aren't we going to stop him? Is this really okay? Any normal person would die of social stagnation!"

While speaking words of sympathy, Nico Robin, with a sly smile on her face, held her red tea and watched Devil Fruit Awakening, Luffy an amused expression.

At this Luffy is completely letting loose, using his four limbs and third leg to wrap around the ship's mast, laughing loudly as he swings back and forth.

"Ugh... this guy is disgusting. Did he eat something bad and get dizzy?"

Nami could only sigh helplessly as she watched Luffy urinate into the sea, only to have Luffy turn into rain due to the cartoonish power of his Devil Fruit.

"It's okay. Ordinary people might feel extremely ashamed, or even socially dead, but do you think this kid is an ordinary person?"

Vegapunk shrugged, took a sip of his tea, and spoke.

People in the Pirate World are generally eccentric and unrestrained, and the Straw Hat are no exception. In fact, the entire Straw Hat Pirates are considered to be extremely individualistic in the Pirate World.

A skeleton who likes to look at girls' panties, a lecherous chef, a perverted Cyborg, a directionally challenged swordsman with a strange overconfidence in his ability to find his way, a sniper with an extremely negative personality...

Given Luffy's personality, this kind of thing is just a piece of cake for him. Even Nami and Robin only say it, they don't really care.

Well, after all, Nami is the kind of woman who can charge 100,000 Beli for a glimpse of her naked body, and Nico Robin once used a testicle-exploding attack on a certain perverted Cyborg. These two are clearly not the type to be shy.

"Speaking of which, when will the side effects of this Devil Fruit end? He's been making a scene for half an hour now, hasn't he?"

Seemingly disgusted by Luffy's act of urinating anywhere, Stussy reluctantly put down his teacup and asked, rolling his eyes.

"It should be over soon... Even with my experimental enhancements, plus this berserk mode, which relies more on the Devil Fruit for energy, the Nika Fruit's consumption rate is already at its limit!"

As soon as Vegapunk finished speaking, Luffy, who was Luffy loudly in the sky, suddenly slumped down. The milky white flames instantly went out, and the thumping of his heart became barely audible. He fell onto the deck with a thud, turning into a limp puddle of mud.

"Wow!! Boss, come quick, this guy looks so old!"

Nami looked at Luffy, who was limp and pulled out her retractable baton for self-defense. She poked the lump of clay, Luffy, with his wrinkled face and tongue sticking out, finally managed to utter two soft "uh-huh" sounds after a moment, his reaction as slow as an old man's.

"That's a side effect of the Nika Fruit. After all, the effects of that thing are a bit abnormal, so it naturally requires more physical strength."

The group looked up at the mast, which was knotted up and shaped like a strange figurehead, like putty. Then, thinking about Luffy, who could freely change size and length, they agreed with Vegapunk's description of the Nika Fruit's abnormal effects.

"Won't he stay like this forever? Does the Devil Fruit Awakening of the Nika Fruit require consuming one's lifespan?"

Finally, it was Nami, the kindest of them all, who spoke up, her expression a little worried. The Straw Hat's affability is no joke; over this period of time, he and Nami have become friends.

"Of course it's not permanent. If it were, wouldn't the Nika Fruit become a suicide fruit?"

Vegapunk shook his head and looked at Luffy:

"With Luffy's current physical strength, he should be able to use it again after resting for less than half an hour, with few aftereffects."

"However, whether I can completely control the Awakening state is another matter. What happened just now could actually be considered a kind of berserk state."

"Fortunately, even if the Nika Fruit Awakening, it doesn't have any wild impulses, and it will automatically shut down its Awakening ability before the host's physical strength is depleted to the point where it will cause aftereffects. So it can be tried multiple times."

Vegapunk was quite confident that Luffy could control the Nika Fruit, after all, the Straw Hat himself was perfectly suited to this Devil Fruit, so the mental impact of the Nika Straw Hat Nika Fruit was not strong.

Just now, due to the forced Awakening and his mistaken belief that the Devil Fruit he ate was the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy was completely unprepared. Even so, in the later stages, Luffy's self-awareness began to awaken.

It's estimated that once Luffy gets used to this state a few more times, he'll be able to add this Devil Fruit Awakening ability to his regular skill set. At that point, during the Devil Fruit Awakening period, Luffy will be one of the strongest fighters on the sea.

Even in his normal state, Luffy's strength is second only to the Sea Emperor and the Marine Admiral. Only with this level of strength can one be even remotely competitive for the title of Pirate King.

"I'm finally alive!"

After wiping his mouth, Luffy, looked energetic and nonchalant, which Nami take a second look at him.

"Doctor, this experiment should be considered a success, right? I feel like I can completely control my Awakening now!"

"More or less..."

Vegapunk looked at Luffy, from whom he had drained over a dozen Luffy of blood, and shrugged slightly.

"The experiment is over, and the results were quite good. I think you can now embark on your journey!"

"I happen to have a small boat here with an intelligent navigation system that can directly replace a navigator, saving you from having to drift in a barrel if you encounter a storm one day."

In the Pirate World, there really is such a thing as luck. The Devil Fruit User is the most direct proof. Someone like Luffy must have extremely high luck, probably second only to comedic characters like Buggy the Clown.

So even though Luffy lacked common sense and ended up with only a barrel left after his voyage, he never gave up because of these problems. If it were any ordinary person, they would probably have been fed to the fish at the bottom of the sea long ago.

But no matter what, luck isn't everything. Without Nami, with Luffy and his crew's terrible sailing skills, they'd probably sink to the bottom of the sea before even reaching the New World.

So, Vegapunk's Artificial Intelligence, which can directly sense Magnetic Field to navigate, is probably a replacement for Nami, to prevent Luffy from dying before he even gets started. He's counting on the Straw Hat to stir things up and let him see more of the World Government's trump cards!

Otherwise, Vegapunk wouldn't have Luffy such lengths to accelerate Luffy's growth and make him so much stronger so early, just so he could explore the bushes.

In addition, he also made a series of enhancements to Luffy's ship, including Space Folding Technology, a higher-level body enhancement Training Pod, and Limited Tsukuyomi Training Pod.

It won't be of much help to Luffy at his current level, but it will greatly enhance the Luffy members he will gather later. In that case, Luffy and his crew won't need to undergo two more years of intensive training and can directly enter the New World, greatly accelerating the world's progress.

It is estimated that in about six months, it will pose a threat to the World Government.

Watching Luffy in his small boat, Vegapunk silently wished that the guy could cause even more trouble, then turned to look at Nami.

"Nami, how reliable is the information you obtained about the Lucky-Lucky Fruit?"

Nami covered her lips with one hand and gave a slightly embarrassed chuckle:

"Well... the credibility of this isn't really that high... after all, the information was provided by that vixen..."

"Carina?"

The first thing Stussy, who was standing to the side, seemed to remember something and said a name.

Nami's expression became even more awkward. Carina and Nami used to be partners who often cooperated and also undermined each other. As for what they cooperated on... of course, it was to carry out the side business of the Cat Burglar.

The relationship between the two is both adversarial and friendly. They can trust each other to some extent in critical moments, but they also often try to sabotage each other in ordinary times. Therefore, Nami doesn't know if the information about the Lucky Devil Fruit User is true or not.

However, upon hearing the name Carina, Vegapunk perked up.

"Very good, then our next destination is the Gran Tesoro. Let's prepare to set off!"

Regarding the Devil Fruit User, perhaps because of her own fruit ability, Vegapunk searched for this Devil Fruit User for a long time but could not find any trace of her.

According to the original story, she should have appeared on the Golden Ship, but Vegapunk inquired for a long time and still couldn't find any news of her on the Golden Ship.

Occasionally, there would be some news about this Devil Fruit User, but when Vegapunk went to look for him, he would either find that the person had disappeared without a trace, or that it was just an Oolong.

Clearly, the immense luck of this Devil Fruit User is protecting her, allowing her to evade Vegapunk's capture. Even if she herself may not be aware of the danger she is in, her unimaginable good fortune still renders Vegapunk's attacks futile every time he tries to capture her.

So when Nami told him the information a couple of days ago, Vegapunk wasn't too excited; he just casually looked into it.

However, based on other corroborating information, it seems that the information Nami casually mentioned actually came to the right person, which is why Vegapunk casually asked Nami that question today.

When Vegapunk heard that this information came from the Vixen Carina, he was not discouraged at all; on the contrary, he became more confident.

Carina is a character who appears in the movie "The Gild Tesoro". Her personality is similar to Nami's, but she is even more intelligent and resourceful. In the original movie, she was the one who ultimately took the largest share of the Gild Tesoro's treasure and became the final winner.

To say that this Vixen genuinely wanted to earn some information fees would be utter nonsense, but she certainly had plenty of ulterior motives in wanting to use this information to stir up trouble.

Therefore, if this is the case, the accuracy of this intelligence can actually be guaranteed.

As for what Carina was thinking, Vegapunk didn't really care. Carina might have been eyeing Nami's position as the head of the East Blue Branch of Umbrella Corporation, and wanted to use the power of the Umbrella Corporation to stir up trouble, but she never expected that a prehistoric giant like Vegapunk would appear!

If Carina is sensible enough, giving her some soup or broth will be fine; if she's not, then she might as well swallow herself whole.

Well, although the main target is the Devil Fruit User, as the saying goes, since we're already here, it's not surprising that we might as well take the Gran Tesoro as well...

On the azure sea, a magnificent, city-like ship, resplendent in gold, is slowly sailing.

The noisy sounds came from the floating city. Under the sunlight, the entire ship city shimmered with golden light, and faint gold dust drifted in the air, giving people a feeling of decadent luxury.

Not far from this floating city, on a rather advanced-looking cruise ship, Nami looked on with excitement at the golden city at the very edge of the horizon, her joy overflowing.

"The legendary Gran Tesoro! It's a powerful force comparable to the Umbrella Corporation, especially in entertainment and gambling. It's far more powerful than our Umbrella Corporation!"

"I can't believe there's such a great deal going on this time! We can go on a trip to the Gran Tesoro! And they've even provided 100 million Beli in funding!"

Stussy took a small sip of his black tea, looked at the excited Nami, and sighed:

"What a little money-grubber! I feel a bit embarrassed!"

Robin shrugged and replied:

"Who told Nami only recently join the core? It's understandable that she lacks experience."

"She probably doesn't know that with the technology we have now, whether it's creating counterfeit money that looks even more real than real banknotes, or mining gold and diamonds directly from outer space, it would be enough to cause the entire Pirate World's economy to collapse in an instant!"

For Vegapunk and his men, Beli was nothing but waste paper, not even soft enough to wipe their butts.

If Vegapunk wanted to, he could create more than ten times the amount of currency circulating in the entire Pirate World within a few Beli, and guarantee that no matter what kind of money-counting machine he used, it would be undetectable, making it even more genuine than the realest Beli!

Given the chaotic economic situation in the Pirate World, even if the World Government wanted to investigate, it wouldn't be able to detect anything, and it could easily destroy the entire Pirate World's economy in an instant.

Things like gold and gems are not abundant in the known universe of the Dream Star; there are hundreds of times more of them than in the entire Pirate World. With destructive mining, these valuables could be made dirt cheap.