Negativity Ghosts, Terrifying Ability

The mansion at the main entrance,

"Hey, hey, hey, no way, Absalom got defeated?"

On the island, in a building facing the sea, a chubby man with long purple hair looked at the ghosts floating around in front of him and started to complain.

"I knew he was unreliable. He dared to sneak onto the enemy's ship all by himself just because he had the Suke Suke no Mi!"

"His Devil Fruit ability only makes him undetectable, not invincible! He can still get hit by random attacks..."

"--what to do?"

Faced with the ghost that drifted around like a simple line drawing, the doctor named Hogback thought for a moment.

"This time it's the Straw Hat Pirates, with three super rookies who are all highly skilled and have a bounty of over 100 million."

"Alright, you hold them off for now, and I'll go wake up the zombie generals. — Let's deal with them without waking our master!"

On the outskirts of the island, the Straw Hat crew faced:

"Woof!"

"Woof!"

"Aww!"

A gigantic, three-headed dog covered in stitches was drooling as it pawed at the skeleton at its feet, staring intently at the group.

But:

"Wow, what a huge three-headed dog!"

Usopp calmly commented;

"One of the heads is a fox."

Chopper points out the error;

"Hmm, whether it's a dog or a fox, one of you should go and deal with it."

Nami waved.

???

Cerberus: Are you looking down on me?!

"Let me····"

When Zoro was about to kill him with a single blow, Luffy and stopped him.

"Wait a minute, let me see if I can tame it."

"Since it's a dog," Luffy said casually, stepping forward Luffy extending his hand, "good little puppy, come here, shake hands—"

"Snap!" X3

"Mr. Roman, your captain..."

Seeing Brook's worried expression, Roman gestured for him not to rush, because:

"You should be worried about that synthetic dog—"

"Little puppy~~ good boy~~"

With his upper body pinned to the jaws of the three-headed dog, Luffy calmly pried open its gaping maw and pulled the head from its throat. Then:

Boom!

A punch from the side, as fast as Inazuma! The force instantly pierced through the three heads of the three-headed dog, yet without causing any superficial injury! Luffy's control over power, if not unparalleled, is certainly quite advanced.

Snap,

"Great, it lay down when I told it to."

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He was clearly beaten to a pulp by you!

Seeing Brook's horrified expression, Roman had to comfort him.

"Beast taming is a matter of using both a whip and a carrot, so it's normal to do it this way."

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Brook's jaw twitched, but in the end, he dared not speak out in anger.

Soon, Luffy rode his newly acquired 'mount,' Cerberus, and the group arrived at a place where:

In the forest.

Unlike a normal forest, trees with human faces stitched onto their trunks danced shoulder to shoulder; a lion with a human head Guotou, revealing broken ribs beneath bandages; a cat with the face of some unknown animal leaped through the air; long snakes with arms snaked and climbed...

"Ugh, it's definitely a terrifying scene."

Nami rubbed her forehead. Under normal circumstances, should she contribute some screams and tears to create atmosphere? But now:

"Yes, Nami, I understand how you feel, because:"

Usopp sighed and pointed his thumb forward:

"Hahaha, I've got you!"

"Let go, let go—"

"I caught one too! That's really rare!"

"Help!!"

"Let's become pirates together~~"

Zoro and Sanji were enraged when Luffy and Franky appeared to be 'abducting a woman'.

"Are you out of your mind?!" X2

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The scene was extremely bloody and violent!

Luffy and his crew finally started acting like 'pirates,' excitedly hunting people down everywhere, while the terrifying-looking 'monsters,' who could star in any horror movie, scattered with screams. This made the cowardly trio of Nami, Usopp, Chopper sigh in unison.

"As expected, these guys are still more terrifying."

"Of course," Roman said, watching the show from the sidelines. "So-called terror is just an emotion that arises from a lack of strength. At our level, whether it's zombies, monsters, or whatever, let them taste our fists and swords that can pierce through steel first!"

"Moreover, these are just 'man-made' things."

Roman pointed to the numbers on these strange creatures. "Look at this. Normal 'monsters' don't write numbers on themselves. They're just the test subjects of the master here."

"So cute,"

The intellectual beauty Robin has a particular fondness for these strangely stitched 'monsters' and seems to be planning to take one home as a pet, forcing Roman to shatter her fantasy.

"It's useless. These things can only be powered by Moria's Devil Fruit; they're essentially just corpses. Once they leave this island, Moria will immediately take them back."

As the noisy crowd arrived at an open space, several white 'ghosts' in the air caught everyone's attention.

"Negative~~Negative~~Negative~~"

These ghosts, resembling simple line drawings, fluttered around while chuckling "Hahahahahahaha~~" and chanting pessimistic slogans. They didn't look scary at all; in fact, they were a little... cute.

"These ghosts can dance, and there are so many of them! It's so much fun!"

Luffy immediately brandished his net, ready to capture the 'Ghost,' making Roman rub his temples in disbelief.

Well, this thing won't do any harm, so it's good for Luffy to 'tough it out'...

Swish, swish, swish—

Although Luffy swung his net so many times that it created afterimages, he couldn't touch the simple ghostly figure flying in the air at all, as if the ghost didn't even have a physical form! This made Franky push up his sunglasses.

"Since physical attacks are useless, try this—"

Franky took a deep breath, puffed out his cheeks, and spewed out a burst of blazing flames from his mouth!

"Franky Flame!"

Hoo hoo hoo~~

Although the long, scorching flames illuminated the forest, the ghosts within remained unharmed, as if they existed in another dimension. As one ghost suddenly 'passed' through Franky's eyes darkened, revealing his usual 'tough guy' demeanor.

"No, I'm absolutely terrible this week~~~"

"I can't go on living like this anymore~~"

Franky knelt down in despair.

"Do you really need to be so upset?!"

Sanji was furious;

"Watch me catch it!" Luffy threw away the net and pounced, letting the ghost pass right through him, and then:

"If there is an afterlife, I hope to be a seashell~~"

Luffy knelt down in despair.

"What are you two doing?!"

Sanji is enraged again;

"Hmph, what a piece of trash."

Zoro scoffed, "It's precisely because you don't focus on honing your willpower that you were bewitched by the ghost—"

The next second, a ghost pierced through his chest.

"I shouldn't have been born, I'm so sorry~~"

Zoro knelt on the ground, dejected.

"How dare you talk about others like that?!"

Sanji was furious again;

"So, now you understand the importance of Armament Haki, right?"

Roman calmly looked at his three kneeling companions, Armament Haki was an advantage against Devil Fruit.

Swish, a ghost passed through Roman.

"As a dignified official, if I can't even defeat Three Admirals and kick Four Emperors, what face do I have left?!"

Roman knelt on the ground, dejected.

"Hey, hey, hey, where's your Haki?!?!"

Sanji... is no longer angry because:

"No way, even Roman got caught? Does that mean anyone who comes into contact with these ghosts will have a mental breakdown...?"

!!

"Oh no, what should we do?" X4

Seeing that even the reliable Roman, Zoro, Franky, and Luffy were kneeling and slumped over, Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were so frightened that they huddled together in fear! Was today going to be the day the Straw Hat Pirates was wiped out?

"Wait a minute, why are there four..."

Sanji glanced at Brook next to him, whose jawline seemed to reach his chest, and didn't know how to react.

What are you afraid of, a mere skeleton like you...?

"No... don't panic!"

Roman, who had barely managed to get up from the ground, waved his hand.

"It turns out that Armament Haki does have some resistance. My recovery before the other three is the best example."

"... Roman, let's not dwell on this kind of issue now."

Sanji and Robin, both covered in cold sweat, were speechless.

"Besides, only you and Luffy among us know that Armament Haki, so even if we knew it, it wouldn't make any difference, right?"

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I was careless!

Armament Haki can't even ward off Negativity Ghost!

Roman took a few deep breaths, warily watching the ghosts drifting around him, seemingly harmless creatures emitting 'ha-ha-ha-ha-ha~~' laughs. He had to once again take the Paramecia-type Devil Fruit abilities of this world seriously.

Previously, I'd only encountered combat-type or support-type Paramecia-type Devil Fruit; this was the first time I'd encountered something like this—a 'rule-based' fruit that forcibly makes someone negative or something.

Just a moment ago, Roman was completely dejected, feeling that life was meaningless. He didn't even want to stand up, let alone fight...

If a swordsmanship expert were to appear, the Straw Hat crew would be reduced to fewer members in an instant!

But""

That makes sense. If Armament Haki could grant immunity to Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, then how could Sugar turn top-tier fighters in the arena into toys?

Keep in mind that the team included Haki opponents like Old Sai, Chinjao, Cavendish. And yet, they all fell victim to their attacks...

"I'm so angry! I'm not keeping these ghosts anymore!!"

"They definitely have weaknesses, watch how I deal with them—!"

A few seconds later, Luffy and Franky, having shaken off their negativity, got up and were furious!

"Haha, you guys are so funny~~"

Zoro was so angry at Sanji's mockery that veins bulged on his forehead.

"Shut up!!"

"Roman..."

Roman waved his hand at Nami, who looked worried.

"Don't panic... Okay, this thing is scarier than I imagined, but it's alright..."

Roman had discovered his opponent's 'weakness,' or rather, what wasn't exactly a weakness: It wasn't fast!

They definitely couldn't catch up to Luffy Second Gear or Roman in his 'Wind-Driven Lightning' state! In other words, as long as they weren't touched, they could choose to bypass these ghosts and attack their main bodies...

And:

Glancing at Usopp, who was nervously looking around in the group, I realized that this 'Moria dungeon' might actually require Usopp to be a key player. —We can't exactly let Roman use a high-damage attack on Perona, can we?

It's Zoro's after all...

"Achoo!"

Zoro rubbed his nose, frowned, and looked around.

"I have a feeling that something is watching me..."

"Could it be that ghost from before—"

"Shut up!!"

P. S.: The protagonist says "I, a dignified transmigrator"—because the words "transmigrator" are in his native language, so to others they are just three incomprehensible syllables.

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