Red Force a Hundred Miles Away

Every day, Brook lounged lazily in a deck chair, happily watching his companions train.

But he was not completely idle.

From time to time, he came up with wildly imaginative ideas that sounded downright absurd at first.

"Nami, why do your clones have to be humanoid? Why not thunderbirds, thunder snakes, or even a whole thundercloud? Wouldn't their attack range be harder to guard against than human forms?"

Nami's eyes lit up. "Right!"

The next second, a crackling boom erupted above the deck.

A thunderbird soared into the air, its eyes lively as it nimbly wheeled through the sky.

"Chopper, you can open up your thinking a little more. Crystals are highly malleable. The instant an enemy strikes your crystal shield, you could turn it into countless crystal spikes and counterattack."

Chopper tilted his little head, his blue nose twitching.

A few seconds later, the smooth round crystal shield forming before him suddenly burst with a puff.

Dozens of dense, razor-sharp crystal needles shot from its surface in a fan-shaped spread!

His control over their direction was still a little rough, though. Several crystal needles nearly hit Sanji, who was practicing invisibility in a corner and sneaking about on tiptoe.

Sanji narrowly dodged aside, revealing himself.

Brook looked at Sanji. "Sanji, invisibility isn't only for sneak attacks. You're not an assassin, after all. Think about it: if the spikes on your legs remained invisible while you attacked with your kicks, wouldn't that make you even harder to defend against? With both the visible and the hidden, you'll be deadlier."

Sanji stroked his chin as the spikes on his legs turned completely invisible.

"Still you, Brook. Sneaky enough."

Brook could not be bothered with him and turned to Marian, who was diligently using her long nose to "draw" a tiger.

"Marian,