Sword Devil?

"What's wrong? You're so weak, despite being so big."

Reiner sighed, looking at the flame in his hand.

"I thought I could get an elite monster, but you're just a little piece of crap!"

Reiner's Devil Fruit was the Zoan Mythical Type: Human-Human Fruit, Necrolord Form.

Besides enhancing his physique and providing three transformation stages, he could also acquire others' physical templates through touch to create Undead creatures.

The Undead would have identical stats and templates, and while they couldn't inherit Devil Fruit abilities, they would retain certain characteristics and moves.

Unfortunately, the stronger the target, the more time it took to collect their data, and he couldn't collect data from targets significantly stronger than himself.

Otherwise, before he set sail, he would have created an immortal Garp Plus.

"I'll just wait for Zoro's template. I've been craving it for a long time."

Reiner collected his thoughts and looked at the center of the training ground in the distance. It seemed no one had noticed him yet, so he turned and walked into the Marine Base.

After searching around, he found Zoro's swords, then motioned for Luffy and Zoro to sneak away.

Inside a tavern in town.

"Burp~~, it really was too much to last a month."

"By the way, are both of you Devil Fruit users?"

Zoro asked, leaning back on the sofa and chewing on a toothpick after finishing his meal.

Luffy stretched his cheeks and grinned proudly, "That's right, I'm a Rubber Man because I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit."

"That's easy enough to understand."

Zoro nodded, then turned to Reiner. "Your ability seems a bit strange, though?"

"It's actually not that complicated."

Reiner tapped off some ash from his cigarette, stood up, and put his hand on Zoro's shoulder. "Don't move yet."

As he spoke, a blue flame emerged from his palm, covering Zoro's entire body.

"What is this!?"

Zoro was startled and instinctively tried to break free, but he realized the flames had no heat, which calmed him down.

About three minutes later, the blue flame retreated back into Reiner's hand, becoming a flickering flame.

"His overall stats are comparable to Luffy's? His arm strength is even a bit higher!"

Reiner marveled at the information from the flame in his hand.

However, he quickly understood. Zoro had trained diligently since childhood, so it was understandable that his physical abilities were close to Luffy's.

He couldn't help but scrutinize Zoro more closely. Is this what it means to be a swordsman? This terrifying wrist strength—in the East Blue, only Arlong could probably compare.

Reiner had long had ideas for Zoro's template. With a thought, a void rift appeared out of thin air.

A black figure slowly stepped out of the void.

It was just over two meters tall with a robust build, wearing a black hat, a black suit, and a large black overcoat.

If you didn't look at its head, it would be a mysterious and handsome human figure in black.

However, hidden beneath the hat was a monstrous and terrifying face with sharp fangs, a gaping, blood-red mouth, and a long sword protruding forward through its forehead.

Its hands also had two long swords, their tips dragging on the ground, glinting with cold light. The ends had no hilts but were fused with its arms.

That's right, Reiner had created this based on the 'Sword Devil' from Chainsaw Man. Although only the appearance was similar, Zoro happened to use the Three-Sword Style, making this template incredibly compatible.

"What is that thing!?"

Zoro exclaimed, seeing the Sword Devil. "Wait a minute, you didn't just get this from me, did you?"

"Wahaha~~, so cool!" Luffy shouted excitedly, his eyes gleaming.

This was why Luffy had been so eager to invite Reiner to join his crew after witnessing his Devil Fruit ability back then.

He truly wondered how Luffy's brain developed; the stranger something was, the more it attracted him.

"That's right!" Reiner admitted directly.

"I'm a Devil Fruit user. Through methods like what I just did, I can acquire other people's body data to create Undead."

His ability allowed him to create various types of Undead, but they couldn't deviate from the template's characteristics. Using a dog as a template to create a human-shaped skeleton would result in something that couldn't even stand steadily.

Creating them according to the template allowed their strength to be maximized.

Reiner put away the Sword Devil. "Luffy, where are we going next?"

"I don't know!"

Luffy said, his voice confident despite his lack of direction, grinning. "How about you decide, Reiner? I don't know my way around anywhere anyway."

Reiner: "..."

Zoro: "..."

"Is this captain really reliable?" Zoro muttered, speechless.

Reiner remembered that in the original story, Luffy was supposed to go to the town where Buggy's base was located and meet Nami there, but he didn't know the name of that town.

"Well, just point to one on the map."

Reiner spread out the map and pointed to a spot on it.

"We're here now. Just pick any place around here for our route."

Reiner decided to rely on Luffy's uncanny luck. If they didn't run into Nami, they'd just go straight to Cocoyasi Village.

Zoro: "???"

Zoro slapped the table, his face full of shock. "Wait a minute! Your logistics don't seem quite right either!"

Reiner chuckled. "Don't be so dramatic. There's nothing wrong with letting the captain decide the route."

"Normally, you'd be right!" Zoro paused. "But are you normal?!"

Reiner awkwardly took the map and looked at where Luffy was pointing.

"Syrup Village, huh?"

Reiner pondered for a moment, vaguely recalling that this was Usopp's hometown.

Might as well go collect Kuro while they're there.

Soon, the three, full and satisfied, left the restaurant and headed to the port.

"This is the ship you were talking about?"

"Uh, what about it?"

"A pirate ship?"

Zoro looked at the small sailboat moored at the port, tied to a wooden stake with a rope, and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

He was considering the feasibility of cutting down Luffy right then and there, then sighed. "Ugh, never mind. I should have expected this."

Actually, this was already much better than the small raft Luffy originally intended to use. At least it had a cabin for shelter from wind and rain, and Reiner had saved up to buy it.

Being in charge of logistics on Luffy's ship was truly a thankless job.

Meanwhile, in Orange Town, where the Buggy Pirates were stationed, a chase was unfolding in the streets.

"Stop, you bastard!"

"You thief! Don't run!"

A girl with short orange hair, a delicate face, and a curvaceous but not petite figure ran while taunting those behind her, "Come and catch me, you idiots!"

The girl, named Nami, was a thief who specialized in stealing from pirates. Today, she had infiltrated Buggy's base and stolen his Grand Line Navigation Chart.

The pirates chasing her were Buggy's subordinates. They were quite lucky to have found Nami first. As long as they brought her back, it would be a meritorious deed.

But...

"Damn it! Why is she so fast?"

"If we don't catch her and bring her back, the boss will be angry."

Seeing the girl in front of them slowly widen the distance, the pirates grew incredibly anxious. That navigation chart was a treasure their captain valued highly.

If they failed this mission, they would definitely be used as experimental targets for special cannonballs.

"Damn it, stop already!"

Chasing her all the way to the port, the pirates watched helplessly as Nami jumped onto a small boat and slowly sailed away from the shore, powerless to stop her.

"See ya~" Nami waved playfully at the port, instantly maxing out their aggro.

Watching Nami gradually disappear over the horizon, the pirates couldn't help but show despair.

"Maru na~~"