Such a Magical Devil Fruit Ability~

"Hey, you guys, stop messing around."

From inside the kitchen, Sanji called out, "I've made the sashimi, come in and eat!"

"Profound!"

Upon hearing that the food was ready, Luffy and his crew's eyes immediately lit up. They then jumped off the cloud Nami had created and rushed towards the kitchen.

"Let's eat!"

"Delicious sashimi~"

"Beautiful..."

"Huh?"

Seeing the empty plates, Merry and the others were stunned.

Sanji, with his back to them, didn't notice anything amiss and continued stirring the soup with a spoon.

"Let's eat that first," Sanji said without turning his head. "It's sashimi made with deep-sea fish; it tastes pretty good."

"Where is it?" Luffy asked, puzzled.

"It's just on the plate, I just put it there."

"We did see the plate, but..." Usopp said, frowning, "There's no sashimi you're talking about."

"Yeah, Sanji."

Merry, with her head held high, said, "I don't see any sashimi."

"How could that be?"

Sanji, putting down his spoon, frowned and turned to say, "I was just now..."

"Huh?!"

Staring at the empty plate, Sanji froze, then said incredulously, "Where did it go?"

"Tch..."

"Sanji, are you kidding us?"

"How is that possible!"

Sanji retorted, "How could I joke about something like that?"

"Oh... I see, you ate them, right!"

"It wasn't us," Usopp shook his head and said, "We didn't see the sashimi you mentioned when we came in."

"Who else could it be but you guys?" Sanji said speechlessly.

It can't be that a ghost appeared and ate this thing, can it?

Chopper, as if struck by a sudden realization, exclaimed, "Could it be... could this also be one of Mobe Jemru's strange phenomena?!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people present all changed.

Is this sea area really that terrifying?

Just then, the large pot of soup behind Sanji was suddenly overturned, and all the food inside disappeared.

"Huh?!"

"Where did the food in my pot go?!" Sanji, dumbfounded.

Could it really be caused by that strange phenomenon?

"It's happening! It's a strange phenomenon!" Chopper exclaimed in horror.

"No, there's something in that pot!" Merry exclaimed, her eyes wide as she watched the figure escape from the pot. "Is it a bug?"

"How could an insect possibly eat so much?"

"You wretched insect, how dare you eat my food!" Luffy roared, "Stop right there!"

After saying that, Luffy suddenly darted over and slammed his hand on the stove, almost breaking it.

"Hello!"

Sanji bristled and said, "Luffy, you idiot, are you planning to smash the stove to pieces?"

After grabbing Luffy's mouth, Sanji opened his shark-like jaws and roared, "If the stove gets smashed, we won't be able to cook!"

"I'm... I'm sorry..."

"Sanji, now is not the time to dwell on this," Usopp said. "The most important thing is..."

Before Usopp could finish speaking, he realized that the basket that had been filled with fruit was now empty.

Usopp:???

What the heck?!

"Where's the fruit?" Merry asked, dumbfounded.

How could the thing disappear when I wasn't looking for a moment?

"That wretched bug!" Luffy said, annoyed.

"Luffy, it's gone outside!"

"Damn it, don't run away!"

Luffy and Chopper leave, rubbed his Sanji and said, "I have a bad feeling..."

"What's the meaning?"

Sanji didn't answer Merry's question, but instead turned around and went to the refrigerator, opening it.

Sanji:!!!

Sanji was stunned when he saw the empty refrigerator.

"The refrigerator is empty too!"

"What?"

"What about my juice?" Merry asked excitedly.

"Also gone..." Sanji's lips twitched. "All the juice and drinks are gone."

Upon hearing this, Merry immediately flew into a rage, turned around and rushed outside, shouting, "Damn it, I won't let it get away with this!"

I was just thinking about enjoying a nice glass of Orange Juice with my meal, but it's all gone... I'm so annoyed!

"What's wrong with you guys?" Nami asked, puzzled.

Why are these guys all making such a racket after they came out?

Also, what's Luffy doing with that dragonfly net he's carrying?

"Bug Monster has appeared!" Chopper exclaimed. "It ate the food Sanji made for us!"

"Ha?"

Nami stared at Chopper with a completely bewildered expression, wondering what was going on.

What kind of Bug Monster?

Perona, however, showed a look of fear. Bug Monster?

Could it be a cockroach demon...?

With that thought in mind, Perona carefully moved behind Zoro and hid herself.

"Not just the food," Merry said, "Even the juice and drinks are gone."

"What?!"

Upon hearing that the sake was gone, Zoro immediately flew into a rage.

"You despicable thief!" Luffy shouted, "Give me back my food!"

"You actually called me a thief?"

Lili, who was about to run away, looked up and said, "I can't pretend I didn't hear that."

"I only ate a little bit of what was left there."

"There really is an unfamiliar voice..."

Nami stood up, looking at the deck in disbelief, and said, "Could there really be Bug Monster?"

Is this also a unique feature of this sea area?

"How could there possibly be any Bug Monster?"

Xi Yan put down the book in his hand, jumped down from the highest point of the pirate ship, landed next to Nami, and said, "It's just a special race."

"A special race?"

"Um."

Xi Yan nodded and said, "A human who looks very small."

"How did you know?" Luffy asked in surprise.

Xi Yan:...

"Can't you use Observation Haki to 'see'?" Xi Yan said speechlessly.

The other person's aura is quite obvious.

Upon hearing this, all the Haki people present fell silent.

Yes, why don't they look at it with Haki?

"So where is that guy?" Brook asked, puzzled.

"It's on you."

Brook:???

What does "on him" mean?

"I didn't expect you to find me so quickly." Lili, who popped out of Brook's pocket, looked up at Xi Yan and said, "What a formidable fellow."

After saying that, Lili quickly jumped off Brook and ran towards the side of the boat.

"Oh no, it's trying to escape!" Luffy, who had used his Observation Haki to detect Lili's movements, shouted, "Stop her!"

"They're here!"

Franky, who was right in Lili's path, raised his hand and threw a punch.

"How could you possibly defeat me!" Lili shouted.

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand and punched Franky's fist, sending Franky flying back.

Franky:???

Others:???

Is the opponent really that strong?

"They actually sent Franky flying in one hit!" Luffy exclaimed in surprise. "That Bug Monster is amazing!"

"I already said it's not Bug Monster ..." Xi Yan said, his lips twitching.

Although he didn't know what race the Little One was, it was at least humanoid.

After shaking his head, Xi Yan vanished from the spot in an instant.

When they reappeared, they were already on the path Lili had taken when she left.

"Damn it, I can't let you stop me here..." Lili said.

She needs to save her father, so she absolutely cannot be caught!

With that in mind, Lili decisively activated her Devil Fruit ability.

"Try this on me, you lot!"

"Buzz~"

The next moment, Lili's body underwent a tremendous change under the effect of the Devil Fruit, and in just a few breaths she transformed into a Giant Clan over ten meters tall!

"Wow... it's so big!"

"Amazing!"

Sanji, with blood gushing from his nose, exclaimed, "That's amazing, Miss Titan!"

Xi Yan:...

Xi Yan dodged the nosebleed by sidestepping, his lips twitching slightly. Why was this guy still like this?

"So it really is a human." Nami said in surprise, looking at the enlarged Lili. "Then how did she shrink just now?"

Nico Robin thought for a moment after hearing this, then said, "It must be from eating Devil Fruit that allows it to grow bigger or smaller."

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why the other party could grow so big.

"Who cares, as long as it's not an insect demon," Perona said.

After saying that, Perona flew into the air and flew towards Lili.

"Huh?"

Lili was stunned when she saw Perona flying into the air.

Why can this person fly?

With that in mind, Lili decided to ask.

Before she could even speak, several Negative Ghost flew out from behind Perona.

Lili:!!!

"Scare!"

"A ghost... a phantom?!"

Lili's face turned pale when she saw the ghosts that had suddenly appeared.

"I don't know what's wrong with you, but you'd better lie down obediently!" Perona shouted, "Negative Ghost!"

"Buzz~"

"Forehead..."

Lili's body jolted as the Negative Ghost passed through her, and she knelt on the ground with a pessimistic expression, her body shrinking to just a few centimeters in size.

"I actually stole someone else's food, I'm such an idiot..."

"Hala hala hala~"

Seeing the girl she had defeated in one move, Perona burst into laughter.

"Now you know how powerful I am, huh?!"

"Her body is amazing."

Looking at Lili, whose body had suddenly shrunk to a tiny size, Merry leaned closer and said, "When she grows up, she's like Giant Clan, but when she shrinks, she's only a few centimeters tall."

"Really."

Xi Yan stroked his chin and muttered, "It looks like a figurine."

I just don't know if this guy is Giant Clan ate the shrinking fruit or Tontatta ate the Grow-Grow Fruit.

A moment later...

"Ah!"

Lili, now back to normal, immediately stood up, looking at Perona with a face full of shame and indignation, and said, "You... what have you done?!"

"Hala hala hala~"

"It's just to teach you a lesson," Perona said with a laugh.

As a pirate, not killing the other party outright is already being very polite!

Lili was even angrier when she heard this. What did this guy mean by that?!

"You're amazing!" Luffy up to Lili. "You can grow big and small all the time!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

After sensing that Luffy meant no harm, Lili put down the fork she had just raised and said, "It's because I'm Giant Clan ate the Mini Fruit that I can grow big."

"Giant Clan?" Usopp looked at Lili in surprise and said, "You're actually Giant Clan?"

They unexpectedly encountered Giant Clan again.

"Yes."

Lili nodded and said, "My current size is the normal size after eating the fruit. Later, I will have a five-millimeter form and my original Giant Clan form."

"I can transform into these three forms."

As she spoke, Lili demonstrated her Devil Fruit ability to everyone.

"Normal size..." Xi Yan said, stroking his chin. "As Giant Clan, shouldn't your normal size be in giant form?"

Why is it measured in centimeters?

"I don't know about that," Lili shook her head and said, "Ever since I ate that Devil Fruit, this is what my normal state has become."

"To grow bigger, you need to expend energy to recover."

Although I don't know what happened, this is indeed her current state.

"Then her abilities should be similar to Luffy's, right?" Usopp said. "Luffy's body is always in a rubber state, isn't it?"

Therefore, it's not surprising that the other party is in this situation.

This time, Xi Yan simply nodded and said nothing more.

After all, Devil Fruit are incredibly diverse, so it's not surprising that they can have all sorts of abilities.

"You're so funny~" Luffy grinned, "And you're really good at it too. You're so small, yet you managed to send Franky flying with just one punch."

"Because I'm Giant Clan," Lili laughed. "Even though I've shrunk, my strength is still that of the Giant Clan."

As she spoke, Lili walked over to Luffy, lifted him up, and said, "Look, I'm really strong!"

"This is so funny, hahaha~"

Nico Robin, who had been observing everyone's interaction, smiled and said, "Looks like they've completely forgotten about the food being eaten."

Nami felt a little helpless upon hearing this, but Luffy and the others didn't care, what could she say?

"Is there anything else you can do?" Franky asked curiously.

"Of course!"

After putting Luffy down, Lili gave him a thumbs-up and said, "I have another amazing skill!"

"What special skill?"

"After miniaturizing, it will infiltrate the enemy's body, then grow back to its Admiral and burst the enemy!" Lili said.

"Huh?!"

"Eh!!"

As if conjuring up some image, Usopp and Chopper immediately hugged each other, their expressions turning terrified.

No!

They don't want to burst from being stuffed!

Lili looked at Chopper and Usopp with a puzzled expression. What was wrong with those two?

"You can actually do something like that?" Luffy grinned, "Then maybe I can become Giant Clan too."

Speaking of which... Xi Yan turned into the Giant Clan when he was with Moria, right?

Everyone was so envious of him back then!

I just don't know if I'll have the chance to experience it this time.

After hearing Luffy's words, Lili looked puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

What does it mean that he also has a chance to become Giant Clan?

"Luffy is Rubber Man," Nami said, tugging at Luffy's cheek. "So he won't burst from being stretched; he'll just grow bigger along with you."

"Is there really such a thing?"

Lilu surprised, then went to Luffy's side and tugged at his skin, exclaiming, "It's real! How interesting!"

She truly hadn't expected that such an interesting Devil Fruit ability existed in this world.

"Beautiful lady~" Sanji, lying on the ground, looked at Lili with hearts in his eyes and asked, "What's your name?"

Ah~

"I forgot to introduce myself," Lili laughed. "My name is Lili Enstmark!"

"Nickname: Gluttonous Woman Lili!"

"I have a huge appetite!"

"Lili, huh~"

Hearing Lili's explanation, Sanji smiled even more broadly.

"What a lovely name!"

"Thanks!"

"Sister Lili," Merry asked Lili curiously, "Why are you on our ship?"

"Of course it's because of you guys," Lili said helplessly. "I was waiting for someone on the sea in a bottle, but you guys swept me away when you broke the surface."

"Waiting for someone?"

Nami and Nico Robin looked at each other, and then asked in confusion, "In a place like this... who are you waiting for?"

Could it be an important partner or family member of the other party?

Otherwise, they wouldn't have risked so much to wait for someone in the Unhappy Sea Area.

"Who else could we be waiting for?" Lili laughed. "Of course, it's for my Pops..."

She froze mid-sentence, then exclaimed in disbelief, "Yes, my Pops!"

"Damn it, now is not the time to do these things!"

"Hey, calm down!" Chopper stared dumbfounded at Lili, whose head had suddenly grown larger. "Your head and body are out of proportion!"

"Lili, what's wrong?"

"The bottle I was riding in is all broken! How can I stay calm?!" Lili said frantically. "I finally got here after traveling between warships, but now I can't get to Pops's..."

As she spoke, Lili burst into tears. What should she do?

"A warship?" Xi Yan asked in surprise, "Is your Pops a pirate?"

"Why can't it be the navy?"

Hearing Merry's words, Xi Yan looked helpless and said, "If her Pops really were a navy officer, would she need to be so secretive?"

"So his Pops was most likely a pirate or something similar who was captured."

"Oh~"

Merry looked Satori and said, "Oh, I see!"

No wonder they needed to search for their Pops like this; they're a pirate after all.

"I didn't expect your Pops to be a pirate too," Franky said. "What kind of person was he?"

Upon hearing this, Lili seemed to have triggered some key word, and immediately calmed down.

Then, she said with a proud look, "My Pops is the number one pirate chef in the New World!"

"Pirate chef?"

Sanji's eyes lit up as if he had just remembered something, and he asked, "Lili, what's your Pops's name?"

"Panze Frye!"

"What, you know him?" Usopp asked curiously.

"Yes, I've heard that name before," Sanji nodded and said.

How could a chef not know Panz Fry?

"Eh~"

"Is your Pops that famous?" Luffy asked curiously.

"Of course!"

Lili proudly raised her head and said, "My Pops is a celebrity when it comes to Volcano Cuisine!"

"Volcano Cuisine?"

"What is that? Is it tasty?"

"Need you even ask!" Lili exclaimed, drooling. "Just thinking about it is..."

"It tastes so good..."

Luffy subconsciously swallowed and asked, "What kind of dish is this?"

"Use the Dream Spice, crystallized salt, which only grows near volcanoes, to marinate the Sea Beast Meat!" Lili said. "Then, just put the marinated Sea Beast Meat into the volcanic pool."

"The taste... the taste was amazing!"

"Is just crystallized salt enough?" Sanji asked curiously.

"Ordinary crystallized salt definitely won't work," Lili shook her head and said, "The kind of crystallized salt I'm talking about took hundreds of millions of years to form in the cracks of rocks, and it's much more effective than ordinary crystallized salt."

"I see."

No wonder just a little bit of crystallized salt made it taste so good; it turns out this crystallized salt has such a special origin.

He had never tried cooking this way before.

"It tastes so good!" Luffy, his eyes shining.

"This isn't even the best!" Lili exclaimed, drooling. "The best one is a thousand-person risotto made by putting all sorts of rare ingredients into a frying pan filled with rice and then baking it in the crater of a volcano!"

"Just one bite... and you'll feel like you're in a dream!"

"It felt like running through a sea of flowers in heaven!"

"It sounds delicious!" Luffy exclaimed. "I really want to try it, Paradise Cuisine!"

That must taste amazing!

"Is it really that delicious?" Xi Yan asked in surprise.

Isn't being in a dream a bit too far-fetched?

"Of course it's delicious," Lili said. "Once you actually taste my Pops's cooking, you'll..."

Lili froze before she could finish speaking, then exclaimed in disbelief, "No, this isn't the time to talk about these things!"

"What am I going to do, my Pops!"

Xi Yan:...

Looking at Lili, whose head was once again out of sync, Xi Yan's lips twitched slightly as he said, "Didn't you say that yourself?"

Is this guy an idiot?

"I've heard rumors about Panz Frye," Nico Robin said. "He's said to be a pirate who frequently steals food from the World Government, the Navy, and other pirates."

"However, he didn't steal the food for himself, but to make delicious meals for those who were starving."

"And... this person even enjoys it."

Upon hearing this, Luffy and his crew were immediately stunned.

"This... this is... a hero!"

"Hehehe, heroes and all that..." Lili said a little shyly, "That's so embarrassing~"

"My Pops..."

"Huh?"

"Wrong!"

"Now is not the time to be embarrassed!" Lili exclaimed, grabbing her enormous head. "My Pops!"

Seeing Lili's frantic expression, Xi Yan was completely silenced.

This guy is such an idiot.

"Alright, alright," Nami said, "I know you're anxious, but there's no use being anxious now."

"So please tell us about the situation first."

Upon hearing this, Lili, who was in a frenzy, fell silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly.

"Just two weeks ago, my Pops suddenly disappeared," Lili said. "To find Pops, I went to many islands to gather information, and finally found a news article in the newspaper that Pops had been taken to the Underwater Great Prison."

"That's when I found out that my Pops had been captured by the Navy."

"The Underwater Great Prison..."

Luffy frowned upon hearing this; that was hardly a good place.

Chopper asked in confusion, "Isn't your Pops a hero? Why was he taken there?"

He heard Xi Yan say that it was a pirate's hell.

But why was the hero taken there?

"To ordinary people, he is indeed a hero, but not to the World Government," Xi Yan said. "After all... he is a pirate."

"How could this happen..."

Chopper's expression turned somewhat grim. Was it simply because they were pirates?

"Yes, my Pops is a pirate," Lili said. "And a big pirate with a bounty of 320 million Beli!"

"It's over 300 million Beli!" Usopp exclaimed in surprise. "Really?"

This truly deserves to be called a great pirate.

"Really." Lili nodded and said, "Maybe it's because of the things Pops did; he's become like this without us even realizing it."

"So how did you get here?" Perona asked curiously. "I remember you just said you were sitting in a bottle?"

"I wasn't sitting in a bottle before I came here," Lili said helplessly. "My boat was destroyed by the storm, so I had to use a bottle to wait."

Although the risk of death was extremely high, she could not back down because of it.

After all... that's her Pops!

"Wow!"

Franky cried out, "What a good man who is so devoted to his Pops!"

This is exactly the kind of guy he likes best!

Thinking of this, Franky cried even harder.

"You must have gone through a lot," Nami said.

"It's nothing," Lili shook her head and said, "It's nothing compared to saving Pops."

"But they ended up being sent to Underwater Great Prison ..." Zoro frowned. "That place is no joke."

"Yes," Luffy nodded in agreement, "That place is extremely dangerous; I almost died there."

Having personally experienced those events, Luffy knows very well just how dangerous Underwater Great Prison Down is.

"Underwater Great Prison...?"

Recalling the scene from two years ago, a hint of emotion appeared on Xi Yan's face.

I wonder if Magellan is dead or not.

"I'm not going there," Lili said, shaking her head.

"What about your Pops?" Franky asked, dumbfounded.

Did he misjudge this guy?

"Of course we still need to rescue them," Lili said. "It's just that my Pops didn't go to Underwater Great Prison, so I don't need to go there to rescue them."

"What's the meaning?"

"When I infiltrated the warship earlier, I overheard the route the navy was taking to transport my father," Lili said. "They'll be passing through the Mobe Jemru Sea Area soon, so I can just wait for them here."

"So... the Navy is heading this way?!" Brook exclaimed.

"Yes."

Lili clenched her fists and said, "That's why I must rescue my Pops!"

She had to rescue the other party before her Pops was taken to the Underwater Great Prison!

"Lili ..."

Seeing Lili's determined expression, the Straw Hat Pirates ' expressions became somewhat complicated.

"I'm so sorry, everyone, for causing you all this trouble," Lili said.

After saying that, Lili paused for a moment, then continued, "By the way, you guys are pirates too, right? So you'd better leave here quickly, or you might run into the Marines."

"And what about you?" Merry asked instinctively.

"I can't very well trouble you all to wait here with me," Lili said with a smile. "So just give me an empty bottle, and I can wait for them inside it."

Even though she might die here, she was willing to risk it all for her Pops!

"Sister Lili..."

Merry pursed her lips, then looked up at Luffy.

Seeing this, the others also looked at Luffy to see what he was thinking.

"Lili," Luffy said, "Let me help you."

"Huh?"

"Why?"

"Because I want to eat that!" Luffy said, his eyes shining. "I want to eat the Paradise Cuisine that only Lili's father can make!"

"Besides, your father is a hero," Usopp laughed. "So we're happy to help you."

"That's right!"

Merry and Chopper shouted with laughter, "We'd love to meet the hero too!"

"But... but what if this...?"

"Don't worry about that, Miss Lili," Sanji said with a smile.

Nami chuckled and said, "After all, Luffy said so, hahaha~"

"If I don't help out here, I'll be letting down my reputation as a freak!" Franky shouted, "Super!"

As he spoke, Franky struck his signature pose.

"Yohohohoho~"

"Then let's all come at once!" Brook said with a smile.

"I didn't expect to have to fight the Navy so soon after arriving in the New World," Zoro grinned. "I really wish there was a skilled swordsman among us."

"Hala hala hala~"

Hearing Zoro's words, Perona laughed and said, "I'm getting a little impatient too~"

I didn't get enough of those weaklings last time!

"Let's give it a try then," Xi Yan grinned. "Let's see how good the navy is in the New World."

"It seems everyone thinks the same way," Nicole Robin said with a smile.

Are you serious?

Seeing everyone's smiling faces, Lili's eyes welled up with tears.

"Okay, leave it to us!"

"Everyone..."

Seeing Lili's tears, Luffy grinned and said, "But after rescuing Lili's Pops, you'd better let me eat my fill of Volcano Cuisine!"

Don't worry!

Lili wiped away her tears, then laughed and replied, "I'll definitely let you eat your fill!"

"Yoshi~"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Luffy immediately smiled even more broadly.

Then, he waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers... let's go save Paradise Cuisine!"

"Profound!!"

"It's Lili's father, you bastard!"

Hahahaha~