Nami Becomes a Smoke-Type Devil Fruit User!?

"Natsuya!?"

At this moment, Smoker, Tashigi, and the others all had their expressions shift.

Just as they had suspected, Natsuya, possessing the power of the Door-Door Fruit, was truly difficult to pin down!

For the past two days, even though they guessed Natsuya was in Loguetown, they hadn't been able to catch even a glimpse of him!

Several times, they had rushed over after receiving reports from the public, only for him to use his ability to slip away.

Such circumstances had led them to abandon the idea of pursuit, and even Smoker was no exception.

Even though he was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, he was helpless when faced with such an eerie ability!

But what they never expected was that, all of a sudden, they would see Natsuya right before their eyes!

They had been at the Loguetown branch feeling completely at a loss, yet Natsuya had suddenly appeared right in front of them!

Yes, Natsuya had come to them of his own accord!

What was going on!?

Meanwhile, Nami, who had been placed in the Different Dimension by Natsuya beforehand, was also deeply confused.

Their actions over the past two days had gone very smoothly, successfully avoiding the Marines and completing their resupply.

She believed that once they reached the Grand Line, they would have no problems even if they went without supplies for many days.

Since the resupply was finished, they naturally should have left, but Natsuya had suddenly shoved her into the Different Dimension and gone to the Marine branch alone!

What on earth was happening!?

At this moment, Natsuya looked at the stunned faces of Smoker, Tashigi, and the others with a smile on his face.

He had come to the Marine branch in Loguetown for a reason, of course.

And it was a very important one.

This matter actually concerned Nami as well.

Since she had become his partner, Nami's strength naturally couldn't be too weak.

He didn't expect her to turn around and protect Natsuya when trouble arose, but at the very least, she needed the ability to protect herself when he couldn't look after her.

However, the way Nami would grow stronger later on was simply too slow.

Natsuya didn't have the patience to wait that long, so he decided to adopt a "cramming" method for her growth.

That method was to have her consume a Devil Fruit and become a Devil Fruit user!

That's right, a Devil Fruit!

One had to know that Devil Fruits were recognized as the ultimate cheat code in the Pirate World; after eating one, one could gain incredible abilities and even combat power in a short period of time.

Without a doubt, this method best aligned with Natsuya's plans.

Speaking of Devil Fruits, Natsuya actually had one ready at hand.

It was the Zoan-type Monkey-Monkey Fruit he had stolen from Olig.

However, Natsuya felt this fruit was a terrible match for Nami.

Or rather, Nami wouldn't be able to unleash the true power of the Monkey-Monkey Fruit.

In fact, one could easily imagine what would happen if Nami ate the Monkey-Monkey Fruit.

She would simply become a second Olig, or perhaps even worse than him.

In that case, she would indeed be stronger, but it clearly wouldn't reach the level of self-preservation Natsuya had in mind.

A Zoan-type Devil Fruit user without any martial arts skills could be crushed by any bounty hunter with a few tens of millions in bounty!

And in the future, as far as Natsuya was concerned, the enemies they would face would at least be in the hundred-million-berry class!

With that in mind, Natsuya naturally vetoed the idea of having Nami consume the Monkey-Monkey Fruit.

After rejecting that idea, Natsuya naturally thought of Smoker's Smoke-Smoke Fruit, which was also in Loguetown!

That's right, the reason Natsuya had appeared before Smoker and the others was for Smoker's Smoke-Smoke Fruit!

He intended to seize Smoker's Smoke-Smoke Fruit and have Nami consume it!

Although the Smoke-Smoke Fruit had become arguably the weakest Logia-type due to Smoker's usage, it was still, after all, a "peerless" Logia-type Devil Fruit!

Without a doubt, if Nami ate it, she would instantly gain powerful combat capabilities!

As long as she didn't encounter an enemy who could use Armament Haki, she would be able to handle herself with ease.

If one thought about it carefully, even most experts with Armament Haki couldn't do much against the powers of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

After all, this ability also allowed for flight!

Furthermore, the perceived weakness of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit wasn't actually a problem.

The power of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit only seemed so weak because it was in Smoker's hands.

If Nami mastered it and received guidance and development from Natsuya, even if it couldn't become the strongest Logia-type, it would definitely be able to rise to the upper-middle tier of all Logia-type Devil Fruits!

As a transmigrator, Natsuya possessed this confidence.

It was precisely because of these thoughts that the current situation, which left Smoker, Tashigi, and the others—as well as Nami—utterly bewildered, had come to pass.

Natsuya had come to the Loguetown Marine base of his own volition!

Of course, he had his reasons for doing so, one of which was to farm combat points.

Natsuya had not forgotten his goal of accumulating combat points as quickly as possible to upgrade his Door-Door Fruit ability to the top tier.

Although he had previously wiped out Colonel Mouse, the Arlong Pirates, and their ilk, his current combat points were only around two thousand.

There was still quite a gap before reaching ten thousand.

Therefore, helping Nami seize the Smoke-Smoke Fruit this time was also a good opportunity to farm combat points.

"Quick, surround him!!"

"Don't let him get away!"

Just then, Tashigi snapped back to reality and hurriedly led her men to surround Natsuya.

Smoker, however, puffed on his cigar and asked Natsuya with a puzzled look, "Natsuya, why would you show yourself voluntarily!?"

Clearly, he was still hung up on this point.

After all, in Smoker's view, Natsuya had absolutely no reason to appear.

Natsuya naturally wouldn't tell Smoker the real reason, so he just smiled and said, "White Hunter Smoker, haven't you been looking for me these past two days?"

"So, I came."

Smoker's expression sank instantly.

He heard the provocation in Natsuya's words.

Since that was the case, there was nothing more to say.

"Capture him!"

Smoker immediately ordered in a deep voice.

Tashigi gritted her teeth, gripped her sword, and led dozens of Marines to swarm toward Natsuya.

But in the next instant, a grand arc of cyan light erupted from Natsuya's leg.

"Tempest Kick: Zhou Duan!"

BOOM!!!

The sharp energy surged, and Tashigi and the others fell like wheat being harvested.

At that moment, Tashigi stared at her severed sword, stunned.

Around her, Marines lay scattered across the ground.

With just a single move, she and dozens of Marines had been nearly wiped out!

Smoker furrowed his brows.

Natsuya chuckled, "Heh, don't send these small fries over to die. Make your move, Smoker."

Hearing this, Smoker said nothing, but a massive amount of white smoke suddenly surged from his body.

Nami, watching from the Different Dimension, gripped her small hands in nervousness.

Without a doubt, a great battle was about to begin!