On Jaya, Plotting Devil Fruits!?

Half a month later.

On the calm sea, a pirate ship bearing a flag with a bone-framed skull sailed slowly from the distance.

The people on that ship were none other than the Door Pirate Crew, established not long ago!

Since they had become a pirate crew, they naturally needed a symbol.

That unique bone-framed skull design was a logo specifically created by Natsuya.

However, at this very moment, Natsuya's attention was not on the flag, but fixed ahead as he raised an eyebrow.

In the waters before them, the silhouette of an island slowly emerged.

Seeing this, Nami's face lit up with joy as she said to Natsuya, "Lord Natsuya, that's Jaya Island up ahead!"

"Our supplies are running low, and the Log Pose seems to be malfunctioning—it keeps pointing toward the sky!"

"Let's stop at this island to resupply and ask around about the pointer."

Hearing this, Natsuya looked surprised.

He wasn't surprised by the news of the supplies or the pointer, but rather by the fact that they had reached Jaya Island.

After all, in the original story, many events unfolded for Luffy and his crew on this very island!

He hadn't expected that, without realizing it, he had arrived here too.

Of course, this wasn't entirely strange.

Although they had intended to head straight for the Sabaody Archipelago, their previous location was merely the entrance area from the East Blue to the Grand Line.

Between those two points, there were clearly a vast number of islands.

And Jaya Island was one of them.

Natsuya hadn't paid much attention to it before, but now that he had actually arrived at Jaya Island, his heart couldn't help but stir.

It was worth mentioning that after half a month of recovery, his injuries and the aftereffects had completely healed.

Once he was better, Natsuya naturally resumed his daily ability development and training.

However, he hadn't had the chance to experiment with his idea of becoming a multi-Devil Fruit user.

It wasn't that Gin wouldn't cooperate, but rather that he didn't have that many Devil Fruits on hand!

After all, aside from the Door-Door Fruit, he only possessed a single Monkey-Monkey Fruit!

Therefore, even including Natsuya's own Door-Door Fruit, he couldn't conduct experiments on being a multi-fruit user.

Because of this, in addition to learning Haki, Natsuya had gained another goal.

That was to acquire as many Devil Fruits as possible.

But these things weren't just lying around for the taking.

Even though Natsuya could potentially steal Devil Fruits from users through his Door-Door Fruit ability, he hadn't had the opportunity.

But now, it seemed that as they arrived at Jaya Island, that opportunity might have appeared?

Just as Natsuya was thinking this, Gin's voice suddenly rang out.

"Captain Natsuya, there seems to be something going on over there."

Hearing this, Natsuya looked in the direction Gin indicated.

Nami looked over as well.

In the direction Gin pointed, there were two bizarre-looking pirate ships, seemingly engaged in some kind of maritime operation.

Seeing those two ships, Natsuya's eyes flashed: "Let's go take a look."

Nami naturally had no objections and immediately steered their ship closer.

Noticing the approach of Natsuya and his crew, the people on those two ships immediately fell into a commotion.

Soon, a voice drifted over.

"Friends on the other ship, we are the Masira Pirate Crew and the Shojo Pirate Crew!"

"You may also call us the Saruyama Alliance."

"We are currently conducting salvage operations on the seabed; we hope you will not come any closer."

Hearing this, Nami and Gin's expressions shifted.

When traveling the seas, intelligence gathering is vital.

Therefore, both Nami and Gin had collected a great deal of information regarding the Grand Line.

Nami, in particular, due to her past habits, would gather intelligence whenever she had the chance.

So, the moment she heard the other party identify themselves, she reacted immediately.

"The Shojo Pirate Crew, Captain Shojo, bounty of 15 million!"

"The Masira Pirate Crew, Captain Masira, bounty of 30 million!"

"I've never heard of the Saruyama Alliance. Have they joined forces?"

Nami said this, casting a deep look at the two men across from them who looked like apes, before turning her gaze to Natsuya: "Lord Natsuya, what should we do!?"

It was clear that the other party did not seem to welcome them.

Natsuya, however, curled the corner of his mouth.

After confirming that they were the Shojo Pirate Crew and the Masira Pirate Crew, he was even more determined to approach them.

"Keep moving closer."

Since Natsuya had said so, Nami naturally had no objections and continued to steer the ship.

Although the two captains had higher bounties than Gin, with Natsuya backing her, she was naturally full of confidence.

Come to think of it, it was all thanks to Garp and Hawkeye.

The current Nami had a big heart; she didn't really care about anyone with a bounty under one hundred million anymore.

Seeing this, the Shojo and Masira on the other side immediately changed their expressions.

They were not just performing simple salvage operations right now.

At the same time, they were also guarding Boss Cricket, who had dived into the seabed.

If Natsuya and his group came over to cause trouble, Boss Cricket might be in danger.

Realizing this, Shojo and Masira exchanged a glance and tacitly prepared to teach this group of tactless pirates a lesson.

But just then, a sudden change occurred!

A huge shadow suddenly descended from the sky!

The shadow was so large that it covered the pirate ships of the Shojo Pirate Crew and the Masira Pirate Crew, with even more to spare!

Seeing this, Shojo, Masira, and the others were stunned, then instinctively looked up.

Then, their faces all changed drastically!

They saw a giant ship appearing in the sky, plummeting down at high speed!

"What!?"

Shojo and Masira were immediately shocked.

The change happened too suddenly!

They couldn't react at all and could only watch helplessly as the giant ship was about to bring them a catastrophe!

But at that moment, an air portal suddenly appeared in the sky!

Following that, the portal swung open, and Natsuya's figure appeared leisurely.

Glancing at the giant ship overhead, he didn't say a word and performed a backflip in mid-air.

"Tempest Kick: Zhou Duan!"

Shining blue light surged from Natsuya's feet and, following his movement, formed a massive blue crescent moon that met the giant ship head-on!

Immediately after, a shocking scene unfolded!

The mountain-like giant ship was split in two, the cross-section perfectly smooth!

"Yeah!?!?!"

Watching the blue crescent moon disappear into the sky, Shojo and Masira were dumbfounded, their mouths hanging wide open!

The giant ship that had been a catastrophe to them had been easily sliced apart by a boy in a suit!!

Following that, there were two loud booms.

The two halves of the giant ship crashed into the sea nearby, creating a deafening sound, much like the state of Shojo and Masira's hearts.

And next, after seeing the handsome face of the boy in the suit clearly, Shojo and Masira were even more shocked!

"Wait, that person is..."

"The one-hundred-million-bounty criminal, Natsuya!?"

That handsome face was exceptionally familiar!

It was clearly the one-hundred-million-bounty criminal Natsuya they had heard about not long ago!!

So, the person they were just planning to teach a lesson was Natsuya!?

Realizing this, Shojo and Masira couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

In this light, the appearance of the giant ship was actually a stroke of luck for them.

Otherwise, the ones being sliced in two right now would likely be them!!

Of course, they weren't exactly safe now, either.

Natsuya had clearly intended to approach them earlier; what could he want?