"I don't know why Luffy didn't die, but this Devil Fruit is the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, which makes people keep expanding until they explode. It's essentially an air bomb that can grow infinitely stronger."
"If his Rubber Man form allowed him to withstand a more powerful air explosion, that would be possible, but it's just too unbelievable."
Sanji was utterly confused. Even as the brains of the group, he was at a complete loss.
"This is unbelievable! But it must be connected to all the strange things happening lately. After all, there used to be only one of each Devil Fruit, but now God has created a second one."
"There have also been rumors of extremely rare cases of mutant physiques. If Luffy was affected too and developed a mutant physique, that would make perfect sense."
Chopper's brain went into overdrive.
"What?"
Luffy swayed as he turned into a huge balloon. At his current size, he could very well cause an explosion that would destroy the Going Merry.
"Kick the captain off the ship, curly-brows!"
Zoro drew his sword and slashed at him.
"You could slash him away too!"
Sanji raised his foot as well.
Pfft!
Luffy spat out a cloud of black smoke as he was kicked dozens of meters into the air.
Boom!
After the explosion rang out.
Luffy drifted back down.
He landed on the Going Merry's deck.
Everyone gathered around a newspaper again.
"I'm even hungrier now, Sanji!"
Luffy wriggled up to the newspaper like a worm, listening to them discuss the news.
"A Pirate Expo is taking place in Alabasta. Apparently, there'll be a contest, and the winner gets a Log Pose pointing to the City of Heaven."
Nami shared the information, feeling surprised herself.
"Vivi, what do you think?"
Everyone turned to Vivi. The princess,