One Piece: Luffy is My Pokemon

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"Usopp, you're back..."

After finishing the first half of their training, Luffy and the others wiped their sweaty bodies with towels and walked toward the bow of the Going Merry with broad smiles.

Hearing this, Usopp, who had just received Red's educational lecture, turned his head and couldn't resist showing off:

"Yes! And this time, I've created something truly amazing. I'll show it to you later!"

"Have you made some strange invention again?" Zoro, following behind Luffy, asked curiously.

"What do you mean 'strange invention'?!"

Usopp objected to Zoro's phrasing, then wrinkled his nose and smiled confidently:

"This time, this genius will definitely surprise you!"

"Speaking of which, there seems to be a large black cloud ahead. Isn't that a storm coming?"

"Nami, are you worried about it?!"

Usopp, with his remarkable eyesight, placed his hand above his brows and asked Nami.

"Ah? You mean that..."

Nami, who had also finished her training, replied casually:

"It is indeed a storm. It's fine. Didn't Sanji say the meal is ready?"

"Let's go eat first!"

"Oh, so it's just a storm." Usopp nodded in understanding.

Then the next second...

"Huh!?"

He suddenly widened his eyes, showing a look of panic:

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

"How can you be thinking about food at a time like this?!"

"Hm? What's wrong?" Nami looked at him with confusion.

Usopp appeared stunned: "What's wrong..."

"There's a storm approaching! Shouldn't we be furling the sails and preparing countermeasures?!"

Usopp, who had experienced countless storms since entering the Grand Line, spoke with the voice of experience.

But after his words, Nami's expression barely changed, except for a sly gleam in her eyes:

"You mean that sort of thing?"

"Don't worry, little Merry will handle it for us!"

"That's right, Usopp, just leave the ship's navigation to me!"

At that moment, an ethereal voice suddenly sounded behind Usopp, instantly frightening him to the point where his hair stood on end and a shiver ran down his spine.

"Who's there?!"

Usopp leaped into the air and jumped directly to the opposite end of the deck.

When he finally dared to look back, he saw a child wearing a hood that covered the upper half of their face, floating in midair.

"G-G-Ghost~! A ghost!!?"

When Usopp and Chopper saw this, their eyes nearly popped out of their heads, mouths gaping wide as they shouted.

But little Merry merely displayed a mischievous smile and drifted closer to Usopp.

Luffy and Zoro, who had already reached the cabin door, stopped immediately when they heard the commotion.

"A ghost!?"

Luffy turned back curiously and saw little Merry floating in the air. He should have been shouting with excitement, but instead he frowned.

"Hmm~ Weird, this feels so familiar!"

"Of course it does."

Red smiled and said to Luffy:

"After all, you sleep on her head all day long!"

"Ah, now I remember!!!"

Luffy suddenly clapped his hands together and exclaimed: "You're Merry!!!"

"Merry?"

Zoro, who also didn't know the small Merry's identity, looked over in confusion.

The others who already knew Merry's identity glanced at Luffy in surprise.

"How did you know?!"

Nami asked curiously.

Luffy grinned and replied: "That's because... I heard Merry's voice!"

"I thought I was just imagining things at the time!"

"It's amazing, Merry, how did you become like this?!"

"Eh? So I was discovered by you a long time ago?!"

Hearing Luffy's words, Little Merry looked over in surprise and explained the concept of Klabautermann to Luffy and the others who were still unaware of her true identity.

During this explanation, Red's eyes kept returning to Luffy, and he secretly marveled:

'The Voice of All Things? I didn't expect Luffy to awaken this ability so early.'

The Voice of All Things was a unique ability different from normal Observation Haki.

Just like the Lunarians' fire manipulation and the Mink tribe's Electro ability, it was an innate talent.

Before Red had traveled through time, there seemed to be only four people in the pirate world he knew who possessed this ability...

Pirate King Roger, Luffy, Kozuki Oden, and Momonosuke, who rose to power primarily through his identity and bloodline.

However, awakening this ability appeared to have certain prerequisites.

For instance, Roger was not only able to hear the voices of Sea Kings but also the "powerful voice" emanating from the Poneglyphs.

In the original timeline, Luffy only began to awaken this ability in the story two years later.

"It seems that with the blessing of the system, the power hidden within Luffy's body has begun to emerge."

"I just wonder how far he is from awakening Advanced Conqueror's Haki and the Gear Fifth form of his Devil Fruit?"

Red whispered softly to himself.

Meanwhile...

Nami, who had been waiting to witness Luffy and the others being shocked by the ship spirit, curled her lips in disappointment at their understated reactions.

"Really, how boring~!"

She raised her smooth arms and stretched.

Her sweat-soaked clothes clung to her shapely figure, creating a captivating sight.

She was about to head toward the cabin again.

But at that moment...

It seemed that Nami was destined not to eat today. From the crow's nest of the Going Merry came another exclamation:

"Everyone, there appears to be a pirate ship ahead!"

"Judging by their direction, they seem to be heading straight for us!"

Vivi, who was temporarily serving as lookout with no training scheduled, called out her warning.

However, the next moment.

Whoosh!!!

A faint sound of something slicing through the air suddenly reached them.

Luffy and Zoro, who were still chatting happily with little Merry, suddenly frowned.

"Vivi, look out!"

The two shouted in unison.

"What?!"

Vivi in the crow's nest froze for a moment.

She didn't possess the animal-like instincts of Luffy and Zoro, so her sensitivity to danger was obviously quite average.

Nevertheless, she had become an officer-level member of Baroque Works, one of the top criminal organizations, through her own abilities.

With Luffy and Zoro's warning, a moment later she spotted a bullet spiraling through the air toward her body.

She didn't have time to channel her Pokémon energy to use Teleport, and instinctively tried to avoid a fatal hit.

Thunk!!!

The bullet, fast as lightning, suddenly struck Vivi's shoulder and tore straight through.

The powerful impact even knocked Vivi's body out of the crow's nest, sending her plummeting toward the sea below.

"No!!!"

Nami and the others watched the scene before them in horror, and hurriedly used their movement techniques to try to catch Vivi.

Illusory flower petals drifted through the air.

Robin, who had been standing in the corner, suddenly crossed her arms in front of her chest:

"Treinta Fleur!"

Arms suddenly sprouted from the railing, forming a soft net to catch the falling Vivi.

Nami immediately rushed forward: "Are you okay, Vivi..."

But in an instant, her voice trailed off.

Because Vivi, now safely returned to the deck, had a bloody right shoulder that looked terribly painful!

"Quick!!! Put Vivi on the Grassy Terrain!"

Seeing this, Nami immediately shouted with concern.

Robin activated her Devil Fruit ability again, gently transferring Vivi to the deck of the Going Merry.

Throughout the entire ordeal, although Vivi's face was contorted with pain, she didn't let out a single cry from beginning to end.

"Damn! It's a sniper!!!"

Usopp suddenly grabbed his equipment and quickly made his way to the bow of the Going Merry. He raised his slingshot, but said with a pained expression:

"No good! They fired from five kilometers away!"

"My Kabuto can't reach that distance yet!"

"Luffy! We need to get the ship closer!!!"