"So, if I want to test my power, what should I do?"
Nami asked.
Luffy didn't say much. He simply clenched his fist, raised his hand, and punched.
"Wait, wait!"
Nami felt terrified when Luffy tried to punch her. She subconsciously changed her entire body into a cloud.
Every part of her body became clouded, including her clothes.
Whoosh!
Luffy's hand pierced through the cloud and reached far away. He pulled back his fist, and it left a hole in the cloud.
But that hole was so easily filled by the surrounding cloud. Not only that, but Nami also started returning to her normal form.
"Gulp! Is this the power of a Devil Fruit?"
Coby heavily gulped when he saw that. He couldn't believe someone would be impervious to attacks simply by eating a Devil Fruit.
Bang!
"Don't startle me like that!"
Nami clenched her fist and punched Luffy on the head.
"Sorry!"
Luffy had strong legs. He didn't fall, but a bump rose on his head as he apologized.
"So, this means you can't touch me?" Nami asked.
Luffy nodded and said.
"Logia-type can't be touched unless you have Armament Haki."
While saying so, he clenched his fist and a thin film appeared over his skin, hardening into black steel.
He raised his hand towards Nami, which startled her as she changed back to her cloud form.
But this time, Luffy didn't punch her; instead, he caught her hand. And unlike before, it didn't pass through.
"With Armament Haki, you can touch the Devil Fruit user and harm them. Of course, it doesn't weaken your fruit power, but if it is strong enough, it can negate its effect."
"Is that why I can't become cloud again?" Nami asked curiously as she returned to her normal body.
Luffy shrugged his shoulders and said.
"I don't know. That's what Grandpa told me."
He turned toward Coby and continued.
"You should totally join my crew. You are already a pirate, right? To infiltrate the Marines, you have to join through the Marine Academy."
"But if you want to join the Marine Academy, your past background will be investigated. Well, that's what I heard. You can give it a try if you don't want to join us."
Hearing his invitation, Coby nodded his head and said.
"Mr. Luffy, it is my dream to become an Admiral. Although I might never become one, I still want to give it a try."
"Hahaha! Alright then!"
"Luffy, look!"
Nami's voice came from the side. When he turned around, he saw her hand releasing a lot of clouds into the sky.
As they gathered more clouds, they gradually turned black.
"Alright, let's see what it does."
Nami had a feeling that she could control the cloud with just her thought. She took a deep breath and mentally commanded the cloud.
"Wait, Nami!"
Luffy hurriedly stopped her and pointed at a marine ship that was still chasing them.
"It's still here. Sure enough! It is chasing us."
Coby's expression drastically changed when he saw the Marine ship.
"It's because of your flag."
Nami roared at Luffy. After all, his ship was hoisting a large skull with a straw hat Jolly Roger.
"Hahahaha! It's fun, isn't it? Besides, it is a perfect practice match for you. Whatever you want to do with that cloud, do it on their ship."
Luffy laughed out loud as he replied.
Nami also understood his intentions and turned all of her anger into the cloud. It flew towards the marine ship under her instruction.
She was able to manually control it from afar, but the control was starting to weaken the further it went.
"No, we have to get close. Coby, stop the ship!"
Coby nodded and hurriedly went to raise the sails. Although he had weak arms, he could still do these things.
Luffy also went to help him while Nami kept her focus on the cloud.
When she saw that the cloud had reached above the marine ship, she started commanding the cloud.
Small sparkles appeared on the cloud as it slowly turned black.
At this moment, the large shadow was cast above the marine ship.
"Huh! Why is it suddenly dark? East Blue shouldn't have this kind of weather fluctuation, right?"
Marine Captain stood on the deck of his ship while holding a binocular in his hand, noticed the clouds, and asked.
"Sir, I just noticed it. That cloud was white before. It turned dark just now."
One of the soldiers gave the Captain a salute and replied.
"Oh no! Hurry up and get away from the cloud."
Marine Captain shouted, but before his words were registered by the marine soldiers, they saw a flash before a massive lightning bolt struck from the sky.
Bang!
The lightning tore through the main mast, causing a massive explosion that sent every single marine flying.
Only Marine Captain managed to recover quickly. He was glad that he didn't send any marine soldiers to watch from the main mast.
But the lightning was extremely powerful. It didn't just tear through the mast; it also destroyed a massive part of the ship.
Many soldiers were heavily injured by the explosion or the debris that flew everywhere when the lightning struck.
"Damn it! Devil Fruit users. We can't fight them. Everyone, focus on extinguishing the flames. I need to talk to my superiors."
"By the way, have you captured their photos?"
The Marine Captain asked.
One of the soldiers stood, trembling, and replied.
"Sir, we did. We got all three of their photos."
"Good! Two Devil Fruit users in a single crew. It seems like those Alvida Pirates were doomed from the start."
"The girl Nami must be a part of the crew."
The Marine Captain cursed and entered the main room that was still intact somehow.
There was a huge transponder snail that he used to make a call to the Marine HQ.
"Hello!"
"Sir, this is Captain Akun speaking. I have an urgent report on a new crew that just popped up with two Devil Fruit users and a massive Grandline quality ship."
The voice suddenly stopped on the other side for a few seconds before it rang again.
"Tell me everything!"
Akun told him everything. He was just a small-time Captain of a branch in East Blue. How could he have the guts to hide information from HQ?
Whether it was them losing Alvida but capturing his crew, getting information about the person that defeated them, and two individuals who followed him.
He told them everything, starting from their chase, and when they got closer, they were suddenly struck by lightning.
Unlike the Captain and the other guy, the one who focused on their ship was the Navigator.
"Hmm! I understand. This is a serious threat to us. Not only hoisting a pirate flag but also having two Devil Fruit users in the same crew from the beginning."
"This is not an ordinary threat, but we can't make them look too powerful. They are all but newcomers. Don't worry, Captain Akun!"
"Their bounties will fly all over East Blue tomorrow. Just send us their picture."
"Yes, Sir!"
Akun saluted and soon started faxing the pictures of Luffy, Nami, and Coby.
Coby's picture was of him looking pretty much average. His egg-shaped face appeared in the picture.
Nami's picture was a bit interesting. It was taken from her back. Although she wasn't posing to be exact, it looked quite like a pose.
On the other hand, Luffy's picture was the most interesting. It was him laughing, looking sideways.
This picture was taken when Luffy was laughing at Nami.
"These pictures are quite interesting."
The commodore holding the newly arrived fax stood up and went to the meeting.
Their discussion was simply about Luffy and Nami, completely ignoring Coby.
But they didn't forget to put a simple bounty on him.
Luffy and Nami, on the other hand, were discussed heavily. Some suggested putting huge bounties on them.
While others suggested understanding their strength, their notoriety, and their actions before putting huge bounties on them.
The discussion was quite fierce. This was probably the hardest thing about putting bounties.
A newcomer with high strength but low reputation.
Even so, they didn't think Luffy posed that much threat to the Marines. They simply wanted to destroy him before he could pose any threat to the Marines.
After a lot of discussion, they finally settled on a certain bounty number and soon sent this information to the news media.