Boom!
After placing down the title of lord of the moon, Shaya, originally at the mid-four-star level, was rapidly increasing in strength at rocket speed!
Straw Hat, Baratie, and Hawkeye... abilities! physique! Haki! swordsmanship! will! vitality! mental energy! physical energy! combat experience! combat awareness! and so on—
All the power of everyone was continuously intertwining and merging into Shaya's body.
"Four-star late stage!"
"Four-star peak!"
Boom!
Five-star level!
Sword intent surged! Sword qi crisscrossed!
Haki soared! Physique sharply increased!
From mid-four-star outside the Moon to five-star level, it was a qualitative change!
Hawkeye alone far surpassed everyone else, immersing Shaya in the joy of his strength increasing.
Life and death, exclusive privilege!
Moreover, from now on, if Luffy or anyone else increased their strength by even a little, Shaya would also increase his strength by the same amount, and even if someone died, the merged strength would not disappear.
Shaya's body continuously lengthened and shortened, which was a manifestation of the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
"This Devil Fruit, besides getting longer, harder, and bigger, isn't good for anything else..."
Shaya felt that the Gomu Gomu no Mi was really mediocre; what with Gear Second, Gear Third, Gear Fourth—these were all cheats Oda gave Luffy, and short-term cheats that consumed vitality.
Other strong individuals fight for days and nights, making it difficult to determine a winner in a short time, but Luffy, as soon as he activates a Gear, instantly kills—that's ridiculous; what else is that if not a cheat!
Gear Fourth was instantly killed by Kaido; could Gear Fifth instantly kill Kaido? Even less likely!
Because Kaido's recovery ability was too strong for ordinary people to instantly kill, but Luffy's Gear time was too short... With this give and take, if Luffy wanted to defeat Kaido, he would still need to train his Haki for more than ten years, or gang up on him, otherwise Oda would have to give him another cheat!
Half an hour later... "Power, truly intoxicating..."
Shaya opened his eyes, which were a few shades brighter than before.
No wonder many strong individuals were single; this kind of thrill from increasing power far surpassed the feeling he had fighting with girls late at night on Earth.
But girls were still necessary, after all, strength couldn't break through every day, but girls could fight every day.
"Finally, I have the power to protect myself in the Pirate World..."
Shaya is invincible on the Moon due to his title as the lord of the moon, but the Pirate World is too dangerous.
He doesn't have a protagonist's halo; he could very well encounter a group of powerful individuals ambushing him as soon as he descends, and a casual curse or seal would spell his doom.
But now, possessing strength even greater than Hawkeye's, as long as he isn't too reckless, Shaya can develop at an extreme pace!
Or, he could have Hawkeye contact Red Hair to visit the Moon? That's a possibility!
"I need to complete the main quest one as soon as possible. Then, I'll transform the Moon and bring millions of people from the Pirate World here. Then, I'll truly be invincible..."
Shaya's eyes were filled with longing, anticipating his future where he could suppress everything with a flick of his finger!
Little Sister Imu, be good, call me Daddy!
...One week later
Garp of Marine Headquarters was practically going crazy!
His grandson had been missing for a whole week. He overstepped his bounds and asked Sengoku to search the entire world, but there was still no news.
He even put aside his pride and contacted Dragon to help him search, but even after exhausting all channels of the Revolutionary Army, there was still no information.
In just a few days, Garp's hair had turned whiter, as if he had aged ten years, and he could only sail around the world with his ship.
Hawkeye's disappearance for a week also attracted attention from all sides!
The Marine, due to orders from above, increased their vigilance over all powerful individuals worldwide, constantly monitoring the giant gate that descended and the situation on the Moon!
"Where did little Kk go..."
Other forces, such as Red Hair, also had dark expressions for several days because his good friend Mihawk was unreachable, and the straw hat he pinned his future on was also nowhere to be found!
This suddenly made the world a bit livelier, as the Four Emperors Red Hair entered the East Blue, drawing the attention of various major powers.
Coincidentally, Red Hair and Buggy met, and even a "great battle" erupted, almost igniting the world!
It was a mystery whether it was a distortion of human nature or a degradation of morality that a Roger Pirates crew member had hidden in the East Blue for decades and become a small-time pirate, causing many to cast sidelong glances.
And at this moment,
The first half of the Grand Line,
Calm Belt!
"Ah, I'm so hungry, I want meat...!"
A huge black-gold gate was located here, and a Straw Hat was half-reclining on the edge of the gate, looking eagerly at the Sea Kings churning in the sea.
"That one, Sanji, I want that one! It's so big!"
"Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat..."
Sanji, who was fishing, was furious. It was this scoundrel who had eaten all the reserves at Baratie in three days!
He had no choice but to borrow Shaya's special Anywhere Door to catch fish, and each time he came to the Calm Belt to fish.
Catch one, Luffy eats one, no matter how big you are, he can eat it all!
Thinking back to the past few days, Sanji wanted to curse his mother; most of his time was spent cooking for this glutton!
"Get out of the way, I'm going to catch fish!"
Kicking Luffy into the door, Sanji activated the special Anywhere Door.
"Whoosh..."
The giant portal submerged dozens of meters into the deep sea, and a scene also appeared on the Moon.
Dozens of small Sea Kings, tens of meters long, swam out of the portal, and large expanses of seawater surged there.
"Thirty-odd, enough for a few days."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sanji put away the Anywhere Door and charged towards the Sea Kings bouncing on the Moon.
"Banquet Table · Leg Kick!"
Half an hour later,
Sanji ordered the dishes to be served, and told someone to keep a close eye on Luffy so he wouldn't eat, then went to call people for dinner.
And at this moment,
Moon's inner plaza,
"Clang, clang, clang!"
An intense battle was unfolding, it was Zoro versus Anas!
Zoro fought with increasing ferocity, and Anas became more and more irritable as he fought!
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