"So that's how it is."
"No wonder you're so confident and fearless."
"So someone is already on Sky Island."
The Girls spoke one after another, but at this moment, they all suddenly understood. No wonder Luna insisted that they believe Sky Island existed. Good heavens, it turns out the new partner you want to invite is already there, right?
She's already there, isn't she?
However, if such a place truly existed, their young female Pirate Crew, which focused on travel and adventure, naturally couldn't miss it.
But suddenly, Kuina stepped forward and spoke, asking her question.
"If, according to what you said before, how did the new partner you're inviting this time get up to Sky Island, which is ten thousand meters high?"
Hearing this, all The Girls once again cast questioning gazes at Luna. Right, how did she get up there?
Of course, Shino Asada, Deya, and Shiro were feigning their surprise. After all, as partners from the inter-world summoning system, they naturally already knew that Luna had a new summon card.
So they had long guessed that this so-called new partner, to be recruited during an adventure and trip to Sky Island, should be a strong female companion from another world, just like them.
And as for the question, 'how did she get up there?' Thinking about how they arrived, haha, is that really a difficult task?
But Kuina and the other four natives of the Pirate World didn't think that way. After all, they were still limited by their mindset and worldview.
Luna wouldn't tell them about the system, to begin with. Even if Shiro and the others were from another world, she wouldn't tell them for a long time.
At this moment, what the four of them, including Kuina, were curious about was how this new partner Luna wanted to invite got up there. Was it through some technological means or did she fly up herself?
"I don't know about that. I haven't seen her in a long time. You'll know when we meet her then."
Luna quickly brushed it off. After all, she hadn't used the summon card yet and had no idea who would be coming this time.
So for now, she could only temporarily gloss over it and tell The Girls to immediately steer the pirate ship to the southern waters of Jaya Island.
The Girls, especially the four of them including Kuina, could only give up. The Girls immediately worked together, and Nojiko pulled out a map of Jaya Island.
After confirming the direction, she immediately gave instructions. Shino Asada stood lookout on the crow's nest.
Kaya returned to her infirmary to prepare medicines.
Carmen and Kuina each managed a sail. Deya directed the robot to clean. Shiro suddenly walked over and handed her a storage ring she had already created, along with a communication device.
Deya's ring was predominantly white, inlaid with a blue gem, corresponding to the main color of her clothes, white, and her blue hair.
Deya immediately thanked her, a happy smile on her face.
Although she also had the ability to open space and could store things using the power of the space gem, this ring was definitely more convenient.
Coupled with her mastery of spatial power, Deya quickly became proficient with this new toy, playing with it skillfully.
Seeing the happy smile on her face, Shiro's heart was also filled with satisfaction.
She planned to continue her research, especially to make some preparations for tomorrow's ascent to Sky Island via the Knock Up Stream.
Although Luna didn't say it, as the Scientist and third-in-command on the ship, it was her duty.
But just as she entered her room to begin new research and manufacturing, Luna came here. After some discussion, she directly lent her a stealth tracking drone.
Luna had been interested in drones in her previous life, so she had bought and played with them. Shiro explained some instructions for use, and she immediately learned how to operate it.
After Luna left the cabin, without anyone noticing, she quickly flew out and arrived several kilometers above the Straw Hat Pirates' going merry.
Luna immediately used the drone to keep a close watch on the straw hats. After all, whether they could ride the Knock Up Stream to Sky Island depended on the straw hats.
There was no other way; who made them have Luffy, the man favored by this world?
After doing all this and finding that the tracker was also working perfectly, Luna immediately returned to the ship and went back to her bedroom.
Once back in her bedroom, she took out two items from the system space: a summon card and a uniquely shaped Devil Fruit.
This time, it was a greenish-blue apple with special patterns but no other unique shape.
Like the one given to Shiro before, this was also a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, named the Psychokinesis-Psychokinesis Fruit.
After eating it, one would gain powerful Psychokinesis, capable of freely controlling objects to float and move according to the user's thoughts, as well as mastering gravity, attraction, and buoyancy.
As the ability user's own strength increased, their attack power and speed would also improve, making it a very powerful Devil Fruit among the Paramecia type.
It could be said to possess world-destroying power.
Seeing this Devil Fruit, Luna said,
"The previous few times, whenever a summon card and a Devil Fruit were awarded simultaneously, for the new partner, this Devil Fruit either complemented them perfectly or greatly enhanced their original abilities. But if it's the Psychokinesis-Psychokinesis Fruit, the system will summon a new partner according to my request. Some films and anime I've watched before, if we're talking about a beautiful woman skilled in..."
At this point, Luna's eyes suddenly widened, filled with a hint of shock, and a figure appeared in her mind.
That tsundere girl whose age and appearance were completely mismatched.
"Perhaps she really will come." As she spoke, Luna was now filled with excitement and anticipation. She immediately used the summon card, but didn't summon immediately, as she wanted to see who it would be.
After being used, the card quickly turned into light particles and disappeared.
At the same time, the system's voice quickly echoed in her mind.
"Ding! host has used a summon card. Congratulations, host, for obtaining a character from the One-Punch Man world: Tatsumaki, the Tornado of Terror."
"This is great, hahahaha!" Hearing this, Luna was overjoyed, the light in her eyes like brilliant starlight.
Finally, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Because she really hadn't expected that she had guessed Tatsumaki would come, but she really did.
Luna clearly remembered that this was a character from One-Punch Man, Hero Rank S-class No. 2, a psychic. Green curly hair, wearing a black slit dress, small black shoes, and a loli face. She was the older sister of Fubuki (B-class No. 1).
She was revered by the Hero Association as the ultimate weapon. Ordinary attacks could barely touch her body, and unlike other heroes, she specialized in using Psychokinesis for long-range attacks, her strength far surpassing that of ordinary Dragon-level monsters.
In the Boros arc, she easily deflected an alien cannonball capable of destroying a city. And in the Garou arc, to force the Monster Association BOSS out from 1,500 meters underground, she used Psychokinesis to pull the entire Monster Association headquarters out of the ground (Saitama's home, being nearby, was incidentally destroyed).
But Luna quickly thought of two points. First, among the current partners, if Tatsumaki, who hadn't been fully summoned yet, was included, in terms of age, Tatsumaki would definitely be the oldest at 28. And it was possible that the one she summoned would be even older than her age in the anime world.
She was definitely not a small loli of about 15 years old, or even younger, as she appeared on the outside.
As for why Tatsumaki had an age that completely mismatched her appearance? The official One-Punch Man anime in Luna's previous life said this: because Tatsumaki's own powerful abilities restricted her growth, both mentally and physically, making her more like a small girl.
And then there was the modification by the evil organization.
Then there was a second point: among the current partners, if Tatsumaki appeared, wouldn't her clothing be too revealing? She only wore a black leather outfit and those black shoes on her feet.
She wasn't even wearing underwear on her lower half. But then she thought of the fashion style in the Pirate World, where basically, as long as important parts were covered, it was fine. Both men and women dressed very boldly.
Luna gave a wry smile and immediately fell silent. Moreover, Tatsumaki herself liked to dress that way; it had probably become a habit, right?
Considering this, and Tatsumaki's immense strength, Luna decided to let it go.
As for her age, although her actual age was much older than theirs, both her appearance and mindset were no different from an ordinary young girl, which was not unacceptable.
But regardless, Luna was still very welcoming of Tatsumaki and wanted her to become their partner.
Although she was somewhat tsundere and strong-willed, and disliked interpersonal communication, feelings could be cultivated over time, couldn't they? Besides, with the system, Tatsumaki would have 100% loyalty and favorability towards Luna.
Moreover, Tatsumaki was genuinely very powerful.
"System, let me see Tatsumaki's virtual panel."
"Okay, host."
Tatsumaki's virtual panel quickly appeared before Luna, visible only to her.
Name: Tatsumaki
Age: 21 years old
Gender: Female
Occupation: Combatant
Strength: Admiral
Weapon: None
Ability: Psychokinesis
"Huh? What! System, why is she 21 years old?" After reading it, especially seeing the age column, Luna was stunned and immediately asked.
What's going on? Shouldn't she be 28? Why is she 7 years younger?
"host, Tatsumaki, who has been summoned here, has been reborn, starting at 21 years old."
The system's reply immediately made Luna realize, "So that's it, she's been reborn!"
It was clearly a deliberate arrangement by the system. After all, Shiro aside, Shino Asada and Deya's ages were much older than what she had understood.
But then she thought about how their strength was also much greater than what she had understood.
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