This made them deeply feel the huge gap between them and the new world.
Even a single-minded Luffy knew clearly that if they rushed to the new world before closing the gap, the result waiting for them would most likely be total annihilation.
"With my current strength..."
In the dead of night, Luffy often stared at his fist.
The feeling of powerlessness that penetrates deep into the soul of being crushed by Maude on the Chambord Islands.
The deep sense of despair that nothing can be done when faced with a desperate situation in a war on top.
These experiences, which seemed to stop him completely if he made the wrong move, all turned into Luffy's motivation to become stronger as soon as possible.
First gear, second gear, third gear...
not enough.
Absolutely not enough.
These moves were like child's play in front of the strong men on the battlefield of Malinfando...
As Haki became more proficient, Luffy came up with the idea of developing a fourth gear.
In fact, he already had some clues.
"Luffy, Luffy!!!"
Chopper ran over with excitement on his face.
Those excited shouts interrupted Luffy's rare meditation.
"Is dinner ready?"
Luffy looked up and looked at Chopper who was running towards him.
Hearing Luffy's words, Chopper staggered and almost fell to the ground.
“Didn’t I just have lunch half an hour ago!!!”
"Have it?"
Luffy put his hand on his chin and frowned, looking like he was trying to remember.
"Luffy, have you forgotten the fact that you just had dinner half an hour ago?!"
"hungry."
"Don't change the subject!!!"
"How long will it take for dinner to begin?"
“…”
Chopper put his head in his hands, feeling that there was no way to continue talking today, so he turned around and left.
"No, I came to Luffy not to talk about when dinner will be served, but to tell him that Usopp has a cool new weapon!"
After turning around and walking a few steps, Chopper was stunned as if waking up from a dream, remembering the reason why he came to find Luffy.
He turned around suddenly, looked at Luffy, and shouted excitedly: "Luffy, go see Usopp's new weapon!"
"Usopp's new weapon? I'm really curious."
The person who responded to Chopper's words was not Luffy, but a figure who appeared beside Luffy out of thin air.
Hearing the rather familiar voice ringing in his ears, Luffy's eyes narrowed sharply and he tensed up like a conditioned reflex.
On the other hand, when Chopper saw Mod appearing elusive next to Luffy, the strong impact on his senses made Chopper roll his eyes and fainted to the ground.
"Hey, am I that scary?"
Mod looked speechlessly at Chopper who fainted from fright on the spot.
Recommend a pirate fanfic.
"One Piece Love System"
[Detection object: Garp]
[Can be conquered, expected reward for success: 400,000 points]
[Remarks: Although I don’t know how crazy you are to detect an empty nester who picks his nose every day, there is no doubt that you will get an amazing points reward if you guide this great naval hero]
Snapped!
Nuo Xia closed the properties panel expressionlessly, feeling that there must be something wrong with this stupid system.
There has to be a limit to joking, you bastard!
…
When you are going all out to move towards your dream of becoming a powerful navy, you accidentally get a plug-in called the Love Cell Culture System. If you succeed in the strategy, you will be rewarded with points!
"I, Nuo Xia, am what I am today, without any fake things, all thanks to my own efforts!"
On top of the battlefield, facing the menacing Whitebeard Pirates, Nuo Xia looked calm and his eyes were cold.
"Dark Blue, add more!"
(It's a reasonable harem story, the female protagonist is limited, she is not a brainless stallion, the dog food plot is just for adjustment)
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Chapter 237: Luffy was killed instantly
Chopper was so frightened that he fainted, causing Maud to question him.
Even if the way he appeared was too sudden, Chopper's psychological quality was too bad.
Mod had no idea what kind of terrifying image he had created for Chopper starting from Alabasta, so naturally he couldn't understand Chopper's feelings.
"Chopper..."
Seeing Chopper fainting, Luffy thought that Mod had done something, his eyes shrank and he suddenly moved.
He punched the side without looking.
But as soon as his arm was stretched out, it suddenly froze and could no longer move forward.
"What's going on...I can't move my body..."
Luffy was stunned.
No matter how hard he exerted force, his body seemed to be under a restraining spell, unable to move.
"Because your shadow was 'stepped' by me, do you know what this means?"
Mod calmly looked at Luffy who was maintaining his punching posture, and said calmly: "It means that I can make you fall to the ground at any time as long as I want."
Saying that, while Luffy was struggling so hard that his veins popped out, Modade stretched out his hand to hold Luffy's shoulder.
"I heard from Sunny that Sabo chose to stay on the island to help you with special training, but now it seems that, if nothing else, your 'knowledge, knowledge, and color' have really not improved at all."
"Damn it..."
Luffy frantically activated his power, but his body showed no response and he was still unable to move.
"If only I could use fourth gear..."
Luffy shouted in his mind.
Mod looked at Luffy's face full of unwillingness.
Although Luffy is controlled through his shadow, every movement caused by Luffy's struggle will be faithfully fed back to Mod.
Strictly speaking, depending on the strength gap between the two parties, the shadow's control effect is not absolute.
But with Mod's current strength, it can be said that there are only a handful of people in this world who can still break free by relying on the difference in strength after being stepped on his shadow.
The current Luffy is obviously not among them.
"Don't react so loudly. It makes it seem like I'm here to trouble you. Besides, I'm not here to trouble you. It's just... well, you don't understand even after I tell you."
Mod retracted his hand and released the shadow control. At the same time, he patted Luffy on the shoulder and immediately walked towards the interior of the island.
Through sight, hearing, color perception, he had already grasped Robin's location.
The main purpose of coming here this time, apart from catching up with Sabo and Usopp, was to ask Robin to interpret the historical text he had just received.
"Fourth gear!"
Mod walked more than ten meters when Luffy's deep voice suddenly came from behind.
"oh?"
Mod stopped and turned to look at Luffy who directly activated the fourth gear form.
It's only been a few months since the war, but Luffy has already developed Gear Four
Mod carefully looked at Luffy in his fourth gear form.
The body that originally looked a little thin now expanded a lot and became bulky, as if air had been injected into the bones and muscles.
In addition, there is no deep red mark on the completely transformed body.
From this point of view, this form seems to be an unfinished product.
In other words, with Luffy's current level of Haki, he still cannot integrate Haki into the fruit's ability characteristics.
Or maybe it's because Haki isn't sophisticated enough yet, so he hasn't realized this yet.
"Didn't I just say that I didn't come here to find..."
Looking at Luffy who was about to move, Moder suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
"never mind… "
He could feel Luffy's fighting spirit, and he knew clearly that no matter what he said now, he could not stop Luffy's intention to take action.
This guy... is he going to use him to verify his progress during this period
Shadow flow, Pisces flow!
Maud shook his head slightly and silently controlled the shadow to cover his body.
As the armed domination intervened, black and red shadow patterns appeared from Mod's exposed skin.
"If you want to give it a try, go ahead and give it a try, but don't risk your 'backbone'."
Maude looked at Luffy with calm eyes and muttered to herself.
Luffy saw Morde using his shadow ability, and his fighting spirit surged in his eyes.
At this moment, Sanji and Zoro, who noticed the movement, came one after another.
"Luffy, Chopper!"
After seeing Chopper lying on the ground unaware of the situation and Luffy using gear four, Sanji and Zoro's expressions suddenly changed.
The latter even pulled out a long knife directly.
"Calm down."
Sabo, who followed closely, stretched out his hands to hold the shoulders of Sanji and Zoro.
"Chopper just fainted, nothing serious."
A ray of red light flashed across Sabo's eyes and he said calmly:
"Luffy is probably taking this opportunity to try out Morde's new abilities. Although there is no guarantee that he will get angry, if the other party is Morde, he can still feel at ease."
“…”
After hearing Sabo's words, Sanji and Zoro calmed down their hostility slightly.
The reason why they reacted excessively was because Mod's presence put too much pressure on them.
During the confrontation, both Mord and Luffy noticed Sabo's arrival.
But Luffy only had eyes for Mod now, so he didn't distract from Sabo and the others.
Mod turned his head to look at Sabo, nodded slightly towards Sabo, and said hello first, then looked at Luffy and said calmly:
"It's best to attack with the intention of killing me, otherwise you may not be able to hold on for even a second."
"Even if you don't say it, I know..."
Luffy opened his mouth slightly, sprayed out wisps of steaming hot air, and his big, generous hands made a gesture of pushing his palm with his left hand and making a fist with his right hand.