I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Sitting in a chair, with his mask pulled up halfway, Bai Yun sipped tea while watching Chopper repair the Going Merry.

What he was thinking about was his current strength.

It's currently a clone, possessing only 5-6% of the original's strength.

He gave it a try.

The range of Observation Haki is at most limited to the size of the Going Merry's deck.

Armament Haki can only cover the fists at most.

His physical strength is his worst, after all, he is known as "weak and sickly". However, since he received feedback after replicating Armament Haki and entered the beginner level of Armament Haki, his physical weakness is no longer that bad. Now it is just a clone. At his limit, he can run a lap around the outer perimeter of God Island.

The bad news is that it's really weak.

The good news is, it's now a clone.

The strength of the main body should be twice the range mentioned above.

However, it is still weak in the context of the new world.

"Bai Yun, Bai Yun, you need to practice! If you keep going like this, you'll get killed with a single blow."

"......"

"Let's have some tea first."

"Besides, I'm just a clone! If anyone's going to train, it'll be my real body."

So, after thinking it over, Bai Yun decided to continue drinking tea.

.........

Return to the Trial Forest of the Ball.

Da Wu finished making his harsh remarks.

It actually jumped directly off the Surprise Cloud, its round body charging towards Luffy and the others like a ball being dribbled into a car.

"He's here!! Luffy, attack quickly!! Take him down!!"

Usopp immediately said.

Luffy acted quickly as well, pressing his left hand against his right shoulder while his right hand spun around, gathering power.

"Alright! Watch me knock him down!!"

Then Luffy threw a punch, but Daigo, despite his round and smooth movements, was incredibly agile. He quickly closed in and dodged Luffy's punch with a sidestep.

The palm struck out, hitting Luffy squarely in the face. With a bang, Luffy was sent flying and crashed into a huge tree trunk on the shore.

"Luffy!!"

Sanji and Usopp shouted in concern upon seeing this.

"Ah! Luffy, are you alright?! This kind of blow is nothing to you, right?!"

Daigo blew on his adventure black gloves.

"Strike?"

"I'm afraid things will be different."

"Damn it, what's the difference?!"

Sanji attacked Daigo in the past.

But as soon as he lifted his foot, Da Wu knew where his attack was coming from.

"Hehehe, right upper leg kick."

"First meat...what!?"

Sanji missed his footing, and Daigo was already on his right. "The ability only a practitioner possesses: [Mind Web]!!"

Daigo kindly explained.

Sanji didn't know about the mind control system, but he did know about its corresponding abilities, and he had been "beaten up" by Whitebeard many times... well, three times.

"Damn it, this guy knows Observation Haki."

Sanji shouted, but it was too late; he was also knocked away by Daigo's impact.

"What?! Observation Haki?! Sanji!!"

As one of the four people on the ship trained by Haku, and who specializes in Observation Haki, how could Usopp not know?

However, as soon as he shouted it out, he was immediately slammed down by Da Wu.

As he explained, “Unlike a blow, an impact is something that damages the body from the bone marrow.”

On the shore, Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp reunited in this "embarrassing" way.

"Damn it! Sanji! Usopp!!"

Luffy shouted, asking if everyone was alright.

"Cough cough, what did that bastard do?"

Sanji's current confusion isn't about the mind-control net, but rather why Daigo's palm strike is so powerful.

Luffy puts on his straw hat.

"I don't know, that guy is very strange."

At this moment, Daigo, standing on the Raven, began to introduce himself.

"Hehehe, my name is Daigo."

"He is one of the four high priests who serve the great god Enel."

"I am the ruler of this [Lost Forest] land."

It's the earth again. From Daigo's words, could the earth be an identity?

Daigo jumped off the Crow and gave the ship a boost, propelling it forward.

“I think you should understand that without the seashell boat, it’s like losing the way to the altar.”

"Furthermore, the inability to follow the Cloud River proves that the forest is the only remaining path for you."

"As for why the Lost Forest is called the Lost Forest, I think you understand now, hehehe."

Chapter 282 Why Can You Fly?!

After Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp were knocked off the Crow by Daigo and reached the shore, the Crow declared, "I'm free."

But if it were really free, Luffy and his crew would be doomed.

Without a boat, they can't move along the Cloud River, so they're stuck in this lost forest.

"Therefore, you must find a way to get back on the ship."

"Of course, with countless amazing clouds and me floating here, we will absolutely not let you succeed."

"Welcome to the Forbidden Island of the Gods, hehehe, this is the Lost Forest, survival rate 10%, accept the [Trial of the Ball]!! Hehehe!!"

.........

Daigo is powerful; at least in terms of Observation Haki, he is currently stronger than Luffy and his two companions.

Moreover, the terrain is advantageous, with countless clouds of wonder and tree trunks capable of repelling them, making it an excellent means of long-range attack.

Luffy and his two companions split up and acted separately.

Luffy blocked Daigo's path.

Usopp was responsible for telling Sanji the route, and Sanji was responsible for getting back on the ship following the route.

However, when Luffy threw a punch, Daigo grabbed his arm and used it to throw him heavily against the tree trunk.

Usopp, clinging to a tree branch, had just told Sanji the route when Daigo kicked a Surprise Cloud at Sanji.

Amazing Billiards!

"Sanji, watch out! A ball is coming from behind you!!"

However, after Usopp shouted, the ball behind Sanji bounced onto another ball, bouncing back and forth, and the final target turned onto Usopp.

"Ah!! So I was the target!!!"

Usopp was so startled that he let go of the ball, almost causing his eye to pop out and hit the ball.

Even though he let go, the ball still poked him in the nose.

It's going to explode!! It's going to explode!!

Usopp frantically chanted in his mind, hoping to extinguish the flames.

But he has always been lucky.

Then, with a bang, a small flower bloomed from the ball.

However, he let go, and since he hadn't practiced the air-pressing technique or moonwalk, he fell to the ground in freefall. He was lucky, but not entirely lucky.

"Whoa! I shouldn't have dodged!!"

"Ouch!!"

Usopp lay peacefully on the ground.

Luffy recovered and charged forward again in an instant.

"asshole!!"

"Rubber rubber... machine gun!!"

Luffy jumped up and unleashed a flurry of punches at Daigo.

However, Daigo vanished in a flash, and Luffy's fists landed directly on those amazing clouds.

"Stop! Luffy! Don't hit those balls over there!!"

Sanji immediately shouted.

Unfortunately, it was too late. With Luffy's help and the tree trunk, the clouds of wonder began to scatter like too many billiard balls on a pool table, bouncing back and forth rapidly.

"Hehehe, you guys are so funny."