Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

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Thanks to the powerful regenerative abilities of the Nika Fruit, most of his injuries had healed, but the third-stage punishment for crew members leaving the party still lingered, causing a constant, subtle pain like background noise.

While it won't render him incapacitated, the pain would undoubtedly be a huge distraction during combat or when a high level of concentration is required.

"While this can be considered a form of special training, you can't be distracted by fighting pain all the time during a battle."

Luffy frowned and began to seriously consider how to resolve this ongoing punishment.

He endured the first stage of electric shocks thanks to his rubbery body and eventually found a way to utilize them.

He circumvented the second phase of punishment by multitasking and executing the plan, since too many of those punishments at once would consume a lot of his energy.

Therefore, there must be ways to circumvent the punishment in the third stage.

The reason for the punishment was that the crew deserted.

"and many more!"

Luffy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he clapped his hands, but the action aggravated his sore spot, making him grimace.

That really hurts, you bastard.

He slowly sat up.

"If I'm being punished because I don't have any crew members, then I can just find a partner to join me!"

He was excited about his cleverness.

That's incredibly clever of you!

However, reality soon poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

He looked around and found himself still enveloped in the bear paw-shaped shockwave, flying at high speed through the air, unable to do anything.

We can only take specific action after we arrive at the destination.

"Ah, but this is so boring."

Luffy let out a wail and lay back down.

Hunger surged back like a tidal wave, even more intense than yesterday.

He felt like he could eat a sea king.

Tormented by both boredom and hunger, he turned his gaze to Nika, whom he had forcibly dragged out to keep him company.

At this moment, Nika was irritable and easily angered because he had consumed too much energy and Luffy hadn't had a drop of alcohol.

"What are you looking at, you bastard!"

Nika glared at him irritably, crossed her arms, and hovered to the side.

"Nika, I'm so hungry."

Luffy said weakly, his eyes unconsciously glancing at Nika, his throat bobbing, "You said..."

"No! Absolutely not! You were really thinking of doing that, you bastard!"

Nika screamed in fright, kicking her limbs wildly, and almost burst into tears.

Luffy's eyes were clearly looking at a mobile food supply!

She is the noble sun goddess Nika!

How can it be considered food?

"Then show me a backflip," Luffy winked and changed his request.

"Huh?! What do you take me for? To please your pet?! That's outrageous!" Nika refused righteously and sternly.

Luffy didn't speak, he just looked at her silently, his eyes calm, but an invisible pressure began to spread.

Nika: "......"

One second later.

"Humph!"

Nika reluctantly pursed her lips, then deftly completed a standard backflip on the invisible barrier.

After landing, he turned his head to the side, as if to say, "I didn't do this willingly."

Luffy sighed in boredom and lay back down.

The two chatted casually, with Luffy doing most of the talking and Nika doing the witty banter.

The topic inevitably returned to the battle in the Sabaody Archipelago.

"You couldn't even completely defeat a general, and you were beaten so badly by your grandfather. It's so shameful!"

Nika curled her lip, looking disgusted. "This was a crushing defeat."

Luffy retorted, "Come on, if you're so capable, go and fight him yourself. That's my grandfather, he's at least an admiral-level! I'm going to face two of them at the same time! On this vast ocean, who can defeat two admiral-level opponents simultaneously?"

"That's because you're too weak!"

"Isn't my power your power too? You've given it all to me, and you're still complaining."

"I didn't have a choice back then!"

.......

And so, amidst the noise, the torment of hunger, and the constant pain, nearly two more days passed.

Just when Luffy felt he was about to lose his mind from hunger, he even began to seriously consider the feasibility of using Nika as emergency food.

Nika was so frightened that she almost retreated back into her consciousness space and never came out again.

Then, he felt the shockwave enveloping his body begin to slow down, and his altitude also decreased.

Through the barrier, he could see a lush island below, where the vegetation was exceptionally tall.

"Are we finally almost there?"

boom!

With a loud bang, Luffy crashed into the soft grass at the edge of the island like a cannonball, leaving a huge, clearly visible bear paw print crater in the ground.

"Phew, still alive."

Luffy shook his slightly dizzy head, clutched his stomach, and climbed out of the pit, immediately straightening his straw hat.

He looked around and found that it seemed to be a huge valley, with all the plants around him being ridiculously large, and any blade of grass was taller than him.

However, what caught his attention even more was that not far from the bear paw print crater he had created, there was another huge bear paw print that was almost identical!

"what?"

Luffy was secretly delighted. "Could it be that someone else was filmed here like me?"

He immediately remembered the note about his companions' whereabouts, which didn't indicate that anyone would be coming here.

"Was it someone else? Or did Xiong film other people nearby as well?"

Before he could figure it out, an even more intense hunger swept over him like a tsunami, making him almost unable to stand.

Filling our stomachs is the top priority right now!

Just then, a series of loud rumbling sounds came from the dense forest nearby, and the ground trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a giant wild boar, several meters tall, crashed through several small trees and charged out with red eyes, immediately locking onto Luffy, its prey, who was standing in the open space.

Great, fantastic!

As the lowest level of the food chain on this island, I haven't encountered any food weaker than myself for a long time.

"Roar!"

The giant boar let out a threatening roar, lowered its head, pointed its sharp tusks at Luffy, and pawed the ground with its hind hooves, preparing to charge.

However, when Luffy saw the menacing wild boar, he was not afraid at all. Instead, his eyes lit up instantly, and he couldn't help but drool.

"Meat, it's meat!"

Luffy unintentionally exuded a terrifying aura befitting a top predator, causing the previously ferocious boar to freeze abruptly, halting its charge.

No, it isn't?

So, like those women, they were terrifying upright apes?

Its animalistic fear made it realize the terrifying power contained within this tiny creature.

It became frightened and even began to slowly back away.

But it was too late.

In Luffy's eyes, this was no longer a wild boar, but a walking meal.

"Rubber... uh, never mind, let's just go for it! Don't damage the flesh."

Luffy didn't even bother using any special techniques. Relying on his still-powerful physical abilities after awakening, he flashed to the side of the boar, his fist enveloped in a faint Armament Haki, and punched the boar in the temple.

Bang!

With a muffled thud, the giant wild boar collapsed to the ground without even a whimper, unconscious.

It hurts a little.

Luffy shook his arm.

Fighting someone now would result in mutual destruction.

But his pain tolerance is incredibly high.

"Start a fire! Start a fire!"

Luffy rubbed his hands together, eager to get started.

He looked around and quickly gathered some dry, giant leaves and branches.

Although he doesn't have Sanji's superb cooking skills, he has at least learned from Sanji and his cooking skills are not low either.

They know how to find basic seasoning plants and kindling.

He extended his finger, and with a slight thought, a tiny spark of electricity appeared at his fingertip.