One Piece: Who still has dreams?

The massive, warship-like Black Flash sat quietly in the center of the lake. Redio tossed gold coins onto the shore, watching Zoro's departing figure, and nodded in satisfaction.

The beginning is about mastering the art of control and flexibility.

However, there seem to be other criteria for judging hypnosis...

Redio looked at Ace, who had just undergone the hypnosis. The green-haired guy had fallen for it, but the freckled guy was unaffected.

Is the core "technical standard" of systematically evaluating hypnosis the number of people who can be hypnotized simultaneously?

If I remember correctly, Django's hypnosis is at the proficient level. And Django can hypnotize everyone in the Black Cat Pirates simultaneously, even though they're all just small fry...

The little painter at the Baroque Workshop could even paint in the air, using paint to give everyone the illusion that their dreams had come true.

To paint without a canvas, creating art from nothing—that's an incredible skill!

If she is also using some kind of hypnosis technique, then her hypnosis level is probably 100% above the proficient level of Zang Gao...

"No, I still can't do it."

Ace had half his body submerged in the lake, straining to use his Devil Fruit powers, but no matter how hard he tried, flames wouldn't come out of his hands, not even a tiny flame.

Just as he was about to slip into the water, weak and powerless, Redio pulled him up.

"The fact that Devil Fruit users are cursed by the sea is a problem with the system. To solve this problem, we can only find a new system to counterbalance it."

Redio said, "I can help you with some low-purity seastone to achieve a similar effect to 'weight training,' but to be honest, I'm not very optimistic about the efficiency of this kind of training."

He had already had Ace test it out. Even if Ace wrapped his legs in Armament Haki and soaked in water, he still couldn't resist the seawater or Seastone's restraint on him, a Devil Fruit user.

The Armament Haki that enveloped Ace hardened his body, but it didn't actually change his flesh and blood. When he touched seawater or Seastone, the effect was still the same.

If one were to cultivate to the Sixth Snake level and form an invisible barrier of Armament Haki on their body, it might be useful. However, this usefulness would only separate the seawater; it wouldn't truly eliminate the element of mutual restraint. If the Haki was excessively depleted, or if a gap appeared in the protective shield allowing seawater to seep in, the outcome would be the same…

As Redio and Ace were discussing these issues, Zoro and Koushirou hurried over. Koushirou was carrying the village's only Den Den Mushi.

Shimotsuki Village didn't originally have any Den Den Mushi, but two years ago Redio paid for this Den Den Mushi with video capabilities that can watch live streams. The signal range is pretty good, at least that's what the shopkeeper who sold it said.

"What's wrong?" Ace asked, noticing their strange expressions.

Zoro said, "Something happened to Nami and the others."

Koushirou said, "Nami called earlier and said that they had been being targeted by strange men in black suits for the past two days. Because they didn't want to cause trouble for Shimotsuki Village, they had been trying to shake them off by circling around at sea. But today they were surrounded by naval warships... She didn't explain further before the call was cut off. I vaguely heard her fighting with someone."

Ace laughed and said, "They're just the East Blue Navy, it shouldn't matter, right?"

"What do you say?" Zoro asked Redio.

"What do you mean, how do you say it?"

Redio pulled up the house-sized anchor with one hand, then casually stored the entire warship-like Black Flash into his system inventory. The massive ship vanished suddenly, creating a turbulent whirlpool on the lake's surface, and a gentle breeze arose.

Let's set off early!

Redio flicked two gold coins at Zoro and Ace, then pressed down on their shoulders, one on each side, and said, "Go get our navigator and doctor."

Ace chuckled and put on the bright red hat with a crying-laughing face design.

Zoro strapped his three swords to himself, nodded to Koushirou, and looked at him with a determined gaze.

Koushirou's glasses reflected the three spirited young men as he watched them vanish into thin air. The whirlpool in Ishifune Lake slowly subsided.

……

Reddio used Bonney as a transit point to teleport Zoro and Ace to the South Blue, and then teleported directly to Nami, who had already been "permanently employed" by the Heavenly Tyrant!

In a flash, the scenery changed from the South China Sea in the warm winter to the East China Sea in the dead of winter.

Moreover, they appeared on a warship at sea.

A marine on deck stared at them, jaw practically dropping to the floor, then shouted, "Report!! Target spotted!! Three people! On our ship!!!"

“Three people? Idiot, the notification we received clearly stated that there was only one female fugitive, only one person…” A burly man wearing a naval justice coat walked out of the warship’s cabin, followed by a group of naval soldiers holding muskets. As soon as they came out, they looked up and saw Redio and the other two on the deck.

Zoro looked serious, placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and pushed it out one notch.

"What did you just say, what fugitive?" Ace's eyes blazed with anger.

Redio suddenly turned around, and the sea exploded with a "bang." An orange-haired figure leaped high into the air. Her face was obscured by the sunlight. Her long legs swayed in the light and shadow as she swung her arm at the warship!

The massive crescent-shaped slash, over a hundred meters long, cleaved the entire warship in two with a deafening boom. The captains and sailors on deck screamed in terror, tumbling into the churning sea like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

"Damn it! What on earth happened?!"

The captain of the branch grabbed onto a piece of broken ship plank and dragged several struggling marines who were choking on water out of the sea. He was shouting in a sorry state when suddenly the light in front of him went out!

Something enormous appeared out of nowhere, obscuring everything in front of them.

"boom……"

The branch captain felt as if the entire sky had collapsed onto the sea. The enormous roar, the sound of the waves, and the screams of the marines were all mixed together. He and everyone else were swept away by the turbulent waves and whirlpools, like a pile of garbage being pushed aside by the waves...

The Black Flash appeared out of nowhere on the sea, and the dilapidated warship, which had been cut in half by Nami's Tempest Kick, slowly sank in the whirlpool beside it.

Nami descended from the sky, landing with a "plop" on the deck of the Black Flash, soaking wet.

Ace asked in surprise, "So decisive in attacking the Navy? Nami, this isn't like you."

“…” Nami wiped her face, her eyes broken, and bit her lip, saying, “It’s my fault… I’m sorry, Redio. I’ve been… too arrogant lately, which is why Gertz got captured…”

Zoro said, "Nami, aren't you underestimating Gertz by saying something like that?"

Is it that one?

Redio stood by the ship, gazing at the sea a few kilometers ahead. A large ship, no smaller than their Black Flash, was quietly moored there. Strangely, this ship had no masts, and its bow seemed inexplicably shorter.

Zoro stood next to Redio with his arms crossed and asked Nami, "Did you do this?"

“Goltz is on that ship.”

Nami, her hair wet and barefoot, walked over, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of her mouth as she spat out a fragment of internal organ. Her face was pale as she stared intently at the large ship anchored ahead. "That's the World Government's ship. There's a strange old man on board. He's very powerful, and..."

"Hey! Are you alright?!" Zoro and Ace were shocked, completely unaware that she had suffered such a serious injury.

"I'm fine, I just need to rest for a few minutes, just a few minutes will do."

Nami clutched her chest and took a few deep breaths. "That old man is a lot like Reddio. No matter how badly he's injured, he can recover immediately... I can't beat him, so I can only try to sabotage their ship and hold them off, but it seems like they're already calling for the Navy to come and support them... Reddio, I'm sorry..."

Redio squeezed Nami's shoulder, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and stared into her self-reproachful eyes. He said, "You're a navigator, not a combatant. You did a good job preventing them from leaving, trying to find a way to stall them, and contacting us through Den Den Mushi. Nami, you did a good job."

"Moreover, I made an appointment with some people to have my news published in the newspaper in six months, and I was just figuring out how to do it. Now it's simple."

He pointed to the large, dilapidated ship ahead where some kind of divine knight was located, "Nami, steer the ship over there."

Chapter 92 Six Eyes and Four Hands

[Chapter Introduction Series: Executive Vice President Miss Quan, Sunday, Chapter 41: "The New Host of the Rainy Banquet"]

[In the underground office of the Rain Banquet Casino, Robin, dressed in a white trench coat, stood quietly with her hands behind her back. Before her was a massive glass wall, inside which a group of banana crocodiles swam by.]

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[6 hours ago]

A magnificent, colossal ship, its deck fifty or sixty meters above the sea, its billowing sails emblazoned with the emblem of the World Government. Beside it followed a large warship of the naval vice admiral class, though it appeared minuscule in comparison.

"I heard a while ago that there were traces of giants in the East China Sea. I didn't expect it to be true."

On the deck of the magnificent ship, an elderly white-haired man with long hair and a beard almost coiled into a crescent moon shape, wearing sunglasses and a military uniform similar to Somaz's but adorned with numerous ribbons, stood with his hand on the long sword at his waist, looking up at the female giant, Gertz. "Judging from your attire, you are indeed from 'Elbaf'..."

A huge slave collar was around Gertz's neck, connected to her handcuffs and feet by chains made of high-quality steel. A dozen or so CP agents in black suits, guns at the ready, surrounded and guarded her.

Figarand—Garin said calmly, "I ask you, how exactly did that traitorous King Harald die?"

Gertz glared at him: "King Harald is not a traitor!"

Garin said, "He is a slave of us Celestial Dragons."

Just then, an orange-haired figure suddenly flew onto the ship. Before the agents in black suits could react, she launched a surprise attack and kicked Garin's head off. As blood gushed out, she had already circled around all the CP agents with ghostly speed.

"Six Styles..." "Is it shaving?!" "Ah..." The men in black suits fell down one after another.

Nami gestured for Gerts to spread his legs so she could try to cut the chains binding his feet with her Tempest Kick, but Gerts looked in terror behind Nami.

"Those are collars and chains specially made for slaves, you'd better not touch them..."

Garin's head spoke faintly from the pool of blood, the long, curved beard of the waning crescent moon was soaked in blood, his headless body held up his head, and An Hui twisted his bleeding neck, "The slave of Elbaf that we finally captured can't just die like this."

"Isn't he dead?" Nami turned around in disbelief, only to see a jet-black sword radiating an aura of dominance slashing towards her.

In her haste, she drew the three-section staff strapped to her hip to parry, but the astonishing force emanating from the opponent's sword, which was imbued with Armament Haki, sent her flying. She crashed through the deck railing, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of her mouth.

"You didn't use any Haki, yet you survived my blade with just your wrist strength? It seems you're no ordinary human woman..."

Garin, gripping the West Sea Sword, looked over. Nami's figure had vanished from the broken deck railing and reappeared behind him, having already assembled the Cloud of the Sea into a long staff made of Seastone. She swung the staff forcefully at the back of his head.

Garin dodged to the side, but the sea stone staff came slashing horizontally and diagonally. He raised his sword to block, and clashing! The sword and staff collided heavily, and the black aura vibrated through the air.

As the knife and stick bounced off, Garin turned and kicked Nami away. Nami grabbed a black suit jacket she had knocked unconscious and threw it at Garin. She only wanted to make the strange, immortal old man hesitate for a moment so she could take the opportunity to take Gertz away. But the black suit jacket was thrown at Garin, and he was quickly sliced ​​in half at the waist in mid-air.

Garin pursued without the slightest hesitation, slicing through the CP agent he had thrown with a single stroke, and then sending the horrified Nami flying. Nami crashed through the cabin and slammed into the thick, towering mainmast with a bang, almost sinking into it entirely.

"Hurry up!" Gertz, who was chained by a slave collar on the deck, mouthed to her.

With tears in her eyes, Nami bit her lip in resentment, suppressing the churning pain in her internal organs. She turned around and punched the mainmast, breaking it in two. She grabbed the massive mast, which was tens of meters high, and slammed it heavily onto Garin on the deck.

Garin slashed his sword diagonally, cleaving the main mast into several pieces midway. But at the same time, he heard the sound of masts breaking from both the front and back. The strange human woman took the opportunity to kick down all the masts on the ship and hurled them at him like giant spears.