Sailing: His comprehension is against the sky, and he comprehends the Eight Gates at the beginning.

"Your comprehension is extraordinary. Through personal contemplation and perception, your transmission spirit has been enhanced."

"Your Transmission Spirit has been enhanced, and the awakening of Conqueror's Haki has accelerated!"

This is a new skill that Luffy accidentally awakened a year ago: the transmission of enlightenment.

“Insightful transmission: One can give anything one uses for insight to the transmitter.”

In layman's terms, if Luffy activates this ability and gives it to someone, that person will temporarily possess Luffy's perception abilities, and may even be able to directly transmit Luffy's understanding of certain things to that person.

At that time, Luffy's Conqueror's Haki seemed to have broken through some kind of limitation after being strengthened once again, and he then awakened this ability.

Based on his understanding of games from his previous life, it means that after his extraordinary comprehension improved his abilities to a certain level, he unlocked new skills.

Now, by applying this ability to Zoro, he has given him an enhancement during this moment of displaying his prowess.

This accelerated the awakening of Conqueror's Haki.

In other words, as Zoro's spirit grows stronger, he may awaken Conqueror's Haki without even facing dire situations.

Chapter Nineteen: Awakening

"Huh? That's weird?"

Zoro, who was tied to the cross, suddenly looked puzzled and muttered something to himself.

For a fleeting moment, he seemed to sense a deeply hidden power within his body.

But it only lasted for a moment before the feeling disappeared.

Luffy noticed Zoro's confusion, but didn't say anything.

When he awakens in the future, he will know what that power is.

Luffy tossed the terrified Helmeppo aside and untied Zoro's ropes.

Having regained his freedom, Zoro didn't rush to find his sword that Helmeppo had taken from him. Instead, he looked at Luffy and said solemnly.

"Luffy, I don't care what people in this world think of me. I will only act according to my own beliefs and I will never regret it. This is true now and in the future."

"I have something I must accomplish: to become the world's greatest swordsman."

"I will work hard towards this goal."

"So Luffy, what is your resolve?"

“If your awareness cannot match mine, then one day in the future, I will definitely choose to leave you for this goal.”

Even so, do you still want me to be your partner?

After Zoro finished speaking, he stared intently at Luffy.

He had a good impression of Luffy, so he had high expectations for the two of them, hoping that they could have the same great resolve.

Upon hearing his words, Luffy smiled faintly and said, "I have only one goal, and that is... to become the Pirate King!"

"Yeah?!"

Zoro's lips curled up, and he suddenly became serious.

"Roronoa Zoro, swordsman."

Please take good care of me...

"captain!"

Seeing this, Luffy also curled up the corners of his mouth and said.

"Monkey D. Luffy!"

"Welcome!"

On the fence.

"Is this a lie? That pirate hunter actually joined?"

"Oh no! What if he kills us all while we're sleeping?!"

Nami first exclaimed in surprise, then began to imagine the crisis to come.

Seeing this scene, Coby was once again moved by Luffy.

"As expected of Mr. Luffy, he's even managed to subdue a pirate hunter!"

Uta looked at Luffy's expression and smiled slightly.

Luffy is very happy!

...

Naval base, Monca's office.

Nami excitedly slipped in alone and rummaged through the room until she found a safe in the corner, at which point her eyes lit up.

"Found it, found it!"

Excitedly, Nami ran over and squatted down to do what she used to do.

He muttered to himself as he picked the lock.

"I've heard that this naval base hides a nautical chart of the Great Sea Route. If I could steal it, I'd definitely be able to sell it for a fortune! Hehehe..."

Nami thought to herself with a smug satisfaction.

Click!

At this moment, she finally managed to pry open the lock on the box.

However, to her great disappointment, there was only a piece of paper inside.

The label reads: "[The nautical chart has been accepted by this great master!]".

Below this line of text was a drawing of a skull with a red nose.

"Tsk tsk! Looks like the nautical chart got stolen!"

"Yeah! This symbol looks like it belongs to that clown Bucky and his gang. That bastard, how dare he steal the treasure I had my eye on."

Nami subconsciously continued the conversation with a sarcastic remark, then suddenly realized something and turned around in horror.

She saw Luffy, Uta, and Zoro, who had retrieved the three swords, staring at her.

Nami was startled and instinctively took a step back, falling to the ground.

When will you...?

Luffy laughed when he saw Nami's flustered and guilty expression.

"Nami, you knew there was treasure here, why didn't you tell us?"

Zoro followed up with a final blow.

"Could they be secretly hiding treasure, planning to betray us someday?!"

Nami, caught off guard by the two men's words, frantically waved her hands and forced a stiff smile.

"Ha...haha, how could that be? How could I betray everyone?"

"I was thinking of confirming that I had obtained the treasure before telling everyone."

"Otherwise, everyone will definitely be disappointed if we don't find the treasure."

"Look now, the treasure has been snatched up by someone else."

Luffy brought his head close to Nami's, staring at her with a suspicious look.

"Oh?! Really?"

Nami nodded vigorously, her smile growing increasingly stiff from Luffy's watchful gaze, almost to the point of tears.

Suddenly, Luffy turned his head back and struck with his fist and palm.

"In that case, let's go and retrieve the nautical chart!"

Nami breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, thinking to herself.

"Luckily, the captain is an idiot, otherwise we would have been exposed!"

After Nami and Uta left the room first, Zoro immediately became serious and said to Luffy.

"Luffy, this woman is not to be trusted. Don't be fooled by her appearance!"

To Zoro's surprise, Luffy smiled and nodded.

"I know!"

At this point, Zoro guessed that Luffy must have his own plans, so he stopped talking.

As long as the captain isn't deceived by appearances!

...

News of Luffy's defeat of Morgan quickly reached the town.

Instantly, the entire town erupted in celebration, much like the navy at the time.

"Great!"

"That tyrant has finally been defeated."

"Finally liberated!"

"Let's have a banquet!"

Someone suggested it, and suddenly everyone's support for holding a banquet was given.

Luffy originally planned to set sail directly to find Buggy.

But when she heard about the banquet, she was tempted.

If pirates don't throw parties, can they still be called pirates?

So Luffy decided to attend a banquet in Shells Town.

Chapter Twenty: Breakthrough in Strength

evening.

The entire town's residents gathered around the bonfire, singing, dancing, and raising their glasses in celebration.

Uta used her talents to happily hold a concert.

Luffy and Zoro sat together, drinking, eating meat, and talking freely.

Nami sat beside them, watching this harmonious and beautiful scene with a sense of emotion.

"I wish things could stay like this forever!"

"If I'm with them, I'll always be this happy, right?!"

"But...the people of Cocoyasi Village..."

The thought of Cocoyasi Village made Nami feel sad and she buried her head in her legs.

At that moment, the joyful and lively celebration suddenly stopped, and Nami looked up in confusion.

Then the entire navy, led by a captain, walked over and interrupted the banquet.

The captain walked straight up to Luffy, saluted, and then spoke.

"You...are pirates?"

Luffy replied.

"Yes!"

The captain nodded upon hearing this, and then spoke sternly.

"We are very grateful that you saved our base and the townspeople here."

"However, since you are pirates, we have no choice but to ask you to leave here immediately for the sake of the Navy's reputation."

Before Luffy and the others could say anything after the captain finished speaking, the townspeople stood up angrily and began to criticize him.

"Hey! Navy! What nonsense are you spouting?"