The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

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On one side, the Beasts Pirates were all ready, while on the other side, the Mink Tribe Chakra Alliance of pirates and samurai was also in action.

After passing through a narrow strait, the fleet finally passed the torii gate and arrived at the inner bay of Oni Island.

A huge animal-head fountain, shaped like a komainu (guardian dog), spews water towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake, while numerous bridges connect the internal buildings to the side.

The light extended inwards into the enormous skull, and bright lights shone from the skull's eyes onto the curved section.

Kin'emon could even imagine what the room must look like right now.

"Isn't anyone on duty or stationed here...?"

Looking at the empty outpost, a similar thought crossed everyone's minds:

The other side had already known about their plans to come here, and had concentrated their forces and made thorough preparations.

"Then let's continue according to the original plan."

A red glint flashed in Link's eyes as he continued to chuckle.

In this situation, whatever plan is adopted is actually harmless.

Ultimately, the competition will come down to the hard power of both sides and the combat effectiveness of their top personnel.

"Has Charlotte Linlin joined in too...?"

621 Finally, the Momotaro Rice Ball has appeared!! A tool to counter the Beasts Pirates!!

The interesting results from his Observation Haki also let Link know that the battle was gradually developing in a more interesting direction.

He glanced at Luffy and Kid, those two brainless guys who were already impatiently rushing towards the skull, and couldn't help but take a step forward as well.

Behind him, the submarine carrying Law and his party, along with Ashura Doji, Kawamatsu, Inuarashi, and Raizo—the four Red Scabbards—was also slowly sinking.

At the same time, behind Denjiro and Kin'emon, a long line of samurai followed, their faces resolute, slowly walking up the mountain paths to the left and right.

Everyone remained silent, not uttering a single word, and a solemn atmosphere slowly rose within the room.

As for the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, they had already made their own preparations.

"We've finally waited for this moment!"

Zoro grinned, his eyes brimming with undisguised fervor and excitement, and the others all wore similar expressions to varying degrees.

"Finally, we're going to face one of the Four Emperors head-on..."

Usopp and Chopper exchanged a glance and swallowed hard, trying to calm their nerves.

"Should we rush in with Captain Luffy too?"

Seeing that Luffy, that idiot, had already rushed into the skull, Jinbe immediately asked a question.

He still wasn't quite used to his captain's unpredictable, reckless, and impulsive nature.

"Come on, let's go together!"

Link turned around with a smile, "After all, as a crew member, we can't just abandon the captain like that!"

The other people also wore that familiar smile that was both helpless and nonchalant.

"However, if you want to go in, this thing will be of great help."

Link suddenly pulled out several bags wrapped in fishing nets.

Inside the bag were bright yellow balls that looked like glutinous rice or peaches.

"This is a Momotaro Rice Ball. Take it and throw one to the True Fighter of the Beast Pirates when you encounter him."

Link explained its effects while distributing the fishing net bags to each member.

Prop: Momotaro Rice Ball.

Description: If a rice ball is thrown and eaten by a certain animal (excluding humans), it will become completely obedient to the person who threw it.

At the same time, after the rice ball is thrown, the wild beast will subconsciously open its mouth wide to eat it. After eating, it will be completely tamed and completely obedient to the person who threw the rice ball.

After repeated training a few times, the animal will listen to you even if it stops eating the food ball.

That's right, this item that has such a miraculous effect on the Beasts Pirates has finally been released after much anticipation!

In the original story, Tama, who aspired to become a glamorous female ninja and made a promise with Luffy, was a user of the Dango-Dumpling Fruit.

You can pluck an edible glutinous rice ball from your face, and fierce animals will become docile and obedient after eating it.

Most importantly, it works equally well on Zoan users with artificial Devil Fruit abilities!!

In other words, animals or artificial Devil Fruit users who eat the dumpling will regard the Devil Fruit user as their master and obey their commands!

Of course, this requires the ability user to personally tame the object that has eaten the dumpling in order to make it obey.

However, its effects are already incredibly powerful!

Especially for the Beasts Pirates, a pirate crew whose core members are Gifters!

Such an ability is simply the most restrained of all!

It's hard to doubt whether Oda referenced or paid homage to the Momotaro rice ball when designing this Devil Fruit ability.

Of course, such an ability is not invincible, otherwise the person with this ability would become the king of beasts who controls all beasts.

Only Ayu can pull the tufts off her face herself; no one else can.

At the same time, the dumplings she plucks don't fill her up; she can make a lot of dumplings at once, but it's a waste of energy.

Furthermore, Tuanzi's ability is only valid for one month.

The Momotaro Rice Ball also has its own drawbacks.

It has no effect on humans. Although humans are animals, they will not become obedient after eating it. In other words, it has no effect on humans at all.

Therefore, it can be used to satisfy hunger when you are hungry.

However, it seems that some people have taken the effective version, but the effect usually doesn't last long.

In one episode of the anime, Nobita is bullied by Gian and Suneo, and Doraemon takes out this "Momotaro Rice Ball".

As a result, Nobita, being a dutiful son, first experimented on his own mother.

Yes, it truly is a case of a loving mother and filial son.

After it worked on his own mother, Nobita confidently went out to give the rice balls to Gian and Suneo.

But the two weren't so easily fooled and continued to chase and beat him, causing Nobita to hide at Shizuka's house.

Shizuka thought the rice ball was a treat Nobita had given her, so she happily ate it, and as a result, she started listening to Nobita!

hiss! !

Fortunately, Nobita, who is "simple-minded", has no bad intentions, so he asked Shizuka to take the rice balls out for Gian and Suneo to eat.

Shizuka faithfully carried out Nobita's orders.

Well, it's just the master's order~~~

When Gian and Suneo saw that Shizuka had brought the food, they ate it without suspicion.

Only then did Nobita feel relieved enough to leave Shizuka's house. The two still wanted to chase after him, but Nobita ordered them to lie down. After a while, the two realized something was wrong and wanted to chase after Nobita again.

Nobita simply ordered the two of them to fight each other, so the two started fighting.

It is evident that this type of "Momotaro rice ball" can have an effect on humans, but it will not make humans subconsciously open their mouths to eat it like animals do, and the effect is very short-lived.

This appears to be a Momotaro rice ball, possibly produced by multiple department stores, thus having different effects and limitations.

In the short story "Animal Training House," Doraemon mentions that its effect only lasts for 30 minutes.

However, in the feature film "Nobita's Dinosaur", the effective time is set to far exceed 30 minutes.

Even several days later, when they encountered the fed dinosaurs in the arena, the effects were still present.

The Momotaro rice ball that Link drew is probably the most common type.

It means it cannot affect humans, but it takes a very long time.

As for why Link knew this, it's because he secretly tested it on his own silly captain.

He personally fed Luffy a whole fishing net bag full of Momotaro rice balls, but the guy was still lively and energetic, completely ignoring Link's words.

Now, Link explained the effects of the Momotaro Rice Ball to everyone, and each person received several bags.

Well, after Link drew one of the bags, he used the [Expandable Contents Cup] to get a huge, even mountainous, number of rice balls~

There's absolutely no need to worry about running out!

"When you face those true gifted beings, just throw one of these rice balls to each of you, and they'll open their mouths and eat it themselves."

Well, if Tama's Dango Fruit can work on artificial Devil Fruit users, there's no reason why my legitimate Momotaro Rice Ball shouldn't work!!

"Of course, this only applies to the real attacks of artificial Devil Fruit users. It won't work against real Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, so don't even think about throwing this kind of thing at Kaido."

other people:"……"

"Um?!"

Seeing that no one was reacting, Link asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you all?!"

What's wrong……

Everyone looked at the prop in their hands, and then at Link.

It felt like we were watching gods.

“Ah la la~”

Aokiji also glanced at the bag of Momotaro rice balls that everyone had a share of.

He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he thought, "This might be the very tool that completely counters the Beasts Pirates!"

Not only Aokiji, but Hawkins, who hadn't left, was also staring at the rice balls in Link's hand, and a smile slowly reappeared on the zombie's face.

The smile at the corners of his mouth widened and widened.

That was a genuine, unrestrained, joyful smile! Disturbance!

They even have props like this… truly, even the heavens are looking out for them!

This time, they will definitely be the ultimate victors!!

The battle of June 622nd officially began at this moment!! The cooperation between the Royalists and CP0!!

"Hey, Link, are you doing this on purpose?!"

"Exactly! They finally pulled out this kind of prop just when the final battle was about to begin!!"

"You're targeting the Beasts Pirates, aren't you?!"

"After making us worry and be on edge for so long, such a good thing should have been brought out sooner!!"

Everyone chimed in, expressing their excitement and exhilaration.

Before the battle, they had imagined that Link would use his powerful weapon to wreak havoc, and that they would easily win.

However, daydreaming is a bad habit, and they also felt that they couldn't rely on Link and his gadgets for everything, so they didn't go to Link for advice.

But who would have thought that Link would actually pull out a tool that completely counters this Yonko pirate crew, and it's a counter that's utterly ineffective!

"What, you guys don't like these props?!"

Seeing the excitement in everyone's eyes, Link deliberately smiled and said, "Why don't you give these props back to me?"

The others: "……~~~"

"Ahem, let's continue our discussion about attacking the Beasts Pirates!"

Usopp, Nami, and Chopper, the cowardly trio, pretended nothing had happened and carefully put the rice balls in their pockets.

Feeling the fullness of their chests, the group felt a surge of pride and courage, and all the tension and worry about facing the Beasts Pirates vanished!

"Let's go!!" 543

Usopp stepped forward and let out a triumphant roar!

"Charge towards the Beasts Pirates and defeat Kaido completely!!"

"Oh~!!"

Behind them, the other warriors and mink who had not followed the two teams up the mountain also roared to the sky.