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Rocks D. Xebec: "Here comes the question!!!"
Shiki: "What are you getting excited about? We can't even f**king answer!"
Gol D. Roger: "Haha! Rocks... I see you're itching to go~~~"
Rocks D. Xebec: "Damn it!! Forgot I'm banned for two rounds!! Damn it!!"
Shiki: "We can't choose, can you choose either? What are you all hesitating for, choose.....!!"
Charlotte Linlin: "Gyahahaha!! Golden Lion, just stop dawdling. There's a penalty mechanism now, who wouldn't carefully consider it before answering?"
Kaido: "This golden-haired dog is thoroughly rotten~~~"
Fisher Tiger: "Hmm.....! Hahaha!! Golden Lion..., Kaido, you're quite a talent, hahaha!"
Sengoku: "This question looks concise and clear, it's a good opportunity to win a reward! Garp, Crane, Tsuru, you must seize the opportunity~~~"
[Sengoku answered the previous question incorrectly, not only losing more than 9 months of lifespan, but also being banned from answering for one round~~~]
Crane: "...I'm only a few years younger than you, he'd better think carefully before answering~~~"
[This question indeed looks concise and clear, but if you want to get the reward, you still have to choose one of five. The risk is the same~~~]
[Speaking of which, although Vice Admiral Crane is three years younger than Sengoku, her physical condition is actually not as good as Sengoku's!]
[Vice Admiral Crane is also afraid of answering wrong and just croaking on the spot...]
Gol D. Roger: "Garp, go answer! You've already lost fifteen years of lifespan, a little more won't matter~~~"
Monkey D. Garp: "Damn Roger, why don't you answer???"
Gol D. Roger: "I answered the previous question wrong, and I'm currently in the penalty period!"
[Everyone looked at these five options, but no one easily chose an answer~~~]
[The penalties are real, who would dare to take risks lightly~?]
Monkey D. Luffy: "I choose D!!"
[Just as everyone was still hesitating and looking around...]
[Luffy directly answered...]
[Although the correct answer cannot be definitively determined from the video footage, when Luffy was watching the video, he seemed to vaguely hear the sound of free battle drums in the footage...]
[If Luffy before receiving the "Rubber-Rubber Fruit Awakening" reward, then he definitely wouldn't have noticed that faint sound of free battle drums.....]
[But he has now awakened the Nika form. All information about the Nika form naturally flowed into his mind along with the reward~~~]
[So he is very sensitive to that sound of free battle drums~~~]
[Of course...]
[This alone cannot guarantee that D is the correct choice~~~]
[Moreover.....]
[The sound of free battle drums in the video is very, very faint~~~]
[It seems to be there~~~]
[It also seems not to be there.....]
[Luffy isn't sure either!!!!]
[But Whitebeard Luffy¹ is just like that, he acts on intuition.....]
[As long as he himself feels it's right, he will make the choice without hesitation!!!!]
Silvers Rayleigh: "Ah!? Luffy, don't rush into it...!!"
Nami: "Luffy, answer only if you're sure..... by all means, don't answer randomly~~~"
[Seeing Luffy once again acting as the "bird that sticks its head out," the crewmates of the Straw Hat Pirates, worried that Luffy was getting carried away with excitement, quickly reminded him~]
[But just as their voices fell, someone else immediately answered.]
Shepherd Ju Peter: "Choose D!"
Warcury: "Choose D!"
Marcus Mars: "D!"
Topman Valkyrie: "D!"
Marcus Mars: "Ah! Slow down!"
Topman Valkyrie: "Ugh.... this...."
[Thump!! ——]
[When everyone saw the names of these answerers, they were all secretly shocked!]
[What's going on???]
[How come four of the Five Elders chose D at the same time!]
[Two of them, because they chose a little too slowly, were actually still panting and sighing over there~~~]
[Could it be that they are certain that option D is the correct answer???]
Sengoku: "This.... is the answer D?"
Charlotte Linlin: "What's going on? Why did those few old geezers all change their tune? Do they have some intelligence that we don't know about?"
Kaido: "Definitely... otherwise, how could they all choose D together? I'm afraid that Straw Hat brat also knows something!"
Edward Newgate: "Gugagagaga~~~ Wasn't Straw Hat brat's reward earlier the awakening of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit? He should be very clear about the abilities of his own fruit, this seems quite normal!! But why are the Five Elders so certain???"
Monkey D. Luffy: "Ah..... Actually, I'm not sure either, but I feel like it should be the awakening of the fruit ability~~"
[If he was really certain, Luffy would have immediately called his crewmates to choose after making his selection.]
Monkey D. Dragon: "Five Elders, why did you choose D?"
Warcury: "It's not your place to question us..., Dragon!"
Shepherd Ju Peter: "Hmph! Whatever we choose, do we need to explain it to lowly commoners???"
[In fact, the Five Elders had no clue about the answer to this question before either~~~]
[But when they saw Luffy make his choice, the few of them exchanged glances and immediately, coincidentally, made their answers!!]
[Regarding this Rubber-Rubber Fruit, its secret has been very well concealed by the World Government for hundreds of years~~~]
[Apart from the Five Elders and Imu-sama, ordinary people have no idea about the special nature of this Devil Fruit!!]
[Of course... they would choose D immediately, still because they saw Luffy choose D!]
[They knew Luffy had awakened the Nika form, and now Luffy chose the Nika form as the answer. They didn't believe this was a coincidence~~~!!]
[Faced with this opportunity for a reward, the Five Elders unanimously decided to gamble on this~~~]
[And so, the scene of four people simultaneously rushing to answer D occurred.....]
Gol D. Roger: "These few old geezers..... are really cunning!!!"
[Roger had gone to Laugh Tale and also knew the special nature of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit~~~]
[Now seeing the Five Elders make this choice, he instantly understood something~~~]
[Answer countdown.....]
[10]
[9]
[8]
...
[Just as everyone was discussing, the answer countdown had already begun~~~]
Charlotte Katakuri: "Not necessarily D. I remember he was clearly using this method to train Armament Haki and Observation Haki. I choose A!"
Charlotte Cracker: "I believe in Brother Katakuri's judgment. I also choose A!"
Scopper Gaban: "Ahhh!!! I think the answer really is D! I feel B is very similar! I choose B!"
Sengoku: "Young people in the Marines, don't be troubled! Isn't it just betting one year of lifespan? If you lose, it's at most one year. If you win, it'll be completely different!!!"
Gol D. Roger: "Sengoku, that old geezer, lost his own lifespan, and now he's trying to trick others into losing theirs. This is really no joke!!"
Sengoku: "Bullsh*t!! For young people, the benefits clearly outweigh the risks!!!"
Shiki: "The benefits are great, but you have to actually get them!! If you don't get them, it's the same as no benefits, you idiot!!!"
Akainu: "I'll choose A then!!"
Smoker: "Then I'll choose B!"
Koby: "Choose B!"
Vista: "I'll also take a gamble, choose E!"
Marco: "Ah, this..... you're really gambling!"
Gion: "This isn't gambling, this is called having too long a lifespan, giving a little away to play around~~~"
Vista: "Haha! What if I get it right~~~"
[2]
[1]
[0]
...
[As the answer countdown ended, the image on the screen with the colored border continued to play.....]
[Thump! Thump! Thump-thump-thump~~~]
[As Luffy's heartbeat became more and more regular, the corners of his mouth gradually curved into a thought-provoking arc~~~]
["Luffy!!! Should we stop now?"] Looking at Luffy, whose body was starting to contort from the beatings, Brogy's attacks became hesitant~~~]
["Don't!! Don't stop!!! I feel great right now!!!"] Luffy's eyes were closed at this moment, but from his tone, it seemed he was really enjoying this "beating".....]
[Those who didn't know might think he was a pervert.....]
[Dorry also couldn't bear it and said: "I feel like you're really going to get beaten to death."]
["Don't worry!! Hit harder!! From now on, don't ask me anything, don't care what happens to me, just keep hitting, by all means, don't stop!!!"]
["If you really want to help me,"] then do as I say!!!"]
["If you stop, then everything before will have been in vain!!!"]
[Luffy's words were filled with determination!]
[Brogy and Dorry looked at each other, then nodded at each other!!!]
[Thump! Thump! Thump!!!]
[The two large clubs no longer held back, fiercely striking Luffy!!!!]
[This terrifying, deafening sound made everyone else on the island cover their ears~~~]
[Although they would usually hear the rumbling sounds from Luffy's training over here, today's rumbling was much heavier and more frequent than usual!!!!]
[Everyone was clearly training separately, yet they couldn't help but all come to the mountainside here, watching Luffy's situation.....]
[And in a naturally sheltered harbor somewhere, a little girl wearing a yellow raincoat and rain boots was constantly jumping up from the mast to the highest point.....]
[She desperately wanted to see the situation on the mountainside over there~~~]
[But the primeval jungle blocked her view!]
[Under the hood, half of her delicate face, illuminated by the sunlight, was filled with worry~~~]
[Over on the mountainside.....]
[Time passed, minute by minute~~~]
[Because Luffy had spoken earlier, although Rayleigh and the others were unsure in their hearts, they ultimately endured and didn't intervene~~~]
[Ask for fresh flowers.....]
[Until finally, Luffy completely stopped moving.....]
[He was like a tennis ball, being hit back and forth in a match between two giant tennis players~~~]
["Ah!! ——"] Suddenly, Brogy exclaimed loudly!!!]
[Watching Luffy fly towards him, Brogy was just about to raise his hand for another swing, but then he fiercely discovered Luffy had collapsed.....]
[Yes]
[!!!]
[Luffy really "collapsed"!!!!]
[He subconsciously stopped his attack, used his other hand to catch Luffy, and then slowly placed him on a rock on the ground~~~]
[At this moment, Luffy's body looked as if it was melting...]
[His hair turned white, and not in its original strand-by-strand appearance, but transformed into a state like large chunks of cream, or like white flames~~~~~]
Monkey D. Garp: "What's going on!!! What happened to my grandson over there!!!!"
Edward Newgate: "Why does it feel like he's been beaten into having problems....."
Roronoa Zoro: "Luffy, how did he melt....?"
Tony Tony Chopper: "He looks just like cream~~ But then again, it also looks like white flames~~~"
Nami: "Luffy, is this state of yours over there normal....???"
Monkey D. Luffy: "It's normal!!!! Looks like I guessed right!! It really is the awakening of the fruit ability~~~"
Kaido: "Awakening? Impossible!! The awakening of a Paramecia-type fruit causes assimilation of the surroundings, but the situation in the video footage clearly shows his own form has changed!! This cannot be a Paramecia fruit awakening!! Instead, it looks like a Zoan-type fruit ability awakening!!"
...
...
Marco: "Indeed.... this indeed looks like a Zoan fruit awakening!!! And... the awakening of ordinary and ancient Zoans wouldn't reach this level of change. Only the awakening of a Mythical Zoan fruit would exhibit such an exaggerated physical transformation!!!"
[As users of Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit abilities, Kaido and Marco both have the right to speak on this~~~]
[Since both of them said so, others naturally wouldn't have much doubt~~~]
Edward Newgate: "Then that's strange... Straw Hat brat, what on earth is going on with this Devil Fruit???"
Monkey D. Luffy: "I don't know either??? But because I received a reward earlier, my fruit ability awakened ahead of time! So I'm very clear that the situation Luffy over there encountered is the awakening of the fruit ability!!"
Shepherd Ju Peter: "Good!! Looks like I'm going to get a reward for the second time!! This time it won't just be making me fifteen years younger, right!!!!"
[Seeing the situation in the video footage, the most excited person was none other than Shepherd Ju Peter~~~]
[He was silently praying in his heart, give me unparalleled power!!]
[Make him qualified to wrestle with Imu-sama!!]
[Damn it!!!]
[That throne... I really want to sit on it too~~~]
Warcury: "This... won't the reward for me be making me fifteen years younger again..."
[Although becoming fifteen years younger is a good reward, for the Five Elders, they desire powerful strength even more!!]
[As long as they can stand at the pinnacle of the world, then they can try to find a way to achieve eternal life...]
["Luffy!!!"]
["What happened!!!"]
["Luffy? Say something, are you alright!!!"]
[Zoro and the others immediately gathered around, looking at Luffy nervously~~~]
[But because Luffy had spoken beforehand, everyone didn't act rashly towards Luffy~~~]
[Thump-thump-thump...]
[Luffy's heart began to beat thumpingly. This sound was incredibly clear, and everyone present heard it very clearly!]
["His heartbeat is so loud!!!"]
["What's going on??? Why do I feel happy when I hear Luffy's heartbeat???"]
["So it's not just me who feels this way!! Heavens, Luffy's situation is unclear right now, why would I feel happy.....?"]
["We're done for, what's wrong with us? Why is Luffy clearly in a life-or-death situation, yet we feel like laughing happily???"]
["No... you're already laughing....."]
[...]
[Amidst Luffy's heartbeat, everyone present felt in high spirits, and happy smiles unconsciously appeared on their faces!!!!]
["Ha! Ahaha....."]
["It feels right!! This feeling is completely right!!!! Hahaha!! Ahahaha~~~~~"]
[Just as everyone was worrying about Luffy's situation, Luffy, who had his eyes closed as if in deep sleep, suddenly opened his eyes, grinned, and laughed happily~~~]