"Then the difficulty of this might be a bit high," Perona said. "It took me over a year to master this power back then."
Seeing the others turn their gazes toward her, Perona continued, "The Soul-Soul Fruit is different from the Cloud-Cloud Fruit!"
"The Soul-Soul Fruit is a Paramecia type. To develop it to the point of being able to perform Ghostification on oneself requires a high level of proficiency."
"It's not like a Logia type where you can perform Elemental Transformation right from the start!"
At least in her view, a Logia power like the Cloud-Cloud Fruit allowed one to fly without needing particularly sophisticated development.
Nami: "..."
If that was the case, was it unrealistic for her to rely on Perona's body to master the ability to fly?
"Don't say that," Usopp laughed. "Where there's a will, there's a way."
"Maybe Nami can do it."
"Her?"
Meiser glanced at Nami and said, "She can't even fly using the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, and you expect her to fly using the Soul-Soul Fruit in a single day?"
The difficulty of that was not just ordinary.
Usopp: "..."
That was true, but didn't he need to leave Nami some dignity?
Forget it, Meiser, you're on your own.
Shaking his head, Usopp chose to keep his mouth shut.
Nami, meanwhile, looked at Meiser with displeasure. Did this guy think she was an idiot?
Then, as if sensing something, Nami flashed a kind smile at Meiser and began walking toward him step by step.
Meiser: "???"
What did that mean?
In the next moment...
Hum~
"I just want to be a salted fish..."
"?!"
Watching Meiser suddenly collapse on the ground in a state of self-pity, Chopper was completely stunned.
What was Nami doing?
"Hey!"
Meiser, quickly recovering, opened his Shark Mouth and roared, "Nami, what the hell are you doing?!"
What kind of nonsense was it to use a Negative Spirit on him for no reason?
In response, Nami said nothing, merely sticking her tongue out at Meiser.
Meiser: "???"
"You..."
"Forget it, forget it."
Perona, standing behind him, grabbed Meiser's arm and said, "That's my body, don't hit it."
"Then I'll..."
"Don't hit me either!"
As if understanding what Meiser wanted to say, Perona blinked and said, "It'll hurt me."
Meiser: "..."
So she was waiting for him there?
"If you want to deal with me, I won't fight back~" Nami said with a blink of her eyes.
"Hey, Nami, that's my body!"
"I know. Anyway, he won't hit it, so you can rest easy."
"That's true, but you..."
Listening to their conversation, Meiser's lip twitched slightly. Why hadn't he noticed Nami was so mischievous before?
"Yohohohoho~"
"What an interesting scene~"
Brook laughed, then leaned in close to Perona and said, "Miss Perona, could you show this one Nami's pan—"
Thud!
"?"
After knocking Brook to the ground with a single punch, Perona looked at her fist in confusion and said, "Strange, my body moved on its own."
Although she did have the thought of hitting the guy just now, she hadn't intended to act on it.
But her body... what was going on?
Brook: "..."
If you've already hit me, why say such strange things?
"It should be an ability similar to muscle memory," Nico Robin said after a thought.
"Is Nami's body that powerful?" Chopper said in shock.
It would automatically punch Brook?
That was too amazing!
"Of course it's powerful," Meiser said, glancing at a certain person who was still feeling smug. "After all, this girl is the Great Demon King of this ship."
"A Great Demon King or whatever..." Nami said somewhat shyly.
Meiser: "???"
No, why the hell are you blushing like a bubble?!
Was I praising you?!
"By the way, Nami, you can already use Perona's ability?" Chopper looked at Nami in surprise. "Didn't she say it would take a year?"
Nami was also a bit confused. Was she really a genius?
As if seeing Nami's confusion, Perona spoke up, "The Negative Spirit doesn't take that long."
"This ability can be mastered as soon as you eat the fruit."
Upon hearing this, Nami was instantly silenced.
After all that, it turned out she wasn't a genius.
"So Nami really is an idiot."
Nami: "???"
"I'll beat you!"
"Hahahaha."
Brownbeard, who had watched all of this, was covered in cold sweat.
Was this the Straw Hat Pirates?
Why did these guys seem not scary at all?
If it weren't for what had just happened, he would have thought these guys were just a group of harmless kids.
"Hahahaha, you guys are so interesting~" Luffy laughed while holding his stomach. "How about we just leave it like this?"
"Absolutely not!" the five of them shouted in unison.
What they wanted most was their own bodies, you bastard!
"Don't act like it has nothing to do with you, you bastard!" Nami roared with a Shark Mouth.
Thud!
As soon as she finished speaking, Nami punched Luffy on the head, sending him tumbling to the ground.
"I'm sorry..."
"Hmph."
Nami snorted, then put her hands on her hips and said, "In short, you must make sure we get our bodies back, understand?!"
"Understood..."
Luffy nodded obediently, not daring to talk back again.
"Interesting."
Meiser rubbed his chin while looking at the large bump on Luffy's head. "I didn't expect Nami to be able to use Haki even in Perona's body."
Though it was used unconsciously while hitting her own crewmate, that Haki definitely existed.
"Really..."
The others also noticed this, and all of them showed looks of surprise.
Why was it like this?
Nami looked at her fist in confusion. "Why is this?"
"Perhaps Haki is an extension of soul power," Nico Robin speculated.
"Soul power?"
"Let me explain," Meiser said. "Haki is a manifestation of spiritual power or will. I think you all should know this."
The others nodded; they were aware of this.
After all, during their downtime, Meiser would teach them some knowledge and techniques regarding Haki.
So they all understood what Meiser meant.
"Then it's easy to explain."
Meiser said, "Simply put, will or spiritual power might both be extensions of soul power."
"So even if the soul goes into someone else's body, Haki can still be used."
Listening to Meiser's explanation, a look of realization immediately appeared in the others' eyes.
So that was it.
No wonder Nami could still use Haki even after switching bodies.
"It really is like that."
Sanji, with his eyes closed, said, "I can now use Observation Haki to sense the surrounding situation."
What a magical feeling.
He just didn't know if he could exert his original combat power.
"Even if Haki can be used, it's still not as convenient as using my own body," Nami said.
At the very least, she couldn't bring out the true power of the Soul-Soul Fruit in Perona's body.
Well, releasing a Negative Spirit was already her limit.
"Then let's go find that guy named Law," Meiser said with a frown. "Have him switch your bodies back."
Of course, if the other party was unwilling... he wouldn't mind using the Mangekyō Sharingan to take control of him.
"Leave this matter to me," Luffy said.
If the other party was unwilling, then they would just have to use force.
This time, Meiser only nodded and said nothing more.
"By the way, what's up with this guy?" Merry pointed at the strange Kin'emon. "Why are you carrying this guy around?"
"Ah, he's the Samurai we heard on the Den Den Mushi," Franky said. "He's from the Land of Wano."
"As for why he became like this..."
Franky stopped at the end, signaling for Kin'emon to speak for himself.
Seeing this, Kin'emon said with a dark expression, "I was cut by that fellow who is called one of the Royal Seven Warlords of the Sea."
"In just an instant, my body was cut into three pieces."
"My head was taken to that facility from before, my torso was thrown into the world of ice and snow, and my legs almost became feed for some wild beast."
"Finally, I don't know what I got stuck to, which is how I managed to survive."
"That was the back of a dragon's neck," Usopp's lip twitched.
Now he knew why this guy was stuck to the back of that dragon. Had he accidentally stuck to it while trying to escape?
Luckily, that was why he hadn't been eaten by the thing.
That was truly...
Meanwhile, Meiser frowned as he looked at Kin'emon. "The Land of Wano?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was momentarily stunned, and then they all looked at Meiser with thoughtful gazes.
Speaking of which... quite a few people had asked Meiser before if he was a Ninja from the Land of Wano.
"Samurai, are there Ninjas in your Land of Wano?" Zoro asked bluntly.
"You people actually know about Ninjas?!"
Kin'emon's eyes immediately became wary. Did these guys have a connection with Orochi or Kaido?
If that was the case... then they were enemies!
"Ah, we've heard of them," Zoro said. "Among our partners, there's one who is a Ninja."
"However, he doesn't come from the Land of Wano."
"A Ninja not from the Land of Wano?"
Kin'emon's eyes filled with a trace of confusion.
Were there Ninjas in other places?
How did he not know?
"You're talking about the Blood-Eyed Ninja from two years ago, right?" Brownbeard spoke up.
"What, you know him too?"
"Who on these seas doesn't know the name of the Blood-Eyed Ninja?" Brownbeard said with a complicated expression. "He single-handedly stormed Mary Geoise, killed not a few Celestial Dragons, and released all the Slaves..."
"Who wouldn't know of such a hero?"
Although he didn't worship the man, he still greatly admired him.
After all... he was the only human who could achieve such a feat!
When the Straw Hat Pirates heard Brownbeard's words, they immediately began to smile.
It seemed Meiser was even more famous than they had imagined.
"Then where did this Ninja go?" Kin'emon asked hurriedly.
If he wasn't a Ninja from the Land of Wano... then he might have some connection with Lord Oden!
After all... Lord Oden had left the Land of Wano back then!
So it wasn't impossible that this Ninja was a backup plan left behind by Lord Oden!
"He's dead," Brownbeard said with a complicated expression. "The great war two years ago shocked the entire world, and he was killed by the World Government afterward."
"Facing thousands upon thousands of soldiers alone, he finally fell in battle there..."
It had to be said, it was a quite tragic and heroic ending.
"So he's already dead..." Kin'emon said with some disappointment.
He had thought he could get some useful information from the man, but it turned out he had been dead for a long time.
This...
Sigh.
Meiser: "..."
Listening to the conversation between these two, Meiser's expression became somewhat subtle.
Hearing others discuss him like this, his mood was truly a bit...
Perona felt like laughing, but because the occasion wasn't quite right, she could only endure it.
As a result... her body began to shake incessantly.
Brownbeard, who had his back to Perona, saw this, and his gaze became complicated.
In order not to make her crewmates sad, she could only cry quietly?
That was truly...
"In short, the Land of Wano does have Ninjas, but those Ninjas..." Kin'emon said with a complicated expression. "The less said about them, the better."
Except for Raizo and Shinobu, all the others had become the lackeys of Orochi, so there was nothing good to say.
Seeing that Kin'emon had no intention of continuing to discuss the matter, Zoro said nothing more.
"Cough, let's set that matter aside for now," Usopp gave a light cough. "Let's talk about the current situation first."
"Alright."
After discovering that the other party's crewmate might be related to Lord Oden, Kin'emon's attitude was clearly better than before.
"Earlier, we heard on the Den Den Mushi that someone was cut down by you," Usopp said. "If I'm not mistaken, the person you cut should have been one of this guy's subordinates."
As he spoke, Usopp pointed at Brownbeard.
Brownbeard's face darkened as he was pointed at by Usopp, clearly remembering the fact that his subordinate had been cut by the Samurai.
"You damn Samurai..."
Hearing this, Kin'emon snorted and said, "I merely cut down the guys who were trying to hinder me from finding my son."
"Anyone who dares to interfere with me finding my son is my enemy!"
By the end, Kin'emon was practically roaring.
The others nodded in understanding. If someone had snatched away his son, being cut was what they deserved.
Brownbeard frowned and said, "How could we have snatched your son?"
The Master brought those children back to treat their illnesses; how could they have snatched the Samurai's son for no reason?
"Then how do you explain those children?" Kin'emon's eyes widened. "Why would they appear here?"
"Of course it's to treat their illnesses," Brownbeard said without hesitation.
"Then why snatch my son?"
"Uh..."
Brownbeard hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe your son is sick too."
Other than that, he really couldn't think of a second possibility.
"Bullshit!"