Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

"Wait a minute, Lucci, our permit hasn't come through yet!"

Kaku shouted.

"Whatever, the arrow is already on the bowstring and must be released." As soon as he finished speaking, Lucci shot out like an arrow released from a bow. Luffy looked left and right, then retreated to dodge the attack.

Luffy flew in mid-air and patted his butt to mock Lucci.

Just as Lucci was about to give chase, Geed appeared in front of Lucci using Shave and sent him flying with a devastating punch.

The next moment, Luffy came over again and took Lucci away.

Watching the group engaged in a chaotic battle, Nami remarked from inside the room, "This guy is still the same; he's so immature."

"Didn't this guy think about what might happen?"

"He probably never even thought about it."

Just then, the door opened, and Vegapunk ran in, saying, "Shakya, has the White Warrior appeared?"

"Wow! It's Vegapunk! The real Vegapunk!" Franky stared at Vegapunk with stars in his eyes.

Vegapunk didn't reply to Franky, but instead went to the monitor and looked at Gear Fifth Luffy in surprise, saying, "This is... Nika..."

"Nika?"

"What is this...? How does Straw Hat Boy have this ability?"

"If I remember correctly, it should be the fifth gear, right?"

"Hmm, it should be the awakened ability of the Gum-Gum Fruit."

"Awakening..."

Vegapunk looked at Luffy with a shocked expression, "But the Gum-Gum Fruit isn't even mentioned in the Devil Fruit records."

"Eh?"

"Ok?"

"what do you mean?"

"Indeed, this is the guidance of fate."

"What on earth are you talking about?"

Vegapunk said, "I've only ever seen this figure in ancient texts..."

"In legend, Nika, the sun god, was a liberating warrior who brought freedom to the people."

"What the hell?"

“The Sun God?” Robin said in shock. “You mean, God…”

Sanji said, "Are you kidding me? That's just Luffy, he's an idiot, he's not some god."

"Yes, we've known him for a long time, and he has nothing to do with any gods."

"There's no mistake, this looks exactly like the sun god in the records."

"Vegapunk said."

“Nika…we’ve never heard of her before.”

"Thinking about it, that name has already been erased from history."

"However, as long as people continue to pray for him and have expectations of him, he will not disappear."

Upon hearing this, Taiga muttered, "Why does this sound more and more like Ultraman?"

"Later, based on my research, I found that Devil Fruits are indeed unusual things."

"Devil Fruits, just like what people have been hoping for, represent the possibility of evolution, the direction of human or life evolution, and have become the source of so-called abilities."

"However, because of its unique nature of being disobedient, it was rejected by the source of life, the sea, and could not move in the ocean. It became a child abandoned by the sea, which can be regarded as a symbol of punishment."

"In a sense, Devil Fruits and Devil Fruit users are beings living in another dimension in human imagination."

Fuma said, "So the Devil Fruit user is Yapool."

Tregear listened thoughtfully, "Another dimension... Come to think of it, artificial Devil Fruits..."

"You mean Caesar? The artificial Devil Fruits that guy created are extremely flawed and can't be called evolution at all."

Torregia turned to look at the screen, watching the area where the battle was raging.

……

"Come on, come on, hit me!"

Lucci kept attacking with his finger gun, but Luffy dodged them all. Geed took the opportunity to headbutt Lucci, sending him flying. Luffy then grabbed Lucci and slammed him into a building.

While the three were locked in combat, the researchers nearby were still evacuating.

Beside them, a round, spherical man watched the scene and said, "This isn't a playground for the government and pirates."

"Hey, Sentomaru."

The Den Den Mushi suddenly made a sound.

"Hey, Uncle Punk, I'm on vacation today, what are you guys up to?"

Suddenly, three large figures appeared behind Sentomaru.

Although they are very large, they look like children. Among them is the S shark that fought with the Straw Hat crew before.

The other two, like the S shark, have brown skin, white hair, black wings, and red flames.

Furthermore, the boy resembles Jinbe, who is similar to Shark, the girl resembles Mihawk, and the boy resembles Boa Hancock.

"But logically speaking, I should help CP0 deal with the Straw Hat Pirates, right?"

"No, that's not it."

Vegapunk said, "Those guys are here to kill me."

"Huh? Uncle Punk, what did you do?"

"I'm sorry, Sentomaru, please help me get rid of CP0."

"Wait a minute, if that happens, wouldn't I become a traitor too?" Sentomaru said.

"That's right..."

Vegapunk's expression changed, and he said, "Sentomaru, I was the one who took you in when you were starving."

"Uncle Punk, you..."

Even the most clueless Sentomaru could tell that Vegapunk was morally blackmailing him.

At this moment, Kaku saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered the S-Bear behind him to attack Sentomaru.

But he forgot that Seraphim have command authority, while those controlled via chips are the lowest tier. Sentomaru is a tier above them, so...

"S Bear!" Sentomaru shouted, "Expel CP0!"

As soon as he finished speaking, S Bear turned his head and aimed at Kaku, Stussy, and the others.

"Damn it, this is bad."

Yuuki asked, "What happened? Why did that guy from CP0 suddenly betray us?"

Shakyamuni explained, “The Seraphim have different levels of command. The highest is the Five Elders, then it’s us, Vegapunk, then Sentomaru, and finally the holder of the chip.”

At that moment, Torregia said, "Ged, are you listening?"

"I'm here."

"There are still many people evacuating nearby. Go and help them first."

“I understand.” Geed looked at Luffy. “Mr. Luffy, can you still handle him?”

"Of course you can, what's wrong?"

"I want to help others evacuate."

"Okay, then you go ahead, I'll take care of things here."

"Ah."

"Torregia, what do you mean by this?"

"His father will be back soon. We should try to avoid having the father and son appear in the same frame. It would be bad if the World Government saw them."

“You guys can be seen by them, but try to avoid getting involved with us wanted criminals.”

“Do you think we’re afraid? We’re not afraid at all,” Taiga said.

"That's not what I meant. If you become a wanted criminal here, your old father, the Messenger of Light, will be bothering me."