How did you bunch of silly group members also time travel?

"So, regarding the fruit, I'd like to separate the concept of nature of the Devil Fruit from the will of the Devil Fruit. After all, to create the core of a Herrscher, all that's needed is that concept of nature; an unclear will is nothing but a useless and impure thing."

Mao Yu nodded, "That's a good idea, but I don't have any Devil Fruits on me."

This is a minor issue.

"But speaking of which, if someone eats a Devil Fruit from a young age, wouldn't that influence their will in a subtle way?" Miss Fox suddenly asked.

This is a somewhat creepy topic.

Mao Yu was also stunned when she heard this, and thought of a certain mischievous kid with a grin.

"What are you implying?"

Miss Fox shook her head. "You see, this is a common problem with long-running comics: the more background information is added later, the easier it is to fall into conspiracy theories."

Just like Naruto was reincarnated as Ashura's chakra, the animation team also created a scene where Ashura and Naruto had the exact same personality, which led to the debate about whether Naruto was the real Naruto or Ashura reincarnated through a womb.

If a Devil Fruit possesses a will, then it's hard to say whether a child who has eaten the fruit from a young age, whose values ​​are still developing, will be influenced by that will.

"But that doesn't matter, it's none of our business anyway. However, we still need to deal with that Devil Fruit on Sora's side sometime."

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Chapter 976 Paramecia to Zoan Type, Guess the Devil Fruit

"Our goal is clear: to find a Devil Fruit to experiment with. But we're still a long way from reaching the Fish-Man Kingdom. What should we do?"

Mao Yu asked Miss Fox.

"Do we need to return?"

Although the ship is not a product of the One Piece world, it is a piece of advanced technology from Soul Society given to it by Aizen.

However, it would take some time to reach the fish-man kingdom in the deep sea, but the return journey would be different. Moyu had not been away from the Sabaody Archipelago for long, and it would be quick to return to the surface at full speed.

“If we go back to Marine Headquarters, we can ask Sengoku for permission to go to Impel Down. There are a lot of Devil Fruit users locked up there, and we can use them for experiments.”

Anyway, they're pirates, so there's no need to talk to them about human rights.

Few pirates who make it into Impel Down have any humanity left; they don't deserve to talk about human rights.

I really like a line from Armor Hero Nawa: "They don't deserve to listen to reason!"

"By the way, I found out about the Impel Down thing you were wondering about."

"Because of concerns about the loss of some special Devil Fruits, they are all kept in Impel Down under guard. The reason for not cutting off their hands and feet is to allow them to live longer."

"That's the reason."

After Mao Yu finished speaking, she shrugged. She still felt that Impel Down was a complete idiot.

However, there is some truth to this reason.

Some Devil Fruit abilities do indeed have a significant impact on the world's balance. For example, the Golden Emperor in the movie. The scientific value of gold may not be excessively devalued, but a large influx of gold into the market will inevitably affect the world's financial system.

If these kinds of fruits weren't discovered and sealed away while still in their Devil Fruit form, then it's indeed best for the person who ate them to live as long as possible within sight.

"In that case, Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit might not be the reason he can extract Devil Fruits." Miss Fox rubbed her chin. "There's no need to turn back; we can just switch to another pirate world."

Mao Yu was taken aback. "Change to a pirate world?"

It was only then that she realized she wasn't actually in the original pirate world anymore; she had gotten used to it.

"Let's go see what Luffy was like when he was a kid," Miss Fox said.

"I remember you took him on a tour of the East Blue, showing him around the pirates and the navy, which helped him develop a correct understanding of pirates."

Mao Yu nodded, agreeing.

Because she secretly disposed of a Celestial Dragon, Sengoku sent her to the East Blue to calm down, and Garp took the opportunity to have her take care of his grandson.

She happened to have joined the group at that time, and Miss Fox gave her an idea.

Now, Luffy over there has truly come to understand what a real pirate is like. Before she was thrown over here, she was much better than when she first met him, always clamoring to become a pirate, but she has also become much more silent.

"But speaking of which, Fuli, what did you mean when you said that the Dark-Dark Fruit wasn't the reason Blackbeard was able to extract Devil Fruits?"

Miss Fox shrugged upon hearing this. "It's simple. If this were the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, the World Government would have already firmly controlled it."

If the Dark-Dark Fruit has this ability, then it is definitely the Devil Fruit that the World Government values ​​most.

Once we get it, we won't need Impel Down anymore.

You can simply extract the Devil Fruit from the user and then execute them; there's no need to worry about the fruit being lost because the host is dead.

"Ah, speaking of this, I once caught a CP agent."

Mao Yu took a small booklet out of her inventory and tossed it to Miss Fox.

When I opened it, I couldn't understand it at all.

The text is mostly filled with coded messages, random information, and many parts are marked with black marks and are damaged.

For Miss Fox, who had absolutely no knowledge in this area, only one page of the booklet, a picture of a Devil Fruit, was somewhat useful.

"But you can't expect me to look up the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, can you?" Miss Fox said, pointing to the Devil Fruit illustrations in the booklet.

Besides, she doesn't even have a Devil Fruit encyclopedia.

“This is the Gum-Gum Fruit…” Mao Yu gave the answer directly, “It can also be called the Human-Human Fruit? Mythical Zoan? Nika Mode.”

Miss Fox was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what was happening.

This is clearly a common problem in Japanese manga; in order to give the protagonist a power-up later on, they force it by directly changing a certain setting of the protagonist.

It's likely that the Rubber-Rubber Fruit never imagined that one day it wouldn't be itself, but rather the Human-Human Fruit, a Mythical Zoan type.

"So, what other settings were added later?"

Mao Yu shrugged and told her everything she knew.

It's likely that the World Government was wary of this fruit, so they deliberately hid its name, renamed it the Rubber Fruit, and even changed its type from Zoan to Paramecia.

Then there's the fact that the World Government has been trying to obtain this fruit, but they have failed every time they have ruled the world for eight hundred years. This fruit seems to have a sense of self and is deliberately hiding from the World Government, circulating among pirates.

Finally, and this is the most important piece of news.

The CP organization possessed the Gum-Gum Fruit for a period of time, but it was lost for unknown reasons.

"Alright, the Red-Haired Pirates' motives for staying in Windmill Village have suddenly turned into conspiracy theories," Miss Fox remarked.

"The reason for the unexplained stay of a year was probably to give the Gum-Gum Fruit to Ace, so that Ace could eat this fruit that even the World Government feared. But unexpectedly, Luffy ate it instead."

Also, before Luffy ate the Devil Fruit, Shanks was against Luffy's idea of ​​becoming a pirate, but after he ate it, he seemed to be deliberately guiding Luffy in that direction.

Okay, this is hindsight analysis; just stick to conspiracy theories.jpg

A common problem with long-running comics is that once the later settings are added, many things from the earlier parts start to feel off upon reflection.

This is probably a growing pain; we can't see things as simply as we did when we were children.

"In short, it's clear that there's a problem with the Gum-Gum Fruit. Whether Shanks has a problem is debatable. Let's go back to where you were born and see how little Luffy is doing there."

Ordinary Devil Fruits contain a will, but the Gum-Gum Fruit, which is so obviously self-willed that even the World Government doubts its existence, is extremely dangerous no matter how you look at it.

If Luffy eats this at such a young age, won't he be reborn by having his body transferred to his body?

If that's the case, then no matter what kind of education is given to young Luffy, it will be useless. How can a child whose values ​​haven't even been formed yet compare to the unknown will hidden within the Devil Fruit, which is at least a thousand years old?

Regardless of whether it is true or not, Miss Fox thinks it's best to go over there first and erase the will within that rubber fruit.

"Mao Yu, open the door quickly!"

"???" Mao Yu typed out a string of question marks, asking her to open the door?

When did she learn to open doors and travel through time? How come she didn't know?

"Hey, the group time travel function! Didn't I tell you? You can use the return function to go directly back to your birth world!"

Are you sure you told me that?

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Chapter 977 The Rebel Army in One Piece?

East China Sea, Kingdom of Goa, Windmill Village.

Mao Yu was filled with emotion as he stepped onto this land again, realizing that he had returned to the world he had first traveled to.

Finally, we're back on our home turf. Most of my interpersonal relationships since the transmigration are here.

"Let's go to the Goa Kingdom's naval base to find Luffy," Mao Yu said, pointing in a direction.

She had previously put Luffy in the military camp to train him and help him build relationships with the Marines.

In action-packed manga, bonds are always the most effective way to change a person.

"Then doesn't Mom need to take her clothes off?" Celine asked.

It refers to the Mebius suit that Miss Fox is still wearing; the snake tail is so scary, isn't it?

However, Miss Fox waved her hand, "It's One Piece, so it's normal for characters to be strangely shaped~"

Mao Yu nodded in agreement.

After all, it's One Piece, with so many different kinds of Devil Fruits, it's quite normal for them to be strange and unusual.

Moreover, even with Miss Fox's smug expression on her face, the Lolita version of Mebius is much more pleasing to the eye.

Well, she's not a lolicon; it's just that loli faces don't look so sleazy.

"Anyway, don't think too much about the One Piece world, little bug~"

Miss Fox shrugged, threw a punch forward, and with a loud bang, space shattered, and the door leading to Luffy's naval base opened.

"This way of opening the door is really crude..." Mebius complained.

The ingenious energy control and the simple, crude way of opening the door are a stark contrast.

Mebius found it strange that he always had to throw a punch in such an affected way when he could open a spatial portal with just a thought.

A sense of ritual?

"Don't worry about the details..."

"I must set sail! Find amazing crewmates and become the Pirate King!!"

The child's exasperated voice interrupted Miss Fox's speech.

They exchanged a glance and understood each other. They quickly headed towards the source of the sound and found that it was indeed Luffy.

At this moment, Luffy was standing on a wooden barrel, his little face flushed red, full of defiance, while Nami stood beside him looking at him with worry, and the surrounding marines all looked helpless.

Mao Yu frowned and stepped forward to intervene, "What happened?"

The naval soldier's eyes lit up when he saw Mao Yu, and he immediately saluted her.

"Luffy has been talking about becoming a pirate lately, and he's even tried to steal a ship and go to sea."

"Sister Mao Yu!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly upon seeing Mao Yu. "I've made up my mind! I'm going to become the Pirate King! Sister Mao Yu, be my crewmate!"

Mao Yu was stunned for a moment, looking at Luffy's lively appearance, which showed none of the bewilderment he had shown after being introduced to real pirates.

She hasn't been away from here for long, so what happened?

Mao Yu glanced at the naval soldiers gathered there, but quickly looked away, as they were unlikely to know the specifics.

"Sister Mao Yu, you're finally back!"

Fortunately, Nami is still there.

After the Cocoyasi Village incident, Nami spent most of her time playing with Luffy. Since the Tamamo-no-Mae was there and the location was a Marine base, Bellemere agreed to it.

This makes Nami the person who knows Luffy's situation best.

"Luffy's been acting a bit strange these past few days, I can't quite put my finger on it..."

Mao Yu frowned and looked at Miss Fox.

But then I heard this scoundrel actually calculating how rich Cocoa Village is!

The Arlong Pirates demanded a ransom of 100,000 Berries for adults and 50,000 Berries for children every month, but Cocoyasi Village managed to maintain this for ten years without many people dying because they couldn't afford it.

Judging from the number of people attending the final banquet, the population of Cocoa West Village is at least several hundred.