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"Huh? I still have her scent on me?"
Ikki was stunned and looked at his sweaty body. If there really was any smell, it would have been wiped away by exercise.
Ikki raised his head and looked at Kalifa. When he saw her cunning face, he knew he had been tricked.
" Kalifa, you're really naughty."
"I'm just curious... your room has a very strong smell. My nose is very sensitive," Kalifa smiled and pointed to her nose.
"Uh! That's it."
Ikki smiled. He and Gion had gone a little crazy before. After that, she was about to leave the Explorer, and Ikki hadn't paid much attention to his room.
"Don't worry, I've already cleaned your room. I won't let Robin and Nami find out."
Kalifa smiled. Although it hadn't been long since she came here, while shopping for clothes with Robin and others, Kalifa keenly discovered that Nami and the others' feelings for Ikki weren't simply respect.
Especially Nico Robin. When it came to Ikki, Kalifa had seen a flash of blush on Robin's face many times.
"Thank you very much, Kalifa."
Ikki said with a sheepish grin.
"You saved me, taught me swordsmanship, and gave me Katen Kyōkotsu. Not to mention just cleaning up for you - even if you wanted to do more to me, I'd be willing," Kalifa raised the corners of her mouth and said with a charming smile.
"Haha, don't say such things carelessly. What if I believe it? Unlike the immature Vivi and others, you're the mature type that I really like."
Ikki said, looking at Kalifa's slightly stiff expression with interest.
From Nami and Vivi's mouths, Kalifa knew that although Ikki usually took advantage of them, he actually didn't take any real action against them. It was precisely for this reason that Kalifa was able to joke with Ikki like that just now.
When she heard Ikki's words at this moment, she couldn't help but think of Robin's conversation and expression when talking about Ikki, and the relationship between Gion and him.
'This man isn't lying - he really likes mature women!'
Thinking of this, Kalifa couldn't help but blush a little on her cheeks. Kalifa was used to being liked by men. When she was undercover in Water 7, many men had expressed their love to her. For them, Kalifa naturally looked down on them.
But Ikki was different. For Ikki who saved her, Kalifa was grateful and respectful from the bottom of her heart. Being shown unabashed love and appreciation by such a man, even the cold-blooded Kalifa felt her heart beat faster and quickly avoided his direct gaze.
Ikki smiled and glanced at Kalifa's expression, then indulged in the sport of weightlifting again. For a moment, the only sound left in the gym was the sound of Ikki squatting with a barbell.
After a while, Kalifa took a deep breath and her expression returned to normal. Looking at Ikki who was exercising constantly, she thought of the time she met some pirates in Water 7.
Nami, Nico Robin and others had used their power to solve the problem at a speed that was difficult for her to see clearly. Kalifa pursed her lips and asked:
"Hey, Robin and Nami became so strong after receiving special training from you..."
After asking, Kalifa couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Originally, she was quite confident in her own power. But when she saw the power exerted by Nami, Robin and others to deal with the pirates, she realized that on this ship, not only was there a huge gap between her and Ikki, but also between her and Nami, Robin and others.
She was undoubtedly the weakest person on the Explorer. This made Kalifa feel a sense of urgency.
"Get stronger? It seems Nami and the others haven't told you about the function of this gym."
Ikki smiled and continued to exercise while sinking his mind into the consciousness space, taking out 6 bottles of C-level nutritional medicine and 2 bottles of B-level nutritional medicine from the system space.
In Kalifa's sight, 8 bottles of potions containing mysterious liquids suddenly appeared in front of her. Kalifa's eyes flashed with light and she quickly caught them.
At this time, she remembered the potion Ikki had given her before that could help her become stronger directly.
"This isn't a potion that can directly make you stronger. It's a potion that can quickly make you stronger through fitness after taking it, just like me now."
Ikki smiled and told Kalifa the usage and effects of nutritional medicine. The more Kalifa listened, the more her eyes lit up. Although the nutritional potion wasn't as direct as the 'Life Force Enhancement Potion,' the effect of nutritional medicine was also very strong, and Kalifa, who had been exercising since childhood, liked this method of gaining strength through exercise.
After Ikki explained the effect of the potion and how to use it, Kalifa immediately couldn't wait to take a bottle of C-level nutritional medicine and started exercising on her own.
Soon, her clothes were completely soaked with sweat. The white shirt she had originally bought in a clothing store instantly became transparent.
Kalifa looked at her own condition, then turned to look at Ikki. Sure enough, she saw him looking at her with interest.
"You didn't say that I would produce so much sweat during training."
"I didn't? Well you should have asked me about it. Also, look at me."
Faced with Ikki's words, Kalifa shook her head helplessly. Immediately, a layer of colorful bubbles emerged from her body, and in the blink of an eye, the sweat generated by the exercise was wiped away. Even her clothes had returned to their original state.
Ikki was dumbfounded by this operation.
"Is this even possible?!"
Hearing this, Kalifa turned her head with a smile and said, "I'm sorry. In order to make up for your loss, do you want me to use my Devil Fruit ability to help you clean up?"
As she spoke, Kalifa directly used the ability of the Bubble-Bubble Fruit to spread the colorful bubbles to Ikki's location.
At this time, Ikki finally understood how Kalifa had cleaned his captain's cabin. With the ability of the Bubble-Bubble Fruit, cleaning was extremely convenient.
When half an hour passed and Robin and others came back, what caught their eyes were the bubbles surrounding Ikki and Kalifa and the two figures who were constantly exercising.
"So, what are you doing?"
Nico Robin walked up to Ikki and Kalifa and smiled as she looked at the two people swinging barbells of different weights back to back.
"Isn't it obvious? We're exercising. Kalifa's Devil Fruit ability is quite refreshing. And it can also help develop Devil Fruit abilities while exercising. Robin, you can also try to exercise your Devil Fruit ability this way."
"You all came just in time, I have prepared nutritional potions that you and Vivi can use."
Ikki smiled and called out 5 bottles of Grade A nutritional medicine, giving 4 bottles to Robin and 1 bottle to Vivi.
This distribution amount was just enough to upgrade both their life force to break through A level and enter S level.
"Train Devil Fruit abilities? I know." Robin looked at Kalifa and Ikki back to back with a smile on her lips. "I didn't think you two would get involved so quickly."
Hearing this, Vivi on the side immediately turned red. Kalifa glanced at Nico Robin and said with a raised corner of her mouth, "Do you care, Miss Nico Robin?"
"You misunderstood, Miss Kalifa. If you were really involved with him, I might be very happy. After all, this way, I don't have to work too hard."
Nico Robin stroked her hair gently and said with a smile.
After the words fell, Vivi's face blushed even more, and a burst of white smoke rose from her head. Kalifa also looked at Nico Robin in amazement. She never thought that Robin would be so straightforward.
"Okay, you four. If you have this free time, you'd better exercise. We need to gather strength quickly before entering the second half of the Grand Line."
Ikki sighed and said to several people.
Seeing Ikki speak, Robin stopped teasing. After putting on her workout clothes, she drank the nutritional potion and started her own journey as a trainee.
'Train Devil Fruit? Although it's not as powerful as a Zanpakutō, it can still be trained on the way.'
With Robin's thought, some arms grew next to several dumbbells and she raised the dumbbells, starting repetitive motions.
Nami and Nojiko looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. They stepped toward the deck of the Explorer and began to control the ship toward its new destination.