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At this moment, Lu En, who was still unaware that his goal had been achieved and that his front-page headline was about to spread across the sea, was using his Navigation Skill (White) to sail with Luffy.
"The land ahead is our destination, Shells Town."
Lu En compared the sea chart and smiled as he saw the landmass appearing in front of them.
Sailing on a monotonous sea, nothing was more joyful than seeing land. If it was the land where their destination was located, then the joy would double.
This voyage was relatively smooth for Lu En, who possessed the Navigation Skill (White) entry, thanks to his prior preparations, at least in terms of food and drink, unlike Luffy who often starved for days.
Furthermore, this sea area in the East Blue was very calm.
"Hehehe, we're here so quickly! As expected, we need a navigator to go to the Grand Line. Oh right, and a musician too."
Luffy was exhilarated.
Before Lu En boarded the ship, Luffy's voyages relied entirely on the small boat that drifted freely from Windmill Village.
After experiencing it once, Luffy became addicted to the feeling of arriving at his destination so quickly and accurately.
However, Lu En also said that his navigation skills weren't enough to sail the Grand Line, so finding a navigator would naturally be on Luffy's agenda.
Of course, a musician was a must.
"A musician, huh? Not bad."
Lu En looked at Luffy, a little amused.
A musician was truly Luffy's obsession, but the Straw Hat Pirates wouldn't have a musician until they attacked the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Gecko Moria.
During this time, Lu En had confirmed through the Entry System that the Seven Warlords of the Sea, although nominally affiliated with the World Government, were essentially great pirates, still belonging to the pirate faction.
They were the Four Emperors' equal in standing within the pirate faction.
Taking down a Seven Warlords would also activate his Faction Fortune (Super Gold) entry.
In that case, it would truly be killing two birds with one stone.
Moria's current strength was at the bottom among the Seven Warlords; he was practically an easy target.
However, before Moria, there was a more troublesome fellow to defeat.
One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile, the Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit user.
Lu En's eyes narrowed.
The Sand-Sand Fruit, even among Logia types, was considered a powerful Devil Fruit of the second tier. Obtaining this ability, purely by its Devil Fruit power, would make one at least a Seven Warlords-level combatant.
With Haki, reaching the First Mate or Admiral Candidate level of combat power would be an easy task.
Of course, Lu En's true goal was the Goro Goro no Mi, a Devil Fruit that could be called invincible among Logia types.
A perfect Devil Fruit ability, combining speed, attack power, and destructive range, like a natural disaster.
This was the Devil Fruit ability Lu En absolutely had to obtain.
Through his research into the Entry System these past few days, Lu En had also received feedback that he could possess multiple Devil Fruit abilities.
The Entry System could convert Devil Fruit abilities into entries and then plunder them. Each Devil Fruit ability plundered by Lu En existed as a separate entry.
Moreover, because he was converting others' Devil Fruit abilities into entries and then plundering them for use, rather than directly consuming them,
Lu En could use the plundered Devil Fruit abilities without suffering the side effects of eating a Devil Fruit.
And even if he obtained multiple Devil Fruit abilities, since each ability existed as a separate entry, there was naturally no risk of conflict or explosion.
Judging from Blackbeard's special bodily structure, which allowed him to accommodate multiple Devil Fruit abilities,
the Entry System's ability to convert Devil Fruit abilities into entries, making each exist separately, and without the user bearing the side effects of eating a Devil Fruit, was much stronger than Blackbeard's method.
And theoretically, there was no upper limit to the number of Devil Fruit abilities he could possess.
In that case, then the Sand-Sand Fruit, the Goro Goro no Mi, the Gura Gura no Mi, the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika...
He wanted all these powerful Devil Fruit abilities!
Before all that, Lu En naturally needed to strengthen himself to the maximum extent possible.
After all, future Sand-Sand Fruit user Crocodile, and Goro Goro no Mi user Eneru, were both defeated by Luffy's protagonist aura.
Lu En, however, preferred to hold destiny in his own hands.
Furthermore, activating Devil Fruit abilities required powerful physical strength and physique as support.
Therefore, entries that enhanced physique were what Lu En needed most right now.
And coincidentally, besides Luffy, there was another man in the Straw Hat Pirates who would possess one of the strongest physiques in the future, even among the foremost on the sea.
The Pirate Hunter, Roronoa Zoro.
Lu En docked the small boat and looked at Shells Town, a slight smile playing on his lips.
...
"Strange, why are the people here so scared when they hear the Marine Captain's name?"
While searching for Zoro, the naturally outgoing Luffy directly asked the residents for directions.
But it wasn't just Zoro's name that scared them; when they heard the name of the Marine Captain here, Axe-Hand Morgan, these residents became even more terrified.
"Marines aren't always good for civilians. Lawless Marines can sometimes cause even more destruction than some pirates."
Lu En slowly said.
Knowing the plot, Lu En naturally understood that this was because the Marine Branch Captain here, Axe-Hand Morgan, was oppressing the people.
For civilians, pirates were naturally despicable, as most pirates were not like Luffy and his crew, who were, in a strict sense, explorers pursuing their dreams.
However, apart from a very few extremely wicked pirates who engaged in arson, murder, and looting, most pirates' harm to civilians primarily involved robbing their wealth.
After all, the more evil deeds committed, the higher the bounty, which would not only attract stronger Marine pursuit but also draw the attention of bounty hunters.
While robbing wealth was also heinous, if they encountered scoundrels like Morgan, who abused his power to oppress the people,
or even rats like Captain Nezumi, who was one of the facilitators of Arlong's rampant rule over Nami's hometown, that would be a true nightmare.
If they encountered wicked pirates, civilians could still seek out good Marines, but if they encountered such scoundrels, it would be a disaster where no one could help them.
Lu En, who came from Blue Star, loathed such scoundrels the most.
As they walked, Lu En and Luffy arrived at their destination.
The Marine Branch.
A man was tied to a cross.
The Pirate Hunter, Roronoa Zoro.
"Lu En, look, it's that guy, right?"