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Traits (Buggy):
Cannonball Specialization (Blue)
Chop-Chop Fruit (Deep Purple)
Powerful Connections (Special)
Conqueror's Haki (Pale Gold) (Unawakened)
Born for the Sea (Super Gold) (Discarded)
A golden light, dazzling enough to rival the Sun God radiance around Luffy, suddenly flared, then eerily dimmed.
Buggy's Traits were displayed before Lu En's eyes.
Cannonball Specialization (Blue) was Buggy's ability to create specialized Buggy Balls.
And the Chop-Chop Fruit (Deep Purple) wasn't particularly noteworthy to Lu En.
Like Luffy, Buggy at this time could only perform the most basic, skilled applications of this Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, splitting his body for attacks.
Currently, Buggy's use of this Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, aside from being immune to sword slashes, could only be described as quite ordinary.
Even upon awakening, given the Devil Fruit's upper limits, it would at most allow him to cleave his surroundings into pieces, like tearing a battleship directly into fragments.
While an awakened Chop-Chop Fruit might be effective in a chaotic battle, for Lu En, a Devil Fruit of this caliber wasn't worth much attention.
Buggy, just like Red-Haired Shanks, was a cabin boy on the Roger Pirates, and indeed, he also possessed Conqueror's Haki, though it was yet unawakened.
After all, he was the man who, by sheer coincidence, became one of the Four Emperors and could proclaim to his subordinates, "Do you remember what your dream was when you set sail? Doesn't your life cry out? Go and claim it, the ONE PIECE!"
And from information later revealed in the original work, Buggy's background might be quite unique.
Lu En wasn't surprised to see Buggy possessed Conqueror's Haki.
Powerful Connections (Special): Formerly a crewmate of the Pirate King, possessing extremely powerful connections and relationships that allow him to turn misfortune into fortune.
This Trait was the key to Buggy's accidental ascent to a Seven Warlord of the Sea, and later, through sheer happenstance, to one of the Four Emperors in the original story.
While one could say Buggy was lucky, without the identity of being a former Roger Pirate crewmate and a friend of Red-Haired Shanks, Buggy would never have become a Seven Warlord, let alone one of the Four Emperors.
In the world of One Piece, it wasn't just about how strong you were; connections and social dynamics also mattered.
For instance, Kid, who had no significant connections in the original story and was bountied at three billion Beri just like Luffy after the Onigashima Raid, was instantly obliterated by Red-Haired Shanks.
Before the final battle, Shanks specifically requested information about Kid. What Shanks was looking at wasn't Kid's latest achievements or the progress of his Devil Fruit ability.
Instead, he was examining the connections and background of this brat who dared to continuously provoke him. After confirming that Kid had no connections whatsoever, a common background, and was just a brash greenhorn, a single Divine Departure attack took him out.
However, none of this was important. What truly made Lu En's eyes light up was the last Trait.
Born for the Sea (Super Gold) (Discarded): Born for the sea! Possesses unparalleled swimming talent across the ocean! As long as one travels the seas, one can increase their inner strength, thereby enhancing their Haki! (Discarded due to consuming a Devil Fruit and being detested by the sea)
Lu En stared intently at this Trait, his eyes beginning to subtly redden.
A Super Gold Trait of the "super potential" category! Its potential ceiling might even be more exaggerated than Luffy's Sun God (Super Gold) Trait!
No wonder, no wonder Buggy could become a cabin boy on the Pirate King's ship, just like Shanks, and leave such a profound impression on Whitebeard.
No wonder, no wonder "Dark King" Rayleigh said that Buggy's swimming ability would surpass his own in the future.
No wonder, no wonder before Buggy ate a Devil Fruit, even facing Whitebeard, he could arrogantly declare that he would dye Whitebeard's mustache red.
The reason, it all stemmed from this Born for the Sea (Super Gold) Trait!
In the world of One Piece, what the sea signifies is self-evident. A strong individual's inner strength, or "capacity," is also crucial to Haki's power within the One Piece power system.
And the Born for the Sea (Super Gold) Trait not only granted Buggy unparalleled swimming talent across the ocean, but also allowed him to continuously increase his inner strength and thereby enhance his Haki, simply by traversing the seas!
If the strength of Armament Haki might be related to the owner's physique, and Observation Haki's strength to their mental fortitude,
Then Conqueror's Haki, this "King's Disposition" that cannot be improved through ordinary training, almost entirely relies on continuous voyages across the Grand Line, defeating one powerful enemy after another,
Through a process akin to a grueling trial by fire, using the failures and blood of enemies to allow the owner to enhance their inner strength and grow stronger.
But the Born for the Sea (Super Gold) Trait could allow its owner to enhance their inner strength and thus strengthen Conqueror's Haki simply by traveling the seas.
One can imagine how astonishing such potential truly was!
If Buggy hadn't consumed a Devil Fruit, if this Trait hadn't been discarded,
Perhaps the man known for having the strongest Haki on the seas today wouldn't be Red-Haired Shanks, but Buggy.
This Born for the Sea (Super Gold) Trait was practically a super Haki training cheat, allowing one to grow stronger just by swimming!
No wonder the Buggy who hadn't eaten a Devil Fruit back then was so arrogant, so confident. In the One Piece world, where the sea was supreme, possessing such an ability meant it would be strange not to be confident and arrogant.
But this Trait was both his making and his undoing.
After consuming the Devil Fruit, Buggy was detested by the sea, and this Trait was automatically discarded.
The capacity that could be enhanced simply by traversing the seas began to backfire on Buggy the moment this Trait was discarded,
Turning the supremely confident and arrogant cabin boy of the Roger Pirates, Buggy, into the cowardly clown Buggy.
No wonder, during the skirmishes with the Whitebeard Pirates, Buggy was still high-spirited and incredibly valiant,
But just a few months later, after eating the Chop-Chop Fruit, during the Battle of Edd War between the Roger Pirates and the Golden Lion Pirates,
Buggy had become a cowardly loser who spoke of wanting to flee.
In just a few months, Buggy's personality changed so drastically because of the backlash from the Born for the Sea (Super Gold) Trait being discarded.
Everything was now perfectly clear.
Lu En's eyes gleamed as he stared intently at Buggy.
He absolutely had to obtain this Trait!
In terms of physique, once he finished loading Luffy's Superhuman Physique (Deep Purple) and Zoro's Demonic Beast Physique (Deep Purple),
Lu En's physical potential would one day be on par with Kaidou, and possibly even Big Mom.
As for Devil Fruits, with the Trait Plundering System, Lu En didn't need to worry about lacking powerful Devil Fruit abilities.
And once he got his hands on this Born for the Sea (Super Gold) Trait, then in terms of Haki, Lu En would certainly stand at the pinnacle of the One Piece world!
Moreover, with the Strongest Trait System, Lu En could use the plundered Devil Fruit abilities without suffering the side effects that come with Devil Fruits.
This meant that even if Lu En acquired a Devil Fruit ability, he wouldn't be detested by the sea like Buggy, causing the Born for the Sea (Super Gold) Trait to be discarded.
Physique, Haki, Devil Fruits—the three most important aspects of power in the One Piece world's power system—
Lu En's potential in all three could become the strongest in this world!
Buggy truly hadn't disappointed him!
This Trait, Lu En was claiming it!
"You, you bastard, do I know you? Why are you looking at me like that?"
At this moment, Buggy felt a chill down his spine.
This guy's gaze, filled with bloodshot eyes, seemed to want to devour him whole.
His name... was Lu En?
Wait, Lu En?!
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