Chapter 150 - 8

Chapter 8"Are you kidding me?!""Why would a giant appear in the East Blue?""It's not a giant, it's a Devil Fruit ability!""Fire!"Lodi's eyes widened as he hurriedly barked out orders.Where the hell had he been sent?If he didn't know better, he'd think he had arrived in the Grand Line.Giants were pure stat monsters.Size is justice, as they say.Within the Marines, having a slightly larger build provided a very obvious advantage.It was even more so among pirates; those famous great pirates were basically all hulking behemoths.In a small sea like the East Blue, this was simply a dimensional strike.Have you ever seen a fist the size of a sandbag?He hadn't seen a sandbag-sized fist, but a fist nearly larger than a Marine warship was coming his way.Bullets were completely useless when hitting that gargantuan fist.Damn it."Iron Body!"Lodi shouted with a grim expression.He was, after all, a field officer from Headquarters; he knew a move or two of the Rokushiki.Since graduating from the training camp, Lodi had been constantly refining this one move.Iron Body is invincible!"Come on!"Lodi faced the giant pistol head-on. The moment of contact, his face contorted, and more than half of the Marine warship was destroyed along with him.Skirmishes between pirates and Marines were just that brutal.If it were any other pirate crew, after achieving such results, they would kill and pillage everything.If this were a few years later when something like the Cross Guild existed, they might even arrest the Marines to collect bounties, doing something completely upside down.However, for Luffy and his crew, they had no such thoughts.It was enough as long as the Marines lost their fighting capacity and couldn't give chase."Is our Captain really this powerful?"Usopp's eyes lit up.Why are someone's moves so cool!A giant—he actually saw one, even if it was just a fist."It's cool and all, but isn't the side effect a bit too much?" Zoro couldn't help but stare at the figure falling from the sky."...Catch me, you bastards!" Luffy started yelling.The move was cool, but the side effect wasn't small either; his body had now shrunk to the size of a child.The only consolation was...[Automatically adjusting based on physical condition. After three minutes of rest, please perform a half-hour food replenishment...]I... I can eat now?Can we have more of these fights?No, the problem now is whether anyone can come and catch him.Even for him, falling would hurt!"Honestly, what kind of mess do you guys make the moment I'm gone?"Nami gave a light huff. Luffy felt himself land on something soft, and then he was lifted up.Lifted high up.Chapter 8: If Nami Regrets It, She Has to Bark Twice"Nami, let go of me!""What's the big deal? You're quite cute in your child form," Nami said, laughing happily.The moment she saw Luffy's side effect, she had already made her decision and stopped being so conflicted.As expected, letting Luffy and the others help was too risky. Given the cruelty of Arlong's Crew, they wouldn't show any mercy.One wrong move and they would be killed.After finishing this job, she would have gathered 100 million Berries and could buy Cocoyasi Villageback from Arlong.When that time comes, she'll become their navigator... the money she stole can just be considered Luffy paying her salary in advance, right?!"Nami, you'll regret this," Luffy said with dead-fish eyes.Do you know how precious this hard-earned rest time is? And you're playing 'lift the baby'.Moreover, Luffy had just gained a passive ability; this shrinking side effect would disappear very soon.Don't blame me for not warning you in advance when it happens."Hehehe, I won't regret it. Whoever regrets it is a puppy!""Do you feel like your dignity as a Captain is gone?"Don't worry, there wasn't much to begin with.Having finally caught an opportunity to tease Luffy, Nami's mood brightened considerably.Just as she was about to put Luffy down.Suddenly.Little Luffy grew large.Nami didn't have time to react, her pupils shrinking violently."Luffy?!"With a scream, Nami scrambled, not knowing where to grab as the weight from above pressed directly onto her body.Then, subconsciously like a little cat burglar, she started clawing around wildly.Don't be fooled by the fact that Luffy's body wasn't the hulking type; his muscle density was similar to Zoro's, both built up bit by bit since childhood. For Nami, this weight was impossible to push off."Ugh!"When Nami opened her eyes, Luffy had already collapsed on top of her.None of those cliché scenarios happened where lips met perfectly, but Luffy's head was resting right by her neck, his breath constant."Not this spot! Something's going to happen!"Nami felt the warm breath on her neck, and her face instantly turned incredibly red.It was a tingling, numbing sensation.This was the first time she had such close contact with the opposite sex.Especially being pinned down and unable to move, the feeling was even more intense."Luffy! Get up, now!" Nami shouted with a flushed face.This feeling, it's..."Ah, I told you you'd regret it," Luffy said."I regret it, okay!""Then bark like a puppy?" Luffy said, sounding a bit smug.Nami gritted her teeth. Her hand grabbed something—she didn't know where—and squeezed, making Luffy let out a cry of pain."Sorry, sorry!""But I really can't help it. The side effect is still there; my body has recovered but I can't move. Ask Usopp for help," Luffy said, behaving a bit more.So weird!If she didn't truly know that Luffy was a simple-minded guy, Nami would really suspect he was deliberately taking advantage of her.And she couldn't even find an excuse, because she was the one who wanted to lift him up, and Luffyhad even warned her.Nami: "..."When a person is truly speechless, they really do just laugh."Zoro, Usopp, come help me out." Nami looked to the side, but the two who were just there had disappeared to who knows where."Pirates, come out!"From Luffy's perspective, he could see what was happening.A man wearing glasses appeared on the deck holding a cleaver.On his left side was a large character for'Sea'."You want to kill my partners? Mere pirates?""Hey, Johnny, why are you here?!" Zoro asked, looking surprised."Big Brother Zoro?!"Johnny seemed to have found his pillar of support, running to Zoro with a tearful face to complain.He and Joseph were known as the God of Bladesand the Saint of Swords!As it turned out, because of a damn illness, Josephwas about to leave him. They were planning to recover at the rocky mountain when a cannonball suddenly flew over.He and Zoro together brought the heavily injured Joseph onto the ship.Seeing the man's wretched state, Luffy exclaimed, "Huh?"Usopp was also terrified.Luffy had deflected a cannonball, and he had fired one too. Now, who knows whose fault it was.Nami shuddered when she heard Luffy's voice, thinking he was trying to do something.Then she heard Johnny's voice and got a rough idea of what happened.She listened carefully to the symptoms Johnnydescribed and managed to speak: "I say... this should be a common case of Scurvy. Go get some limes and have him eat them!"Usopp scrambled away, and after a few limes were consumed, the previously deathly Josephimmediately came back to life.Phew, thank goodness he survived![Warning: It is now feeding time. Please immediately perform a half-hour food replenishment...]Luffy had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the voice. He finally reacted and shouted loudly, "Come help me! Go prepare some food for me!"Nami blanked for a moment, not even knowing what was happening, when she suddenly felt something. A blush dotted her face like fine rain on pear blossoms.With an unknown burst of strength, she punched Luffy flying....In the dining room.Nami wiped the moisture from the corner of her lips and glared at Luffy, who was feasting greedily."You better remember everything you did today!""Huh? I didn't do anything," Luffy said, stuffing food into his mouth without looking up.The anger above Nami's head was almost visible to the naked eye, her fists clenched tight.Deep breaths, deep breaths.