Chapter 238: The Arrival of the Straw Hat Pirates

However, this transfer also gave Uchiha Feiyu some inspiration; he vaguely understood the reason for the aftereffects.

The Devil Fruit abilities snatched from Devil Fruit users are not original Devil Fruits, but rather abilities that have already been developed to a certain degree.

After being directly transferred into another person's body, the other party is equivalent to inheriting the original Devil Fruit user's development progress, but their own physical body and spirit have not kept up with this development progress, which is why bizarre situations occur, such as hair loss, flames on the head, or secreting sand from within the hair.

When it comes down to it, it is similar to those Jailer Beasts who failed their Zoan Devil Fruit Awakening; in all cases, the power of the Devil Fruit overwhelms the person's own physical and mental strength, leading to a runaway of power.

It is also fortunate that none of the Devil Fruit users Uchiha Feiyu transferred from had developed to the level of Awakening, otherwise the consequences would likely have been very serious.

In the best case, the ability runs wild and cannot be controlled; in the worst case, the mind and body are directly twisted by the power of the Devil Fruit, turning one into a complete monster.

And wanting to eliminate these aftereffects is also very simple: as long as one continuously trains their own abilities, allowing their body and mind to match the degree of the Devil Fruit's development, the aftereffects will naturally disappear when the time comes.

For example, Usopp; he and the Wax-Wax Fruit ability are a very good match, and coupled with his possession of a certain level of scientific literacy and manual ability, as well as having enough imagination, his progress in developing the Paramecia Devil Fruit has been rapid, and the flames on his head have already become much smaller than before.

Then there is Richie; he obtained the Zoan Vulture-Vulture Fruit ability. As Richie is a ferocious animal to begin with, developing the ability of this bird of prey is relatively easy. Furthermore, he really likes to transform into the appearance of a griffin to fly, and he has also gradually begun to master the power of the Devil Fruit, with a bit of fine down already growing on his neck.

It was only after Uchiha Feiyu estimated the specific reasons and carefully observed the two of them that he discovered these changes.

However, it is probably a bit difficult for Igaram to control the aftereffects of his own Devil Fruit ability. Krokfar is not someone that the Vulture-Vulture Fruit user or Mr. 3 can compare to; the Sand-Sand Fruit in his hands was developed to the point of being only one step away from Awakening.

Naturally, Logia Devil Fruits are very difficult to develop, and Krokfar is also far superior to Igaram in talent and ambition. With Igaram's ability, this aftereffect will likely follow him for a lifetime.

After reaching this research result, Uchiha Feiyu also set his mind at ease. There was no problem with his own Devil Fruit ability transfer, and he prepared to start researching how to remove the aftereffects of Devil Fruits afterward.

If he could truly completely remove the aftereffects of Devil Fruits, Uchiha Feiyu would not mind eating a Devil Fruit. After all, the degree of similarity between Haki and the Demonic Arts he practices is too low, and some Devil Fruit abilities can better bring out the power of the Demonic Arts.

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In the period of time that followed, although the Sand Crocodile had been finished off and King Cobra had announced his conspiracy, and even the Marine and the World Government had revoked this guy's status as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the uprising in Alabasta did not subside.

Just as Uchiha Feiyu had predicted before, without the coincidences in the original story, the uprising in Alabasta could not end in such a half-hearted way, and the battle between the two sides remained in a stalemate.

In reality, this was also because the Alabasta royal family, or to put it directly, Princess Vivi and her father, could not bear to carry out a massacre. Otherwise, with Igaram's current strength, coupled with the weapons that Baroque Works had long since prepared and accumulated, and matched with those elite Agents, the rebel army would have long since been bloodily suppressed.

Logia Devil Fruits are just that bugged; if there are no experts who know Haki, no matter how many ordinary soldiers there are, they have no way to deal with the opponent, let alone the fact that the rebel army is penniless and doesn't even have a single Sea Prism Stone weapon; facing a Logia powerhouse, they only have the fate of being slaughtered.

"But a bit of chaos is also good... otherwise, where would I go to collect the resources for progress?"

Accompanied by a scream, the body of the burly man before his eyes withered rapidly, and wisps of blood energy seeped into the Sandai Kitetsu in Uchiha Feiyu's hand. At the same time, a trace of Blood Scripture Dharma Power was born within his body once again, beginning the transformation of his own physical body.

Although he did not launch a massacre against the rebel army, Princess Vivi and Cobra could not watch the rebel army attack cities at will either, and because of this, Uchiha Feiyu became a firefighter; wherever a war broke out, he would run over and directly engage in "self-defense counterattacks."

In just over half a month, Uchiha Feiyu had already made a name for himself throughout Alabasta: Slaughterer, Feather of Destruction, Cold-Blooded Murderer...

A whole bunch of terrifying titles were pinned on Uchiha Feiyu's head. There was no helping it; compared to the kindness of Princess Vivi and Cobra, Uchiha Feiyu did not have the slightest bit of mercy when killing people for the sake of his own body's cultivation progress and collecting more sacrifices.

As long as it was a rebel army unit that dared to attack a city, Uchiha Feiyu would slaughter them all without leaving a single one. In over half a month, he had already killed tens of thousands of people. Relying on a large amount of fresh blood and life, his strength had progressed significantly, and even the Sandai Kitetsu in his hand was already close to evolving into a Black Blade.

It was precisely because of Uchiha Feiyu's slaughter that the originally raging uprising activity was doused with a basin of cold water, and in the end, it gradually tended toward peaceful negotiations.

There was no helping it; they really couldn't beat him! It wasn't that the rebel army hadn't thought about setting traps to deal with Uchiha Feiyu, but unfortunately, the result was being killed by Uchiha Feiyu until the blood flowed like a river, adding several thousand more souls to the progress of the Sandai Kitetsu.

At the beginning, Princess Vivi and King Cobra still had some complaints about Uchiha Feiyu's actions, but Uchiha Feiyu's every action could be called a "defensive counterattack" city defense battle, so they had nothing to say.

However, as Uchiha Feiyu dealt ruthless blows and the rebel army began to have the intention of peace talks, these people understood Uchiha Feiyu's "painstaking efforts," believing that he preferred short-term pain to long-term pain, reducing the casualties of this turmoil.

Uchiha Feiyu:???... Ah, yes, yes, yes, that is exactly what I thought! Damn it! How are these unruly people so sensible? Doesn't this cut off the shortcut for me to continue practicing?

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Alabasta, Nanohana port; a Marine warship that looked tattered sailed over, but what was somewhat strange was that the Marine warship was flying a Pirate flag.

On the Pirate flag, besides the common skull pattern, there was also a strange Straw Hat worn on the skull's head.

"That Smoker guy, why does he keep chasing us and not let go? If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have gotten lost..."

On the ship's deck, with a long head drooping to the ground, a certain rubber boy wearing a straw hat was muttering in a bored manner.

"Hmph, I said at the beginning that we shouldn't have gone in this direction, otherwise, we should have long since..."

"We should have long since sunk to the bottom of the sea! You need to have some self-awareness about your level of being directionally challenged! You damn moss-head!"

Before the words of a certain Three Sword Style swordsman were finished, the blond cook could not help but start complaining. This curly-eyebrowed blond cook was currently exhausted in body and mind; heaven knows what a frustrating ordeal it was to go to sea with his idiot captain and this directionally challenged scoundrel.

These three were naturally the three main forces of the Straw Hat Pirates: the idiot Luffy, the directionally challenged Zoro, and the woman-crazy Sanji.

Although the main forces remained, the Navigator Nami had been poached by Uchiha Feiyu in advance, and the all-purpose substitute Usopp, who handled almost all the miscellaneous chores on the ship, had also been directly snatched away by Uchiha Feiyu, resulting in only these three problem children left on the entire ship. One can imagine how "colorful" their journey was.

Sanji was a bit better; as long as he didn't see a beautiful woman, he wouldn't have a chance to have an episode. However, Luffy's lack of brains, coupled with Zoro's inability to recognize the way, was truly a life-threatening matter on the sea. Without Nami, this invisible captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, to settle the big picture, and without Usopp to check for gaps and fill in the leaks, these people almost perished directly on the Grand Line.

If it weren't for the fact that they were lucky later and met a "noble person," they would probably already be feeding the fish at the bottom of the sea by now.

"Finally arrived at the shore!! Straw Hat brat!! Moss-head brat!! Curly-eyebrow brat!! This great me never wants to see you guys again!"

A voice with a bit of mania rang out, and then a pirate dressed like a clown with a red nose on his face walked out of the cabin with a face full of relief. He turned his head to look at the three members of the Straw Hat Pirates and shouted loudly:

"From now on, let's go our separate ways!! From here on, this great me is going to reorganize my Buggy Pirates..."

Yes, the so-called noble person met on the Grand Line was naturally Buggy the Clown.

As a pirate also being hunted by Smoker, Buggy had also suffered heavy losses in Loguetown. He had managed to get a ship to escape, but on the way, he happened to meet the Hunter Smoker who was chasing the Straw Hat Pirates. The ship was sunk in passing, and after much tossing and turning, he was saved by the people of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Although Buggy the Clown was a pirate and his character was greedy without limit, cruel and cunning, he had at least sailed with the Roger Pirates in the past, so at the very least, he could not be called despicable and shameless, and naturally, he could not do something like returning evil for good.

Coupled with the fact that the Hunter was still in hot pursuit at the time, in the end, this Buggy the Clown unilaterally reached a reconciliation with Monkey D. Luffy, indicating that when everyone was on the same ship, they could help each other, and he would help them enter the Grand Line. After shaking off Smoker, they would go and properly settle the accounts between the two of them.

Although Monkey D. Luffy didn't understand at all, he just felt that it was cool to have a circus clown join the Pirate crew...

Of course, Buggy the Clown actually stayed quite well in the Straw Hat Pirates. Besides being a bit tired from having to clean up after Luffy and act as a nanny in navigation, he also vaguely had the feeling of being back in the Roger Pirates.

After all, Luffy's charisma was quite good. Having stayed on the same ship for such a long time, Buggy the Clown no longer had hatred for Luffy, but he was still obsessed with looking for treasure and was unwilling to sail on the same ship as Luffy.

"Eh!? Zoro, look, look at that ship, is that our Going Merry?!"

Before Buggy the Clown's words were finished, Luffy had already shifted his attention, pointed a finger at a sheep-headed sailing ship, and said with a face full of surprise.

"It really is the Going Merry... which means those guys are here too!"

Zoro reached out and touched his three swords, a bloodthirsty smile appearing on his face:

"They tricked us so miserably and even snatched away the long-nosed guy... This time, we absolutely cannot let those guys go!"

"Let's go! First, go and take our ship back!"

The current Straw Hat Pirates were much worse than the original version in other aspects, but in terms of Power Level, the three main forces were all intact. The three of them were bolder than the next, and without a word, they aggressively killed their way toward the Going Merry.

"What do you guys want to do? Are you looking for death?! Don't you know this is a ship of the Alabasta royal family?!"

Just as the three of them arrived beside the Going Merry and prepared to board, a group of guards at the port rushed out and surrounded them, looking at the three with angry expressions, their swords, spears, and halberds all pointed at them.

"Huh!? A ship of the Alabasta royal family? Could it be that we recognized the wrong ship?"

Luffy scratched his head and asked with a slightly foolish air, while Sanji took a puff of his cigarette and frowned:

"How would I know? I've never been on this ship... but judging from its appearance alone, it should be the same ship you sailed to the Baratie back then."

"This is the Going Merry! I wouldn't recognize it wrong!"

Zoro looked the Going Merry up and down and nodded:

"Look at the deck on the left side of the ship; some footprints were left there when I was training."

Among the Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro could be called the most diligent one; compared to Luffy, a captain who only improves during battle, and Sanji, who loves cooking more than he loves fighting, Zoro has never given up an opportunity to train himself, having to carry out thousands or even tens of thousands of sword swings with giant barbells every day.

Over time, some footprints were pressed into the places where he often trained, which also became his evidence for identifying the ship.

"What is this, it's clearly our Going Merry, could it be that that guy Uchiha Feiyu sold this ship to Alabasta?"

Luffy scratched his head, finally decided to stop thinking about it, and shouted loudly at the guards in front of him:

"Hurry up and get out of the way, otherwise, watch out or I'll beat you flying!"

"This guy actually dares to address the Royal Consort like that..."

"Seize them! They must be part of those rebels! They must be pirates called here by the rebels!"

Luffy's words caused a rather intense reaction; one by one, the soldiers supported each other with guns and swords, and soon they surrounded the entire Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy shook his fist and was just about to make a move when his shoulder was suddenly patted by Zoro.

"Calm down... there's nothing to say to these soldiers, let's go gather some information first!"

(End of this chapter)