Chapter 54: Woman, You Are Playing with Fire!

Late at night.

On the God Slave.

In the captain's cabin.

Having been scrubbed clean by Anna and Shirahoshi, Machino, dressed lightly, sat on the bed, looking nervously at Lin Yu before her.

She knew what would happen next, yet she still felt a bit nervous.

【Name: Machino】

【Identity: Bar Owner】

【Specialty: None】

【Talent: None】

【Friendship: 30】

【Combat Power: One Star】

【Devil Fruit: Paramecia Type: Box-Box Fruit】

Lin Yu sat at the nearby table, propping up his right hand as he sized Machino up and down.

Because she had eaten a Devil Fruit, Machino's combat power had now directly reached One Star.

"Wh-what are you still waiting for?"

Feeling somewhat uncomfortable under Lin Yu's scrutiny, Machino blushed and issued a party invitation.

Since the matter was now unavoidable, she chose to face it sooner rather than later.

Hearing Machino's invitation, Lin Yu chuckled lightly and looked at her, smiling:

"Machino, are you willing to join my pirate crew and become my subordinate?"

"I am willing."

Although she was already on board, Machino did not know why Lin Yu was asking this, yet she nodded and answered.

【Ding! Machino has joined the crew. Please select Machino's crew position.】

Lin Yu directly chose the Cook position; after all, he could adjust these positions at any time, so it did not matter much.

Next, Lin Yu pulled Machino close and smiled:

"Miss Machino, are you hungry?"

Upon hearing this, Machino's pretty face instantly flushed with shame.

The next morning.

Lin Yu, refreshed and energetic, came to the deck.

In the original story, it was unknown who Machino's child belonged to, but now, Machino's child was destined to be his.

Smiling, Lin Yu pulled the fine blade 'Yuki' from the void beside him.

After being intimate with Machino, he had successfully obtained the other party's Devil Fruit ability.

Now, he could, just like Machino, take out items stored in his extra-dimensional storage box from the void at any time and place.

The storage box of the Box-Box Fruit needed to be summoned when storing items.

But when retrieving items, one only needed to reach into the void, which looked very cool.

And Machino was now beginning to generate returns for him, allowing him to gain five points of experience feedback per hour for his three physical attributes: Constitution, Vitality, and Spirit.

Waving Yuki a few times, Lin Yu began to study how to integrate his wind-controlling ability into swordsmanship to create Wind Barrier and Wind Cutter.

Only then would he be a qualified Yasuo player.

A few minutes later.

Lin Yu created a Wind Barrier; for someone who could manipulate wind power at will, this was simply a piece of cake.

On the other hand, the instant dash of Wind Cutter left him a bit baffled.

"Forget it, I'll perfect it after I recruit Miss Kalifa and learn Soru."

After experimenting a few times, Lin Yu stopped fretting, lay down on the lounge chair at the bow, and waited for Reiju and the others to wake up.

According to Jiu's Statement, the superpowers obtained by Gene Factor-modified humans could also be strengthened through training; with long-term training, they could possess power equivalent to a Devil Fruit.

However, these trainings were too exhausting, so Reiju had never undergone training, and thus could not generate feedback returns for Lin Yu.

So Lin Yu planned to train Reiju to obtain feedback from her.

As for training himself, that was impossible.

Not long after.

Reiju, Nojiko, Anna, and Shirahoshi, the four of them, arrived on the deck and began their daily grueling training.

Among them, Nojiko trained the hardest.

Lin Yu's behavior yesterday, asking her to stay behind on the God Slave, had dealt her a significant blow.

When she learned that Machino had eaten the Devil Fruit Lin Yu gave her, it made Nojiko extremely envious.

She also hoped to rapidly strengthen her own power.

It was not until ten in the morning that Machino finally woke up from bed.

After finishing breakfast, she changed into a crop top and hot pants, and joined Nojiko's basic training.

Since she had already boarded Lin Yu's pirate ship, she knew she must quickly improve her strength.

Moreover, in the eyes of the wine-selling girl in Windmill Village, the one hundred million Berries for a Devil Fruit was an astronomical figure.

After Lin Yu fed her that Devil Fruit, she felt as if she had taken on a huge debt, leaving her heart uneasy.

That was why she wanted to quickly strengthen her strength and make herself useful.

Lin Yu lay on the bow, flipping through the newspaper while occasionally glancing back at those tempting figures behind him.

At this moment, Reiju, Nojiko, and the others were all wearing crop tops and hot pants, revealing their long, shapely legs.

The prolonged training had left the women drenched in sweat, their skin glistening, and combined with the flushed complexions from exertion, they looked incredibly alluring.

Lin Yu did not stop the women's physical training until eleven in the morning, then instructed them to rest.

Training every morning and attending to their own affairs every afternoon was Lin Yu's arrangement for each of them.

Subsequently, Lin Yu retrieved a Devil Fruit from the void and held it in his hand to examine it.

This was what Shalulia had found yesterday in the royal treasury of the Goa Kingdom; at the time, Lin Yu had no idea what kind of Devil Fruit it was.

However, after just attempting to use his Inspection Skill, he now clearly understood the name of this Devil Fruit.

【Zoan Type · Insect-Insect Fruit · Model: Lumina Butterfly】

The Lumina Butterfly is a species of butterfly in the Pirate World; pure white in color, it resembles an angel symbolizing light when bathed in sunlight, which is the origin of its name.

Nojiko, having just emerged from her bath, spotted the Devil Fruit in Lin Yu's hand, her eyes immediately lighting up as she turned and approached him.

"Want to eat it?"

Lin Yu glanced at Nojiko, who was crouching beside his chair, and smiled.

"Mm." Nojiko wiped the water droplets from her forehead and nodded vigorously.

Currently, aboard the God-Slave Ship, apart from Reiju, she was the only one who had not yet obtained Devil Fruit abilities.

Since Reiju already possessed abilities similar to those of a Devil Fruit, eating one or not made no difference to her.

"Nojiko, this Devil Fruit is not suitable for you."

"Therefore, I intend to give it to you only after I find a more appropriate Devil Fruit."

"Don't you want to become a female warrior to protect Nami? So you must wait a little longer."

Lin Yu shifted sideways on the lounge chair to make space, pulled Nojiko down to lie beside him, and explained.

The Lumina Butterfly Devil Fruit in his hand offered little enhancement to combat capabilities.

In Lin Yu's view, its only effective ability was flight.

Moreover, Lin Yu still had several sets of combat suits obtained from Germa; if Nojiko wished to fly, he could entirely assist her using those suits.