The young swordsman with algae-haired hair laughed heartily: "Longlong Noah Zoro!"

Mihawk looked at the scar on the back of his hand, a frustrated look on his face and said, "Did this brat fight with others before fighting with me?"

"His fighting spirit and eyesight are both very good, but his physical strength is not in perfect condition!"

Upon hearing this, Zoro closed his eyes and fell into unconsciousness.

Fang Yan was not just watching the fun. After collecting and organizing the battle data in his mind, he said confidently: "Yes~ After all, you are only a Shichibukai, not a Yonko."

Zoro did have a fight with Ace today.

Although Ace's devil fruit development level is always criticized, and his talent in this area is simply the opposite of Luffy's, which can be said to be two extremes, his physical fitness is really good.

In the original novel, Ace once fought against Jinbei, who became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, for five days and five nights without a clear winner. He is the world's greatest specialty - [physical strength monster]! On the other hand, the Third Raikage, who died after only three days of fighting with the Rock Ninja, would have shouted that Ace was awesome after seeing his record.

At this stage, Ace's combat power is not very good and has not yet been fully realized, but his physical fitness should not be underestimated!

In the previous fierce battle, Ace had drained a lot of Zoro's physical energy, so he did not exert his full strength in the previous confrontation.

This made Mihawk feel very unhappy and not satisfied at all! Hawkeye, who was mocked, did not get angry, but said with high morale: "Then, are you interested in tasting my sword skills as a 'mere Seven Warlords of the Sea'?"

Fang Yan didn't care about the battle maniac's desire for an equal opponent, but glanced at Mihawk with contempt: "I have mastered the ability of the [Rust-Rust Fruit] in the awakening stage."

"If you don't want that [Black Blade·Night], I'm happy to accompany you~"

Weapons that are completely covered by Armament Haki are not immune to the effects of the awakened Rust-Rust Fruit - Fang Yan has personally tested this.

After he finished speaking, Fang Yan grabbed Luffy.

He casually stuffed a red, round devil fruit that he got from somewhere into his body.

Hawkeye stood by and did not intervene - he felt that Fang Yan's malice towards Luffy had long since dissipated - now he was very curious about what Fang Yan wanted to do.

"Thank me~ so that you don't have to relive that disgusting taste again."

Fang Yan looked down at Luffy and said in an almost arrogant tone, "This devil fruit is called the [Scorching Fruit]."

"My crew took it from the head of the Achino family, Pirate Flag Hunter Don Achino. It is a lower-ranked fruit of the Heat-Heat Fruit eaten by Charlotte Owen."

"Now, I'm stuffing it inside you."

"As a Scorching Man, you have the ability to heat yourself. You can change your body temperature at will, ranging from one degree to ten thousand degrees. You can change it at will."

"With this ability, you can be immune to the effects of cold. At the same time, you are immune to all high temperatures and can stand in lava without taking any damage. You can also melt objects with your [body temperature]."

As he spoke, steam began to come out of Luffy's body. His skin turned red and his body temperature began to rise rapidly: "Ahhh! It's so hot!"

The ground beneath Luffy's feet began to dry up rapidly, and dry cracks appeared.

"But... the power is constantly surging out!" Luffy clenched his fists and grinned.

The water surface of the surrounding harbor was also rapidly heated, and wisps of white smoke began to diffuse.

After losing his familiar abilities and gaining a new power of the Devil Fruit, Luffy quickly adapted to the means of being the Scorching Man.

"How strange~"

Luffy moved his wrists and ankles, tilted his head, and looked at Fang Yan with an almost dull and innocent look: "You guy, you are obviously a super villain, but you are not annoying!"

Luffy has the ability to see through a person's true nature at a glance.

Monkey D. Luffy's code of conduct is...

The enemy comes with fists.

There was a party when friends came.

Only a complicated person like Fang Yan...

He didn't know how to deal with it.

In any case, if he is not affected by the will of the Nika Fruit, for the sake of his partners, Luffy will not rashly attack a being as powerful as Homura who is almost terrifying.

He will fight for his dream, but he won't kill his companions for it! "The change in personality is quite obvious~"

After noticing the immediate changes in Luffy, Fang Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of teasing on his face, "The value of the Nika Fruit is unexpectedly high - it needs to be studied in depth!"

Fang Yan is extremely confident in his own soul strength and mental power, but he does not intend to take risks in this regard.

His plan was to first strengthen his soul power to an unparalleled level, so that he wouldn't have to worry about being possessed or having his personality changed by the old monster inhabiting the devil fruit, and then he could proceed slowly.

But Luffy in front of me...

Staring at the clear but firm eyes of the straw hat boy, Fang Yan suddenly sighed incomprehensibly: "The early and late stages really can't be considered the same person~"

In the original story, Luffy in the early stage was very knowledgeable about the ways of the world. It was no exaggeration to say that he was "wise but foolish". He just habitually pretended to be stupid to avoid trouble.

After teaming up with Zoro for the first time, he learned that Coby wanted to be a marine, so he immediately beat Coby up and asked Coby to distance himself from him.

His [self-awareness] is very clear - he is a pirate, not the same as the navy! When he was locked in an iron cage by Buggy, Luffy also used his words to persuade Nami to switch sides.

What was even more impressive was what he said to Usopp, "We are already companions."

In the Sky Island arc, Luffy was laughed at by everyone when he talked about his belief in the existence of Sky Island. Luffy thought that instead of deciding the outcome with fists, it would be better to prove the existence of Sky Island with actions.

This led to Blackbeard's only famous scene: [People's dreams will never end! ]

However……

After the Sabaody Archipelago arc began, Luffy's character began to rapidly transform into a giant baby.

He is becoming more and more easily moved, rather than changing others through his own words, actions, will and dreams!

From pretending to be stupid, gradually becoming more stupid.

The stronger the strength, the weaker the mind! If we say that Luffy at the beginning has the prototype and soul of a king, then...

In the later period, Luffy was left with only the posture and destiny of a king, and completely lost the most important [persuasiveness of the king] and [charm of the king], and began to become disgusting.

What caused all this was the sound of Joyboy's drums that gradually surfaced - the sound of a heartbeat like a drum.

"Whether you are the protagonist of the story or the user of the Destiny Fruit, you all have to work for me."

Fang Yan believes that compared to [One Piece], there is a [special position] in his own sailing group that is more suitable for Luffy to display his unique talents and value! 　The names of Big Mom's son Owen's Heat-Hot Fruit and Don Achino's Heat-Hot Fruit are different, which is a translation error - Owen's is "ネツネツの実", and Achino's is "アツアツの実".

(End of this chapter)