38. Logia Devil Fruits

The Straw Hat Pirates continue their voyage to the ocean. It had been three weeks since their departure from Cocoyashi Village. Since the weather was nice, Izumi and the others were relaxing while playing cards.

But, after a long time, they become bored because they just play cards continuously.

"Nami, is it still long, the Grand Line?" Luffy asked.

Nami shook her head.

"We won't be able to go straight to the Grand Line."

"Ehhhh, why?" Luffy became sullen at Nami's words.

"Listen carefully, Luffy! You eat too much in a day. We can starve if we don't have food supplies. That's why we have to stop at an island before heading to the Grand Line to buy food supplies."

After saying that, Nami opened the East Blue map. Then she pointed to a line called the Calm Belt, which was an ocean without wind or waves.

"Besides, if we want to go to the Grand Line, we can't directly cross this ocean."

Then Nami explained. If they wanted to go to the Grand Line, they had to pass through a path called Reverse Mountain, a path from every ocean that connected to the Grand Line. Then, Nami pointed to the oval shape on the map. That location wasn't too far from Reverse Mountain.

"This is Logue town. We will stop here to buy supplies and other things. Oh right, this town is famous for being called a city of beginning and the end."

After Nami said that, Usopp responded.

"Ah, I know that too. It's because the Pirate King was born in that town, and was executed in the same town, then the era of pirates was born."

"The place where the Pirate King was born and executed? I want to see it! Then let's go to Logue town!" Luffy's eyes lit up after listening to them. Then, he ordered his crew to immediately sail to Logue town.

While on the way, Izumi suddenly said,

"Anyway, Luffy."

"Yes?"

"Did you know that there are different types of Devil Fruits?"

"No. Is there anything like that?" Luffy asked back.

"You're not the only Devil Fruit user. Out there, especially in the Grand Line, many pirates and marines have Devil Fruit powers. Starting from Paramecia, Logia, and Zoan." Izumi explained slowly. But then, Luffy interjected.

"Is that a problem? After all, they also have Devil Fruit abilities. In the end, it's the same, they can't swim."

"Wait, wait, Luffy! You're getting a bit smart. Indeed, they can't swim. But wait for my explanation!" Izumi paused for a moment, then continued. "Generally, Paramecia-type Devil Fruits are the type that most people possess. The same is the case with the Zoan-type. However, unlike the Paramecia-type, the Zoan-type is a type of Devil Fruit that can transform a person into an animal, and vice versa. Last but not least, Logia-type Devil Fruits. Logia-type users are the most troublesome because their Devil Fruits can transform their bodies into substances or elements according to their Devil Fruits to make them intangible. So, if you fight a Logia Devil Fruit user, physical attacks either blunt or sharp will have no effect on that person."

"Hmmm? Transform their bodies into substances or elements?" Luffy was confused even when Izumi explained slowly. Then Izumi gave him an example.

"For example the Mera Mera no Mi. It can turn the user's body into the fire. Can you catch fire with your hands? Certainly not, right? Well, that's an example of a Logia-type Devil Fruit."

"Oh. I understand now."

"Wait, wait! If that's the case, aren't Logia Devil Fruit users invincible? What if there was a marine with that kind of power?" Nami asked in worry.

"Well, the marines definitely have people like that. For you guys right now, there's only one way to deal with Logia-type Devil Fruit users." Izumi raised his index finger.

"What is it?"

Everyone was curious about what Izumi wanted to say. Izumi only answered with one word.

"Run!"

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They were speechless. It was as if Izumi had just fooled them.

They looked at Izumi in annoyance, especially Nami and Zoro. Izumi stepped back while raising his hands.

"Hahaha. It's true. With your strength, you can't defeat Logia Devil Fruit users yet. But actually, there is a way to deal with them. The first is to fight with elements or substances that have a special reaction with that Logia-type Devil Fruit. For example, iron is weak against lightning because iron is a conductor. While lightning is weak against rubber because rubber is not a conductor."

"You said substance or element. That means Logia-type Devil Fruits are nature elements, right?" Sanji asked.

Izumi nodded.

"As far as I know, all Logia-type Devil Fruits have natural elemental powers. The second is using Haki, Busoshoku Haki. This is the most effective and commonly used method against Logia-type Devil Fruit users because Busoshoku Haki deactivates Logia-type transformations completely."

Nami, Zoro, and Usopp were confused about what Izumi meant. Previously, only Luffy and Sanji listened to the explanation about Haki. So Izumi explained to them. After explaining everything, he turned to Luffy.

"Luffy, you said you wanted to be the Pirate King, right?"

"Yeah, is something wrong?"

"Well, no. I just thought that you better learn Haki! This will be beneficial for you and you also have a great chance to achieve your dream."

"Hihihi. Don't worry too much! I'll learn it later if I have time. More importantly, Sanji, Meat!" Luffy raised his hand to Sanji and asked him to make food.

"Alright, alright. I'll make some food for you guys." Sanji walked toward the kitchen after he said that.

Izumi just shook his head while smiling. Actually, Izumi wanted to say many things including Luffy's future. But he didn't want to spoil Luffy's fun, so he just kept quiet. The most important thing for Izumi right now is how he gets a bounty of 80 million Berries.

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In a district in the city of Tokyo which is one of the largest shopping districts in Japan, a gigantic gate shaped like an ancient Greek building miraculously appeared in the middle of the district six months ago. At the same time, from the gigantic gate, many soldiers wearing medieval-era armor with several flying monsters appeared.

When everyone in the Ginza district panicked. A large tree suddenly appeared and swept away all the soldiers and monsters. The tree grew roots that coiled or directly pierced the monsters and soldiers. No one could escape the giant tree that could move by itself. After that, the tree covered the giant gate and prevented the invaders from setting foot in Japan.

Since then, the giant gate that was believed to be connected to another world was heavily guarded by the army and air forces. In addition, through CCTV cameras it was found that there was a person controlling the tree that covered the gigantic gate. Therefore, the government conducted a search for the person believed to be controlling the tree and found out the origin of the gigantic gate from him.

And at this time, the person who was being sought was being chased by the army. He was an old man who had a face like a tree trunk and was none other than Warrod Sequen.

"Hohoho. We're in trouble."

"That's because you attract too much attention, old geezer!"

"Next time, try to disguise yourself!"

"Hey, why do we have to run? Let's just kill them!"

Warrod was not alone. There were 3 more people running with him. One is a young man wearing a green jersey, then a man who covers his face with a mask, and the last is a beautiful lolita girl wearing a black gothic dress. They are Satou Kazuma, Hatake Kakashi, and Rory Mercury. Rori is the girl they just invited to join the group chat.

Of course, they had traveled the world behind the gigantic gate that appeared in Ginza. They did not expect that once they returned to Japan through the gate, many soldiers were guarding there.

At first, they were not caught. However, when they were inviting Rori to eat. Someone reported that he had found the person the Japanese government was looking for.

Kazuma blamed Warrod for his attention-grabbing appearance, Kakashi suggested that Warrod needed to disguise himself, and Rori got annoyed at being chased by the army and wanted to kill them.

"Woy, woy, get rid of those dangerous thoughts of yours, Rori!" Kazuma was a little worried because he knew very well how strong Rori was.

"They kept me from enjoying another world cuisine after I looked forward to it. How could I not be upset?"

"We can do that later, okay? Anyway, how do we escape them? We haven't sealed or destroyed the gate yet."

By the time Kazuma finished speaking, they were surrounded by the army soldiers. There are even helicopters already standing guard in the air.