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"This is..."
With a flood of information surging into her mind, Vivi suddenly placed her hands on her temples.
In an instant, as her consciousness shifted, a mysterious energy was released from her body.
Her figure suddenly vanished from in front of Red and reappeared in a grassland not far away.
It was a Psychic-type move—Teleport!
As the mysterious brilliance flashed again, Vivi's figure returned to Red's side, and she let out a surprised exclamation.
"What incredible power!"
"Is this the Pokémon power that Nami and the others mentioned?!"
She looked up with bright eyes, and immediately saw Red pulling out a strange bicycle-like device from nowhere.
Red smiled slightly, already anticipating Vivi's surprise.
"Let's go! We'll wait until we get back to the Merry to test your skills further."
"First, I'll take you to learn your last move."
The colorful balloon slowly rose into the air, carrying Red and an excited Vivi, and flew towards the Pokémon Center in Cerise City.
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Because it was only noon and time was limited, after teaching Vivi the Glitzy Glow move, Red didn't stay too long in the Pokémon world.
As the white light bloomed around them again, they returned to Red's cabin aboard the Going Merry.
"Mr. Red!"
The excited Vivi subconsciously used honorifics again when addressing Red, who was now sitting up on the bed.
What she received in return was a playful smile from Red.
He pressed his two fingers together, tapped the door lightly, and then walked directly outside.
"Let's go find someone to test your new moves!"
"Hai~" Vivi responded energetically and quickly followed Red's footsteps.
The two came to the deck of the Merry.
At this time, the Straw Hat Pirates were training in full swing.
Zoro, who had become proficient in using Armament Haki, was currently facing away from Nami, constantly dodging her lightning balls.
Although the probability of success was very slim, and he was struck by lightning several times almost every minute.
But with the special effect of Grassy Terrain and his own strong physique, he could endure the training.
On the other side, Smoker had somehow started sparring with Luffy. Using the power of his Smoke-Smoke Fruit, he began to fight with Luffy constantly.
Although within a few rounds, he would be knocked to the ground by Luffy's fist cloaked in Haki...
But looking at Zoro, a training fiend, he was able to quickly get back on his feet.
Normally, he and Sanji would fight against Luffy in order to learn how to use Haki by constantly being hit by Armament Haki.
However, after just a few days, Sanji's body had already begun to emit a small amount of Haki, while Smoker still hadn't found the key to getting started.
This troubled him immensely.
Although mastering Armament Haki in just a few days was an incredible feat in itself...
But with so many exceptional fighters around him, he really didn't want to admit that his talent was inferior to a group of pirates!
Seeing Red and Vivi approaching, everyone showed curiosity, but they didn't stop their training.
After scanning the people on the deck, Red's eyes finally focused on the only non-crew member.
"Captain Smoker, please come here!"
"Hmm!?"
Smoker was slightly stunned when he was called over, and Luffy, who stood opposite him, also dropped his guard, lowering his fist.
Red glanced at Vivi, and when Smoker came over, he immediately smiled and said:
"Captain Smoker, Vivi recently learned a new move, so she wants to test it against you!"
"New move?"
A look of astonishment flashed in Smoker's eyes.
Immediately, he realized that Vivi must have agreed to Red's previous proposal and entered that strange world just like the Straw Hat Pirates.
Because he had only overheard fragments of conversations between the Straw Hats, Smoker didn't know much about the Pokémon world.
But he did know... that it seemed to be Red's ability, a power that could make others stronger!
'Damn pirate, using me as a training partner! It's really unforgivable!'
Smoker frowned, but there was an inexplicable feeling of jealousy in his heart.
I was the one who arrived first...
But when you're under someone else's roof, you have to follow their rules.
Eventually, the Straw Hats stopped practicing and made room for Smoker and Vivi. Red said to Vivi:
"Vivi, use Glitzy Glow!"
"Yes~!"
Having just learned several magical moves, Vivi now obeyed Red's words without hesitation or doubt.
Vivi's eyes suddenly shimmered with a purple-pink light, and then a mysterious energy wave was released from her body, sweeping across the entire deck like a storm!
In an instant, Smoker's expression suddenly changed!
In his perception, a terrifying pressure suddenly poured into his mind. Although it lasted only for a moment, it made him stumble backward and let out a muffled sound.
"Impossible! That was just..."
The next second, he immediately raised his head and looked at Vivi with eyes full of astonishment.
Although the impact just now did not cause much damage to him, the power displayed by Vivi was very consistent with an ability he had read about in Marine reports.
That is...
An extremely rare phenomenon that occurs only once in millions of people - Conqueror's Haki!!!
"Conqueror's Haki!?"
Thinking of this, Smoker instantly showed an expression of disbelief.
The Straw Hats, who were also affected by Vivi's aura, cast curious glances at her.
Of course, they knew very well that it wasn't Conqueror's Haki.
It was just a new Pokémon move that Red had taught Vivi!
The most direct evidence was that after releasing that mental wave, a strange transparent wall of light suddenly appeared in front of Vivi!
The wall of light was so large that it almost spanned the entire deck of the Merry.
Its height completely shielded Vivi's body.
The effect was much greater than when Luffy used Reflect!
At this moment, Red's voice came from behind Vivi:
"Captain Smoker! Please use your Devil Fruit ability to attack the light wall in front of Vivi in elemental form."
"Elemental form!?"
Smoker's eyes narrowed slightly in shock, but he still followed Red's instructions. His arm slowly transformed into white smoke, and then rushed toward Vivi.
A vivid white giant snake formed from smoke quickly approached the light wall in front of Vivi, and then suddenly stopped!
The next moment, the giant snake composed of smoke suddenly shattered as if it had encountered some kind of nemesis.
It dissipated into a large cloud of pale white smoke, extending backward through the light wall, but it had lost its original momentum.
Vivi turned sideways and dodged easily.
"This...how is this possible!?"
Seeing this scene, Smoker's already shocked expression became even more stunned.
But Red was not satisfied with the test results, and soon his voice continued:
"Keep going, don't stop, Captain Smoker!"
"Use your normal physical attacks this time!"
"Damn it!" Smoker, who felt inexplicably humiliated, cursed internally.
The next moment, he adopted a serious stance, the fist in his hand transformed into thick smoke again, and then he attacked directly:
"White Blow!"
After his previous defeat, this time, he didn't hold back and used one of his standard attack techniques.
All of a sudden!
A fist propelled by billowing white smoke rushed towards Vivi!
But this time, Smoker's physical fist passed through the light wall in front of Vivi without any hindrance!
However, at that moment, the white smoke that was originally propelling the attack was blocked once again after touching the light wall, and quickly dissipated.
Although the inertia of the fist still existed, without the driving force of the smoke, its speed and power were significantly reduced.
A strange pink light flashed quickly in Vivi's eyes.
Her figure flickered and instantly disappeared.
The white fist that lost its target continued forward, but it finally landed in Red's palm.
At this point, Vivi, who had used Teleport, didn't have enough Psychic energy in her body to maintain the light wall.
In the blink of an eye, the Merry returned to calmness again.
Red, meanwhile, caught Smoker's fist and stepped forward, returning his hand.
"The test is over."
"Thank you for your cooperation, Captain Smoker!"