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  Luffy, still atop the scaffold, seemed more fused than ed. "I don't care who she is. No one's going to make me do anything I don't want to," he decred loudly, his voice carrying across the square.

  Alvida, uerred by the police presence, tio address the crowd. "You see? This is the power of beauty. Even the w is hesitant to touch me."

  At this time, in the fountain close by, an explosion occurred. "Ah, a terrorist attack!" people yelled as the police officers nearby were sent flying due to the explosion. A big k of the fountain started to fly towards Alvida, and people watched in absolute horror. But to everyone's shock, the big sb of the fountain slipped right off Alvida's skin. Coby, always ready, initiated System Analysis to copy Alvida's skill. It was one of the most overpowered abilities in the series, and he wa. A system message fshed in his mind:

  [Skill S initiated on 'Sube Sube no Mi'. Analysis in progress… Due to its singur ability nature, this skill be directly copied. However, its prehensive defensive and evasion capabilities make it a signifitly overpowered ability. As such, the estimated cost for acquisition is 65,000 SP. Please firm if you wish to proceed with the Skill S and acquisition.]

  Looking at the price, Coby cursed in his mind, but he also found it fair. He would get the main ability of a Devil Fruit without any side effects. 65,000 SP was a fair price, but he cked it heless.

  People looked at Alvida in shock. "What happeo the fountain? It went right past her!!"

  Luffy, too, was surprised. "What was that?" he asked in shock.

  At this time, a cloaked man appeared and said, "Pardon the spectacle, but her smooth, silky skin ever be marred. You don't o worry."

  Alvida, looking at Luffy, finally said, "I am the exquisite Lady Alvida."

  Luffy looked around, "Alvida, where is she?"

  Alvida poi herself, "I am here, you foht here!"

  Luffy was surprised, "Really? You look a little different."

  Alvida got rid of her cloak and showed her beauty to everyone present. She wore a bikini top and a skirt that atuated her now fwless figure. "Heh heh, nice of you to notice! I ate the Devil Fruit and transformed! I now have the Slip-Slip Fruit! Now my beautiful skin ot be marred by any attack. Sadly, my beauty was barely enhanced. However, as you said, I do look a bit different! My freckles are gone!!"

  Luffy, gazing at Alvida with an incredulous expression, waved his hand dismissively. "Well, that's quite a ge," he said, memories of the old, fat, and ugly Alvida he onew flooding his mind. The trast was stark, almost unbelievable.

  Alvida, standing fidently, her beauty undeniable, tinued, "But if yoing to bey man, there's someone you must defeat first. We teamed up in order to find you. And here he is!" At her signal, the previously cloaked figure threw off his cover to reveal her than Buggy.

  Buggy stepped forward, his eyes bzing with a mix of anger and anticipation. "Sihe day you defeated me, I've dreamed of nothing but killing you. That's what gave me the strength to make it bay crew. It ic adventure!" he excimed, turning to his crew in a brief moment of anger. "What are you making me say!"

  From their vantage point, Coby and Nami watched the unfolding drama. Coby's amusement was clear; the ers of his eyes kled with a smile as he observed the old enemies reuniting. Nami, though initially tense, couldn't help but be drawn into the spectacle.

  Coby's attention shifted betweewo pirates. "Looks like Luffy's got quite the reunion going on," he mused aloud, his voice light and teasing. Nami nodded, her own curiosity piqued by the dramatiters.

  From out of nowhere, Cabaji, Buggy's swords, appeared and pced stocks on Luffy. With his head and hands trapped, Luffy looked around, a hint of in his usual carefree demeanor.

  "Oh no." As Nami tensed, ready t into a, Coby's firm hold on her waist guided her bato his p. "Let's watch," he said calmly.

  Nami turo Coby, etg her features. "They are going to execute him," she stated, her voice tinged with worry.

  Coby raised his left arm, revealing the absence of his hand. "Don't worry. If anything happens to Luffy, I will save him." His hand, detached and covertly positioned he ptform, was ready for any ued turn of events. Coby was not oo take ces when it came to his crew.

  Nami, though still anxious, settled bato Coby's embrace, her eyes fixed on the unfolding se. However, her worry resurfaced as she sensed a ge imosphere. "Coby, a big storm is ing," she said, feeling the shifting air pressure.

  Coby nodded, recalling this detail from the anime. 'Right, Dragon's storm,' he thought. "Don't worry, we will make it to the ship," he reassured her.

  Nami trusted Coby but remained on edge as they watched the Buggy Pirates take trol of the square, ushering people away. Buggy stood triumphantly, announg, "Noill have your public execution, Straw Hat Luffy. What an honor, you will die on the same spot where the Pirate King had died."

  Meanwhile, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji, the tter two carrying a hefty fish between them, arrived near Coby and Nami. They were shocked to see Luffy trapped iocks. "That idiot!" Zoro excimed, frustration evident in his voice.

  Coby called out to them, "Yo." They turo see him leisurely sitting with Nami on his p. Zoro, perplexed, questioned, "What the hell, Coby? Why are you just watg?"

  Coby raised his left arm, showing where his hand should be. Uanding dawned on them, but they remained unsure why Coby appeared so calm.

  In the square, Buggy, reveling in the moment, raised his voice. "Ladies alemen, we have a spectacle today! The execution of Monkey D. Luffy! He is guilty of getting high and might and pissing me off. For that he will be executed in grand style!" The crowd, a mix of pirates and onlookers, murmured and buzzed with anticipation and fear. "So cheer in grand style!"

  As the Buggy pirates started to cheer and forced civilians to participate in the spectacle, Luffy looked up at Buggy with fusion and curiosity. "I have never seen aion," he said, almost casually.

  Buggy, visibly annoyed, shouted back, "You are the one being executed!"

  It was only then, with an air of realization, that Luffy responded, "Hey! Stop joking around!"

  Buggy, red in the face with irritatioed, "You are the one who's joking around!" He then turo address the square, his voiing, "And noill eh the grand execution!"

  At this moment, Coby turo Sanji and Usopp. "You two, the Marine is about to surround our ship. Go and prepare it. We will take Luffy and e back." Sanji, though relut, uood the gravity of the situation and, along with Usopp, hurried away, carrying the hefty fish they had acquired.

  As they rushed off, Buggy Pirates attempted to intercept them. Sanji, unfazed, kicked his way through, opening a path for their escape. Meanwhile, Coby stood up, Nami by his side and Zoro following close behind, ready to ehe Buggy Pirates.

  The sky above them darkened ominously as rumbles of thunder reverberated. The impending storm seemed to mirror the mounting tension in the square. Luffy, with Buggy's foot pressing down on his head, looked up at the pirate captain and said, "Sorry, please let me go." Buggy, with a smirk that held no warmth, retorted, "As if I would do so."

  Cabaji, from below, added his voice to the mix, "This is the fate of those who defy us."

  Alvida, the se with a shake of her head, muttered, "To think I was aiming for this man."

  Buggy, feeding off the crowd's anticipation, asked Luffy, "Any st words? You have a big audience! Ah, never mind, no one wants to hear that—" But before he could finish, Luffy took a deep breath and shouted as loud as he could, "I AM THE MAN WHO WILL BEE KING OF THE PIRATES!"

  Coby, watg the se unfold, couldn't help but feel a surge of pride and admiration for Luffy's unwavering spirit. Nami, though worried, g tighter to Coby, her eyes fixed on Luffy.

  People in the square went wild with Luffy's bold decration. Murmurs and excmations filled the air. "Here, of all pces!" one spectator said. Another added, "He's got guts, that's for sure." The crowd's buzz grew louder with disbelief and awe. "The King of Pirates? Is he crazy?" someone else questioned.

  Buggy, holding his sword aloft, sneered down at Luffy. "Is this all you want to say? Rubberhead," he taunted. Luffy strained against the stocks, trying to break free, but they held firm. The tension in the square alpable, every eye fixed on the scaffold.

  Oskirts, Coby, with Nami by his side, started to make his way through the crowd. Zoro followed close behind, his haing on the hilt of his swot into a. "Stop the execution!" Zoro shouted, his voice cutting through the noise of the square.

  Luffy, catg sight of his friends fighting their way toward him, yelled, "Coby, Zoro! Help me!" The urgen his voice was clear. Sanji and Usopp, meanwhile, were engaged in their own battle, fending off Buggy's pirates as they tried to make their escape with the fish.

  Buggy, reveling in the moment, decred with a malicious grin, "Too te! All too te. You watch the whole thing from there! Your captain is dead!" The crowd held its breath, the anticipation reag a fever pitch.

  Coby's detached hand, previously positioned near Buggy, ready to intervene, withdrew as he noticed the sky begin to rumble ominously. He sensed what was ing and knew he didn't o act just yet. Luffy, still smilie his predit, looked at his friends with a sense nation. "Coby, Zoro, Nami, Sanji, Usopp. Sorry, I am dead."

  As Buggy brought his sword down toward Luffy's neck, the croed, Zoro and Nami's faces reflected shock, while Sanji and Usopp halted their fight, turning to withe impending execution. But Coby, standing amidst the chaos, simply smiled back at Luffy.

  In that moment, the sky tore open, and a giant bolt of lightning struck the scaffold just before Buggy's sword could touch Luffy's skin. The crowd screamed, some in fear, others in shock. The execution ptform was engulfed in a blinding light.

  Coby focused his system on the se and anded, "Analyze Luffy's immunity to lightning." The system promptly responded:

  [Skill S initiated on 'Gomu Gomu no Mi: Immunity to Lightning'. Analysis in progress… This skill derives from the unique properties of the Gomu Gomu no Mi, granting the user innate immunity to lightning aricity. This is not merely a learned skill but an intrinsic characteristic of the Devil Fruit, providing signifit defensive advantages agairical attacks and enviros. The rarity and impact of such a prehensive immunity cssify it as a highly unique aile ability. sidering these factors, the estimated cost for acquisition is 9150 SP. Please firm if you wish to proceed with the Skill S and acquisition.]

  The crowd watched in stunned silence as the scaffold, struck by the bolt, began to creak and colpse. The suddenness of the eve everyone unsure of what had just happened. Only when the sound of footsteps echoed through the square did the onlookers remember to breathe. The tension was thick, the silence almost tangible.

  Luffy's strareviously floating in the air, gently desded o him. With a grin, he picked it up and pced it firmly on his head. Remarkably, he showed no signs of injury, unlike Buggy, who was visibly charred by the lightning strike.

  Looking at the se, Coby couldn't help but smirk. "Oda really hi Luffy's immunity to lightning in this chapter," he thought. "Readers only learned about it in the Skypiea Arc." It was a subtle yet signifit detail that Coby, as an avid fan, appreciated.

  Luffy's ughter filled the square, his joyous relief at being alive tagious. "Ha ha ha ha! I'm alive! Lucky me!" he excimed, his spirits undimmed by the near-death experience.

  The shock of the moment was evident on everyone's faces. Sanji turo Usopp, an incredulous look in his eyes. "Do you believe in higher powers?" he asked, his voice filled with awe and disbelief.

  Usopp, still reeling from the surreal turn of events, could barely muster a response. He simply nodded, his gaze fixed on Luffy, the man who'd defied death itself.

  As the initial shock subsided, the Marine officers surrounding the square sprang into a. "Surround them! Don't let the pirates escape!" they shouted, their orders eg through the air.

  Luffy gri his crew. "Let's go!" he said, his voice brimming with excitement. Coby, Nami, and Zoro didn't o be told twice. They joined him, their steps quick as they started to run towards their ship, the Merry Go.

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