One Piece: Three Fruits, Starting with the Dark-Dark Fruit

The door blew open, revealing Luffy slumped in the center of the cabin.

Luffy had his back to the cabin door, and judging from his back, there was only one word to describe him: skinny.

Seeing Luffy like this, Nami rushed up directly and smelled a faint stench as soon as she got close.

Lindbergh also hurried over. The two of them took a closer look and saw that Luffy had his eyelids drooped, his eye sockets were sunken, and his cheekbones were protruding. He didn't look like a teenager under 20 years old at all, but clearly an old man who was about to die.

Nami was so scared that she threw herself on Luffy, but the latter's body went limp and he fell to the ground with Nami.

Lindbergh immediately stepped forward and helped both of them up. Nami didn't care about her sore knee and shook Luffy's body hard, calling his name.

Seeing that Luffy still didn't respond, Nami asked Lindbergh to call Chopper. Lindbergh immediately burst out at full speed and soon brought Chopper over with a bandage still wrapped around his head.

Chopper was a little confused at first, but when he saw Luffy's appearance, he hurried forward to check on Luffy's condition.

Taking out his stethoscope, Chopper listened for a while with a serious expression, then flipped Luffy's eyelids and said,

"Luffy's body is very weak. Judging from his mental state, he still hasn't gotten over what happened last time. And he doesn't seem to have eaten or drunk much!"

"Nani!?"

Nami's face changed when she heard this, and then she turned around and grabbed Lindbergh, shouting,

"You said that Luffy should be left alone, but how did you arrange it? Has no one brought Luffy food and water during this time!?"

Lindbergh was also a little panicked. He responded,

"No, there is already plenty of food and water in this cabin. If you don't believe me, just look!"

As he spoke, Lindberg pointed to a large refrigerator in the corner. Nami fell silent when she saw it.

At this time, Luffy in Nami's arms slowly woke up and murmured in a mosquito-like voice,

"Nami..."

Hearing Luffy's murmur, Nami lowered her head and shouted,

"Luffy, you finally woke up!"

Lindbergh flashed over and fetched a small bucket of water. Nami took it and handed it to Luffy, wanting to feed him water. However, Luffy turned his head away with difficulty and whispered,

"I killed Grandpa..."

Nami was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and quickly said,

"No! Luffy, this is not your fault at all. Garp... Vice Admiral Garp died of exhaustion. Uncle Linde, don't you agree?!"

Lindberg, who was called, nodded vigorously and said,

"That's right, Luffy, you didn't kill Garp, you don't have to blame yourself too much!"

Luffy's eyes were filled with tears. He raised his hands tremblingly in front of him and choked,

“But it was these hands that injured Grandpa!!!”

Nami also cried and said,

"Luffy, this is not your fault at all! It was that Joyboy. He was definitely the one who took over your body at that time!"

Luffy suddenly fell silent. After a while, under the worried gazes of Nami and the other two, Luffy staggered to his feet.

He raised his head, golden light flashed in his eyes from time to time, and he began to talk to himself,

"Have you had enough? Is this the time to act childishly? You will only destroy your own body if you do this!"

Upon hearing this, Nami immediately determined that the person who spoke was definitely not Luffy himself. She no longer cared about Luffy's weak body, and stood up and slapped him in the face, shouting,

"Luffy! Wake up! Don't let this guy take over your body anymore!!!"

Luffy, who was slapped, was stunned. His pupils returned to their original black color. He shook his head vigorously, then held his head and roared to the sky.

"That's enough! This is not the life I want!!"

This time Luffy burst out with amazing willpower and completely suppressed Joy Boy's will in his body.

Joy Boy huddled inside Luffy and said unwillingly,

"Don't you want to avenge your dead companions? Have you forgotten how Ace died?!"

Luffy's mind immediately emerged the scene of Ace standing in front of him, and Usopp's head was deeply embedded in Ace's chest, staring at him with lifeless eyes.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Luffy tore at his hair, fell to his knees, and screamed in pain.

Joy Boy immediately took advantage of Luffy's collapsed psychological defenses to reoccupy his body, and white flame cloud streamers gradually emerged from Luffy's body.

Luffy's strong resistance this time made Joy Boy realize the crisis. He had to make Luffy realize the fact that this body no longer belonged to Luffy alone.

Nami grabbed Luffy's shoulders and shouted anxiously,

"Luffy, you have to hold on! Don't let him succeed again!"

Chopper jumped up and hugged Luffy's thighs, encouraging Luffy together with Nami.

They all noticed that in these few battles, Joy Boy had been occupying Luffy's body for longer and longer periods of time. Even when there was no need to fight, he would suddenly jump out from time to time and occupy Luffy's body.

If things continue like this, maybe one day, Luffy will never regain consciousness again. What's the difference between that and being dead?!

Lindbergh stood aside, watching all this with a conflicted expression, his hands sometimes raised and sometimes lowered.

Emotionally speaking, he should help stop Joy Boy from taking over Luffy's body, but he also knows that under the current circumstances, their side really cannot do without the huge fighting force of Joy Boy.

From the time with Blackbeard, to the time he went to find Emmet, and to the most recent time with Garp, Joyboy has shown more and more power. It can be said that without him, the Revolutionary Army would have been dead in name only when Blackbeard attacked.

At this moment, Joy Boy's voice echoed in Luffy's mind.

"You are the destined successor of D. Accept my power! Let us truly become one!!"

Luffy gritted his teeth and said,

"I just want to be myself. I... am the man who wants to be the Pirate King!!"

"This is not a conflict. You have to understand that without my power, you will never be able to become the Pirate King! You can't defeat that Tianlong just by relying on passion! And there is also the World Government behind him! Come on! Don't resist, this power should belong to you!!"

Joy Boy's voice was highly inciting. Luffy's gaze gradually became blurred, and domineering lightning emanated from his body, directly knocking Nami and Chopper away.

Lindbergh looked at all this with a complicated expression, but at this moment, a fist suddenly appeared in Luffy's mind.

"The final... Iron Fist of Love!"

The next second, Luffy leaned back, his eyes widened suddenly, and the flame cloud streamers behind him instantly disappeared.