One Piece: The Strongest Trait System
Chapter 136: [136] : Door-Door Fruit Awakened! Alternate Flying Thunder God!

Chapter 136 - [136] : Door-Door Fruit Awakened! Alternate Flying Thunder God!

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Enies Lobby.

Spandam stared in horror at the Golden Transponder Snail Rowen had just pressed.

The Buster Call was activated?? This place was going to be completely razed to the ground!

And the one who activated it wasn't him, the CP9 Chief authorized by Admiral Aokiji—but this Super great pirate, Sky Sovereign Rowen!

What kind of sick joke was this??

Did this man even know what activating a Buster Call meant?? It was a scary military force that would destroy everything here.

Though Spandam desperately wanted to flee, under Rowen's Haōshoku Coating, even Blueno and the others were helpless lambs. What chance did an ant with combat power less than an ordinary Marine soldier have?

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Terrifying lightning instantly engulfed Spandam, reducing him to charcoal in a fraction of a second.

Spandam's father, Spandine, was the one who activated the Buster Call during the Ohara Incident. This lapdog of the World Government—his fate was sealed the moment Rowen arrived here.

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"A sword that ate the Elephant-Elephant Fruit... interesting," Rowen commented, picking up Spandam's sword, Funkfreed, examining it curiously.

This sword, having eaten the Elephant-Elephant Fruit, could transform into an 'Elephant Sword State'—utilizing its long blade and ivory tusks to attack.

In the original story, it held its own against the cyborg Franky, possessing decent power. But to Rowen now, this sword was like a toy.

Still, being a Devil Fruit-infused sword, it was worth a small fortune—a nice gift for Nami.

"The Paramecia Door-Door Fruit..." Rowen added, looking towards the immobilized Blueno with a smile.

Spatial Devil Fruits were rare...

The Door-Door Fruit was a standout among them, even capable of creating 'Air Doors' and allowing the user to bring others through.

It even has an alternate dimension within the doors where the user and those they brought could move freely. While not directly boosting combat power significantly, its support capabilities were BUG-level.

With this ability, Rowen's own tactical options would increase.

BOOOOOOOOOM!

Rowen had no intention of wasting words on Blueno and the remaining CP9 agents. He instantly struck them all down with lightning, turning them to charcoal.

These lapdogs of the World Government held no value alive.

"Plunder!"

Rowen transplanted Jabra's Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Wolf ability directly into a banana he had prepared earlier. Blueno's Door-Door Fruit, however, he plundered directly into himself.

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—[Desire to 'Be a Door' has met criteria. Awakening possible.]—

—[Door-Door Fruit ability—AWAKENED!]—

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Rowen looked at the appearing notification, and at the now-Awakened Door-Door Fruit ability within him, and smiled.

An unexpected bonus!

He hadn't expected Blueno's desire to 'Be a Door' had already reached the Awakening threshold.

Blueno hadn't Awakened solely due to his poor physique. And while others needed to train to Awaken their fruits—Rowen only needed his physique and the fruit's corresponding 'Desire' to meet the criteria for automatic Awakening via the System.

Blueno could already use the Door-Door Fruit's ultimate technique—opening Air Doors and freely traversing the alternate dimension—his 'Desire' for doors was already at Awakening level. The moment Rowen obtained it, under the System's effect, the Door-Door Fruit completed its Awakening!

"After Awakening... I can assimilate surrounding objects into doors... Interesting," Rowen mused, feeling the power of the Door-Door Fruit.

Paramecia Awakenings were simple:

Assimilate the surrounding environment with the properties of the eaten fruit. Unlike Logia Awakenings, which assimilated other natural elements into the user's own, Paramecia Awakenings could affect any environment.

Even man-made structures, not natural elements, could be transformed. Doflamingo's Awakened String-String Fruit could turn the ground and all buildings into a massive sea of strings for his use.

The Awakened Door-Door Fruit could create countless doors in the surrounding environment—in the air, on the ground, on buildings...

Within the range of its Awakened ability, the moment it was released, innumerable doors would appear, and Rowen could move freely between them, traversing the affected area instantly.

This ability reminded Rowen of a certain power from the Naruto world—the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze's famous Flying Thunder God Technique. Both were spatial abilities, allowing movement through space.

If a normal Door-Door Fruit user still needed to rely on their own speed to move between these doors, perhaps not achieving true instantaneous movement.

Rowen as a Lightning Human—could transform into lightning and move within this 'Door Dimension'!

And with each door providing a fixed coordinate, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit wouldn't need to worry about targeting, allowing its speed to be fully utilized!

Within the range of the Awakened Door-Door Fruit, Rowen could instantly appear in any corner of the battlefield!

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit combined with an Awakened Door-Door Fruit—was practically an alternate version of the Flying Thunder God Technique!

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WHOOSH!

Under the astonished gazes of Nami and the others, ten 'Air Doors' opened on the deck of the Ark Maxim. Rowen and Franky, who had been on the Tower of Justice moments before, stepped through one of them.

"Blueno's Door-Door Fruit... The legends are true! You really can take everything from others!" Franky stared wide-eyed. He had experienced Blueno's Door-Door ability when he was captured.

"BIG BRO!" Seeing Franky rescued by Rowen, the Franky Family cried tears of joy.

Rowen casually opened an Air Door, allowing the Franky Family to quickly board the Ark Maxim.

"UWAAAH! MY DEAR LITTLE BROTHERS!"

"BIG BRO!"

The Franky Family and Franky embraced, sobbing openly.

Rowen's eye twitched slightly, then he focused on the sensation of using the Door-Door Fruit for the first time.

"Spatial abilities... feel pretty good indeed," Rowen smiled.

Though his Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Haōshoku Coating speed enhancements were astonishing, any movement still left a traceable trajectory.

But the Door-Door Fruit's Air Doors were different—opening a door directly into an alternate dimension for movement left no trace in the real world.

Combined with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's ability to become lightning, moving within this space was like teleportation. Even Observation Haki capable of seeing the future would struggle against such extreme speed—seeing the future still required reaction time.

The Human Brain needed time to process information and initiate action. Even Emperor/Admiral level fighters only minimized this time to its limit—some delay was inevitable...

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"So this is the Door-Door Fruit's ability?" Nami asked curiously, peering into one of the Air Doors Rowen opened, which revealed a bizarre alternate dimension.

"Correct. Blueno's Door-Door Fruit ability—has Awakened in my hands," Rowen stated calmly with a smile.

"Rowen... The Buster Call... I'll try my best to overcome it," Robin stepped forward, looking at the Golden Transponder Snail in Rowen's hand. Though her beautiful eyes trembled, she spoke with forced courage and seriousness.

Robin was incredibly intelligent.

How could she not understand that Rowen activating the Buster Call was solely for her sake?? Otherwise, Rowen could have swiftly destroyed Enies Lobby and then departed leisurely using the Ark Maxim's power.

Everything—was to help her overcome her past psychological trauma... For that, Rowen was willing to place himself under the terrifying military might of a Buster Call.

This realization made the emotions Robin had been suppressing for Rowen surge uncontrollably. She wanted to throw herself into his arms, to act spoiled and vulnerable like Nami and Vivi sometimes did...

Though Robin was older than Nami and Vivi, in matters of romance, she was just as inexperienced as they were—a blank slate.

And acting spoiled with someone??

Since the Ohara Incident, Robin hadn't even dreamed of such a thing. But now—Robin truly felt an urge... to be spoiled.

"!!!" Robin gasped, her eyes widening as she felt herself enveloped in Rowen's warm embrace.

"Indulge yourself as much as you want." Rowen's gentle voice whispered, a stark contrast to the domineering way he pulled her into his arms. With his Haki trained to its peak, how could Rowen not know her current emotional state?

Robin pressed her lips together, tears streaming down her cheeks.

This girl, who had been fleeing for twenty years since the age of eight, showed her vulnerable side for the first time. She hugged Rowen tightly, allowing herself to be completely dependent on him—

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"Robin..." Nami smiled softly, seeing Robin's state.

Robin's situation was actually very similar to her own past.

Before the Arlong incident was resolved, when she first started following Rowen, she was the same—suppressing her love for Rowen, still shouldering the responsibility for Cocoyasi Village.

Robin, clearly, was also bearing a terrifyingly heavy burden. Being able to vent it now, Nami knew very well how liberating that would feel.

After indulging in Rowen's embrace for a while, Robin looked up at him, her eyes filled with worry. "But Rowen... the Buster Call... you still have to be careful."

Robin didn't want Rowen, Nami, or any of them to get hurt because of her. Having experienced a Buster Call firsthand, Robin knew its terror all too well.

The Marines weren't fools—they surely knew Rowen was here.

The Buster Call they deployed would undoubtedly be calculated against Rowen's and the crew's strength.

"Relax. My Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability is constantly active. If a force we can't handle appears, we'll just retreat," Rowen reassured Robin, not hiding anything.

Though he wanted to help Robin quickly erase her trauma, Rowen wasn't stupid. If Marine HQ and the World Government dispatched two or more Admiral-level fighters, Rowen would definitely lead everyone in an immediate retreat.

Luffy and the others still had vast room for growth—now wasn't the time for a suicidal showdown with the World Government and Marine HQ.

"That's good," Robin sighed in relief, a genuine smile gracing her lips.

"Oh? The Marine warships have arrived," Rowen commented. His Observation Haki had already detected the Buster Call fleet—

"As expected. an Admiral-level powerhouse. Such strong presence." Rowen focused his senses.

This presence was incredibly powerful, even stronger than Aokiji's. And the emotion radiating from it—was extremely cold, utterly extreme. Even without hearing any dialogue from that warship, Rowen could confirm their identity.

"Akainu?" Rowen's expression turned serious.

Akainu... His strength was completely above Aokiji's.

Though their battle lasted ten days and nights before a victor emerged, the original story noted:

"Facing his former colleague, now incapacitated, even the usually ruthless Akainu couldn't bring himself to deliver the killing blow, instead sparing his life."

Meaning, if Akainu wanted, he could have single-handedly captured an Admiral-level fighter like Aokiji—a crushing victory.

Akainu had never intended to kill Aokiji during their duel.

And Akainu's Magma-Magma Fruit abilities—its most terrifying powers were all lethal finishers—anyone hit was either dead or permanently maimed!

Against Aokiji, he likely employed a strategy of attrition, exhausting Aokiji's stamina... As for Aokiji losing a leg in the original story? That was Akainu showing mercy.

When Akainu fought others, he always aimed for the head, capable of blowing off half an enemy's head with a single blow! Akainu's combat performance in the original story was unbelievably devastating—the localized destructive power of the Magma-Magma Fruit was even more exaggerated than Haōshoku Coating, every hit like a 'True Damage'.

The Cross Guild later placing a 5 billion Beri bounty on him spoke volumes.

Facing such an opponent—even Rowen had to be cautious.

Fortunately, he now possessed the Awakened Door-Door Fruit, giving him more tactical flexibility against Akainu.

As for retreating without a fight?? Rowen didn't even consider it.

He chose to retreat when facing Garp because he was already exhausted after his battle with Aokiji. Stubbornly fighting Garp then wouldn't have been kingly; it would have been foolish.

But Rowen now was at full strength!

To flee from Akainu without even fighting—the blow to his spiritual strength would be immense.

Even with the Strongest Trait System and Born of the Sea Trait, Rowen's future progress in assimilating spiritual power and enhancing Haki would be severely affected.

"Admiral Akainu?? That guy's a monster... And the Buster Call warships! Shouldn't we avoid him for now? Big Bro Rowen!" Zambai yelled.

"AVOID HIM??" Rowen's smile widened, becoming increasingly wanton.

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The Sky Above Erupted With Thunder!

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