Pirates: Trainer on the Straw Hat Ship.

Chapter 273 Armed Evolution (×) Pokémonization (√)

After the "evolution", Sanji was hanging high in the sky, and gentlemanly invited Kikuko on the opposite side to continue the battle.

When Kikuko saw Sanji's current state, her eyes revealed admiration for the young man.

But the next moment, she turned her gaze directly to the trainer, Chihong.

"It's incredible!"

"This is the first time I've seen such a novel evolution. It seems that you are not a simple trainer."

"In that case, I will also show my true strength!"

Swish!
Kikuko threw the cane in her hand, not showing any sign of needing it, and spoke to Chihong with rising momentum.

"Forehead……"

Akeno, who was also confused by Sanji's evolved form, was slightly stunned.

But now that he had said this, he could only raise his head and force a half-hearted smile:

"Then let us fight with all our might!"

"Fight, continue!"

As he spoke, Chihong suddenly waved his hand, and a faint strange wave suddenly emanated from his body.

It was the wave power he had just obtained.

Under the power of the wave, Sanji's physical condition instantly appeared clearly in Red's perception.

"I see."

“Is this the nature of evolution?”

In the battle area, Sanji, who received the signal, has started fighting with Kikuko's Arbok again.

However, Red also took this opportunity to study the root cause of Zoro and Sanji's abnormal evolution.

With the help of the power of waves, he could clearly sense that the waves in Sanji's body at this moment were very different from his own and the ghost king Kikuko opposite him.

Waveguide is the vibration of life.

At this time, Sanji looked no different from usual except that he had a set of flame armor on his body.

But based on the knowledge in his mind, Chi Hong could feel it...

His current life fluctuations are no longer like those of a human being. Instead, he has many similarities with the Arbok on the opposite side.

In other words, after "evolution", Sanji has completely become a Pokémon, not just an ordinary template loaded by the machine.

"It's just a good game, but you guys have turned it into a skill!"

At this moment, Chihong felt indescribable surprise in his heart.

Although his partners became stronger one after another in ways he could not imagine, he, as a trainer, had little sense of existence.

But the strength of his partners will eventually be reflected back to him through the machine.

Chihong can't wait to know what kind of reward the machine will give him after they complete the championship challenge.

Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to the center of the battlefield again.

After evolving, Sanji's strength has been greatly improved, just like Zoro.

And it’s different from the situation where Zoro tends to have a single dragon attribute after evolution...

I don’t know if it has something to do with the scientific factors in Sanji’s body, which makes his body more inclusive and polygonal.

In short, Sanji's evolution seems to be more complete than Zoro's, and he still embodies the dual attributes of fire and fighting.

Not only were the flames he released at this time even hotter and more magnificent, but his fighting skills also improved significantly.

The handsome figure that kept flashing in the air demonstrated the three words "feeling of impact" to the fullest.

Every move is so flawless!

After seeing the scene of Sanji and Arbok fighting, an outrageous idiom suddenly popped up in Akari's mind - "pleasing to the eyes"!
"This fight!? This thrill!? It's just like watching a CG animation!" His red eyes reflected the bright flames, and he couldn't help but whisper.

after all……

Sanji transformed into the Fire Knight is exactly the dream image in boys' minds.

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"Flame Rider Wind Kick: Spinning Burn STRIKE!!!"

The blazing flames formed a terrifying vortex, and Sanji slammed into Arbok, who was holding on.

Unfortunately, this is the third time in a row that it has used the defensive move.

Even though Arbok was a level 63 monster with the combat power comparable to a pirate with a bounty of 5 million, it still could only fall in tears under Sanji's attack.

Accompanied by a loud bang, without any surprise, Sanji won his first victory in the Ghost King Challenge.

“Is this the power of evolution?”

"Zoro, I won't give up the second-in-command position to you so quickly!"

After landing, Sanji looked at his palms in shock, but his mind couldn't help but recall the scene of Zoro teaching him the insights of evolution a few days ago.

Yes.

It can be said that 80% of the credit for him being able to complete the evolutionary leap in such a short period of time came from Sauron.

He will never forget the gratitude he deserves.

But he will not give up when there is competition!
bake! ! !
After defeating the enemy, flames instantly rose around Sanji, and a giant dragon figure was faintly formed in the air, emitting a faint dragon roar, as if paying tribute to someone.

The next battle was also accelerated.

In the face of Sanji's overwhelming strength, even ghost and poison-type Pokémon that might have some restraint on him can only take a beating.

In the end, when Kikuko tried to use Gengar to launch the same fate move to die with Sanji, but failed because Sanji was too fast to be caught, it also announced the official end of the battle.

[Congratulations to the player for defeating the ghost king, Kikuko, and receiving a special reward: Soul Body. ]

[Congratulations to the player for defeating the ghost king, Kikuko, and receiving a special reward: Ghost Crystal Seed. ]

"Whoo~"

With a heavy gasp, the blazing red armor seemed to be dissolved, emitting the brightness of the flame and slowly blending into the
Sanji exited his evolved state and returned to his usual black suit look, with a hint of fatigue showing on his face.

Obviously, even with the support of scientific power, the consumption of Sanji in that form just now cannot be ignored.

If Sanji rashly lets himself go against an enemy that is too strong and is dragged into a war of attrition, the result will be disastrous.

Noticing this, Akagi pondered for a moment, but then did not study the new ability. Instead, he stepped forward and handed Sanji a bottle of medicine.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sanji."

"Huh...huh..."

"…Thanks, Red."

Sanji, who was still catching his breath, nodded slightly, took the medicine and drank it directly.

Under the magical effect of the Pokémon items, his condition recovered visibly.

Then Sanji turned around and showed a happy and excited smile to Red:

"I did it! Red!"

"Did you see it?!"

"Whatever Green Algae Head can do, I can do too!!!"

"Yes, yes..." Chihong smiled helplessly.

Obviously, creating an unprecedented evolutionary form should be something worth remembering...

But when it came to Sanji's words, it was like a child arguing about his higher score in front of the test. Clearing the strange sense of déjà vu in his mind, Red immediately asked Sanji some questions that he was more concerned about.

"So...what's going on with your evolution?"

"Is it really like what Zoro said, to control the energy of Pokémon more finely and spread it throughout the body?"

"……Um."

After discussing this issue, Sanji also became normal and nodded in response:

"Just like what that green algae-headed bastard said, during normal battles, all the Pokémon energy seems to be stored in an unknown space in the body..."

“Although they can be moved and used at will, they are always in a strange state of being both inside the body and outside the body.”

"It is very similar to the quantum state you mentioned before, Chihong."

"And what I did before evolving was to extract all the Pokémon energy from the unknown space and spread it throughout my body, as if it were a power I already possessed."

"And then... I evolved inexplicably!"

"That's it~"

After listening to Sanji's explanation, Chihong nodded in understanding without making much reaction.

After all, he had heard the same words from Zoro once before.

And considering what he just observed through the power of waveguide...

The "evolution" that Zoro and Sanji mastered is not the real Pokémon evolution like the previous Merry.

Their situation is more like the armed evolution in "Digimon"!
That's right.

Although it is a bit weird to use things from Digimon to describe the power of Pokémon, but at least in form, the "evolution" of Zoro and Sanji and the armed evolution in Digimon are exactly the same!

Judging from the fact that Sanji can use both Fire and Fighting attributes after evolution, while Zoro can only use the single Dragon attribute...

The way they both evolved was very flexible.

Because Zoro was the first person to try something new, and in daily battles, he made better use of the powerful dragon attribute than the steel attribute, so when he tried to evolve, he just turned into a single dragon form like before.

Just like the armored evolution of Digimon, there are human and beast forms...

There must be a steel-form power hidden in Zoro's body that has not been tapped.

At that time, Zoro, who can flexibly control both dragon and steel attributes, will enter a complete evolutionary form just like Sanji just now.

And this requires Sauron to work hard on his own.

But Chihong believes that that day will come soon.

He guessed that the emergence of this situation might be related to Zoro's way of practicing kendo.

The swordsmanship in the world of pirates is ever-changing and bizarre.

Some people focus on the comprehension of the sword's meaning, some focus on the dexterity of sword moves, some focus on the power of the swing, and some focus on the strength of the sword...

Although these are things that a powerful swordsman should consider, there are always some deviations.

Compared to other swordsmen, Zoro may belong to the category that pays more attention to himself.

His practice has always been inclined towards strengthening himself.

The sword is currently just an extension of his strength, not the entirety of his strength.

Even if he lost his sword, he could still rely on his body and use powerful swordless moves!
So even though Akane got the national treasure of Wano Country, the [Famous Sword: Falling Water], which is more powerful than the Third Generation Kitetsu and Sorayaki from the Thriller Bark, Zoro still had no intention of changing his sword.

Rather than just getting a more powerful knife...

He also hopes that through his own tempering, the Sandai Kitetsu and Sora Aoi in his hands can become even more powerful and become world-renowned swords!

"Come to think of it, I haven't let Zoro try to temper the knife with steel properties yet?"

"Perhaps this method can be used to strengthen Zoro's control over the steel attribute."

Countless thoughts were flying around in Chihong's mind.

Then, he thought about a more crucial thing...

That is to name this special way of evolution of Zoro and Sanji.

After all, he couldn't really call Zoro and the others' method of evolution "armed evolution."

A good name may subtly help partners master this ability faster.

After thinking for a while, Chi Hong finally chose an extremely simple, crude, and easy-to-understand name...

[Pokémonization]!
"perhaps……"

"This is why Luffy's Mega Evolution has never been successful~"

While Chihong was guessing, he turned his attention to the new ability bestowed on him by the machine.

……

……

wow——

After a few minutes, the white light shone again.

Sanji, who was originally standing next to Akari and smoking a cigarette, suddenly turned into a swordsman wearing a green turban and three long swords on his waist.

It turned out to be the long-awaited great swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates - Roronoa Zoro!
"Is it finally my turn?"

Zoro, who had been waiting for a long time, came to the Pokémon world. His eyes suddenly turned sideways, as if flames were dancing in it. He raised the corner of his mouth and said:

"It's all that lecherous cook's fault for dragging his feet. I almost fell asleep waiting like that!"

As soon as Zoro appeared, as Akari had expected, he started by scolding Sanji as usual.

But after hearing his words, a sly smile appeared on the corners of her red mouth involuntarily.

He reminded maliciously:

"You can't blame Sanji for this, Zoro."

"After all, he just mastered that ability and defeated two of the Four Heavenly Kings. It's normal for him to spend more time."

"Huh!?" Zoro, who was originally preparing to fight, was suddenly stunned, "That ability?"

He turned his astonished eyes to Chihong: "Could it be that the lecherous cook also..."

"That's right!"

Before Zoro could finish, Red nodded vigorously, then added with a smile:
"Sanji also successfully completed his Pokémonization, which is the special evolution that you had before, Zoro."

"And unlike you, Zoro..." At this point, Chihong's tone suddenly paused, and became yin and yang, "Sanji completed the co-evolution of the two attributes of fire and fighting in one go!"

"Compared to your previous Pokémon transformation, Zoro, it's much more complete!"

"........."

When Zoro heard the news, the smile on his face instantly disappeared and turned red.

He also placed one hand on the hilt of the knife and clenched it tightly.

After a moment, Zoro suddenly said with a firm look in his eyes:

"Don't waste your time here, Red!"

"I now……"

“Can’t wait to chop something!”

(End of this chapter)