One Piece: Hashirama Template

After Aphelandra became an Op-Op Fruit user, her powerful physique allowed her to quickly master the use of her ROOM.

The moment she successfully used her fruit's ability, she immediately knelt on one knee before Link again, thanking her master for bestowing upon her a cursed power, just like the one Lady Snake Princess possessed.

The same went for Marguerite, who had eaten the Paramecia-type More-More Fruit.

The warriors of the Kuja were exceptionally pure. It was this purity and loyalty that made Link feel at ease bestowing the Op-Op Fruit and the More-More Fruit upon them.

As for the other crew members of the Kuja Pirates, even if they were die-hard loyalists to Hancock, Link would not have willingly given them such precious Devil Fruits. After all, they had seen the world. Who knew if they would develop ulterior motives after gaining great power.

One can never be too careful.

After becoming Devil Fruit users, Aphelandra's and Marguerite's statuses were elevated. They went from being kingdom guards to members of the Kuja Pirates, becoming Link's personal bodyguards and part of The Impaler Pirates.

Towards these two, Carina and the other women did not act high and mighty like Hancock, instead showing them goodwill.

However, the two women maintained a humble position, treating Link, Carina, and the others with the same reverence they showed Hancock.

This kind of reverence was ingrained in the very being of every Kuja warrior and was difficult to change.

Carina and the others stopped insisting, preparing to let time change things.

To win the two women's favor, Carina and the others specially got Aphelandra and Marguerite a set of clothes, so they no longer had to wear undergarments made of animal hides.

Seeing this scene, Link reacted and said to Shirahoshi, "Shirahoshi, come out with me for a trip."

"Yes, Lord Link."

Shirahoshi immediately responded obediently.

Soon after, a two-hundred-meter-long pink dragon soared into the sky from Amazon Lily, flying away from that sea region.

Seeing the pink dragon fly across the sky, the still-recovering residents of Suigō Town were once again frightened into collapsing on the ground.

At the same time, Nojiko opened an air door, taking Carina and Aphelandra to Suigō Town.

From the moment the people of Amazon Lily settled here, Suigō Town became one of the territories of The Impaler Pirates.

The medicinal herbs on the island, as well as its residents, would become Link's property.

Now, Carina was taking Aphelandra to put a lock on Link's property.

Link would let them live well, no longer needing to worry about their livelihood.

In exchange, they only needed to offer their hearts and dedicate themselves to cultivating medicinal herbs for Amazon Lily.

After leaving Amazon Lily, Link rode Shirahoshi and headed straight for the world's largest entertainment city.

On Shirahoshi's back was a giant golden pillar.

Along the way, Shirahoshi passed by many places.

Due to flying at a low altitude, both Shirahoshi and Link, who was sitting on her head, were photographed by many people.

These photos would be sent through various channels to the mobile headquarters of the World Economic Journal.

It was believed that these photos would become the next day's news, continuing to be a topic of avid discussion.

Once such photos appeared frequently, Link would likely gain a new title, perhaps "Dragon Tamer" or "Dragon Rider."

If Link rode Shirahoshi wherever he went from now on and used his impaling technique less and less to skewer his enemies, "Dragon Tamer" or "Dragon Rider" might just replace his title of "The Impaler."

But that was a matter for the future.

The speed of flight far surpassed that of a sailing ship.

In less than half a day, using an Eternal Pose, Link found the golden ship pulled by three giant turtles, the largest entertainment city in the world—Gran Tesoro.

Gran Tesoro was a ship, an island, and even a nation.

It was an island-ship with a total length of ten thousand meters, or ten kilometers.

The ship's hull and the city on the island were covered in gold. Merely scraping off the gold on the surface could create a mountain of it.

As another island-ship, Thriller Bark was like a beggar compared to a landlord when put next to Gran Tesoro.

Yet this island-ship, only ten kilometers long, was recognized by the World Government as an independent nation and a non-militarized holy land. It was deeply favored by the Celestial Dragons, an absolute sanctuary where neither the Marines nor any organization under the World Government could act rashly.

Furthermore, the owner of this island-ship was also one of the monsters of the New World, the user of the Paramecia-type Gold-Gold Fruit, known as the "World's Richest Man" and the "Golden Emperor," Gild Tesoro.

The arrival of the pink dragon instantly caused a sensation on Gran Tesoro, also alerting Gild Tesoro.

The Golden Emperor hurriedly came out of the Golden Hotel, prepared to take a humble stance and negotiate with Link.

Except for a select few, no one knew the capabilities of that pink dragon.

But Gild Tesoro was very clear that he could not contend with the strength of Link, The Impaler.

Even here in his main base, Link only needed to create his Wood Golem to smash Gran Tesoro to pieces with a single punch.

Once Gran Tesoro was shattered or sunk, his biggest cash cow would be gone.

Therefore, if he could avoid offending Link, he absolutely must not.

Soon, Gild Tesoro breathed a sigh of relief.

The pink dragon did not attack Gran Tesoro. It stopped in the sky above, and then a large and a small Flame Cloud brought Link and the golden pillar down.

As Link descended from the sky, he recognized Gild Tesoro at a glance and couldn't help but smile, "I've heard the Golden Emperor has been buying gold at high prices. I wonder if I could do some business with you?"

Gazing at the massive golden pillar, a fervent light flashed in Gild Tesoro's eyes. He immediately said with enthusiasm, "Of course, it would be my honor."

Under Gild Tesoro's guidance, Link reached the top floor of the Golden Hotel.

Then, Link wasted no time and stated his purpose directly.

He would cash in the golden pillar and then buy out all the cloth and steel on Gran Tesoro.

The cloth would be used to make clothes, and the steel to forge weapons. He wanted to transform the Kuja warriors from primitive people into a uniformed legion, and to change their weapons from wood to steel.

Gild Tesoro, with hundreds of billions of Beri in cash in his vault, easily acquired the golden pillar.

An hour later, Link and Shirahoshi left Gran Tesoro with a staggering number of money chests and a sailboat loaded with cloth and steel.

On the way, Link stood on Shirahoshi's head and scattered seeds into the ocean below.

After these seeds fell into the sea, they quickly transformed into wood clones that appeared on the surface of the water. Then, using Wood Transformation, they changed into strangers of various appearances and builds, before all vanishing with a flicker.

Just as Carina and the others had guessed, now that his chakra reserves were more astonishing than half of the Nine-Tails, Link liked to leave behind a large number of wood clones to gather intelligence wherever he went.

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