"It's so dark."
"I can't move my body."
"There's water all around me. Am I drowning?"
Feeling his surroundings, Monkey D. Luffy instinctively struggled.
"Ah! Luffy, are you awake?"
A pleasant woman's voice suddenly rang in his ears, and Monkey D. Luffy immediately calmed down, listening carefully.
"No, Luffy. If you do that, Mama will be in a lot of pain."
"Your father isn't here right now, so you can't bully Mama. You have to be good and listen, okay!"
"Just bear with it a little longer. In a few more months, you'll be able to be born."
!!!
The woman's words made Monkey D. Luffy's heart tremble.
"Am I... transmigrated?"
"And transmigrated into an unborn baby."
At this moment, the woman's voice sounded again.
"Oh, by the way, Luffy."
"Mama forgot to tell you."
"Your name is Monkey D. Luffy."
"Your father, Monkey D. Dragon, and Mama thought of it together!"
"..."
!!!
Monkey D. Luffy was shocked again.
Monkey D. Luffy, Monkey D. Dragon, aren't these characters from the world of One Piece?
He had actually transmigrated to the world of One Piece, becoming the protagonist Luffy, who shared his name.
He recalled the original Monkey D. Luffy.
Exceptional talent, powerful bloodline, profound background—he could be said to be a chosen one.
Being able to transmigrate into such a character, Monkey D. Luffy was naturally extremely excited.
However, there were also many regrets regarding the original Monkey D. Luffy.
He watched with his own eyes as Uta, Ace, and the Golden Merry, which had developed a ship spirit, died and were destroyed in front of him.
Not only that, the original Monkey D. Luffy, this steel-straight man, gained the favor of so many female characters, yet he himself had no interest in women and was still a single dog to this day.
These were all things that the current Monkey D. Luffy did not want to happen to himself.
However, to change all of this, the most crucial thing was to improve his own strength.
In the world of Pirates, strength is king.
Only if your strength is strong enough can you hold the initiative in your own hands.
Therefore, Monkey D. Luffy would never, after knowing these things, follow the original rhythm and only temporarily burst with power when facing various crises.
However, according to the timeline, he would only obtain the Human-Human Devil Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nika form, after meeting Shanks at the age of seven.
And in these first seven years, what he needed to do was to try his best to train and strengthen his physical combat skills.
And the most suitable combat style for this Devil Fruit was also physical combat skills.
So, training physical combat skills was very necessary.
Thinking of physical combat skills, Monkey D. Luffy couldn't help but think of Might Guy from Naruto.
His Eight Gates could be said to be the pinnacle of physical combat skills, almost kicking out the ending.
Just as he was thinking this, Monkey D. Luffy suddenly felt his vision go dark.
Immediately after, a scene slowly emerged in his mind.
On a very spacious open ground.
A powerful energy fluctuation suddenly shot up into the sky, and a red giant dragon, as if stained with blood, suddenly appeared.
The air explosion caused by the giant dragon was like a dragon's roar, deafening.
And at the head of this terrifying giant dragon, which seemed capable of tearing everything apart, a blood-red skinned man with a ferocious face and crimson blood-red eyes stared menacingly at the opposite side.
"Might Guy!"
Monkey D. Luffy naturally recognized this man at a glance.
"Such chakra, I acknowledge you."
"In terms of physical combat skills, among those I've fought, no one is stronger than you."
"I, Madara, declare you the strongest!"
The one who spoke these words was naturally the invisibly pretentious Uchiha Madara.
As Uchiha Madara finished speaking, the red giant dragon roared and charged out with an overwhelming momentum.
Wherever it passed, the earth cracked and shattered, and space twisted and deformed.
"Night Guy!"
Might Guy roared and performed an aerial kick.
The red giant dragon then swooped down, opening its ferocious maw, and pounced towards Uchiha Madara.
...
As Might Guy and Uchiha Madara collided, the scene in front of Monkey D. Luffy also disappeared, and his consciousness returned to reality.
The words that suddenly appeared in his mind made Monkey D. Luffy tremble.
He had only recalled the moment Might Guy erupted, and then his consciousness seemed to be pulled away by an invisible force.
Then, when he regained consciousness, he had already comprehended Eight Gates?
"Satori is against the heavens. Is this my golden finger?"
Monkey D. Luffy thought to himself.
Not only had he transmigrated to become a chosen one, but he had also obtained such a heaven-defying golden finger.
If he didn't take off with this, he would truly be letting this ability down.
"Eight Gates: An exclusive skill you comprehended through your heaven-defying Satori and visualization."
"When your physical condition reaches a certain level, you will automatically master the method of opening Eight Gates."
This introduction appeared in his mind again.
Monkey D. Luffy immediately understood.
Eight Gates is an extremely powerful physical combat skill, so it also requires very high physical qualities.
So even if he had now comprehended the Eight Gates skill, he couldn't use it immediately.
Especially the Eighth Gate of Eight Gates, the Gate of Death.
This Eighth Gate is said to only be opened once in a lifetime, after which one will die due to the complete burning out of life force.
At this moment, Monkey D. Luffy suddenly thought of a possibility.
After the Nika Devil Fruit (abbreviated) awakens, it will possess a bug-like ability, the Drums of Liberation.
As long as one hears the "Drums of Liberation," they will regain their strength, like an immortal body.
If he opened the Eighth Gate in the awakened state, would he not die?
"Your Satori is against the heavens. Through deduction and comprehension, you have learned that in the awakened state of the Nika Devil Fruit, opening the Eighth Gate can allow for complete recovery again."
Seeing the prompt in his mind, Monkey D. Luffy was overjoyed.
He could actually open the Eighth Gate and use "Night Guy" in the awakened state.
The Nika Devil Fruit, after awakening, can itself greatly enhance various physical qualities. If he were to open the Eighth Gate and use Night Guy under such circumstances.
The power, not to mention instant kill, would definitely easily crush an Emperor-level opponent.
"Ah... Hmph..."
While he was thinking, Monkey D. Luffy suddenly felt a little sleepy.
His current physical and mental state were still too weak, and the consumption brought by deduction and comprehension was enough to exhaust him, and he quickly fell into a deep sleep.
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