To Become Stronger

(Luke's Hut)

"Is this pressure good enough for you?" Ann asked. She is wiping Luke's back with a warm towel.

"Y-Yeah," Luke awkwardly respond to her question while trying his best to not look behind him.

It's been two days since that accident; he still can't move his arms freely without feeling pain. Because of that, Ann decided to be his caretaker until he healed.

Luke feels so awkward in his current position because he and Ann are inside the hut's bathroom. And yes, just like what you guys are thinking right now. Both of them are stark naked.

"Y-You knows that you don't have to clean me, right? I can ask Dogra and Magra for help." Luke tries to reason with her. What he said has its point. He is a man, and Ann is a woman, so it is better to ask a fellow man to clean him than a woman.

"Dogra and Magra? Who's that?" Oi woman, they are your caretaker. How can you forget about their existence!? Apologize to them, you ungrateful bitch! "Why do you need those guys when you have me?" Ann whispered the last question in his ears.

'Scary...Ann is so fucking scary.' despite having her bare breasts being pushed against his back, he can't really enjoy the feel because of how scary she is right now.

[Host, I'm very proud of you at first because you managed to score a girl, but now I'm really afraid of your girlfriend.]

'Wait...How? Aren't you just a System?' seriously, how did the System be afraid of Ann?

[Just a System? That is discrimination against us.] Again how?

'Whatever...'

"Hey, Luke. Why aren't you saying anything? Are you thinking about other things when I'm just right behind you?" Ann asked as she noticed Luke being spaced out for a bit. Luke, who heard her question, snapped back to reality.

"Eh? Errrr...I am just thinking about some stuff."

"Is that so?"

"Y-Yeah." Ann stares at him for a minute before continuing scrubbing his back.

Talking about stuff, he really needs to think about the future. Four years from now, the Paramount War will happen between the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates at the Marinefords. He still can't move on from Ace's death, so he must do anything to prevent Ann's death.

"Hey, Ann?" Luke breaks the silence by calling her.

"Hmmmmm?"

"Don't die before me, okay?"

"Pffftttt...Ahahahaha, Relax. I'm not going to die 'cause I'm strong enough to take care of myself." She laughed at his question. "I said the same thing to Lucy, become strong than me first before trying to worry bout me, kay?"

"Just promise me," Luke said in a serious tone which caught her off guard. She had never seen Luke be this serious before. Maybe he remembered something from his past? Like his previous girlfriend or something died before him?

Despite remembering almost everything from his old world, he told them that he had 'Amnesia' because he didn't want they to think that he was a crazy guy from the sea who spouted nonsense about being from another world after being hit by the God of Trucks who also the one who transferred him to One Piece world.

"Okay, It's a promise then." She placed her forehead at the back of his head.

[Stop being sweet with each other, it's disgusting.]

'You jealous? Aren't you the one who supported the relationship between Ann and me?' Luke raised his eyebrows at the System's statement.

[Of course, I support it, but it doesn't mean you can act lovey-dovey

all the time.]

Yeah, we are supposed to move the story forward and focus more on interesting stuff rather than wasting time on this cheap romance.

Stop acting lovey-dovey! Justice for the single! Death for Ann x Luke!

"Luke, you are spacing out again."

"Oh? Sorry, Ann."

(A few hours later - by Patrick Star)

---[Devil Fruit Order]---

[Devil Fruits that haven't been eaten yet]

[Paramecia - Zoan - Logia]

> 1 DF Coupon per pull

> 10 DF Coupon per 10-pulls

---[Devil Fruit Order]---

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DF Coupon? As in Devil Fruit Coupon? Seems like the developer of this System is too lazy to develop a better name for it. "Hey, System, How can I get the DF Coupon?"

[Once you hit level 10, you will get 1 DF Coupon, but after that, you need a hundred million Belly to buy one DF Coupon] Wait..100 Million for a coupon?

"That's fucking expensive. Can you lower the price?" Luke groaned. A hundred million isn't easy to get, especially when he is too lazy to work. Sadly money doesn't grow from trees.

[Duh...I'm just a System, not the developer, and a hundred million Belly for one Devil Fruit is the standard price in One Piece. At least you can get a better Devil Fruit by using me.]

Remember, kids, playing gacha games isn't good for your health.

So be better and don't do gacha.

"What if I got shitty fruit?"

[It's luck based; what do you expect? Getting a Legendary item for every pull?] Good point you have there.

"Haaaaaaah." Luke sighed in disappointment.

"Luke, dinner is ready!" He can hear Ann's voice from the Kitchen... Seriously, When did she learn how to make good stuff? He doesn't even recall Ace knowing much about cooking or seasoning.

"I will be there!" He shouted back at Ann. Honestly, both feel more like married couples than just a couple. "System, considering I have you. Can I eat more than one devil fruit" A serious question here. Can he eat multiple Devil Fruits like Teach, aka Blackbeard, or only one Devil Fruit like everyone else in this world?

[The answer is no, Host. Like I said before. Even if you have me to improve your human capability doesn't mean you will become an abnormality like Blackbeard.]

"Is that so? If I can't have multiple Devil Fruits like him, can I surpass him?" He wants to kill Teach. It's the only way to avoid Paramount War from happening. He can avoid the death of Whitebeard and Ann with it.

[Logically, Yes, you can surpass him.] Luke looked happy at System's answer. [But, remember, Blackbeard is a dangerous man. He is the most cunning man in the sea who tricked the World Government, and not to mention he is also a strong individual, so even if you manage to surpass him in strength, it doesn't mean you can win against him.]

"Hmmm..."

He needs to become stronger as fast as possible.