Kapitel 6: The Golden Black Pearl!

"Tch!" seeing that his attack was dodged easily, Luffy was a little surprised.

"Haaa!" Ace also dashed towards Jhin with great speed. He moved quickly as he sent a punch towards Jhin's face but was dodged. Ace twisted his body and sent a low kick but Jhin also avoided it by jumping.

Jhin who jumped suddenly felt danger from behind and quickly twisted his head. Luffy's punch was again dodge and Jhin landed on the ground perfectly unscathed.

Ace and Luffy could only stare speechlessly while panting. Their absolute combo was actually defeated. They could still keep fighting but it would be hard as they are tired from their spar earlier.

Beating them would be an extremely easy matter, but Jhin had a great plan. A plan to show his absolute power to them that they will turn helpless and experience despair. A plan of domination!

"Hah!"

"Hah!" not wanting to give up, Ace and Luffy simultaneously charged again. They already knew in their hearts that they won't be able to beat this young man.

Seeing their futile attempt, Jhin was also tempted to use a little bit of power.

He coated his right hand with Haki and sent a punch to Luffy. He needed to as he won't be able to hurt him, Luffy is a rubber man after all. He left hand also moved as he raised his sheathed sword towards Ace.

Thud!

The two collapsed on the ground face first.

"Ouch! That hurt like Grandpa's fist!" said Luffy while scratching his head.

As for Ace, he was breathing hard and was clutching his stomach, pain is written all over his face.

"Yo..." said Jhin coolly. He bent down to look at Luffy on the ground.

"Is that all you've got? Hahaha!" Jhin laughed at their miserable appearance. Even if he wanted to hone his fighting techniques, he won't be able to, with this kind of training partners. Since he was a Master Swordsman, Jhin also has a fighting style of his own. The only thing that he's missing is experience in fighting without his sword.

After several minutes, Ace and Luffy finally rested enough. The looked at each other, then looked at Jhin who was sitting on the ground 5 meters away from them.

"Who are you?!" Luffy asked again. They already knew that the young man did not want to harm them. He was testing them.

"Hahaha! Nice to meet you. My name is Jhin Fernandez." Jhin smiled widely and declared."A pirate!" He wanted to say that for a long time already. It felt great and cool!

Hearing his answer, the two's eyes shined brightly, praise was on their face.

"So you're a pirate! Where is your crew?! Where is your ship?!" asked Luffy excitedly. His previous misgivings were already gone.

"You? Pirate? I don't think that you're a pirate, you don't look like one!" Ace was very doubtful seeing that the man in front was so young.

"W-well.. I am going to be a Pirate after i leave this Island! Why don't you come with me." explained Jhin, a little embarrassed

"What? You're not a pirate?!" Meanwhile, cold bucket was poured on Luffy's shoulder. His excitement died.

"Not yet. But I already have a ship. A big ship!" Jhin boasted. His plan on being cool was destroyed by that smartass.

Thud! Luffy suddenly collapsed.

"Luffy?! Oi.. What did you do?!" Ace was immediately agry and stared at Jhin hatefully.

"Don't worry, I only knocked him out. I came here to talk to you alone." explained Jhin.

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"So you're saying that you want us to follow you? Impossible!" Ace declined immediately. "How about it, follow me instead?" he even added.

"Follow you? You cannot even beat me, and you want me to follow you? Haha! That's the biggest joke I've ever heard!" Jhin continued to laugh. He even clutched his stomach.

"What did you say?! Stop laughing!" Ace also got pissed.

"I am serious. If you leave to the sea with me, we'll certainly get famous immediately. There are also many benefits if you join me. The most basic one is strength." Jhin's face was serious as he talked. Right now his only trump card for recruitment was power and money, he can not boast if he had nothing to prove it.

Well, any normal pirate would be attracted to his offer but not this kids, they had resolute attitude. They are not easily tempted.

"I know you're powerful, and joining you would also let me become powerful. But I still refuse. Still, even if I want to join you, I will still refuse. We already made a pact." Ace also got serious and explained.

'Pact?... Right, Sabo!' Jhin remembered that everyone assumed that Sabo died. There was also the pact of brotherhood. They promised to each other over a cup of sake that they will set sail at the age of seventeen. Jhin also knew that that pact cannot and should not be broken, even if he knew Sabo is still alive. That was a sacred pact, Jhin have no right to change it, not even a single drop of it.

Jhin did not know what to say anymore.

"I understand... When you finally turn 17, wait for me here on this island if you want to be a part of my crew. If you still don't want to, just leave the Island and start your own journey." Jhin was dejected while saying those words.

"You!.. How do you know we start at seventeen?!" Ace was shocked. Only three of them knew their pact was, he did not tell anyone.

Jhin only smiled mysteriously and said, "Trust me, I know everything! Well then, I will be leaving first." he added. He grabbed the sword and was about to leave.

"You're not going to ask Luffy?" Asked Ace. Luffy was still knocked out.

"Haha.. " Jhin only luaghed and did not explain. He knew that Luffy would definitely refuse. He had a dream of his own.

"Oh right, give this to Curly Dadan for me. Tell her it's an apology for his guys. Till we meet again..." Jhin took out the three bottles of imported ale and put it on the ground, waved goodbye and left. He did not even take a look at the funny reaction of Ace when the bottles mysteriously appear.

Today is the day that marks the beginning of I, Jhin Fernandez' journey. He activated his Observation Haki and found the closest place to the sea.

A while later, he was looking at the raging waves on a cliff, a smile was plastered on his face.

"System, take out the ship for me please?" Jhin asked excitedly.

'. Please note that you won't be able to store it again inside the inventory or even your Black Hole.'

"What? Why?"

'Ding! What would be the purpose of being a pirate if you hide your ship.'

"Oh... Right. Let it out then!" shouted Jhin in his mind.

He was expecting for the ship to appear out of nowhere and land on the sea. But not this time.

The ship did appear, but it was so small that it looked like a toy. Suddenly, it hit him. This scene was too familiar. It was the scene when the Black Pearl was finally freed and Jack Sparrow did not know what to do.

What he needed to do now was throw the 'toy' ship in the ocean and it will grow.

The small ship sank in the water. Just as Jhin was getting worried, the surface of the sea suddenly grew higher. As if something big was going to show up.

(Play Pirates of the Caribbean Theme Song, "He's a Pirate"!)

Moments later, the ship surfaced.

Black sail, black mast, all black. But all of the corners and edges were covered with gold. The locks, all of the metal were replaced with gold. The ropes were also a mix of golden and black color. Even the edges of the sails were golden in color. The ship looked a little less creepy. The only thing missing was the jolly roger. For now, he has still no idea for one.

The ship was large, significantly larger than the one in the movie. But there are also things that Jhin changed. He knew that the weakness of the ship was that it had no cannons on the Bow or the Stern. So he changed it a little and put in cannons. 3 on the bow and 5 on the stern.

Jhin did not plan to recruit many crew, he only needed around 10 or 15. So he removed all of the cannons on the upper deck and just changed the cannons in the lower gun deck to a bigger and more powerful cannon. Jhin wanted to remove the cannons, but he might need it in the future. It could also be used as weights and balance the ship.

The Black Pearl was one of the legendary ship for its speed when it is sailed with the wind. And since the weights are reduced, it might even get faster.

"Hahaha! Okay from now on, I will call you the 'Golden Black Pearl'." He already decided on this name when he designed it.

"Gotta get to Water 7 sooner." Jhin added. He knew that the changes he made might be wrong and could destroy it.

After he designed the ship, the system automatically generated a blueprint. He only needs to go to Water 7 and get Franky or Tom, the legendary shipwright to fix and upgrade it for him. Or just 'Buy' a blueprint from them as the system will automatically create it if he enters the blueprint.

"Nyahahh! Set Sail!" Jhin jumped on the Golden Black Pearl and shouted.