After a great wave of suffering for Johan, he felt a comforting power fill his entire body. The sudden surge of power had caused him intense internal pain due to the reconstruction of his cells.
After recovering mentally, Johan set out on his main ship in search of his objective.
Johan: "Gecko Moria must have already fought against Kaido and should be returning to Paradise soon. I need to get hold of that Fruit... the Kage Kage No Mi has tremendous potential, capable of using the shadows of enemies to revive the dead.
Imagine an army of undead with the abilities of great warriors; it's nearly indestructible."
After thinking for a while, I found the perfect way to steal the abilities of Devil Fruit users, a different form of the Yami Yami No Mi.
System, open the store and show the available items."
System: (Since a year has passed since the system's inception, the store has been updated. Here are the available items:
*Dragon Ball: Senzu Bean $50,000,000, "Heals any illness and restores energy by 50%, the host can only have 3 in their inventory."
*Seven Deadly Sins: LostVayne Sword $200,000,000, "Allows the creation of up to 4 clones of the user, splitting power equally, and reflects weaker attacks back to the host."
*One Piece: Mizu Mizu No Mi: $400,000,000, "This Logia fruit allows the manipulation, creation, and use of the power of water."
A few days ago, I opened the store and noticed the available fruit. Instantly, I came up with a way to use it and steal powers from other fruits. But I'm not sure yet. While I find Moria, I have to test it...
Johan: "System, purchase the Mizu Mizu No Mi Devil Fruit."
System: (Name: Johan Hannibal/Lexter)
(Age: 22 years)
(Status: Excited and Happy)
(Current location: Grand Line "Paradise")
(Special Abilities: Virtual map, Three-dimensional space for storing objects - Current limit 300kg)
(Strength: 15/100 - Attack power or destructive power)
(Stamina: 25/100 - Endurance to blows or physical exertion)
(Vitality: 20/100 - Healing of injuries or lifespan)
(Agility: 15/100)
(Devil Fruit: Mizu Mizu No Mi: 1/10, basic attribute. Please note that increasing the Devil Fruit attribute also costs $30,000,000 per point.)
(Melee Combat: 5/10)
(Fencing: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Shigan: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Soru: 1/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Tekkai: 1/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Rankyaku: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Geppo: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Seimen Kikan: 0/10)
(Armament Haki: 10/10)
(Observation Haki: 1/10)
(Bellies: $156,000,000)
Johan: "System, add 3 attribute points to the Devil Fruit and add 20 points to the Physical attribute of Stamina."
Another wave of power coursed through my body. While not as impactful as the previous one, it still left me very excited.
System: (Name: Johan Hannibal/Lexter)
(Age: 22 years)
(Status: Excited and Happy)
(Current location: Grand Line "Paradise")
(Special Abilities: Virtual map, Three-dimensional space for storing objects - Current limit 300kg)
(Strength: 15/100 - Attack power or destructive power)
(Stamina: 45/100 - Endurance to blows or physical exertion)
(Vitality: 20/100 - Healing of injuries or lifespan)
(Agility: 15/100)
(Devil Fruit: Mizu Mizu No Mi: 4/10)
(Melee Combat: 5/10)
(Fencing: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Shigan: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Soru: 1/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Tekkai: 1/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Rankyaku: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Geppo: 0/10)
(Rokushiki Techniques, Seimen Kikan: 0/10)
(Armament Haki: 10/10)
(Observation Haki: 1/10)
(Bellies: $6,000,000)
Johan: "Hehehe, perfect! I just need to find Moria in the next few days, and the world will suffer my chaos..."
-Several nautical miles away
Near Kyuka Island, Elric was training while keeping an eye on the maritime area. Lexter had previously provided him with a guide to learn Observation Haki and Armament Haki, along with the ability of Soru.
Several hours later, in the distance, a pirate ship appeared, easily identifiable by the flag flying high on the mast:
Crew Member: "Commander, that flag belongs to a group of pirates recently arrived from the South Sea. Their captain has a bounty of $50,000,000."
Elric: "Hmm, interesting. If they follow the same route, don't hesitate to fire the cannons."
The ship continued to advance until it was less than 400 meters away.
Elric sent a sword slash toward the ship as a warning before it reached them. Just before it touched the ship, the blow was completely nullified by a figure that jumped into the air.
¿?: "Ohohoho, what do we have here... now that you've attacked us first, we'll have to put you in your place. Attack!"
A second later, several pirates jumped onto Elric's ship using ropes and began fighting the crew. Meanwhile, Elric was staring intently at the pirates' captain. He wasn't very tall, barely reaching 200 cm in height, but he had quite long arms...
Elric: "You must be from the Longarm Tribe, what are you doing in this area?"
Pirate Captain: "Ohohoho, you're quite bold, young man. First of all, my name is Gonka, and we heard that a trafficker's main base was on a nearby island, so out of curiosity, we're going to capture his island!"
Elric: "Tsk, pirates are truly useless, aren't they? Why are you telling me this?"
As he spoke, Elric quickly appeared behind Gonka and executed a powerful sword slash.
*Swoosh*
Confident in his Devil Fruit power, Gonka didn't budge an inch, which cost him dearly. The slash not only inflicted a deep wound on his front but also sent him flying to crash against the mast.
*Cough*
*Cough*
Gonka: "What the hell just happened? I'm supposed to be tougher than steel after eating the Devil Fruit!"
Gonka slowly got up, in great pain and bleeding profusely from his chest. Upon seeing this, Elric shook his head.
Elric: "Tsk, what a disappointment. If I had known you were so weak, I would have sunk the ship with simple cannons..."
*Slash*
With a powerful attack, Elric cut Gonka in half, and a part of his ship was also sliced, causing it to start sinking.
After beheading Gonka, Elric returned to his ship. "Deal with the remaining pirates; we're leaving now."
"Well, at least I managed to get a $50,000,000 bounty head for Lexter. The price on his reward must have gone up after causing havoc in the South Sea, having a Devil Fruit that grants an iron body naturally made him invincible in common seas."
-Near Isla Kyuka
Isla A1 is currently the main drug production base. The next island is A2, formerly known as Little Garden, where a new logistics building was being constructed.
On the coast of A1, Baldur was on his routine patrol, as his fruit allowed him to quickly surveil the entire island. But in this circumstance, he could see some people walking from the beach into the forest, disembarking from three pirate ships.
Upon looking at the flag, which featured a skull with two bones crossed, Baldur quickly identified the pirates. "Minotaur Pirates."
Baldur: "Oi Oi, pirates aren't allowed to anchor their boats here..."
He quickly approached a rather large man, even taller than himself, almost resembling a giant. It seemed he was the captain.
Pirate Captain: "Huh? Who are you, baldy?"