A bounty of 500 million berries how notorious does the world government believe me to be and why only dead are you kidding me does Rosward love that pig son of his by that much or was he angered by me destroying the storage maybe a bit of both and why i'm listed as a pirate it doesn't really matter that much at this point but still i feel something is fishy here .
And that damn phrase again i'm not a damn investment and what made that bounty hunter believe that he can take a wanted criminal with a bounty of half a billion on is he really thinking that he is dealing with some clueless kid i was contemplating in my mind when he began to land with his flying fish and he was holding a long sea prism stone chain while smiling i looked at the chain and guessed that's where his confidence was coming from but how can a mere bounty hunter have an item like this .
Should i just kill him i can tell not many people have recognized me without the mask in my hybrid transformation just kidding it won't really change much as i'm leaving for the New World soon anyway .
I'm really not in the mood now could you come back for my head later .
As if engrossed in his own fantasies he acted as if he didn't hear what i said he was unconsciously saying his inner thoughts about what is he going to do with that much money loudly clear .
With that much money i can even retire early and still have enough to be treated as a noble how many drinks can i buy before my money runs out and vain women will threw themselves at me and i will live a great life .
I'm sorry to interrupt your thoughts but i can't help but wonder will my head really be enough to afford all of this .
Sure thing with a little wisdom in spending i may be able to even leave a huge legacy that will be enough for even my grandkids to live comfortably .
Oh is that so okey then best of luck to you now goodbye .
Thank you best of wishes to you too .
I was finding the scene really comical as i was really waking away as if the whole situation doesn't have anything to do with me my mood is even lighting a bit as i looked back and saw the now confused bounty hunter looking at the chain in his hand then to the flying fish as if trying to remember why was he here in the first place he then took a notice of the wanted poster on the flying fish you , you really tried to trick me now i want you dead even more .
And he dashed at me throwing and waving the chain rabidly around as i believed he was trying to limit me from transforming i used Soru and parred the chaotically moving chain and appeared behind him and punched and for the first time i didn't hit my target as my punch reach his back he ducked it and as if by instinct he dived to the right while defending himself with the chain then came to stop in the opposite of me saying you are quite fast but you aren't strong enough for your head to be worth that much does your devil fruit transformation really be the reason for the so high bounty or did they typed your bounty wrongly ooh what was that an ability of yours lowering my guards is really dangerous .
I really need some more fighting training now that i'm able to do what i want without the need to hide from surveillance but still how was he able to dodge my punch i can tell that he didn't see it coming as he was escaping out of pure instinct and the fact that my punch was now a mantis shrimp's punch that means no one is able to catch it or even reacts to its speed at least and his last words was aimed at the shockwave bubble appearing but not doing any actual damage i guess he isn't a puny bounty hunter after all .
If you lose focus on the battlefield you die kid with that he began to wave the chain again at me but he also pulled a pistol and was waving at me with the chain with one arm and shooting at me with the other but with Soru and clairvoyance he can keep dreaming to land a hit but he is just the right sparring partner for the current me .
Do you only knew how to run kid .
Says the person that can't even land a single hit on a 12 years old booo boooo .
Why yoouuu .
I was really having fun now teasing that bounty hunter, i only increased my healing to 20 as a countermeasure for any accident i can wrap the things here quickly but i decided not to as not everyday you get to spare with an experienced fighter .
He removed the chain and the pistol as he found their combined attack futile and he went and got something a bunch of yellowish jars and began to throw them at me fully focused some broke the moment they made contact with the ground and other didn't the one that broke had a fool odor and dyed the place they exploded in complete yellow i don't know intentionally or not most of the ones that exploded was now holding me in a circle and the bounty hunter then began to whistle .
I looked warily at the sky above me and found a few black dots quickly increasing in size his friends i presume and i thought he worked alone since he took a long time dwelling on what was he going to do with the money the other flying fish riders also began to throw a weird filled with fluid vials and a few of them began to attack me directly with a flying daggers and a few knives too but they weren't able to pierce my skin at all but some of the fluid from the vials dranched some of my rags .
and i noticed that their supposed to be leader now smiling menacingly at me as he clapped his hand a fire arrow was all it took to lighten the place up i tried to use Soru or Geppo but i found my legs was unknowingly sticked to the yellowish dye from before as i'm now engulfed in a ring of fire as i was beginning to suffer the consequences of my carelessness came the voice of the one responsible for all of this so not so smug now aren't you burn in our Sticky Honey Flaming Compo special attack your head are now mine .
Yours ? Don't you mean that it's now ours you wouldn't be forgetting our share would you his companions said while landing beside him and began to enjoy themselves while watching the suffering me in that ring of fire .
Ofcourse not it was just a mistake on my part sorry sorry let me fetch my binding chain real quick he said while he began heading for his own parked flying fish with his accomplices now lowering their guards he reached for the bag on the back of his flying fish and pulled a rifle and started to open fire on the accomplices of his while saying idiots how can an experienced bounty hunter share such a big bounty with a bunch of trash like you already forgot the first rule of experienced bounty hunters it's not to trust any bounty hunter you dumbass .
In a few seconds new bodies was now laying on the ground and that bounty hunter was beginning to even check their bodies for anything valuable while frantically saying mine his bounty is all mine .
In the fire i was suffering from the continuous damage against the continuous healing it left even the resilient me groaning in pain but a pain i deemed necessary for me to learn my lessons i could have already finished this whole skirmish in a span of seconds or even less but this isn't the only and i let my guard down from when they were throwing those weird vials at me and even before with those yellowish jars that fixed me in my place so they could be able to light me up with fire .
And my final lesson and my greatest gain in this encounter would be the change of my mindset as i finally began to understand the the big world around me be it the land or the sea all have their own monstrous entities and even the small fries already learned a technique or two to be assured of their ability to survive as seen from the compined attack of those bounty hunters and how does learning this benefit me .
It awakened my fighting spirit and gave me a clear understanding on a few shortcomings that i currently have while also convincing me to use my full powers in dealing with dangers from now on with a bit of precaution on how and where to use them as using too much of my powers especially my multiplying power as abusing this power could lead uncontrolled amount of damage and even uncalled for amount of victims both innocent and those unawares so in the end the answer to how can i use my power more effectively is still about increasing my control .
The fire was already dying down and my 40 time increased healing factor had already done enough good work dulling the pain to the utmost limit i tried to move my legs and they were still stuck to the ground since they won't come out peacefully let me pull those sticky stuff from the whole ground i touched my body and multiplied both my strength by 40 and speed by 20 still in my normal form as said before i'm leaving soon anyway i don't really need to catch anymore unnecessary attention .
The bounty hunter didn't see what is coming for him as a wall of dark smoke was covering my actions from his sight i began to use Geppo to pull the whole landmass beneath my legs with and with how much strength i currently have it was as if pulling my legs from mud and with the increased speed i was already up in the sky without him even noticing anything but the wind from my accelerated movements came to blow away the smoke as the self proclaimed experienced bounty hunter only found a hollowed ground with a burning marks all around it he then began to pull his hair while acting and yelling as if he was finally losing his mind as he was saying frantically : did they use too much kerosene that it exploded incinerating the target to dust but there wasn't any sounds of explosion no it can't be my plan was perfect he was expected to either lose conscious from the smoke or at most be disfigured to the point of being barley just barely recognizable , how in the hell did that happen he was really as mentioned in his wanted poster a cursed investment the bounty hunter felt a new shade suddenly appearing on top of his head and he looked up to see what it was .
For The Last Time I'm Not Any One's Investment i said and i sounded quite angry and stomped him with the piece of land mass still stuck to my legs luckily for him it lost a big chunk of its size due to the continuous use of Geppo and the rest crashed into him i readjusted my strength to 20 as not to do anymore damage than necessary and i was only able to see him looking up with wide eyes one last time before i crush him .
He was now laying unconscious under the now fully destroyed piece of land with crumbled rocks and soil covering his now bloodied body yeah he is still alive but also Barley .
I then went through his pocket and looted some money and looked at the parked flying fish and headed to it i began to look at it with amazement and wondered how does it work i sat on the luxurious chair of what i thought to be the driver seat on its back and saw a few handles linked by some wires to the wings and tail of the fish i guess i can fly out with this fish after all i got a few tips on how to work with machinery from a young age thanks to my dad i was getting emotional again i took off and began to head back to Gr-13 as i found that i walked aimlessly for a long time that i even passed a few groves and reached Gr-26 unknowingly i wanted to show my wanted poster to my parents as to show them that i'm already a big shot wanted by the government now and that i'm really doing what my heart lead me too and that i also missed them .
I flew over Gr-13 and chose a place to land and i finally found a few problems with the way the flying fish lands the first would be that it glide on the ground to stop itself and the second is related to the first reason too it crashes with the ground to lose its acceleration and to start gliding it might kill itself while just trying to land it use the same mechanism to fly a gliding fish would be a better description for it i pulled a handle and it began to fly again i then pulled all the wires and the handles from its back and led it flew in the direction of the water i have no need for that kind of suicidal transportation .
As i reached the place where my parents were buried in i found a silhouette of someone already there as if plucking or digging for something i multiplied my speed and used Soru to appear instantly there and only heard a familiar voice oh Ryuu so you finally came back the super powerful rookie pirate as of today .
It was mr Rayleigh voice and he was planting some flowers beside my parents grave i bowed to him in gratitude and thanked him for this he said not to mention it .
Are you taking about the wanted poster i really don't know what to say two days ago i wasn't even a pirate now i'm a super rookie my eyes almost popped when i saw the wanted poster for the first time .
I'm quite interested in your story would you care to entrain an old man like me with your adventures up until now .
Justthat little gesture of him planting flowers on my parents grave told me all i need to know about this old man character and i can already tell that he is trustworthy and Shakky too , sure thing mr.Rayleigh i hope you find my adventures to your liking .
Not here i will wait for you in the bar take your time .
I nodded and sat in front of my parents grave with a smile on my face i began to boost about how i was as of now a super powerful rookie pirate and how funny that fight with the bounty hunter ended and how my lack of common sense lead me to the whole situation and sat there until dusk and after that i began to head to the bar i found an open signed and entered directly
Oh , welcome back Ryuu your wanted poster really keep enticing me to keep you for myself , just kidding you are a super rookie you would beat a weak girl like me in no time .
I was scared by the first half then i heard the rest of here words and found myself smiling at her weird way of kidding .
Welcome back Ryuu i believe that since you came you are ready to share your story with us .
I began telling them about my life till now while also remembering my first encounter with Fisher Tiger and Koala and began to wonder about the fate of both of them and about almost everything that happened to me in the span of my first decade i saw ms.Shakky stopped paying attention to the cigarette in her hand until she was almost be burnt by it and looked at the kindly smiling Rayleigh to find him now gritting his teeth as the air around us began to grow heavy .
Don't get so worked up now Rayleigh the happy thing that he is now in front of us here safe and okey , you have really suffered a lot little Ryuu do you want your big sis to give you a comforting hug here here . and she really did come over and hugged me but the scene looked comical as she was even taller than me she looked like a mother who finally found her long lost child .
Those celestial dragons really are a scummy bunch but i guess i understand why your bounty is so high now so what are you going to do from now on an admiral might be on your tracks already but i guess you have at most 6 months as you have traveled a long distance in a short time so that might throw the marines off your tail for approximately the next 6 months .
I wanted to go to the New World and from there i would see where the life will throw me what do you think of this mr.Rayleigh .
I will tell you clearly to do what you see fit for your situation but if you want to head to the second half of the Grand Line to New World my advice to you would be to calm and settle down for a few days so that you can think this through as the New World for the current you is very dangerous .
I still have time to think about it and there a bunch of places and information i wanted to see and gather now that i'm in the Sabondy Archipelago but still thank you mr.Rayleigh and ms.Shakky for everything .
What kind of information do you intend to gather i can be of some help in this depart .
First how far are we from May 5 as you see it is my birthday and i wanted to do something special for both me and my parents and do you know Fisher Tiger whereabouts you see i wanted to thank and ask him about Koala whereabouts .
For your first question we are 2 months and a few days away from may 5 happy birthday in advance Ryuu as for Fisher Tiger i'm sorry but he was proclaimed to be dead for some time now but your friend should be safe .
I still didn't expect you to be involved in that incident Ryuu fate is really weird some little acquaintances of mine was involved in that incident as well .
So Fisher Tiger is really dead he was a great person for both human and fishmen alike may he rest in peace .
I wanted to cool off for some time i bid them both farewell and went to look for some nice clothes for myself as the bounty hunter baggy clothes doesn't fit me that well but after my own rags got burned to crisp i lost the leisure of being able to choose .
I bought a black t-shirt with a pirate skull on the front and on the back some writing that said The one seeking adventure on a fancy White comfy short and began my sight seeing of the Sabondy Archipelago .
What happened in those two months was an eyes opening for me i visited every Grove possible but the groves that have the Sabondy Park as i kept it as somewhere for a more special day and skirmished against a group of people calling themselves the flying fish riders or something like that with there leader being a creepy looking dude with a swirling eyebrows his friends called him Duval they are human traffickers to the humans auctioning house in Gr-1 the landmark of this Grove owned by the Donquixote family a pirates family i even faced against one of their so-called elite officers a man named Diamante but he was lucky that i was freeing the enslaved people and leading them to safety and i was scolded by both Rayleigh and Shakky a bunch of times for my reckless intrusion that was leading me to stand out even more .
They kept on reminding me that i'm a wanted man not by normal marines but by an admirals a bunch of men my strength as it is now can't stand a chance against them as i knew that all of them are a Logia devil fruits users and the most weird and formidable devil fruit in the seas Rayleigh said he will give me a big present on my 13th birthday that can help me out if i ever encountered them to escape or to attack he didn't say but it's only a matter of few days of waiting .
My 13th birthday finally came and i went to the Sabondy Park and i promised myself to enjoy every second of it the place was filled with different kinds of amusement to the taste of almost every kind of people i was watching as boys and girls were enjoying themselves on the Carousel while waving at their parents but one particular gray hand waving in my direction caught my attention I looked behind me and saw a woman fully covered as if trying to hide from something or someone but no doubt about it she was a scaled female fishmen with a happy but a wary smile waving back at him aren't they afraid of something bad happening to both of them why would they take such a risk .
At least they were smart enough to cover themselves up but i can tell that they are already have been recognized from the familiar faces that i can also recognize i leand and whispered in her ear that she should be more careful from now on and waited for her child to finish his turn from a far and at least they weren't attack i began to look for my target for this trip as i heard about it being quite the experience the most popular roller coaster on the island the Ferris Wheel a bubble comfy like carriage that continue to spin while showing you the greatest view in the Sabondy as i was going to start enjoying my ride i heard a commotion coming from the lined up people waiting for their turn and found the reason both the mother and the child fishmen from before now being stripped off their disguised and i saw the people treating them as if they were plagues and i didn't like that one bit i stepped out of my booked wheel and asked the operator if there were something that forbade the fishmen from riding on the Ferris Wheel and he answered that they weren't anything to forbade them from doing so but that person riding with them might get infected with an incurable disease and i know that was just a rumor as i already dealt with fishmen way before acquiring my devil fruit and nothing happened to me .
I mentioned for them to come to my wheel bubble and the kid face lighten up at my words then looked at the still hesitant mother of his who took a few seconds then head inside my Ferris Wheel bubble even with the now objecting operator i told him that i booked the whole wheel and that meant i can let whoever i like to join in with me and he just glared at me and started the game quite enjoyable day this one that i'm having is .
: But i can tell she found me trustworthy as she told me the reason they did such a risky move as coincidentally it was her kid birthday as well and his life long birthday wish is to come to Sabondy Park as they heard a lot of rumors about It from the pirates passing by the Fishmen Island and so she tried to grant his wish and i wanted to ask about why his father didn't come with them but first looked at the kid now engrossed in admiring the scenery and took this chance to ask her and what she said almost led me to shed tears his father was killed by human the last time they tried to do this and from that time the boy was so traumatized that he lost his ability to speak and became a shut in even in our home island and seeing her precious kid in that state she swore that even if it kills her she must grant his wish .
I don't know what to say to her other than that i'm sorry for her loss but since her only wish is a familiar and an eazy wish for the current me i assured her that her kid will have the best birthday ever as our ride came to an end i asked the boy what he wanted to do next and he pointed at the horror house i guess he is really a brave one but as we were about to enter his mom backed out as even such a resolved woman she was still afraid of the house of horror i found it funny but as i was worried that something bad might happen to her i found the perfect solution for that problem i went and bought a microphone snail and said : hello hello just a big notice for all of you that know of me as i know of you the white haired demon is here .
Then i turned the snail off and yeah that did the trick i said before that i had a few skirmishes with some of the local gangs let's just say the results was either the whole gang destruction or the relocation of the whole gang and also gained a title The White Haired Demon if they figured that i'm only 13 years old they'll kill themselves but anyway the normal people merely scoffed at my words and counted them as a joke but as i said those who know me were now shaking and retreating .
I entered the horror house with the kid and had some fun and when we came out she was still waiting for us in the same spot i felt that he was beginning to fall asleep and finished his birthday adventure with a gift and told him that his father told me to give it to him the present was a mecha warrior doll and then began to lead them to the sea the mother kept thanking me and offered me money but i brushed her off and looked at the little guy next to her who was opening and closing his mouth as if trying to tell me something then he finally succeeded thank you mister i had the best birthday ever not all the humans are bad with that his mom hugged him and cried as he was trying to calm her down thinking that something bad had happened to her they bid me farewell and asked me to come and visit them in the fishmen island kingdom i nodded and waved them goodbyes and i will absolutely get another scolding from Rayleigh .
A few months later as i was walking around as usual i heard a few sound of weapons collision followed by a woman shouting and running after two silhouettes saying : you won't be able to escape Masked Deuce , ACE
Ace????!!!!