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“I am a great pirate with a bounty of 130 million Berries! TO BE INVITED TO JOIN MY PIRATE CREW IS AN HONOR FOR YOU!”
Blood Wolf stared at Shin with fury, his body exuding a thick killing intent.
“So, just a piece of trash with a bounty of over 100 million, and you call yourself a great pirate?” Shin looked at him with amusement.
This bounty in the first half of the Grand Line did indeed make one a famous great pirate. But in the New World, it was nothing.
Though there were no Four Emperors yet, the situation in the New World was even more chaotic, with even more great pirates.
“DIE!”
Blood Wolf roared, his eyes turning blood-red, his body transforming into a werewolf.
“A Zoan Devil Fruit user?”
Shin looked down on Zoan Devil Fruit users. Unless it was a Mythical Zoan, that was a different story.
Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits were even rarer than Logia Devil Fruits. There were only a few in the entire One Piece world—but ordinary Zoan Devil Fruits were quite common, and most of them were utterly useless.
Though it was said there were no useless Devil Fruits, only useless users, that was just talk. To take it seriously would be foolish.
This kind of ordinary Zoan Devil Fruit truly didn’t have much potential. Even if developed to its awakening, its final strength would still be limited.
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“Let’s test my Armament Haki on you.”
Shin clenched his fist, his arm enveloped in a black substance. Armament Haki enhanced both defense and attack power and could even hit Logia Devil Fruit users.
Logia users, who were practically invincible in the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Seas, couldn’t rely on their abilities so much in the New World.
Imbuing his fist with Armament Haki, Shin punched towards his opponent, his fist directly piercing through the opponent’s body.
“BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!”
As for dodging, if he could dodge Shin’s punch, his bounty wouldn’t be only 130 million Berries.
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“Sigh… Didn’t really test anything.” Shin shook his head in disappointment.
Honestly, whether he used Armament Haki or not, the result would have been the same. Because in front of Shin, the opponent was as fragile as paper.
“If I have time, I’ll go meet Whitebeard… I wonder if he can withstand one of my punches.”
Shin said softly.
“Whitebeard definitely can’t withstand Shin-nii’s punch!!” Hancock said to Shin.
Shin found this rather amusing. He pinched Hancock’s nose and asked her, “Do you even know who Whitebeard is??”
“I don’t, but I know he’s not as strong as you, Shin-nii,” Hancock said, looking at Shin with admiration.
Shin shrugged. He hadn’t done anything, yet Hancock already admired him so much. But this feeling was quite nice.
“Aren’t you scared, seeing these dead bodies?” Shin asked Hancock.
“I was at first, but when I hugged Shin-nii, I’m not scared at all!” Hancock nodded very seriously.
“….”
“I didn’t realize I had that effect…” Shin stroked Hancock’s smooth hair. The more he stroked, the better it felt.
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“Are you all trying to sneak away?” Shin looked at the other pirates, who all looked like they were about to jump ship and flee.
“No! Absolutely not!”
Hearing Shin speak, these pirates all knelt down, looking at Shin in terror.
They knew their captain, Blood Wolf, was incredibly strong. If this young man could kill him with a single punch, what chance did they have?
“Good.”
Shin looked at the other ships. Leaving this one was enough. As for the others, they could all sink to the bottom of the sea.
As the thought arose in Shin’s mind, the other dozens of ships suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea, as if something in the sea had dragged them down.
It was just a simple application of Shin’s gravitational power, but the effect was quite impressive—dozens of ships sunk in an instant.
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“Now, you will sail this ship to the Sabaody Archipelago. No funny business, or I’ll make you die a miserable death.”
Shin threatened them.
The threat was very effective. Besides, Shin had just sunk dozens of pirate ships; of course, they were terrified.
But the Blood Wolf Shin had just killed had quite a large presence. A fleet of dozens of ships… there probably weren’t many in the Grand Line.
Some pirate crews valued elite members, not a mob of rabble. For example, the Red-Haired Pirates didn’t have many crew members.
Right now, Red-Haired Shanks was probably only seventeen or eighteen. He had likely just established the Red-Haired Pirates and was recruiting crew members to set sail.
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Shin and Hancock sat on the deck, while the pirates, who had been scared out of their wits by Shin, went to sail the ship. No one dared to have any ill intentions.
Only a fool would think they could get away with it.
Just now, a guy who tried to jump overboard was instantly killed by a shuriken that came out of nowhere.
“Shin-nii, why are you making them take us to the Sabaody Archipelago?” Hancock asked Shin, puzzled.
“Because I don’t know how to get to the Sabaody Archipelago.”
Shin wasn’t familiar with the One Piece world; of course, he didn’t know the direction to the Sabaody Archipelago.
“But Shin-nii, didn’t you say we were going to West Blue? Why are we going to the Sabaody Archipelago?”
“We’ll gather some information at Sabaody, then cross the Red Line to the New World, and from the New World, we’ll go to West Blue.”
“That sounds so complicated.”
Hancock felt their journey would be very long. But with Shin, she felt very at ease.
“By the way, Hancock, you’re ten years old now. You should start some simple training,” Shin said to Hancock.
In this sea, if you wanted to do whatever you wanted—you had to have enough strength—and Hancock, this little girl, was clearly weak.
“Alright, Shin-nii!”
Hancock looked at Shin with expectant eyes.
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Chakra training was impossible. Shin could only guide Hancock in Taijutsu.
This world was different—there was no God Tree. Hancock couldn’t train chakra. Just like Shin couldn’t train Haki before.
Because Haki was a unique training system of the One Piece world. He had only been able to train it after using a Replication Card.
Watching Hancock train in Taijutsu, Shin couldn’t help but marvel—the people of this world had incredible physiques, much stronger than the ninja of the Naruto world.
Under Shin’s guidance, Hancock slowly improved, though her progress wasn’t significant.
It was normal—Training Taijutsu wasn’t something that could be achieved overnight. It took a lot of time. Three to five years might not even yield much result.
The top powerhouses had all trained in Taijutsu for over a decade.
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