chapter-3

A Marine held a musket and cursed at Jack.

"It's like being blown here by a tornado," a Marine said, thinking he was clever as he pointed to the sea.

"Well, it's good. Recently, Marine has been short on manpower, so I'm taking this guy to fill in. People nowadays are getting more and more unreasonable. A good Marine is not appropriate, so I want to be that hateful pirate," the man with the musket said, foul-mouthed, and immediately decided Jack's fate.

Of course, Jack didn't know any of this because, with hunger, a long flight, and multiple impacts, he had passed out gloriously. It was fortunate that Jack's unconscious state didn't arouse suspicion.

Otherwise, with his luck, joining the Marine could have led to being killed by a single shot.

The days passed quickly. Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. However, during this time, Jack had not learned any useful skills. He was still just a Marine soldier—essentially a cannon fodder member of a small reserve team. To put it bluntly, he was just a guy who carried water and chopped wood and didn't even participate in basic training.

After enduring for half a year, Jack finally couldn't take it anymore. Why? Because he had finally mastered the second ability of the reincarnation fruit and learned some tricks, giving him confidence.

How could he be a Devil Fruit user and still pretend to be weak? He used to be unable to show his abilities, but now?

"Hey, Xiaoyu, where are you going? If you haven't finished your work, you'll get scolded," an old man reminded Jack kindly.

"Don't worry, old man. I won't be here for much longer. Thank you for taking care of me these past six months," Jack said, looking at the old man and thanking him before heading toward the Marine training area.

"Hey, brat, stop! Where do you think you're going? Can you just come here?" a soldier roared at Jack as he walked towards the training ground.

"I'm here to participate in the corporal leader selection," Jack said nonchalantly.

"What did you say? You're here to participate in the corporal leader selection? Haha, that's ridiculous. You're not even the lowest rank, the fourth soldier, and you think you can participate in the corporal leader selection?" The Marine pointed at Jack and laughed heartily.

"Swish!"

At that moment, Jack's right hand extended, and the Marine's body was instantly in Jack's grasp.

"Have you laughed enough?" Jack asked faintly, pinching the Marine's neck with no trace of emotion on his face.

"Evil... the Devil Fruit!" the Marine mumbled in disbelief.

"Hmph, rubbish. You only know how to bully and are afraid of hard work!"

"Bang!!!!!!!