Chapter 58: Copy Talent: Mink Bloodline! Crowe's Devil Fruit!

Swinging Strong Luck?!

Swipe!

This talent is a bit of a gamble!

Leno pondered.

Buggy's luck is indeed metaphysical. When luck is on the table, you don't have to do anything, and all kinds of benefits come your way.

For the first twenty years, he was just a minor pirate with a bounty of tens of millions in East Blue.

Later, he pursued Luffy all the way, trying to gain benefits through various means.

In just two or three years, from a small pirate to one of the Four Emperors.

It's all thanks to a stroke of luck.

But when he was unlucky, he ended up on a deserted island digging for treasure, only to discover a Marine secret base, causing a big stir.

Luck is truly unpredictable.

Though it's SS rank, it's a double-edged sword.

Fortunately, whether this talent is activated or not can be controlled by Leno himself.

Otherwise, it would be quite a predicament.

[Swinging Strong Luck] offers an average increase in frontal combat power, but with proper use, it can have magical effects.

For instance, Usopp.

Before the two-year special training, Usopp's combat power was comparable to Nami's—mainly support.

Yet, he was lucky.

At critical moments, whether through mistakes or clever moves, he always managed to surprise the enemy.

Those wise with well-laid plans are most afraid of such unexpected incidents.

Inconspicuous.

It's just annoying and unsettling.

So, good times depend on Zoro, bad times on Luffy, and desperate situations on Usopp.

Luck is also a part of strength.

Leno looked at another system prompt.

Aside from Buggy's talent and lion's talent.

[Ding! You've defeated your opponent, and have scanned for Talent: Mink Bloodline (Grade B)]

[Ding! Congratulations to Host for copying Talent: Mink Bloodline!]

[Talent Introduction: From ancient times, the blood of the Moon Lion family, bathed in moonlight, can awaken wildness, transform into a Moon Lion, and gain a 30% enhancement in speed, strength, Haki, etc.

Note: This form will consume vitality. Those who are not strong-willed may lose their minds and die of exhaustion if they go mad. Use with caution!]

A lion with mink blood?

Isn't this the talent of the fur tribe?

Leno was surprised.

Little Rabbit Carrot's [Mink] transformation is quite handsome, beautiful, and impressive.

B-level intensity [Mink Bloodline], with a 30% enhancement?

What about SSS level?

Impressive!

This kind of increase is average for the weak.

For instance, Lion even with a 100% growth rate, would be limited by its foundation.

But for Leno?

A 30% increase in all attributes?

That's enough to challenge Kuzan, right?

Unfortunately, this talent also has drawbacks. Like Luffy's enhancement, it will consume vitality.

"Whenever, it would be quite cool to obtain a longevity talent of the longevity species!"

Leno thought to himself.

Speaking of which, the ancient times of the Pirate World, like the blank hundred years, is a very mysterious history.

[Ding! It is detected that the Host has similar talents: Lord of Gluttony, Life Return, Cat Power, Cat Speed, Mink Bloodline. Please look for more similar talents for fusion upgrade!]

These talents are closely related to physique.

When fused, the new SS-level talents will combine and strengthen the advantages of these talents.

By then.

Kaido?

Who is the strongest creature in the world?

Leno looked forward to it.

He opened his system panel and looked at the updated information.

[Host Name: Leno]

[Real age: 18 years old]

[Existing talents: Armament Haki (SSS level), Wind's Blessing (SS level), Freezing (SS level), Swinging Fortune (SS level), Gluttonous King (S level), Conqueror's Haki (S level), Sword Heart (S level), Infection (S level), Observation Haki (A level), One Heart Sword (A level), Memory (B level), Return of Life (C level), Mink Bloodline (B level), Power of a Cat (C level), Speed of a Cat (C level), Gambling Technique (D level)]

[Strength evaluation: You must be a top Vice Admiral, with top-level Armament Haki, the appearance of a demon king, the heart of swordsmanship, three elements in one, unlimited potential, and outstanding memory. But true strength requires blood and fire evolution. Boy, the unruly wind and the ice of winter bless you. The future is yours.]

Leno shook his fist.

Unless Garp is defeated, or Garp is promoted to Admiral, he will likely remain at the Vice Admiral level for a while.

"Evaluation is evaluation, battle is battle. We should not be too superstitious about evaluations, just look at the data and not talk about reality."

Leno had a clearer understanding of the game between top powerhouses from his fight with Kuzan.

If the shortcomings are too apparent, they will be targeted by opponents.

In battle, factors such as mental state, environment, and condition will determine the outcome.

Leno defeated Kuzan by leveraging the powerful potential of the Conqueror's Haki and the effect of knowledge.

Next time they meet, Kuzan will need to be aware of this point and adjust his fighting style.

Certainly.

Kuzan will adjust, and so will Leno.

And he is growing and evolving at a pace beyond ordinary imagination.

"By the way, I forgot that Kuzan resigned. Where will he go? Unfortunately, there's no contact information for him." Leno shook his head.

Contact information in the One Piece World mainly relies on Den Den Mushi.

Leno can't always call Naval Headquarters and directly ask them where Kuzan went.

Although Leno would love to try it.

But after this incident, Hunter Guild and I have gained enough fame and prestige.

This is already quite profitable for the just-started Hunter Guild.

Next, he should develop in a low-key manner.

Punishing Marines again would be too conspicuous and easily missed.

Pier.

In the Sun.

The waves rolled up the snow foam, and the seabirds soared past.

The people on the island bid farewell on the shore.

"Hey, Buggy, you really don't want to join our Hunter's Guild?" Leno asked.

"No!" Buggy immediately refused.

"I'm the one who wants to be the captain myself. If I'm someone else's subordinate, Shanks will definitely laugh at me!"

Leno smiled and said, "Really? I heard there's a treasure in the place we're heading!"

"Eh? Treasure, Treasure?"

Buggy's eyes lit up.

"Really?"

"Yep!"

Buggy turned his back, pinched his chin, and thought: "If there's treasure, it's not impossible!"

"Also, even if there's no treasure, stealing a ship from him would still be profitable. Hehehe, I'm really insidious."

Due to the funds from the island of acrobatics being used for reconstruction, Buggy's dream of buying a ship was once again dashed.

But Leno acquired more than a dozen ships from pirates, which made Buggy envious.

Buggy turned around and said, "Alright, I agree, but I still want to bring Mohji, Cabaji, and Richie!"

Buggy, sometimes, still had brains.

He boarded the ship alone, feeling weak and guilty, so he needed some companions along the way.

Leno said, "If they agree, no problem."

Although Cabaji was injured by him last night, his injuries were not severe. After recovering, he charged forward and fought many pirates.

Facing Buggy's invitation, Mohji and Cabaji refused outright.

If the pirates had overrun Acrobatic Island, they might have fled with Buggy, but now they wouldn't.

It was a joke.

They controlled a small island, enjoying delicious food and spicy drinks. Why would they go on an adventure with Buggy, who didn't even have a ship?

Even in the original plot, the relationship between these two and Buggy was fluctuating.

After Buggy was beaten by Luffy, they fought for the position of captain and battled fiercely.

At this point, they had just met and hadn't formed a deep "friendship," so naturally, they didn't want to join Buggy without a boat.

"Besides, Elegia is not a good place!"

"There are demons there!"

"A real demon!"

"I heard that the Marine completely erased the location of that island from the map, and no one can go there!"

Mohji, Cabaji, you talk to me.

This made Buggy very angry.

He thought that these two people didn't want to leave, so with this kind of words, no one would lie to him.

"Hmph, what demon? I, Lord Buggy, am a gorgeous demon slayer! What a bunch of cowards!"

Buggy came back angrily on a duck step and boarded Leno's boat.

The ship sets sail.

Farewell to the Island of Acrobatics.

However, a flag began to flutter over the tavern on the Island of Acrobatics, and the bloody black dragon fluttered in the wind.

The name of the tavern was also changed to Hunter Tavern.

"From today onwards, this will be Hunter's Guild, the stronghold on this island, and drinks are free today!" said the tavern owner.

Outside the tavern.

People cheered.

"Oh, it's amazing, it's amazing, Dad, I'm going to be a hunter when I grow up!" said a child.

On the sea, the breeze is gentle.

A fleet sails.

Leno took the information from Kuro's interrogation.

"Oh, Fleet?"

Kuro pushed down his glasses and said: "These are not pure pirates, but semi-armed merchants."

"Semi-armed merchant? What's that?" Ji leaned over, wanting to find out more information and facilitate his actions.

Kuro said: "A semi-armed merchant refers to a person who has legal business qualifications, has a certain amount of force, and will hoist the pirate flag to plunder when encountering a merchant ship. His identity is between a merchant and a pirate."

"What? That's cunning!" Buggy said.

He thought to himself, "I will do the same when I have a boat in the future!"

Crowe continued: "Semi-armed merchants will have the backing of the kingdom to help sell and hide the stolen goods. Sometimes, they will pretend to be pirates and go to the enemy country to plunder or attack the enemy's merchant ships."

Leno said: "Scarlet Fleet, who is behind it?"

"Kingdom of Oikot!" Kuro said.

"Oh? An old acquaintance!"

"After all, it is the country with the highest overall national strength, ranking first in East Blue. Two years ago, Jemal 66 entered East Blue and invaded the Kingdom of Kokia. There was Oikot behind him. Since then, the two sides have had an arms deal."

Leno nodded slightly.

What Kuro said back then, the secret worth a billion Belly, refers to this.

Kuro inadvertently learned that Ruen in the Spider Tavern was a part of the arms transportation of the Kingdom of Oikot.

He designed an accident, causing the other party to lose ordinary munitions.

The Golden Armored Knight who was with Ruen back then came to trouble Kuro to find out the whereabouts of the ammunition.

The Kingdom of Oikot dared not make a statement and let it go.

"The Scarlet Fleet, on the surface, is the Kingdom of Oikot, and the largest is the merchant fleet."

"In private, it is a slave ship that transports arms, smuggles contraband, and attacks enemy countries and captures slaves."

"They will attack the Island of Acrobatics this time because they have received a big order to capture 10,000 slaves."

"Huh? So much?"

Buggy was surprised.

Ten thousand people!

What!

Not a small amount.

The Island of Acrobatics is not a member country of the World Government, and the World Government will not care about these people's attacks.

"Where will they send these slaves?" Luwell asked curiously.

"That guy doesn't know, he's only in charge of catching, and someone will hand them over to him, but he heard that they are going to build a bridge."

"I always feel that it is deeply involved!"

Leno smiled and said, "Where are their treasures? Where are they?"

Hearing "treasure," Buggy's eyes lit up: "Yes, where is the treasure? With such a big fleet, there must be a lot of money!"

"No!"

Kuro said: "On the contrary, these people don't have much money, and most of what they get is handed over to the behind-the-scenes messengers."

To put it bluntly, he is still a daily wage earner.

"That one-eyed one is a little hidden, on an island not too far from here. He said there is still a Devil Fruit."

"Devil Fruit?"

Leno moved.

He looked at Kuro and was obviously interested.

Buggy was also excited.

Leno said: "Go to the island first, and solve the problems of these pirates by the way."

"What are you going to do about it?"

"I'm a kind person. They like to catch slaves, so let them be slaves!" Leno smiled.

"Rebuilding requires manpower. I will give them a chance to make meritorious deeds."

Kuro said: "I do have a plan. Some of the cadres in the fleet are the noble heirs of Oikot."

"Should be able to exchange some money!"

"Hey, is this blackmail?" Buggy said.

"No, no, this is us. We can't bear to see their father and son separated, destroying a harmonious family." Leno spoke righteously.

"What?"

Buggy was speechless and thought to himself, "Evil, too evil, more shameless than me!"

"Kuro, you are responsible for this matter!" Leno said.

"Ok!"

"I'll go too!" Luwell raised her hand.

Leno glanced at her, knowing that she wanted to go back to Oikot, which was her hometown, and nodded.

"Okay, Luwell is familiar with Oikot, so the two of you will handle it."

In the middle of the sea, on a remote island.

Leno and the others found the one-eyed pirate's private stash, the two boxes in the cave.

A box was filled with gold coins.

"Treasure, treasure!"

Buggy held the box and had a great time.

The other box contained calligraphy, paintings, and documents.

It turned out that the one-eyed pirate secretly recorded the list and accounts of the Oikot nobles who had business dealings with him.

This made Kuro excited. With these, he was going to play a big game and blackmail the entire Oikot!

Leno took out another small box from the chest. After opening it, there was indeed a Devil Fruit inside, shaped like a pineapple with a mysterious spiral pattern.

"You said you have read the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book, right?"

Leno asked Luwell.

She nodded lightly, carefully identified it, and said pleasantly: "This, it is recorded in the illustrated book, is the Kujira Kujira no Mi, Model: Cheetah!"

"Zoan? It's okay!"

Leno threw the box to Kuro and said, "It's yours!"

The biggest feature of Devil Fruits in the One Piece World is their grotesque powers.

Although the taste is bad, as long as you eat one, you can get unexpected abilities.

It is equivalent to an extra shortcut on the road to becoming strong.

Ancient species are very rare.

The Kujira Kujira no Mi, Model: Cheetah also fits well with Crowe's attributes.

Kuro took a deep breath and picked up the Devil Fruit.

He bit into it with a grimace, but still suppressed the strange taste in his mouth and swallowed it whole.

He vomited a few times after eating.

Kuina asked curiously: "Can you transform?"

Kuro wiped his mouth, closed his eyes, and felt the force rushing into his body.

Then, his body began to swell, tearing off the clothes on his upper body, and soon turned into a three-meter-high orc.

Giant cheetah.

Bigger, stronger, and faster.

Kuro jumped lightly, leaped more than ten meters high, rushed suddenly, struck with cross claws with both hands, and tore a giant tree apart.

After getting the Giant Cheetah Fruit, Kuro's strength was raised by at least one level.

Give him special training for a period of time, and reaching the Vice Admiral level after awakening the two-color Haki is not a dream.

Back on the beach, Leno looked at the bundled pirates and said, "Trash, do you want to live?"

All the pirates nodded hurriedly.

"Then, put on the shackles and work for me! Those who perform well will be rewarded and freed!"

After some interrogation and sorting, the boat left the island and split into two routes.

Along the way, Kuro and Luwell headed to the Kingdom of Oikot.

Along the way, Leno, Kuina, and Buggy escorted about 600 slaves to Elegia.

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