After a few hours of escaping from that gigantic dolphin, they kept sailing towards where the Log Pose pointed until they could finally see the second island of the Grand Line.
"I'm sure that's it! That's the island that comes after the cactus island!" Nami said excitedly.
"YAHOOO! THE SECOND ISLAND OF THE GRAND LINE!!" Luffy exclaimed happily.
"We finally arrived here," Oliver said, somewhat worried.
As they went deeper into the island, they could see how everything was covered by a thick jungle.
"We have to be careful. I'm worried about what Miss All-Sunday said," Vivi said with concern.
"D-D... Did she say there would be monsters?!" Usopp asked, scared.
"I don't know," Sanji answered him. "We have to get food... we didn't get anything on the other island."
"I have plenty of food saved up, but it wouldn't hurt to have a bit more for long trips, especially because of... a certain person," Oliver said, looking at Luffy.
He felt a gaze on him, so he tried to look into the jungle.
"It's a very thick jungle. There might be gigantic beasts roaming around," Oliver said.
"Don't say that!" Usopp yelled at him.
"Come on, don't you find it interesting to be in this place? Besides, we will most likely be able to get enough meat for a long time," Oliver told him while checking the surroundings.
"Look at that! I haven't seen those plants in any book," Nami said, impressed, only to then shriek due to a loud noise. "What was that?!"
"Who knows, how many monsters could there be in a jungle like this?" Oliver said, worrying Nami and Usopp even more.
Right then, a loud noise was heard that worried them even more, and then a large tiger came staggering out of the jungle and fell dead.
"This is not normal!! It is definitely not normal! Why is the tiger, the King of the Jungle, passed out in a pool of its own blood?!" Nami asked, scared.
"W-We are not getting off the ship on this island!" Usopp said, supporting Nami.
"We will sit on the ship and wait for the Log Pose to calibrate and then we leave!" Nami said, thinking of a plan to not get off on the island. "We have to get to Alabasta quickly, of course."
"Sanji! Lunchbox!" Luffy told him.
"A lunchbox?" Sanji asked him.
"Yes! A pirate lunchbox! I smell adventure!" Luffy said excitedly.
"W-Wait a minute! Where do you think you're going?!" Nami asked him, flustered.
"On an adventure! Do you want to come?" Luffy told her, totally excited. "Come on, Sanji! The lunchbox!"
Nami gave up on trying to stop him, since he wouldn't stop when he gets excited, while Vivi thought for a moment about seeing the island.
"Hey, can I go with you?" Vivi asked him.
"Sure, come!" Luffy told her.
"Don't tell me you are going with him?!" Nami asked her.
"Yes. If I sit down and start thinking, I'll only get depressed. I'm going to have fun until the Log Pose charges," Vivi explained to her. "And we will take Karoo with us!"
When she said that, Karoo was totally shocked that he couldn't even make a sound.
After a few minutes, Sanji made a lunchbox for Luffy and Vivi, as well as some water for Karoo.
"Alright! Let's go!" Luffy shouted as he went deep into the jungle.
"We will be back!!" Vivi shouted while riding Karoo.
"Miss Wednesday has gotten nervous," Usopp said.
"What did you expect from someone who has infiltrated a criminal organization," Nami told him.
"Well, I'm going to exercise a bit while we wait for the Log Pose to charge. See you in a while," Oliver said, jumping off the ship to go into the forest. "DON'T GET EATEN BY THE MONSTERS!"
"SHUT UP!!!" Nami and Usopp yelled at him.
Oliver was walking through the jungle where he saw quite incredible things.
"What a beautiful plant... but its smell is disgusting," Oliver said, covering his nose in front of a multi-colored plant.
At that moment, he felt a fixed gaze on him, so he took out his spear and got into an attack position until above him a gigantic snake passed between the trees along with several other things.
"Compared to those Sea Kings, these are quite small," Oliver said, looking around.
Right then, something started to move between the trees until a tail went straight at him, so he jumped, dodging the attack to grab onto a tree branch, seeing how the snake's head appeared in front of him.
"Hahaha, I hope it wasn't because I said you were small," Oliver said, watching as the snake lunged at him, opening its mouth.
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Oliver was sitting on the ground while cooking the snake that had attacked him.
"It's quite good. Although I can't take this meat since it has poison," he said, eating a large piece of the snake.
"That talent truly allows me to know what's in the food," he said, finishing eating.
He stayed seated, looking at the remains of the snake, only to grab it and lift it over his shoulders without any effort.
"My strength increased quite a bit. Could it be that since my body adapted to the Fishmen's strength, that made me stronger?" Oliver said out loud, trying to analyze it.
He stored the snake in his inventory and checked his status.
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Status
Name: Oliver
Age: 24 years
Race: Beastkin
Height: 1.95 m
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Inventory
-Jester Spear
-20kg meat
-10kg fruit
-20kg vegetables
-Whole Cheese
-Storage-Storage Fruit
-Slime-Slime Fruit
-Ant-Ant Fruit
-Spider-Spider Fruit, Model: Scorpion
-Dinosaur Dinosaur Fruit, Model: Quetzalcoatlus
-Money: 49,000,000
-2x Weapon Gacha Token
-Fighting Style Gacha Token
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Fighting Style
-Mastery in Electro (30%)
-Mastery in Boxing (21%)
-Mastery in Iron Fist (15%)
-Mastery in Karate (11%)
-Mastery in Two-Axe Style (0%)
-Mastery in Street Fighting (17%)
-Mastery in Hoplomachia (20%)
-Mastery in Nunchaku Style (0%)
-Mastery in Lightning Spear (7%)
-Mastery in Mixed Martial Arts (13%)
-Mastery in Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist (10%)
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Talent
-Adaptive Body
-Poison Resistance
-Pain Tolerance
-Accelerated Metabolism
-Warrior Mindset
-Fighter's Body
-Casual Fishing
-Cold Resistance
-Hardened Skin
-Basic Discipline
-Accelerated Healing Factor
-Affinity with Devil Fruits
-Climate Resistance
-Refined Palate
-Steady Arm
-Animal Affinity
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"I've advanced quite a bit with the fighting styles, but... How did they advance so much? The last time I checked was in Cocoyashi and they were around 10%, they leveled up way too fast considering I barely fought."
Oliver's gaze fell straight onto Adaptive Body.
"Could it be that my body takes a while to adapt and since I recovered faster, everything went up too much?"
He sat down and started thinking about what the answer could be for his fighting styles increasing so much, in addition to having more strength.
"It does me no good to sit here doing nothing when Mr. 2 might start making his move."
As he was about to get up, he remembered the reward.
"Almost 400 million, with the 49 million I have, I could buy 200 Devil Fruits."
He thought about the possible 470 million Berries he would have and what he could do with them.
"I'll save up for the special gacha. But first..."
He spent 10 million Berries buying 3 Talent Gacha Tokens, since they were the best for getting so many better passives without having to learn them, and bought a Fighting Style Gacha Token with the remaining million.
"I'll leave the weapons for now," Oliver said.
He summoned the gacha machine and inserted the first Token, hoping for something good.
When the first sphere came out, it was black.
[Talent: Stylist]
[Grants the user the ability to cut, dye, and change the hairstyle of people and/or animals]
"Will it work to cut Chopper's hair?"
The second sphere was also black.
[Talent: Neutral Scent]
[Grants the user a scent that is difficult for people or animals to track]
"This one might be interesting, it might affect Zoan-type Devil Fruit users."
He hoped the last thing he got would be something good, but it was also black.
[Talent: Natural Orientation]
[Makes it difficult for the user to get lost, even in forests or large cities]
"Nothing interesting."
He continued with the following tokens where a black and silver sphere, and a black sphere came out.
[Fighting Style: Drunken Swordsman]
[Fighting Style: One-Dagger Style]
Oliver stayed looking at the two Fighting Styles and simply remained in silence until a strange scent started to reach his nose, so he stood up slowly and started looking around.
"Mmm... I think I have company."
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