Chapter 10 Target: Bucky the Clown
"What...what on earth is going on?!"
Looking at the chaotic scene before him, Zoro's brain seemed to have completely stopped working and went on strike.
He glanced subconsciously at V beside him, who remained calm and composed, then at Luffy, who was patting his belly and effortlessly retracting his powers. An uncontrollable thought popped into his head:
"Who exactly are these two guys?"
"That's Luffy's Devil Fruit ability."
V crossed his arms over his chest, seemingly having anticipated Zoro's shock.
He began to explain in a relaxed tone:
You've probably heard of Devil Fruits, right?
"Luffy ate a Zoan-type Mythical Zoan Fruit, specifically the Human-Human Fruit, in Nikka form. Simply put, he's now a rubber man."
"in addition..."
V paused deliberately, a knowing, mischievous smile playing on his lips, and added:
"As a friendly reminder, this Devil Fruit ability is currently seen as a thorn in the side by the highest ruler of the World Government, who is hunting it down with all their might."
"Because, it is said that the legendary Joy Boy, who caused the World Government trouble and fear eight hundred years ago, used this very ability."
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Master, I understand!
At that moment, Zoro felt an unprecedented smoothness in his cerebral cortex, as if any information that flowed in would slip away from the smooth surface of his cerebral cortex.
In plain language: My mind feels completely blank.
"No, wait, wait..."
He pressed his head hard, forcing himself to stay able to think.
There was so much information that he didn't know where to begin.
"What does it mean... to be hunted down by the rulers of the world government?"
"It means exactly what it says~" V shrugged easily, revealing a mischievous smile.
"Even the world's greatest swordsman would have to put in some effort to survive peacefully by this guy's side."
"You guys..." Zoro was so shocked he couldn't speak.
Meanwhile, under Luffy's sweeping attack, a group of marines had already been completely overwhelmed and thrown into chaos.
Monka's eyes trembled as he backed away.
"Who...who exactly are you people?!"
Luffy rested one hand on his straw hat, revealing a standard "D" smile.
As if some kind of dialogue mechanism had been triggered, he said loudly:
"My name is Monkey D. Luffy, and I'm going to be the Pirate King!"
"The Pirate King?"
Surprisingly, Monka, who was initially terrified, calmed down upon hearing these words.
He stopped backing away and suddenly burst into laughter:
"Hahaha...who do we have here!"
"Turns out he's just a daydreaming brat!"
"Me, a dignified naval captain, afraid of a guy like you..."
"Thinking about it carefully, he's just a Devil Fruit user who got lucky!"
The laughter stopped abruptly, and Monka's face was once again filled with ferocity and rage.
He roared, raising his remaining left fist, and with humiliation and final madness, slammed it down on Luffy:
"How dare you act so arrogantly in front of me! Die!!!"
call!
The giant axe roared and slammed down on Luffy once more.
But Luffy's eyes were unusually determined.
He looked intently at Monka, then suddenly stretched his arm back, making it long and tight.
"This isn't a pipe dream!!!"
"I will definitely become the Pirate King!!!"
"Rubber rubber... pistol!!!"
Whoosh!
The arm pulled back was like a fully drawn bow, full of power, and then suddenly shot forward!
The fist whistled through the air, striking the side of the giant axe with pinpoint accuracy.
Clang!
The fist, like a cannonball, shattered the giant steel axe with its brutal and unreasonable force, and continued its charge toward Monka's jaw.
Bang—!!
Monka's burly body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the base's perimeter wall, sending rubble and debris raining down.
He struggled a few times, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He let out a muffled groan, his head lolled to the side, and he lost consciousness.
One second—!
tread.
V appeared just in time in front of Monca, placing one hand on him.
In an instant, a piece of information appeared before my eyes:
[Ding! A critically injured patient has been detected who has fallen into a coma. Should we contain them?]
"Time for dinner, guys!"
"yes!"
V silently chanted, and Monka's body vanished instantly.
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Two hours later, at a restaurant in the port of Shells.
"Ah~ I'm so full!!!"
Zoro leaned on his long sword beside the dining table, patted his protruding belly, and looked satisfied.
Luffy, standing nearby, turned his head in confusion: "Huh? You're full already?"
"Boss! Three more plates of grilled meat, please!"
"Hey, hey~" Zoro frowned, flicked his finger, and pointed at Luffy.
"Why do you eat more than me?"
"I'm the one who's been starving for twenty days, aren't I!?"
"Maybe it's because it's so delicious," Luffy mumbled, his mouth full of food.
Just then, a figure appeared out of thin air and sat down in a chair next to the dining table.
"Seriously? You two haven't finished eating yet?"
V raised an eyebrow, looked at the mountain of empty plates in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.
So many empty plates, how much money must have been spent?
He also wanted to save some money so that he could buy some materials unique to the One Piece world when he got to Loguetown and see if he could modify his prosthetic body.
"I hope Ah Long didn't squander too much of my money."
V sighed silently.
Unfortunately, Monca, that narcissistic bastard, actually wasn't greedy for money at all.
He poured all the money he had plundered into that enormous sculpture.
The only safe in the office contained only a nautical chart showing the route from the East China Sea to the Grand Line.
What's even more infuriating is that when V opened the safe, he discovered that the nautical chart had already been stolen by the Buggy Pirates.
"Fortunately, another 1,500 trading points came in, otherwise the whole day would have been wasted."
Thinking of this, V smiled slightly.
Although Monka is missing an arm, he has a very muscular physique and has been rated as a Level 2 Superior in the Black Market.
She's half a level above Bielita.
"That way, I can buy another copy of 'Effort Leads to Success' from the store."
V looked at the 2100 trading points balance on the interface and began to make calculations in his mind.
Unlike Alvida's iron wrists transformed from her arms, Success Through Effort is not a complete prosthetic arm.
It's more like a vein, and the installation method involves embedding it into the arm from the base of the palm.
The advantage is that this prosthetic body is not visible externally, and after installation, it is no different from a normal person.
The downside, however...
For this prosthetic body to function, it requires the assistance of a brain-computer interface.
"A first-order brain-computer interface can only support one third-order prosthetic body at most, which is just right."
"but..."
V turned his gaze to his experience bar.
Experience Points: 420/1000
After treating Monka, V gained another 70 experience points.
Although we're still more than halfway to the upgrade, but...
"If we meet the Buggy Pirates as promised at the next stop, given their size, we should be able to easily meet the upgrade requirements."
"Then we can unlock the Tier 2 brain-computer interface and install it on Zoro and the others."
Judging from V's Tier 5 cybernetic body... he is a typical perfectionist.
Instead of wasting points now and equipping Zoro and Luffy with Tier 1 brain machines a day or two in advance, it's better to wait until everything is ready before taking action.
"Perfect timing! I'm really looking forward to seeing what a Gender-Borrowed Creature transformed into will look like!"
V pondered to himself.
"V!...V! What are you thinking about?"
Zoro's call interrupted V's thoughts.
He snapped out of his daze: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing much, I just wanted to ask about our next steps?"
Zoro glanced at Luffy, who was still engrossed in eating.
Although he had accepted the fact that Luffy was the captain, he still felt that communicating with V was more reliable.
"Next stop~"
V stroked his chin, his mind beginning to reminisce.
Thanks to the excellent storyline of the early One Piece arc, even though many years have passed, he still knows the storyline before Enies Lobby like the back of his hand.
V quickly made a decision: "Let's go to Orange Town!"
Zoro & Luffy: "Orange Town?"
Luffy blinked in confusion: "Why go there? Is it because there are delicious oranges there?"
"Luffy, you're different from other captains." V sighed earnestly. "From now on, when we're discussing serious matters, just focus on eating."
"Okay, sure," Luffy replied obediently.
A knowing glint flashed in Zoro's eyes.
"Orange Town?"
"If I remember correctly, that should be Bucky the Clown's territory now."
"That guy has a bounty of 15 million Berries on his head in the Navy."
"That's right." V nodded with satisfaction.
Although Zoro is an absolute hopeless navigator, his grasp of basic information is still quite normal.
"We'll see later... if we can get Zoro a prosthetic body with automatic pathfinding and positioning."
In addition to the system's cheat functions, V is also an engineer with maxed-out crafting and hacking skills.
With the right tools, making minor modifications to prosthetic bodies is a piece of cake.
As for writing software programs, that's a piece of cake.
"We need to install a backdoor on Zoro first, so we won't have to worry about not being able to find him in the future."
"Hmm! This matter might be a higher priority than I thought..."
Recalling Zoro's "feats" in the anime, V immediately set a reminder in his mind to constantly remind himself.
End of this chapter
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