Chapter 09: Rumble-Rumble Fruit
In the arena, the two pirates were locked in a fierce battle.
Both sides were using all their skills, trying everything possible to kill the other.
But their strengths were evenly matched. After a long time, they both had wounds, but there was no clear winner.
However, as one of the pirates made a mistake, the other seized the opportunity to cut off one of his arms in one fell swoop, and the duel finally came to an end.
"Haha, Heke and Carlo, well done! Come get the bounty you deserve!"
Scar Walker laughed heartily, his mood incredibly cheerful.
On the other side, Vile Tooth Garcia's face didn't look good. When the defeated member walked up to him, he directly took out a flintlock pistol, aimed at the defeated member, and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
A vibrant life was ended on the spot.
"My subordinates won't have such useless trash!" Vile Tooth Garcia spat in disgust, put away the flintlock pistol, and said, "Take the body down and dispose of it!"
Killing someone in public.
If this were on Central Street, it would definitely attract a large number of soldiers.
But on Pirate Street, it was commonplace. No one took life seriously at all.
Instead, the pirates began to spit on the defeated member. They only respected the strong; they had no pity whatsoever for the weak!
"This is the first time I've truly understood the meaning of the word cruel."
Ye Jia silently took a sip of alcohol.
This was the real pirate world!
The depictions in anime were just superficial. Real pirates were extremely ferocious and inhumane. They didn't value life at all, which was why they became objects of scorn!
This was also the reason why the Marines put bounties on their heads.
In "One Piece," Luffy always punched enemies flying or knocked them unconscious, leaving them a way out and never killing anyone.
But in the real pirate world, killing people was more frequent than eating and drinking; it was practically more common than breathing!
For the first time, Ye Jia felt how blissful it was to possess strength.
"Walker, don't get cocky. Next time we meet at sea, I'll make you understand the meaning of the words 'Vile Tooth'!" Vile Tooth Garcia snorted coldly, then waved his hand, "Bad luck today, let's go!"
He left the tavern with his subordinates.
"It's time to clean up a bit of sin for this world."
Ye Jia put down his glass, stood up, and followed them.
...
"Remember this, next time you encounter people from the Scar Pirate Crew, beat them ruthlessly for me. Kill one, and I'll reward you with a hundred gold coins!"
Vile Tooth Garcia was vengeful and treated the Scar Pirate Crew as mortal enemies.
Hearing about the hundred gold coin reward, his subordinates were all extremely excited.
"Is that so? Then give all the rewards to me now."
Suddenly, a voice came from behind Vile Tooth Garcia.
Vile Tooth Garcia turned his head and saw that the speaker was a guy wearing a black cloak. He couldn't help but frown and said viciously, "Who are you? Do you want to make an enemy of my Vile Tooth Pirate Crew?"
"If you think so, you're not wrong, but I'd prefer if you called me 'Death God'!"
Death God was the name Ye Jia gave himself, and it would be the name he used to roam the seas.
Wherever he went would be the dwelling place of the Death God. All sinful pirates would die under the "Scythe of the Death God"!
"Ignorant fool, kill him! I'll throw his head to the dogs!" Vile Tooth Garcia shouted.
Immediately, all his subordinates rushed forward with knives.
"I'm not interested in these small fries! What I'm interested in..."
Halfway through his sentence, Ye Jia's figure suddenly vanished from the spot.
A yellow light quietly appeared behind Vile Tooth Garcia, and a leg was raised.
"...is your head!"
Light Speed Kick!
Bang!
Vile Tooth Garcia's body, trailing a yellow laser beam, smashed ruthlessly into the wall, directly smashing a large hole through it!
"The special effect of the Light Speed Kick is finally out."
Ye Jia admired his previous strike with satisfaction. When he used the Light Speed Kick before, it was just a pure kick without any additional effects.
But this Light Speed Kick fully achieved Kizaru's initial effect. The hit object would have lasers appear on it, causing secondary damage and creating even more terrifying power.
As long as he trained diligently from now on, he believed it wouldn't be difficult to reach Kizaru's level.
"Boss!"
Hearing the commotion behind them, the subordinates turned around and screamed when they saw the deformed Vile Tooth Garcia twitching and foaming at the mouth.
"And you guys, you all deserve to die."
Ye Jia casually pointed more than ten times in succession. Immediately, more than ten laser beams shot out, piercing straight through the heads of the subordinates.
A bloody hole suddenly appeared in the center of their foreheads. They instantly lost their breath and collapsed to the ground.
Ye Jia couldn't even be bothered to touch such scum while dealing with them.
The commotion here attracted a disturbance. The vendors on both sides fled one after another, afraid of getting caught up in it.
Brawls and killings were too common on Pirate Street. If one accidentally got implicated and died, they would die in vain.
Even the Goa Kingdom couldn't be bothered to manage this place. It was a typical lawless zone.
"Next, I wonder what kind of Devil Fruit fragments will drop from you?"
Ye Jia didn't destroy Vile Tooth Garcia's head with a single kick for the sake of Devil Fruit fragments.
After researching these past few days, he had basically determined the pattern.
To get Devil Fruit fragments to drop, he had to hit people!
The stronger the person being hit, the higher the drop rate.
Therefore, another purpose of hunting pirates was to get Devil Fruit fragments from these wanted pirates!
"It's time for the results!"
Ye Jia teleported in front of Vile Tooth Garcia, who was twitching and foaming at the mouth uncontrollably.
Ye Jia had absolutely no pity for this.
Light Speed Fist!
Bang bang bang...
Thousands of punches a second all landed on Vile Tooth Garcia's body, breaking almost every bone in his body.
If they were concentrated on one spot, could Vile Tooth Garcia possibly survive?
"Congratulations, you have obtained 1 'Rumble-Rumble Fruit' fragment!"
"Congratulations, you have obtained 1 'Rumble-Rumble Fruit' fragment!"
"Congratulations, you have obtained 1 'Rumble-Rumble Fruit' fragment!"
"..."
The effect of throwing thousands of punches resulted in the sweet electronic female notification voice popping up crazily like a broken record!
"Rumble-Rumble Fruit? Another Logia type, awesome!"
Ye Jia was excited.
Before this, he had fantasized many times.
If it were a relatively useless Zoan fruit, he might as well keep it and sell it at a high price for money.
If it were a Paramecia fruit, he would have to decide whether to sell or keep it based on the type.
But if it were a Logia fruit, there was no question about it; he had to use it!
In Ye Jia's plan, if he could gather all the Logia fruits, it would be equivalent to controlling all of nature. He could destroy heaven and earth at will; how terrifying would that be?
Ye Jia certainly wouldn't let go of such an opportunity!
Moreover, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had displayed terrifying effectiveness in Enel's hands. His strength was enough to rival any Admiral, and he even had the ability to defeat an Admiral!
It could be said that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had always been an invincible existence among Logia types. If he hadn't encountered the counter of Luffy's Rubber Fruit, Enel becoming one of the Four Emperors would definitely have been no problem!
Having obtained such a fruit, how could Ye Jia not be excited?
"Rumble-Rumble Fruit, I'm coming for you!"