On the vast sea, the newbie pirates Roger and Rayleigh frantically rowed their small boat, making it speed through the water. Only when their arms were exhausted and the large ship and Figo’s figure had completely disappeared from their sight did they finally relax.
With two loud thuds, they collapsed on the boat, looking up at the sky. Rayleigh’s eyes were a bit dazed. How did things turn out like this? Am I crazy?
“Ha~~~hahaha…” Next to him, Roger’s relieved laughter rang out.
It was a pure joy, and for some reason, Rayleigh’s mood also lightened, and he laughed along.
What an infectious guy.
Laughing, they turned to look at each other. Roger tightened his fallen straw hat and said, “Safe, safe. That uncle is really strong, we were no match for him!”
“And who said he would make that uncle his first defeated opponent after setting sail?” Rayleigh teased, also relaxing.
“I’ll beat him sooner or later!” Roger said confidently, “Right, first mate!”
First mate? Rayleigh was taken aback but didn’t reject the title. He smiled and responded, sitting up and looking back towards Loguetown, his expression gradually turning dazed.
Two seconds later, he shouted, “What opponent?! Row! He’s coming after us!”
Coming after them? Roger blinked, sat up, and looked back, seeing Figo running towards them on the sea, and was stunned.
“Running on the sea, so cool!” But his reaction was different from Rayleigh’s. After a two-second daze, his eyes sparkled, and he shouted, “Hey, uncle, how are you doing that?!”
Rayleigh felt like he had boarded a pirate ship… no, he had invited a pirate onto his boat!
He immediately flicked Roger on the forehead, shouting, “Row!”
Roger snapped back to reality, sat down, and began rowing with Rayleigh again, but kept glancing back. As he turned back to the sea, he suddenly exclaimed, “Is that… a battleship?”
Huh? Rayleigh looked, his face turning green. In the distance, a massive battleship was heading straight for them. This was going to be the end!
“Change direction! Quickly!”
…
“Chasing someone?”
Standing with his arms crossed at the bow of the battleship, Kong looked at the small boat hurriedly trying to avoid the battleship. “Pirates?”
No, that shouldn’t be. What kind of pirates could escape from Uncle Figo?
He hesitated about whether to help intercept them, then noticed Figo wasn’t following the small boat but was heading straight for the battleship. His expression became serious, and he shouted, “He’s coming. Everyone, brace yourselves!”
The marines on the ship responded, hiding in the cabins and becoming alert.
Garp, standing beside Kong, withdrew his gaze from Roger and Rayleigh, looking confused. Kong said to him, “Every time we successfully catch up with him, he greets me in a special way to check if my strength has improved. Step back a bit, Garp. You can’t handle it yet.”
Checking if Admiral Kong has improved? As expected of the world’s strongest man!
Garp instinctively stepped back a few steps and saw Kong take two steps forward, leaping high from the bow of the ship, tapping the air lightly with Moonwalk, and meeting Figo in mid-air. Figo, smiling, mirrored his movements, also leaping with Moonwalk.
“Amazing! Flying!” On the distant small boat, Roger’s eyes sparkled again.
“Row with all your might!” Rayleigh’s heart filled with intense unease. The guy flying from the battleship, why did he look so much like the legendary Admiral Kong?!
What have I gotten myself into?!
Under the watchful eyes of Garp by the cabin door, and Rayleigh and Roger on the small boat, the two figures in the sky grew closer. As they were about to collide,
both of their right fists turned as black as ink with Armament Haki, and they swung, striking at each other!
With a thunderous boom, their fists collided!
Crack! A lightning bolt erupted in the sky. The blackened Armament Haki waves spread out from their collision, swallowing the light!
The sky churned and split.
The sea below them swirled, waves crashing in all directions, driven by the wind and shockwaves. In Roger’s wide-eyed astonishment and Rayleigh’s horrified gaze, their small boat was swept up and flung far away!
On the battleship, Garp crossed his arms to shield himself. The wind had plastered his body against the cabin door, making him unable to open his eyes. He gritted his teeth and exerted his strength, but he couldn’t move an inch!
And this was just the aftermath from a hundred meters away.
Is this the power of an Admiral?!
The black stream of light kept expanding at the point of collision in the sky, and the flowing Armament Haki seemed to darken half the sky!
Kong’s expression was serious, and his hands pressed harder. Figo frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied: “Kong, you haven’t improved much since last time.”
Kong sighed internally, replying through gritted teeth, “It’s only been four months since you last ran out. How much improvement can there be?”
“Oh, right, forgot.” Figo smiled, exerting more strength in his fist. The black halo exploded like a cannonball, blowing the clouds apart! Kong’s body shot back to the battleship, landing and steadying himself.
Figo also landed beside him, simultaneously opening the prison files to check Kong’s details.
【Prisoner: Kong】
【Level: SSR6】
【Status: Escaped】
【Crime Index: 19】
【Capture Participation: 100%】
【Rewards: Armament Haki +340+189+251+433…】
【Character Event 1 (Completed): Make Kong or yourself an Admiral. Event Rewards: Physique +…】
【Character Event 2 (Activated): Make Kong or yourself the Fleet Admiral.】
【Core Event: Not yet activated】
Not only could the increase in capture participation bring rewards, but the increase in a prisoner’s strength and crime index could also provide rewards!
Kong was captured at SR9 strength. Each time his strength significantly improved, and his crime index increased, Figo recaptured him, gaining rewards again, having done so over ten times!
However, advancing from SSR6 to SSR7 was extremely difficult. At 45, Kong had nearly reached his peak. SSR7 was probably his talent’s limit, making it harder to gain more rewards.
Kids grow up so fast. Figo thought, at least there was the crime index.
As an Admiral, Kong couldn’t avoid accumulating a crime index during missions due to collateral damage.
But Figo figured that in just four months, Kong’s crime index wouldn’t have increased significantly, so he decided not to engage in their usual “shared cuff talk.”
Kong, already cautious, glanced at Figo’s cuffed wrist, relaxing only when Figo didn’t playfully try to cuff him with Seastone cuffs, supposedly to train his resistance to Seastone. He turned to check on Garp and glanced around the sea.
The waves had calmed down.
Those two who looked like pirates had been swept far away by the sea. Uncle Figo seemed to have helped them. Maybe they were children left behind by some innocent pirate from Impel Down, and Uncle Figo came to look out for them?
…
Dozens of kilometers away, the drenched Roger and Rayleigh lay in their small boat, panting heavily.
“Amazing! Amazing, amazing, amazing!” Roger exclaimed repeatedly, “That uncle is really strong! We’re amazing too, to escape from him!”
Rayleigh rolled his eyes, feeling more uncertain about their future. This captain had no sense of reality.
“Still think you can beat him?”
Roger paused, then grinned, “Of course! We’ll get stronger, brother!”
This guy… Rayleigh turned his head to spit out seawater, also smiling. Then he heard Roger say, “This time we’re really safe!”
Safe? You said that before.
Rayleigh suddenly felt uneasy, sat up, and his face changed, “Damn! The boat is leaking! Roger, plug it!”
“Huh? What? Where? No way, I can’t swim!”
“What? You’re a Devil Fruit user?!”
“No, just not good at it…”
“Not good at swimming and you went to sea?!”
“Eh heh…”
“Stop laughing! Hurry, the boat’s sinking!”
“Ah, yes, yes!”
Shaking and panicking, the small boat carrying their dreams sailed towards the horizon.
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