39: Section 39

It wasn't much, less than a million Berries.

There was no other way; faced with the oppression of the Axe King, any hardheaded idiot who couldn't tell who was boss would probably end up as cannon fodder!

He put away the briefcase.

Su Ming reclined in his seat, his mind sinking into the system terminal.

He poured every last drop of the class experience from the Azeroth dungeon settlement into his Gathering skill.

[Skill: Gathering L8]

[Category: Rule]

[Attribute: All-Thing Analysis +30]

[Effect ①: Material Encyclopedia]

[Effect ②: Meticulous Calculation]

[Effect ③: Precise Harvest]

[Effect ④: Universal Knowledge]

The L8 Gathering skill significantly integrated previous skill effects, and upon reaching L7, it had activated the brand-new Universal Knowledge trait.

As the name implied.

Through it, Su Ming could use Gathering + All-Thing Analysis to instantly understand the physical and chemical properties of any substance!

At L8, the four aforementioned skill effects were further significantly enhanced.

Relying on these, Su Ming could be considered an authority on materials science in any world!

However...

He was still half a bar of proficiency away from the max level, L9.

The effect of simple practice was no longer obvious; he would have to rely on brute-forcing it with experience.

Fortunately...

In the One Piece World, besides pirates, there was a massive population of Sea Kings living and breeding.

He glanced at the Class Advancement Scroll in his bag.

With a look of anticipation, Su Ming pushed open his room door.

The world is so big, how could I not go see it!

He walked through the hallway with familiarity and quickly reached the first-floor lobby via the stairs.

Suddenly.

Just as Su Ming reached the lobby.

A violent roar erupted overhead.

Dust fell from the ceiling, and the chandelier above swayed precariously.

Accompanying this was a voice that sounded incredibly dim-witted, shouting loudly: "Oi! Zoro, I found your swords! Ahahaha!"

That neurotic, silly laughter.

Even without seeing the person, he was certain that it was the protagonist of the One Piece World—Monkey D. Luffy!

Interesting...

So it's this point in time?

That's quite a coincidence.

But...

Along with the increasingly reckless roars, cracks spread across the ceiling, and dust fell in cascades!

His eyelid twitched slightly.

Thinking of a certain rubber man's way of doing things, Su Ming hurriedly sprinted outside.

Sure enough.

Just as he stepped out of the base's main entrance.

The next moment...

Boom!—

A damaged stone head sculpture smashed through several floors, carrying a massive amount of construction debris, and filled nearly half of the base's lobby.

Smoke and dust filled the air.

Coughs and faint screams began to ring out one after another.

"Oh no! Run, the base is collapsing!"

Su Ming: "..."

Emmm...

That's definitely Luffy's style.

Luffy, wearing his straw hat, ran past grinning, but in his carefree nature, he completely ignored Su Ming!

Dozens of disheveled Navy soldiers followed close behind, similarly ignoring Su Ming, who was leaning against the base's outer wall!

"Commander Morgan's orders: we must not let the prisoner escape!"

"Chase him! That straw hat kid is going to the execution ground to save someone!"

"Pick up the pace, Captain Morgan is watching us..."

So.

Is the vibe of the One Piece World always this abstract?

Or is this officer's coat I'm wearing... a fake?

In the direction of the execution ground.

An iconic straw hat, and a super recognizable green moss-head.

Su Ming laughed softly:

"It really is... the place where the dream begins!"

Sea Calendar Year 1520!

It was in this legendary year that the Straw Hat Pirates were formed, and a series of events such as the Alabasta Incident, the Enies Lobby Incident, the Impel Down Incident, and the Marineford War broke out one after another!

The magnificent saga of the One Piece World began here.

Chapter 45: That Guy is Terrifyingly Strong

"Hey!—"

"Tell me..."

"Ensign Omar, what are you doing hiding here?"

Accompanied by a series of gloomy and fierce questions, a tall, burly shadow loomed over him.

Looking toward the source of the voice.

Aha!—

It was none other than our piece-of-shit Captain Morgan!

Facing Morgan's gloomy and vicious face, Su Ming grinned:

"Yo! Captain Morgan, good afternoon."

"Hmm?"

What the hell was 'good afternoon'?

Leaning forward.

Morgan questioned even more fiercely:

"I'm asking you, why aren't you going to arrest the pirates?"

"Did you not hear the order?"

"Now! Immediately! Get the hell over there and fight!"

"If I don't see the heads of those two brats, I'll make sure you regret it!"

Su Ming was taken aback, staring with a pair of clear, innocent eyes:

"Me?"

"Captain Morgan, you must have made a mistake."

"I'm just an Ensign, how could I possibly defeat a Devil Fruit user?"

Su Ming indicated that the Ge Men had already unilaterally withdrawn from the Navy's ranks.

Arresting Luffy... not a chance!

Of course.

Another reason was that Luffy was indeed very weird.

With his current combat power, fighting Zoro would be fine, but fighting Luffy... he was afraid he might accidentally force out the Sun God Nika form.

Emmm...

To this day, Su Ming still couldn't understand how a rubber man could evolve into Sun God Nika.

Oda must have been out of his mind!

Morgan was naturally dissatisfied with such an answer.

Or rather, in Morgan's eyes, Su Ming's refusal was a provocation to his authority.

Therefore.

Morgan sneered in extreme anger, his eyes turning red:

"So, Ensign Omar, you want to disobey orders?"

His left arm rose slightly.

The battle-axe mounted to his arm bone glinted with a fierce, cold light.

"Ah, well..." Su Ming smiled helplessly. "If you're really going to put it that way..."

Bang, bang, bang!—

The Navy soldiers were firing their guns.

Seeing the heated battle over there, Su Ming withdrew his gaze.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly in the shadows, and the look he gave Morgan was full of mockery:

"Compared to them... it looks like you're much easier to kill, my piece-of-shit Captain Morgan!"

"You... what did you say?"

Morgan was shocked.

He was shocked by his subordinate's rebellion and extreme disrespect.

But even more so... by the fact that the once weak and easily bullied little rabbit was now erupting with the fierce killing intent of a predator!

A chill ran down his spine, and Morgan instinctively took a step back.

But...

"You... you bastard!"

Clearly, once Morgan came to his senses, he immediately flew into a rage, the veins on his forehead bulging!

"Colluding with pirates! Omar, I'm going to chop your head off!"

With a roar, Morgan swung his battle-axe, hacking fiercely toward Su Ming's neck.

However.