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Magic Power Engine * 1!

Steel Turbine Component * 2!

Sergold Chip Array * 4!

Automatic Driving System * 1!

As the aforementioned pre-installed parts and basic materials evaporated rapidly, the virtual design blueprint was soon completely filled with matter.

Finally.

Eight minutes later.

A brand-new sloop slid miraculously into the sea!

With a satisfied smile, Su Ming leaped seven or eight meters high, landing on the deck in a superhero pose.

[Ship: midnight rose (Azure)]

[Category: Magic Sailboat]

[Attributes: Durability +25, Stability +20, Speed +10]

[Effect ①: Magic Power (You can consume Magic Crystals to provide the ship with an endless supply of energy)]

[Effect ②: Turbocharging (Speed increased by an additional 50%)]

[Effect ③: Automatic Navigation (Free your hands; it knows this ocean better than you do)]

A perfect Creation!

Otherwise, the Comprehensive Network wouldn't use the word [Azure] as an identifier.

Arriving at the captain's cabin, a pleasant mechanical female voice responded in sync:

"Welcome home, Master!"

"Midnight?"

"Yes, Master. I am very happy to see you again... However, I have detected slight discrepancies in the physical constants..."

At this point, the mechanical female voice hesitated slightly:

"Master, are we still within the range of the Known Universe?"

Su Ming laughed heartily and said with satisfaction:

"Not bad, not bad. Midnight, it seems the intelligent code Zhixin edited for you is indeed very useful! Alright, to answer your question, yes, this is no longer the Known Universe. We have arrived in a brand new world!"

"Understood, Master. Is there anything you need Midnight to do for you?"

"Perform a self-check first."

On the virtual projection screen, the progress bar advanced rapidly.

One must admit that the convenience of technological Creations is something ordinary supernatural beings can hardly match.

Fortunately, the L6 Creation Skill, under the influence of the mysterious [Ork Logic], possesses a certain degree of cross-system integration capability.

Otherwise, intelligent driving, artificial intelligence, and the like would just be a pipe dream.

"Master, the ship's performance is reliable, and all functions are fully operational."

After a pause, Midnight asked in confusion:

"But Master, I don't understand why you would choose such a backward carrier as a ship?"

"That's called nostalgia!"

Having transmigrated to the One Piece World, if you aren't driving a pirate ship and charging around, there's no spirit to speak of.

"But I still don't understand, Master."

"That's normal. If you could understand, you would be a sapient being, not an artificial intelligence... Let's go, Midnight. Let us head towards Reverse Mountain!"

After a moment of silence, Midnight reminded:

"The current vehicle is not equipped with a radar system, and no satellite signal has been detected."

"Master, I cannot locate Reverse Mountain!"

"Please input nautical charts in a timely manner. Of course, if Master can provide satellite positioning services, that would also be fine."

Su Ming: "..."

Fine, my mistake.

He hurriedly pulled out a stack of nautical charts he had swiped from the naval base and handed them to Midnight for scanning. The virtual map quickly took shape.

Unfortunately, it was limited to the East Blue area.

Immediately after, Su Ming marked the location of Reverse Mountain on the virtual map.

The Magic Power Engine started.

Two sets of turbine pump propulsion blades began to operate on their own.

The animal-hide sails turned automatically.

The midnight rose officially set sail!

With the blessing of multiple boosts, the ship's speed increased rapidly: 10 knots... 15 knots... 30 knots... It quickly soared all the way to 55 knots before stabilizing!

The sea surface was forcefully split open, and the midnight rose rode the wind and waves away!

Leaving the captain's cabin, he headed to the engine room.

He injected a dozen or so Magic Crystals into the high-speed Magic Power Engine.

Su Ming had a pile of these in his inventory.

When performing Gathering on elemental substances, he could always separate some pure natural magic energy. Once the quantity accumulated, he would perform a secondary Gathering, and Magic Crystals would be born.

Regrettably, the One Piece World did not have such a thing as natural magic energy.

He had tried; materials gathered from this world were all very ordinary.

Returning to the deck, he flopped onto a newly retrieved lounge chair.

Drinking juice with a parasol overhead to block the UV rays, life was simply wonderful.

He flipped through the materials in his hand; it was a stack of bounty posters issued internally by the Navy...

Thanks to the past simulated by the Comprehensive Network, the internal Navy bounties were far more detailed than the trash outside that just posted a photo and a number.

Chapter 47: The Great Pirate with a 1,200 Berry Bounty

These materials were detailed to an infuriating degree!

They not only contained the target of the bounty but also their range of activity over the past month.

They also included the staff officers' analysis of the pirate's lair, possible relocation points, and... most importantly, their plundering routes!

Was this done by CP9?

Or some other spy/special operations organization belonging to the World Government?

Should one say, as expected of the World Government?

"Sure enough, not killing Morgan directly was the right choice."

With such pervasive intelligence Gathering capabilities, if the World Government was determined to find someone, it would be useless even if you hid in the Calm Belt or curled up on the seabed!

"But then again..."

"Idle is idle..."

"Might as well play the role of a bounty hunter for fun!"

...

O'Connor Island.

After a night of ravaging, the small town under the morning light was in a state of ruin.

Many buildings in the nameless town had been bombed into rubble.

Firelight and smoke, accompanied by the suppressed cries of the townspeople, occasionally echoed with a few gunshots, and the crying would immediately vanish.

Outside the harbor.

On a medium-sized pirate ship.

A pirate captain, yawning and wearing a cloak, walked lazily down the deck surrounded by his underlings.

The robust and fierce pirate captain was long accustomed to the bloodstains on the pier.

His gaze was fixed on a pile of treasure.

A moment later, he lit a cigar on his own.

Letting the choking smoke obscure half of his face, a low and raspy voice rang out:

"Just this little bit of loot? You bastards, did you search thoroughly?"

"Bo-boss!" An underling trembled as he said: "It-it's mostly all here... Uh, O'Connor Island is not on the traditional shipping route, so..."

With a soft snort, the pirate captain strode toward the ruined town.

In the air, only a scoffing response remained:

"I hope so."

Just then, on the pirate ship, an underling hurriedly popped half his body out and shouted at his boss, who was about to leave:

"Boss! There's a ship approaching from the east!"

"Hmm?"

The pirate captain paused and looked back:

"What kind of ship is it?"

"Boss, it's a ship I've never seen before, and it's very fast!"

Very fast?

Not good!

It must be a bounty hunter's ship!

The pirate captain hurriedly tossed away his cigar and shouted orders to his men:

"Stop screwing around! Get your weapons ready, load the cannons! Listen up, do not let that ship get close!"

Not long after the order was given, the noise in the town quickly died down.

The pirates hurriedly returned to the deck, the ship turned, and the cannons were lined up.

Just five minutes later, when the strange ship was less than five kilometers from the harbor, puffs of smoke from the cannons exploded along the side of the ship with bangs.

A barrage of bullets flew, and a few seconds later, sprays of water erupted around the strange ship.