The Gains and Decisions of the Clone

Chapter 16 The Gains and Decisions of the Clone

In the world of One Piece, at the end of October 1496 in the Sea Calendar.

After his last return, Suzuki, the clone, remained near Alabasta and did not leave.

The sea is calm and the sky is clear today.

At this moment, a tiny ship, not much larger than Hawkeye's ship in the original story, was drifting on the sea with the wind.

Suzuki sat in the middle of the boat, holding a newly bought dagger in his hand, wearing an animal mask similar to the one worn by the Konoha Anbu, and occasionally glancing at the surrounding sea.

"Did we clean up too much lately? It's been over seven hours, and we still haven't encountered a single pirate crew."

He was searching for prey; he hadn't encountered a pirate ship for weeks.

Suzuki remained silent and could only continue his search in quiet contemplation.

Half an hour later, Suzuki, who was about to return to the port, discovered a sudden surprise.

"That's... a pirate ship!"

Suzuki spotted several small black dots emerging from the sea, and upon getting closer, he saw an extremely conspicuous pirate flag.

"Is that the Evil Bones Pirates from the South Blue? I remember their total bounty is eleven million, and their captain is named Francesca Clift. At least we've made some gains!"

A slight smile appeared on Suzuki's face.

Before long, the ships drew closer, and Suzuki saw many pirates on the decks of those pirate ships.

His smile deepened...

In the initial region of Paradise in the first half of the Grand Line, many pirate crews actually have inflated bounties, despite lacking real strength.

These pirates were doing quite well in their respective homelands, the four seas of the east, west, south, and north. They burned, killed, looted, destroyed villages and towns, and fought wits and courage against the naval bases of the four sea branches. But most of them relied on their numbers.

Suzuki most likes to find this kind of pirate crew.

As the distance drew closer, and when they were about 500 meters apart, Suzuki left the small boat he was on, which cost less than 5 million Berries. He channeled his chakra into his feet and stepped on the water to approach the pirate ship.

Pirates on those ships also spotted Suzuki, and after seeing him inexplicably walking on the sea to approach them, they all became somewhat panicked.

"Ah, this, this is..."

"Someone's running on the sea?!?"

"Quick, go get the captain!!"

"Captain, it's terrible! The bloodthirsty waterwalkers are here!"

A group of pirates frantically engaged in some useless actions.

Wearing an animal mask, Suzuki boarded one of the pirate ships, first taking down a group of small fry with a few kunai and shuriken from a distance, and then retreating back to the surface of the sea.

At that moment, the captain of the pirate ship, Francesca Clift, had just come out of the cabin.

Suzuki saw the pirate captain pop up, holding a weapon and standing on the deck railing with a brutal expression, as if he was about to say something to him.

Suzuki's eyes were cold. Without saying a word, he channeled his chakra into his arm, then swung it violently. The kunai exploded like a cannonball, blasting Suzuki's head apart.

Perhaps the pirate captain was trying to say something threatening, or perhaps he wanted to show off when he saw Suzuki retreat, but none of that mattered. Suzuki didn't care about any of that.

Without their captain, the pirates were in complete disarray, and most of these lowly pirates didn't even have guns.

With his chakra gradually becoming sufficient, Suzuki would occasionally fly a kite and throw a few kunai and shuriken into the distance.

He would occasionally approach with a dagger, calmly dodging and counter-attacking the pirates' swords and blades.

Before long, only a few survivors remained on the three pirate ships that had carried at least a hundred pirates.

These people were left behind by Suzuki specifically so that he could bring these pirate ships back to port.

Simple, fast, and efficient!

This is Suzuki in the current One Piece world.

When he returned last time, the main body transferred half of the power that had been added out of thin air to him, so his strength has also improved considerably.

Suzuki's current strength is almost on par with the main force of the ninja world, both approaching the level of Chunin, and in the world of One Piece, he would have a bounty close to ten million.

Not long ago, the main body sent him a message saying they would try to get him the Eight Gates Formation, and told him not to rush and to continue developing steadily.

But he still really hoped that the main body could develop a fire-style ninjutsu as soon as possible.

Suzuki, who still only knows the basic Three Body Techniques and throwing kunai and shuriken, has also seen a significant improvement in his chakra reserves and physical abilities.

Of course, he has had a pretty good time in Alabasta these past two months. Compared to before when he had to rely on trickery, deception, and ambush to kill pirates and collect bounties, he can now directly defeat some pirate crews head-on.

Ninja combat is inherently fast-paced; aside from being somewhat lacking in endurance and defense, they possess high speed, strength, and explosive power.

Suzuki knew, of course, that it would be safer to earn bounties by cheating, deceiving, or ambushing.

But so what?

Having already returned once and gained a basic understanding of the cheat function, Suzuki was no longer afraid of the death of his clone.

As long as the death is worthwhile, it doesn't matter if you die.

Moreover, the development direction of both was recently determined by the main body, which focuses on the flexible application of various combat skills and the improvement of combat experience.

The main body of the ninja world will graduate and embark on missions in a little over a year, so it is essential to have ample experience in combat and killing beforehand.

……

Three pirate ships were chained together and sailing on the sea, with a small wooden boat tied to the back with ropes.

Suzuki is forcing several pirates to head towards the port of Alabasta.

Before long, the pirate ship arrived at the port and entered the port as usual. However, this time Suzuki did not use the transformation technique, but instead wore an animal mask.

In fact, the people in the port were already used to seeing the mysterious bounty hunter wearing an animal mask appear on the pirate ship.

Over the past two months, Suzuki has brought captured pirate ships into the port multiple times, always wearing an animal mask.

He even earned a nickname, "The Bloodthirsty Water Walker," because he destroyed too many pirate ships and killed too many pirates in a short period of time.

However, Suzuki didn't care much about fame; he just wanted to earn enough.

After once again declining invitations from the naval base and the Alabasta military, Suzuki, carrying the pirate bounty he had already exchanged and the proceeds from selling his pirate ship, went to a secluded corner, removed his mask, changed his clothes, and returned to the inn.

Inside the hotel, Suzuki counted his gains over the past period.

"I was lucky this time. I not only got the bounty, but I also sold three pirate ships."

He sighed, noting that it was not easy to encounter a pirate crew with many ships, and even more difficult for a ship that wasn't too badly damaged. The income from selling the pirate ship this time was much more than the bounty he had earned from capturing pirates.

"The 42.5 million Berries from the sale of the ship, plus the 11 million Berries bounty, and some weapons and miscellaneous items, totaling 55 million Berries, plus the 75 million Berries I had saved up, make a total of 130 million Berries."

"Very good, we can exchange this for a lot of gold. There is still about a month before the next return, and we can take back gold worth ten million taels of silver then."

Suzuki smiled slightly as he thought about these things, but then he thought to himself:

"I need to check out other places tomorrow. The pirates in the area have probably heard about me. If I stay any longer, I might run into a big fish that I can't handle."

"The Navy and Alabasta have also taken notice of me..."

He pulled out a map that showed the seven initial routes of the first half of the Grand Line and looked at the islands of all sizes on it.

After a long silence, Suzuki finally decided where to go.

Next stop, Drum Island!

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(End of this chapter)