: The Rise Begins

Chapter 6: The Rise Begins

Under a clear blue sky, merchant ships sailed on the sea, with a gentle sea breeze ruffling their sails.

Suzuki stood on the deck, gazing at the land that was getting closer and closer in the distance, and the port that he could barely make out, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

He had never been on a boat before. Although he had played by the sea before, his contact with the sea, whether in the original world or the ninja world, had never been as profound as this time.

The three-day voyage was not easy. Suzuki occasionally felt inexplicably dizzy, accompanied by nausea and vomiting, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

For people who have spent a long time on land, this is their first time living at sea, living on a ship.

He didn't feel that sense of security from being grounded, and the constant swaying made him quite uncomfortable.

During the journey, the merchant ship encountered a major storm, but thanks to the experienced command of Captain Ethan and his crew, nothing went wrong.

The harbor was now clearly visible. Captain Ethan came up to the deck, looked at Suzuki, and laughed heartily: "Hahaha, little Suzuki, are you still thinking about that storm?"

Suzuki nodded, watching the port draw closer. "Yes, but we're almost on land!"

Captain Ethan chuckled and replied, "You're still too naive. Storms like this are commonplace for us!"

Suzuki nodded again and replied earnestly, "It's fortunate that I met Captain Ethan and the others this time, and I've learned a lot from you. We're almost there, thank you so much!"

Captain Ethan simply smiled, and then the two of them stood together on the deck waiting to dock.

Upon arriving in Alabasta, Captain Ethan gave Suzuki some Berries. After thanking the crew again, Suzuki...

He waved goodbye to Captain Ethan and everyone on board.

. . .

Suzuki plans to stay in Alabasta for a while.

After all, Alabasta hasn't yet welcomed Crocodile, and there's not much unrest domestically, making it a relatively suitable environment for Suzuki, who is currently focused on developing peacefully.

At the same time, because it is located on the Grand Line and has a vast coastline, Alabasta has no shortage of seafood and even sea king meat.

These giant creatures from the pirate world are not only delicious but also nutritious, and may even have some benefits for physical fitness.

Suzuki can improve his physical abilities by earning some money here through ninja methods.

As for how to make money, Alabasta is located at the starting point of the seven routes of the Grand Line, and there are many rookie pirate crews who have just entered the Grand Line from the Four Seas and cause trouble at the port of Alabasta.

These rookie pirate crews are not very strong, usually don't have any special abilities, and aren't very smart either.

The bounties of these pirates are a good basic resource.

Walking along the streets of the port, Suzuki could smell some very pleasant aromas from time to time.

This is a local specialty – perfume! The port city of southern Alabasta, famous worldwide for its rapeseed flowers.

There were also many scantily clad beauties walking along the streets, exuding fragrance, and many men couldn't help but linger on their beautiful sights.

There were also many people selling local specialties at the stalls, including various desert fruits unique to Alabasta. He didn't recognize many of them, but some looked quite familiar to him.

At the end of the street, there was another shop with a sign outside that read: Rent a fast duck, 1,000 Berries a day!

There are vendors selling roasted wheat noodles, beverages, sea monster meat, perfumes, and so on.

However, Suzuki only used the few coins given to him by Captain Ethan to buy a drink, and then returned to the port and walked along the coastline.

We walked around the harbor coastline for about an hour or two, and it was getting dark.

Suzuki rested against a rock on the shore some distance from the harbor, listening to the waves occasionally crashing against the island's rocky walls.

Soon, it was already evening.

At one point, some hushed conversations suddenly broke out.

Suzuki squinted, silently searching for a moment, and discovered two blurry figures discussing something interesting:

"Hu, how's it going? Have you figured it out?" a tall figure asked.

"I've found out! Sixth Brother. I asked around, and the daytime troops at the port go off duty at 9 PM, and the number of troops after the shift change is less than half! It will take at least several hours for the nearby naval base to get here! And around 11 PM, even the port's reconnaissance personnel get together to play cards or something." A slightly shorter figure replied.

"Great! I'll report to the boss right away using the Den Den Mushi! Tiger, you've done a great job this time. The boss will definitely reward you when we get back to the ship!" The tall figure excitedly patted the short man's shoulder.

"Hehe, thanks, Sixth Brother!" the short figure replied happily.

Just as the tall figure took out the Den Den Mushi, two stones flew and hit the two men on the head. The short man quickly fell to the ground, but the tall man just sat on the ground, clutching his head.

Just as the tall man was looking around in panic, another rock hit him hard on the back of the head, and he fell to the ground.

Suzuki got up from the ground; it was the stone he had thrown after slowly moving over while lying on the ground.

Seeing that the two were already lying on the ground, Suzuki remained vigilant and threw two more stones at them.

Then he slowly approached, and once he could see their faces clearly, he smashed their noses with a stone again.

The two men's heads were now a bloody mess, and they walked over to the tall man and took a Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

Suzuki showed no sign of panic as it was his first time killing someone. His eyes were like dark pools, and he expressionlessly moved the two corpses to the edge of the cliff and kicked them off.

Then he used a transformation spell to become the appearance of a tall man, coughed a few times, and his voice was exactly the same as the tall man who had died before.

This is one of the basic skills taught at the Konoha Ninja Academy, in conjunction with the Transformation Technique: Voice Modification!

He then picked up the Den Den Mushi, pointed it at himself, and called the so-called boss.

"Beep beep beep beep..."

Soon, the Den Den Mushi was connected, and it transformed into the appearance of a fierce-looking burly man.

"Erliba? What, do you have good news to tell me?!" The burly man who appeared as a Den Den Mushi asked Suzuki in a slightly hoarse voice!

"Of course! Boss!" Suzuki answered confidently in his tall voice!

"Boss, Ah Hu and I have found out that the port's troops will finish their shift at nine o'clock, and then half the troops will be replaced. Also, the scouts will start playing cards at eleven o'clock!" Suzuki reported truthfully!

"Hahaha, very good! Erliba, you and Ah Hu wait at the port. We'll attack the port at eleven o'clock sharp!" The burly man laughed cruelly.

"No, boss! I have another message..." Suzuki said nervously.

"Huh???" The burly man's face suddenly darkened.

"What do you mean, Erliba? Is it bad news?" the burly man asked with a cold expression.

"No, boss, it's like this. I think I found a Devil Fruit..." Suzuki's expression first turned greedy, then a little panicked.

"!!!" The burly man seemed somewhat shocked.

"Really??? You didn't eat it??" the burly man asked, somewhat overjoyed.

"No! Boss! Actually, Ah Hu and I found it together. I wanted to give it to you, but Ah Hu seemed to want to eat it. I... I accidentally killed Ah Hu!" Suzuki's expression became even more uneasy.

"Hey, it's alright, hahaha, it's okay, it's okay! Erliba, it's not your fault!" The burly man pretended to comfort Suzuki.

Then, the burly man, seemingly unable to contain himself any longer, continued, "Erliba, you're still in the port, right? I'll send a ship to pick you up! When you get back, you can be the second mate on the ship! How about it?"

"Ah? Okay, okay, thank you, thank you, boss!" Suzuki replied with a delighted expression.

After hanging up the phone, a cold glint flashed in Suzuki's eyes, and he turned and went to the street.

I bought a dagger, some chili powder and pepper, and even found some corpses of desert spiders unique to Alabasta to coat the dagger with venom.

Then I bought a strangely shaped fruit and carefully painted it with all sorts of paints.

After thinking about it for a moment, he filled a bottle with some seawater.

After preparing, Suzuki waited quietly at the port.

Soon, a small boat sailed toward the harbor. Upon seeing Suzuki transformed into Eripah, a bald, burly man with a face full of scars waved at him from the boat.

Suzuki approached the small boat with a wary yet excited expression.

After boarding the small boat, the bald man looked at Erliba's excited expression and said with some envy, "Erliba, you're really lucky!"

Suzuki grinned, but remained silent.

Soon, they arrived at a somewhat dilapidated pirate ship, and Suzuki followed the bald man into a room.

Because the previous Den Den Mushi imitation was so accurate, Suzuki recognized at a glance that this was the fierce-looking pirate captain!

The fierce pirate captain waved his hand from his chair, and the bald man tactfully left the room.

Then he stood up, with a forced, friendly smile typical of villains, and came to Suzuki's side.

Suzuki immediately took out a "Devil Fruit" from his clothes and handed it to the burly man with a fawning smile.

The burly man took the fruit, laughing as he examined it in his hand. Looking down at the demon, he said, "Hehehe, Erliba, very good! From now on, you'll be the second... Er?? Uh, cough cough, ooh, cough, uh, uh!"

Suzuki maintained his ingratiating smile, and the moment the burly man lowered his head to speak, he splashed the seawater from the bottle onto the man's head!

At the same time, the dagger was plunged into the burly man's throat with swift and precise movements, and then the man's mouth and nose were immediately covered with chili powder and pepper powder by hand!

Moments later, the burly man died.

Suzuki stared coldly at the burly man's corpse, then looked around the room, took clothes out of the closet, and stuffed the body into the closet.

Afterwards, he wiped the bloodstains with the clothes he had taken out, finished the cleanup work, and deactivated Erriba's transformation.

After resting for a while and recovering some of his chakra, Suzuki used the Transformation Jutsu again.

He turned into a fierce, burly man!

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(End of this chapter)