I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 191 190. Cat drowns in spring!
I hadn't said it to Tom just now, but walking down the street, Yamato was very curious: "I didn't expect there are fish people here too."

"And he's the world's best shipbuilder. The world's best, that's amazing! Our ship will definitely be amazing when the time comes."

"Perhaps it's because they're fishmen and can live in the ocean that their technology related to the ocean is so powerful."

Messer was talking nonsense in a serious manner, making some guesses of his own.

After all, there is a Noah's Ark on Fishman Island that has been passed down from eight hundred years ago and is comparable to a small island.

That ark, which is said to be pulled by a super-large sea king, should be a legendary item.

Having said that, Messer looked back and found a legendary item from Tom as well.

Item rating: B
What he saw was not in his shipyard, but in an abandoned shipwreck outside.

Look away, now is not the time.

"Let's go to the Water City. I heard there's some very delicious salt and meat here."

"Okay. Let's go eat delicious food then."

Xiong Bao's eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth curled up.

This city is a water city with a river in the middle of the road. The means of transportation is a sea monster called Blue, which is very spiritual.

Similar to Alabasta's Runner Duck and Kuja's Snake.

This blue has a seat installed on its back.

In a rice, flour and oil grocery store.

Mercer looked at the fifteen bags of Water City sea salt in front of him, which were as big as flood control sandbags, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Identification"

[Ragna Sea Salt (D)]: Deep sea salt naturally sun-dried from the tsunami water gods, Yaqua Ragna, tastes incredibly delicious and can fully stimulate the vitality of the body after consumption.

Five-year-old sea salt.

Mercer smiled and said, "Two hundred thousand baileys in total, right?"

The shop owner couldn't help but smile, he felt like he had made a great profit. "Not bad, not bad. This kind of salt is a specialty that only our Water City has. It's very good value for money."

Moses said, "Don't believe me, in this world full of oceans, the technology of making salt is very advanced."

Therefore, the price of salt is very cheap. If this much salt were placed on other islands, it could be bought for 40,000 to 50,000 berries.

Obviously, he was treated as a fat sheep from outside and was slaughtered, but Messier didn't care too much. This kind of salt was very fine and tasted extremely delicious. It was the first time he had seen such quality.

Anyway, as long as you don’t feel like you’re losing out, it’s fine.

Both parties feel that they have made a lot of money.

After paying, Xiong Bao grabbed bags of sea salt and threw them up, performing an acrobatic trick. The salt bags were arranged in a straight line in the air, and Xiong Bao stood below with his mouth wide open.

A series of salt bags fell into Xiong Bao's mouth like falling into a deep well, without causing any movement.

The boss who was counting money on the side looked at the scene in amazement. He looked at Bailey in his hand and then at Xiong Bao, feeling very conflicted.

Fortunately.

After Xiong Bao finished packing the Ragna sea salt, the four of them left. The shop owner breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

A dishonest businessman is a businessman.

Looking at the banknotes in his hand, he smiled happily:

"Even though Master Tom built the sea train, this city is still not prosperous. Any pitfall is a pitfall. Anyway, I'm not the worst offender."

Mercer, Xiong Bao and others took a four-seater Blue Sea Beast to tour the entire city. The sea train boosted the economy. Although the Water City was still a bit shabby, it was already showing signs of vitality.

Tourists from several surrounding islands can gather here via the sea train.

Tom is a great man.

Eating a kind of meat that is extremely chewy like a water ball, it is soft and juicy, and has the unique fragrance of Ragna sea salt.

The core is salt.

This is what Messer could taste in just one bite.

"Aww!"

Yamato took a bite of the fist-sized, smooth, water-ball-like piece of meat tied with a white string, and ate it with a look of happiness on his face.

The place to stay at night is a hotel.

It was getting dark, nine o'clock in the evening.

Interacting and harmonizing with the surrounding environment, Messer disappeared and came to where Tom was staying.

Walking in the quiet abandoned dock.

I came to a scrapped shipwreck and went to the bottom floor. Gray fog spread and swallowed up the junk boxes stacked haphazardly in front of me. The floor was lifted up, revealing a metal safe.

Sensing a blueprint inside, Messer's right arm transformed into a spirit and reached into the safe to take out the things.

Looking at the blueprint of the ancient weapon "Pluto" battleship in front of him, the item evaluation is B grade.

Just as a blueprint, it is of higher quality than Ark Proverbs.

Browse.

rustling.

He flipped through the pages, reading selectively, focusing on Pluto's power system. After a long time, Messer finished reading the drawings with an indescribable feeling, somewhat disappointed.

Curiosity is also satisfied.

Merit plunder.

[Merit Points +10000]

Then he put the drawings back into the safe and restored the surrounding environment to its original state. Messer came and left quietly without disturbing anyone.

Return to the hotel.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Looking at Yamato, Eri and Kumabo who were playing cards on the side, their faces, especially Yamato's, were covered with pieces of paper stuck on them like door curtains.

Messer picked up a bottle of fruit wine on the table and drank it. The light screen panel projected the [Lottery] column on his retina. He hadn't drawn again for a long time.

Messi used his mind and the 10000 merits he had just acquired. In his consciousness, a vortex began to appear on the surface of the "light ball" in the center of the nebula vortex as the merits were injected, and a hazy halo appeared.

Finally, as a "spot of light" appeared from inside the "light ball", Messer's eyes moved slightly, and gray mist began to spread in his hands.

At the same time, a ball of light emitting a hazy luster appeared in the devouring space. As the ball of light dissipated, a handful of clear spring water the size of a fist appeared.

At the same time, the message of the spring water also appeared in Moses' mind.

[B-level item: Cat Drowning Fountain (Black Cat)]

[Item Effect: After drinking, the body gains semi-permanent biological transformation properties. When exposed to cold water, it turns into a black cat, and when exposed to hot water, it turns into a human.]

[Item Review: The spring water from Zhuquan Township is praised by everyone who has tasted it.]

Messier shook his head, speechless. It was fun to use it to trick others, but it had no effect on himself.

No, Moses' eyes flickered.

Sensing the magical spring water in the swallowing space, the gray fog spread and swallowed it.

Soon, the devouring gray mist devoured and refined the Cat Drowning Spring, retaining only the purest transformation characteristics, and a unique frequency fluctuation flowed throughout the body.

There is a magical feeling in the body. It is not that the body is being transformed, but that the space is swallowed up and a new fusion characteristic is activated.

It was like suddenly loading a new transformation module.

Messer's eyes moved slightly, and a gray mist spread over his body, then slowly dissipated.

Messer disappeared from the sofa.

What appeared was a big black cat with shiny black fur, a slender and agile body, and a height of about 1.6 meters.

No. Black Panther?

Mercer looked at his body with interest and did not feel any discomfort. It was as if his body was no different from that of a human body.

There is no discomfort or change in the bone arrangement or physical fitness of the body.

The gray mist spread over his body again and disappeared, and Messer's body reappeared. It did not look like he needed to come into contact with cold or hot water to transform as described in the Cat's Drowning Fountain.

Degrees of freedom max.

Although transforming into a black cat can only gain the agility and basic characteristics of a cat, it is completely useless to Messier.

But it's beautiful and fun.

The gray fog spread again, and Messer transformed into a half-beast.

Its body is covered with black shiny hair, it has a black humanoid cat head, triangular black cat ears, sharp teeth, five extremely sharp claws covered with black hair, and a long and agile black tail behind its butt.

Rather than being half-beast, it is more like a cat-fur tribe.

The gray fog spread, and Messer transformed back into cat form.

Lying on the sofa, with his front paws folded, his eyes pondering:

"Since this is possible, can we also devour animal-type ability users to gain the ability to transform without side effects?"

There are still risks, but it is not impossible to operate. Because of the fusion characteristics of the devouring space, Messier can control and separate it independently, which greatly increases the feasibility.

At this moment, a small hand stroked Messer's head, and the cat's eyes looked up. Eri blinked and giggled:

"Brother, you've become a big cat and are so cute. It feels so comfortable to touch, just like silk." At this time, Yamato let out a "hehe" sound and pounced over. Then he hugged Messer's head, cleansed his face with facial cream, and buried his head in Messer's head, sucking hard.

"Not bad, Mercer, you're a pretty cat. It's so comfortable to hold. How about you be my pillow at night?"

The cat raised its paw pad and pressed it on Yamato's face, then uttered:
"Get lost! You might as well turn into a big dog and use it as a pillow for me."

He blinked, took off Messer's cat paw, and pressed his thumb on the pad of flesh on Messer's palm. It was moist, soft, and felt very fleshy.

Yamato blinked, "So it feels so good to touch someone else's paw pads. I was wondering why you love touching my paw pads so much."

As she said this, she pressed her pretty face against the pad and rubbed it with a chuckle.

Xiong Bao also came up at this time, stroked Messi's head, and laughed:

"Pat the head, Moses."

Moses rolled his eyes at him speechlessly.

……

Early morning two days later.

Rumble!
port.

A trial ship docked at the Judicial Island was hit by artillery fire and suffered heavy damage. Fortunately, no one was killed.

The roof of a house.

"Commander Spandam, the mission has been accomplished. Your frame-up, no, your scheme, has succeeded. Use the ship-borne weapons built by Tom's disciple to attack the Chief Judge's ship on Judicial Island.

Thanks to your brilliant planning, our people have captured Master Tom and his disciples and brought them to the port for trial."

A man in a suit came to report to a sloppy man in his thirties.

Spandam is the head of CP5, the CP department of the World Government. His goal is to obtain the design drawings of the ancient weapon "Pluto" from Tom.

"Ahahahaha. Not bad, not bad, well done. I think if that dead fish Tom wants to survive this time, he will not hand over the design drawings of Pluto.

Life and blueprints, you can only choose one, ahahahahahahaha."

Spandam laughed wildly as he descended from the rooftop and came to the open space in front of the harbor.

Looking at Tom, who was shackled and escorted to the port, kneeling in the open space.

The surrounding area was filled with armed Judicial Island Marines and CP5 agents on guard.

At this moment, the master and his disciples all looked shocked and angry.

Tom didn't expect that the world government would be so despicable as to use this method to coerce him.

His eyes were extremely dark as he looked at Spandam's triumphant appearance and thought to himself:
"It seems that the World Government is determined to get the blueprints. Even if I make a groundbreaking ocean train that can offset the crime of building a ship for One Piece, they will find another way to force me.

Fram's ship attacked the World Government's ship. This is enough to sentence Fram to death. Do I have to choose between the blueprints and my disciple's life?

The presiding judge of Judicial Island looked at Tom, who was kneeling on the ground with a harpoon stuck in his chest, with a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"Attacking the World Government's trial ship is a serious crime, punishable by death. Tom, do you have anything to say?"

Tom remained silent, as if he had agreed.

Fram, standing aside, had a dull look in his eyes. Suddenly, he pointed at Spandam and shouted angrily:

"This wasn't our doing. This is a frame-up. Our ship was docked safely, but it was suddenly driven away just now. Someone must have set us up.

It's you, it must be you, you've been giving Mr. Tom trouble all the time."

Tom knelt on the ground in silence. He knew it was a frame-up and he knew what they wanted, but he would not give them the blueprints for making ancient weapons.

Spandam looked at Fram with a sneer on his face and shouted:
"Bullshit, I'm a government official, why would I attack my own people? You're framing the World Government officials, which is an even greater crime.

Since you admit that this is your ship, we captured you on the ship that committed the crime. We have all the witnesses and evidence. So what do you say?
Who did this?

Fram's eyes froze for a moment, unable to refute. The frame-up had been confirmed.

Yellow mud fell into my crotch.

Even if you don't wear pants and only underwear.

There was nothing to say, because the boat he built, Mr. Tom had already admitted that it was his boat, and he might die. His face collapsed and he muttered:

"This is not my boat. This is not the purpose of my boat building. I don't need a boat like this."

The next moment, Tom, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and glared and roared:
"Shut up you idiot."

He suddenly broke the shackles on his hands, stood up and punched Fram in the face. With a bang, Fram was knocked flying.

Boom! He slammed headfirst into a wooden box stacked not far away, smashing it to pieces. He stood up and stared at Tom in amazement.

Tom shouted:

"Remember this, little idiot! No matter what kind of ship it is, it's innocent. Never say such nonsense again. Even if a ship we built ourselves could destroy the world, we can't deny it. We must cherish it. A man should stand up for every ship he builds."

After saying that, he no longer cared about Fram, glanced at Spandam beside him, with a look of death in his eyes. The next second, he rushed to Spandam and punched him in the face.

The immense force deformed his face, and with a bang, he flew backwards, spitting blood.

Spandam, who was only the size of an ordinary person, was severely injured in an instant.

Suddenly, screams were heard in the scene, and the Marines from Judicial Island and CP5 agents raised their guns and aimed at Tom.

After doing this, Tom pulled out the steel barbed harpoon from his chest and threw it to the ground with a crisp clang.

Blood flowed from his chest. Looking at the old judge who was being protected by soldiers not far away, Tom's eyes were calm.
"If the credit for building the Sea Train can offset a crime, I hope it can offset the crime of attacking you today."

"Even if we do that, it will all go back to square one,"

The presiding judge looked at Tom with a complicated expression. He was no fool and had noticed some of the above matters, but he could not intervene.
"The fact that you created the Pirate King's ship alone is enough to sentence you to death."

Tom's eyes were burning with excitement, and he laughed heartily:

"I have never regretted it. I, Tom, am very proud to have contributed to a man like Roger!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the civilians watching outside the field immediately let out exclamations.

"What outrageous words, what barbarity!"

"You actually think you're proud to contribute to the Pirate King! Traitor!"

"Savage murloc, stinky murloc, bastard! Traitor! Get out of here!"

I heard angry curses in my ears. On a roof not far away, a big black cat was lying there watching everything below.

In his mind, Yamato said angrily:
"Messer, how could they do this? They are so evil."

"That's right, brother. They are so bad. What about Mr. Tom who built our boat?"

"Messer, it's time to sell it. We've already paid the deposit."

Listening to their words, Messer said calmly, "Yeah."

After looking at the ship drawings Tom gave him yesterday, Messer was very satisfied and has already paid a deposit of 200 million.

At this time, the presiding judge below had already ordered that Tom be taken back to Judicial Island and shot.

Gray mist spread on Messer's body, his figure moved slightly, and he rushed out. In the blink of an eye, he came in front of Tom, and a half-beast cat man appeared in front of Tom.

Looking at the astonished presiding judge in front of him, Messer said calmly, "Tom, I, Garfield, have secured him. I'm going to take him away now. Do you have any objections?"

The presiding judge shouted, "Arrogant! You are in contempt of court."

Spandam on the other side roared:

"Shoot! Shoot me right here."

The next moment, Mercer looked up at him, and then released his domineering aura at a specific point, and an invisible wind spread out.

The marines and agents on the surrounding Judicial Island all fell to the ground with their eyes rolled back.

Messer appeared in front of Spandam in the blink of an eye. Was this thing's father involved in the O'Hara Demon Killing Order before?
The next moment, he swung his right hand, two arcs of light slashed across, and Messer turned and left.

Spandam's eyes were blank, and the next second, both arms slipped from his arms.

A huge amount of blood gushed out.

"Ah ah ah ah ah"

The miserable howls rang out heart-wrenchingly.

Mercer came up to Tom and glanced at him: "From today on, you are a pirate. You can't stay in this place anymore."

Then he looked at the chief judge, Messer, and said calmly:
"What if I despise you? What can you do to me? You can't do anything."

Ignoring the judge whose face had turned the color of liver, Mercer looked at Tom and said calmly:
"Let's go, Pirate Tom."

Tom opened his mouth and could only nod. He didn't want to die if he could avoid it.

I just feel a little reluctant to leave the place where I have lived for most of my life.

However, the sea train has been successful, and he has no regrets.

Grabbing Tom's arm, Mercer glanced at the judge for the last time, and the two of them disappeared in a flash.

Not far away, Bingshan and Fram wiped their tears, exchanged glances, and disappeared into the crowd without a sound.

The atmosphere in the field suddenly became a little awkward.

Many citizens had smiles on their faces.

They will always remember Tom's contributions and kindness.

(End of this chapter)