The most courageous pirate hunter

The Most Courageous Pirate Hunter by: A Dream

Introduction

I can hit whoever I want!

This life has been about doing whatever I want—

must die!

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New book: [One Piece: I Reaped the Fruit and Sat on the Empty Throne]

Chapter 1 [I'm finally going to stand up for myself!]

“That brat…kill him.”

"He ran in that direction, catch him!"

"Fire! Fire!"

The night was deep. At a slightly remote coastal spot, a group of furious pirates, some short and some fat, were chasing a slender figure with menacing expressions.

Bang bang bang!

Bullets flashed and streaked through the night, leaving graceful arcs as they hurtled through the air, filling it with a fiery thrill.

His rapid breathing was disordered, as if he were doing something shameful. His heart felt like it would jump out of his throat at any moment. Through a sliver of shy moonlight, one could clearly see that the group of pirates was chasing a young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, delicate features, and a tall stature. He was the perfect embodiment of an ordinary, normal young man from head to toe.

Even while being chased and with bullets constantly whizzing past him, Hermes didn't panic too much. Instead, his face was flushed with fervor, like a madman desperately fleeing into the darkness of the jungle.

This situation was anticipated from the very beginning of the operation; failure would make one a martyr, success a hero.

All we can do now is run for our lives, and I must say, it's pretty exciting.

Adrenaline surges to the brain, the body races ahead, and the soul chases after it.

"Hope is a powerful Devil Fruit."

Thorns and branches swept past him in the jungle, leaving wounds, but Hermes could no longer feel pain; he was now only excited.

He was holding a fruit covered in strange patterns in his hand.

This is a treasure from the ocean, a Devil Fruit that grants special abilities to those who eat it, worth one hundred million.

"It's a bet."

Regardless of what abilities this Devil Fruit possesses, it can turn the current situation and future around, and even lead to a dramatic comeback.

Taking a big bite, the taste was sour and refreshing, and my eyes even got a little wet.

Suppressing the urge to vomit, he took several bites, skin and all, and soon a Devil Fruit was in his stomach. Then, something miraculous happened: Hermes, who had been running, suddenly disappeared.

Darkness descended, and the stench of rotting plants filled the air.

"Have I shrunk?"

Looking around at the wild grass and leaves that resembled giant trees, the difference in visual perception was astounding.

Before they could even react, they naturally understood some of the basic abilities of this Devil Fruit.

I only know some of the abilities.

"I saw that little brat run this way, but where did he go!"

"Find him! How dare he steal from our Greatsword Pirates! I'll tear him to pieces!"

A fierce voice rang out, and more than a dozen footsteps appeared around them. The pirates' normal physiques appeared as giants to Hermes.

After all, he was only five millimeters long, about the size of a small ant, and with the surrounding environment, he was like a speck of dust.

Slowing his breathing, Hermes casually hid under a blade of grass, waiting in this concealed state.

Gradually, the search for pirates began to recede into the distance.

After a long time.

"Jie Jie Jie~"

The barely concealed, frenzied shouts rose in the still of the night, sounding eerie from a distance and sending chills down one's spine.

"This ability is probably a Paramecia-type Mini-Mini Fruit. In any case, I've made the right choice in risking my life."

Hermes' mind stirred, and his five-millimeter body rapidly grew larger, returning to his normal height of 1.77 meters. Hermes clenched his fist, unable to contain his excitement.

He knew about the shrinking ability; in the original story, it was eaten by a giant, but unfortunately, the other party never fully developed such a powerful Devil Fruit.

"Let's leave here first and then study this properly."

With another thought, Hermes suddenly shrunk to thirty centimeters in size and swiftly darted through the grass.

More than two hours later.

In a simple house not far from the slums, Hermes's agitated emotions had calmed down.

look around.

The living environment wasn't great, but it was far better than that of people in the slums. At least they had a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and weren't destitute.

Even so, he had no choice but to succeed.

"Shh!"

Sitting on the wooden bed covered with only a thin blanket, my original 1.77-meter height instantly shrank to 5 millimeters, like a rat dropping, but a human-shaped rat dropping.

The kind that has a nose and eyes.

"Five millimeters. Maintaining this size can help you avoid a lot of dangers, provided you don't encounter Observation Haki."

Maintaining a mere five millimeters in size, Hermes looked at his humble room, which was incredibly large, and a feeling of immense happiness welled up within him!

Another change occurred, and the body length reached thirty centimeters, which was much larger than five millimeters, but it was still not enough compared to the normal body size of 1.77 meters.

"His strength remains unchanged after shrinking."

"There are some bugs."

"However, the One Piece world is inherently overpowered. Even Newton would be a noob here. All the basic rules and the law of conservation of energy will be rewritten, since it is a fantasy world."

"Jie Jie~"

"Since it can shrink, it must be able to grow bigger as well, and there's even a concept of that. If this Devil Fruit is developed well, it seems like it could even allow one to ascend to heaven!"

Hermes was very excited.

Just like in the original story, Lillian Stmark, who ate the Mini-Mini Fruit, has two transformations: one is five millimeters, and the other is thirty centimeters.

It seems that they haven't shown any amplification ability. Either they haven't developed it to the point of amplification, or they have it but haven't shown it. In the world of One Piece, there are many Devil Fruits that have been developed in an extremely limited and useless way.

I must not repeat the same mistake.

Get your brain working.

It's important to know that any Devil Fruit can be developed, and that's what makes Devil Fruits so magical and fascinating.

But here comes the problem.

Before I transmigrated, I saw a short video that seemed to show the Gum-Gum Fruit turning into a Mythical Zoan. So, did I eat the Mini-Fruit?

Hermes was somewhat uncertain.

After he ate it, he naturally gained some basic abilities, but they weren't named.

It seems that Devil Fruits don't have specific names; they are named based on the general abilities displayed by the users throughout history. In other words, Mini Fruits might not be called Mini Fruits.

It could be a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, a large-small Devil Fruit, or even a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit, or a Devil Fruit of the XXX type. When Hermes fully rises to prominence in the future and becomes a legend a hundred years later, it might truly be a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit, or the Hermes Fruit!

Therefore, the existence of miniature fruits still needs further verification.

It seems we need to maintain some skepticism towards this world.

After all, there are bugs everywhere.

"It's been over a year since I came into this world, and I'm finally going to stand up for myself."

After testing his abilities again, Hermes sat cross-legged on the bed to calm his mixed feelings.

a year ago.

He inexplicably transmigrated, and at first he was extremely excited, after all, transmigrators are the starting point of the pinnacle of life. Later, he began to look forward to having a cheat code.

It's a pity, but there's no pity.

It was all for nothing.

Most importantly, he transmigrated to the One Piece world, where order had collapsed, people were treated like dirt, and bugs were everywhere. Here, pirates roamed everywhere, darkness was everywhere, and if you were unlucky, you might be kidnapped at the beginning and then embark on a miserable life of darkness and misery.

That year.

He lived cautiously and honestly, trying to be harmless, but even so, he almost died of poverty, starvation, and being beaten to death. He wandered from place to place, sometimes going hungry for several meals a day.

To survive, he did all sorts of petty theft, scavenging for food in garbage dumps, and even robbing children and the elderly.

Just thinking about it makes my heart ache and bring tears to my eyes. Although he was poor in his past life, he didn't have to go hungry for several meals in one sitting. He had never suffered such humiliation. It's truly a terrible tragedy.