The most courageous pirate hunter

Chapter 69 [The Greatest Bug-like Ability]

Crab Island.

Located in the New World, it is named for its resemblance to a giant crab.

It is said that the island is still alive, but this is just a legend.

The island is most famous for its various crab dishes, as crabs thrive in the surrounding waters and many crabs come to the island to spawn every year.

As the saying goes, "Those who live near mountains live off the mountains, and those who live near water live off the water," but here it's "those who live near crabs live off crabs."

After a month of aimless sea voyage, Hermes encountered the first island after leaving Dressrosa. Fortunately, he had enough food, and thanks to Mansherry's abilities, his vegetable garden was thriving.

What's more, you can fish even if you don't have any food; if you're lucky, you might catch a small sea monster.

"Island...Island!"

Mansherry was on the lookout tower, putting down her binoculars and bursting with excitement.

After a full month, we finally saw the island.

When she left Dressrosa, she thought Hermes was unreliable. He said he was going to Wano Country, but he didn't even have a nautical chart. Several times he encountered bad weather and almost drowned.

"I'm not blind."

Hermes, standing at the bow of the ship, put down the barbell he was holding, his body emitting high-temperature steam, clearly indicating that he had entered the process of returning to life.

He has been training like this for the past month, practicing the basics and the Six Styles while maintaining the state of life return. His Observation Haki is basically always active, and he also occasionally uses up a wave of Armament Haki.

Cultivating in this state is extremely taxing on the body. You can only maintain full concentration for about ten minutes before you are exhausted. However, you can quickly recover by eating a big meal, since life is very efficient in terms of digestion and recovery.

In addition, when the night is quiet, Hermes would also enter the realm of life return to study muscles, bones, and cells, and slowly experiment with things like stimulation, tempering, division, healing, and regeneration.

Armament Haki is also being washed away from time to time.

Even before he awakened to the concept of life return, he had a plan: to develop limb regeneration and cell regeneration. It might be difficult or even wishful thinking, but once it worked, he would make a fortune.

It can be described as immortal.

Changing appearance, gender, and structure are minor changes, not to mention resilience, defense, recovery, and endurance. Going deeper, it can adapt to any environment, such as breathing underwater or surviving in space.

Hermes had great hopes and ideas about the return of life.

In Hermes' view, the ability to return life is the most overpowered, comprehensive, powerful, and promising ability in the One Piece world, and can be considered the path to godhood.

And most importantly, the strength of the all-purpose Haki, Devil Fruits, and Six Powers all depend on the body. As long as the body is abnormal enough, it will be easier and more abnormal to develop these abilities.

Therefore, Hermes discovered the code to power.

Anyway, with Mansherry as a recovery cheat, there's no need to worry about physical problems. As the saying goes, the bolder you are, the more you can achieve. Just dare to think and recklessly explore.

"Preparing to log in".

"Yes."

The Death Ship quickly changed direction, and the tiny island grew larger and larger.

During their journey, they encountered numerous merchant ships, pirate crews, and even naval warships. As usual, Hermes steered the Death Ship to a group of reefs, shrunk it down using the Mini-Mini Fruit to hide it, and then passed through a sparsely populated forest to reach the front of the island.

Standing in the bustling town, listening to the shouts and arguments from all directions, the inexplicable loneliness finally dissipated.

When he was alone, Hermes could devote all his time to cultivation. But after Mansherry came along, Hermes always felt that sailing on the sea would be boring and lonely.

It's like not eating meat is fine, but once you've had it, it's hard to stand it anymore.

Perhaps there should be a few more people on board.

"There's no ice cream or dessert left in the fridge, I need to go buy some."

Mansherry spread her little hand, indicating to Hermes to give her the money.

Mansherry lost 90,000 Berries in the last bet, so she's now dirt poor and hasn't been paid for a month's worth of food yet. Hermes has been nagging her about it a lot.

So much so that Mansherry dared not speak out against her anger, and even when she did speak, she kept her head down.

That feeling was really unpleasant.

"I didn't earn much money, but I spent quite a lot."

Hermes, muttering to himself, reluctantly pulled out 500,000 Berries, nearly giving Mansherry a stroke.

"You talk as if you haven't eaten anything."

Mansherry's eyes were practically spitting fire as she impatiently continued counting, "This amount of money isn't enough, bring some more."

"What are you going to do?"

"Don't pry into girls' affairs, hurry up."

Hermes looked disdainful, but still took out another 300,000 Berries.

"I'll leave the rest of the shopping to you."

"I'll be waiting for you here in three hours."

She snatched Bailey away and disappeared before Mansherry could finish speaking.

She was so angry that she didn't want to say another word to this stupid man, and as for traveling together, there was no way.

"Cut~"

Hermes shrugged, not worried about Mansherry encountering any danger. Even if she did, she would be able to escape. While he was cultivating on the ship, Mansherry was not idle either.

This month, I have successfully unlocked the monthly step feature.

The current Mansherry is not as weak as in the original story; she has considerable destructive power. How was she described in the original story? Although the dwarfs are short in stature, they are incredibly strong and move very fast.

This demonstrates the malleability and talent of the Lilliputians. Thanks to Hermes' actions, Mansherry has long since transcended the categories of weak, timid, and crybaby.

The potential of the Lilliputians is being unleashed.

"Let's first get some local specialties from this island to eat, then go to a brothel for a soak in the hot springs and a massage. That makes perfect sense!"

Hermes pondered for only a second, and then arranged the itinerary.

A few minutes later.

At the island's largest and most luxurious hotel, Hermes, like a refined gentleman, ate crab roe spoonful after spoonful with a spoon the size of his palm.

The crab shell alone is over five meters long, which gives you an idea of ​​how big this crab is.

However, these are considered small. There are also crabs that are ten meters or twenty meters long. It is said that half a year ago, someone caught a crab that was a hundred meters long, and it was eventually bought for 80 million Berries. Apparently, it was to be given to the Celestial Dragons.

It caused quite a stir on Crab Island at the time.

Twenty minutes later.

The entire hall fell silent. All the diners stared in shock, mouths agape, at the table by the window. Ten crab shells, each five or six meters long, were piled up on the floor.

And the man was still eating.

Many people swallowed hard, thinking, "They can eat so much!"

Another ten minutes passed.

Amidst incredulous stares, Hermes casually picked his teeth and walked out of the hotel, leaving behind nineteen crab shells.

Even the boss personally came out to see the guests off.

It's been months since I've encountered a customer who eats so much and pays so readily. I made a small profit, and I'd love to welcome Hermes back next time.

After a hearty meal, Hermes went to a brothel and ordered the most expensive set meal, thoroughly enjoying himself. Meanwhile, Mansherry was diligently buying supplies.

She easily hoisted the house-sized package onto her shoulder; it was just that she couldn't be seen, so from a distance it looked as if the package was walking on her.

Wherever he goes, he gets a 100% head-turning rate.

"Hahahaha."

"I never expected to encounter such a rare species of dwarfs here."

A tall figure blocked the sunlight, standing in front of Mansherry, blocking her way, his eyes filled with unexpected surprise.

Seeing someone blocking her way, Mansherry squeezed out from under her bundle, her little face full of impatience.

She was also planning to finish buying supplies and head to the shopping district as soon as possible, as she had run out of some of the things she bought in Dressrosa and urgently needed to replenish them or make them herself.

Chapter 70 [You've got guts, even more arrogant than me!]

"Have you heard? Someone on Rainbow Street caught a little human."

"The Lilliputians? Isn't that just a legend?"

"How small?"

"About twenty centimeters."

"It's only the size of a palm?"

"It's said that it can sell for 700,000 Berries on the black market, and if the specimen is perfect, it'll be at least a million."

After enjoying himself, Hermes walked down the street, intending to buy some necessities, when he was drawn to the conversation of a few passing pirates.

Lilliputians?