One Piece: Nobody has more Devil Fruits than me.

Russell became interested.

He relies more on his physical instincts and hasn't yet reached the level of Observation Haki.

Are blind people more likely to acquire this ability, or what?

Who are you?

Grace looked slightly nervous.

My hands were completely unable to break free, and that unsettling feeling was a sharp warning.

"I'm a pirate, I rob people, understand?"

Russell sized up the girl in front of him.

The eyes were empty, but not scary; they looked more like people wearing white contact lenses.

He wore coarse linen clothes, and there were still marks on his wrists from when he had worn handcuffs.

The fine hairs on his forehead were stuck together with sweat, making his long, straight black hair very noticeable. Perhaps due to malnutrition, he seemed to be quite barren in that area. "Not even as good as Ella?"

The words of lament had barely left his lips when Russell felt a sharp gaze upon him from behind. He coughed lightly and said, "You're from here, aren't you? Take me to someone."

Grace calmed down after hearing that Russell was a pirate.

"Who are you looking for?" she asked.

"You're quite calm. You're really skilled at mastering Observation Haki."

Russell laughed and said, "I'm looking for a craftsman named Gale to invite to be a craftsman on our ship. How about it? Do you want to come and work for me?"

Grace was taken aback, then said bluntly, "You're late."

Russell frowned. "What do you mean?"

"he died."

"Then we're really late,"

Russell was somewhat skeptical. He had always believed in his luck and had come to the Bridge Kingdom to get that SSR gold card, but now he was being told that person was dead.

It's perfectly normal for someone to die at sea.

Even Roger, the king of travel, was dying from an unknown disease, and ordinary people could die at any time if they contracted even a minor illness.

"This is really weird. Does this mean my plan to modify the ship is just ruined like this?"

Russell scratched his head in frustration. "In that case, we'll have to go to the Seven Cities of Water. What a hassle."

“Captain, as long as you give me the materials, I can do whatever you want to modify,” Grace said calmly.

"you?"

“My master is the Gale you mentioned... I am also a shipwright.”

The girl declared firmly, "I will also be a shipwright who stands at the pinnacle of the world!"

Chapter 56. Famous!

Russell always believed in his luck; hard work pays off!

Forget about talent; luck is the most important thing. Unlucky guys will be swallowed by sea kings as soon as they set sail.

A lucky guy?

Bucky doesn't have to do anything; he can become the Sea Emperor in the future simply by relying on his two royal fathers and luck.

Besides, Russell didn't want to do anything that would be fruitless.

Knowing full well that there's a mad dog like Garp in the East Blue, he still wasted time here, all to find a shipwright to modify the Snard from head to toe, turning it into a real pirate ship capable of fighting, instead of the noble ship that looks like it's just going on a sightseeing voyage.

A pirate ship is the face of a pirate crew and the most important support for them to stand firm on this sea.

Do you really think that natural disasters at sea are a joke?

Even the Going Merry, carrying the Straw Hat crew, couldn't withstand the pressure of sailing to the Grand Line.

The vast majority of pirates are not captured by the Navy, but rather their ships are destroyed and they die.

Therefore, skilled craftsmen on the high seas are very precious, and finding one really depends on luck.

"You need to understand, I'm a pirate. Do you know the consequences of lying to a pirate?"

Russell brandished the Muramasa, the cursed sword gleaming with a bloody hue. "Although I don't particularly enjoy killing, the consequences of getting angry can be severe. How much of your master's skill do you possess?"

The proverb "Teaching a disciple can lead to the master's starvation" holds true even on this vast ocean.

The most authoritative example is Guy teaching Hatake with three blows, but as a result, Luffy took over the position of one of the Four Emperors.

Grace stared intently, quite confidently, and said, "What Master can do, I can do too. What Master cannot do, I... can also do!"

As she spoke, she took out a small item from her hand and handed it to Russell.

It was a dark, circular launching device that looked similar to a gun barrel.

"I can make something like this as long as I have the materials. Its power is no weaker than a gun. With me around, you don't need to worry about weapons at all."

"Whatever else you need, I can manufacture it. For example, I invented a power device that can be installed on a person, which doubles the efficiency of the project here."

Grace still looks proud when she talks about it.

She can make many things by hand, and she has absorbed all of her master's skills in this regard.

"So you were the one who created that thing."

Russell fiddled with the clarinet in his hand, then pressed the button in front of him.

Bang!

A figure who had gotten up nearby fell to the ground with a thud.

Russell was satisfied with the power, and when he opened the black tube, he found that it was filled with stones.

Craftsmen are truly talented!

Bertrand Russell's favorite people were craftsmen.

The captain who respects craftsmen the most in the entire ocean, without a doubt!

"If I gave you the manpower and materials, how long would it take you to modify a warship?" Russell asked.

"A warship? Converting a pirate ship is a huge undertaking. If you have enough manpower, give me four days."

"The goal of all shipwrights is to build a ship that can cross all the oceans and reach the final island, just like Mr. Tom, the world's greatest shipwright. This is also the goal of my master and me."

Grace took out a blueprint from her person and unfolded it. It was a design blueprint for a ship, covered with dense lines and markings, clearly having been polished for a long time.

“I can turn your ship into this.”

The more I read Russell, the more I like him.

The drawing shows a ship in three views in the center.

The ship has a streamlined hull, a wide deck, bulwarks with numerous cannons, and a ferocious demon head on the bow.

This is the pirate ship he's always dreamed of!

The most important part of a pirate ship is its keel.

"It needs to withstand storms of the level of the Grand Line. The wood from the Divine Tree Adam is the best, but second-grade wood can be used as a temporary substitute. I can modify it at any time."

It is 60 meters long and 45 meters high. The larger the ship, the more stable it is. The first deck is the main deck and gun deck, the second deck is the living quarters, and the third deck is the observation platform and the captain's cabin.

The bow is designed with a conical wave-breaking structure to reduce drag in headwind conditions...

Grace became visibly excited when the topic turned to her field.

Russell was very satisfied.

Grace can add up to eighteen gun positions. When they encounter a naval fleet, all they can do is shout, "Fire! Fire! Fire!"

Grace flipped the drawing over to reveal a more complex mechanical structure diagram. "This is a technology passed down from my master, used on the most dangerous sea routes. It's called the Snake Bone Power Transmission System."

The principle is to install a row of rotating ailerons on the bottom of the boat, using the energy of waves and currents to assist propulsion, so that it can maintain a certain speed even in calm areas and avoid being completely trapped.

"Can it run even in a windless zone?"

Even Ella couldn't help but look over.

She had only heard that the Navy had similar technology.

"It cannot completely replace sails, but it can at least maintain a speed of about five knots, which is enough to slowly move out of the windless zone."

Furthermore, this system has an additional function: it can act as an auxiliary steering mechanism, allowing the ship to make more agile turns in combat than a normal sailing ship, which is extremely useful in artillery battles.

Russell could sense that this woman truly possessed genuine talent.

Grace took a deep breath, placed her hand on the blueprint, and addressed Russell with neither servility nor arrogance, "But before that, I hope the captain can grant me one request, otherwise..."

"Just say that I am very patient with technical staff."

Russell was in a good mood.

He knew his luck was still on.

It doesn't matter that the SSR died; what I was really looking for was the red card!