One Piece: Starting with Coercion and Enticement of Nami

Then his body spun up.

Bages was swept around and then violently slammed to the ground... Thump! Thump thump thump...

Amidst a series of dull thuds.

The latter became a blur, being swept away by Tote and violently smashed against the ground, tables, chairs, and walls.

Screams and cries of pain echoed continuously.

Two minutes later, Thoth stood on the ruins of a table and chairs, looking at the big guy at his feet, blood streaming from his mouth and nose, his eyes blank.

With a slight smile, Thoth placed his right foot on the man's chest, sensing that the man's aura was still relatively stable.

It's at most a minor superficial injury.

As expected of the guy in the original work who was constantly getting beaten up from the moment he appeared, he was also like an unkillable cockroach.

Bages stared wide-eyed at Thoth in disbelief. How could he be so strong?

I felt like a little kid who hadn't grown up yet, being ravaged by strong adults.

He was breathing heavily, blood constantly flowing from the corner of his mouth. He was furious, but there was no resentment in his eyes.

A smile appeared in Toth's eyes. "You're quite something, tough as nails. I'll give you a chance to come aboard my ship. Want to come on?"

Toth extended an invitation to him.

Bajas's eyes twitched, and he grabbed Toth's ankle. "Take your stinky feet off first."

Thoth didn't move his feet, his smile growing even wider: "You haven't licked it, you haven't smelled it, so how do you know it stinks?"

Bages sneered: "Then stretch it out if you dare, and I'll bite you."

Thoth smiled, shifted his weight, bent his leg, and his knee slammed into his neck in an instant.

A cracking sound rang out as bone broke.

Immediately afterwards, punches rained down on his face. With a dull thud, blood splattered, and Bages' eyes rolled back as he fell into a coma.

Thoth straightened up and shook the blood off his hands.

He then turned to look at the young man standing in another corner, and grinned:

"Sound Over Van Augur, right?"

106. The sound of dogs barking in mourning!

"You believe in fate!"

Van Oka's tone was deep and probing.

“You’re destined to be here, so I’ll take you up there.”

Thoth looked at the long-faced young man, who appeared to be around twenty-two or twenty-three years old, not far away.

Despite being over three meters tall, he had a fair complexion and delicate features, unlike the rugged, muscular type like Bages.

He was holding a beautifully crafted sniper rifle about two meters long in his arms, and wearing a black top hat that looked like the head of a pincushion shark.

The right lens of the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of the nose was replaced with a monocular telescope.

"A vulgar, but very interesting answer."

Van Oka looked at Thoth and nodded slightly:

"The fighting champion, Bages, is very strong. I'm only 70% confident I can beat him. You haven't attacked me yet, which means you're interested in me?"

Thoth laughed. "I inquired about you months ago. My ship needs a skilled sniper. Interested in coming aboard?"

Van Augur's eyes gleamed slightly behind his glasses. "You are not worthy of my loyalty."

I believe that every day is a new fork in the road of life, a turning point that will shape my destiny.

"I don't care about fate or anything like that. I'll just say one thing: are you coming or not?"

Thoth was speechless. What was this talk of fate? Although it was indeed mysterious, he didn't believe in such cryptic things.

Van Oka shrugged helplessly, raised his right index finger, and remained calm:

"One shot! As long as you can catch it and survive, I'll follow you from now on. As long as you live, I'll never betray you."

Thoth's lips curled slightly as he glanced at the last man still standing in the bar, the middle-aged man behind the bar counter. With just that one glance, the latter dared not move again.

Smoker watched this scene with a serious expression. The two guys Thoth wanted to recruit were no pushovers.

Especially that Bages, whose physical strength is definitely superior to his.

Tashigi, who was behind him, was still in a daze and hadn't reacted yet.

"Right here, I'll give you a chance!"

Totto looked at Van Auger and said, and the latter nodded calmly. In the blink of an eye, he raised his gun and aimed in one smooth motion, with a wonderful rhythmic beauty blooming in it.

Bang!!

The muzzle flashed.

In an instant,

A bullet shot out.

Thoth's eyes remained calm, but his forehead instantly turned as black as iron, and then, with a clang!

With a slight tilt of his head, the bullet, squeezed and deformed by the terrifying impact, bounced to the side. At that moment, Thoth swung his sword, Tyr's Edge, with a clang!

The deformed bullet split in two.

It landed on the ground with two crisp clinking sounds.

Van Oka's eyes widened suddenly, and his once calm mind was now in turmoil.

He had considered dodging, or that the other man might suddenly lunge at him, knock him down, or cleave him in two with his sword. But he never imagined that his special sniper bullet, capable of penetrating a 5mm steel plate, would be deflected by the other man's forehead.

Is his head made of steel?

With his mouth slightly open, Thoth came to him and closed his mouth with his sword sheath.

"Your fate has chosen me!"

Thoth chuckled, sheathed his sword, and extended his right hand to him: "Let's get acquainted formally, V. Thoth, your future captain, my sniper buddy."

Van Augur bowed slightly, then reached out and shook Thoth's hand: "Van Augur, sniper, I hope to have your guidance in the future, Captain Thoth."

Thoth released his hand, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Oka! Just call me Thoth from now on. There aren't that many boring rules on my ship."

Karina chuckled softly, gracefully approached, and looked at Van Oka, extending her right hand:

“I am Karina, the musician of Toth, the ship’s accountant and intelligence officer.”

Van Augur's eyes flickered slightly. He reached out and gently grasped Karina's fingers, then let go abruptly, nodding slightly: "Hello, Miss Karina."

"Thoth, what are you going to do with that big guy named Bages?"

Karina asked curiously, surprised to find that Bages' aura remained stable in her perception.

"Never mind him for now, he'll wake up soon."

As he spoke, Thoth turned to look at the middle-aged man he had deliberately left behind behind the bar. At that moment, Van Auger spoke:

"This guy is the manager of this underground bar. The moment you showed up outside, his people spotted you and started openly selling your information."

Tot's lips curled slightly; Van Auger was definitely sitting on the right spot.

Walking towards the bar, seeing the cold sweat beading on the middle-aged man's forehead, Thoth sat down on a stool in front of the bar and looked at him.

The man wiped his sweat and looked at Toth with feigned composure:

"Hello Mr. Toth, I am Jaylen, the head of the Fine Wine Club."

"This bar is owned by Dufeld, isn't it?"

Thoth suddenly chuckled, recalling... the information Dragu had revealed after being hypnotized.

Jalen's eyes narrowed. Thoth said calmly, "I'm giving you a chance to live. Contact your superior now."

If you can't get in touch with me within a minute, then you might as well die!

The latter nodded hurriedly, his lips trembling: "Yes, yes, I'll contact them right away."

However, he quickly pulled a dead telephone bug from his pocket, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He spoke rapidly:

“I have other telephone bugs in the back office.”

Thoth said calmly, "Come over in three minutes. If you want to run, go ahead and try."

The latter nodded quickly and went to the back.

Karina glanced at the liquor rack behind the bar, lightly leaped over it, then turned to Thoth and smiled, "What would you like to drink?"

Thoth glanced behind him, “Sherry cocktail.”

Karina nodded with a smile, then picked out drinks from the liquor shelf to mix.

At this moment, Smoker sat down next to Thoth, his gaze indescribably complex:

"Mastery of all three types of Haki? What kind of monster are you? Who taught you that?"

Tashigi looked at Thoth as well, while Van Augur listened curiously to this unfamiliar term.

Does it matter who teaches you?

Smoker nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "This bar is owned by Du Felder. So, you're saying you want to go head-to-head with him?"

Thoth laughed. "Are you worried about me, Smoker? You're such a good person!"

Smoker's eye twitched. At that moment, Karina placed a glass of wine in front of Thoth and looked at Smoker with a grin, saying:

Would you like something to drink?

Smoker hesitated for a moment, then blinked, unable to refuse: "Rum will do, thank you."

Then Karina looked at Van Oka:

"Oka, what about you?"

Van Augur thought for a moment: "Vodka will do, on the rocks, thanks."

Thoth sipped his drink and looked at Van Auger: "By the way, Auger, besides you and that Bages, what other powerful guys have come to this city?"

Van Augur's lips twitched. "That Katz is pretty good, I heard he took down a Sea Dragon with a bounty of 40 million in the Grand Line Paradise."

Moreover, this bar houses quite a few assassins with considerable skill.

However, at this point, he glanced subtly at Thoth and asked, "What is that Conqueror's Haki...?"

At this moment, Smoker couldn't help but say, "Haki is an essential ability to survive in the New World of the Grand Line."

There are three types of Haki: Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and Conqueror's Haki. Conqueror's Haki is innate and is considered to be possessed by the chosen one among millions of people.

It is the quality of a king. Even without taking action, a person with Conqueror's Haki can intimidate and scare opponents into fainting simply by using this power.

The Four Emperors of the New World are all characters who possess Conqueror's Haki.

Upon hearing this, Van Auger couldn't help but glance at Thoth, a smile playing on his lips.

Our meeting was destiny.

Smoker's eye twitched. What kind of bullshit life is this?!

Thoth chuckled: "To be honest, Conqueror's Haki is really just that kind of thing."

"Haki is an innate, latent power within people, and theoretically, everyone has the potential to awaken Conqueror's Haki."

Smoker let out a cold laugh:

"Do you even believe what you're saying?"

"Why don't you believe it? Believe it or not, it's up to you. Dominance is an extension of will. If you don't even firmly believe in yourself, your body certainly won't be able to cultivate this power."

Thoth glanced at him, a faint sneer playing on his lips. "You possess both Observation Haki and Armor Haki, but the strength of your Haki is utterly terrible."

How long has it been since you've made a conscious effort to improve yourself?

Are you proud to use natural smoke fruit to fry fish in Loguetown?

Thoth's taunts made Smoker's forehead veins bulge with anger. "Kid, has no one ever told you you deserve a beating?"