Settsetse! The Pirate Nemesis

With that, Pad took a deep breath and then carried his brothers, who were lying haphazardly on the ring, down the steps. As for the gamblers' insults, Pad didn't take them to heart at all—that was perfectly normal in the West Sea, wasn't it?

Meanwhile, on the other hand, he went home looking extremely annoyed.

Robin proceeded with extreme caution—having not had a proper fight, Sett felt like ants were crawling all over him. His restless violent impulses made him want to rush at anything and beat it up, though he might not actually do it. But looking at the disgruntled Sett before her, Robin certainly thought so.

"Forget it, just consider it as gaining a bunch of lackeys."

He wasn't even a little brother. In Sett's eyes, a little brother should at least be on the level of Tina—although you couldn't tell he was small by his size.

As for Fujitora, he's a cadre, after all... These guys in the Hammer Gang are already lucky to even be considered low-level members. It's only because it's the early stages of their operation that Sett would have hired such a mediocre guy.

Just as Sett was still thinking, suddenly, another "ding-dong" sounded in his mind.

Ding! The number of players in the player's battle group has reached thirty, and they have obtained the qualification to draw talents.

Ding! The number of players in the player's battle group has reached sixty, and you have been granted the qualification to draw talents.

"There's such a quest?" Sett raised an eyebrow in surprise, then opened the system interface to draw a talent. With a spin of the wheel, Sett obtained his first talent draw.

Talent: Aggressive.

Description: After attacking the same enemy three times, the player will enter a powerful attack state. This allows the player to detonate the energy stored within the enemy, increasing damage dealt to that enemy by 15% afterward.

Goodness, Conqueror triggers Power Attack! This talent synergy, which only exists in the hands of cheaters, has actually appeared!

However, to be fair, my current single-target burst damage is ridiculously strong.

Sett is a boxer by nature. With combos like Hail of Blades, Power Surge, Subduing Force, Penetrating Force, and Skull Crack, even Fujitora would probably be unable to withstand such a combo.

"It's a pity there's no ADC Sett in this world," Sett thought. "Otherwise, if he could charge in during a team fight and land without melting the ADC within 0.5 seconds, it would be considered a mistake on Sett's part."

Then comes the second talent.

The moment Sett saw this talent, his expression turned strange.

Talent: Gathering Storm

39. Muscle Density

Regarding Gathering Storm, this should be a talent that no League of Legends player is unfamiliar with.

OBA-style games often feature heroes with infinite scaling abilities. For example, Nasus's Q and Veigar's passive. These heroes typically possess extremely high burst damage and dominance in the late game... well, Nasus doesn't count, because due to the unique mechanics of his skill set, Nasus's strongest phase is actually the mid-game.

Among talents, there also exist those with unlimited growth potential—like Sett's Grasp of the Undying. Given enough time and conditions, it can be stacked infinitely. This is why Sett kills a bug almost every three seconds to accumulate Grasp of the Undying stacks. While so far these stacks only increase Sett's survivability to a certain extent, with the passage of time and continuous accumulation, Sett can also accumulate health without limit.

Even immortality...

Gathering Storm is similar; as a minor talent, it's completely useless in the early game. Its effect in the mid-game is negligible. However, once the game progresses into the late game, Gathering Storm can even provide the attribute damage equivalent to an epic item.

Especially in professional matches, once the game time reaches more than 40 minutes, or even more than 35 minutes, if the director doesn't specifically mark the heroes who have selected the Gathering Storm talent, then the director's own mother will be like Chen Rui, getting solo killed by the Mongolian top laner under the tower.

In the late game, Gathering Storm can provide the damage output of one or even two completed items. But that's in the game—take Sett as an example. In the game, Hail of Blades only increases attack speed, not damage output. To truly increase damage output, you need to rely on Press the Attack, Conqueror, and Electrocute. In the real world, speed and strength are directly proportional. Increased punching speed, combined with coordinated muscle work, will cause Sett's attack power to experience a dramatic leap.

The punches were already powerful and heavy, but now the speed has doubled. It would be strange if the damage didn't change—Sett never uses those effeminate jab-harassing tactics. Wouldn't it be more satisfying to unleash a barrage of punches to the face if he had the chance to land a blow?

If things really went according to the game... Sett suspected he'd be invincible in less than three days, shattering the void with a single punch.

In that case, Sett would definitely be cursing the designer for creating such terrible balance while laughing all the while using it.

Then the book ended at lightning speed.

However, it is clear that the designers do not want to lose their "mother" (the player's mother), nor do they want their "mother" to directly face the Mongolian top laner.

Talent: Gathering Storm.

Effect: Gathering Storm will alter and further enhance the hero's physique; the longer the growth period, the greater the hero's strength will become. Increases muscle fiber mass by 0.04% per natural day.

Fiber quality?

Although Sett had guessed that the storm gathering would be changed, he never expected that it would be done by targeting muscle fibers.

"Is the growth calculated based on base muscle mass or total mass?" Sett inquired—this needed to be clarified. If it was based on total mass, then it meant this talent would double every day. The system's answer was: "Base muscle mass."

Upon hearing this, Sett nodded in understanding.

In other words, the extra health gained through skills like Grasp of the Undying will not be counted in Gathering Storm. Similarly, to explain the ability of Gathering Storm more intuitively, it's like Mundo, who grows new muscle fibers every day.

However, unlike Mundo, Mundo's muscle fiber growth is more readily visible. Just like now, although his massive body is full of muscles, it still gives people a somewhat bloated impression.

Sett, on the other hand, grows inward, with his muscle fiber density continuously increasing. The comparison is like comparing a kilogram of iron to a kilogram of cotton. The weight is the same, but the strength is drastically different.

It really is a gathering of storms...

Sett thought with a touch of helplessness that, considering the base growth rate of Storm Gathering was 0.04, he was certain that, at least in the short term, the attribute bonuses provided by Storm Gathering were negligible… However, as time passed, Storm Gathering would only become stronger. Assuming three years and a thousand days, even if Sett did nothing, his muscle mass would increase by forty percent. Then, in ten years, it would be one hundred and forty-six.

While the growth rate compared to the game is somewhat weakened, this is the real world... From another perspective, if Sett were a survivalist, then relying on the life extension of the Undying Grasp, he could find a corner to hide in for a hundred or two hundred years, and Sett could directly emerge as a Buddha.

After all, increased muscle density not only improves strength, but also toughness, resistance, and many other aspects of physical strength...

Of course, given Sett's personality, he wouldn't just hide somewhere.

In short, just let the storm gather inside and leave it alone; let it grow slowly.

The only problem is that Sett feels his appetite has increased—muscle growth also requires energy.

40. Robin's Training

"What's wrong? You seem a little off today."

At the dinner table, looking at Sett, Tina keenly noticed the difference in Sett's current state.

In the past, Sett would have chug down a beer in one go, laughing and shouting about what happened that day, how he beat up a few people, and then, under his own disdainful gaze, go outside to cool off and maybe train Robin.

That bastard! His daily appearance fee is equivalent to his annual salary, yet he still tries to rip me off! Even the training equipment is made from the iron bars that Tina shot out during her battle with Mundo.

"I ran into a bunch of cowards today, damn it... I feel like I have an inexhaustible supply of energy. If I don't use it up, I don't think I'll be able to sleep soundly tonight!"

As Sett spoke, a hint of annoyance crept into his lie. Vastaya may appear peaceful, but their hearts are like those of wild beasts. Even raised in a gentle environment, their inherent violence greatly influences their personality and behavior.

It might not be obvious in normal times, but once the fighting gets heated or they step onto the battlefield, the Vastaya will transform into complete beasts, extremely warlike.

In the real world, Vastaya people are definitely among the high-risk groups for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"Whatever." Having grown accustomed to Sett's presence over this time, Tina respectfully clasped her hands together after hearing Sett's words. "I only ask that you don't torment me tonight; I want to go to sleep early, I have to go to work tomorrow..."

Even Tina herself didn't realize that after spending this time together, she had gotten used to Sett and Robin staying at home as soon as she got home... Of course, it's also possible that she simply enjoys the delicious food Robin makes every day.

Since settling down, Robin has taken on the responsibilities of cooking, which is beyond his years... Over time, his culinary skills have improved.

Sett scoffed at this.

Mundo lives next door, in Sett's original house... Living with Mundo would be absolute torture. Perhaps due to an overdose of uncertified drugs, Mundo has no concept of fatigue. He's energetic all day long. If it weren't for the system awakening part of his intelligence by making him remember Sett, Mundo would probably be wandering around Antor Island at night, "healing and saving lives," just like in the lore.

Sett simply gave his house to Mundo... From now on, any of his underlings who made a mistake could be locked up in a room with Mundo, which should be more effective than a regular solitary confinement cell.

After dinner and a while of digestion, Robin began his pre-sleep workout.

After warming up, arms sprouted from the grass and, under Robin's control, picked up the dumbbells placed on the ground one by one, performing bicep curls in sync with the movement of their bodies.

Robin's power is the Flower-Flower Fruit, which allows any part of the user's body to bloom like a flower on other objects.

Through continuous training and nutritional supplementation, Robin's physical fitness improved, and the power of the arms summoned by the Flower Flower Fruit also increased as a result. With further development, she was able to summon more and more arms.

The Flower-Flower Fruit has many uses. Once a martial arts expert masters it, the multi-angle attacks generated by releasing the ability can create a tank that can run rampant on the battlefield.

After all, it can bloom anywhere. Imagine two people are grappling, their arms locked in a stalemate. Suddenly, countless arms sprout from the opponent's body to immobilize them, and then a powerful, hairy leg grows from their chest, delivering a series of powerful, piercing kicks to the heart...

With this combination of punches and kicks, it would be unreasonable not to break the opponent's ribs!

As for Robin's original idea, such as continuously developing her Devil Fruit ability to create giant hands and feet for attacks, it was directly rejected by Sett.

The domineering and autocratic Sett bluntly stated, "I don't care what you think, I care what I think."

Robin shrugged helplessly and said, "What can I do? You're my boss."

Although somewhat speechless, Tina, wanting to prevent her daughter from turning into a monster like Sett who only thinks about fighting and muscles, still provided some medicinal baths to help remove calluses and scars.

This isn't exactly a secret within the Navy; after all, not everyone wants to develop calluses and rough skin...

Sett did not stop this.

Although Sett's mind is full of fighting and killing, his sexual orientation and aesthetic sense are still quite normal... It's definitely better for a secretary to be pretty, not only for the sake of being pleasing to the eye, but also to prevent the excessive yang energy caused by the group of men in the Skullcrushers.

At the very least, Sett didn't want to see the future Robin, looking like a muscular Barbie doll, yelling in a rough voice during a fight, "You little bastard! Take this punch from my Ruda Rocket Launcher!!"

41. Capture Sett

Sett seemed indifferent, but he still managed to ruin the event.

Sure enough, the next morning, a squad of naval personnel arrived at Sett's house on orders from above.

The casino's profits were damaged, and the attempt to teach Sett a lesson through a gang fight only resulted in Sett gaining a group of followers. This caused the Capone family's reputation to plummet. Therefore, Witt had no choice but to bribe a lieutenant in the Navy branch to suppress Sett's power through official channels.

It's not about killing Sett; after all, Sett's power is undeniable. The casino has already suffered losses, and continuing the fight would only lead to the family's further decline. Capone Bege has no reason to provoke a monster who appears to be a Rear Admiral. The current situation is more about containing and intimidating him. Then, at the opportune moment, he'll intervene to relieve the pressure…

Even if we don't expect Sett to bow down, we at least want him to know that this world isn't a place where might makes right.

Under these circumstances, the naval lieutenant casually approached the front door of the Sett family's residence.

Behind them stood vigilant marines, each holding a musket poised to fire. Despite the summer heat, the marines stood in neat rows, dressed in short sleeves. At a glance, there were roughly seventy people in total—though it didn't seem like many, they represented the World Government.

The West Blue is the most chaotic sea among the four seas, and also the sea closest to the Grand Line. If it is provoked, it is not impossible for a vice admiral to take action... After all, there is also a devil's son here.

The ranks stood in neat formation, followed by a series of loud banging on the door. At first, few reacted. Seeing this, the lieutenant grew annoyed. He immediately grabbed his pistol and fired a series of shots into the air.

"People inside! Come out!!!"

The lieutenant's voice was solemn, as if he were charging into battle for justice.

The result was obvious; the almost nameless shout woke even the most drowsy person inside. With the clanking of the lock, just as the lieutenant took out handcuffs, preparing to make things difficult for Sett as planned and then have the Mafia come to his rescue, suddenly, what came into the lieutenant's view was not Sett's muscular physique.

Instead, it was a touch of pink.

She was wearing a bright pink outfit, her hair was a bit messy, and the coat draped over her back had no sense of neatness—it looked as if she had just gotten out of bed in a bit of a huff and draped it over herself.

Tina is out.

Looking at the naval lieutenant in front of her, Tina clicked her tongue in annoyance.

"What is it, Lieutenant Zell?!"

"T...T...Tina Lieutenant Colonel?!" Lieutenant Zell, who had been all smiles as he charged into battle for justice, stammered as he stared at Tina suddenly emerging from the gate. "Y-what are you doing here?!"