I collect everything in the One Piece world.

"I'll throw you into the sea to feed the fish," Mosen said casually.

"No!!!" The pirates collectively let out a desperate groan, shaking their heads frantically, tears welling up in their eyes.

They don't want to die! Especially not as fish food! It's so tragic!

Upon hearing this, Jack, the "Wavebreaker," stiffened for a moment, but then straightened his chest as if to encourage himself.

However, Mosen seemed to suddenly remember something, and his eyes lit up as he added, "Ah, wait. We have to get the ship back to the East China Sea before throwing it."

Pirates: "???"

Even Captain Jack Sparrow, who had just been looking like he was ready to die, was stunned and asked incredulously, "Sail... sail back to the East China Sea? Why?"

Escorting them back to the East Blue from the Grand Line, and then throwing them back into the sea to feed the fish? Is this some new form of torture? Or does this "collector" have some peculiar "hobby"?

Upon hearing this, Mosen smiled and looked at him, saying, "Didn't you say your dream was to come to the Grand Line from the East Blue?"

"Now I'll help you complete the next stage of your dream, and then we'll return to the East Blue from the Grand Line. That would be a perfect ending, wouldn't it!"

"We'll feed you to the fish when we get back to the East Blue. That'll mark the end of your pirate career... uh, I guess?"

What the hell is this "having a beginning and an end"?! What the hell is this "sense of ritual"?! This is more torturous than killing them outright!

Chapter 59: Ending My Pirate Career in the East Blue! (Read on!)

On the Perfume Serpent, Lali was carefully cutting out Maurice's photo and related articles from the newspaper and pasting them into her notebook.

Beside him, Rayleigh watched quietly with a smile, a hint of emotion in his eyes, as he drank his wine.

Hancock bit her lip slightly as she looked at Lali, then glared at Rayleigh. She had a feeling that the two of them knew the true identity of the Black Cat Sheriff, but just wouldn't tell her.

Captain Jack Sparrow completely lost his composure, shouting excitedly, "No! You can't do this! Kill me! Kill me now! Give me a quick death! I don't want to go back to the East Blue! I'd rather die on the Grand Line!!"

"I have no choice. Even if it's just a piece of toilet paper, I'll make sure it serves its full purpose." Mosen ignored his yelling and gave Robin a wink.

Robin understood and, with a thought, more arms grew from Captain Jack's body. This time, they covered his mouth and then moved him and the other pirates to the lower deck of the ship and locked them up.

Only a few pirates who knew how to sail remained on the deck, their faces contorted with grief as they shakily adjusted the course under the watchful eyes of the others.

Mosen then unfolded a special sea chart and examined it closely with Robin Bakala.

"Is this the route back to the East China Sea you were talking about? It's so detailed!" Bakara exclaimed, looking at the nautical chart.

Robin nodded in agreement, saying, "It's indeed remarkable. I didn't know there was such a route along the Red Line that leads back to the East China Sea."

"I spent a lot of money to get this, it's a lot of boxes of jewelry," Morsen said noncommittally.

The price he paid for taking the sea chart from Shakky was all the jewels he had previously looted in Sabaody Archipelago.

According to Xia Qi, since he couldn't easily convert these things into cash, he might as well give them to her as payment.

Mosen had no objections, after all, Shakky and Rayleigh had helped him a lot. Just getting the bomb was already difficult enough, not to mention that Rayleigh had also taught him Armament Haki and Observation Haki.

After discussing the route, Mosen walked to the bow of the ship, stretched in the slightly salty sea breeze, and his bones cracked softly.

He looked at the boundless blue sea and the dark shadows that were already faintly visible in the distance, his eyes becoming deep and expectant.

……

In the East China Sea, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the sea breeze carries a scent that seems gentler and more humid than that of the Grand Line.

After a voyage that was far from easy but certainly memorable, the ship that originally belonged to the Wave-Splittering Pirates was slowly sailing toward the gradually clearer outline of the island in the distance.

Compared to when it left Alabasta, the ship looked much more weathered, with several obvious marks on the deck and several patches on the mast's canvas.

However, the ship's overall structure remains intact, and the greatest "damage" probably lies with the pirate crew.

After all, apart from the few auxiliary operators who had completely burned out, several others were used as Bakala's luck boosters and then fed to the fish.

The remaining pirates were now ashen-faced, having truly understood what it meant to be "on a pirate ship" and what it meant to be worse than dead.

Their only dream now is to get ashore as soon as possible and be thrown into prison, because Mosen promised that those who had played a role would not have to be fed to the fish, but would instead be taken to the naval base in exchange for a bounty.

In stark contrast to them were the three figures at the bow of the ship.

Mosen, Bakala, and Robin stood at the bow of the ship, facing the slightly salty sea breeze, gazing at the land that was getting closer and closer.

Despite the long voyage and some setbacks, the three of them looked energetic and radiant, with curiosity and a hint of excitement for the new sea area in their eyes.

Bakara was especially pleased, her fiery red hair fluttering in the wind. Hands on her hips, chin tilted back, she addressed Morsen and Robin in a tone that seemed to say, "Come praise me!"

"See, see! I told you there would be no problem! Although we encountered some minor storms and a few blind sea monsters along the way, we made it through without any real danger, didn't we? It's all thanks to the protection of this goddess's good fortune!"

She gave a high-level summary and positive evaluation of her own contributions, while selectively ignoring a series of "minor incidents" along the way, such as getting her hair standing on end from being shocked by a small, electric fish that she had provoked out of curiosity, and almost falling into the sea because she didn't control her luck.

Mosen raised an eyebrow and glanced at her, but did not expose the "goddess" who was in the middle of a great deal of fun. Instead, he nodded in agreement, his tone carrying a hint of approval.

"Hmm~ We really did get a lot of credit for being under Bakara's 'lucky aura' along the way. Although her brilliance was sometimes so great that it blinded our own people, the good outweighed the bad overall."

He paused, pointed to the land in the distance where the outline of the dock and the town buildings were already visible, and continued, "So, to recognize Ms. Bakara's outstanding contribution to this voyage, we will award you a prize when we reach the town of Rogue ahead!"

"Order whatever you want at the best restaurants in town! Buy whatever you want at the most expensive clothing stores! And buy jewelry and other accessories! Go to the casino! It's all about spending!"

Mosen knew that for Bakara, gourmet shopping and gambling, especially gourmet shopping and gambling with someone else paying the bill, were the best rewards and motivations.

Anyway, they've already saved enough money to build ships, and have even more to spare, so they're not short of money at all.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Bakala's eyes instantly lit up like jewels, her face beaming with joy. She immediately leaned close to Morsen and gently nudged him with her elbow, her voice sweeter than ever: "Really?!"

"As expected of the captain chosen by this goddess! Excellent judgment! Courageous! Rest assured, in the voyage to come, my luck will shine even brighter on our path! Hahahaha!"

As she spoke, she was already rapidly listing her shopping list in her mind.

Mosen smiled, then turned to Robin, who had been quietly smiling beside him: "Robin, you get a share too!"

Robin played a significant role along the way. She had some knowledge of navigation, so she was largely responsible for controlling the course.

“Loguetown is the ‘Town of Beginnings and Ends,’ and it’s said that the Pirate King Gol D. Roger’s footprints can still be found here. Since you’re interested in history, there might be some places worth seeing here,” Morsen said as he thought to himself.

"You might even find some interesting ancient books and historical materials, so when you get off the boat, if you see any related books, documents, or antiques that catch your eye, buy them no matter the price!"

"Of course, shopping is also necessary, but I don't know much about that. You can just go with Bakara."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony, Captain~" Robin said jokingly.

Mosen waved his hand and concluded, "In short, everyone contributed and worked hard on this voyage! So everyone deserves a reward! Haha!"

What? You're asking what contributions Morsen himself made? Are you kidding me? Keeping an eye on those pirates the whole way must have been exhausting, okay?

Pirates: ...

Bonus Chapter: Morsen's Research on Devil Fruit Abilities. (Read on!)

In a hotel room in Loguetown, a girl with short orange hair sat cross-legged on the bed, excitedly counting her gains from the past few days.

Her eyes sparkled with the wealth of Pele. She first adorned herself with strings of jewelry, then her fingers flew as she counted a thick, crumpled stack of Pele bills.

The night before arriving in Rogge.

On the deck of the Wave-Splittering Pirates, the moonlight was bright and the sea was calm.

The crew members had already been locked in the lower deck, and the deck became Mosen's temporary "experimental field".

Mo Sen closed his eyes and focused his mind, the "Sand Fruit" sticker merging into his body.

He stood in the center of the deck, with a wooden bucket filled with sand in front of him.

“Then… let’s start with the basics,” Morsen muttered to himself.

The next moment, the dry sand in the barrel began to slowly rise and gather, breaking free from the constraints of gravity and hovering in front of Mosen's palm.

The flow of these sand grains is not chaotic, but rather they are shaped and molded according to Mosen's will!

"Sand Knife!"

With a low shout, Mo Sen caused the suspended sand to suddenly compress and solidify, transforming into a well-defined pale golden sand blade, which exuded the unique "dryness" and "erosion" aura of the Sand Fruit!

The sand blade paused in mid-air for a moment, then with a wave of Mosen's hand, it shot forward with a "whoosh," flew off the ship's side, and landed in the sea, splashing water everywhere.

"Not bad, the Logia type really does feel different," Morsen commented, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

He focused his mind again, and his entire right arm transformed into constantly flowing sand.

"Crescent Dune!"

He swung his right arm, which had transformed into a sand blade, forward with a fierce slash! The crescent-shaped sand blade shot out with a sharp "crack," cleanly slicing the already decayed wooden statue decoration at the bow of the ship in two!

"Wow! You can really use that sand crocodile's power now!" Bakara had somehow slipped out of the cabin and was leaning against the door, watching Morsen's experiment with sparkling eyes.

She jogged over, circled around Mosen, and asked curiously, "Since you can 'collect' his abilities and use them, can't we do the same? Like my 'luck,' or Sister Robin's 'flowers'?"

She had already begun to fantasize about Morsen wielding sandstorms in his left hand and luck in his right, wreaking havoc on all sides.

Mosen shook his head, realistically shattering her fantasy: "The main reason I was able to 'collect' the Sand-Sand Fruit relatively intact is that I captured it at close range with all my might the moment Crocodile died."

"If it's a living ability user, I don't think it's possible to completely collect and remove their abilities. However, it should be possible to 'collect' a particular move they used through contact or confrontation..."

He thought for a moment and gave an analogy: "It's like I can't copy the whole book, but I can photocopy a page or copy a sentence."

"That's still amazing!" Bakara was still very excited. "Being able to use the opponent's signature ability at a crucial moment, even if it's just once, is sneaky enough... uh, it's surprising enough to win!"

Robin also came up to the deck, and listened to Morsen's words with a thoughtful expression: "Captain, why don't we try your guess now? With my ability."

Mo Sen's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "That's exactly what I was thinking."

Robin then took a few steps back, distancing himself from Morsen, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and uttered a low shout: "The Giant Tree of a Hundred Flowers!"

Suddenly, hundreds of white arms sprouted from the deck in front of Mosen, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a giant arm that slammed down on Mosen with a whooshing sound!

Mosen neither dodged nor evaded, but raised his right hand, palm up, and activated his Devil Fruit power at full force.

hum!

The illusory image of the "Collection Guide" suddenly unfolded above his palm, the pages moving without wind, aimed at the massive arm and fist that was hurtling towards him.

Just as that powerful fist was about to strike Morsen, a strange thing happened!

The enormous arm, along with the impact it carried and the special energy fluctuations of the Flower Fruit, seemed to have crashed into an invisible vortex. Without making any collision sound, it was abruptly "sucked" into the "illusory image of the encyclopedia" in Mosen's palm and disappeared without a trace.

Robin frowned slightly. She could feel that the power she released was "stripped" and "intercepted" the moment it touched Morsen's palm.

Mosen lowered his hand, the illusory image of the encyclopedia disappeared, and then he opened his palm, revealing a sticker with pink petals and vine patterns on the edges and a huge arm made of lines inside.

[Hana Hana no Mi (Flower Flower Fruit) Giant Tree - Status: Hana Hana no Mi (Flower Flower Fruit) Ability Technique (Can be fused with other techniques to form Hana Hana no Mi - Status: Incomplete)]