West Blue.
Augus Island.
In the middle of the street, the pirate captain Rhodes, who was holding a huge machete on his shoulder, looked at a chest of treasure placed in front of him and asked several pirates under his command.
"Are the treasures all here?"
"That's pretty much all!"
"Good! Let's go!"
Rhodes nodded in approval. He told the pirates under his command to pick up the treasure chest and leave the island.
Still;
Before walking a few steps, they suddenly found that at the end of the street, a young man was wearing a leather hat at some point.
The young man had a pistol at his left waist, a short sword hanging from his right waist, and a piece of yellowed paper in his hand. He had his head down and looked at the paper in his hand as if no one else was there.
"Where did the brat come from."
Rhodes was slightly stunned. The civilians on this island have long been sacked by them and are scared to leave the door. The youth in front of them appeared from nowhere and actually dared to block in front of them. Did he still want to stop them?
The pirates under his command were also slightly stunned, but they all smiled kindly. Someone flicked his wrist and pulled out a gun aimed directly at the youth at the end of the street.
"Hey! If you don't want to die, get out of the way!"
The young man had a gun pointed at him, but he didn't panic and looked up. He didn't look at the gun pointed at him but looked directly at the captain of the pirates, Rhodes.
"The bounty of sixteen million berries, 'Machete' Rhodes is it?"
"You brat has some good eyes! Get out of here before I get mad!"
Rhodes raised his chin slightly, showing a hint of pride. For pirates, they hope to have a very high bounty. A bounty of 16 million berries is not low, which he has always been very proud of it.
"It's good that there is no mistaken person."
The youth nodded, flicked the paper in his hand, and said, "Then, sixteen million berries for the head, I'll take it."
Bang! Bang! BANG!!!
At the same time, the young man pulled out the pistol at his waist with great speed and fired six shots at Rhodes and the others, emptying the bullets.
Many pirates clearly did not expect the youth in front of them when facing so many of them, but still dare to take the initiative, and so fast!
Six shots fired, five men down!
The only shot that missed was fired at Rhodes, who blocked it with the huge machete on his shoulder.
At this time, the paper that was thrown away by the youth also slowly fell to the ground. It was a bounty offer, and the person on it was none other than 'Machete' Rhodes!
Not far away.
Although Rhodes blocked the youth's shot, he was too late to stop it and watched as all five of his men were shot down. A look of violent rage appeared on his face.
"You... deserve to die!!!"
He roared, waved the machete in his hand, and rushed up to meet the youth. The huge machete slashed down sharply, and the strong wind alone already gave a feeling as if it was going to be split in half by a sword.
However, in the face of Rhodes' slash, the youth did not panic. He calmly put away his pistol, then closed his hands in front of his body and clamped them directly to the machete.
"Courting death!"
Rhodes laughed at the sight. His machete is not only huge, but the material is also very special. It is hard and cumbersome, and ordinary people may not be able to hold it even with a sword. However, the young man in front of him actually dares to receive the machete with his bare hands, so he doesn't know how to live.
However;
The youth's palm touched the blade almost the moment Rhodes' face changed as a strange power surged over the entire machete.
Crack! Crack!!!
The huge machete could not cut under the effect of the strange force and directly distorted in a curve, which turned into a twist!
Then, the force spread further up and wrapped around his hands as Rhodes stared in horror.
Crack!
Rhodes let out a terrifying scream as the machete, which had been twisted into a twist. It spilled to the ground along with blood and some twisted and unseemly bone fragments.
"You... you..."
Rhodes fell to the ground and looked at the youth in front of him with a terrified face, "You are a pirate hunter, Ghost Hand Ross!"
"A correct answer. Sadly, there is no prize."
Ross smiled as he drew out the short sword hanging from his waist. He stepped forward and swept his sword across the body. A head flew into the sky along with the blood.
At the same time;
A crisp cyber tone rang out in Ross's ears.
"The bounty of 16 million berries, 'Machete' Rhodes, has been hunted and killed. A reward has been obtained, 45 Talent Proficiency points and 1 Free Talent point."
When he heard the cyber tone coming from his ears, Ross had a look of joy on his face.
"For the first time to hunt and kill a pirate with a bounty of sixteen million, the reward is really great. I can actually get free Talent Points."
He used to an intern in another world. A year ago, he somehow came to the world of One Piece. He also had a talent system in his head, and he was able to get Talent Proficiency and Free Talent Points by hunting down pirates who were offered bounties.
With this talent system, he has been quite good this year. He can quickly deal with even the pirates with a bounty of 16 million berries.
A thought came from Ross.
The three big, translucent, strange trees that only he could see appeared in front of him. The top of the tree canopy had three names: Lifestyle, Versatile, and Combat.
Lifestyle talent: sailing, cooking, music, and other kinds of random talent. Ross currently only has a point of sailing.
Versatile talent: containing the three major aspects: Power, Agility, and Physical Enhancement, as well as minor aspects such as Running, Jumping, and Toughness.
To activate a minor talent, you need one free talent point, and to activate a major one, you need two free talent points. Ross has only had one major talent activated for Agility Enhancement so far.
The last one, Combat talent, is the one that has been Ross's main focus so far.
When you tap on the Combat talent, the large translucent tree is enlarged, with the trunk above it turning into a branch. The vast majority of it is gray, with only a tiny portion being gold.
The gold color is an activated talent, while the gray color is not yet activated.
At this time, Ross has only activated the talent of Marksmanship, Melee Combat, and Neji Neji no Mi (Distortion Fruit), which are marked with the three talents of proficiency.
Marksmanship: 50
Melee Combat: 80
Neji Neji no Mi (Distortion Fruit): 50
The two talents, marksmanship and melee combat, have proficiency of 50 points. The professional level is 100 points, and the mastery level is 200 points.
"There is no need to add more points to the marksmanship. The proficiency level is enough to use, so let's focus on melee combat to the professional level first."