Josh, who was feeling luckier, was now sitting on the top of the sail of his ship.
Robin was down guiding the ship. The other girls were preparing the food, while Mikita was taking bath.
Since they had gotten all the supplies they need to start a journey in this sea, they moved on.
Josh was using the rest 200 points.
This time, instead of using 10 points each time, he was gambling on his chances with one point each time.
This got him 120 useless common-average items.
The rest were Good and Excellent ranks. Two items were epic rank.
One of them was an alcohol bottle that added 5 tons to his strength. Giving him 25 tons in total, which can be boosted with his Devil Fruit, since it multiplies his strength. The other one gave him a 120% boost in his stamina.
Given the stamina Josh has now, it would be fair to say that he can fight for more than a week without sleeping. Or having sex for all of that time.
After using the best for himself, Josh gave some good strength pills and elixirs to Robin.
Although some wouldn't agree that sharing power is good, what use if the woman next to you die when you could prevent it with a slight power boost. Not to mention, since they are not only his women but his crew, he needed them strong as they needed him.
When Robin asked him where he did get that, he said it's the medicine he had bought from a friend of his, and she ate it.
Mikita, on the other hand, got half of the agility boosts, since speed is more useful for her since she can give heavy strikes of 15 tons — metric tons.
Josh, in his storage now, has 10 healing pills, which was good to keep. Other than that, there was some karate manual, which he didn't feel like practising now since he is a master of Judo and Kung fu, and Swordsmanship. Besides, Just by reading that Karate Josh had memorizes it and now can practise it on the battlefield, if he felt like so.
"Josh… the pills you gave, can you tell me which doctor made them."
Robin, who was behind the wheel, moved her eye back to Josh, who was half-naked and kicking in the air toward the sky.
Stopping his practice to figure Storm Leg technique, Josh looked at her as she turned to see his eyes.
Seeing that she was examining his eyes to learn about the truth, Josh only smiled. "Some homeless friend who tours islands. He sells them. Each time I ask him your question, he refuses to answer."
After that, Josh looked up and gave an arc kick to the sky.
Josh wasn't lying. That guy was his best friend — himself.
Robin half-closed her eyes at him. She then sighed and gave her back at him. "Don't buy things from strangers. People tend to trick little innocent looking teens."
Josh shook his head and muttered something, before ignoring Robin.
-x-X-x-
Letting a strong exhale with the last kick, Josh noticed that some sharp air blade left his leg.
Though it had been more than 20 hours, Josh was happy that he finally got a glimpse of Storm Legs.
The compressed air blade made a very thin cut on a box that was on the deck.
Although it was little, he felt the progress.
Since he figured out the trick, Josh could leave the rest to his Movement talent to master the rest of Storm Legs.
Josh then started kicking again, trying to perfect this technique. But he shouldn't ignore his other techniques.
"Josh, you should sleep," Marianne yelled when Josh jumped up in the air and then walking on it.
She had seen Josh training for many hours non stop. The sweat that left his body with no doubt should be more than what his body can contain. But Josh didn't seem to rest until he takes a small bite of food.
However, seeing him walking in the air now made her stop and stare up, like everyone else.
"Josh… Just…" Robin was blinking, before she raised her eyebrows, looking at Josh.
"Do you rest," Robin said as she was walking with her short coat opened.
"Let him. If Joshy decided to train, he won't stop until he gets the thing he wants to be done. Oh, and don't be surprised how fast he can improve." Said Mikita, who just woke up, was drinking lemon in the morning and wearing a yellow tight pyjama.
Josh heard them, even though he was 10 meters above them.
Ever since eating his Devil Fruit almost two days ago, he felt that his senses becoming sharper. He could even hear things that were far from him. His smell sense also became stronger, like his eyesight.
Turning, he gave them a gentle smile before Moon Walked higher. When Josh was about to try to combine Moonwalk with Shave, he noticed something on his line sight in the sea.
A ship, full of canons, was heading toward them, and Josh could notice it.
"Robin, Nee-chan," Josh said out of habit as he pointed behind them.
Robin, like a big sis who knows everything, turned and saw the shadow of a small and very fast ship. Blinking twice as if familiar with this sight, she said as she looked at Josh. "We are being chased by Bounty Hunters."
Josh landed on his feet to look at the girls, who swiftly wore their clothes and turned to look at the ship that had its cannons aimed at them.
Josh then suddenly heard a notification in his mind.
[Ding, the system has a new gamble for you.]
[ Title: the survivor against all of the odds.
Objective: Make your way to the New World successfully.
Fend against all the attacks against you until you reach your destination.
Rewards:
-Mystery Box tier 5
-60 Draw Points.
What you are betting on:
-300 Draw Points.
-Your pride as a man.
Do you accept (Yes/No) ]
'Did they have to include my pride as a man?' Josh lifted his eyebrows.
The system knows for sure how to make someone take the gamble.
Robin turned her face, to see that Josh was staring down at his legs. She was wondering what he is thinking of. Robin smiled gently and put her hand on his face. No matter how Josh is tough-looking, he is still a young person. She had been in his place and knows how he feels.
Bending down a bit, she gave him a kiss on the lips and said. "Don't worry little brother. You would grow up to overcome this."
"Huh?" Josh snapped back. He wasn't really absent-minded, just thinking about what his pride as a man has to do with the task.
*Bang*
Just when he looked at Robin's face, a cannonball exploded next to their ship.
Josh quickly moved as he summoned his sword from his storage and stared forward at the ship.
There was a cannonball heading toward them. Flashing instantly in front of it, Josh waved his sword and cut the metal ball in half, letting the remains fly behind him.
"I will take them down."
Josh then quickly used Moonwalk as he headed to the far ship. Meanwhile, Mikita jumped high in the air as she took her umbrella with her.
When Josh landed on the ship and started slashing, Mikita was smiling as she had been looking down at the bounty hunters with a wide smile.
"Josh, do you think they have money, before I take them down." She asked, ready to destroy their ships, without fearing that she would sink.
Josh was just done from kicking one man and slashing another member. Stopping for a brief, he looked up at her. "Just break their sail, I'll deal quickly with their captain and then see what to do."
"Fine." Mikita then started falling, flipping and heading to the sail.
When she made a contact with it, it was broken under the pressure of 15 tons, and also, the shockwave made some of the bounty hunters fall.
Although there were more of them, arms appeared from nowhere behind their backs and broke them.
"Don't mess with me!" yelled an angry voice.
When Josh was done slashing someone and putting his sword back to the sheath, he turned to the source of the angry sound.
He noticed a tall muscled man surrounded by arms. Growling angrily, he opened his arms widely, and Robin's hands vanished.
After understanding that he was the captain, Josh dashed forward.
Robin distracted the captain by making a hand that slapped him on the back of the head and making him turn back, which gave Josh a chance to end this, as he appeared behind the captain and slashed on his legs vertically, making him slide on them.
"You fuckers! You cut them. How dare you! I will hunt you down!"
Not being able to handle the curses, Josh kicked the upper half of the captain, sending him flying to the sea and sinking down.
After killing the agents that day, Josh found that his heart getting colder toward the bastards.
'This is going to be a long journey to the New World.'
When Josh turned his face, Mikita was already sitting on the top of the broken sail.
"I checked their wealth, they have around 30 million berries. Poor hunters. They aren't wealthy very much. Maybe they are weak" Mikita sighed. "Well, most of the bounty hunters let their money back home and only to take little with them."
Getting snapped by some idea, Josh didn't know that he had a smile on his face.
It was his businessman smile that he learnt while running his casinos in the past.
"Instead of hunting bounties, why not hunting their hunters."
Josh muttered.
He just found a better idea.
What's more profiting than stealing a gambler.
Stealing the casino he gambles at.
Josh started laughing.
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