One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 246 Soul Endowment, What is Justice

This is Rhodes' new development of the ability of the Soul-Soul Fruit.

Separate a part of your soul, use blood as a carrier, and integrate your soul into other people.

The Soul-Soul Fruit has an ability called Soul Spell.

The human soul can be judged by questioning, and if the other person feels even a hint of fear, their soul will be taken away instantly.

However, there is a flaw in using this ability, which is that the other person must be able to hear your voice.

If the other party cannot hear the sound, no matter how deep the fear in his heart is, the person with the ability cannot take away his soul.

And now, with the newly developed ability of [Soul Empowerment], Rhodes can clearly feel Smoothie's soul, and he can feel it. No matter how far the two are apart, he can clearly feel where Smoothie's soul is.

Not only that, through the ability of [Soul Endowment], when he splits his soul, he can also imprint part of his experience into the soul fragments, so that when he gives it to others, the other party can also master his imprinted experience.

Those who obtain soul fragments not only master some of the skills given by Rhodes, but also their bodies will be strengthened due to the strengthening of their souls.

In general, people who are endowed with soul fragments by Rhodes' ability of [Soul Endowment] can gain some physical improvements and combat skills.

On the other hand, while he was getting the benefits, his soul was always under Rhodes' perception. As long as he still had fear, awe and other emotions towards Rhodes in his heart, Rhodes could extract the other person's soul at any time!
However, the soul extracted in this way cannot be used directly by Rhodes to strengthen himself.

Just like those harvested souls, they all need to go through an extraction process before they can be used on themselves.

but!

According to Rhodes' idea of ​​developing this ability, as time goes by, when the person who absorbs his soul fragment continues to grow, the part of the soul fragment he gave to the other party will continue to merge into the other party's soul, devouring it bit by bit.

The more battles you experience, the more intense the battles, and the more you are on the brink of life and death, the faster this process will be!

And when the person who has received the soul fragment given by himself dies, his soul will return to him.

The part that is eaten away by one's own soul fragments is the part that can be used directly to strengthen one's own soul!

Rhodes looked at the part of soul power in his hand.

Such a long time has passed, but I still cannot absorb soul power to continue to strengthen my soul. It seems that the interval between each strengthening may be more than half a year.

In this case, you only need to keep a portion of soul power as a backup.

Using the remaining soul power in his hand as repair material, he can also split it into 39 soul fragments.

Masters like Ismuji can see a significant improvement in strength after obtaining their own soul fragments. If these soul fragments are given to other people, they will probably grow into qualified fighters in a short period of time.

"Nelu, select 39 reliable guys from among our people."

I hope these carefully selected guys can grow up as soon as possible!
Three days later, Cake Island

Compared to Green Bit, Cake Island is surrounded by a circle of islands and has strict protection. Unlike Green Bit, because there are too many people coming and going, the concealment is obviously much worse.

So when there are things that need to be kept secret, Rhodes prefers to do them on Cake Island.

According to Rhodes' request, Neru selected 39 outstanding members from the newly formed th Division.

Some of these people came over after Rhodes' fame grew, some were recruited when the Donquixote Family was destroyed, and some were recruited from the Big Mom Pirates.

Of course, there are also some talents selected by the security company.

As the security company's business expanded, the Rod Pirates were making huge profits while also spending money quickly.

Especially some originally barren islands. Although they have signed agreements with security companies, they have no money at all. Not only can these islands not bring any profits to the Rhodes Pirates, but the Rhodes Pirates even have to spend money to support them.

However, the reason why Rod has been promoting the security company's business is not for the security company's profits.

More importantly, they rely on the security company's business to recruit personnel from all over the world openly.

As time goes by, as the security company covers a wider and wider range, more and more employees join in, and more and more talents are discovered.

Just like this time, among the 39 members selected, 13 of them had climbed up from security companies.

"Train well and don't waste the strength I gave you."

"Don't worry, Governor!"

"We will train our devil fruit powers!"

Rhodes looked at the group of members in front of him, feeling their vigorous soul power, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

"Those who didn't get it this time shouldn't feel disappointed. As long as you perform well next time, you will have a chance to get a devil fruit!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity to select talents, Rhodes gave most of his devil fruits to these subordinates.

When they wiped out the Donquixote family, they obtained a lot of devil fruits. Except for the Childlike Fruit that was suppressed by Rod, they also obtained the Wolf-Wolf Fruit obtained from killing CP9, the Cat-Cat Fruit (Leopard Form), and the Animal-Type Devil Fruits stolen from Kaido. All of them were distributed.

After the Soul-Soul Fruit is further developed, Rhodes' power will usher in a period of rapid growth.

While one's own strength is increasing, the strength of his subordinates must also keep up.

Rhodes waved his hand, dismissed these subordinates who had received intensive training, and allowed them to develop their own abilities on their own, and then returned to Greenbit with Luo.

"Are we going to set off?"

As soon as Rhodes passed through the portal, Nia came up to him and looked at him expectantly.

After the Lodo Pirates were reorganized into thirteen divisions, Nia took over the position of captain of the second division, responsible for the collection and analysis of intelligence.

Due to her childhood studies and education, Nia was very familiar with this aspect. With Violet's help, it was not difficult for her to complete Rhodes' request.

But she was a curious cat and she was tired of such a boring life.

Therefore, when she learned that Rhodes was about to be summoned by the World Government to go to Marijoa, she immediately requested to accompany him.

"Yes, the navy will send a warship to pick us up."

Rhodes nodded.

"Naylu, while I'm gone, I'll leave things to you and Luo."

"Don't talk like you normally ask questions."

Rhodes couldn't help but complain out loud.

"Anyway, it's just the same as usual, right?" Nelu nodded and added another slash.

In fact, as the governor of the Rod Pirates, Rod, apart from making requests, usually all matters are decided by Neru and Law.

"Cough cough!"

Rhodes interrupted them by coughing twice, then pointed at Minina.

"Then, Nia and Minina will go with me to the World Government this time."

With the endorsement of the World Government, the "Fist Security Company" of the Rod Pirates can expand all the way to the four seas.

However, the endorsement of the World Government only makes "Fist Security Company" legal. It is not a simple task to set up security companies on various islands and make them pay fees.

Especially in the North Sea and the West Sea, these two sea areas close to the second half of the Grand Route, there are many powerful countries.

If you want to move a security company and a series of supporting factories there, you will inevitably encounter conflicts with those countries.

In the New World, although Rod killed Big Mom and replaced her position, because Rod has always retained the title of Shichibukai, nominally speaking, there are only three Pirate Emperors in the New World.

Those who were defeated in the battle for supremacy among the "Four Emperors" are all eyeing the vacant throne of the "Four Emperors", ambitiously wanting to reach the top.

Among them, Crocodile, the former Seven Warlords of the Sea, is the most famous.

He defeated many veteran pirates and had the help of "Demon Princess" Yamato. He became the most popular pirate at the time and was called the biggest pirate closest to the "Four Emperors"!
Although the Rod Pirates do not want to conflict with the other three "Four Emperors" for the time being due to the situation in the sea, they do not want to give up the territories beyond that!
Therefore, among the 13th Squad, the 3rd Squad led by Pekin, the 5th Squad led by Xia Qi, the 11th Squad led by Bonis, and the 13th Squad led by Smoothie have been fighting with various forces outside for the past six months or so.

Not only that, even the other several squads staying behind in the base camp are ready to go out for support at any time.

In this situation, facing the invitation of the World Government, Rhodes only planned to bring Nia, who was bent on keeping an eye on the situation, and Minina, one of the few non-powerful people in the team.

"Pang Island?"

Naylu looked at Rhodes.

The permanent pointer of the mysterious island, Punk Hazard, which Rhodes had assigned to Tesoro a mission a long time ago, had been secretly delivered by Tesoro two days ago.

"After I come back from Marijoa."

Punk Hazard is the research base of the World Government’s Naval Science Force. Vegapunk, which claims to be five hundred years ahead of the world, is conducting various secret research there.

It is definitely a very important place for the World Government.

Not only that, the Navy Admiral Kizaru has been stationed there for a long time.

It would probably be impossible for Nair to go there and seize the artificial devil fruit by himself.

As he was speaking, the warships arranged by the navy appeared in Rhodes' sight.

"Oh, is the standard of this operation so high?"

Rhodes looked at the tall figure standing on the warship.

"The general candidates have all come out in person."

"After all, he is the Uncrowned Emperor who killed the Four Emperors."

Momotsugi Gion had a faint smile on his face as he looked at Rhodes and the other two who had boarded the ship.

"As a marine, I have respect for people like you who still have justice in their hearts."

"You speak so nicely, it's hard for me not to suspect that you have a special purpose."

"Mr. Rhodes seems to have some prejudice against me."

Gion still had a faint smile on his face as he looked at Rhodes who had already walked in front of him, but a sense of emotion arose in his heart.

It was obvious that when they first met in the Champs Elysees, the opponent was only slightly stronger than Katakuri. If I fight with him, although I will be defeated, the opponent will not be able to defeat me easily.

However, not long after that, Gion received the news that Rod had killed Big Mom.

A long time ago, she had also felt the monster's strength up close. It was an overwhelmingly powerful force!

However, even such a powerful pirate died at the hands of Rhodes!
And this time when he saw Rhodes again, the aura that he inadvertently exuded made Gion tremble with fear.

"There's no prejudice at all. I just heard something about you."

Admiral candidate of the Marine Headquarters, Momosa Gion, the great swordsman!
According to legend, she is an expert in the art of a geisha and entertains erotic clients in order to lure out all pirates.

Rhode didn't believe a word this kind of woman said.

"It seems that the world has many misunderstandings about me. No matter what, I am also a navy with the name of "Justice". I heard that Mr. Rod has always regarded himself as a "partner of justice". I thought I could become friends with you."

"Look, you still say it's a misunderstanding."

Rhodes glanced at the woman in front of him.

When the other party was speaking, it seemed as if she was using the legendary geisha skills. Every movement and expression seemed to be carefully designed. Even the tone of voice and intonation were coordinated with the movements. Every move exuded a provocative atmosphere.

Although Rhodes has not had the opportunity to see the skills of geishas in this world, he compared them with the Gion in front of him.

But he seemed to smell the scent of "tea" from the other party's words and actions.

Tsk!
"I'm a pirate. How can pirates and the navy be friends? You're making me doubt the purity of your justice."

"I am a [partner of justice]. If your [justice] is pure enough, as a [partner of justice], I will be your most loyal friend."

"But, I am a pirate. The justice of a person who is friends with pirates is impure! As a partner of justice, I absolutely cannot tolerate such impure justice!"

Rhodes threw out a tongue twister and then spread his hands towards Gion.

"So, you want to become a friend of [Partners of Justice]?"

The smile on Gion's face froze a little, then quickly recovered and replaced with another smile.

"Sure enough, you are an interesting person."

"I'm a little curious. You are known as the "Partner of Justice". How do you view "Justice"?"

(End of this chapter)