I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 298, Section 297: Burning Island! Stusi and the Bear!
A week later.

After breakfast.

The Eternal Ship sails the seas according to Moses' will.

The first half of the new world.

The surrounding climate became hot and dry.

Looking into the distance, the sky was dark, and an island burning with flames appeared, called Burning Island.

Just like Thor's Island.

Perhaps it was a natural disaster caused by the awakening of a certain user of the Flame-Flame Fruit.

Or it could be a natural fire island formed by the natural outflow of underground lava.

The island was barren.

Glorious maneuvered his Glorious ship and docked it on the cooler side of the island's shore.

Mercer leaned against the railing, watching the flames continuously erupting from the cracks in the island's ground.

"The puzzle is almost complete."

murmured in the mouth.

"It's so hot, so hot, so hot! Why did we come here?"

Pepe, dressed in cool clothes, stood next to Mercer, sticking out her pink tongue helplessly.

Moses glanced at her, a chill emanating from his body to cool her down, and a smile played on his lips:

"I didn't ask you to come here. You could have stayed on the island ship."

Pepe glared at Mercer with a dark expression, snorted, and then pressed herself against him with a displeased look.

"Turn the temperature down a bit, your precious Peipei is about to die from the heat."

Mercer smiled. "I'll be staying here for a while. If I get too hot, I'll go back to the island ship in the distance."

Don't force yourself to suffer here when there's no suffering to be had.

"That's right, Peipei, you should go back quickly. We're here to cultivate, not to travel."

Runti walked over wearing a white bikini, stretching her waist and smiling as she spoke.

At this moment, Ace and Sabo, who were also dressed in swim trunks, walked over.

Mercer patted Pepe's head and chuckled, "Good girl, let's go back."

Ace looked at Mercer, his lips twitching as he pointed towards the distant Flame Island:

"Are we going to cultivate here from now on?"

Messer shook his head. "It's me, not you. You're just here to keep up the pace and heat up Flame Island."

"And I'll personally train you all while I'm at it."

Sabo's lips twitched as well, but he also seemed somewhat eager to try, looking at Messer:

"After this, I should be able to grasp the power of concepts, right?"

Moses: "Pretty much."

The gray mist engulfed Sabo, and the two merged, but Pepe moved away a second beforehand.

Flames erupted at their feet.

Mercer's figure transformed into a streak of fire as he charged out.

It lands in the middle of the island.

despair!
With his feet firmly on the ground, he sensed the frequency fluctuations of the flames within his body, as well as that mysterious concept of combustion.
The environment spontaneously synchronized with Moses, who sensed the situation across the entire island and understood after a few seconds:
"Yes, it's all naturally formed."

His body disintegrated into flames and disappeared into a burning crack in the ground beneath his feet.

A few seconds later, the flames reached a lava node at the center of the interior.

The concept of combustion spreads outwards, stirring up the flames that accumulate underground.

Seeing that Messer had disappeared, Runti blinked and looked at the surroundings in the distance.

At this moment, Glorious maneuvered the ship backward until it was two hundred meters away, when the surrounding temperature dropped slightly.

At that moment, Ace's eyes twitched, and he thought to himself: They're here.

The next moment, the air above the island's surface began to distort.

Boom boom boom!
Flames erupted violently from the cracks in the ground, followed by... Boom!
At the center of the island, a fissure hundreds of meters in diameter suddenly appeared as the earth was ripped apart by the fiery magma below, and a terrifying shockwave erupted as magma spewed out.

The terrain at the center of the island was altered, and a lava lake with a diameter of several hundred meters and emitting flames appeared in the center of the island.

Amidst the surging flames in mid-air, Moses's figure appeared, and Sabo was separated from his body.

Mercer looked down at the lava lake, floating on the lava, his physical strength was exhausted, and he temporarily created and bestowed his soul power. The next moment, the lava lake gathered and reshaped.

Two eyes and a mouth appeared, like a lava slime.

A sense of awe emanated from the lava-filled eye sockets, and enormous mouths opened and closed:
"Boss."

Moses nodded: "Your task is to begin devouring lava from below and releasing flames upwards."

"Okay boss."

The magma slime sank into the magma.

Then, Moses continued to transform the island.

Clusters of flames or lava are given a soul.

One by one, elemental life forms appeared.

Under Messer's command, it continuously releases high-temperature flames upwards, devouring fire or magma.

It's like a giant oven that's constantly heating up.

Aceflame, now in his demonic form, strode over the lava, looked at Messer's masterpiece, and excitedly crushed a lava life form with one foot.

Looking at the lava shattering into chunks of scorching hot lava beneath his feet, he smiled at Moses:

"Your Devil Fruit ability is really interesting."

Messer looked at the lava fragments beneath his feet and said calmly, "Lei Yunlong, beat him up."

Ouch~

The thundercloud dragon coiled around Messer's arm suddenly expanded, rushed in front of Ace, and swiped him away with a claw.

Messer looked at Sabo calmly, "Next, Lei Yunlong will fight you two, and I will ambush you at random times, so you must always be vigilant."

"Damn it, I'll pull out your dragon tendons today."

Ace roared and charged in front of Lei Yunlong, grabbing the dragon's horns and delivering a powerful Iron Fist of the Flame Demon.

A dull, ring-shaped ripple of air spread out.

Lei Yunlong yelled in pain, "You bastard Ace, you just wait, Thunderous Strike!"

His entire body suddenly erupted with terrifying lightning strikes.

Ace let out a scream and was sent flying again.

Flames erupted from Sabo's back as he rushed towards Lei Yunlong.

He raised his right fist and slammed it out.

"fire punch!"

A pillar of fire, ten meters in diameter, crashed down on Lei Yunlong's head.

At the same time, the dragon opened its mouth, and a blinding beam of lightning shot out.

Lightning and flames collided in mid-air.

This triggered a violent explosion.

Seeing the three of them get into the zone, the gray mist bracelet on Mercer's left wrist opened its eyes, and Little Gray said:
"Boss, what am I supposed to do?"

Mercer laughed and said, "Go to the ocean, swallow seawater, and send it into the small world."

Little Grey received the order to detach from Moses's wrist, expanding to a diameter of 100 meters before plunging into the sea to devour the water.

Sensing the massive amount of seawater surging out from a gray mist vortex in a corner of the small world.

Like a spring.

At the same time, the small world spontaneously absorbs seawater, converts it into energy, and grows itself.

Mercer looked at the three of them and smiled:

"Let's start too."

The gray mist swallowed up Radiance, Runti, and Pepe. Mercer took a step and transformed into a bolt of lightning, appearing on the lava lake in the center of the island.

One spatial gate after another opened, while gray mist spread and devoured the power of flames and space.

Moses absorbed chunks of fire essence and spatial essence from his body, occasionally prying out a little bit from between his teeth and throwing it to Ace, Sabo, and the other two.

The simple and unadorned practice begins.

……

The central lake port of the Eternal Ark

Stussy emerged from his flower boat cabin and went onto the deck.

A slight smile played on his lips; this time, he was here openly and legitimately with a mission.

She had spoken with her boss and was planning to move her headquarters here to become a business "spy."

She looked around at the buildings in the island's city. After disembarking, she walked briskly towards the administration building, a bright smile playing on her lips, which were painted with lipstick.

She was wearing a beautiful light blue flared dress, a white vest, and a white sun hat decorated with flowers.

She was wearing a pair of red high heels, her footsteps making a crisp, clattering sound.

With brightly colored nail polish on her fingers and toes and carrying an orange leather handbag, she soon arrived at the harbor reserved for the Mercer ship.

Her beautiful eyes widened in surprise. Was no one there?
Looking around, I saw a crow perched on a branch, watching me warily. Suddenly, something occurred to me, and I waved to it with a smile.

"Little cutie, can you help me find Ya Da Bao? He's a good friend of Mather's."

Crow 108 stared at Stussy in silence, then cawed a few seconds later:
"Woman, you've successfully attracted the crow's attention. I hope you're not lying, otherwise my great-grandfather Da Bao will definitely make sure you don't get any good juice."

Having said that, it flapped its wings and flew away.

A moment later, a whooshing sound came from the sky, and the magnificent raven Da Bao, perched atop a tree canopy, appeared in front of Stusi.

Seeing Stuart laugh, he said:
"Mei's lover, what are you doing here? Looking for Mei? He's not here."

Stussy fell silent. "Did they go on vacation?"

Ya Dabao shook his head: "He went to Burning Island to train. If you need to find him, just contact him via Den Den Mushi."

A smile appeared in Stussy's eyes:

"Let's leave him for now. Take me to the lab; I want to see Vegapunk."

Ya Dabao understood, and the spatial ripples swallowed her.

laboratory.

Seeing Vegapunk was just like before, not much changed, no, even happier.

Because she could tell that Vegapunk was enjoying his research at that moment.

Studying with Kureha.

Despite their complete focus, they did not discover Stussy's arrival.

Kureha raised an eyebrow as she watched Stusi approach, her eyes darting around:
"Mercy didn't come back with you?"

Stussy shook his head and chuckled softly:
“Miss Kureha, I came here on my own with an undercover mission.”

Kureha's brow twitched, and she looked at her with a half-smile: "Interesting."

"Did the World Government send you here to find information about Vegapunk? Or did they send you to seduce that kid Mather?"

Stussy smiled and said, "You're really clever; you guessed perfectly."

Kureha walked to an operating table and beckoned to her, "Come lie down, I'll examine you."

Stussy obediently came over and lay down.

The surgical field enveloped her, scanning her body for a moment.

"I've been feeling a bit feverish lately, probably because I'm on my period. Remember to drink more hot water and drink less alcohol. I don't have any other health problems."

It seems you take good care of yourself.

Stussy gave an awkward smile. "You can even detect this. You're truly remarkable."

Stussy said, "By the way, I'd like to buy a property here. Who should I contact?"

Kureha said calmly:

"Let Da Bao take you to the administration building to find that girl Robin."

Stussy glanced at Vegapunk, who was engrossed in his work, and gave a wry smile: "Fine."

A short while later, Ya Da Bao saw Stusey out and quickly found Robin at the newspaper office. His eyes flickered as he saw Kalifa:

"My current subordinates."

A strange smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Hello, President Robin, I'm here to buy land."

Robin's eyes flickered slightly. Why was this woman here? He immediately stood up and looked at Reiju:
"I'll leave things here to you, Reiju. I'm going to keep Miss Stussy, the queen of the entertainment district, company."

Kalifa, standing to the side, looked on with curiosity.

The reception room on the top floor of the palace in the administration building.

The two sat at a coffee table, drinking coffee. Robin chuckled softly.

What brings you here today?

Stussy chuckled in return: "You know perfectly well what I'm asking. I don't believe a smart woman like you wouldn't guess."

Robin said, "Recently, quite a few World Government agents have come to the city, both overtly and covertly."

Since even you've come, does that mean you're the highest leader?

Miss Stussy.

Stussy added, "Perhaps only one of them. The Five Elders don't have absolute trust in people like us, and they're not fools."

How could Vegapunk, who is so important to them, possibly send only me alone?

"Give me a plot of land in a busy commercial street; I want to open a high-end social club for intelligence espionage."

Robin's eyes flashed with understanding, and he nodded upon hearing her request:
"I'll have Reiju bring you the land deed later, and she'll bring you the lease agreement as well."

Stussy smiled and said, "Can't it be free?"

Robin smiled and said, "If you want to find my man for free, go ahead."

Stussy's eye twitched.

"That's settled then, we'll sign the contract tomorrow."

The two drank coffee and chatted for a while, exchanging information, before Stusey took his leave.

Robin didn't see her off, his eyes thoughtful. "Dabao, tell the crows to keep an eye on the strangers who have come recently, and of course, not just outsiders."

Sitting on the sofa, Da Bao, who was kowtowing to the water and earth spirits with Ya Xiao Niu, nodded:
"Don't worry, Crow knows. The crows have been working diligently all along."

Robin chuckled, "That's good."

……

Stussy arrived outside the administration building, raising an eyebrow as he looked at a large man who was nearly seven meters tall.

Bounty of 296 million, Tyrant Bear, what's he doing here?
The Bakania, a race of natural slaves designated by the World Government.

Xiong stood alone at the entrance of the building, his face showing great apprehension.

Stussy's lips curled into a smile as he looked at Bear and said, "Are you waiting for someone here? The legendary tyrant, Bear."

The bear looked down at Stussy, knowing she had come from inside, opened its mouth, and a gentle voice rang out:
"Are you a staff member inside?"

A look of surprise flashed in Stussy's eyes. How could someone so big speak so gently? He immediately became interested:
"This is the administration building of the Eternal Ark. What are you doing here, a pirate?"

Xiong said somewhat nervously and anxiously, "I've heard that this place has the most advanced medical technology in the world. I wonder if you could introduce me to it?"

My daughter is seriously ill and needs to receive treatment as soon as possible.

The doctors at the city hospital said they couldn't treat it; we had to come here to see Lei Di.
I've been waiting here for three days, but I still can't find anyone.

Seeing that the man was clearly desperate and grasping at straws, Stussy chuckled:

“I can see that you are not weak. You can cause a disturbance here to attract the Thunder Emperor’s attention.”

Didn't you go to see any staff here?

Xiong said bitterly:

"That's impossible. Everyone who caused the riots here has been executed."

I cannot die until my daughter is cured.

I did manage to contact the staff, but as a pirate, I was refused service by the people inside.

I have no choice but to wait here and try my luck.

Can you help me?

Stussy said calmly, "You won't find the Thunder Emperor here. He's currently cultivating on that Burning Island not far away."

No one can say for sure when he will come back.

If you're not afraid of death, you can go find him over there.

Oh, and once you find it, don't tell anyone I told you.

The bear's eyes lit up immediately, and it looked at Stusi excitedly, bowing deeply.

"Thank you, thank you."

The next second, he ran two steps forward, took off his gloves, slapped them beside him, and with a "pop!", he was launched into the air in one direction in the blink of an eye.

It turned into a black dot and disappeared into the sky.

Stussy's mouth was slightly open, and his eyes were somewhat vacant:

"This guy is actually that good?"

Using Observation Haki, it sensed the direction the bear had disappeared in and quickly moved out of its range of perception.

At the same time, Stussy was surprised to discover a familiar aura.

Turning around, I saw Rob Lucci dressed in an executioner's suit.

He was temporarily assigned to one of his subordinates.

(End of this chapter)