One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 136 The Intimidation of Fame

boom! ! !
The fist unleashed a terrifying shockwave, instantly causing the sea surface within a radius of several hundred meters around the Fallen Star to cave into a bowl shape!

With a series of spurts, dark green blood gushed out like a waterfall.

The colossal sea king let out a mournful howl, its severed tentacles twitching as they crashed onto the sea surface, creating countless thick columns of water.

But this is not over yet!
With a flash, Xia Nuo swooped down along the broken tentacle, his right fist gathering power once more, the dark Armament Haki rippling outwards.

"Give me--"

He plunged into the sea, his fist slamming into the sea king's head as it emerged from the water:
Get lost!!!

Wei Guo · Gai!
Boom! ! ! !

The entire sea area trembled violently, and the terrifying impact shook through the seawater, which was thousands of meters deep.

The colossal sea monster, resembling an octopus, suddenly bulged its eyes out, its hard skull cracking with a teeth-grinding sound, and its massive body was slammed into the deep sea!

slam-la-

Xia Nuo shook off the water droplets and gracefully descended from the sky, returning to the deck with moon-like steps.

The whirlpool had gradually receded, leaving only ripples spreading outwards and dark green blood slowly rising to the surface.

"As expected of Boss Xia Nuo."

Smoker, who was at the helm, exhaled a smoke ring and remarked, "Such a behemoth is rare even on the Grand Line. One of its tentacles is hundreds of meters wide, and its body is probably five or six thousand meters long."

A true island-sized behemoth!

result.

He couldn't even withstand Xia Nuo's second punch, and was seriously injured and drowned, so he fled in a frenzy.

It is possible to do this using only physical strength.

Looking at the entire Naval Headquarters, you could probably count them on one hand.

"Great!"

Nami high-fived and cheered, overjoyed.

The scene that just happened was like the end of the world; it was truly terrifying. They almost thought the entire End of the World was going to be destroyed.

Thankfully, my brother was there to keep things in order!

"All that hard work during this period of training has paid off."

Xia Nuo glanced around at the dark green sea and nodded in satisfaction.

Back when they fought Akainu on Tohru Island.

He had to revert to his original physical form to use "Wei Guo," and a single strike could drain nearly half of his stamina.

It's a trump card, the kind you'd only use at the very last moment.

but now.

He has been able to unleash its full power even in the "Paper Drawing Martial Body" form.

And it only consumes less than 20% of your physical strength.

Even when combined with the Ripple Fist, the "Wei Guo Kai" technique, which upgrades its power, consumes less than 30% of one's stamina.

In other words, he no longer needs to worry so much when using this trump card in battle.

It's so great to get positive feedback all the time!
Go back to your training!

Xia Nuo was about to step into the cabin when the huge waves stirred up by the storm caused the Fallen Curtain to rock violently from side to side. He stumbled and almost fell.

Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?

Isn't this deliberately obstructing and disrupting my spiritual practice plan?
The black-haired boy grinned and looked up.

My gaze fell upon the thick, dark clouds in the sky.

Normally, he wouldn't interfere with the weather. Sailing on the high seas, sunny days are an experience, and so are stormy ones.

but now……

He was having a great time boxing, and he had to cause me trouble.

How inconsiderate of you, ocean!!!

next moment--

hum!
An invisible, terrifying pressure suddenly erupted!

In Xia Nuo's pupils, a scarlet light burned like flames, and Conqueror's Haki surged into the sky from his center, sweeping outwards!

Rumble——! ! !
The originally churning dark clouds seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand. The heavy cloud layer collapsed inch by inch under the powerful impact, revealing the long-lost blue sky behind it.

The torrential rain stopped abruptly, and the raging winds subsided in an instant.

The entire sea surface returned to calm at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the apocalyptic scene just now was just an illusion.

The sunlight shone down again, illuminating Xia Nuo and giving him a golden outline.

"This……"

Robin, who had just come up to the deck from the library, witnessed the whole scene and immediately narrowed his eyes, somewhat stunned.

Can even the climate be changed?

This was the first time she had ever witnessed Conqueror's Haki being unleashed at full power.

Smoker released the helm, lit two cigars, looked up at the suddenly clear sky, and smiled slightly.

Here we go again...

Compared to when he was in Loguetown, this Conqueror's Haki was significantly stronger.

This innate kingly talent cannot be strengthened through ordinary cultivation methods, but it seems to be becoming more and more terrifying as Xia Nuo's status and aura improve.

Board.

"Let's continue sailing."

Xia Nuo twisted his neck, casually tossed out those words, and then strode into the cabin as if nothing had happened, heading towards the training room.

On this vast sea called "Paradise".

He can do whatever he wants.

It's just a minor storm; it has no right to tell him what to do now!
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Jaya Island, Mogu Town Tavern.

A light rain was falling outside the window, and the damp air gave the wooden floor a faint musty smell.

Hawkeye Mihawk remained seated in the corner by the window, his tequila glass already empty.

Instead of calling the bartender to refill his drink, he stared intently at the empty glass.

"……gram"

Tashigi, standing next to her, glanced at the calendar on the bar, seemingly wanting to say something but then hesitated.

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On the Ending.

It was already late at night. Considering that it had been a long time since they had held a banquet, Zeff was directing everyone to prepare ingredients. The deck was filled with barbecue grills and wine barrels, and the aroma was irresistible.

After a whole day of intensive training, Xia Nuo finally left the training room with satisfaction. After a quick shower, she changed her clothes and went to the deck.

"Ok?"

Nojiko, who was standing on the lookout tower, suddenly narrowed his eyes:
"Hey everyone, there seems to be someone over there!"

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed.

Several nautical miles away, among a group of reefs, a wrecked ship lay half-submerged in the sea, its hull tilted, its mast broken, and its edges crowded with wretched survivors.

"Did they encounter a shipwreck? There seem to be quite a few people, maybe thirty or forty."

Zeff turned to Shano, "Captain, shall we go take a look?"

"of course."

Xia Nuo nodded without hesitation, "Saving lives is the priority."

"understand!"

Smoker immediately changed course, and the Fallen Angel quickly approached the ship.

As they got closer, the situation on the wrecked vessel became clearer—

It was a passenger ship that had clearly been hit by a storm. The hull was damaged in many places, and seawater kept pouring in. The survivors were dressed in rags. Some were floating with the wooden planks, while others were clinging to the edge of the ship, their expressions filled with fear and despair.

When they noticed a huge ship approaching from afar, many were initially stunned, then burst into cheers.

“We’re saved!”

"Hey—! Help us!"

"Please! The ship is about to sink!"

However, as the curtain fell closer and the survivors on board saw the markings on the sails, the cheers abruptly ceased.

Instead, there was only deathly silence.

"Then, what is that flag...?!"

Some people looked on incredulously, their faces turning deathly pale.

"There's no mistake, that guy at the bow..."

A middle-aged man dressed in aristocratic attire stared intently at Shano at the bow of the ship, his voice trembling: "It's Shano, the swordsman of the katana, the man who's been making headlines lately!"

"It really is him!"

"That notorious pirate with a billion-dollar bounty on his head by the World Government?!"

In an instant, the survivors' expressions changed from despair to a deeper fear.

On this vast ocean, pirates don't save people for no reason, let alone monsters of this level!

Many people even began to back away, as if what lay before them was not a savior, but an even more terrible disaster.

"Tsk."

Smoker exhaled a smoke ring and chuckled, "Looks like our reputation is more terrifying than a storm."

"I'm afraid it's only a little better around Loguetown and Alabasta," Robin shook her head slightly.

"..."

Xia Nuo stood at the bow of the ship, his gaze sweeping over the group of people, his expression calm.

The survivors on this passenger ship were of a rather complex background.

There were nobles adorned with jewels, wealthy merchants dressed as businessmen, as well as plainly dressed commoners and sailors, and even a few burly men in shackles.

Despite the clear class distinctions, they were all equally wretched in the face of horrific natural disasters.

"Hey."

He suddenly spoke, his voice not loud, but it sent a shiver down everyone's spine.

"If you want to live, climb up yourself."

"..."

The survivors looked at each other, and for a moment no one dared to move.

"how?"

Xia Nuo raised an eyebrow. "Do I have to disembark and come to invite you?"

"No, I don't dare!"

Finally, a sailor gritted his teeth, mustered his courage, and was the first to climb the rope ladder thrown down by the Fallen.

Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, stood guard at the entrance to the rope ladder. Seeing the sailor was weak and powerless, he reached out and helped pull him up.

Seeing this, the others followed suit. Although the nobles and wealthy merchants were terrified, they ultimately chose to board the ship under the threat of death. Soon, all thirty-odd survivors were rescued and brought aboard the deck.

They huddled together, heads bowed, barely daring to breathe, for fear of accidentally angering this infamous group of pirates.

"..."

Nami, who was grilling meat, looked at the group of people trembling with fear and couldn't help but facepalm: "Do we look that scary?"

"There's nothing we can do. My brother's been in the spotlight lately. With a bounty of 1 billion, anyone would be scared, right?" Noki shrugged.

"..."

Robin stood aside, his gaze sweeping over the group before finally settling on the few burly men in shackles in the corner.

They hung their heads, their bodies covered in whip marks, and were more timid than the other survivors.

“Slave?” she asked softly.

"Ah, this..."

A wealthy businessman wiped his sweat and said with a forced smile, "You can't say that. It's just that this Mr. Jiade's manor is short a few gardeners. If you're interested, you can choose two of these beautiful young ladies for free..."

"Shut up."

Xia Nuo coldly interrupted him.

The wealthy businessman trembled in fright, immediately lowered his head, and fell silent.

"The key." Xia Nuo held out her hand.

"what?"

“I said, the key.”

"..."

The wealthy merchant and the middle-aged nobleman named Jia De exchanged a glance, and their expressions changed.

But under Xia Nuo's gaze, he finally trembled as he pulled out a bunch of keys.

Xia Nuo took it and casually tossed it to Robin: "Here."

Robin exchanged a glance with him, smiled, took the key, and walked towards the slaves.

"..."

The survivors watched this scene with varying expressions.

The middle-aged nobles and wealthy merchants looked grim, but dared not utter a sound;
The civilians and sailors were stunned, seemingly never expecting that the legendary, ruthless pirates would do such a thing.

"Thank you, thank you..."

The freed slaves knelt on the ground, their voices choked with sobs.

“No need.” Robin smiled gently. “On this ship, we should thank our captain.”

The slaves looked at Shano gratefully, but he simply waved his hand dismissively and turned to walk towards the dining table.

“Uncle Zeff, get them some food too,” he said without turning his head. “They can’t talk properly on an empty stomach.”

"Understood, Captain."

Zeff grinned, turned and went to the kitchen, and soon returned with several large pots of steaming stew and bread.

The survivors looked at each other, momentarily unable to believe their eyes.

"This... sir, is it really safe to eat?" A sailor swallowed hard and asked cautiously.

"nonsense."

Smoker, with a cigar dangling from his lips, urged impatiently, "If you don't dare to eat, then go hungry."

No one hesitated anymore. The survivors swarmed forward and began to devour the food. The nobles and wealthy merchants initially maintained their composure, but soon they couldn't resist joining the fray.

"Hey, eat slowly, don't choke!" Nami couldn't help but remind him.

"Thank you..." someone mumbled in response.

Xia Nuo sat at the dining table, resting her chin on one hand, her gaze sweeping over the group of people indifferently.

"Where are you from?" he asked.

"Go back, sir..."

The wealthy businessman wiped his mouth and answered tremblingly, "We run an entertainment venue in Water Seven. We were originally going to Carnival City, but we encountered a storm on the way..."

"The capital of seven waters?"

Xia Nuo became interested and raised an eyebrow. "That place is the world's number one shipbuilding island. The technology is impressive. How come your ships are so fragile?"

He made a quick mental estimate of the timeline.

At this point, Iceberg should have just finished integrating the seven shipyards and become mayor not long ago, while Rob Lucci and his CP9 group had only infiltrated Water Seven a few months ago.

"This……"

The wealthy businessman stammered, unable to speak for a moment.

"grown ups!"

A burly man suddenly spoke through gritted teeth, his voice filled with barely suppressed anger, "He's lying to you! What Water Seven? This ship isn't an ordinary passenger ship; it's a disguised slave transport ship!"

His voice echoed on the deck, and the survivors, who had been wolfing down their food, immediately fell silent.

Some people stared blankly at each other, while the expressions of the nobles and wealthy merchants changed drastically in an instant.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The middle-aged nobleman named Jia De abruptly stood up, cold sweat beading on his forehead. "My lord, don't listen to this lowly commoner's nonsense, we are just—"

"Shut your mouth."

Xia Nuo's voice was very soft, but it made Jia De choke and freeze in place, not daring to move.

"You go on."

"Yes, sir, the reason we couldn't withstand the storm for long was because the ship was severely overloaded!"

The burly man took a deep breath and continued:

"This ship originally carried more than four hundred slaves. The bottom of the ship's hold was full of iron cages. When the storm came in the morning, they were locked down there and had no chance to escape!"

"Only those of us who were strong and healthy, the best quality goods, were brought before that nobleman for inspection and became the lucky ones who survived."

His voice choked with emotion, “They were just like us, originally fellow villagers from the same small island. After the ship broke apart, seawater instantly flooded the lower cabins. I watched with my own eyes as they struggled trapped in the iron cages, and were finally swallowed by the whirlpool…”

The burly man finally couldn't hold back anymore, tears streaming down his face, and he threw his head back and wailed loudly.

A sea breeze swept across the deck, bringing it to a quiet.

"Hey, what's going on? That's over four hundred people..." Smoker said, biting his cigar and staring at the middle-aged nobleman, his voice icy. "Just like that, gone?"

"If they hadn't been locked in the iron cage, things wouldn't have come to this," Robin sighed softly.

"Whoaaah!"

Nami trembled with rage. Suddenly, flames erupted from her hair as she clenched her fists. "What scum! Don't stop me, I'm going to burn these villains to ashes!"

"Nobody's stopping you."

Nokiko's expression was gloomy, his whole body exuded a chilling aura, and his eyebrows and hair turned frost-white. "But you have to give me half."

Damn it, those two little girls are monsters too!
Several wealthy merchants and nobles were startled and took a few steps back in fear.

The middle-aged nobleman named Jia De turned around and desperately tried to signal to the few surviving thugs and guards.

"..."

The thugs exchanged glances, gave him an awkward smile, and then squatted back down, pretending not to know anything as they continued to eat their bread.

Useless trash!
Inwardly, Gad was furious and cursed. If it weren't for his loyal chief guard, a Devil Fruit user, who had fallen into the sea during the storm and whose fate was unknown...

And why should we rely on these guys?

As the orange-haired girl, engulfed in flames, approached step by step, Jia De was filled with fear when he suddenly heard the wealthy merchant beside him shout:
"Look! There's a warship to the southwest! It's approaching us!"

warship?

The people on deck were all stunned and turned to look.

Sure enough, on the distant horizon.

By the moonlight, one could see a large warship flying a naval flag approaching at full speed.

"Great! It's the Navy!"

"A warship of this size would be led by at least a commodore, or even a rear admiral!"

The nobles and wealthy merchants, who had been ashen-faced, were now overjoyed. Garde jumped up excitedly and waved frantically at the warships.

"I recognize this warship. It's the flagship of Rear Admiral Allen of the G-2 branch. I even spoke with him at a tea party! Help!! Mr. Allen, I'm here! Please save us!"

……

Meanwhile, on the opposite naval warship.

"Rear Admiral Allen!" A naval soldier rushed into the command room. "Pirate ship sighted ahead! It's...it's the Fallen!"

"What number?"

The rear admiral, who was drinking tea, suddenly changed his expression and stood up abruptly, oblivious to the tea spilling all over himself. "The Fallen Star, are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

"Absolutely true!"

The soldier was excited. "The insignia on the sail is exactly the same as the wanted poster, and we've already confirmed that the person standing at the bow is indeed the katana master Shano himself!"

Major General Allen swallowed hard, his face turning deathly pale instantly.

Shano!
The Great Pirate with a Billion Berries!

A legendary monster that even Admiral Akainu couldn't defeat after killing two Shichibukai!

I'll fight Xia Nuo?

That's utter nonsense! An opponent of that caliber is far beyond what a mere major general like him could handle!
"Quick! Turn around!"

Major General Allen practically roared the order, "Full speed evacuation! Immediately! Right now!"

"But, Rear Admiral!" The marine hesitated, startled. "There seem to be survivors from a wrecked ship over there, calling for our help..."

"I can't care about that anymore, you idiot!"

Major General Allen was sweating profusely. "Do you want to die?! Even if I went in person, what difference would I make from an ordinary marine in front of that man? Going up there would be suicide. Turn back immediately!"

"Yes!"

Although many of the naval soldiers on the warship felt reluctant, military orders were absolute, and they had no choice but to carry them out quickly.

Soon, to the disbelief of Guardian and the wealthy businessmen...

The warship, which had been sailing menacingly, suddenly made a sharp turn, creating huge waves, and fled into the distance without looking back...

"..."

An eerie silence fell over the deck once again.

The smiles that had just appeared on Jia De's and the other wealthy businessmen's faces suddenly froze, and the flame of hope in their eyes gradually died out, replaced by a deeper fear.

Those were elite marines from the G-series branch... They didn't even dare to come up and take a look, and just ran away like that?

They're a bunch of useless trash!

Have they simply forgotten their responsibilities?!

"It seems your savior isn't very reliable."

Two girls' cold laughter came from behind.

Jia De trembled violently. When he turned around, he saw two figures, one of ice and one of fire, approaching step by step.

The girl, who was clearly beautiful and charming, now wore an expression of disgust that, in his eyes, was more terrifying than a demon from hell.
"Now, it's our turn to settle accounts for those poor souls who died at the bottom of the sea..."

(End of this chapter)