One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Nami felt a sense of foreboding when she saw the guy's smile. She immediately tried to run away, but suddenly her hands went numb, and her long stick was knocked to the ground by the guy. Just as she was about to raise her groin kick, she lost her footing, and her left shoulder was grabbed at the same time. Her right arm was pulled back and pressed against her back by a large hand. "Bang!" Her entire upper body was pressed onto the table.

Nami struggled desperately, but she couldn't budge an inch!

The man was pressing down on her with just one hand, yet it felt as heavy as a mountain. Faced with such a disparity in strength, any attempt to escape was futile.

Who is this person? How can they be so strong? They're just like those fish-men!

[Task Completed]

[Settlement Reward: 18 Essence]

"Let go...of me!" Nami's youthful and beautiful face was pressed against the table, almost distorted. She shouted through gritted teeth, "No...I...stole it!"

Redio said, "Oh, I know."

What?! Nami was absolutely furious.

"I'll do it!" The fat woman rushed over, her plump hand holding Nami down, and her other hand was about to slap Nami on the back of the head, but Redio stopped her.

Redio asked, "Nami, do you need any help?"

Nami gritted her teeth: "So you do recognize me!"

Redio said, "If you need it, just give me 1 Berries. I'm definitely not being scammed."

Nami roared with sharp teeth, "Why should I pay?! Take it! Let me go!" She awkwardly held the crumpled banknote between her fingers and kept shaking it.

Redio accepted it with a smile.

Nami has hired you and given you the mission: Help me escape.

[Estimated Difficulty: None]

Redio gave the fat woman a gentle push, and she stumbled back several steps, knocking down one of her bodyguards who had just gotten up, causing him to scream and fall to the ground.

[Task Completed]

[Settlement Reward: 7 Essence]

Redio's actions—first helping the fat woman subdue Nami, then helping Nami push the fat woman away and release her—were utterly inexplicable, leaving the diners in the restaurant and the arriving crew completely dumbfounded.

What's going on?

Nami was finally relieved, but still feeling frustrated. She rubbed her aching wrists and sighed, "It was your bodyguard who stole your things. The look in his eyes when he pounced on you just now... wait, where is he?"

The fat woman, who had been glaring at Redio, was stunned when she heard this. She turned around and saw that there was only one bodyguard being pinned down, while the other... someone in the crowd pointed to the restaurant exit leading to the outer deck, where the other bodyguard was acting suspiciously.

"He wanted to escape in the chaos!"

"This is at sea, where does he think he can run to?"

"Mind your own business, grab him!"

Whoosh!

A cold glint flashed past the bodyguard's eyes, swirling in a circle.

With a whoosh, he nearly collided head-on with a cold blade, startling him so much that his hair stood on end. It was a long sword with a white hilt that had flown in, wobbling slightly as it became embedded in the wall of the restaurant cabin, blocking his path.

In the crowd, Redio's hand, still outstretched as he threw the knife, muttered to himself, "That's strange, I clearly threw it at his leg."

The bodyguard and thief tried to run away from the knife, but a knife handle came crashing down on them.

boom!

He collapsed, bleeding from his nose.

The woman with glasses pointed the knife at Redio in the crowd of the restaurant and scolded, "Liar! You said you didn't have this knife?"

Nami murmured, "Could he really know magic?"

Chapter 2: The System Awakened, My Heart Filled with Gratitude

Redio awakened the system two years ago, and his heart is filled with gratitude (clasped hands).

In the weakest of the East Blues, he was an orphan, without a grandfather who was a naval hero, without a Devil Fruit delivered to his door, and without any extraordinary talent passed down through generations...

If it weren't for awakening this so-called mission system, Redio, a transmigrator who knew how deep the waters of this world were, would have already planned to row to the peaceful windmill village and enjoy his old age ahead of time.

In the original One Piece storyline, there was not only the sun god Nika, but also the super demon Im, as well as the rain god, the war god, and Loki wielding "Thor's hammer"... This battle of gods made our strongest creature, Kaido, seem like a green recruit.

However, now that the system has been awakened, let's get back to the point...

This vast ocean, if a straw hat can navigate it, why can't I?

snort!

Redio made up his mind and found a small place to familiarize himself with his system's cheat ability while burying himself in cultivation and accumulating strength.

And just like that, two years passed in the blink of an eye.

……

[Name: Redio]

Overall Strength: ★★

[Mastered: Running (Proficient), Swimming (Skilled), Basic Physical Techniques (Beginner), Frostmoon Swordsmanship (Initial Understanding)]

In just two years, Redio went from zero experience to a two-star combat power as determined by the system.

Redio was both satisfied and dissatisfied with this result.

Although I wouldn't dare compare myself to the 200x Effort King, the sense of accomplishment I felt was exhilarating. From being easily slashed away by that green-haired guy with a wooden sword at the beginning, to gradually being able to put up a fight, and then eventually being able to hold my own against him, and often even knocking him to the ground.

But lately he's been feeling uneasy about everything.

For example, he knows for sure that he can now carry a weight of about 5 tons and walk with ease, but when he throws a punch, he finds it difficult to generate the force he should.

It was as if his brain, that of an ordinary Earthling in his previous life, had not yet adapted to the beast-like body he had trained in this life, and was unable to fully mobilize the tons of power now contained within his muscles.

Feeling stifled and annoyed!

After failing to get any advice from the green algae-headed man and his master, Redio turned his gaze to the sea.

Find a suitable opponent and have a real fight!

Perhaps my understanding of how to use power will improve.

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Redio then casually acquired a small fishing boat and set sail towards his destination. He also took the opportunity to complete some system quests along the way.

One of the most basic functions of his mission system is a "mission radar," which gives you three chances each day to randomly search for missions.

The type of tasks you find, their distance range, and their difficulty level are entirely based on probability.

If it's a suitable task, Redio will take care of it along the way.

The task found by radar cannot be unilaterally abandoned by the client, which is a great convenience. However, the client must find a matching client in the system to accept the task, which is a bit of a hassle.

In Redio's system task list, over the past year or two, quite a few radar tasks have accumulated that are not yet completed or even successfully claimed.

In comparison, it's more straightforward to have someone else verbally delegate the task or hire someone to trigger it on the spot.

……

[Ongoing mission, client: Tony Tony Chopper]

[Ongoing mission, client: Bonnie]

[Ongoing task, client: Eureka]

[Ongoing mission...]

……

[Unclaimed mission, client: Nicole Robin]

[Unclaimed missions...]

……

[Completed task, client: Hiruluk]

[Completed task, client: Shimotsuki Koshiro]

[Completed quest, client: Roronoa/Zoro]

[Completed tasks...]

……

A few hours earlier at the port, Redio was looking at his system task list, following the orange-haired girl in the crowd as he boarded the Kira passenger ship.

A few hours later, two insignificant records appeared in his task list: the clients were the fat woman and Nami; and the bespectacled female swordsman's question:

"Liar! You said you didn't have this knife?"

"Take another look," Redio said, speechless.

"Still trying to fool me? Look at this katana with its white scabbard—the beautiful straight blade pattern…wait, huh?" The bespectacled female swordsman leaned closer to examine the sword nailed to the cabin wall, and exclaimed in surprise, "How come it has a chaotic blade pattern?"

She quickly pulled a small booklet from her bosom, flipping through the pages rapidly, muttering, "The Wado Ichimonji should have a straight blade..."

"Is this your catalog of famous swords?" Redio asked curiously. "May I take a look?"