One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Bucky cursed and, the moment Reddio stepped through the hole in the cabin, sneered, "Die!" From the shadows, his other hand, which he had hidden, gripped a longsword and thrust it toward Reddio's neck, while his two legs, which had separated, simultaneously launched a flying kick toward Reddio from another angle.

The lighting was poor, and Redio didn't notice anything amiss. Despite dodging in time, he was still slashed across the cheek by the sharp blade.

On the other side, Bucky delivered a flying kick to his lower body.

[Basic Physical Skills (Beginner)]

Redio kicked Bucky's independent flying kicks back with a "bang," and at the same time grabbed the hand that had attacked and scratched his face. The wrist strength was so great that Bucky screamed.

boom!

Redio slammed the flying hand to the ground. As the fleshy hand bounced up on the deck, Redio somehow grabbed Bucky's legs, which he had just kicked away, and slammed them against the fleshy hand that bounced up on the ground.

boom!

Bucky felt a sharp pain as his hand was struck and his lower body was hit, and his face turned green.

boom!boom!boom!boom!

Redio repeatedly slammed Bucky's legs back and forth, pausing deliberately after each slam, waiting for Bucky to find a way to retaliate. Unfortunately, Bucky struggled desperately but could not break free from Redio's iron grip.

Bucky's upper body attempted a sneak attack, but instead, his lower body pulled him back, causing him to spin like a top in mid-air.

In the swirling vision of mid-air, Redio's expressionless figure flashed and rapidly approached. The latter's right arm muscles bulged, and he lunged forward, delivering a powerful punch that slammed into Bucky's abdomen.

boom!

Bucky's eyes bulged out, and his torso below the neck was blasted away like a cannonball, while Redio grabbed his twin ponytails.

"Boom!" Bucky's cannonball-like torso nearly smashed through the entire ship's cabin from end to end, flying out from the stern. His head, blood gushing from its mouth, lay listlessly in Redio's hand.

1, 2, 3.

Reddio, holding Bucky's head in his hand, silently counted down. The instant he reached three, a system notification popped up:

Name: Bucky

Overall Strength: ★★

Reddio laughed, shaking Bucky's disheveled head in his hand. "I, Reddio, a man of stature, am only a 2-star like you? Bucky, do you even consider yourself a 2-star?"

"Cough, cough...you bastard..." Bucky's mouth was full of blood as he glared at the other man. He could accept that he couldn't beat him, but what was the point of spouting this incomprehensible nonsense?

20, 21...28, 29, 30.

Redio was still counting silently in his mind. When he reached 30, the system popped up a more detailed prompt:

Name: Bucky

Overall Strength: ★★

[Mastered: Swimming (Proficient), Chop-Chop Fruit (Skilled), Basic Physical Techniques (Beginner), Basic Swordsmanship (Beginner), Basic Spear Techniques (Beginner)...]

Chapter 5 Bucky: You beast!

The system's "Personal Information" module can display not only Redio's own overall strength and acquired abilities, but also those of other people.

It's a pretty useful combat capability detector.

However, to detect the combat capabilities of others, Redio must personally contact the target.

Within 3 seconds of contact, a basic name and approximate strength rating can be determined.

Within 30 seconds of contact, one can even detect in detail some of the abilities that others have mastered, as well as the proficiency level of those abilities.

Because of this, for the past two years in Shimotsuki Village, Redio would touch anyone he saw. He was very curious whether there were any hidden big shots among these villagers whose hometown was Wano Country…

[Mastered: Swimming (Proficient), Chop-Chop Fruit (Skilled), Basic Physical Techniques (Beginner), Basic Swordsmanship (Beginner), Basic Spear Techniques (Beginner)...]

Looking at Buggy's abilities displayed by the system, Reddio laughed, "Master-level swimming. Too bad you ate a Devil Fruit and became a landlubber."

The system's labels such as "beginner," "entry-level," "proficient," and "master" are purely a judgment of skill level.

While both are beginner-level basic physical techniques, Redio's strength, whether in terms of explosiveness or speed, far surpasses Bucky's.

Technology is one thing, numbers are another.

Even if Big Mom's Haki and martial arts skills were reduced to the lowest beginner level, or even completely wiped out, she could still crush all the pirates in the East Blue by binding them together with her innate, invincible brute strength.

As for Redio himself, he was actually a good student in his past life and had no practical experience whatsoever.

This so-called beginner-level basic physical skill is half thanks to the high-intensity training of the past two years.

The comprehensive improvement in his physical fitness allows him to be more composed and coordinated in hand-eye coordination when fighting others. His highly flexible body also enables him to make excellent judgments on the spot.

As for his other half… Reddio felt that all those games he played in his past life weren't entirely without help. At least when he was practicing with Zoro and the others, he often imagined himself playing Street Fighter or something, which greatly relieved his initial tension. Treating it like a real-life fighting game, the more he played, the better he became.

"You bastard, I can't beat you. If you want to kill me, then kill me. No need for all this nonsense!"

Bucky, with only his head in his hand, had no idea what Reddio was thinking. He just felt offended by the kid's incomprehensible words.

"Oh,"

Reddio weighed the head in his hand, kicked away the rest of Bucky's writhing body on the ground, kicked open the half-broken wooden wall of the cabin, and made as if to throw Bucky's head into the sea.

"Wait, wait, wait!!"

Bucky burst into tears and screamed, "I was just kidding! Don't kill me!"

……

When Redio returned to the deck with Buggy's limbs bound together, the rest of the Buggy Pirates had already been dealt with by Tashigi.

Tashigi used professional naval techniques to tie all the low-ranking pirates together.

The biggest trouble came from the lion kept by the animal trainer's vice-captain. However, after the cunning Nami held a dagger to the trainer's neck, the lion obediently submitted. It even showed signs of rebellion after being scolded by Nami a couple of times, lolling out its tongue and squatting down to the side like a lapdog.

"You are really amazing."

Tashigi was both surprised and somewhat expectant when she saw the head of the pirate Buggy that Redd was carrying. Although this person's swordsmanship was somewhat... immature, he was no ordinary person, as long as he had the confidence to carry a famous sword that was no less than the Great Grade Swords and the confidence to board the pirate ship alone.

"Huh? Oh."

Upon hearing this, Reddio suddenly remembered something. He glanced at the system's task list and saw that the multiplayer task he had accepted before leaving the passenger ship had already been completed.

[Task Completed]

[Settlement Rewards: 777 Essence; 420 Essence; 233 Essence]

Only the first three clients who requested the task received a reward, and the total amount added up to nearly 1500 essences. No wonder it was a 2-star difficulty task.

[Remaining Essence: 2150]

We need more elite monsters like Bucky who are all show and no substance!

"Let's get to know each other formally,"

Reddio was in a good mood. He casually separated Buggy's head and bound limbs and tossed them aside. He then extended his hand to Tashigi and Nami and smiled, "My name is Reddio."

Tashigi quickly extended her hand: "I'm Tashigi. I'm a corporal serving in Loguetown. Redio, are you... a bounty hunter?"

【Name: Tashigi】

Overall Strength: ★★

You also have 2 stars?

Redio released his grip and laughed, "Bounty? Hunter? Hehehe..."

Tashigi glanced at the gold scattered on the deck that Redio had given to these pirates. She had already checked it and it was real gold.

She couldn't help but blush. She had asked a stupid question. How could someone who could spend money like water fight pirates for money?

"..."

Nami saw Redio's outstretched hand and reluctantly looked away from the dazzling gold. She casually patted Redio's hand, but he grabbed it.

“You’re so rude! Didn’t your mother teach you that?” Redio pinched her hand.

Nami's face turned cold: "My mother died a long time ago."

"So young, did he die of illness?" Redio asked deliberately.

"None of your business!" Nami frowned. "My name is Nami. I'm not a Marine, nor a Hunter, just a harmless beauty. Okay, can you let go now?"

Name: Nami

Overall Strength: -

It is indeed harmless!

Redio released his grip and sighed, "It seems you really dislike me. I was originally planning to give you all this useless gold, but since that's the case, then forget it."

"Why did you give up!" Nami blurted out instinctively, and Tashigi looked over.

Nami said, "I don't hate you, I just don't like talking about my mother with people. Let's keep things separate!"

Redio turned his head away: "Besides, you don't believe I'm a magician..." Nami raised her hand: "I can believe now!" Redio: "Come on, I don't think you're being sincere; your belief isn't genuine." Nami exclaimed: "Your magic is truly amazing! Can you demonstrate again, using these gold pieces?"

Reddio glanced at the chaotic cabin and muttered to himself, "Oops, I punched Bucky's torso all the way to the stern. It's so far, I don't want to go get it..."

"I'll go get it!" Nami rushed out in a flurry of activity.

Pakistan was struck dumb!

He thought the kid had forgotten about that torso! He was remotely controlling the torso to wriggle in secret. Although he didn't know how it would help him escape, it was better than the whole thing being captured!