One Piece: Who still has dreams?

I told you you're welcome, are you deaf?

Redio said calmly, "It's just a temporary fix. As long as the drought and sandstorms continue, all this food and water will eventually run out."

Kou Sha asked, "Do you have a solution?"

Of course there's a way: take care of the sand crocodile. As long as that guy doesn't cause trouble, it'll rain again soon, and the oasis will be an oasis again.

"Kousha!" Doto, sweating profusely from his busy work, had been all smiles, but upon hearing his son's words, he interrupted with displeasure, "This is utter nonsense! Of course it will rain, how could the drought last forever? Our benefactor has already done us a great favor..."

Kou Sha has entrusted you with a task: Rain after a long drought.

[Estimated Difficulty: ★★★★]

Reddio: "..."

I'm still developing in the newbie village, and I already have to fight sand crocodiles? Am I...?

Chapter 8 Natural Systems

[East Blue, former Buggy Pirate Ship, banquet hall]

The clockwise rotating transparent prism that Nami had previously discovered suddenly vanished, replaced by Redio appearing out of thin air. He carried with him a wave of heat and dry air from the desert region.

[Ongoing Task: Rain After a Long Drought]

[Mission Requirements: Solve the drought problem in the town of Yuba and bring natural rainfall.]

Client: Kou Sha

[Distance: Extremely long (teleportation possible)]

[Estimated Difficulty: ★★★★]

"..."

Redio brushed the sand off his clothes, feeling a pang of sadness.

How did this rookie, who was perfectly fine and was rushing to fight the rookie Kuro in the East Blue, end up going up against the dignified Shichibukai Crocodile?

Judging from the estimated difficulty of this mission, Old Sha's overall strength is probably around 4 stars.

This is outrageous!

After traveling such a long distance, Robin not only failed to receive her mission, but also returned with a problem she couldn't solve for the time being...

"Ok?"

Redio suddenly caught a glimpse of something moving out of the corner of his eye. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be...thick smoke flowing into the cabin through a gap?

Wisps of white smoke rolled across the floor and silently coalesced behind him into the upper body of a burly white-haired man, two cigars dangling from his mouth and a forked stick in his hand, which he then struck hard on the back of the head.

boom!

Blood splattered, and Redio staggered forward, grabbing the solid wood banquet table for support before swinging it behind him.

It wasn't just stubbornness; when Redio saw the thick smoke on the ground flowing as if it were alive, he already had a guess in his mind.

But the bastard who attacked from behind was no ordinary person. By the time Reddio realized something was wrong behind him, he had already been hit hard on the back of the head.

You motherfucker, Smoker!

boom!

The solid wood table swung over, and Smoker's white-haired body turned into a cloud of smoke. The table passed through it, smashing a hole in the cabin wall, and the flowing smoke reassembled into Smoker's form.

"Thud," a booklet fell to the ground.

Smoker glanced at it and said coldly, "This is Tashigi's 'Masterpieces of Famous Swords.' I'm warning you, she's a member of the Buggy Pirates—she's a Marine. If you dare—"

“Take another look?” Redio said, stepping on the book.

Smoker frowned, then looked down at the book on the floor—it was gone!

call!

A faint whooshing sound came from overhead.

With Tashigi, who's obsessed with swords, constantly around, Smoker is all too familiar with the sounds of swords slashing and chopping.

Tashigi had also enthusiastically explained to him that different quality swords produce different sounds when cutting through the air, as if each sword had its own unique sound and even personality...

The sword that was slashing down at that moment, just by the sound, you could tell it was a top-class sword with an arrogant "personality"!

Smoker's face and body were cleaved in two, but instead of flesh and blood, billowing white smoke rose from the cuts. He chuckled, two cigars dangling from his lips, and said calmly, "It's useless. Even the best knife is useless if..."

"Like your mother's head."

Redio swung the chef's sword and swung it at the other man's head again.

Smoker grew impatient and raised his jitte to block, intending to subdue his opponent immediately and interrogate him about Tashigi's whereabouts. But as soon as he raised his weapon, a "clang" rang out, and the opponent's knife was easily deflected as if he hadn't exerted any force at all. It was a feint!

Instead, the ten hands in his grasp suddenly felt heavy, as the other person forcefully pulled them away.

Smoker immediately realized: this brat not only knew about Logia-type Devil Fruit users, but also knew that Seastone could counter them! Furthermore, this brat recognized at a glance that the weapon in my hand was inlaid with Seastone…

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Still haven't found it?

"No. That's too strange. Did he leave on his own?"

Tashigi and Nami searched the ship again and again, but they still couldn't find Redio. They began to wonder if Redio had left without saying goodbye.

Nami was puzzled, wondering if that guy had some ulterior motive towards her; otherwise, why would he suddenly approach her? But now he's gone again—what a strange person!

Tashigi suddenly said, "Oh right, it was the same thing on the passenger ship before. I clearly followed him onto the ship, but once I was on board, I couldn't find him anywhere..."

"Wait." Nami suddenly raised her index finger. "Listen..." She looked into the depths of the cabin and vaguely heard what sounded like someone smashing something, bang, bang, bang.

"boom"!

The deck near them suddenly broke apart, sending out a large cloud of thick smoke.

Nami burst into tears, raising her hands: "What the hell is that? Did the explosives self-destruct?"

The plume of smoke that rushed up crackled and clattered on the deck, rolling and tumbling with tremendous force, startling the bound members of Buggy's Pirates who screamed in terror.

Gradually, two figures could be seen wrestling in the smoke, and sounds could be heard:

"Let go!" The voice sounded somewhat familiar.

"This is my stuff." A steady male voice said, though it sounded like he had something in his mouth, making his speech unclear.

Tashigi adjusted her glasses and exclaimed in surprise, "Mr. Smoker?"

"Tashigi?"

The figure with a cigar in his mouth amidst the smoke was somewhat surprising.

"Redio?" Nami laughed. "What are you doing?"

The thick smoke dissipated, gathering around Smoker and disappearing. He was chewing on a cigar when he saw Tashigi unharmed beside him. He then noticed the pirates tied together on the deck, especially Buggy with his red nose, whose features were very distinctive. Suddenly, he understood something.

Tashigi was both amused and exasperated: "Mr. Smoker, you seem to have misunderstood."

"..."

Smoker sighed and said to Redio, who was vying with him for the Seastone Jijutsu, "I'm sorry. I was reckless."

He loosened his grip, and Redio snatched his ten hands away.

Reddio held the heavy 100-handed coin in his hand, weighed it in his hand, then looked at Smoker and beckoned to him with his finger.

? ?

Tashigi, Nami, and even Buggy and other pirates were all puzzled.

Smoker crossed his arms, silently turned around, and faced away from Redio.

Reddio swung his 10-handed weapon and delivered a powerful blow to the back of Smoker's head.

boom!

Blood splattered. Smoker spun forward and soared into the air.

Tashigi screamed and tried to rush over, but was stopped by Smoker, who stumbled to the ground.

Smoker, blood dripping from his head, turned back and laughed, "We're even?"

"It's barely passable." Redio waved his hands, then suddenly remembered something and abruptly turned to look at Bucky—the large water tank containing Bucky's torso had been overturned because of his struggle with Smoker.

And because it had been soaking for too long, the ropes binding Bucky's torso and limbs inexplicably began to break...

Reddio walked over, stepped on Bucky's torso and limbs as he tried to sneakily assemble them with his head, and laughed, "Good grief, he's 'Final Destination,' and you're 'Death Has Gone,' aren't you? If I wasn't careful, you almost got away."

Is this the power of Conqueror's Haki? It's terrifying!

Chapter 9 Can't do this, can't do that

What a beast!

Bucky's head was kicked off by Redio, and his limbs and torso were bound again. The large water tank was overturned, and Redio, too lazy to fetch more water, simply used ropes to lower Bucky's limbs and torso over the side of the ship, letting him sink directly into the waves beside the ship.

Bucky's round nose turned even redder and bigger with anger, it looked like it was about to explode.