One Piece: I'm a Hunter on the Grand Line

Chapter 306 Eating, Cultivating, and Fighting Jack

That night, the two arrived at the island where the branch was located. After a short rest, they found the group of pirates in the bay on the other side of the island.

The target this time was not a Devil Fruit user, but a swordsman with extremely fast sword speed and exceptionally strong Armament Haki.

Vivi managed to fight her opponent to a draw thanks to the boost from her Mythical Beast form.

The battle raged from the bay into the island's interior, from the forest to the mountains, from sunrise to dusk, lasting all day long.

Vivi's wounds multiplied, and the pirate swordsman grew exhausted. In the end, she relied on her superior regenerative abilities to barely secure a victory.

Her opponent fainted before she could.

Vivi staggered toward Yelena, deactivated her Devil Fruit powers, and collapsed into her arms.

"You're right, he is indeed stronger than Jack—somewhat." After saying this, Vivi collapsed from exhaustion and fell into a coma.

Her companion in her arms was covered in blood, her tattered black robe almost completely soaked. Yelena looked at her, her eyes filled with a mixture of heartache and helplessness.

There was no other way; this was an inevitable path to becoming stronger. She couldn't force her way in and defeat the enemy when Vivi had a chance of winning.

Back at the branch, Yelena helped Vivi clean her wounds, carefully applied medicine and bandaged them, and tucked her in with a blanket.

Weiwei slept until the morning of the third day. When she woke up, her strength and domineering aura had been fully restored, and her wounds had basically healed.

Apart from being extremely hungry, I felt almost no discomfort.

"It has to be a Zoan-type Mythical Beast. With such severe injuries, if it were me in the past, I probably wouldn't be able to walk steadily without half a month of rest—no, that's not right, if it weren't for my current defense, I would have been killed long ago!"

"Anyway, thank you for making me an ability user."

Vivi ate a lunch meant for fifty people in one go, then slumped in her chair, grinning foolishly at Yelena without any semblance of princess-like composure.

"Why are you being so polite with me?" Yelena reached out and poked Vivi's round belly twice.

"It itches! I hate it!"

Yelena changed her touch to a pat, helping to relieve the discomfort after overeating.

The two did not linger outside. After binding the pirates and delivering them to the Marine Headquarters, they returned to Dressrosa with the money.

A month later, Yelena retrieved the wanted poster for the pirate swordsman.

"It's not Armament Haki but agility, not bad."

Yelena looked away and closed her personal panel.

This time, Agility increased by 5 points, from 70 to 75. In terms of actual growth, it's actually not as good as the attribute I inherited from Jack last month.

After all, the higher the value, the harder it is to increase.

The difference between 78 and 75 is greater than the difference between 75 and 70, so Jack still has a significant advantage in terms of physique.

Thinking of this guy, Yelena remembered his injuries, which should have healed long ago. She just wondered if he would stay put in Wano Country this month.

A week later, Jack's Vivre Card changed direction again.

"Vivi————"

"It's my turn this time!" Nami, carrying her golden staff, spoke up before Vivi could. "After more than two months of hard training, I want to test my current close-combat counter-attack abilities."

"Okay, let her go." Vivi nodded indifferently.

She's lost interest in competing with Jack now. Would defeating him in a shorter time increase her sense of accomplishment?

"Black-robed hunters?! It's you again?!"

It's sizzling!

With her ever-growing Observation Haki and the speed boost from her Devil Fruit powers, Nami precisely dodged every one of Jack's slashes.

After several dozen moves, she found an opportunity, and with her fingers forming a blade, she compressed the dense lightning into her fingertips, roughly condensing it into the shape of a short sword, and stabbed it towards Jack's ribs!

Chirp, crackle, crackle!

Lightning pierced through Jack's defenses, penetrated his muscles, and unleashed its energy!

"Holy crap!!"

Jack's hunched back straightened instantly, and then he began to shake like a sieve.

Boom!!

As usual, dismantle the ship.

However, this time Nami went in first and searched the place, but found nothing of value except the pirates' wallets. In a fit of anger, she dismantled their ship.

Fortunately, this time she only targeted Jack and the ship. Apart from a few who were too eager to protect their master and were knocked unconscious by the electric shock, the other pirates were all safely clinging to the logs and floating in the sea.

The pirates only dared to speak after the two figures disappeared from sight.

"Damn it! How did they find us again?"

"Did they install life cards on our ship? The navy uses that trick all the time!"

"Are you out of your mind?! When has Lord Jack's ship ever survived a single destruction? Where could he possibly keep his Vivre Card? There must be a traitor on Onigashima who exposed Lord Jack's whereabouts!"

Another month passed, and Yelena took out the wanted posters she had collected and placed them on the table.

Including the one I acquired a couple of days ago, I only have three left.

The first wanted poster features a photo of an elderly pirate with a bounty of 1.5 billion Berries. He is one of the criminals who escaped from Impel Down nine months ago.

I heard that at the peak of his career, this person encountered Vice Admiral Garp, who was also at his peak, and then—

Then his path as a pirate was completely cut off, and he lived in Impel Down for twenty years.

At the end of last month, he was recognized by Shaula's subordinates while drinking alone in the Sabaody Archipelago. Yelena specially flew over the Red Earth for him.

The old pirate was over seventy years old, with graying temples and wrinkles on his face that told a story.

It was learned from the battle that the enemy came to the Sabaody Archipelago not to rekindle their passion in their old age and rebuild their dreams, but to retire.

Yelena burst out laughing on the spot.

Is the mangrove forest some kind of retirement paradise? Or does the foam here have miraculous effects on prolonging life?

Why do so many legendary pirates like to come here?

To avoid making the other person go through all that trouble, like Rayleigh who's so old and was wasting his time on drinks, she knocked him unconscious and took him to Marine Headquarters that very night.

Impel Down is six levels underground, with food and lodging provided, and no customs or practices that torture prisoners. Every day, a large group of fellow inmates share their glorious past experiences, each guaranteed to be incredibly exciting.

It can be called the number one retirement paradise on the Grand Line!

Of course, this only applies to high-ranking pirates with large bounties.

The second arrest warrant is for Marco.

In Marineford, Yelena broke his hands and wrists to free him from the sea stone handcuffs, gaining his freedom while also obtaining his blood.

The last one is Kaido of the Beasts.

After hesitating for a moment, Yelena picked up the old pirate's wanted poster.

This guy is too old and was seriously injured. What if he gets too excited when he returns to his old haunts and dies in Impel Down?

Let's use his for now.

[Armament Haki: Advanced (39%)]

Okay.

The old pirate wasn't a Devil Fruit user, but he had mastered all three types of Haki, especially Armament Haki, which was even superior to hers. However, his Observation Haki was slightly weaker, so he couldn't predict the future, and he couldn't use Conqueror's Haki to entangle her.

She went all out and captured the man in no time.

Unfortunately, the opponent was not at their peak, and the inherited attributes were not as many as expected.

As the new month arrives, Yelena once again thinks of the Black Robe Hunters' beloved punching bag, wondering if Jack will dare to leave Wano Country again this month.

Over the next few days, she would occasionally observe the half of the life card in her spare time.

Finally, on the morning of the 6th, it began to move in other directions.

Jack really dared to do it!

"Who's going this time?"

Considering that Shirahoshi's strength was still immature, Yelena looked at Robin first.

"Me? I'd better pass. This type of opponent is too difficult for me to handle." Robin shook his head in refusal.

The target is thick-skinned and tough, and her Armament Haki is probably even stronger than hers, so it's unlikely that her Flower Flower Fruit ability will be able to achieve any great feats.

"Let me do it," Vivi said with a smile, raising her hand.

Yelena raised an eyebrow. Who was it that said they weren't interested last month?

"Hehehe—I want to try and beat him in a few minutes this time."

Good grief, they're using it as a timer!

"I'll go too, maybe I can earn some extra money." Nami stepped forward and put her arm around Yelena's. "Training has been so boring lately, I want to go out for some fresh air."

"I'll listen to you."

The three of them left Dressrosa.

As evening fell, Vivi was flying above the clouds when Nami stood up from her back and tapped the dragon's scales with her long staff.

"Wait a minute, something seems wrong."

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