One Piece: Starting with Coercing and Enticing Nami

"Keep chasing."

The alleyway was not wide, only enough for three people to walk side by side at most, but it was long and winding. The buildings in this town were quite dense. When he realized this, Tote's eyes flickered, and he looked up at the walls on both sides of the alleyway. The wall on the left was only about two meters high.

Hearing the curses coming from behind, after winding through the alley for two minutes, Tote suddenly leaped to the side, grabbed the wall with both hands, pushed off with his arms, lifted his right leg, and easily climbed onto the wall.

The view suddenly opened up, and I could see a small courtyard inside a house behind the wall.

Thoth turned to look at Kanis, who was in the lead, a mocking smile playing on his lips, and then tumbled down amidst the latter's fury.

However, Thoth did not run away. Instead, he pressed his body against the wall, gripped the hilt of his sword with his right hand, and slowly and firmly drew it out.

A barely perceptible friction sound.

A double-edged sword, one meter long and three fingers wide, was held in his hand. The sound of hurried footsteps came, followed by the sound of scaling the wall. Kanis was the first to climb over the wall, and Thoth, looking up, immediately saw a leg dangling down.

Without hesitation, he leaped up, grabbed the hem of his shirt with his left hand, and used the force of the fall to yank Kanis down. The sudden turn of events startled him, and he flailed his arms in the air before crashing to the ground.

Thoth took a step forward and stomped heavily on his abdomen. The dull thud caused Kanis to let out a scream.

A flash of cold light.

The sword tip plunged into his abdomen. Thoth leaned forward, pressing his palm against the hilt, and with his weight, *thud!*

Realizing that the sword tip had pierced through his body and embedded itself in the soil below, his lowered eyes were cold, and he suddenly pulled the sword hilt he was gripping to the right.

*Thud!* The wound opened up.

Kanis's eyes bulged out, and blood gushed from his mouth with a hoarse sound.

This is truly a fatal wound.

And whether it was an illusion or not, at that moment, a strange yet familiar faint warm current surged from deep within my body.

However, this is not the time to delve into this feeling.

Thoth abruptly drew his sword and looked up to see two pirates sitting on the wall, staring blankly at Thoth and Kanis, who was already doomed.

They were stunned, but Thoth wasn't. Now that he had done it, there was no turning back.

Captain Norton has an ironclad rule in the pirate crew that forbids crew members from killing each other, and everyone on the surface follows this rule.

This is also why the first mate did not directly force Thoth in that matter.

He rushed forward, raised his sword, and leaped up, plunging it into the abdomen of a pirate. The pirate screamed in agony and fell backward off the wall.

Thoth landed on the ground.

The remaining pirate's eyes widened in terror. He knew Thoth was fierce, but he never expected him to be this fierce.

At this moment, his brain, which was barely bigger than a goldfish, couldn't possibly recall that they were the ones who were going to push things to the extreme first.

When the pirate saw Thoth looking at him, he shuddered and quickly turned to go down, but Thoth was faster.

He caught up with him and leaped up. Just as he turned and jumped down, a sword was thrust out, the tip of the sword piercing his lower back.

The pirate let out a scream as his body fell downwards, accompanied by a hissing sound of leather being torn.

"What happened? What exactly happened?"

"Kaz, what happened?"

Two panicked voices rang out from behind the wall. It was the remaining two pirates. Thoth took a deep breath, jumped up, and braced his left arm and right leg against the wall.

But he only placed half of his body against the wall to avoid being ambushed like he had just done.

At this moment, he quickly peeked into the alleyway and looked at the last two pirates who seemed somewhat at a loss.

They noticed that they hadn't noticed them yet.

Thoth quickly got up, squatted on the wall, and once he was steady, he suddenly raised his sword and leaped down, a cold light descending from the sky.

The sharp blade slashed from a pirate's shoulder to his waist, the sudden heavy blow knocking him to the ground.

The last remaining pirate, seeing this, looked on in terror, let out a roar, and turned to run away.

Five seconds later, Thoth caught up and stabbed him through the lower back with a sword.

Half a minute later,

As the last pirate was finished off, Thoth leaned against the wall, panting heavily.

002. Assassination!

My heart was pounding violently.

Several familiar, faint warm currents surged from the depths of his body, and Thoth, holding his sword, felt that the sword in his hand was becoming more and more comfortable.

Taking a deep breath, his brows furrowed slightly; this inexplicable sense of familiarity felt strangely odd.

However, Thoth quickly realized that this was exactly the situation that occurred when his three skills were improved.

This is the slight improvement in physical condition that comes with increased proficiency.

As he silently recited the command, the light screen panel materialized before his eyes. When he saw the skill section, Thoth's eyes widened instantly.

Swordsmanship (Beginner 4 → 9/10)

"How could this be? My swordsmanship proficiency increased by 5 points all at once?"

"I used to exercise every day, even though the exercise time wasn't much, and it still took me almost half a month to improve by 4 points?"

His brows furrowed, but when Thoth saw the four pirates lying on the ground around him...

His expression fell silent, and he killed five people with his sword, increasing his swordsmanship skill proficiency by 5 points.

Thoth thought of the talent "learning by doing," since fighting can also be considered learning.

All three skills he possessed were acquired through battles in different ways.

But even though I'd had some friction with them on the ship in the past, it hadn't increased this much all at once. I'm racking my brains...

"The character growth assistance system, in the game I edited in my previous life, already allowed you to improve the proficiency of different skills through all-out combat and killing in corresponding ways."

"And especially in battles and killings at the same level, the rate of improvement in proficiency is the fastest."

Thinking of this, Thoth fell silent. He had thought it was just a simple system auxiliary panel, but he never expected that it would bring the auxiliary growth rules from the game world to this body.

Taking a deep breath, Tote's eyes quickly calmed down; he could only accept his fate.

Seeing that you're only 1 point away from improving your swordsmanship skill level.

A feeling of warmth welled up inside me.

"There are so many people in this small town, what if..."

He bit his tongue hard, and in the pain, Thoth's eyes cleared, bound by the moral values ​​of his previous life.

Thoth knew that moral boundaries could be constantly crossed, but he was determined to uphold his own.

As a pirate, I don't have a bounty on my head yet. But if I start killing innocent people indiscriminately and get used to taking shortcuts, then sooner or later I will embark on the path of self-destruction.

However... Thoth looked around and realized that his current situation was not good, but rather very bad. After this town raid, as long as he was still on the pirate ship, he would have no way to resist the first mate.

On this ship, even the lowest-ranking pirates must know how to repay kindness.

This was a rule set by Captain Norton, who had a bounty of 800 million Berries, and everyone on board knew that the first mate had stayed behind.

If I can't become stronger and can't make Captain Norton see my worth, then I'll definitely lose my chastity when I go back this time after my injuries have healed.

If you resist again, you'll be labeled as ungrateful.

The general has been defeated.

He was killed by that cunning first mate.

The thought of that guy's ugly face sent a chill down Toth's spine.

Should we run away?

No, there's no way to escape. When Thoth arrived in the town, he had already realized that this small island was the only place on it.

There's nowhere to hide outside the town. If we hide here and wait for the pirates to leave, the townspeople will definitely find us eventually.

An unidentified outsider, in a place ravaged by pirates.

The townspeople, filled with rage, would never miss an opportunity to vent their anger.

Being hanged would be a good thing.

Thinking of this, Thoth pursed his lips, remembering that in his previous life he was just an ordinary programmer.

He's not some urban super soldier.

They're neither overseas mercenaries nor major drug lords.

In his previous life, he was just a slightly stronger ordinary thug pirate who could easily read newspapers.

Even with memories from two lifetimes merged into one, even with six lives on his hands now, even with the system appearing and the possibility of becoming stronger right before his eyes...

But that doesn't change the fact that I'm just a nobody right now.

There's no "one-hit kill" newbie gift pack in the system; everything depends on time and effort.

As the chaotic thoughts in his mind gradually subsided and calmed down, Thoth gripped his sword tightly. At that moment, he heard the wild laughter of the pirates in the distance and the painful cries of the townspeople.

"people."

"I want to live at least like a human being, not like an animal."

"Even if it involves killing, it must be done according to my own will, with a purpose and a plan."

Even wild animals kill to fill their stomachs.

Let alone human beings.

Focus.

Thoth gripped his sword, his gaze gradually becoming focused.

Learning is not a one-sided thing.

"Learning something" doesn't mean rigidly following a template.

Thoth gripped his sword, his body stained with blood, and strode resolutely toward the exit of the alley.

I walked and thought.