One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

Ross crouched down and took out Bucky's favorite hot dog-flavored lollipop from his pocket.

"Uncle, I have some lollipops here. Here, could you please take us to that temple?"

Enel took the lollipop and stuffed it into his mouth without thinking.

He hadn't eaten properly for many days, and sugar was a luxury for him.

Are you really that strong?

"The teacher is very strong!" Barrett blurted out. "If the teacher gets serious, the entire population of Bica Island combined wouldn't be enough for him to kill."

Ross pinched Barrett's lips, which were about to smack, and scolded him irritably.

“Shut up, Rhett. I’m not a butcher or a serial killer. Don’t make such comparisons.”

"...I'll take you there, but I want to go with you!"

For some reason, Enel felt that the boy named Barrett wasn't lying.

He couldn't explain the source of this feeling.

"I will become stronger, and then I will come back to take my revenge." Enel said this without any emotion. "Just as they sacrificed my parents, I will treat them the same way."

"Revenge!"

Ross, lost in thought, ruffled the kid's messy blond hair, sighed, and stood up.

"Then follow me. My name is Ross, you can call me Teacher Ross."

"Barrett, you will be in charge of Enel's training from now on, until he can fight you for ten minutes."

"I understand, teacher."

Barrett clinked his fists together, a hearty smile on his face.

"I will train him well, just like you trained me!"

Enel, unsure of what the future held, chewed up his lollipop and led Ross and Barrett toward the cloud path on the right.

“Follow me, I know a path that leads directly to the Forest of Thunder, and that place leads directly to the temple.”

……

Half an hour later—

Enel, who was being carried on Ross's shoulder, suddenly spoke, his voice low.

"It's over there, keep your voice down!"

"The clouds started to move, and Lord Thor's attention was drawn to them."

Barrett glanced at the dark clouds being blown about by the wind, opened and closed his mouth several times, but ultimately didn't say anything.

The people on this island are beyond saving.

Thor's attention was drawn?

That's just the thunderclouds being blown away by the wind!

Enel crouched low and led the way. Soon, the three of them stopped in front of an exquisitely constructed gray stone wall.

"Stones and mud?"

Ross, who crouched down to examine the corner of the wall, looked surprised.

"Enel, I remember that soil isn't the most precious treasure of Skypiea, so why is it here?"

"They say it's a gift from Lord Thor."

Enel pressed his ear against the gray brick wall.

"Shh, be quiet! The sacrificial ceremony is about to begin!"

After waiting patiently for a moment, Enel looked at Ross, nodded, and indicated that the ceremony was over.

Ross then drew his Zanpakuto from his waist and casually slashed several times.

"Let's go in."

Enel stared in disbelief as the once-solid wall began to crumble and at the incredibly smooth cuts.

People from Qinghai are all this strong!?

The wall he'd been digging into for six months without success, this man sliced ​​it to pieces with just a few cuts?!

"Sure enough, what I'm looking for is right here."

Using Instant Step to rush to the front of the altar, Ross smiled as he looked at the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on the golden tray, which was constantly crackling with electricity.

[Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit detected...]

[Famous sword + Rumble-Rumble Fruit = Yanling Pill; a suitable famous sword is needed to craft it.]

'Another Devil Fruit, and a Logia type at that!?'

Rocks exclaimed in shock:

'Are you a cyborg? How do you know there's a Rumble-Rumble Fruit in a place like this?!'

"Didn't I say I am a prophet?"

Yan Lingwan's combat strength is still unknown, but based on some of his performances in the original work...

What Yanling Pill can do, Rumble-Rumble Fruit can do as well.

What Yanling Pill cannot do, Xiang Lei can do as well.

He stroked the hilts of the three knives at his waist.

After much deliberation, Ross finally decided to let Barrett eat the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Senbonzakura has just been acquired, and Nikushizuki and Nosawa also lack battles that can increase their resonance.

If the Rumble-Rumble Fruit could be used to create powerful Zanpakuto like Kyoka Suigetsu or Ryujin Jakka, he would seriously consider it.

If it's just Yanling Pill...

It wasn't that he looked down on Yan Lingwan, but he didn't lack combat power right now, so it was better to use it on his own people than to use it to make Zanpakuto.

Even if he goes off to have fun in the future, Barrett, who has eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, will probably be able to protect Miracle Island.

Ross retrieved the Devil Fruit from the Zanpakuto workshop and tossed it to Barrett.

“Eat it, Barrett. This fruit is useless to me.”

"But... okay."

Sensing the teacher's firm stance, Barrett could only open his mouth and bite.

"This taste! Ugh...???"

"Swallow it all."

Ross picked up the remaining fruit and stuffed it into Barrett's mouth.

"I've heard that if you eat all the Devil Fruits, you'll become even stronger."

"Although I don't really believe in such metaphysical claims, I'd rather believe in some things."

Chapter 83 Thunder Barrett

Sizzle~ Sizzle!

Barrett, which exploded into lightning, ran wildly in circles within the temple.

"Wow, super fast, teacher! This fruit is amazing!"

"Take this!!!"

Suddenly!

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, reforming into a fist in front of Ross.

"Kid, you're a hundred years too early to think you can beat me with this."

Ross smiled, his right fist, imbued with Armament Haki, striking first despite being behind.

"Damn it, it's Armament Haki again. I'll definitely awaken it someday... Hmm?"

Barrett, realizing he had bumped into something, turned his head in surprise.

"who are you?"

boom--!!

The temple gates opened.

"Enel, the blasphemer! This heinous criminal has colluded with foreign enemies to invade the temple!"

The elderly man at the head of the group banged his cane forcefully.

"Guards! Seize them all and offer them to the great Thor!"

"Thor? Heh heh heh ha ha ha ha..."

Barrett's laughter went from low to high.

"Since that's the case, then I'll show you the power I've just gained!"

Before the priests, each carrying various seashells, could rush into the temple, Barrett vanished in a flash of lightning.

Outside the temple, Barrett stood high in the sky, his arms outstretched, palms down.

"Witness the power of a demon, Thunder!"

Boom!

Countless bolts of lightning struck the ground, and in less than a minute, the previously clamoring priests were electrocuted into charred remains.

Barrett looked towards the back of the crowd, where there was a "safe zone" that had not yet been affected.

"It's your turn..."

"Lord Thor, it's Lord Thor himself appearing!!!"

"Lord Thor, please calm your anger! We are your most loyal servants, believers in thunder!"

Barrett stared blankly as a group of Bica people, their expressions fervent, knelt down and kowtowed.

The thunderbolt he held in his hand was neither something he could let go of nor something he could retract.

"roll!"

Upon hearing this command, the surviving priests dared not delay and quickly got up and left.

When Thunder returned to the temple, Enel wore a gloating smile:

"How does it feel to be a god?"

Just now, he heard Professor Ross talk about the connection between Thor and Devil Fruits.

They also learned that the so-called wrath of Thor was simply the process of the Devil Fruit absorbing the natural energy to its limit and then releasing it.

Thor's attention being drawn to the Cloud Beach might be a coincidence.

Although thunder can occur even on clear days, it is common for it to precede thunderstorms with wind and rain.

This series of statements shattered Enel's newly established worldview.

Fortunately, he was still young and had a strong ability to learn.

By the time Barrett returned, he had already accepted the new changes.

This is similar to how you might be lucky enough to find leftovers at lunchtime, but be unlucky enough to go hungry at night.

At least that's how Enel comforted himself.

"Shut up, brat."

Barrett put on airs in front of Enel.

His tone of voice was somewhat similar to Ross's.

"If you hadn't said you'd come back for revenge after you become stronger, I would have killed them all just now!"

With a soft hum, Barrett stopped looking at Enel, walked to Ross's side, crossed his arms, and adopted a cool expression.