Who made him the Pirate King?.

Chapter 5 Clay Fruit (×), Figure Fruit (√)!

A few minutes later.

Storm went from the admiral's office on the top floor to the Navy Finance Department below.

His purpose was simple and clear - to get his salary!

The Navy is like this.

If pirates want to make money, all they have to do is commit crimes, burn, kill, rob, and stir up trouble on the sea.

But the navy can only wait obediently for the World Government to pay their salaries.

The Navy implements an "annual salary system".

A new Marine who has just joined the army can earn the following amount every year:

Two million Baileys!
This does not include other aspects, such as subsidies and bonuses for uniforms, meals, etc.

From this point of view, the welfare benefits of the navy are quite good.

It didn't take long.

Storm received his salary from the Finance Department -

Two hundred brand new ten-thousand-yuan bills!

Storm casually put the two million Baileys into his pocket.

He turned and left the Finance Department and then went to the Logistics Equipment Department.

Isn’t the purpose of paying wages to spend them?
The salary is in place, and you can buy equipment immediately.

Logistics Equipment Department.

The person in charge of receiving Storm was a muscular, unshaven middle-aged navy man.

He looked at Storm's Marine uniform, then his eyes swept over the latter's bulging pockets.

"New recruits? Rare! What weapons and equipment do you want?"

"I want to customize two weapons, a long knife and a sling stick."

Storm has Bailey in his pocket, so he speaks with confidence.

“However, I have additional requirements for the material of the baton.

"I want to customize a seastone baton."

Storm has not yet awakened [Haki].

He came here specifically to customize a "seastone weapon" just in case.

A sea-stone baton, used to attack people with special abilities.

Every hit will definitely cause real damage, and every hit will result in a critical hit.

As for the long sword.

Storm is only a mortal after all.

He doesn't have Big Mom's innate, monstrous "steel balloon" talent.

Storm can box.

But he also uses a knife!

Storm's original goal was to buy a good knife that met his needs from the Equipment Department.

It would be even better if there was a "famous sword" of the same level as Liang Kaidao.

Generally speaking.

The market value of a good and sharp sword is around one million baileys.

Storm could still afford this price.

However, a good and sharp sword is often in short supply.

There are more people using knives on the sea than playing with fire.

There are also countless swordsmen and even sword masters in the navy.

It is difficult for a truly famous sword to enter the market.

"Seastone? That's insightful!"

The middle-aged marine gave a thumbs up and praised.

"I remember the last person who came to the Equipment Department specifically to order seastone weapons was that kid Smoker.

"The Equipment Department has seastone in stock, but the 'seastone baton' you mentioned is not available yet.

"If you want to customize a weapon like this, you may have to wait a day or two."

"can."

Storm nodded. He could afford to wait for a day or two.

"Where's the long sword?"

"Swords..."

The middle-aged marine stroked his stubble and glanced at the recruit's pocket.

“Speaking of which, the Equipment Department just received a batch of wine iron ore recently.

“This is a very rare and special mineral, and it can be ignited just like alcohol.

"Weapons made from wine iron ore can 'burn'!"

Burning sword?

Flaming sword?

Storm subconsciously thought of the [Flame-Flame Fruit].

Now even swords can play with fire?
"The wine iron ore weapon can not only be ignited manually, but also ignited by friction."

The middle-aged marine continued to promote what he called "wine iron ore".

"This weapon is very popular in the New World."

Although the power of such "flame weapons" is not optimistic.

But it is cooler! More dazzling! More handsome!
The point is that its crafting cost is more expensive than ordinary sword weapons!
The middle-aged navy man showed a philistine smile on his face.

"That does sound interesting."

Storm asked the most crucial question.

"How much do this iron ore saber and a seastone baton cost?"

"The seastone baton is not difficult to make. I'll just charge you the cost. Two hundred thousand Baileys!"

The smile on the middle-aged navy man's face immediately became obvious.

"But the Iron Ore Sabre costs 800,000 Baileys! Although it's not a famous sword, this price is definitely worth it!
"It's one million Baileys in total! Sir, do you want cash or check?"

"I……"

Just as Storm was about to reach out for the money, he suddenly caught a glimpse of his Marine uniform.

He paused and changed the subject.

"I'm a new recruit!"

"?"

The middle-aged navy officer suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

This kid wouldn't say "I'm a new recruit, send me there", right?

No! That's absolutely not possible!

Don’t even mention that you are a new recruit, even if you have new recruits!
"Sir!"

Storm smiled brightly.

"I'm a new soldier! Cut me with a knife!"

I just want to chop you with a knife now!

The middle-aged marine clenched his fists instantly.

……

"The head of the logistics and equipment department is quite nice!"

Storm walked out of the equipment department in a happy mood.

Just now, he spent one million baileys to buy a wrought iron saber and a seastone baton from the Equipment Department.

There is also a cross-sea Den Den Mushi.

And a permanent pointer of the Navy Headquarters.

The latter two were small free gifts from the hospitable equipment department.

Not worth mentioning.

Storm left the Navy Headquarters building with brisk steps and then came to the headquarters training ground.

The "Two Hundred Times Effort" hook requires a lot of effort and sweat to activate.

You can't just cheat by saying it casually.

In the past year.

Storm had been training like crazy in the boot camp, and had learned a lot of skills during that time, including the [Six Styles], [Swordsmanship], [Spearmanship], and so on.

But when he came to the headquarters training ground today, Storm did not intend to continue to hone his physical skills.

In comparison.

Storm was more interested in the [Clay Fruit] he had just obtained.

“Hey!”, “Roar!”, “Ha!”, “Yeah!”——

Storm got closer to the training ground.

The sound of muscles colliding, powerful roars, and some strange moans.

He heard these sounds more and more clearly.

But just when Storm stepped into the training ground.

A rather unpleasant word floated over on the wind.

"I really want to be Miss Peacock's dog—"

Along with it floated a series of rhythmic "pop" and "pop" sounds.

The sound sounded just like a whip hitting the body.

Do not!
Not "like", but "actually"!
Storm stopped and looked.

It was in an open space not far from him.

A tall, blonde, blue-eyed young girl was whipping a marine mercilessly.

Storm raised his eyebrows slightly.

He recognized the blonde girl who was whipping people with a whip at a glance.

The granddaughter of the headquarters' chief of staff, Crane - Peacock!

But according to Storm's understanding.

The weapon Peacock used before was not a "whip" but a "long sword".

Storm watched carefully for a while longer.

Only then did I realize that the "whip" in Peacock's hand was not a "whip" at all.

Precisely.

It was a softened, whip-like sword!

Storm realized something immediately.

"Has the peacock eaten the Whip Fruit?"

And at this time.

Peacock seemed to sense Storm's gaze.

She stopped beating the man, turned her head to look in Storm's direction, and her green eyes lit up instantly.

"Storm?!"

Peacock raised the whip in her hand, and her eager expression seemed like a female animal about to catch her prey.

"Come here quickly!"

Putting aside the fact that the two of them once counted stars and admired the moon together.

Storm and Peacock were among the best performing Marines in last year's boot camp.

The two often sparred and fought.

Storm knows the depths of Peacock.

Peacock knows Storm's strengths and weaknesses.

The relationship is mature!

At this time, Peacock once again took the initiative to invite someone to fight.

Storm, who originally wanted to test the specific effects of the [Devil's Ring], certainly would not refuse the other party's invitation.

however.

Storm just took a step forward.

The peacock, who was waiting impatiently, stretched out her two long, straight, snow-white legs and ran straight towards the former.

Her speed was so fast that ordinary people could not react in time. It was -

Six styles of shaving!
"Storm!"

Peacock raised the whip in his hand, and the figure of the man in front of him was clearly reflected in his green eyes.

"Let me teach you a lesson!"

Peacock swung his right arm forward heavily, and the whip broke through the air and went straight for Storm.

woo-

The soft sword shaped like a long whip whistled and tore through the air, making a sharp sound that frightened the people watching the battle around.

Faced with this sudden attack.

Storm seemed to be frightened. He stood there, motionless.

But the color of his skin had turned into a smooth white color like clay at some point.

No dodging, no defense.

Peacock's whip hit Storm accurately.

But it was like drawing a puddle of mud.

The dull sound echoed around.

puff--

"what?!"

Peacock's pupils shrank a little in an instant.

As she was closest to him, she could clearly see that Storm's left arm was almost cut off by the whip.

But what's quite strange is that

What gushed out from the "wound" caused by the long whip was not bright red blood.

But white clay!
A steady stream of white clay gushed out from Storm's "wound" like a gurgling fountain.

This spring-like white clay continued to flow through Storm's body, causing his body to grow taller and larger as a result.

A few breaths.

Storm's height exceeded six meters, as if he had turned into a giant.

next moment.

Storm's right hand swept across his chin, and a crescent-shaped white beard curved upward took shape.

Clay fruit? ×!
Figure fruit? √!

After the "transformation", Storm let out a strange and low laugh.

"Gu la la la..."

Without waiting for the peacock to react.

The "headquarters elites" who were watching the battle nearby were the first to burst into ghostly howls.

"White beard!"

"The strongest man in the world!"

"Whitebeard has attacked the Marine Headquarters!"

Wine iron ore, from the comic [Chapter 803].

The specific information of this ore is unknown, it is only mentioned in the dialogue that "there is iron ore in the weapons produced from Dressrosa."

It may be a foreshadowing.

But the Tokushima arc and the Wano Country arc have both ended.

There is still no follow-up content about the wine iron ore.

It may be an abandoned foreshadowing...

Many swordsmen among pirates can play with fire.

Captain of the 15th Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, Fossa;
Hannibal, the governor of Impel Down (now the director);
The real most fleshy creature Kin'emon;

There are several other examples, which I will not mention here.

These people clearly did not eat the Flame-Flame Fruit, but their weapons can "catch fire".

After investigation (guessing), the cause was attributed to [wine iron ore].

Fosa can light a long knife with a cigar;

Hannibal could set his weapon on fire by spinning it;

Based on the above two points, the function of [Wine Iron Mine Sabre] was designed.

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(End of this chapter)