From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 16 Bane: Sauron, don’t ask about what’s going on in society!
Going out to sea for adventure sounds like a very interesting thing, but in reality, sailing on the sea is generally boring and uninteresting.

The endless blue sea may seem shocking and novel when you first see it, but if you look at it like this for several days in a row, you will soon get bored.

Especially, the waters in the East China Sea are relatively stable, and merchant ships follow very mature routes, with almost no disturbances. In addition, during this period, Smoker was in charge of the East China Sea, which enhanced the discipline and combat effectiveness of the navy. With the old man Garp frying fish in the East China Sea, the survival of the pirates in the East China Sea was further increased. As a result, Bane did not encounter anything new along the way.

At this moment, on the deck of this merchant ship, Zoro was leaning under the mast, holding a wine jug in his hand and taking a sip from time to time.

Not far away, Bane's behavior seemed a bit risky. He was not on the deck at all. Instead, he put the anchor at sea level and squatted on the anchor. One hand held the chain and the other hand was immersed in the sea water. If you look closely, you will find that the center of the palm immersed in the sea water exudes a dark element as if to suck everything in.

Feeling a little bored, Zoro stood up, walked to the fence, looked at Bane below and said, "Why are you so childish? Are you playing in the water again?"

"Playing in the water?" Bane glanced at Zoro above with disdain and said, "Country bumpkin, you know nothing. This is the killer move I prepared."

With regard to the power of the dark element of the Dark-Dark Fruit, Bane has not developed any particularly powerful and decisive skills so far. He always feels that this dark power does not seem to be offensive enough.

Of course, the bigger reason is that he is not good at it, so we can’t blame the fruit.

Many of the envisioned attack methods have not yet been developed due to time and other factors.

In addition, Bane felt that he might encounter a surprise attack from Ace and Teach along the way, so he had to be prepared. Therefore, he put more energy into developing the devouring power of the Dark-Dark Fruit.

After he got this fruit, this feature was simple and easy to use. He opened up a dark abyss that could swallow everything and devour all objects soaked in darkness. When needed, he would release them all at once. This was a basic operation.

Before, Bane used this operation to store his own belongings. Just like now, when he and Zoro go out, they don’t need to bring luggage, all of them are placed in his dark space.

Two days ago, when he was boredly looking at the sea at the bow of the boat, a very innovative idea suddenly came to his mind, which was... Why don't I put the sea into my dark space?
Just do it if you want to, so Ben has been playing in the water here whenever he has free time these days.

He opened up the huge attraction of the dark space and sucked a steady stream of seawater into the space. When he needed it, he could release the seawater stored in the dark space in one breath, creating a tsunami or something to drown his opponents!

Considering that Ace is the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, and Teach might also be a user now, perhaps this sudden move of his could really give them both a hard time when they are off guard.

"I was originally thinking about how to deal with that sand crocodile if I go to Alabasta, but now I think this trick can also be used on that guy," Bane thought to himself.

Seeing that Bane seemed to be distracted, Zoro quickly reminded him: "Hey, hey, you have to concentrate and don't fall into the sea. After all, you are a user with special abilities. Isn't it said that all of you users with special abilities are landlubbers? Don't wait for me to save you!"

"Don't worry, I'm different from others." Bane quickly came to his senses and responded.

He is indeed different from other people with special abilities in this world. Perhaps it is because he ate the devil fruit from the empire, so he received the ability of the devil fruit, but not the curse from the ocean in the pirate world. After all, no matter how powerful the ocean is, it is impossible for it to curse Bane across the world, right?
This is what he had tried over there, and he had originally speculated that the curse would be lifted after coming to the pirate world, but the facts proved that even after he had been here for so long, the sea still hadn't cursed him, as if he had never eaten the devil fruit.

So in Bane's current situation, he is not afraid of falling into the water at all. Even when he was in Rogue Town, he found an opportunity to touch Smoker's Ten Fists of Seastone, but there was no reaction.

That is why he felt that his means of absorbing the sea as a killing move would not backfire on him, and would even become a great help in dealing with people with special abilities!
"In this way, I can be considered a man who has signed a spiritual contract with the sea." Bane laughed to himself again. Seeing how confident Bane was, Sauron on the deck did not mention the incident of falling into the sea. Instead, he changed the subject and asked again: "Come to think of it, you still haven't told me what the master told you when you boarded the ship that day?"

Whenever this matter was mentioned, Ben felt so angry that his teeth ached. It was a pity that he had shown so many true emotions at that time!
So Ben gnashed his teeth and said, "Master said he has someone above him. If we get into trouble in the future, we can say we are his apprentices and put the blame on him!"

Zoro was also shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that Master, who looks gentle and kind on weekdays, would be such a tough person at the critical moment? Since he said so, I feel relieved!"

"Well, feel free to cause trouble under his name," Bane said without hesitation.

After chatting about these topics, Zoro asked again: "When are we going to the Grand Line? I also want to meet the world's greatest swordsman."

"Or maybe you are just daydreaming and unrealistic. Are you planning to take a merchant ship to the Grand Line? In that case, you can only take the Marijoa route, which is troublesome and difficult." Bane explained patiently.

"Of course not. That's too inconvenient. And stopping all the time will waste too much time. We must get our own ship and go according to our own ideas!" Zoro responded immediately.

"Then the question is, can you sail a boat? Do you know the route? Where is the ship?" Bane asked back.

Zoro was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't. How about you? Didn't you fight your way out of the New World by yourself? You can, right?"

"Well, that's luck. We can't rely on luck every time. So our top priority now is to get a ship and find a good navigator, so that we can sail on the sea as we please!" Bane said with a longing look on his face.

"So what are we doing now?" Zoro asked again.

"As far as I know, there is a famous village on the route of this ship, called Cocoa Village. The oranges in this village are very delicious and sell well in the East China Sea. Moreover, there is a group of pirates entrenched in the village. They are the pirate gang with the highest bounty in the East China Sea, called the Dragon Pirates." Bane withdrew his hand from the sea and climbed up onto the deck along the chain.

Zoro lent a hand and pulled Bane back to the deck as he asked, "So?"

"As the pirates with the highest bounty in the East China Sea, I think their pirate ship should have very good performance. It is said that this group of pirates came from the Grand Line, so this ship should have experienced the test of the Grand Line. I plan to confiscate this ship!" Bane said as a matter of course.

As far as I can remember, the shipbuilding technology of the murlocs has always been very good, and Bane remembered that Aaron's ship was indeed quite big and cool, so there was no problem using it!

"Just going to rob pirates?" Zoro said with a blank look at Bane.

"What you said is wrong. I am going to eliminate harm for the people and maintain peace and stability in the East China Sea. It is a just cause. How can it be called robbery?" Bane first "corrected" Zoro's statement, and then explained: "And as far as I know, there is a very powerful navigator in this village. I plan to let her join us!"

"How do you know so much?" Zoro asked curiously.

"Brother, I have my own channels. Don't ask about social affairs." Bane patted Sauron on the shoulder and said mysteriously.

(End of this chapter)