Sailing: This Bounce-Bounce Fruit is a little different.

"Interesting, the protagonist is already dead, but the process still overlaps?"

"From this perspective, perhaps we can borrow some plot elements from the original work..."

Feeling the powerlessness gradually dissipating, Huang Hai remained calm, his mind flashing back to what he had previously absorbed and digested: Luffy's development of the [Bounce-Bounce Fruit], and the combat techniques and experience taught by Garp.

Although Huang Hai could see that Luffy's development of the "Bounce-Bounce Fruit" was too superficial, it was still more than enough to deal with the three low-level pirates in front of him.

quite a while.

As the sound of Kobi wiping away water approached, Huang Hai, having quickly absorbed the surrounding environment, enemy positions, and weapon numbers into his mind, suddenly raised his hands, which were spread out at his sides, and slammed them down onto the floor below.

In an instant, the [Bounce-Bounce Fruit] ability was activated.

Like transparent ripples bursting from the palms, the powerful rebound force generated a strong momentum between the palms and the floor.

boom!

The wooden floorboards dented and cracked.

However, Huang Hai's body was already tilted rapidly by the powerful elasticity, rushing towards the striped pirate.

in a blink.

Amidst the terrified and stunned gaze of his opponent, Huang Hai exerted all his strength and plummeted downwards, his right hand landing precisely on the curved blade on the table.

next moment!

Clang!

The moment the scimitar was drawn, a streak of blood flashed across the striped pirate's neck.

Pfft!

Hehehe!

Blood and blood foam sprayed and flowed down.

Clutching his bleeding, gaping wound, the Striped Pirate collapsed to the ground in despair, his eyes quickly dimming.

All of this was accomplished in just two seconds.

"enemy……"

As the other two came to their senses and prepared to issue a warning and retaliate with terrified expressions,

Foot spring!

In an instant, Huang Hai, who had just landed with his scimitar in reverse grip, remained calm. He lightly stomped his right foot on the floor, and a burst of transparent ripples suddenly erupted. The powerful elasticity propelled his body to strike the fat pirate on his right.

The instant the enemy drew his flintlock pistol and aimed, Huang Hai, who was already not far away, appeared like a ghost on the left side of the fat pirate with the help of powerful elasticity. His right hand, holding a curved sword in reverse, drew a beautiful arc and flashed past the enemy's neck.

Pfft!

Instantly, with a coordinated combination of speed and force, a head fell obliquely to the ground.

At the same time, Huang Hai's left foot exploded with explosive force, and in the small space between the yellow-haired pirate's slash and his own, his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Before the blond pirate could react, Huang Hai appeared indifferently behind him, covering his mouth and nose with his left hand and slashing across him with his blood-stained scimitar in his right.

Ho ho ho——

The pirate, his eyes wide open, clutched his wound as if he had died with his eyes open in disbelief, and collapsed to the ground with a thud. Three streaks of bright red blood soon mingled together.

until now.

Koby, who was still in a daze of fear, finally came to his senses.

When he saw that the three pirates who usually bullied him had all turned into corpses, his pupils widened and his mouth gaped open.

"Ah...ga!"

"If I were you, I wouldn't choose to yell at this moment..."

Just then, a calm and indifferent voice cut off Koby's scream just before it was about to come out, stopping it abruptly in his throat.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Coming to his senses, Koby coughed violently a few times, his wide pupils staring blankly at the thin, slender figure sitting upright on the only table in the warehouse, chewing on the fruit on the table.

"You...you're not from the barrel..."

"..."

Chewing on a fruit similar to an apple, Huang Hai savored every drop of its sweet, juicy juice with an expression of pure enjoyment.

The body's functions greedily squeeze every drop of juice for nutrients.

After finishing all the edible food on the table.

huh~~~

Slightly satisfied, Huang Hai breathed a sigh of relief. Feeling his hunger lessen, he then focused his attention on the information that had quietly appeared in his consciousness.

[Talent Acquisition: Skillful Left Hand]

[Left-Handed Dexterity: Doubles the dexterity of the left hand...]

The two short lines of information made Huang Hai raise an eyebrow.

"Is it a passive talent that's being absorbed?"

Just as Huang Hai was pondering his doubts...

A subtle warm current appeared out of thin air in his left hand, quickly merging with it as if it were being strengthened.

Not long after.

When the warm current disappeared without a trace.

Huang Hai stared at the slightly pale Zuo, pondering as he manipulated his left hand's ten fingers to perform a series of difficult movements.

Whether it's a flying bird, a water bottle, a white tiger, or a hand seal...

quite a while.

"It's actually more dexterous than my right hand, which I've always used..."

After testing for a while, Huang Hai looked at his left hand with some amazement and instantly realized the benefits brought by the [Assimilation Ability].

This passive talent is in no way inferior to the bizarre abilities of Devil Fruits.

Of course, this is on the premise that the acquired talent isn't too useless...

Chapter Four: The Smile of Death, the Silence, and the Silence of the Night

"It seems I need to try to get in touch with some of the original characters as much as possible... like Zoro, Sanji, and the others... that should increase my chances of acquiring powerful talents..."

Huang Hai stroked his chin, his eyes revealing a thoughtful expression.

In this world, Luffy didn't eat the Gum-Gum Fruit; instead, he became the Bounce-Bounce Fruit, and he didn't receive the straw hat from Shanks...

The plot and fate have changed.

He didn't know what the future held.

However, Huang Hai could still clearly remember the Straw Hat crew members from the early stages of the original story.

It remains to be seen whether the fates of Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and others will change based on Luffy's departure time.

"If they get recruited by another guy who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, there's nothing we can do but give up..."

"But if their fates don't change, does that mean the guy who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit has gathered other companions with the same fate..."

"And Zoro and the others were ignored, even abandoned, by the fate of this world..."

"Interesting...this is getting more and more interesting!"

Thinking of this, Huang Hai's lips curled up slightly.

No matter how the plot of this world changes, everything is unfamiliar to him.

The most urgent task is to improve our own capabilities.

After all, there are many powerful characters in One Piece.

He certainly didn't want to be killed by some trash that didn't even appear in the original story.

"That... that..."

Crouching on the ground, looking at the three corpses, Koby trembled slightly. Seeing that his opponent still didn't respond, he swallowed hard and gritted his teeth, trembling as he asked, "Is there...is there anything I can help you with?"

"Please don't kill me, I promise I'll work hard..."

"What's your name?"

Coming to his senses, Huang Hai stared at the pink-haired kid in front of him, wanting to further confirm the other party's identity.

"Koby! My name is Koby!"

In order to avoid being killed by the other party, Koby immediately stood up straight and responded honestly.

Sure enough it was him...

What's certain is that this guy's fate hasn't changed for the time being...

Huang Hai thought for a moment, then looked at Koby, who was still trembling slightly, and smiled gently, "Don't be so scared, don't worry... I won't kill you..."