One Piece: The system is only activated after leaving the Navy.

Luo Tian was completely absorbed in sensing the wondrous changes and power fluctuations brought about by the fruit's power that he had just acquired.

Just then, a commotion came from afar, breaking the tranquility around him.

A group of thugs from Fishman Street walked menacingly toward Luo Tian's residence.

They all had fierce looks on their faces and were shouting filthy language.

"Hmph! This ignorant human dares to trespass on our merfolk territory!"

"Yeah, they really asked for trouble!"

Luo Tian was just worried about not finding a suitable opportunity to test his new abilities when these guys unexpectedly delivered themselves to his doorstep.

His lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile.

When these merman thugs walked up to Luo Tian, ​​they completely disregarded him and continued to mock him without restraint:

"Foolish humans, this is not a place you can set foot in! Get back to land right now!"

However, Luo Tian merely glanced at them calmly before reacting swiftly.

With a thought, he activated the mysterious ability he had recently mastered without hesitation—time freeze!

In an instant, the whole world seemed to freeze, and everything stopped moving.

The wind stopped blowing, the leaves stopped swaying, and even the expressions on the faces of those arrogant and domineering fishman thugs froze at that moment.

Luo Tian closed his eyes and carefully sensed this magical ability.

"Hmm... it seems that the time freezes for about 10 seconds, which is enough."

Having made up his mind, Luo Tian opened his eyes and moved as fast as a ghost.

Several muffled thuds rang out in succession, and within a few seconds, he had swiftly and decisively knocked all the fishman thugs to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Tian deactivated his ability to stop time.

As time began to flow again, the fish-man thugs suddenly found themselves lying on the ground, writhing in pain.

They stared at Luo Tian in utter terror, completely bewildered as to what had just happened.

One of the slightly more clever merman thugs stammered:

"What... what kind of monster is this? How can it be so powerful?"

Luo Tian looked at them with a smile and asked softly:

"How about it? Want to try my methods again?"

At this moment, another merman thug, trying to appear calm, spoke up:

"You're ruthless...you're ruthless! We miscalculated this time. But don't think you can rest easy now. That guy named Dan won't have your luck!"

After saying that, they helped each other up and slunk away.

Luo Tian immediately sensed something was wrong. Why were these fishmen looking for Dan? Was it because I had gone to see him today?

Luo Tian didn't have time to think too much before turning around and heading to Dan's shop.

Luo Tian rushed towards Dan's shop with great anxiety. Before he even arrived, he could see raging fire burning inside the shop from afar.

The fire was extremely fierce, as if it would devour the entire shop.

When he finally arrived, the scene before him enraged him:

Dan was being beaten to the ground by several fishman thugs, completely unable to fight back.

The merman thugs punched and kicked while constantly hurling insults:

"They actually dare to collude with humans! They're courting death!"

Upon witnessing all of this, Luo Tian was instantly enraged.

With a dazzling light, he transformed into the form of the Candle Dragon without hesitation.

In an instant, a colossal, fiery red dragon appeared on Fishman Street.

The appearance of the dragon attracted the attention of all the residents of Fishman Island, who stared in horror at the suddenly appearing dragon.

The fishman thugs were also stunned by this sudden turn of events, stopping what they were doing and showing extreme fear on their faces.

They never imagined that this seemingly ordinary human could transform into such a terrifying being.

Luo Tian, ​​in his dragon form, opened his massive jaws and let out a deafening roar.

The sound exploded in the air like thunder, echoing throughout the entire Fishman Island.

The thugs were so frightened by what they saw that they scrambled to escape the scene.

Seeing this, Luo Tian had no intention of letting them go. Several wind blades suddenly appeared beside the dragon, beheading these merman thugs one by one.

Subsequently, Luo Tian used the power associated with the Candle Dragon Fruit to summon a torrential downpour.

Large raindrops fell in droves, quickly extinguishing the fire inside the shop.

The flames gradually died down, leaving only wisps of smoke rising from the ruins.

Dan knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the shop that once belonged to him and the ship behind it that he had painstakingly built over many years. Now, they had all turned into ruins and rubble.

After doing all this, Luo Tian looked guilty and went to Dan's side, saying softly, "I'm sorry. If I hadn't come to find you, none of this might have happened..."

However, Dan did not respond to his words, but knelt quietly, as if time had frozen.

After a long while, Dan slowly raised her head, her previously dull eyes staring directly at Luo Tian, ​​finally breaking the long silence, and asked:

Will you keep your promise to me?

Luo Tian took a deep breath and answered without hesitation, "Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Dan fell silent once again.

At this moment, Dan suddenly stood up, dusted off his knees, and then said:

"Alright, I agree to go to sea with you. After all, I have no more ties to stay here now. However, I hope that the promise you made will ultimately be kept."

Luo Tian nodded solemnly, indicating that he would definitely do it.

Immediately afterwards, Dan turned to look at the pile of ruins, frowned, and said with concern:

"But we don't even have a single ship right now. It will take at least six months to build a new one."

Luo Tian stood there quietly, his gaze fixed on the unopened nautical gift pack in the system warehouse, remaining silent.

After a long while, he slowly spoke:

"uncertain."

Although the voice was not loud, it revealed an indescribable anticipation and speculation.

Luo Tian pondered to himself, he had a strong intuition that this mysterious nautical gift package might contain an item of vital importance to him.

This premonition was like a ray of light in the darkness, filling him with hope.

Then, Luo Tian turned to look at Dan beside him and said softly:

"Dan, let's go back to our place first."

However, Dan didn't seem to want to leave immediately; he shook his head and replied:

"I still want to stay here and tidy up a bit more. Maybe I can find some useful things that I can take with me."

Seeing this, Luo Tian stopped insisting and returned to their residence alone.

As soon as he got back to his room, he couldn't wait to activate the system.

"System, open this nautical gift pack for me!"

Luo Tian shouted urgently.

A crisp notification sound rang out:

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining: Pirate Ship *1."

Upon hearing this news, Luo Tian was overjoyed.

He was so excited he almost jumped up, muttering to himself:

"Great! This is fantastic! This is exactly what I need right now, System, I love you to death!"

However, Luo Tian quickly calmed down after his initial excitement.

He knew full well what the appearance of this pirate ship meant for their upcoming adventure, but now was not the best time to take it out and tell Dan.

So he decided to suppress his joy for the time being and wait for a more appropriate moment to give Dan a big surprise.