One Piece: Honey Badger Speedruns the World

"Let's go! Newbie! The warehouse's this way!"

Lili Rong excitedly tugged at Goss's sleeve and headed towards the treehouse complex on the left.

"The cloaks of the chivalrous group are really cool! And they even have their own armory, perfect..."

"Gurgle—!!!"

A loud, earth-shattering stomach growl interrupted Lili Rong's incessant chatter.

Goss stopped and stared intently at the direction from which the aroma was wafting from to his right.

The ten steamed buns he ate in the morning were just enough to keep him from starving, given his rapid growth.

"Um...senpai."

Goss swallowed hard, his voice a little hoarse: "I heard the Knights' Guild's canteen is free, right?"

"Huh? It's...it's free, and you can eat as much as you want."

Lili Rong paused for a moment, then said, "But shouldn't we go and get it first...?"

"You can pick up your clothes anytime."

Goss grabbed Lili Rong's wrist with surprising strength and dragged the chestnut-colored senior towards the cafeteria.

"But if I don't eat soon, I'll really starve to death."

……

The Knights' canteen is built inside a huge tree hollow, and compared to the Musketeers' elegant and refined style, it is full of a rugged and wild style.

The huge barbecue grill was filled with the thighs of unknown wild animals, and the air was filled with the aroma of oil and spices.

Ten minutes after a honey badger and a squirrel came in.

The once noisy cafeteria became completely silent.

All the members of the martial arts group present, and even the chef in charge of serving the food, stared wide-eyed at a table in the corner.

"Snap! Snap!"

Goss was holding a piece of roasted meat with the bone in his hand, which was bigger than his head, and he stuffed the meat and bones into his mouth.

He chewed it into tiny pieces in two bites and swallowed it in one gulp.

The plates in front of him had piled up into a small mountain.

"Hey! Chef! Where's the meat? Isn't it ready yet?"

Goss looked at the empty plate in front of him and shouted out the window.

"We're almost out of stock!"

The chef from the pig-haired tribe, who was in charge of grilling the meat, was sweating profusely, and the tongs in his hands were almost smoking from swinging them around.

"Is this kid a reincarnated starving ghost? He ate enough for dozens of people! That's high-calorie seafood steak!"

Sitting opposite her, Lili Rong's fork froze in mid-air. The piece of jam pie that she had been about to eat had long since fallen onto the table, but she was completely unaware of it.

At first, she swayed her fluffy tail, propped her chin on her hand, and watched the excitement. She thought the newcomer had a good appetite and, although his eating manners were a bit fierce, he was quite manly.

But as the tenth and twentieth bone-in chops were swallowed without even being chewed...

The clicking sound continued incessantly in my ears.

The once smooth, swaying tail behind Lili Rong had become puffed up, with every single chestnut-colored hair standing on end like a startled steel needle, swelling to twice its original size.

"Is...is this guy even human?"

She even had the illusion that the person sitting in front of her was not a fellow member of the fur tribe, but a bottomless abyss.

If it finishes eating the meat, will it casually chew up its own squirrel as dessert?

She watched as Goss's belly swelled up at a visible speed.

At this moment, Goss's stomach was swollen like a huge ball, stretching his already tattered clothes to the point of tearing, looking like he might explode at any moment.

"Go...Goss..."

Lili swallowed hard and cautiously poked Goss's round belly.

"Your belly isn't going to suddenly burst, is it...?"

"Burp! Not enough, I'm still not full."

Goss showed no sign of stopping.

The training in the Asura Path had taken a heavy toll on his thin body; now he was like a parched wasteland, greedily absorbing rainwater.

The moment the seventieth huge steak was swallowed.

Goss finally felt like he couldn't eat anymore.

Om-!

Goss shuddered, and the heat within his body began to boil. The energy in his stomach, which was originally just for digestion, suddenly broke through some kind of barrier and began to pour wildly into his muscles and bones.

[The Fruits of the Six Paths: The Hungry Ghost Path - Return of Life]

The belly holds the universe, the stomach melts all things.

[Where the will leads, flesh and blood obey.]

[Tendon-strengthening and marrow-washing, reshaping the entire body.]

Transforming the subtle into the grand, and the mortal into a colossal being.

"That is..."

The surrounding members of the martial arts group gasped in surprise.

Suddenly, white steam rose from Goss's body; it was the evaporation of sweat caused by a rapid increase in body temperature.

"Give it to me...to digest!!!"

Goss let out a low growl.

The next second, the huge belly that was swollen like a ball deflated at an astonishing speed!

The dozens of kilograms of food that were originally piled up in the stomach were instantly broken down into the purest nutrients by the life-restoring effect and forcibly transported to every bone and every muscle.

"Crack... Crack..."

A sickeningly loud cracking sound of bones popping rang out.

Lili Rong covered her mouth in terror.

Under everyone's gaze, Goss's originally thin and emaciated body, which was just over 1.6 meters tall, began to swell up like an inflating balloon!

His dry fur became glossy and shiny black. His thin arms developed muscles, his shoulders broadened, and his chest became thicker.

In just a few minutes, he transformed from a malnourished boy into a black behemoth over three meters tall with bulging muscles all over his body!

"call……"

Goss stood up, his original clothes completely ripped apart, leaving only a few strips of cloth hanging on his body, revealing his muscular upper body, which looked like a rock carving.

He looked down at his gleaming claws, then at his current size.

He's too strong.

He now resembles a black bear mink, brimming with power, but...

"It looks too bulky."

Goss frowned.

This excessive muscle mass will affect his prized speed and significantly reduce his agility.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his body, controlling the raging energy.

"Life is returned... Since one can control digestion, one can naturally control the body as well."

Pedro's image flashed through his mind.

Those cheetah-like streamlined muscles, that perfect proportion that combines power and speed.

sizzle-

As steam billowed out, Goss's exaggeratedly muscular body began to contract and solidify.

My height gradually decreased to about two meters, the excess fat was burned off, and the bulky muscles were stretched.

As the steam dissipates.

Standing in the center of the cafeteria was no longer the skinny honey badger, nor the clumsy muscle monster.

Instead, he was a tall and slender Mink warrior with an inverted triangle golden ratio and clearly defined muscle lines all over his body.

Beneath that signature silver-white buzz cut was a angular, wild face.

If Goss was previously a mad dog that only knew how to bite people indiscriminately.

Now, he is a truly deadly predator.

"This is... the complete form."

Goss clenched his fist, his bones cracking under the immense force.

He turned his head and looked at the completely petrified Lili Rong:

"It's good that you listened to me and came to eat first, senior."

"Otherwise, we'll have to get the clothes again."