One Piece: Rise of the Synthesis Pirate

Yellow light flashed rapidly inside the bar.

Each time the light stopped, it meant that someone would be kicked out and have several bones broken.

The speed of the yellow light was so fast that the remaining thugs almost simultaneously flew in different directions, crashing into walls or overturning tables, spitting blood and wailing loudly.

"How does it feel to be kicked around?"

Ye Jia stopped, beads of sweat forming on his face as his breathing became heavy. These simple moves consumed a lot of energy for him, especially since he had just consumed a Devil Fruit and was still adjusting to its power.

"Weren't you all so confident, wanting to kill me? You bunch of trash!" Ye Jia scolded mercilessly, "Scum, dog shit! You think you can come to Windmill Village and act tough, huh? Today, I'll let you all experience what it's like to be bullied!"

Saying this, Ye Jia grabbed one of the thugs who was spitting blood, dizzy and unable to fight back, and began to punch him fiercely.

After about a dozen punches,

"Congratulations, you have obtained a fragment of a Strength Pill!"

Hearing the familiar sweet electronic voice, Ye Jia finally relaxed.

Earlier, he had kicked seven or eight times without obtaining any fragments, which made him tense. Now, hearing this prompt, he could finally breathe easy.

"Do I need to use punches to get the fragments?" Ye Jia wondered, "Or has the drop rate for fragments decreased?"

To test his hypothesis, Ye Jia continued to kick the nearly dying thug, who was gasping for breath and close to death.

"Congratulations, you have obtained a fragment of a Strength Pill!"

The voice came again, confirming Ye Jia's guess—it wasn't necessary to use punches, but the probability of getting fragments had indeed decreased.

Moreover, after beating up these thugs, no Devil Fruit fragments were dropping anymore, only Strength Pill fragments.

"Well, I won't waste more time on them," Ye Jia thought.

Originally, he wanted to keep practicing his punches and perhaps get more Devil Fruit fragments. After all, he needed 100 fragments to synthesize a new Devil Fruit.

But collecting fragments was a matter of probability, and to get 100 fragments, he'd have to strike over a thousand times!

Without a fixed training target, where would he get so many fragments?

"The Strength Pill only needs 30 fragments to synthesize, which is much cheaper," Ye Jia reasoned.

The function of the Strength Pill was simple: it restored stamina, allowing the user to recover after using a Devil Fruit ability.

For Ye Jia, the Strength Pill was an invaluable resource.

"Now, you all better experience despair!"

Ye Jia grabbed the remaining thugs and began swinging his fists.

Even if he had to break their skin and make their faces look like they had been dipped in dye, he showed no mercy.

If it weren't for Maggie being a kind-hearted woman who didn't want them to lose their lives, constantly pleading with him, Ye Jia would not have stopped until they were unrecognizable.

"Get out of here! I've broken all your bones. You'll never bully anyone again!"

Like trash, Ye Jia threw the thugs out of the bar.

Their bones were broken in several places, and they screamed in agony, their cries echoing throughout Windmill Village.

The villagers, who had been afraid of the thugs and their violence, were now astonished to see them in such a miserable state. They couldn't speak, shocked by the transformation.

"Weren't they just bullying Xiao Jia at the bar? How did they end up like this?"

"I saw it, Xiao Jia suddenly became incredibly strong, like he became a Devil Fruit user and knocked these thugs out!"

"A Devil Fruit user?! No wonder these guys got beaten so badly, they ran into a Devil Fruit user… they deserved it! They've been bullying the villagers for so long, it's about time someone took care of them!"

"Look, Sifu is charging up!"

"Sifu's father was killed by these thugs. He couldn't take revenge before because he was worried about his family, but now these thugs have no power to fight back, so how could he not take this chance to avenge his father?"

Many villagers had been wronged by these thugs for a long time, and now that the thugs were helpless, the villagers immediately took action, either joining the fight or spitting on them.

The thugs' fate was sealed.

…

"Xiao Jia, are you okay?"

Maggie looked at Ye Jia with concern, having seen him spit blood earlier.

"Maggie, don't worry, I'm fine!" Ye Jia patted his chest and said with a smile, "Look, I'm tough!"

"That's good, but… they said you became a Devil Fruit user. Did you really eat a Devil Fruit?"

Maggie knew about Devil Fruits and understood their consequences.

"Yep, Maggie, to be honest, I ate the Glint-Glint Fruit," Ye Jia grinned, "It's a Logia-type Devil Fruit. You know about Logia, right? Against these thugs, they were no match for me!"

"A Logia-type Devil Fruit! I heard Shanks mention it. It's said to be one of the most powerful Devil Fruits!"

Maggie didn't realize that Admiral Kizaru used the Glint-Glint Fruit.

After all, in such a remote village, just knowing about Devil Fruits was quite impressive.

"Shanks… Red-Haired…"

When Ye Jia thought of this name, his blood boiled.

In the past, he had only admired and envied Shanks, knowing he could never reach his level.

But now, things were different.

With his ability to endlessly load Devil Fruits, as long as he had enough time to train, his strength would grow to a terrifying level. He would never be inferior to Shanks!

"Shanks… will be my target… And I'm not going to compete with Luffy for Pirate King. I want to be the king of the world, the true king of this world!"

Ye Jia's voice was full of ambition, his chest swelling with pride.

"Maggie, I've made up my mind. I'm going to sea, following in Luffy's footsteps. I want to enter the Grand Line and head to the New World!"

"I knew it, you all want to become pirates and search for the great treasure," Maggie sighed.

"Before that, I need to train my strength… Maggie, I might not be able to visit you often, but I'll still bring back wild boars, and now that I have power, maybe I can catch even stronger beasts!"

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