Wind

On the God Slave.

Lin Yu brought Reiju and the transformation device for the Science Combat Suit to Charloss and Anna, who were doing physical training on the deck.

Under the three women's gazes, Lin Yu placed a transformation device bearing the character "Wind" at his waist.

As Lin Yu activated the transformation, the Memory Metal armor in his hand began to spread over his body, swiftly forming a suit of armor.

It was Project: Wind from the Project series of League of Legends, a game Lin Yu had played in his previous life!

Reiju had designed it according to Lin Yu's requirements. Although she had made considerable modifications—such as replacing the helmet with a stylish visor and adding a cape and other pirate-tech elements—the appearance was still highly faithful to the original.

Next, Lin Yu picked up a long, straight blade from the deck beside him.

This was one of the Fifty Grade Swords, the Grade Sword "Rain Cutter," which he had obtained from the treasury of the Kachinobu Kingdom.

"Rain Cutter" looked very similar to the sword in Yasuo's hand.

Whoosh!

Using the technological shoes on his feet, which possessed explosive jumping power and jet propulsion functions, Lin Yu leaped into the air in an instant.

Then, under Reiju and the others' watchful eyes, he used the jet propulsion device to keep flying through the air, leaving Charloss and Anna filled with envy.

"Not bad. With this device, I won't have to worry about falling into the sea anymore."

After flying through the air for a while, Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction.

Looking at his system panel, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow. With the Battle Suit's boost, his combat power had successfully reached Five Stars.

According to the system's standards,

One-Star combat power corresponded to a Marine sergeant, Two-Star to a lieutenant junior grade, Three-Star to a major, Four-Star to a colonel, Five-Star to a commodore, Six-Star to a rear admiral, Seven-Star to a vice admiral, Eight-Star to an elite vice admiral, Nine-Star to a general emperor, while Ten Stars represented the world's strongest experts.

After obtaining Reiju's Lineage Factor Modified Human talent, Lin Yu, with his superhuman body, had reached the level of a Four-Star colonel. With the Science Combat Suit added on top, he had successfully attained the strength of a Five Stars Commodore.

Coupled with his Ship Control ability, which allowed him to freely control the God Slave, Lin Yu could already run rampant through the first half of the Grand Line.

Spreading the cape bearing the character "Wind" behind him, Lin Yu glided down from the air onto the God Slave under the wind's control.

The Lineage Factor modification talents of Reiju, Ichiji, and the others gave Reiju the ability to control poison and Ichiji the ability to control flames.

Lin Yu's ability, meanwhile, was to control the wind. That was the main reason he had designed his Battle Suit armor after Project: Wind.

These abilities were equivalent to weakened versions of Devil Fruit powers.

Although he still could not create massive tornadoes like Luffy's father, Monkey D. Dragon, he could still use it to provide the God Slave with greater propulsion.

Under such circumstances, as long as Lin Yu wanted to escape aboard the God Slave, practically no one would be able to catch up with him.

This would greatly enhance both his survivability and pursuit ability.

"You actually have a special ability too?"

Reiju was utterly shocked as she watched the airflow swirling around Lin Yu.

The greatest capability of Germa's Science Combat Suits was not flight or defense, but their ability to enhance the wearer's own special powers.

This was also why Reiju had previously said that people without Lineage Factor modifications could not bring out the Battle Suit's full capabilities.

Charloss and Anna beside Reiju also stared at Lin Yu in surprise.

It was their first time learning that Lin Yu actually possessed the ability to control the wind.

The sail-and-steam-powered God Slave was already incredibly fast, and now he also had the ability to control the wind.

The Marines would probably never be able to catch him in the future.

Thinking of Lin Yu's Ship Control and wind-controlling abilities, Charloss felt despair in her heart and completely gave up on hoping to be rescued.

Ding! Charloss's favorability +10...

Ding! Charloss's favorability +10...

Looking at the notifications before him, Lin Yu gave Charloss a somewhat puzzled glance. He had no idea why her favorability toward him had suddenly surged and rapidly reached 30.

Had she fallen into despair after seeing the abilities I displayed and decided to submit?

Seeing Charloss's despondent expression, Lin Yu quickly guessed the reason.

Then he looked at Reiju, reached out to close her little mouth that had fallen open in shock, and smiled at her.

"If I said that I'm now a Lineage Factor Modified Human like you, would you believe me?"

Reiju's eyes widened as she caught a key point in Lin Yu's words. She asked in astonishment,

"Now?"

"Does that mean you weren't one before?"

Lin Yu smiled at that, pinched Reiju's pretty face, and said with a grin, "That counts as my special ability."

With her pretty face pinched, Reiju blushed slightly.

She was still somewhat unaccustomed to Lin Yu's intimate actions. Yet because of her father's orders, she could not resist him and could only obediently endure it.

Anna and Charloss, standing nearby, felt a little jealous when they saw Lin Yu's actions.

They had never been treated so gently before. Lin Yu was always rough with them, even at night.

Charloss, in particular, was still wearing the Special Necklace.

"If you've rested enough,"

"Keep going."

After glancing at Charloss and Anna, Lin Yu had them continue their physical training.

The stronger they became, the greater Lin Yu's hourly gains would be.

"Yes." Charloss and Anna answered in unison and resumed running across the deck.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu pulled Reiju toward the captain's cabin.

Another two days passed, and Lin Yu finally found an opportunity to test his current combat power.

"Master, a pirate ship is approaching us ahead."

Charloss came to the captain's cabin and spoke to Lin Yu, who was reading comics related to Germa 66.

"A pirate ship?"

Lin Yu, who was lying in Reiju's arms, was instantly intrigued.

He had altered the God Slave's exterior to resemble a merchant ship. Although it was enormous, it held no intimidation for those pirates. Instead, it looked more like a fat sheep.

After all, in the eyes of pirates, no matter how strong a docile fat sheep was, it was still just a fat sheep.

"Does this pirate crew have a name? What's their bounty?"

Arriving on deck, Lin Yu excitedly looked at the pirate ship that was steadily approaching. It was slightly smaller than the God Slave.

"The One-Eyed Wolf Pirate Crew. Their captain is Lao Du, with a bounty of fifty million Berries. He is an Animal-type Snow Wolf Fruit user."

"The vice-captain is Lao Lang, with a bounty of ten million Berries. He has no Devil Fruit ability."

"They have over a hundred crew members."

"They are famous pirates throughout the North Sea."

Reiju, standing beside Lin Yu, glanced at the one-eyed wolf flag on the distant pirate crew's mast and spoke casually.

Before Germa, these so-called great pirates of the North Sea were nothing more than small fry.

"Only fifty million..."

Hearing that even the highest bounty was only fifty million Berries, Lin Yu was somewhat disappointed.

Fifty million instantly killed his interest.

Lin Yu felt rather annoyed.

A mere fifty million Berries was not worth him making a move.