Loi Amos, An Unremarkable Marine Captain!

Chapter 1 Luo Yi Amos, the Unremarkable Marines Captain!

Sea Prism Calendar, 1517.

Grand Line, a certain sea area.

Two Marines warships were docked there, the seagull carrying the scales of Justice Marines flag fluttering in the sea breeze.

One warship bore the standard 'MARINE' markings.

That was a normal warship symbolizing the Marines.

The other warship, however, also had the words 'DT-31' written on it.

That symbolized a special logistics team within the Marines, the 'Detention Unit' responsible for escorting defeated criminals.

"Bounty of 47 million Belly, 'Gladiator' Antoria has been successfully detained and handed over—the warship that captured the criminal is T-14551, belonging to Major Gusil of Headquarters."

At that moment, Luo Yi Amos watched the strong man being escorted onto his warship while recording into the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

After finishing the recording, he looked at the Marines Officer on the warship in front of him: "Thank you for your hard work, Major Gusil."

"All for Justice."

The Marines Major named Gusil chuckled, then reminded him: "But I must remind you, Captain Luo Yi—this guy is quite the formidable character, it's best to ensure you don't remove the Seastone handcuffs during the entire escort."

"I wouldn't mind catching him again, but I wouldn't want to hear that your warship was sunk by a criminal at sea, hahaha!"

He laughed heartily as he said this.

Hearing this, the Marine soldiers of Luo Yi's Detention Unit's faces darkened.

But Luo Yi didn't care about the teasing in his words, and just nodded with a smile: "Thank you for the reminder."

With that, he turned and jumped back onto his warship: "Return voyage, back to Marineford."

"Yes, Captain Luo Yi!"

His Marine soldiers saluted in unison, then began to busily set sail for the return trip.

However...

"Seriously, what's that guy so smug about—Fal, you tell me, aren't we all Marines? He's so proud of catching a guy with a bounty of 40 million, Admiral Kuzan caught a Pirate with a bounty of 300 million last time, and he wasn't this cocky!"

A Marines Officer of the Detention Unit muttered to his companion while escorting the criminal into the specially made temporary prison inside the ship.

"Say less, Hans. It can't be helped, after all, we're the Detention Unit."

The Marine soldier named Fal shook his head helplessly after hearing this.

They had clearly been treated like this more than once.

The reason was simple—the Detention Unit they belonged to was quite special within the Marines.

They were mainly responsible for escorting criminals who had already been captured in various sea areas, and under normal circumstances, they would not participate in frontline combat, but after detaining the criminals, they could be allocated a portion of the corresponding military merits.

Therefore, in the eyes of many Marine soldiers, the Marines of the Detention Unit were the kind of 'slackers' who were greedy for life and afraid of death, not participating in battles, but insisting on joining in to share the credit.

"What's wrong with the Detention Unit?"

The Marine soldier named Hans was even more unhappy: "It's not like we haven't encountered danger when escorting criminals, and besides, we don't get much credit each time."

He imitated Major Gusil's tone: "I wouldn't mind catching him again, but you have to be careful. What kind of bullshit is that!"

But as he said this, he heard a low shout: "Sergeant Hans!"

"Yes, Captain Luo Yi!"

So Hans immediately straightened his body and instinctively saluted, looking behind him.

Behind him, the black-haired, blue-eyed Captain was standing there, no one knew when.

"What did I tell you before?"

Luo Yi looked at this subordinate with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Complain less, do more."

So, Hans said somewhat guiltily.

"Too quiet, can't hear you at all!"

"Complain less, do more! Officer!"

"Good! Very spirited!"

Luo Yi waved his hand: "Immediately go to the helm—same as usual, I'll personally be responsible for guarding the criminals on the first night!"

"Yes!"

Hans was relieved and quickly gave Fal a look.

The two ran towards the outside of the temporary prison, but didn't forget to ask before leaving: "Officer, after dinner is ready later, would you like us to bring you some food?"

"Pizza and Cola, thanks."

Luo Yi waved his hand, emphasizing: "The Cola must be iced!"

"Yes!"

So the Marine soldiers left the cabin.

Leaving only the huge 'Gladiator' Antoria, wearing Seastone handcuffs, leaning against the prison bars and looking at Luo Yi.

"Sounds like you and your subordinates aren't very popular within the Marines?"

He chuckled.

"You could say that."

Luo Yi sat down on the sofa in the cabin, casually taking out an hourglass from his pocket and placing it on the table.

The sand in the hourglass began to flow, and he casually turned his head to look at Antoria.

"But it's said that Fleet Admiral Sengoku is already considering raising the status of the Detention Unit, huh? What's up? Is there anything you want to say?"

He didn't seem to mind having a chat with a criminal.

"No, it has nothing to do with that!"

But Antoria said in a low voice, "It's just because you're too weak--if you were strong enough, no one would dare to look down on you."

"Status, money, power, you need enough Strength to seize them. Look at me!"

He struggled to sit up straight: "If it weren't for these handcuffs."

Speaking of this, he looked at a huge Tekkai not far away--there was a protrusion above the Tekkai that looked like a 'grip'.

That was his weapon, which was handed over along with Antoria.

"With my Iron Rod, a full-Strength strike would easily kill you and shatter this prison."

Antoria sneered.

But he found that Luo Yi didn't seem to care about his 'provocation' at all.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Instead, he nodded with a serious face.

Then

"However."

He changed the subject: "Your full-Strength strike can only shatter this small prison? You're a muscle man who ate the Strong-Strong Fruit, are you that weak?"

".Huh?"

Antoria was almost stunned.

It wasn't until a long while later that he realized what Luo Yi had said, and then anger visibly ignited in his eyes.

This Marine, this guy named Luo Yi--he actually dared to humiliate him like this?

"What are you"

But before Antoria could finish his angry scolding, his words stopped in his throat, and his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

Because at this moment, he saw that Luo Yi had casually picked up the huge Tekkai 'Iron Rod' that was placed not far away.

That heavy Tekkai, whose weight alone was enough to collapse a small building, was now lifted by Luo Yi as easily as if he were picking up a balloon.

"Hmm, judging from the weight of the weapon you use, you can only strengthen your muscle Strength by about twenty times? Then your Devil Fruit ability development isn't very good?"

He commented sharply.

"You you. You."

At this moment, Antoria could hardly speak.

This scene almost made him feel like he was dreaming.

"That's not right."

It wasn't until a moment later that he woke up from his dream.

"How would you know that I ate the Strong-Strong Fruit?"

"Ah, about that."

At this time, Luo Yi casually put down the huge Tekkai and sat back in his seat.

"I have a little bit of understanding of Devil Fruits."

He said casually, but his eyes looked at the hourglass on the table.

A third of the sand in the hourglass had already flowed, which made Luo Yi nod in satisfaction.

"Hmm, the timing is perfect."

"Timing? What timing?"

Antoria was even more confused when he heard this.

But the next moment, he saw Luo Yi reaching out to him.

"It's nothing--rest well."

As the words fell.

Antoria felt a tremendous impact suddenly strike him.

Then, everything went black.

"Bang!"

His massive body crashed to the ground, and he lost consciousness.

Luo Yi didn't spare him another glance.

He simply raised his eyes to the air before him.

From his perspective, a translucent light screen hung there.

[Devil Fruit User 'Antoria' Detected]

[Devil Fruit Confirmed: 'Paramecia Strong-Strong Fruit'. Analyzing and Storing to 'Fruit Encyclopedia']

[Fruit Ability - Enhances and Controls User's Muscle Strength]

[Effect Levels]

[LV1: Grants Minor Fruit Effects, Enhances Muscle Strength by 2~5x]

[LV2: Grants Partial Fruit Effects, Greatly Enhances Muscle Strength by 5~10x. Requires 60,000,000/20,000,000 Belly to Unlock Permanently/Temporarily]

[LV3: Grants Full Fruit Effects, Massively Enhances Muscle Strength by 20~40x. Requires 300,000,000/100,000,000 Belly to Unlock Permanently/Temporarily]

[LV4: Fruit Deeply Developed, Freely Control Muscles to Form Shields and Blades, Freely Control Certain Muscles for Hardening and Rapid Regeneration, Maximum Muscle Enhancement up to 100x. Requires 1,000,000,000/300,000,000 Belly to Unlock Permanently/Temporarily]

[LV5: Fruit Awakening - Muscle Mastery, Absorb the Life Force of Living Beings Within Range to Enhance Own Muscles, Control the Muscle Tissue of All Living Beings Within the Surrounding Area. Requires 6,000,000,000 Belly/2,000,000,000 Belly to Unlock Permanently/Temporarily]

[Analysis Progress: 33%. Upon Completion, LV1 Fruit Ability Will Be Granted]

Luo Yi's expression remained calm as he looked at the light screen.

In his eyes, the Gladiator Antoria was just an ordinary, mediocre Devil Fruit Ability User.

But he did agree with one thing Antoria had said.

That was...

"Strength is everything--on this chaotic sea, you're not safe anywhere without it."

He looked at the unconscious Antoria.

"The difference between you and me is perspective."

"I know how vast this sea is, so I chose to stay with the Detention Unit."

"You know nothing about it, which is why you said those ignorant things earlier--go to Impel Down for further study. The people there are interesting and pleasant to talk to. You'll definitely like it there."

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