The Eve of the Climax, Right from the Start?

The only thing to worry about was the bizarre variety of Devil Fruits in the world of One Piece.

Some of the rule-based fruits were truly difficult to deal with.

For instance, the Hollow-Hollow Fruit eaten by Perona, the Ghost Princess under Gecko Moria, could summon Negative Hollows that instantly sapped a person's will to fight, leaving them utterly despondent.

Then there was Sugar, a subordinate of Doflamingo, whose Hobby-Hobby Fruit could turn people directly into toys.

There was also the woman under Gild Tesoro who possessed the Lucky-Lucky Fruit, capable of absorbing others' luck and leaving her opponents incredibly unfortunate.

However, crisis also represented opportunity.

While Devil Fruits were dangerous, he could eat one too!

If he could find a Paramecia or Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit to consume, it would provide him with a massive boost in combat power.

But when it came to the most ideal Devil Fruit...

A name flashed rapidly through Zhu Mang's mind.

The Press-Press Fruit!

The one Fujitora ate in the original story!

Anyone who had watched Dragon Ball knew that for a Saiyan, there were two most important cheat codes.

The first was the Dragon Balls.

The second was the Gravity Chamber.

However, Son Goku and his friends generally didn't use the Dragon Balls to enhance their own strength like the transmigrators in fan fiction.

Therefore, their power primarily stemmed from training in conjunction with a Gravity Chamber.

If he had the Press-Press Fruit, he could place himself under multiple times the gravity anytime, anywhere.

Kakarot, as a low-class warrior born with a battle power of only 2 and reaching only a few hundred as an adult (referring to before Raditz went to Earth, when Son Goku was already an adult at the time of Gohan's birth), was eventually able to become a Super Saiyan and even a Super Saiyan God using this method!

Since he was at least capable of reaching a battle power of one thousand as an adult, becoming a Super Saiyan shouldn't be too difficult, right?

However, for the world of One Piece, it seemed his current strength was already more than enough.

Of course, the Devil Fruit's weakness to water was also an issue.

But he remembered that in the One Piece world, Vegapunk, the man known as the "greatest brain," possessed the technology to allow inanimate objects to eat Devil Fruits.

Perhaps he could imbue the effects of a Devil Fruit onto an object, such as making a gravity bracelet or necklace that could freely control the multiplier.

He would see when the time came.

He just didn't know which timeline of One Piece this was.

"Do you have the latest newspaper?"

Everything he had been thinking about passed in an instant.

After clearing his thoughts, Zhu Mang looked up at the News Coo.

He knew these News Coo possessed high intelligence and were capable of communication.

"Hmph!" The News Coo turned its head away haughtily.

As a subordinate of Big News Morgans, it had roamed the seas for so long that even the most vicious pirates would proactively offer it 50 berries upon seeing it.

Yet this guy in front of him had actually grabbed it by the neck and forcibly taken things from its mailbag!

And now he wanted it to help him?

In his dreams!

"Not talking? Fine, then I'll just have you for a snack; once I'm full, I'll go find it myself," Zhu Mang grinned, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.

"Huh? Huh!" The News Coo froze upon hearing this.

What the hell?!!

You want to eat a bird?!!

Seeing the undisguised, eager look in Zhu Mang's eyes, it hurriedly stretched out its wing and pointed vigorously at a stack of papers in another pocket of the mailbag.

Zhu Mang tossed the bounty posters aside and pulled out the stack of papers.

So this was the newspaper.

Opening the paper, the front-page headline, which occupied the largest space, caught his eye.

In the photo was a young man with messy hair and a few freckles on his face. His hands were shackled in Seastone, and his expression was indifferent, as if he had accepted the fate he was about to face.

Below it, the young man's identity and some related reports were listed.

He was a "vicious" pirate.

The Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, one of the most powerful pirate crews in the world today.

"Fire Fist Ace?!"

Although the real-life image differed slightly from the anime, after combining it with the content of the report, Zhu Mang quickly superimposed it with the character from his memory.

Along with this came memories regarding the current timeframe.

If the plot had not been distorted, then this was the eve of the "Summit War."

The so-called Summit War was the unprecedented, world-shaking battle that erupted after the Marines captured Fire Fist Ace from Blackbeard and decided to hold a public execution at Marine Headquarters, Marineford, to crush the arrogance of the pirates, ultimately drawing in the Whitebeard Pirates.

In this battle, the Marines had mobilized nearly one hundred thousand of their elite forces from all over the world and had also summoned the Shichibukai.

As for the Whitebeard Pirates, in addition to their own sixteen division commanders and crew members, they had gathered forty-three affiliated pirate crews, bringing their total strength to approximately fifty to one hundred thousand.

In other words, the total number of combatants on both sides was between one hundred and fifty thousand and two hundred thousand!

Whether in the manga plot of his past life or in this real pirate world, this war was deservedly the pinnacle!

It was an absolute grand event!

Go and see it!

He absolutely had to go and see it!

How could he miss this chance to watch the "animation" live?

Zhu Mang's blood began to boil.

"Hey, one last question," after obtaining the information he wanted, Zhu Mang tucked the newspaper back into the News Coo's mailbag.

"Quack?" The News Coo silently cursed this shameful act of freeloading in its heart; how was this any different from reading a book without voting?

But it also knew that the situation was stronger than the individual, so it could only submit obediently.

"Which way to Marine Headquarters?"

"Quack?"

"Hmm?"

"Quack, quack, quack!"

The News Coo hurriedly pointed in a direction with its wing.

As a special existence that could fly across the ocean without needing a Log Pose, the News Coo indeed had its own way of identifying directions.

At the very least, it could remember the locations of itself, nearby islands, and several important islands.

Otherwise, how could it get the latest news from its boss and sell newspapers all over the sea?

"That way, is it? Fine, you can go," Zhu Mang bent down and picked up the stack of bounty posters from the ground.

"Quack?" The News Coo tilted its head at him, as if asking why he wasn't returning the bounty posters.

"Let me borrow them for a bit," Zhu Mang grinned.

The News Coo rolled its eyes. Judging by that tone, he called it borrowing, but the duration would most likely be permanent.

Despicable human!

It didn't dare to say anything; having narrowly escaped the fate of becoming roast bird, it hurriedly flapped its wings and took off.

After the News Coo left, Zhu Mang looked down and patted the thick stack of bounty posters in his hand, quite satisfied.

In his eyes, these weren't bounty posters; they were clearly bankbooks.

Next, he only needed to encounter pirates, capture them, and take them to Marine Headquarters to cash in those bankbooks!

As for joining the Marines or becoming a pirate... he didn't have any such thoughts for the time being.

Well, unless there was profit to be made.

After all, from the current perspective, he had the ability to say "I don't eat beef" in the pirate world; he only needed to guard against those rule-based, bizarre Devil Fruits.

However, the pirate world was vast, and such bizarre fruits weren't that common; he wouldn't necessarily run into them.

So, this move was...

I am invincible, you guys do whatever.

Well, I'll be a bit casual too.

I'll go wherever I want~