One Piece: The Navy's Thunder God
Chapter 5

Kill and Fall into the Sea

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The human body had its own self-contained cycle. How much food it took in each day to feel full, how much energy it expended before feeling tired, and how much sleep it needed to restore its vitality were all decided by the body itself.

What guided the body's judgment was the nutritional concentration of the food it consumed each day, along with a natural balance formed through its usual expenditure.

Back on Earth, an ordinary world, the most nutritious and replenishing thing Ron had ever encountered was a mouthful of old ginseng chicken soup he drank after clawing his way back from death's door that year.

Earthlings only expended so much energy, and accordingly, food only contained so much energy and nutrition.

But this world was different!

This world had monsters that could blot out the sky with a leaf in the flick of a finger, colossal beasts as vast as islands, and humans like Garp, who used eight mountains to train his fists... To survive, their demand for vitality and nutrition was enormous!

And the foundation sustaining the consumption of their monstrous bodies was the One Piece World's countless foods, brimming with nutrients and possessing incredibly high energy concentrations!

As a human who had crossed over from Earth's impoverished world, Ron, who had grown up eating ordinary food, was like a shriveled sponge. The food of the One Piece World was a bathtub filled to the brim with water.

Thus, before the magical foods of this other world, rich in energy and nutrients, his body was like a starving beast, greedily swallowing every trace of energy.

And that was what made this world terrifying... The energy contained in any food here was incredibly easy to absorb. As long as the body needed it, it could be converted without limit and supplied to the body, raising monsters capable of shattering mountains and rivers with their fists!

After absorbing the nutrients, his body, relieved of its bloated fullness, instinctively began using the excess energy to optimize itself and purge toxins.

That was why Ron had felt overheated all over and gotten diarrhea after eating the fruit.

After finishing up and pulling up his pants, Ron slowly pondered.

"With food like this, it seems I can finally put those workouts I never dared to try on the schedule?"

As a madman who constantly challenged himself, Ron had once drawn up an exceptionally brutal training regimen. Yet before three days had passed, he had been hospitalized... Earth's food was completely incapable of replenishing his outrageous physical expenditure. On the first day, he had begun urinating blood, and the pain had been unbearable.

After three consecutive days, he had been only a hair's breadth from death!

Had his body not been different from ordinary people's, barely keeping him alive, he would never have had the chance to taste that chicken soup...

Now that the One Piece World's food was so terrifying, that shelved training regimen could finally see the light of day again.

"Mm... Lightning should be incorporated too. The Ninjas of Hidden Cloud Village can use Lightning Chakra to activate their cells, so why can't I?"

Calmly taking out the wet wipe he had stuffed into his pocket before crossing over and wiping his hands, Ron looked up as he thought, his gaze locking onto Enel, who had been watching him the entire time from not far away.

"...Finished watching?"

"Yeah. Stinky, so stinky!"

Enel nodded, covering his nose with a disgusted expression. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Ron never would have imagined that this idiot would become the future "God of Sky Island," Enel.

"Heh heh..."

He raised an arm, lightning gathering between his fingers.

Crackle...

Sky-blue currents continuously converged, forming a sphere of light that radiated dazzling white brilliance. Before that powerful current, all of Enel's hair stood straight up, even his afro getting pulled flat!

Looks like I found the reason Enel wore a headscarf every day in the future...

Thinking this, Ron spoke.

"Thank you for giving me those clues. In your next life... reincarnate in Blue Sea!"

Without waiting for Enel to say anything, then...

Boom!!!

Thunder cracked and lightning flashed!

Amid the deafening blast, a thumb-thick streak of pale-blue lightning bared its fangs through the air. In an instant, it pierced through Enel's forehead, then vanished into the distant clouds.

This was the easiest technique to use with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, "Electric Shock"... Strictly speaking, it did not even deserve a name. It was merely the simplest application.

The process was about the same as an ordinary person spitting...

Who would specifically give a name to their own spit?

Something like Ice Dragon Breath?

"The Rumble-Rumble Fruit... is fucking loud!"

Rubbing his ears, which itched from the thunderous blast, Ron tossed the wet wipe he had used to clean his hands onto the ground and gazed indifferently at Enel's corpse.

"A villain will always be a villain. A dog can't stop eating shit!"

Since Enel had devised such a vicious scheme, Ron would repay him with the worst possible ending.

The Sky Island guards had taught Ron his first lesson as a transmigrator: discard his old understanding, and do not force the mindset of the past onto an unfamiliar world!

Here, laws were worthless. Only fists were eternal!

Crackle! Crackle!

Sky-blue lightning serpents coiled around his arm, thunder roaring without end and illuminating half of Ron's face. Feeling the lightning power within his body surge to nearly twice its former strength, he muttered in shock, "What a miraculous thing... A pile of fruit actually strengthened my constitution this much?"

As a Devil Fruit User, Ron could clearly observe the power of the lightning within his body. Since his Fruit Development was close to zero, he understood that this growth had nothing to do with the fruit and everything to do with his body.

Just a few small fruits had doubled his strength. One could imagine that as long as he continued eating food from the One Piece World, then for a long time to come, before his physical strength reached its limit, he would be in a period of rapid growth!

Several minutes later, Ron strolled along Birka's soft Island Cloud beach, gazing obsessively at the distant sky.

One Piece, Sky Island...

This magical land had transformed from a manga into reality, and the shock it brought him was immeasurable! He had been chased earlier and had not had the chance to take a proper look. Now, he finally had time to admire the beautiful scenery.

Splash!

From the white clouds, a massive Sky Island flying fish leaped into the air. Its tail fin sent a string of droplets flying, painting a rainbow beneath the sunlight. In the distance, the sea of clouds met the azure sky, one above and one below, creating the illusion that the sea and sky had been inverted.

It was a wondrous sight impossible to describe with words!

Only now did Ron finally feel a little joy at having crossed over.

Looking at the sky, he fell silent for a moment. Then he suddenly grinned and could not help laughing. "One Piece World... Hahaha! Hahahahaha! I've come to the One Piece World!!!"

As a self-challenger unwilling to settle for mediocrity, Ron was proficient in several extreme sports and constantly pushed himself to the limit. He had long since grown numb to a calm, ordinary life.

Crossing into the dangerous One Piece World, escaping the predicament of being hunted down, obtaining the incomparably powerful Rumble-Rumble Fruit, killing someone and seeing blood for the first time... Ron only felt the hot blood that had lain dormant within him for so long burst free through the ice, like spring thunder exploding, like blazing furnace flames—surging beyond restraint!

"Hahaha!!"

Smack!

Laughing excitedly, he lunged straight toward the soft cloud bank at his feet, intending to lie facedown on it.

Suddenly!

Ron's expression twisted in horror, his eyes widening.

"Oh no! Fuck!!!"

At this point, it was necessary to mention what kind of foundation Sky Island, which had no soil, was built upon.

Aside from special varieties of clouds, Sky Island clouds were mainly divided into two types: Island Cloud and Sea Cloud.

The former was generally hard and could be processed. Like ordinary stone in Blue Sea, it was the main component of Sky Island's artificial ground and buildings. The latter was cloud in name and appearance—white and soft-looking—but was actually filled with seawater.

Everything on Sky Island was built upon these two, supported by them.

Both contained the miraculous "Pyrobloin keratin particles," but Island Cloud was merely a solidified form of Sea Cloud. Unlike Seastone, the "Crystals of the Sea," it could not restrain Devil Fruit Users.

Sea Cloud, meanwhile, was no different from ordinary seawater...

The soft cloud bank beneath Ron's feet by the shore was also a type of Island Cloud, similar to mud. But the white cloud bank in front of him was actually Sea Cloud...

To Sky Island people, the distinction between the two was as clear as the boundary between the Jing and Wei Rivers. There was no possibility of confusing them. But to Ron, everything before his eyes was a sheet of snowy white, without wind or waves. It would have been a miracle if he could tell them apart!!!

If his previous move had taken place in Blue Sea, it would have been like a Devil Fruit User standing at the edge of a cliff, facing the ocean, and taking a leap of faith! All while wearing a foolishly blissful smile!

So...

Splash!

Glug glug...

Ron plunged directly into the Sea Cloud and vanished beneath its surface in an instant.

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