The Splintered Forces of the Rocks Pirates (Seeking Flowers)

Patri Vic watched Ochoku with cold eyes. The man before him now posed no threat whatsoever.

Bearing severe injuries, and with one arm completely ruined from yesterday's battle, he was already crippled.

Even at his peak, Patri Vic hadn't taken Ochoku seriously—let alone now.

He opened his own status panel, curious how much progress yesterday's fight had added.

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God-Tier Template System

Host: Patri Vic

First Template: Hashirama Senju

Completion: 17.8%

Unlocked Abilities: Ninja Body Technique, Fire Release, Wood Release

Each 1% increase in completion will unlock one ability from the template.

Character Ability Unlock Template:

1%: Ninja Body Technique (70%/100%)
2%: Fire Release (50%/100%)
3%: Wood Release (17%/100%)
4%: Earth Release (0%/100%)
5%: Lightning Release (0%/100%)
6%: Water Release (0%/100%)
7%: Wind Release (0%/100%)
8%: Sage Mode (0%/100%)

When template completion reaches 20%, the next character template will be unlocked.

At the same time, other abilities of Hashirama will be unlocked.

For every 1% increase in Hashirama Senju's template ability, completion increases by 0.1%!

The abilities unlocked from the character had all risen slightly after yesterday's battle.

Progress was getting slower the further he went.

Just 2.2% more completion, and he could unlock Hashirama Senju's Earth Release power.

"Gurarara... Vic."

Suddenly, a loud laugh reached Patri Vic's ears. He closed the status panel as a tall man walked up beside him.

"What is it, Edward?" Patri Vic asked, a hint of confusion in his voice.

"I saw your bounty—starting at a hundred million Berries. That's no small sum!" Whitebeard clapped Patri Vic on the shoulder with a laugh.

Patri Vic had never had a bounty before.

But after this attack on an allied nation, he'd been slapped with a hundred million Berries right off the bat.

A starting bounty of a hundred million—among the rookies of the Rocks Pirates, that put him at the top.

"Vic, from your assault on the Amondos Allied Nation yesterday, looks like you did something remarkable," Golden Lion said, cigar clamped between his teeth as he laughed.

The Amondos Allied Nation had news agency people stationed there—everyone knew that.

Patri Vic's starting bounty of a hundred million Berries.

No doubt one of those agency men had witnessed what Patri Vic did.

As for what exactly he'd done, no one knew.

After all, yesterday's battle was a grudge match between officers—none of them had given the Amondos Allied Nation a second thought.

"Vic, big bro, you're way too strong! I barely survived my attack on an allied nation and only got ten million Berries."

"Ten million Berries and you dare speak in front of Vic, big bro? My bounty's twenty-five million... Let me follow you, Vic, big bro!"

"Vic, big bro, my bounty's thirty million—I want to follow you."

"I'm at thirty-five million..."

The apprentice crewmen crowded around, praising Patri Vic and begging to join him.

These crewmen wanted to follow Patri Vic because the Rocks Pirates had already begun to split apart.

Every officer had a group of apprentice and full crewmen under them.

This situation had formed entirely because of the discord among the officers and the sheer danger of the Rocks Pirates.

The officers were already secretly building their own forces.

Crewmen killing each other was routine—but if you became a strong officer's subordinate, even if you lost a fight aboard the ship, the other party might let you off out of respect for that officer's position.

Patri Vic wasn't an officer.

But the initial bounty of 100 million Berries proved his strength, plus his connection to Edward.

So they all wanted to follow Patri Vic.

After all, following other officers might give you backing, but it was also dangerous—the officers had the power and right to kill them at any time.

"A mere 100 million Berries, don't get too cocky, brat."

Seeing a group of apprentice crew members gathered around Patri Vic, an officer's eyes flashed with killing intent as he spoke coldly.

Why did so many people want to follow a mere apprentice? Not that he cared about the apprentices swarming around Patri Vic.

But it still felt like Patri Vic was standing out, stealing the officers' thunder.

"What, you got a problem with that, punk?" Whitebeard sneered, retorting without hesitation.

"Hey hey hey, Edward, trying to make enemies on the ship?" Silver Axe said in a low voice, a massive axe resting on his shoulder.

Different paths, no common ground. Whitebeard's strength was indeed terrifying, but his ideals clashed with most of the officers on board.

So Whitebeard never bothered to talk with them, and his way of doing things rubbed many officers the wrong way.

"Bastard, who's afraid of who?" Whitebeard's face turned cold as he swung Murakumogiri, slamming it heavily onto the deck.

He radiated a powerful aura.

No wonder he would become the foremost of the Four Emperors—Edward Newgate!

Even facing the many officers of the Rocks Pirates, there was no fear on his face.

"Congratulations, Patri Vic. You're now a full crew member."

Rocks appeared at that moment, walking to the center of the group, and looked at Patri Vic as he spoke calmly.

"Thank you, Captain." Patri Vic paused briefly, then replied with a smile.

Rocks had shown up now to bail Whitebeard out.

Rocks turned and swept his gaze over the officers, saying coldly, "I won't interfere in your grudges, but I don't want any officer to die."

Rocks had already let these officers run wild.

No matter what they did, as long as it didn't lead to killing among the officers, he wouldn't step in.

If Rocks was a lion, then these officers were a pack of prowling leopards and wolves.

Dangerous, yes, but they also possessed immense strength.

Rocks' future goal was grand—even as a lion, he couldn't achieve it alone.

He needed the power of these officers.

"It's just a small grudge between us, Captain Rocks." John lit a cigarette and replied with a smile.

John was short in stature, but no one in the Rocks Pirates dared underestimate him. Every officer was no simple character.

"Yeah, Captain Rocks, no need to trouble yourself over our affairs. Just a little grudge." Silver Axe grinned, his giant axe on his shoulder.

They were all deeply wary of Rocks' strength.

But they also knew that as long as they didn't go too far, Rocks wouldn't make a move against them.

These unruly, vicious pirates were gathered together purely by profit and mutual exploitation.

Even Rocks couldn't fully control them, but at the same time, they couldn't provoke him—that would be fatal.

Rocks didn't restrict them much, but his one rule was no killing among officers. That was the biggest concession he made as captain.

Rocks turned his gaze to Ochoku and warned, "Don't provoke him anymore."

Ochoku paused, his body trembling slightly, his expression stiff. Then he clenched his teeth, his face full of humiliation.

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