On the shallow beach by the sea lay scattered heaps of broken wood, along with glittering treasures.
All of it had been plundered by that giant bird elsewhere and stored in its nest. Because of the earlier impact, the broken wood used to build the nest and the vast amount of treasure had been blasted all over the island.
Now, these treasures completely captured the pirates' attention.
With a cheer, the pirates on the ship streamed ashore, eagerly searching for the treasure.
In their excitement, they seemed to have forgotten the island burning before their eyes.
The giant bird had stopped struggling. Flames poured from within its body, and everything around it had become a raging inferno.
This was the power of a Logia user!
Even though Dunn had only just eaten the Devil Fruit, the flames he controlled were enough to kill such a beast.
Though the giant bird's body was powerful enough, it had no way to resist the flames erupting from inside it.
Orange flames gathered around the burning bird's head. Then, a hand suddenly stretched out from its enormous beak and gripped the edge.
Then Dunn, covered in flames, crawled out.
The orange flames draped over him like a coat. Under their influence, his black hair seemed to have turned orange, swaying along with the dancing fire.
[ Ding! Elite-level enemy killed. Digitization activating... ]
Still reeling from the string of events, Dunn was jolted awake by the sudden message in his mind.
Digitization?
"Is this a system?"
He was naturally familiar with systems. Since transmigration had already happened, having an extra system was perfectly reasonable!
An elite enemy?
Did that mean this giant bird?
Dunn turned and looked at the still-burning bird, a trace of understanding flashing through his mind.
[ Digitization successful. Activate the digitization panel? ]
"Yes!"
Another prompt sounded. Dunn confirmed it without any hesitation.
After he confirmed, a simple panel appeared before his eyes.
[ Body Digitization: Your body's vital points have disappeared. After suffering an attack, damage will be converted into HP loss; panel attributes will change according to your own strength; before your HP reaches zero, you will not die. ] [ Current physical age: Fourteen ] [ Physique: 1.7 (Rapidly transforming due to certain influences) ] [ Current HP: 91% (Recovering; eating can quickly restore HP) ] [ Innate Talent (Indomitable): When HP reaches zero, enter a brief enhanced state; all your physical attributes increase tenfold; your HP will no longer decrease; all negative statuses will be removed; current duration: ten minutes; cooldown: one day. ] [ Abilities ] [ Flame-Flame Fruit (Initial Mastery): A powerful Logia Devil Fruit ability. Gain the ability to become flames and control flames; continuously strengthens the body; Devil Fruit drawbacks removed (weaknesses and residing soul); current Devil Fruit development: Weak. ]
"Did I just hit the jackpot?"
Dunn stroked his chin, focusing on his innate talent.
Indomitable's effect was incredibly powerful. It meant that when he suffered a fatal attack, he would enter a ten-minute invincible state.
The best part was the tenfold increase to all physical attributes for ten minutes.
Didn't that mean he could turn the tables with a sliver of HP left?
As for the disappearance of bodily weak points, Dunn thought about it and found that it worked perfectly with a Logia ability.
A Logia ability was essentially like having one's weak points disappear, but it still wasn't safe when facing opponents proficient in Haki or those whose abilities countered his.
That was when the true strength of having no weak points would show itself.
But no matter what, Dunn had only three words to say about Body Digitization.
Too strong!
After suffering a fatal attack, he could enter a ten-minute invincible state. During those ten minutes, all his attributes would increase tenfold, and his HP would not decrease.
As he grew stronger in the future, this talent would become increasingly terrifying.
Of course, that was not all Body Digitization could do.
The ability to remove vital points was also extremely powerful. Attacks on vital areas would only forcibly deduct part of his HP, and conventional weak points such as the heart would disappear.
His HP would even recover automatically, while eating could restore it quickly.
In just this short while, his HP had already recovered from 91% to 96%, and it was about to be full.
Of course, there had definitely been more changes to his body than just these, but he would have to explore them slowly later.
Still, what he understood now was already enough to satisfy Dunn. Or rather, it had far exceeded his expectations.
If, when Dunn had obtained the Flame-Flame Fruit not long ago, he had only wanted to survive steadily in this world, then now that he had this foundation, he might well be able to contend with the strongest figures on the seas.
A person's ambitions always changed along with their strength.
Of course, his most urgent task now was to figure out where he was and how to keep growing stronger.
Dunn looked at the flames burning around him, inhaled the scent of scorched meat and thick smoke in the air, and stepped forward.
One Piece world, here I come!
A short while later, Dunn walked out of the area covered by flames and found himself staring wide-eyed at the pirates who had come in search of the scattered treasure.
His body had not reverted from its elemental form. The burning flames fluttered around Dunn like a broad orange-red trench coat.
The pirates who saw this swallowed with difficulty.
"A devil... a devil of the sea!"
These low-ranking pirates had not even heard of Devil Fruits.
A man whose body was burning with flames had clearly exceeded their understanding.
"Bastard, what devil? He obviously found some treasure!"
A scruffy pirate gripping a gleaming curved blade walked over with more than a dozen underlings, staring at Dunn as flames burned across his body.
Dunn also looked over the group, then shifted his gaze past them toward the pirate ship docked by the shore.
This was one of the specialties of the One Piece world.
Pirates endlessly setting out to sea for all kinds of reasons.
He had not seen any pirate ships around the island while he was in the bird's nest above. They had probably been drawn here by the burning flames.
But what surprised Dunn was that, if these were pirates, he could understand them.
Was it because of Body Digitization, or because of transmigration?
The thought circled through Dunn's mind but did not linger.
Because the curved blade had already been pressed against his neck.
"Kid, hand over the treasure you found. Great Lord Doru will spare your life and let you board my ship."
"So, Great Lord Doru, do you have a bounty?"
Dunn glanced at the blade against his neck and asked calmly.
"Of course. I'm a great pirate with a bounty of 2.5 million Beli. In the East Blue, I'm already the strongest."
2.5 million Beli?
Dunn smiled.
His startup capital had just arrived!
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