Dragon-Dragon Faction, Loyalty! [Please Keep Reading!]

On a stolen pirate ship.

Xia Luo lounged leisurely on the deck, bare-chested and wearing nothing but a pair of beach shorts. Sunglasses rested on his head, and he held a bottle of cola in one hand, drinking deeply.

Facing Bullet's question, Xia Luo did not hide anything and said directly, "We're heading to Jaya Island next."

"Jaya Island?" Bullet pulled out a map, found Jaya Island's location, and asked, "What are we going there for?"

Xia Luo shot him a glance and said irritably, "Why are you asking so many questions? Go train already. Have you gotten familiar with your Devil Fruit abilities? Have you learned the Six Powers?"

Bullet stiffened his neck. "I've been familiar with my Devil Fruit abilities for ages. As for the Six Powers, it's only been a few days. And we spent half that time floating through the air. How could I learn them that fast?"

"Then why are you still talking so much? No wonder you're so weak. Go!"

"Fine, I'm going!"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't transform into your Beast Form on the ship. This ship can't withstand your wrecking. Otherwise, we'll have to steal another one later."

Bullet said nothing. He really was at fault this time. Mainly because he had not known the Tyrannosaurus Fruit's Beast Form would be so huge, and he had sunk the ship in one go... No, it was that ship's fault for being too small!

Fortunately, Boss Xia Luo had reacted quickly. Otherwise, the two of them would have been finished. Neither of them could swim; once they fell into the sea, they might as well have been declared dead.

Bullet did not know that Xia Luo was not afraid of seawater or Seastone. Xia Luo had not told him yet.

Yes, Seastone had no effect on Xia Luo either. That was a conclusion he had reached through practice. He had not spent the past four years idly. During that time, he had come into contact with Seastone handcuffs more than once. After all, there were Devil Fruit users in West Blue too, so Seastone handcuffs were nothing unusual.

If West Blue's craftsmanship had not been so poor, he would have even wanted to get some Seastone and reforge his Supreme Spiked Club. Otherwise, it kept breaking. It could also give his enemies a little surprise.

As for Bullet's Devil Fruit ability, it was undoubtedly the Ancient Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Tyrannosaurus Form.

A few days ago, Xia Luo had taken out the Cause-Cause Fruit and the Tyrannosaurus Fruit for Bullet to choose from. He had told him that if neither appealed to him, he could wait for another option. Yet after thinking for only a moment, Bullet had chosen the Tyrannosaurus Fruit without hesitation.

Bullet knew very well where his own strengths lay. The Cause-Cause Fruit was indeed not bad, but as a Paramecia Fruit, it relied heavily on brains. Its upper limit depended entirely on personal development ability. Bullet did not want to rack his brains, so he chose a simple and brutal Zoan Fruit.

Although Zoan Fruits also needed development, a purely power-based Devil Fruit like the Tyrannosaurus Fruit was easier to develop. Bullet believed he and the Tyrannosaurus Fruit were an excellent match—a union of the strong.

Besides, Boss Xia Luo was a Dragon, and a Tyrannosaurus was also a Dragon. What reason did he have not to choose the Tyrannosaurus?

Dragon-Dragon Faction, loyalty!!

The facts proved that Bullet's choice had not been wrong. After eating the Tyrannosaurus Fruit, his physique had increased severalfold in just a few days. He had become stronger and tougher.

After eating the Devil Fruit, Bullet had once again gotten carried away and challenged Xia Luo, shouting that he would wash away his past humiliation.

The result was obvious. Xia Luo suppressed him outright, knocking him flat with a single Thunder Bagua, though he got back up quickly...

Xia Luo could not help but sigh. From this day onward, the world of One Piece would have another contestant in the "getting-up-from-the-ground" category.

Since they had nothing better to do afterward, Xia Luo simply taught Bullet the Six Powers. Given Bullet's circumstances, Xia Luo could not be bothered teaching him anything too complicated. He would have him learn Tekkai first.

First, max out his ability to take a beating. You had to stay alive to deal damage.

Bullet's process of learning Tekkai differed from Xia Luo's. When Xia Luo had learned it, he had mainly relied on observation and comprehension. Bullet was not very bright, so he mainly relied on getting beaten up.

Wasn't that why Bullet had such great physical talent? Although he could not understand what Xia Luo was saying, after Xia Luo had beaten him for just two days, he had comprehended Tekkai.

"Boss, stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I've figured it out..."

The spiked club came whistling toward him.

"Tekkai!"

Bang!!

Bullet stood where he was without moving an inch. The spiked club left no injury when it struck him, as though it had hit steel. He was incredibly hard.

"Sorry, you said it a little too slowly. I couldn't stop in time." Despite his words, Xia Luo showed not the slightest hint of apology. Instead, his smile was dazzling.

"Damn it! Good thing I used Tekkai to block it in time, otherwise..."

Bullet still felt lingering fear. Thinking of the devilish training over the past two days, he could not help shuddering.

Boss Xia Luo really hit hard!

His recovery ability was strong enough, right? Yet Xia Luo had still beaten him so badly for two straight days that he could not get out of bed. It had been utterly miserable!

Xia Luo smiled. "Good thing you learned it. My hands were about to get sore from hitting you. I'm exhausted."

Bullet: "..."

When someone was truly speechless, they really wanted to hit someone!

"Boss Xia Luo, does that even sound like something a human would say? How about I hit you instead? I guarantee my hands won't get sore!"

Xia Luo waved a hand and said righteously, "Better not. I hit you so you could master Tekkai sooner, and incidentally become familiar with your Devil Fruit abilities."

"Simply put, I hit you for your own good. If you hit me, what benefit would that bring me? None."

"After hearing you put it that way, I should thank you, huh?" Bullet gritted his teeth.

"Don't mention it." Xia Luo grinned. "You're my beloved subordinate, after all. A little exhaustion is nothing."

Several hours later, the outline of an island appeared ahead of them.

"Looks like we've arrived. Jaya Island is up ahead." Bullet looked at the Log Pose in his hand.

Xia Luo slowly rose to his feet and picked up a patterned short-sleeved shirt from beside him, pulling it on. "If the Log Pose is right, then it should be. We'll go ashore and find someone to ask about the situation."

"What about these pirates on the ship? Should we kill them?"

Perhaps because of his experiences, Bullet had an extremely strong urge to kill. At the slightest thing, he wanted to fight and kill—a complete brute.

Xia Luo shook his head. "The ones who deserved to die are already dead. Most of the remaining ones are pitiful people who only went to sea because they had no way to survive. Since joining the ship, they've only done odd jobs and haven't gotten blood on their hands."

"At the end of the day, they're just ordinary people. Leave the ship to them. They sailed us around for several days, so leave them some Beli too, so they can start their lives over."

"But they're pirates, Boss Xia Luo. Aren't you a Marine?" Bullet's eyes were full of confusion.

Xia Luo smiled. "Tell me, do any of them have bounties? No, right? Besides, who told you that Marines must wipe out every pirate?"

"Remember this: pirates aren't necessarily all bad. There are good ones too. Very few, admittedly, but there are also people like those on our ship—people forced to go to sea who have not slaughtered innocents. We can show such people a certain degree of leniency."

"Of course, leniency alone isn't enough. When it's time to intimidate them, intimidate them. Make them afraid. Before we leave later, go warn them: if they dare commit evil and slaughter innocents in the future, then no matter where they flee, we will kill them!"

Bullet scratched his head. "That sounds complicated, but whatever you tell me to do, Boss, that's what I'll do."

"By the way, Boss Xia Luo, I have another question. You said pirates aren't necessarily all bad. Then what about you Marines?"