Chapter 2

- Huh ... Okay, it's time to examine yourself. Status! - When I said the command, a window appeared in front of my eyes.

[Name: James D. More]

[Age: 16 years old]

[Body Strength - 10]

[Body Agility - 10]

[Body Vitality - 15]

[Shooting - 0]

[Melee - 5]

[Unallocated points: Development - 1, Height - 150]

Unallocated points? This is very good, they are very useful to me now. Without them, I probably couldn't get out of here.

Although my status was so-so. Yes, you need to train and pump more.

- Well, it's time to distribute points. I think it's worth raising the strength of the body and the dexterity of the body, there and there by fifty points.

* B-z-z *

Hooo ... Never felt this way.

The sensations are divine, I can feel the strength pouring through my body. Yes, I definitely didn't feel this way in my past life.

I wonder what will it feel like when you move to a new stage?

- Hmm, there are still 50 growth points left, where to put them? Can I leave it just in case? After thinking about it a bit, I shook my head.

"No, I'll put another fifty into close combat. - After investing the points, I felt that experience and martial knowledge began to flow into my brain, as if I had fought and studied martial arts for several years. My reflexes and fighting ability have improved markedly. I have become much stronger.

Looking at my status again, I saw:

[Name: James D. More]

[Age: 16 years old]

[Body Strength - 60]

[Body Agility - 60]

[Body Vitality - 15]

[Shooting - 0]

[Melee - 55 Experienced]

[Unallocated points: Development - 1]

- Hehe, that's better. I wonder how strong I am? Can I beat the ten million pirate? I'm not sure, but as far as I know, in normal seas, the maximum bounties for a head are no more than 30-50 million bellies. Although, on the Grand Line it is nothing.

Hmm .. As far as I remember from a flashback, I'm in East Blue. So this is a big plus, as there was the most information about East Blue in the canon. But the main problem of the East Blue is that the pirates are too weak here. As far as I remember, here Arlong is almost the strongest, and he has a reward of no more than twenty million. So there will be problems with opponents ... Okay, I'll think of something, in the worst case, I'll swim to another ocean.

After thinking a little more, I decided to use a development point.

- And where to put it? I just have a gut feeling that it will be terribly difficult to get them.

But when I looked at the talent tree ...

Haha, there is nowhere to put it, all of Rokushiki's techniques are gray, and so are Haki. Perhaps I am lacking strength? Or agility?

Eh, I'll figure it out later. Now I have another problem.

Looking to the other side, I felt confident. With this strength, I won't have to run away. Maybe I can figure out how to get points if I fight, why not try?

- Ha ha ha ha ha, hold on bastards! - Kicking off the ground, I jumped, and landed right on the same shore from which I recently escaped.

The moment I landed, all the natives were stunned and then started screaming.

- KURMARA! KURMARA! HOOK!

They started throwing spears at me. But I felt like time had slowed down. Yeah, I definitely got stronger.

A sense of power ... Excellent.

I didn't think for a long time, picked up the first spear I came across and began to hack the natives.

Bloody lumps, arms and legs flew into the air. Hell, I haven't done that before, a little uncomfortable. I still have poor control over the strength.

I killed them quickly, without any problems, except it turned out a little bloody. Well, there's nothing you can do about it, I haven't fought before and didn't have such strength, and the spears are too sharp.

- Heh, so this is what it is like to kill a person, nothing special for me. - Even in a past life, it didn't bother me much.

I conducted various experiments, although I did not experiment on living people, I did a lot of experiments on dead bodies. So I saw blood and severed limbs, although this time I had to separate them from living bodies. Well, it's their own fault, if you decide to kill, be prepared to die.

Yes, I studied a lot to become stronger than ordinary people, and what is the result? Well, it doesn't matter anymore.

Now, I am in the One Piece world. It is quite possible to become stronger than others in this world, and not only that, I will become the strongest!

- Hmm, I think it's worth it, get rid of all the natives, or I won't be able to sleep well, they'll kill me again. "Having gone deep into the jungle, I sensed danger.

"Left!"

* Wooosh *

A spear flew by, since my reflexes are not the same as before, I was able to dodge.

Suddenly, a strange aborigine appeared before me, he was taller than the others, at least two meters tall. He had spears on his back, and I was holding a huge staff of a strange shape. His eyes were white, and on his head there was a strange thing all in multi-colored feathers.

Grinning strangely, he said something in his own language:

- Kurmara Huru Karu.

- Stop talking nonsense, if you want a fight, then start! - I shouted to him and prepared for battle.

He seemed to understand me and struck with incredible speed with his staff, I dodged, and stabbed him in the neck with a spear. It looks like he did not expect such speed from the little kid, and barely dodged.

But I still managed to cut his neck a little, it's a pity not the artery ...

We continued to fight for about ten minutes, until I dodged another attack and stabbed him in the throat with a spear. Blood was pouring, he did not want to give up, but I did not give him such an opportunity. Pulling out my spear, I drove the point into his heart.

He died almost immediately.

The battle was not particularly intense, it was not difficult to defeat him. He was much slower than me, and that ruined him. The fight dragged on only because I tested my strength and wanted to learn to more or less control them.

- I wonder if it was their shaman, or just a strong warrior? - After a little thought, I decided to continue going deep into the jungle. What choice do I have not to sit on the beach?

I walked for about a couple of hours, not without incident, of course. On the way I met a couple of small warriors, without hesitation, I got rid of them. You never know, perhaps there is someone else stronger than that big warrior? I wouldn't want them to call him.

Although, if they wanted to escape, they probably could, because this is their jungle. They should be like a fish in water here.

This is all very strange, those whom I met were trying to prevent me from going further, and they also said that the warrior of "Kurmara Huru Karu" was.

Well, it doesn't matter, I'll go and find out.

I wandered for about twenty minutes, and finally I was able to get out of the jungle. As soon as I looked up, I was shocked. A temple appeared before me, but not a simple ordinary temple, but a GOLDEN TEMPLE!

It was about twenty meters high and forty meters wide. But the most shocking is not this, but what was around the temple ... Bones ... MOUNTAINS OF BONES! I'm sure there are at least a few thousand skeletons here. And all of these skeletons are probably human. Yes, these savages reminded me of those who were in my world. Maybe they also eat people?

There were crowds of people around the temple, they all knelt, and seemed to be praying without paying attention to anything.

Near the altar of the temple, at the very top, there was a short man, half my height. He was all in golden robes, and was on his knees, like the others, as if praying to the object that was on the altar.

This "object" was covered with a strange aura, I could not clearly see what kind of thing it was. I think it will not be superfluous to take a closer look, suddenly it is something valuable. If that old man can stand that close, can I do it too?

- Strange, they seem to be in a trance, white empty eyes, incomprehensible chants. Well, I hope you won't be offended if I take your idol while you sleep, hehe. - I shouted and kicked these people a couple more times, just in case. Having received no answer, I began to walk slowly towards the altar.

I didn't kill them while they're in a trance, what if someone sees and wakes up? Better to take the treasure first.

But when I approached the altar, I saw a terrible scene, a mountain of corpses ... It looks like they were sacrificed, quite recently. The blood has not dried yet.

From the place where the corpses were lying, there was a large bloody strip up to the altar, it looks like they were killed and thrown down.

After examining everything a little, I saw something that I did not expect ...

- Hmm ?! This is ... Devil Fruit ?! - Yes, what I saw was a devil fruit. What these people prayed for was him. He was weird, unlike the ones I've seen in anime and manga, but this is definitely him.

The fruit was coal-black and surrounded by glowing veins, they were like veins. There were several colors, red, orange, yellow, white, blue.

It gave off a strange field, because of this, I could not see it at a distance, it seemed to distort the air. Amazing.

Maybe all fruits are like that? Then why was it not explained in the canon?

It doesn't matter though. In any case, I'll eat it, I like it.

I decided to quickly climb up the altar and eat the fruit before they found me.

As I climbed the golden stairs, next to the bloody slide for dead bodies, I felt the pressure. This pressure seemed to be emanating from the fruit, it was cold and huge, and as if ... it attracted me.

Climbing the stairs, I saw a small old man in gold clothes, with a tambourine in his right hand and a strange thing on his head. This thing looked like a comb, with a bunch of feathers. This "comb" was almost the same size as the old man. And how does he wear it?

Standing on the altar next to him, he seemed even smaller than when I was downstairs.

I didn't linger long and went straight to the fruit.

Near him the aura was even stronger, a little more and I would have fallen from the weight.

The fruit was even more beautiful up close, but there was no time to admire. I grabbed it and started eating, I probably shouldn't have rushed so hard ...

It not only tasted awful, it was also bearable. The most unpleasant thing is its temperature, as if chewing ice and at the same time fire. Through strength, I still ate it, I hope not in vain. It was a truly awful experience.

- Ghaa ... I haven't eaten anything worse. - I could hardly restrain myself.

I wanted to start rejoicing and test the strength of the fruit, when suddenly ...

- KURMARA !!! AGASATA FACT! - The little old man began to shout.

Without hesitation, taking hands in feet, I jumped off the altar and dashed into the jungle at full speed.