Because his skill test just now interrupted the boring duel between Alvida and Luffy.
"Let's go, Alvida, we'll see each other again sooner or later."
Yang Tao stood on the ship and called out to Alvida, who smiled and waved at Luffy.
"Goodbye, Luffy, I hope next time I see you, I can duel with you again."
Luffy scratched his head, completely bewildered by the sudden fight.
But looking at Alvida, who had already jumped onto the ship, he cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone and shouted, "Okay, when I meet you again, I will definitely defeat you!"
Yang Tao looked at Alvida, who had jumped onto the ship, and chuckled, "Oh, have you already set up the next meeting, Alvida?"
Alvida, feeling good, rolled her eyes at Yang Tao and slid barefoot from the deck into the ship's cabin.
Seeing this, Yang Tao merely smiled and shouted, "Set sail!"
...
Blue Bird pulled the Arlong Pirates' shark ship, sailing across the vast ocean, searching for Captain Nezumi's whereabouts.
Yang Tao held the Staff of Building in one hand and the banana fan in the other, and with their perfect cooperation, Devil Fruit of various styles dropped from the leaves.
However, before they could even hit the ground, they were absorbed by a nearby box.
Advanced Item Collector
Place it on a box or other container, and it will automatically collect all dropped items within a certain radius and put them into its adjacent container. You can right-click to adjust the range, with a maximum radius of 10 blocks.
'That should be enough.'
Stopping his actions, Yang Tao did not continue to farm Devil Fruit.
For him, Devil Fruit was truly more disadvantageous than advantageous; to gain a little ability at the cost of having a clear weakness was simply too unwise.
However, it was perfect for improving subordinates with less-than-ideal aptitudes.
He opened the box beside him.
Heat-Heat Fruit x 12
Door-Door Fruit x 13
Revive-Revive Fruit x 7
Elephant-Elephant Fruit x 5
...
Devil Fruit in the mod are also tiered; the rarer the fruit, the more skills it grants.
For example, the Gum-Gum Fruit (Nika Fruit) used by Luffy has 18 skills.
After all, it's the protagonist's fruit.
Even after farming leaves for a long time, he only got two Gum-Gum Fruits (laughs).
He threw all the fruits into his backpack.
Then he took out a fruit that seemed to be engulfed in flames.
Flame-Flame Fruit
Upon use, gain the skills: Fire Fist, Fire Gun, Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor, Firefly, Cross Fire, Fire Net.
The user of this fruit is immune to normal physical and fire damage but will take damage from magma.
PS: It is the embodiment of the Sea Devil. Upon consumption, one gains different abilities, but as a price, all eaters will be hated by the sea and become a landlubber.
"Immune to fire but can't touch magma? Is it going for realism?"
He took out a Mag-Mag Fruit.
Sure enough, it clearly stated immunity to normal physical, fire, and magma damage.
"Flame-Flame Fruit? Heh heh, not even a dog would eat it!"
Many skills, but utterly useless; can't touch water, can't touch magma, can't play with ice or fire...
Yang Tao casually threw the Flame-Flame Fruit into his backpack, walked to the workbench, and took out some materials to synthesize many Character Creation Books.
"Blue Bird, gather everyone."
Blue Bird's mental power covering the entire warship was not a problem, so the subordinates who were training immediately stopped their actions and gathered towards the front of the deck.
He took out an office chair from his backpack, sat on it, and enjoyed the warm feeling of the sun on his body.
"You come over one by one, and then open this book as I instruct."
He held up the green Character Creation Book in his hand.
"When you open it, some options will appear before you. Remember to choose Human. Don't worry about the faction. For the profession, you can choose according to your preference."
There were only four professions in the Character Creation Book, and Yang Tao felt that 90% of this group would choose Swordsman.
Perhaps one or two would choose Sniper.
Everyone took the Character Creation Book from Yang Tao's hand as he instructed.
Yang Tao sat in the office chair, quietly waiting for them to digest the various skills brought by the professional inheritance.
Soon, excited expressions appeared on everyone's faces, and they began chattering to each other, instantly drowning out the sound of waves hitting the deck.
Yang Tao was not concerned with his subordinates' discussions at the moment; his gaze was directed towards the distant sea. Under the clear sky, the visibility on the sea was very high.
A black dot was appearing at the horizon where the sky met the sea and was constantly growing larger.
"Alright, calm down, a ship is approaching. Everyone, get ready."
This sea area belonged to the Arlong Pirates' sphere of influence. If he wasn't mistaken, seeing the shark ship being pulled behind Blue Bird and still daring to approach, it was either Captain Nezumi of Marine 16th Branch or pirates trying to seize territory. No matter who it was, to him, it was meat delivered to his mouth.
Hearing his words, all the previously excited subordinates drew their weapons and prepared for battle.
Thump thump thump...
A subordinate holding a standard pirate cutlass came to his side and asked, "Captain, should we use the cannons on the shark ship behind us?"
Gazing at the approaching black dot, he could gradually make out the sails on it.
The white sails were emblazoned with the Marine symbol.
"No need, it should be the Marines from the 16th Branch. When they see the shark ship, they probably mistook us for members of the Arlong Pirates. Don't worry about them, they'll come alongside us automatically."
Just as he expected, the warship did not launch any attack upon seeing the shark ship; instead, it actively pulled alongside.
When the two ships were less than ten meters apart.
The hidden subordinates all stood up, leaped across the gap between the ships, and jumped over, brandishing their standard cutlasses.
Yang Tao watched Captain Nezumi, who was still spouting threats on the Marine warship, took out his M500, aimed it at Captain Nezumi's head, and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang...
Captain Nezumi, who only had over three hundred health points, instantly burst into flames after taking two bullets.
"Ah~ you damned pirates dare to attack the Marines! I will report this to headquarters, you wait and see..."
Upon hearing this, using his double jump ability, Yang Tao landed steadily beside Captain Nezumi. Looking at Captain Nezumi's lewd expression and panicked look on the deck, Yang Tao chuckled and teased, "Who gave you the idea you could still go back and report?"
He pressed the gun against Captain Nezumi's head.
Captain Nezumi had forgotten the last time someone pointed a gun at his head; his body trembled uncontrollably.
"No... don't kill me..."
This guy was not only greedy but also very timid.
"Taking people's money to solve their problems, Captain Nezumi, I have no choice!"
Bang... bang...
After a few shots, Captain Nezumi's health bar above his head was cleared.
A prompt appeared in the lower left of his vision.
Doriki: 10