East Blue,
The weakest sea in the vast ocean.
Renji walked towards the port with a slight smile. Today's fishing was a great harvest.
"Reiko and the landlady will definitely be happy to see me bringing back so many fish."
Thinking of that healing smile, a warmth spread through Renji's heart.
"But Reiko has really grown up."
When he was stranded on this island before, if it weren't for Reiko and the landlady, he would have starved to death on the streets.
Renji had no way to repay them, so he could only offer himself.
Renji secretly made up his mind, in order to prolong his future happy life, he would simply do 200 more push-ups tonight.
He had been in this world for two months now. After finally figuring out that this was the One Piece world full of monsters, he originally wanted to continue slacking off, but Reiko and the landlady were surprisingly good to him.
He, Renji, would protect them with all his might.
In just two months, he developed an eight-pack . On the surface, he seemed thin and weak but was terrifyingly powerful.
"Isn't he Renji? Why is he so popular with girls?!"
"Exactly! What does he have besides his face?!"
"This kind of pretty boy, when he encounters pirates, he'll just wet his pants in fear and then be cut down with one slash."
"Haha, that's right. I don't know what's the use of exercising every day. When I eat a Devil Fruit someday, I'll become famous across the seas. Do I still need to exercise?"
"Exercise my ass! Hahahaha!"
A sound came from behind.
Several scrawny men walked arm in arm, looking at Renji with extreme disdain.
Renji was too lazy to bother with them.
Eating a Devil Fruit makes you invincible?
How foolish!
Renji ignored them, but the few men continued to shout excitedly.
"This kind of trash has the tavern landlady's daughter completely infatuated. I think he only puts on a show. When real danger comes, he'll probably be the first to run."
"If you ask me, Reiko should be protected by you, boss."
...
On the beach under the golden sunset, the usually bustling port was now eerily quiet.
Bang! Bang!
Gunshots!
Renji's expression changed drastically. A strange ship was docked at the port, with a flag bearing a black skull flying on it.
"Not good! It's pirates! I need to quickly notify Reiko and the landlady to take shelter!"
Feeling a strong sense of foreboding, Renji was about to run. But just then, he caught sight of a dark gun barrel extending from a corner and quickly dodged to the side.
Bang!
Blood splattered.
Renji felt a piercing pain in his left arm and fell heavily to the ground.
"This kid actually dodged the heart shot? But it's futile."
"Hahaha! Boss really has foresight, letting us block here to prevent anyone from tipping them off."
"Once we control the armed forces at the port, the people on this small island will be at our mercy."
Several pirates, holding muskets, walked out, their faces twisted in cruel smiles.
Renji, lying on the ground, ignored the pain and roared at the group of men who had been arm in arm, "Damn it! You guys hurry and tell the landlady to run! Pirates are here!"
However, those men had long been scared out of their wits.
"It's pi... pirates! How did these guys get here!"
"Run! I don't want to die!"
"Damn it, you dare to push me!"
...
The few men who had been so arrogant earlier immediately scattered and fled, but none of them ran towards the town.
This scene filled Renji with rage.
Weren't they so good at bragging just now?
Now that the pirates are really here, they're running faster than anyone else.
Bang... Bang...
Several gunshots followed, and those who ran further died first.
"Hehehe! Kill all the men, and as for the women, hehehe..."
The grinning pirate slowly approached Renji.
"He's yours, we're going to the boss."
"Kid, remember, the one who took your life is me, Kosky!"
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Renji's eyes suddenly sharpened.
Relying on the powerful core strength from his hard-earned eight-pack abs, he sprang up from the ground. He scissored his legs to snatch the musket, then quickly got up and delivered a beautiful hook to knock Kosky to the ground.
He quickly picked up the gun, stood up, and fired a headshot.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
Red and white matter splattered, but Renji was unaffected. Instead, his expression was cold as he raised the dark muzzle towards the pirates who were leaving.
"Hoo hoo..."
Suppressing the intense pain in his left arm, he fired another shot.
Bang!
Another shot blew the head off one of the pirates.
"Damn bastard! Brothers, get him!"
The enraged pirates came to their senses, shouting loudly to attack, but their first move was to run to both sides to find cover.
Renji took the opportunity to roll into a nearby house, gasping for breath, his mind rapidly considering his next move.
Bang... Bang ...
The furious pirates fired frantically at the house, regardless of whether it was effective. At a certain moment, the gunshots stopped.
"No more bullets? Now's the time."
Renji sensed this and suddenly poked his head out, raising his gun to shoot.
However, the next moment, a tall figure suddenly appeared, and a thick hand gripped his gun barrel. Under Renji's horrified gaze, the gun barrel was crushed.
Monster!
Even with intense training, a normal person couldn't crush a musket with one hand.
Absolutely no match!
Seeing Renji's horrified eyes, Kurone was very pleased. He could see that Renji had undergone some training, and his physical quality was much greater than his subordinates'.
Kurone sneered, "You're just a lowly commoner. Your efforts can't bridge the gap between you and me. Trash will always be trash."
Renji was about to retreat when Kurone punched his chest.
Thud!
With a muffled sound, Renji's vision instantly went black, and his consciousness quickly blurred.
"As expected of boss, that punch just put a hole in this guy's chest."
Kurone expressionlessly withdrew his arm, casually throwing Renji to the ground, and simultaneously stomped on the latter's neck.
Finishing off the enemy is an excellent quality of every pirate.
Having done all this, his lips curled into a satisfied smile.
Based on his more than two years of pirate experience, there shouldn't be any strong individuals on this island. Even the young and strong men only accounted for a small portion. In other words, on this island, he was the strongest.
[Ding! Detecting Host's strong unwillingness, the system has been activated!]
[Reward: Starter Pack]
[Currently repairing the host's body...]
The clear voice in his mind made Renji realize that this was not a dying hallucination.
[Ding! Successfully repaired Host's body! Detecting Host's current situation, the first selection has been activated for the host.]
[Choice One: Join the Villain Faction.
Having experienced death, you choose to fall to the dark side, deciding to utterly destroy this ugly world and make all life experience pain!]
[Reward: King of Curses (Lv. 1)]
[Choice Two: Join the Marine Faction.
Having your happy life destroyed and being almost killed by pirates, you deeply despise pirates and decide to personally execute so-called "justice". My justice is justice! Kill pirates to gain bounty value!]
[Reward: Heavenly Six Eyes (Lv. 1)]
[Choice Three: Join the Pirate Faction.
Shocked by the pirates' evil deeds, your mindset becomes twisted, and you decide to fight violence with violence, embodying the absolute darkness within humanity! Kill Marines and civilians to gain sin value!]
[Reward: Dark-Dark Fruit (Lv. 1)]
What no one knew was that at this moment, far out on the sea from the small island, a massive dog-headed warship was rapidly approaching, with the "Justice" flag flying on its mast.