"Blue-haired brat?"
"Hmph, I have a name. I'm Lucky Drake, Vice-Captain of the Thunder Pirates!"
"Meeting me is the greatest fortune of your life, Alvida."
"As long as you join us, I can turn you into a true beauty— not the giant fat pig you are now."
"And if you don't join, you won't have any way to take your revenge.
We have no obligation to save you."
"So choose. Will you join us or not?" Lucky Drake pressed her firmly.
Alvida was already wavering.
Her pirate crew was completely destroyed.
If she wanted revenge, she needed another pirate group to rely on.
And the most important part—
this young man seemed absolutely confident that he could turn her into a real beauty?
"Huff…"
"I can agree. But I have a condition."
"What condition?" Lucky Drake asked.
"Return my belongings first. Then I'll join the Thunder Pirates.
And I want to be your vice-captain."
Alvida was proud.
She refused to be anyone's little underling.
"Heh… You want to challenge me?"
Lucky Drake laughed.
"Fine. The rule on our ship is simple:
If you can beat someone, you can take their position."
"Good. Then I'll challenge you—
and your captain too!"
Ding!
Defeat Alvida. Reward: Lottery Points.
The system's voice rang in Lucky Drake's mind.
Lucky Drake froze.
This woman… was surprisingly profitable.
As expected of the big fat lady she had value.
"No problem," Lucky Drake said, "but you must join the Thunder Pirates first.
And this thing—I'll give it back to you."
He walked toward her, holding out the Devil Fruit.
"I know what this is. A Devil Fruit.
I don't want it. I'm giving it to you.
I refuse to treat it like treasure."
"Oh right, I heard a single Devil Fruit is worth more than a billion Berries."
Alvida was stunned.
He knew it was a Devil Fruit.
He even knew its value.
And he still returned it?
But treasure was treasure she hugged it tightly again.
"Hmph. Confident, aren't you? Quite the ambition to be a great pirate.
But how are you going to turn me into a beauty?"
"Eat it." Lucky Drake said. "This is the Sube-Sube Fruit.
I'll teach you how to develop its ability.
In a few days, you'll become a stunning beauty."
Alvida frowned.
So the fruit could change her?
But how did this blue-haired brat know?
Forget it.
She already knew Devil Fruits granted strange powers.
That Straw Hat kid had claimed he ate the Rubber-Rubber Fruit and could stretch.
So a Devil Fruit was definitely no ordinary item.
Alvida took a bite—
Then gagged.
"Tsk—this tastes horrible!"
"It's fine. One bite is enough. Throw the rest; it's useless now."
"Oh."
She tossed the remaining fruit into the sea.
A moment later, her body went limp and she fainted.
Ding!
Congratulations, host! Alvida has joined the Thunder Pirates.
Reward: 500 Lottery Points.
"Five hundred?"
"Beating Haito only gave me two hundred…"
Still—
now he could finally draw.
He hadn't drawn earlier because the system offered a bonus for every five consecutive draws.
Back then he only had 200 points.
Now he had over 700.
Time for a five-pull.
"System, I want to draw!"
A lottery pool appeared in his mind, filled with colorful orbs.
"Five consecutive draws!"
"Spend 500 points?"
"Yes!"
The lottery began.
"Congratulations, host—Inner Strength +1 year!"
"Congratulations, host—Inner Strength +1 year!"
"Congratulations, host—Inner Strength +10 years!"
…
"Huh? All inner strength?"
"In one go, I got fourteen years of inner strength?"
"Come on, give me something good!"
He used his bonus reward.
"Congratulations, host—Acquired: Max-Level Basic Swordsmanship!"
"Oh? Now THAT is good!"
Lucky Drake was delighted.
He had the famed Wado Ichimonji, but he barely knew any sword skills.
With max-level basic swordsmanship,
he was already stronger than the current bounty hunter Zoro!
In this world, swordsmanship had five realms:
5th Realm — Basic Swordsmanship
4th Realm — Swordsmanship combined with Haki
3rd Realm — Swordmaster level, capable of cutting steel
2nd Realm — Black Blade level
1st Realm — Supreme Blade level
"Learn Max-Level Basic Swordsmanship!"
"Learned successfully!"
In an instant, countless sword techniques filled his mind.
"Damn—having cheats feels amazing!"
"Wait—what's that smell?"
Just then, Lucky Drake snapped out of his excitement.
"What the—why does it stink so bad?!"
A crew member pinched his nose.
"Vice-captain, look! That fat woman is leaking some kind of sticky sludge!
It's disgusting!"
Lucky Drake saw the mess.
Ah—
the Sube-Sube Fruit was working.
"Take her below and clean her up!"
"Uh—yes!"
A few crew members moved forward—
and immediately slipped, crashing onto the deck.
The floor was covered in slimy liquid—slippery as ice.
"Hahahaha!"
Some crew burst into laughter.
"Watch this!"
One man carefully avoided the slime and grabbed Alvida's hand—
only to slip backward instantly.
"Vice-captain, she's too slippery! Like a mudfish!"
"What the hell? Who crapped on the deck?!"
Even Captain Red came down from the second level, driven out by the smell.
Lucky Drake laughed.
"No problem—watch this."
He walked to the rail, summoned his inner strength, and lifted a wave of seawater, splashing Alvida clean.
Sea water suppressed her Devil Fruit secretion temporarily.
"Find an island soon. We'll deal with her there."
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