One Piece Talent System Chapter 10-12

Marine Headquarters.

Doberman's office.

Bang!

Doberman slaps his desk in anger and cracks appeared across the hard wooden table. The whole person stands up directly and his face is full of anger.

"Who the hell does he think he is?"

"Arrogant! Really arrogant!"

Although there are countless pirates in the sea, he has handled many ferocious pirates as Vice-Admiral, but there are not many who would dare to go against the Marine Headquarters, and those who do, most of them are from the New World.

A little nobody pirate hunter from West Blue dares to talk like that, he must really be insane!

"Vice Admiral Doberman, the strength possessed by this Ghost Hand Ross is not something that West Blue's marine divisions can handle. How do we deal with him?"

Strawberry stood in front of Doberman's desk and asked with a cold expression.

He had some sympathy with Ross at the beginning but after killing Moby and blatant disregard of Marine executives, his sympathy turned into anger.

Doberman took a heavy breath and pressed the anger in his heart down. He coldly said: "Notify all the branch bases of West Blue, put Ghost Hand Ross on the list of dangerous pirates, and hand his information over to all branches! "

"Yes."

Strawberry nodded in silence.

Branch heads of every West Blue branches are different. There are some bases which have a Rear admiral as a commanding officer. Rear Admirals are strong, they are one of the main forces of the Headquarter and they are released by the headquarter to the four seas. Their strength is enough to suppress the area where they are located.

In the face of the giant colossus which are Marine and World Government, all arguments are in vain. Compared to Ross, it is obviously easier for people to believe in the World Government and Marine and they will believe in the government's news report.

Marine represents World Government, so it is easy enough for them to distort the truth and present what they want to the world.
  

Arguing?

Protesting?

Everything is useless.

So from the moment, Captain Moby tried to kill him, Ross had already made a decision. Since Marine executives decided to brand him as a pirate, then he wouldn't let them down!

In order to quickly defeat Captain Moby, Ross learned Kami-e (Paper Drawing) in Marine's Rokushiki, although it took one Free Talent Point, the effect was also significant as he quickly killed Moby and he did not fall into the situation where he was surrounded by Marines.

After rushing out of the Marine Branch, Ross came to the south bank of the island, where his boat was docked.

"I don't know how Marine will declare my crimes."

Ross rowed off the coast and looked at the boundless sea and shook his head.

It did not matter.

From today's on he is the Captain of the Ghost Hand Pirates.

"After today, Marine will probably increase my bounty, and they will start to encircle and hunt for me in the West Blue area. It is even possible for them to send a Rear Admiral and their fleet. If I run around without any information, it will be easy for me to fall into an ambush and encirclement."

Ross did not hesitate.

Since he has become a pirate he will have to face the pursuit of Marines. It is obviously impossible to rely on this small boat. He needs a ship of medium-size or above, and he also needs various pieces of information.

For him, there are two routes to become strong, one is to get strong on his own, the other is to kill pirates, and to kill pirates he needs information on them.

Thus,

The first crew member that he needed became very clear. Hiding in the dark Underground world, and knows a lot of intelligence…Nico Robin.

"Then let's go to Ghale City."

……

Ghale City.

Underground intelligence organization base.

Nico Robin is standing beside a desk, reorganizing and remembering the intelligence on the table. She passed the archaeological doctoral exam at the age of eight, and her memory and analytical skills are almost indisputable.

In the months of working for this intelligence organization, no matter how complicated the intelligence was, she could quickly remember it and as soon as someone asks her about it, she can tell it to them immediately from her nearly photographic memory.

"All recorded."

Robin put down the last paper and closed her eyes slightly. After a few seconds, she opened them again and nodded at Terun sitting at his desk.

Terun took a sip of coffee from the cup and nodded with satisfaction. "Good, go and burn these intelligence reports."

Giving shelter to Devil Child Nico Robin who has a bounty of up to 79 million Berries is not a small risk for him, but Robin's ability in intelligence processing really makes him satisfied.

Otherwise, he would have already thrown Robin to Marines and received the bounty.
Robin grabbed the pieces of paper on the table and walked to the side, quickly disposing of these intelligence reports and then returning to her place.

"If I remember correctly, you should be sixteen now."

Terun looked at Robin with a teacup In his hand.

"Yes." Robin nodded.

Terun rested leisurely on the back of the chair and the corner of his mouth raised with a little curve. He said: "It's a good age. If it was not for the bounty of 79 million Berries on your head, you would be a perfect assistant."

Robin was silent.

Terun looked at Robin's and slowly lowered the teacup and asked. "In addition to organizing the intelligence reports, what else can you do, can you dance?"

"I can not."

Robin shook her head.

"That's boring…" Terun stood up, his eyes on Robin's body as he slowly walked over to her and tried to touch Robin's chin with his finger.

Robin's face changed slightly and she took a half step back.

After Robin backed away, his fingers couldn't touch her chin, Terun halted his movements as a frown appeared on his face. He took back his fingers which were in the air and said with a lecherous look in his eyes:

"Take off your clothes, Nico Robin."

"What?" Robin was stunned.

Terun saw Robin's in a dazed state and said again with more force in his tone: "I told you to take your clothes off, you didn't hear me?"

"This request……"

Robin's pupils shrank as she took a step back. She didn't know how to deal with it.
She was 8 years old when a bounty was placed on her head and from then on she has been hiding in the Underground world for eight years. She has seen too much darkness for so many years, but this was the first time that she encountered a situation like this.

"What? You dare to defy my orders?"

When Terun sees Robin backing up, the expressions on his face sank. "You can do anything. Isn't that what you said when you came to me? I took a huge risk sheltering you, not to mention the bounty of 79 million Berries I could have gotten If I had turned you to marines."

"…"

As soon as Terun mentioned the bounty of 79 million Berries, Robin's expression changed and she bit her lips.

It is because of such a high amount of bounty that she has been hiding in the underground world for eight years. In order to survive, she had to do her best. If it was not for her calmness and wisdom which is far beyond ordinary people, it would've been almost impossible for her to survive till now.

In order to survive, she has done her best.
This kind of humiliation, even if it is unbearable she will endure.

After all which is more important, survival or dignity?

She bites harder and harder and her teeth are deeply embedded in her lips. She didn't realize but blood dripped out of her lips slowly.
   

Terun looked at Robin's appearance as even in this situation she is calm and composed but for him who wants to have some fun, it is a bored expression.

"Looking at your appearance, it seems that you haven't experienced it yet?  It's really is too bad. Because of your high bounty, you can be caught by Marine at any time. Once you are caught, there is no chance for you to experience this."

"…"

Robin was silent. Survival is so difficult for her. Does she have to give up the last shred of her dignity?

Just as despair surged in Robin's heart.

Bang!

The door made of oak was suddenly forcefully banged open from the outside. The door lock collapsed directly, and the wood chips splashed around.

"Who?!"

Terun, who was observing Robin's reaction, was suddenly interrupted by this sound and could not help but become angry and turned to look at the door.

Ross walked in from the door. He arrived half a minute ago because the door was locked and waited for a little. He didn't expect to walk into such unexpected moment.

"It's you?" Terun saw Ross and suddenly frowned.

"Your door is broken, I hope you don't mind."

Ross under Robin and Terun surprised gaze arrived in front of Robin and said:

"It seems that you are not very happy here. Would you like to change your status and become part of my crew?"

Ross didn't like beating around the bush and asked directly. Robin is a very smart person. In the current situation, she only needs to be given a choice.

When he heard what Ross said and seeing that Robin had not reacted yet, Terun opened his mouth with gloomy expressions.

"Ghost Hand Ross, what is the meaning of this, you plan to poach my assistant in front of me?"

"Yes," Ross responded calmly, and it made Terun choke on his spit.

"So, what do you think? Nico Robin." Ross looked at Robin.

Robin was slightly startled.

This is the first time that someone has taken the initiative to pull her into any group of any sort.

Even though Robin is still very young, the calm mentality possessed by her is not something that her peers and ordinary people would have.

She analyzed the current situation in less than a second and then nodded calmly.

"I am honored to join your crew, Captain Ross."

"Good."

Ross smiled.

It is very easy and pleasant to communicate with Robin, who is calm, smart and intelligent. It is one of the reasons why Ross has always had Robin in his list of people he would recruit.

Terun looked at the scene in front of him and gawked slightly, then he talked in anger: "Damn you, Nico Robin, you dare to betray me who has been hiding your identity for the past six months…"

Bang!

However, he couldn't continue with his ravings as the sound of gunshot suddenly came from inside the room.

Ross didn't know when he took his pistol out, and before he knew it the pistol's muzzle already had smoke coming out of it, while Terun was standing still slowly looking down at his chest.

In the middle of his chest, there was a large hole, from which blood rushed out, and his suit was stained with blood.

"You……"

He didn't expect Ross to shoot him.

Ross's left hand was still holding the pistol and didn't tremble at all, so he pointed the gun at Terun and asked: "Did you just bully a member of my crew?"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

There were three consecutive gunshots, and Terun had three more holes in his body, he revealed an unwilling and unbelievable expression and fell into his own blood.

Robin's expression changed slightly as she looked at the scene, but it recovered in an instant, still maintaining a calm expression, saying:

"I don't know the detailed identity of Terun, but he should belong to a larger intelligence organization. If he dies, it may cause us some troubles."

"Oh."

Ross slowly retracted the pistol and said: "A big intelligence organization?…  can it be bigger than Marine and World Government?"

Robin shook her head saying: "Of course not, it is impossible."

Ross turned to look at Robin and smiled: "So I don't have to worry about any trouble, because I am a pirate now."

"If Captain feels its ok, then there is no problem."

Robin nodded lightly.

Robin doesn't really care about the troubles this situation will bring, She is the Devil Child with a bounty of 79 million Berries from the World Government. This bounty is highest in West Blue and even the most powerful pirates of this sea have less bounty then her. The World Government and Marine already want her life. The situation is already worse for her and it can not get any worse.

"How many people are there in our crew?"

"Including you, two."

Ross responded calmly: "Therefore I need a ship now, as well as some guys to do odd jobs, and then slowly look for the official crew."

Robin's receptiveness to the imagination was much better than Ross'. Not only did she instantly substituted into crew member's role, but she was also not surprised by the fact that there were only two of them on board the ship.

"There are a lot of ships on the island port. We should be able to find a suitable one.

As for the people who can do odd jobs, release your name to them, and most of them can be recruited."

"It's too much trouble."

Ross shook his head and said: "You should have information about the pirates in this area of sea. I need information on pirates with the bounty for more than 20 million Berries."

Although he decided to become a pirate, Ross's pirate crew are going different from most of the world's pirates and even more different from the pirate crew of Strawhat Luffy.

The looting and the slaughtering of civilians will only scare the civilians. World Government and Marine will not be alarmed and fearful, only angry.

Even if he wants to kill…

He will not slaughter civilians.

His preys are the famous pirates of the sea as well as Marines and the World Government who dared to provoke him!

His biggest card is not Distortion Fruit, but the Talent System. By hunting pirates, he can get proficiency points and Free Talent Points, and can easily improve his strength!

From West Blue to Grand Line, from Grand Line to New World and when he reached the end of the world, then the world will shudder.

"Pirates with a bounty of 20 million Berries or more…."

When she heard Ross, Robin was slightly startled.

Is he going to rob a pirate group and then take over directly?

By doing this the risks are undoubtedly higher than just grabbing a ship at the dock, but she did not doubt Ross's strength.

So far Ross has hunted many pirates with a high bounty, and he even rushed into Capone Mafia's nest and killed Capone Leckie.

After thinking for a moment, Robin said:

"Flo pirates, Captain one-eyed Flo, bounty 27 million Berries, appeared three days ago near the Kurle sea area. It is not far from here"

"Good."

Ross nodded and told Robin calmly, "Before I was a Pirate Hunter, the Ghost Hand Pirates I built would not rob civilians. We would hunt for powerful pirates at the sea, and the danger would be higher as well. You have to be mentally prepared."

There are many different kinds of pirates in the sea who are characterized in a disorderly mess; there are ferocious pirates who want to plunder civilians, adventurer pirates like Strawhat Luffy, and pirate hunters who hunt other pirates, and many more.

Hawkeyes of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, before becoming the Seven Warlords of the Sea, aimed at hunting pirates, with a black blade running amuck across the sea until he met Red Hair Shanks.

Even after he became Seven Warlords of the Sea(Shichibukai), Hawkeye will still sometimes go out to sea to find some pirates to hunt to pass the time.

"For the purpose of hunting other pirates."

Robin whispered in her heart. She was hiding in the dark underground world for many years. She was capable of accepting any type of darkness, but in her heart, she was still a kind person with the kindness in her heart that darkness could not erode.

She can accept this kind of goal with all of her heart.

……

One day later.

Marine and World Government released a new announcement. Ghost Hand Ross is ferocious, he treacherously sneak attacked the marine base, killing Captain Moby and Commander Leica.

This news has spread throughout the West Blue.

And Ross's bounty has increased from 22 million Berries to 40 million Berries, becoming one of West Blue's only ten pirates with a bounty of more than 40 million Berries.

The entire West Blue shook!

Whether it's his standing as one of the top pirates in West Blue or the killing of two high ranking Marine officers. Their thoughts suddenly shifted to Ross, who suddenly appeared out of the blue with a bounty so high that he reached into top ten of West Blue.

"Killing the Captain of a Marine Branch, a fearful fella has come out of the West Blue." Some pirate looked at the newspaper and whispered.

"For someone to actually achieved the bounty of 40 million Berries. Who exactly is this Ghost Hand Ross?" A Pirate Hunter revealed greedy and ferocious look in his eyes.

Besides the pirates and Pirate Hunter.

The more frightened were the civilians.

"He slaughtered all the residents of a small town, and he also murdered a Marine Captain. What are Marines doing, why aren't they quickly capturing this guy and execute him?"

For the vast majority of the people, there is no chance for them to know the truth. All they can access are government announcements and news on government newspapers.

The truth of everything is written by the government and Marines.

Three days later.

Kurle sea.

A boat rises and falls with the waves. Saying that it is a boat is a bit of a stretch. In fact, it was a two-story cabin. One floor can be used to store fresh water and food, and the other can be used for living. There are two rooms on the floor where people can reside, which can accommodate 34 crew members.

"It seems that there may be a storm."

Ross stood on the deck and looked up at the sky. The navigational talent he got from the Living system was at the proficiency level. So even if it was not comparable to the Nami's terrifying talent as a navigator with the protagonist aura, it was not too bad.

Otherwise, Ross who goes out to sea to hunt pirates by boat every day would've had long been swept by the storm to god know where.

With his current strength, it is too difficult to protect a small boat under the storm.

"Robin, hang full sail, and paddle, let us leave here."

"Okay."

Robin looked a little worried about the weather. When she heard Ross's command, she put both of her arms in front of her, and the Flower-Flower Fruit's(Hana Hana no Mi) ability was launched. Arms immediately appear on the mast and an arm dropped the sail.

At the same time, on the six oars placed on the side of the boat, there were many more arms gripping the oar and were forcefully paddling.

This Devil Fruit ability is very convenient in some respects, and it is obviously a completely correct decision to let Robin join.

Very capable.

One person can be compared to a group of people.

Ross couldn't be more satisfied with his evaluation of her. If she was not set as a manager, it seems there would have been no need for any odd-job crew member.

Hualala!

Under the actions of Robin, the sails were blown by the sea breeze, together with the six paddles that swept quickly, the boat sailed rapidly on the sea.

Ross was not idle. He continued to observe the sky while he was at the helm. He quickly got them out of the danger zone under his good navigation skill.

"In order to escape the storm, we have already penetrated Kurle sea. There are seven small islands in this sea area, two medium-sized islands, and the nearest one is only about two hours away."

Ross looked at the sea map and compass tools and judged where they were.

From the information obtained from Robin, this Flo pirate group was seen in this sea six days ago, the pirates generally do not stay fixed on an island for a long time, because once they get Marines attention then they will provoke big trouble.

"Flo pirate group appeared in Kurle sea, there are freshwater and food supply source on the Deere island, according to the style of this pirate group, it is possible that they will plunder a land in this sea before leaving."

Robin recalls all the intelligence analysis of the Flo pirate group.

"Then let's go to the nearest island first."

Ross made the decision.

He had hunted pirates before. After getting the intelligence from Robin, he went straight to the sea to look for them. During that time his luck was very good. He went out eight times and he was successful five times.

"Captain, you have a bounty of 40 million Berries and your reputation has been spread far in West Blue. You need to pay attention to your identity. If you are exposed, it may cause a lot of movement."

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome. There is only one small Marine branch nearby, there is no base, and by the time they react, we will be already gone."

Ross shrugged.

Although Robin is calm enough, she has survived her past years by escaping and hiding, she did not survive by being seen, although her bounty is as high as 79 million Berries, the actual fighting capability she possessed is not even comparable to a pirate who has 20 million Berries bounty.

When she heard Ross, she was slightly startled. Robin realized that her thoughts were unnecessary. Ross had single-handedly rushed into the Marine Branch, killed the branch captain and then rushed out safely.

It feels good to not hide.

Soon.

Ross and Robin arrived at the nearest island, where they did not receive any information on the pirates, so they left towards to the next island.

There is a branch of Underground organization on the second island, Ross and Robin are both people who have been in the Underground world for a long time, and soon found the needed intelligence.

"Half a day ago, the Flo Pirates looted the Mokor island."

"After they robbed Mokor Island, the Marine Branch will definitely send Battleship there to pursue and exterminate them. According to the route, they will definitely not take this and this…"

Ross and Robin analyzed for a while and soon planned their route. After leaving the island, they followed the set route.

Why aren't Marine able to end the Great Age of Pirates?

There are a large number of pirates and their strength is uneven. Another reason is that chasing any pirate in the sea is troublesome. Many times, as long as the pirates quickly leave the island, then even if marines want to pursue it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
   

The analysis and tracking that Ross and Robin have done is also only a probability. They figured out two routes that Flo pirates could've taken.

On the deck.

Ross took the telescope and looked around in the sea, while Robin stood next to Ross, holding a sea map in her hand.

"The route with a 70% probability is really much higher than the route with a probability of 30%. The route you and I have analyzed is really correct."

Ross looked from the telescope for a while, and his action suddenly paused, looking at the direction for a moment and handed the telescope to Robin.

Robin picked up the telescope and observed the same direction for half a minute. She put the telescope down and said, "I need to be close to them to confirm."

"Ok."

Ross nodded and steered the boat towards the target.

As the distance gradually closed between them, the outline of the shadow in that direction gradually became clear, and the entire ship was clearly visible from the telescope, and the sign on the canvas hung on the ship was also seen.

It was a sign of a skull that was blindfolded in one eye, it was the Flo pirate group.

"The prey has finally appeared."

After Ross confirmed the target, he whispered quietly.

The Talent Proficiency obtained by hunting pirates is according to the bounty placed on them and has a rough distribution interval, which was discovered by him by researching the Talent System.

For the pirates of the same level, the first one will give a lot of Talent Proficiency, but for the second one the proficiency will be cut in half, and for the third one it will be halved again.

In other words, for the pirates that have a bounty of 20 million Berries, hunting two or three will get him the maximum value, more would be just a waste of time.

And.

The first time he hunts any pirate with a bounty amount in a certain range, it seems that he is sure to get Free Talent Points, and the second time and third time hunting the pirates within the same range is only a probability.

"If I can get Free Talent Points in this hunt, it means that my judgment is correct," Ross inwardly whispered.

A few months ago, he hunted four or five pirates with the bounty of seven or eight million Berries. The benefit was halved, so he shifted his target to 10 million pirates, and the higher he hunts the higher reward he got.

For him, who want to keep getting stronger, he needs to constantly kill the pirates.

20 million, 30 million, 50 million, 120 million, and the ultimate goal is no doubt…Yonkō (Four Emperors)!

Chapter end