One Piece Talent System Chapter 19-21

"Capone Bege, one of the main decision makers of Capone Family, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will soon take full charge of Capone Family."

Robin stood behind Ross and whispered Capone Bege's information.

Because Capone Bege is one of the Worst Generation together with Luffy, so Ross knows about him more than Robin. Listening to Robin's report, he did not show any surprised expression.

"Damn… Capone Bege, how did the Capone Family suddenly launch such a large-scale operation without us knowing about it?"

The black ceremonial hat wearing old man walked to the window and looked at the Capone Mafia members below who were like an army. His face becoming extremely ugly.

Capone Bege led a large number of members of the criminal organization, stopped on the street in front of the building, and his subordinates quickly occupied the streets and other buildings around them, and the weapons were all aimed at the building.

"Your actions are too slow."

"Your lack of speed has inevitably lead to failure, so, it's quite regretful that everything will end here."

Capone Bege was holding a cigar in his mouth as he looked up, with the muscles on either side of the cheeks moving up slightly, revealing a terrifying smile. His smiling face revealed confidence that everything was in his hand.

Damn it!

The black ceremonial hat wearing old man couldn't understand how the news leaked out. He bit his teeth and pushed open the half of the window, to talk to Capone Bege:

"What do you want to do? Capone Bege?!"

"Of course it's to kill you all before you make a deal with White Blade pirates… by the way coming here solved another trouble, Ghost Hand Ross."

Capone Bege looked at the old man at the window, and his tone was not anxious.

This sentence stunned not only old man but even Ross and Robin.

He thought he was accidentally embroiled in all this. He didn't expect it to be not an accident, but something planned in advance.

"You are inside, right? Ghost Hand Ross! If you are inside, I think that guys of the White Blade pirates should have already been killed by you."

Capone Bege holding a cigar in his mouth looked at the top floor of the building.

Ross pushed open the half of the window, glanced at the numerous guns that were aimed at them, and looked calmly at Capone Bege, saying: "How did you know that I was here?"

"Lack of intelligence will lead to such a result… I am very clear about White Blade pirates contacts, and I unexpectedly discovered it during investigation that you are also tracking White Blade pirates."

Capone Bege looked at Ross, his tone neither fast nor slow.

Ross once killed Capone Leckie, one of the high-level member of Capone Family, and by killing him Ross has incurred Capone Family's hatred. After discovering Ross's movements, it was natural for them to investigate all the way.

Ross turned his head and glanced at Robin.

Robin looked serious as she whispered to Ross: "All the intelligence we collected before came from the Underground world. Capone Mafia is in charge of a large part of the West Blue's Underground World. I was a little careless."

"No."

Ross shook his head slightly: "It's not your fault. My actions are too predictable as we did not hide deliberately. It is normal for Capone Mafia to know our whereabouts as they are in charge of the intelligence network."

Ross turned his head and again looked at Capone Bege below. He said in a indifference voice: "I am really lacking in intelligence, but you explained so much, do you think you have complete control over the situation?"

Capone Bege spread out his hands and a large number of members of the criminal organization behind him grinned evilly.

"Yes, because of the large disparity in military strength."

"Even if you work together, you can only die."

Compared to other criminal organization organizations that compete for territory and power, Capone Bege is very different. He finds pleasure not in competing for power and money, but to watch other people in chaos and despair.

The old man listened to Capone Bege's words, and there was a hint of panic in his eyes. He couldn't help but clench his fists, and shouted at Capone Bege looking fierce while feeling cowardly in heart:

"Capone Bege! Don't forget where you are standing. If you dare to do anything here, my organization…"

Bang!!

His words have not finished when a sound of gunshot suddenly resounds on the street.

Don't know when but Capone Bege had a gun in his hand. The muzzle of the gun was emitting smoke, while the old man's body froze. There was a bloody hole between his eyebrows. His body shook and he fell from the top of the floor.

"Noisy."

Capone Bege said indifferently as he maintained the motion of firing the gun: "So, the unnecessary drama ends here, raze everything to the ground!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Just at the moment when Capone Bege ordered, there were countless guns and artillery fired at the building where Ross was, not only aiming at the top floor but they attacked the entire building.

Countless bullets and artillery, in an instant, smashed all the windows and glass in the building, bombing the streets and shaking the streets, letting a large group of civilians who were escaping in the distance, showing a frightened expression.

Inside the building.

When the black ceremonial hat wearing old man tried to threaten Capone Bege, Ross put down the curtains of the window and turned to Robin and said:

"Let's go, we need to go down."

"Yes."

Robin was a little nervous, but after observing Ross calmness, she also calmed down.

She had tried to find out about Ross's character over these past few months. He is similar to her and can remain absolutely calm in the most situation.

And it is the same in this situation.

Not only Ross is calm, but he is also reacting calmly, which shows that he has a way to deal with this situation and was not facing a desperate situation.

Bang!

However, before Robin could go downstairs together with Ross, the black ceremonial hat wearing old man was shot by Capone Bege, and then it was full-scale gunfire on their building!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

The surrounding glass shattered in an instant, and countless bullets accompanied by shards of glass scattered around in the room.

Robin subconsciously had to lean over to avoid the fire from the window, but before she leaned over, Ross had already stepped forward and hugged her from the side.

Buzz!

Glass fragments and bullets landed on Ross's back, but affected by some strange power, they changed directions.

At the same time, the floor under Ross's feet also distorted by the Distortion Fruit, and then suddenly collapsed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

With a thunderous sound, Ross took Robin from the top floor and fell to the bottom floor of the building.

There was no basement in the building but Ross who fell to the first floor still exerts the power of Distortion Fruit.

Hualala!

Under the power of distortion fruit, the thick ground distorted and collapsed, and a circular area with a radius of about two meters collapsed and a hole of the same size appeared, which continued to extend downward.

When the hole reached about three meters deep, Ross stopped the ability. After releasing Robin, he raised his hand to the top and blocked the numerous stones that had been shattered and collapsed, creating an underground space that could not be attacked by any artillery.

Kāchā! Kāchā!

Ross held up the collapsing stones until they were completely distorted and condensed into a block, then he let go of his hand and looked at the girl in front of him: "I didn't expect them to launch an attack so quickly. It was too late to run away. I can only deal with it in this way."

"It doesn't matter, I don't mind."

Robin's black pupil stared at Ross quietly in the dark for a while, and the corner of her mouth curved a little.

She sighed softly, patted away the dust on her shoulders and clothes, and then quietly examined the current situation.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

The bombardment was concentrated on the building and the terrain surrounding the building was razed.

Capone Bege knows that Ross's personal strength is not to be taken lightly, so when they have absolute military strength's advantage and to make sure that Ross died in the gunfire he still hadn't given the order to stop the bombardment. Ross couldn't be given any chance to survive.

Underground.

Listening to the muffled roars that came from above, Robin looked at the Underground space that Ross had made with his ability, and was inwardly thinking.

Ross can make such an Underground space, and it doesn't look exhausting, which means that they can get out of this place at any time.

Looking at Ross, who doesn't seem to have any intention to do anything. That is to say that he doesn't want to leave like this. Sure enough, he always act like this.

"What am i looking at? Are you going to ask me why didn't I create a underground passage and directly leave?" Ross who was looking above noticed Robin's gaze on him and asked her.

Robin's right hand was holding the elbow of her left hand and the fingers of her left hand were resting on her chin creating a thinking pose. She shook her head when she heard Ross's question: "No, this kind of question does not need to be asked. Directly running away does not conform to Captain's style."

Ross slightly smiled.

He did not respond but looked up again and quietly listening to the sound of the guns and the buildings collapsing.

Robin only guessed a little bit.

Indeed, with his style, it is impossible that he would directly escape. As for the second reason, it is not easy to create such space underground by using the power of Distortion.

Making an Underground passage would cost a lot of stamina, and the stamina that he is going to spend making that passage will be enough for him to kill hundreds of Capone Mafia members.

"The worst generation, the criminal organization godfather Capone Bege… Barring any surprise, you may have to be removed from the list of eleven people of the Worst Generation."

Ross calmly muttered to himself.

He will not be merciful because the other party is a character from original work. Since he chose to be his enemy, he must bear the consequences.

In front of Ross was the translucent Talent System Interface called out by him that only he could see.

The Living Department still only has the Navigation talent.

There are five talents in the active talent branch of the Combat department.

Firearms Shooting: 50

Close-Combat Fighting: 100

Distortion Fruit: 130

Shave(Soru) of Marine's Rokushiki: 0

Kami-e (Paper Drawing) of Marine's Rokushiki: 0

Among them, Distortion Fruit has an additional active branch of Light Distortion.

The General Department only has Agility Enhancement active.

Physical Enhancement belongs to the General Department's talents and requires two Free Talent Points to activate. Now Ross has the activation conditions.

In the early stage, the agility enhanced was very formidable, and it was and still is a huge advantage. After all, most of the Battles rely on the guns, so Ross had endured the pain and consume 2 points of Free Talent Points to activate Agility Enhancement in early days and put in 50 proficiency points in it.

But for current Ross, the importance of stamina has been fully manifested. Without powerful stamina, the powerful Devil Fruit ability cannot be afforded.

In the long run, whether it is for other aspects of development, or for the better development of Distortion Fruit, strengthening of stamina is very necessary for him.

Hu.

Ross breathed a sigh of relief and chose to activate Physical Enhancement.

Buzz!

Just as the Physical Enhancement talent turned from green to gold, Ross felt a heat flow well up in his body. In a short period of time, his body and spirit has been enhanced by almost 50%!

The talents of the General Department are different from the talents of the Combat department and they are divided into five stages.

As long as it is activated, even at zero proficiency which is a Basic Level enhancement, the promotion rate is about 50%.

After each additional proficiency point added, an additional one percent increase is added.

When the proficiency reaches 50 points, it will be changed to Mid Level enhancement, and the total promotion will reach 150%.

Going up again.

Ross only knows that 100 points are for High-Level enhancement, 200 points for Top Level enhancement, and 500 points for Maximum Value. He doesn't know how much can it be enhanced after reaching these boundaries, because Agility Enhancement only has 50 proficiency points.

"Basic Level Physical Enhancement is very good, but it is not enough…"

After adapting to a large amount of physical strength upgrade, Ross took a deep breath and directly put 50 proficiency points in it.
Basic Level Physical Enhancement turned into Mid Level Physical Enhancement, and Ross's physical fitness is once again promoted.

Narrow Underground space.

Robin thought about the situation outside and the situation that they might encounter next. Suddenly, she looked at Ross who was standing close and vaguely felt that something had changed in him, his muscles under the shirt seemed to slightly swell a little?

Misconception?

Robin doubtfully stared at Ross for a moment and finally shook her head and unconsciously averted her gaze.

She is only sixteen years old, and she is still a few months away from the age of seventeen.

"Mid Level Physical Enhancement…"

Ross took half a minute to adapt to the continuous physical strength promotion.

I have to say that the upgrade of Talent System is perfect and overbearing. Even if it is continuously improved in a short period of time, there is no side effect, and it doesn't even take too long to adapt.

Under the Mid Level Enhancement, Ross clearly felt that his control over the power of Distortion Fruit was greatly enhanced.

For Ross, the Distortion Fruit's power is a very heavy weapon. When he fully wields it, it will naturally put a lot of burden on the body, and it also consumes too much stamina.

But.

If the strength of the body is greatly improved, the heavy weapon from before will become like a wooden stick in the hand of an ordinary person who is waving it around, even at a full swing, it can be easily wielded.

"There are still 85 proficiency points left."

Ross glanced at his remaining Talent Proficiency points, and after thinking about for a moment, he finally decided to not leave behind anything. So, he used them all.

After all, the current situation is not good. There are 300 people above belonging to the same organization, and more importantly, they were carrying artillery whose destructive power cannot be compared with ordinary guns.

85 proficiency points.

Ross's final choice was to put another 50 points in the Physical Enhancement bringing it to 100-point in High-Level enhancement and the remaining 35 points are put in the Distortion Fruit.

The proficiency reaches a 100 points in the Physical Enhancement which is at High-Level, which makes Ross's muscles perfectly rounded, and the body under the thin shirt becomes perfect. Perfect enough that if he was stark naked, it will cause countless girls to scream.

Of course.

Robin's is a calculative and calm girl, even if she is aware of the strange changes in Ross, she will only be a little surprised and after that, she will ignore it.

Many of Talent System's talents are not completely independent but have a number of complementary effects on each other.

Ross's Physical Enhancement reached High Level, and his physical strength increased by nearly three times. Even without the Agility Enhancement, his speed has improved.

Similarly.

Shave(Soru) in the Marine's Rokushiki did not have any proficiency points put in it but it still improved thanks to the Physical Enhancement.

However, these talents affected by Physical Enhancement, their increased couldn't be compared to directly putting points in proficiency points.

After selecting a series of talents, Ross's talent skills tree was changed beyond recognition.

Combat Department.

Firearms Shooting: 50

Close-Combat Fighting: 100

Distortion Fruit: 165

Marine Rokushiki - Soru: 0

Marine Rokushiki - Kami-e (Paper Drawing): 0

General department.

Agility Enhancement: 50

Physical Enhancement: 100

With the High-level physical Enhancement and the 165 proficiency in the Distortion Fruit ability, various aspects of his have been greatly enhanced.

His physical strength has strengthened by three times which allowed him to withstand the further improvement of the Distortion Fruit ability.

Now the range of Distortion Fruit should reach nearly 15 meters, which means from where he is standing he can completely distort the area of ​​15 meters around him.

This power of distortion is enough to withstand normal gun's bullets, and even against those portable cannons.
   
After all the upgrades were completed, Ross adapted to his enhanced strength while waiting quietly for the bombardment to end.

……

On the ground.

The continuous bombardment continued on for less than two minutes and the broken building could no longer withstand it. Amidst the smoke and fire, the building collapsed.

The stones that splashed around also bruised several criminal organization members who were too close.

"Tell the guns teams to stop and cannoneer to continued the bombardment."

Capone Bege had a cigar in his mouth as he calmly stood at the front of the crowd. He was facing the collapsing buildings without retreating, while giving orders in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

The members of the criminal organization members armed with guns ceased firing. As the buildings had fully collapsed, their guns did not have much effect.

The remaining cannoneers are still firing cannonballs continuously and bombarding the wreckage of the collapsed buildings, and there is not a single part of the building which was not broken as a result.

Bang! Bang!

After another ten minutes, the walls of the building could not be seen as they were all broken to pieces, which were mixed with countless iron filings and debris.

"Godfather, the cannonballs are all used up. It's about time to stop."

"This level of concentrated firepower is enough to kill anyone and even if Ghost Hand Ross is an iron man he would have been broken into pieces."

A captain who led many gunners went to Capone Bege and reported.

Capone Bege stared at the broken ruins and finally nodded and spit out a ring of smoke. "Almost, let the gunners keep two cannonballs while fired everything else.

It will be regarded as a salute to the funeral."

"Yes."

The captain responded and quickly conveyed the order.

Listening to the sounds of gunfire that was slowly weakening, many Capone Mafia members looked at the wreckage of the building with evil smile on their faces.

"To dare provoke Capone Mafia, this is the end for him!"

"Did he think we are powerless because he is a pirate? Pirates always have to come ashore."

In the middle of ridicule and evil laughter of the many Capone Mafia members, the sound of gunfire has finally stopped completely, and the wreckage has become almost flat, leaving only smoke and weak flames.

Capone Bege walked next to a member of the criminal organization holding the camera.

"Is it all recorded?"

"No problem boss the entire process was recorded."

"That's good, we can take this recording to the Marines for the bounty…"

Capone Bege smiled a little, he is not very interested in money, but to have strong firepower, money is essential.

After all, Ghost Hand Ross's has a bounty of 40 million Berries. If it is coupled with the Pirate Captain White Blade, it is 75 million Berries, enough to purchase a large number of weapons for his troops.

However.

Just as Capone Bege commanded his men and planned to evacuate, he heard few voices from the piece of ruins that had turned into debris.

Hearing the sounds, the members of the Mafia were first stunned for a moment. They thought that a cannonball that did not exploded had blown up at this time, but soon they found that their conclusion was wrong.

Huala!!

Following countless debris and iron pieces splashing out, a figure drilled out from the ruins filled with smoke. His body was completely clean, and not only his shirt was not the slightest bit tattered, but there wasn't even a little bit traces of burns.

Ross patted the burnt black dust stuck on his shoulders, as he slowly stepped out of the smoke-filled ruins.

"Did you really thought that it is finished?"

"Capone Bege."

Ross calmly looked at Capone Bege in the crowd.

Heh.

Capone Bege's face looked a bit ugly and his teeth put force almost biting the cigar in the mouth, but he still coldly said:

"I didn't expect you to be still alive…but if you had escaped the mass bombardment, you should have kept hiding and not come out like this. Do you think that with your strength you can reverse this huge disparity in power?"

"If I don't try it, how would I know?"

Ross glanced at the guns and the cannons that aimed at him and his eyes calmly returned to Capone Bege.

After his voice fell, he did not move forward to fight but took a gentle step forward and walked out of the ruins and toward Capone Bege step by step.

The atmosphere is very strange.

Being pointed out at by the countless guns, Ross did not seem to see the guns and cannons that were aimed at him at all. He was very calm as he slowly stepped forward.

"Kill him!"

Capone Bege stared at Ross, who was walking towards him step by step, for two seconds. His eyes flashed with murderous intent and he shouted loudly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Suddenly, countless guns aiming at him fired at the same time. Bullets and artillery all hit Ross, but they strangely penetrate passed through Ross.

Ross was still slowly moving forward step by step. He completely ignored the gunfire as if it had never happened.

"This…what is going on?!"

The ferocious faces of Capone Mafia members couldn't help but turn dumbfounded. They helplessly looked at guns spitting fire, but they couldn't cause Ross, who was slowly moving forward, to stop the slightest bit.

Capone Bege was also slightly shocked, but soon he recalled all the information about Ross. There seems to be a piece of information about him that shows his ability to create illusions.

"Is that illusory image? Where is his main body?"

Capone Bege had a grave expression and he didn't dare to show slightest bit carelessness. He raised his concentration to the max, intending to respond to Ross' surprise attack that may appear at any time, and looking for Ross real position.

Ross could only use distort light and couldn't distort the sound, but because of the violent gunfire in all directions, it has overshadowed the sound of his slow footsteps, so that Capone Bege couldn't detect it. The situation on the ground was just an effect similar to the refraction of light in water.

But, after learning that Ross seen by his eyes is a illusory image, Capone Bege quickly responded, and ordered his subordinates:

"Don't aim, and just randomly shoot at the central area.

The mafia members who were shocked by Ross's ability, after hearing Capone Bege's command were slightly shocked but they quickly executed the command and began to shoot at the ground, firing 360 degrees around them without leaving a blind corner.

This attack has had some effect. Some of the bullets in the field showed a strange distorted scene in the void after the shot, as if space was folded and the shooting route changed into an arc.

Even if it was just a simple visual distortion, it looks very shocking.

"There is no effect at all!"

"Damn, what is this ability?"

The members of the mafia finally revealed panic on their face.

Chapter end