[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki":3,"chapter-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-83":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","If You Don't Try Hard, How Can I Become Pirate King?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2340067,4574,"Chapter 83: The Scroll Is a System","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>Gao Wen exerted great effort to suppress the urge to rush forward and unleash a barrage of attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way, bro—licking dogs get nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait a minute—this guy seems to lick everyone he meets. What’s this, a war wolf?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen again didn’t know what to say; after returning to his room, he fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just Sanji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, the experience gained from ordinary pirates has dwindled, and perhaps it’s not merely because their potential has been fully tapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laziness is human nature, and as the Gao Wen Pirates’ influence in the East Blue has stabilized, this has grown worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battles these ordinary pirates face have visibly decreased, and the pressure to survive has grown ever lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their urgency to improve their combat strength has naturally dropped sharply; many have even abandoned training altogether, evident in the increasingly round bellies of several pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those planning to retire in the East Blue, Gao Wen could ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even if they trained hard, the experience points they yielded for Gao Wen were minimal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those like Sanji—individuals with immense potential, destined to follow him into the Grand Line, and who will one day become key combat assets—must not be left unchecked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those like Zoro, with clear goals and self-driven motivation, can be left alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But as more crew members join, people like Sanji—who don’t care about growing stronger—will only multiply…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I need a way to make these bastards hustle themselves—after all, if you don’t work hard, how can I get stronger?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“007? Bottom-tier elimination? Or performance-based pay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Gao Wen finally realized that, without noticing, he had become the very person he once despised—you know what…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, it feels great!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet these ideas were quickly dismissed by Gao Wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that he had a conscience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pirates in this world aren’t like the wage slaves of his past life—middle-aged, burdened with negative debt, some even carrying triple or quadruple loans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these conditions, even if the boss’s demands were harsher than the Geneva Conventions, they’d still grit their teeth and hustle—after all, wage slaves aren’t prisoners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People in the pirate world, especially those with real skills, have countless options; push them too hard and they’ll easily jump ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reverse pressure won’t work—only positive incentives will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The best at this are gacha games—just shift the mindset from tricking the boss into spending money, to tricking crew members into training…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, Gao Wen gradually formed a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen found Zan Gao and ordered him to assemble a team to forge a batch of metal plates to be worn on the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Make them coin-shaped metal inscribed plates, with a hole at the top so they can be hung by a cord around the neck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The front must display numbers, starting from 0 up to 100; the back must bear the pirate crew’s flag.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zan Gao nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Simple enough—there’s a ready-made forge at the port; with the molds prepared, we can finish in a few days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Captain, what’s the purpose of these?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll find out soon enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen offered no further explanation, adding:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, plates numbered 1 through 10 must be made of gold, with craftsmanship distinctly superior to the others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Plate number 0 must be inlaid with gems, its front engraved with the Captain’s emblem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, forge another batch of plates matching the quality of numbers 0 to 10—no numbers engraved, front left blank, to be adjusted later as needed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zan Gao waved his hand and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The gold plates will be a bit more troublesome, but the rest can be done in a few days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen patted Zan Gao’s shoulder, entrusted him with the task, then ordered the rest of the crew to gather in the meeting room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for those on patrol or scouting nearby waters, everyone else had assembled in the meeting room—even Zoro, still injured, was present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keluo, interrupted mid-training, frowned irritably:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why call us here now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Jin guessed instinctively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are we preparing to enter the Grand Line?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keluo shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—the new ship’s still under construction. Even if the Crow Port poured all its effort into it, it’d still take at least two months.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I don’t know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Jin wiped sweat from his body:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Captain wouldn’t do this without a reason—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quiet!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before A Jin could finish, Gao Wen’s voice cut through the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The murmuring crowd instantly fell silent; all eyes turned upward to Gao Wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen scanned the room, confirmed that key officers—including Sanji—were present, then spoke directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t waste words.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You all know that in three months, we’ll sail into the Grand Line—the most dangerous sea in the world, where the weak have no place to survive!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To live, you must spare no effort to become stronger!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gao Wen spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone’s expressions grew serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these past months, each of them had taken part in battles—some more, some less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had it not been for Gao Wen and Keluo and the other senior officers bearing the brunt of enemy fire, they’d all be dead already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what kind of hellish scene would the Grand Line present?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Keluo and others had fire of anticipation in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen wasn’t surprised by their reactions; he continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To determine your standing within the crew, we will hold the First Martial Arts Tournament in three months!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your ranking will decide your position in the crew’s hierarchy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Starting today, thirty percent of the crew’s annual net profits will be set aside as bonuses for the top one hundred ranked crew members!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The higher your rank, the greater your share; the top ten will have priority in choosing treasures like Devil Fruits and legendary swords!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For the top three, I will grant one reasonable request within reason!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crew stared at Gao Wen in stunned silence, then erupted into thunderous cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoro, Keluo, and A Jin’s eyes instantly blazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t care about money or treasure—but Gao Wen’s words made all three instantly link three key words together:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combat power, ranking, status!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keluo pushed his glasses up, his cold face unable to suppress the cruel grin:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deciding status purely by combat power? That’s just like that guy’s style!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Jin gritted his teeth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Under these conditions, I can’t afford to lose to anyone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zoro’s eyes, a flame ignited; his hand instinctively gripped his sword hilt:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A contest for the strongest in the crew?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Interesting!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the crew debated, Sanji, standing aside, felt his heartbeat stutter—he realized what had just been said, and his entire body trembled with excitement!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I make the top three, I can… I can… request anything… reasonable?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can I hire a chef?!?!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1140,"2026-06-20T23:03:52.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8a3723139469dbc754e6b1d9655a06a641dbf9b70a5cf40b58c77ee91bc84b78","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-84","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-82",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-cover.jpg"]