[{"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-96":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},2340080,4574,"Chapter 96: Not One Left","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-96",96,"\u003Cp>Jasha shook his head slightly, a faint smile curling at the corner of his lips, and said softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I ate a Devil Fruit—it’s the change the Devil Fruit brought.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Paramecia—Smooth-Smooth Fruit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen nodded, his gaze still fixed on Jasha until her face visibly flushed, then he finally looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen felt an unprecedented power emanating from Jasha, just like when Keluo had awakened his true heart amid bloodshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sent out a probe—and the evaluation that appeared before him made him pause slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name—Jasha】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Potential—Bronze】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Rating—Iron: Awakened True Heart, Chasing Absolute Power!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman… has she achieved enlightenment like Longchang?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bronze-level potential?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen forced down his astonishment and nodded to Jasha:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re alive—that’s enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasha clenched her lips tightly, as if making a final decision, and offered the treasure chest with both hands, bowing deeply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Gao Wen, please teach me the strength needed to protect the Crow Harbor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen looked down at the girl before him, her gaze resolute, and reached out to ruffle her hair:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then from today on, the flag of the Gao Wen Pirates shall fly over Crow Harbor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasha shook her head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Gao Wen, I don’t need your protection—I need strength. Strength to protect the people of Crow Harbor, to protect Jasmine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen paused, then a faint smile touched his lips:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s exactly what I meant. Join my pirate crew, and you’ll gain the power you seek.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Publicly, you’ll remain lord of Crow Harbor, and we’ll just be a pirate crew active near it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, whether Marines, pirates, or nobles watching this, anyone with half a brain could see the connection between Crow Harbor and the Gao Wen Pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as long as Gao Wen and Jasha didn’t openly reveal it, no one dared to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, when the Gao Wen Pirates had already challenged and defeated renowned Donghai  pirate crews—and even the Marines—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had become, in every real sense, a hegemon: a lord with fixed territory, who followed rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, while some Marines, pirates, or Donghai  nobles might hate Gao Wen, few truly wished for the Gao Wen Pirates to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the next pirate to rise to the top of Donghai  would almost certainly not be as restrained as Gao Wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen understood this. Jasha understood it too. She clearly grasped his meaning, and exclaimed excitedly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then please guide me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain Gao Wen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen nodded, then turned to face the pirates on deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They, terrified, dared not move; seeing Gao Wen look their way, they lowered their heads even further, as if trying to bury their skulls into the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing like the bloodthirsty frenzy they’d shown in Crow Harbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gao Wen, we surrender! We’re from the Grand Line—we know where Hanafuza’s treasure is hidden! I’m still useful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know his base, I know everything about him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you spare me, I’ll tell you everything!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing death, these pirates could no longer hold back—they immediately betrayed Hanafuza without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen’s gaze grew colder:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can betray Hanafuza so easily—you can betray me just as easily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, no one spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if the aura pressing down on them had suddenly intensified, making it hard to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone lifted his head—and saw Gao Wen’s gaze, utterly devoid of mercy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, as captain, I owe a reckoning to the brothers who died in Crow Harbor, and to the cat-people wounded by you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen bent down, picked up a sword from the deck, turned, and placed it in Jasha’s hands, saying calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you’ve chosen to become a pirate, since you seek power—prove it to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave no one alive on this ship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasha’s hand trembled slightly as she gripped the blade—but steadied instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scenes from Crow Harbor flashed before her eyes once more, and she tightened her grip on the longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasha stepped forward, before the horrified eyes of the pirates, and swung her longsword—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssssh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade slid through cleanly, meeting no resistance whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After consuming the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, she was intimately familiar with the limits of her ability—her body could become frictionless, and so could the blade in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result: a cutting power that even Gao Wen found astonishing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm blood splashed across Jasha’s face; the slick sensation made her skin break out in goosebumps—but the nausea that should have overwhelmed her was instantly swallowed by rage and hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s insane! This woman’s gone mad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirates stared at Jasha, now a frenzy of slashing blades, and felt their souls tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already shattered by what they’d witnessed, all they could think of now was fleeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get away from this hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Return to the Grand Line—after all, that was paradise!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in their lives, they felt awe—no, fear—toward this place called Donghai !\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had barely taken a few steps back—and before them lay only the raging sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the first pirate plunged into the water, the others followed like dumplings dropped into boiling broth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet before they could even celebrate, a burst of flame erupted from the distant small pirate ship…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cannonball struck the drowning pirates with perfect accuracy—limbs and blood instantly stained the sea red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keluo stood on deck, his gaze cold as he stared at the distant sea:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, his order was ‘leave no one alive’—how could you possibly escape so easily?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami, standing beside Keluo, clenched her lips and forced herself to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This voyage had long since taught her: the pirate world was never a fairy tale—bloodshed, slaughter, and plunder were its eternal themes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the Gao Wen Pirates were already an absolute anomaly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, hadn’t those pirates shown no hesitation when they turned their blades on their own comrades?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood debt must be paid in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bellmère’s death had taught Nami this truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the flames,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasha was drenched in blood, her face as cold as ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the slaughter continued, her grip on the sword grew steadier, her heart harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing all pirates on deck had fallen into the sea, Jasha turned and entered the cabin. Moments later, screams echoed from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she emerged, her entire body was drenched in pirate blood—grotesque, yet radiating a strange beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain, when those guards died… was it this painful?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1072,"2026-06-20T23:03:52.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5155b59b89bc8aa8961ad722a8b548e79587dbcd1aa257b00c1a033877ad4271","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-97","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-95",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-cover.jpg"]