Chapter 95: The Power of I Think It Works

In the seas of the New World, a giant yacht.

Every member of the Morning Star Pirates gathered on the deck of the giant yacht, which was as large as a plaza, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

Jin Ni sat on Big Bear's shoulder, staring at the newspaper in her hand and sighing deeply—

"Big Bear, the Navy's efficiency is far too low. It's been over a day, yet they still haven't updated the bounty posters. I wanted to see how much bounty money the two of us have."

Big Bear smiled without speaking, simply handing Jin Ni skewer after skewer of meat roasted by the captain.

Mihawk and Master Tenghu sat nearby, exchanging insights on swordsmanship while discussing one hundred and eight ways to blend red wine and iced black tea.

Yuzhi Xiliu had intended to discuss cigars with Golden Lion, but after seeing the news printed in the newspaper, Golden Lion nearly went berserk and went to confront the captain.

"Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, when did I agree to join the Morning Star Pirates?"

"Nani?!"

Saint Saint Saiwen's acting was off the charts; while cutting Sea Kings into meat segments suitable for giants to eat, he asked in confusion.

"Senior Shi Ji? If you wish to join the Morning Star Pirates, I naturally welcome you, but you never mentioned this to me?"

Golden Lion placed the newspaper in front of Saint Saint Saiwen.

"Look, the newspaper states it clearly—Legendary Great Pirate Golden Lion, subdued by the Emperor of the Sea Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, has joined the Morning Star Pirates."

Saint Saint Saiwen helplessly shrugged.

"Senior Shi Ji, that bird Morgan is at least six lies out of ten words. Those who manipulate public opinion mix truth and falsehood; the important things are almost always false, while the unimportant ones are true."

Having spoken, Saint Saint Saiwen made a suggestion.

"How about this? We go back and find Morgan, have that bird reprint the news stating you did not join the Morning Star Pirates? How does that sound?"

Golden Lion asked hesitantly, "Was it truly not you who instructed Morgan to write this?"

At the first glance at the newspaper, Golden Lion instinctively felt it must be that brat Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen who had instructed Morgan to publish such a fake news story.

Who would have thought Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen was unaware of it?

"Of course it wasn't me. I, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, are known throughout the Jianghu as the Honest and Reliable Young Gentleman; how could I do something so absurd?"

"Furthermore, who on the Grand Line doesn't know that you, Senior Shi Ji, have never been inferior to anyone in your life? Precisely because I know this, I did not openly invite you to join the Morning Star Pirates."

Golden Lion puffed his chest proudly, "I suppose you brat have some insight after all."

After a brief hesitation, Golden Lion asked again.

"Are you planning to seize Honeycomb Island?"

Saint Saint Saiwen signaled Dorry and Brogy to place the Sea King meat on the grill before speaking to Golden Lion.

"Senior Shi Ji, strictly speaking, this is an internal decision of our pirate crew, so it is inconvenient to reveal it to you, but considering our cooperation this time was very pleasant, yes."

"The reason we came to the New World is precisely to seize Honeycomb Island and subsequently establish it as the base of the Morning Star Pirates."

Golden Lion fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"Leave Wang Zhi to me to deal with."

"No problem." Saint Saint Saiwen nodded.

"Having you deal with the traitor of the Rocks Pirates is most appropriate."

"But only Wang Zhi's life is yours; all the wealth on Honeycomb Island must remain entirely."

Cooperation is cooperation, business is business.

Establishing Honeycomb Island as the base of the Morning Star Pirates cannot be done with mere words; whether building artillery fortifications or cargo transport docks, everything requires money without exception.

"Hmph." Golden Lion snorted coldly.

"I do not even look down on Wang Zhi's trifling gains; a brat like you simply does not know how much wealth was actually in God's Valley back then."

After the Rocks Pirates disbanded, Golden Lion's first pot of gold came from the treasure chests looted from God's Valley, each chest containing ten billion Berries in treasure.

Captain John, that fellow, was besieged and killed by pirates solely because of the treasure chests from God's Valley.

Golden Lion turned and left; Saint Saint Saiwen continued cooking the Sea King's meat. With four giant crew members present, cooking food was an incredibly massive undertaking.

Fortunately, the current Saint Saint Saiwen was vastly different from when he was in Roger's Pirates; whether strength, swordsmanship, or stamina, he had long surpassed his former self.

Otherwise, cooking could exhaust one to near death.

Also due to the four giants, every member of the Morning Star Pirates temporarily came to the giant yacht, while the Donghai Dihuang was being towed forward by the giant yacht.

Finally, after spending a full half-day.

Saint Saint Saiwen finally finished the food needed for the banquet, specifically washed and bathed, changed into new clothes, and then arrived at the open-air banquet hall on the deck.

"Everyone." Saint Saint Saiwen raised his wine glass.

"Welcome Dorry, Brogy, Oimo, Kashi, Goldy, and Rain Yuzhi Xiliu to the big family!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Henceforth, the four giants will retain the title of the Giant Warrior Pirates, operating independently as the First Division of the Morning Star Pirates' Grand Fleet.

First Division Captains: Dorry and Brogy; members include Oimo, Kashi, and the remaining giant members of the original Giant Warrior Pirates.

After leaving their homeland for nearly a century, Dorry, Brogy, and the other two will accompany Saint Saint Saiwen to seize Honeycomb Island, then return to Elbaf aboard the giant yacht.

As Saint Saint Saiwen quietly admired the crew singing and dancing, he suddenly sensed a familiar presence arriving.

Light slowly coalesced into a human figure; Kizaru immediately held up the round bundle in his hand as a signal.

"Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, someone entrusted me to bring this."

Smiling, Saint Saint Saiwen extended an invitation.

"Borsalino, sit down and have a drink?"

The moment he heard these words, Kizaru shook his head repeatedly; the last time he sat down for a drink, that brat took photos to blackmail him. If he drank again, would he still be an Admiral of the Navy?

"I still have work to do. Farewell."

Placing the bundle on the deck, Kizaru left without looking back, as if there were a flood or fierce beast on the ship.

Seeing this, Jin Ni casually opened a door, reached out, grabbed the package, and handed it to Saint Saint Saiwen.

"Here, Captain."

"Thank you."

The moment Saint Saint Saiwen took the package and opened it, his expression became extraordinarily complex: a Devil Fruit, and a letter.

Inside the envelope was only one sentence: Barzab, compensation for launching the Demon Extermination Order.

"Hohoho hahaha~"

Saint Saint Saiwen burst out laughing—who said the Five Elders were cold and heartless? The Five Elders understood human nature too well. Is this the value of a name without a D?

Why was he so certain it was the Five Elders?

Who else but the Five Elders could make the current Marine Admiral, Hyouzou, personally deliver the package? Even Admiral Senzu might not have that kind of clout.

After burning the note with flame at his fingertip, Saint Saint Saiwen regarded the Devil Fruit with a wry expression—its shape was extraordinarily peculiar.

"Would you like to consume the Superhuman-type Suishui Fruit…?"

"No."

Saint Saint Saiwen hadn't expected the Five Elders to voluntarily send compensation—he hadn't even considered revenge. Better to spend that energy improving himself and his crew's strength.

As a high-ranking pirate, being targeted by the World Government and Marines was only normal; not being targeted meant you were a low-tier pirate.

The Marines didn't even bother targeting you.

Besides, he had kidnapped Celestial Dragons twice in a row and successfully Extorted the World twice.

But what Saint Saint Saiwen hadn't anticipated was that the fruit delivered was the Superhuman-type Suishui Fruit—the one with the "I think therefore it is" power.

In the original timeline, Satan Saint had fed this fruit's extract to Baby Bonney.

The Suishui Fruit's ability…

How to put it? The ability stems entirely from imagination, and by firmly believing the imagined possibility to be real, it distorts the future.

The user can transform themselves or others into any future form imagined as possible.

The strength of the effect depends on the user's conviction in the imagined possibility—the more the user is aware of reality's limitations, the fewer and weaker the possible future forms.

In short, it's a bit sinister.

For Bonney, the Nika state may already be the limit of what she could imagine and believe.

After all, Bonney had been locked in a church since age five; her knowledge of Nika came only from the stories Big Bear told her and what she had seen herself.

But who is Saint Saint Saiwen?

He is a transmigrator washed clean by the internet, aware of legends across countless worlds, and blessed with a system.

In terms of imagination, theoretically limitless.

If Saint Saint Saiwen could consume the Suishui Fruit, why bother leveling up? He could just leap straight to Pan Gu City's flower garden and fast-forward to the grand finale.

The Three Pure Ones and Four Sovereigns are too overpowered; Erlang Shen and the Great Sage are too OP; becoming Xiao Zuan Feng alone would be enough to sweep the pirate world.

Others like the Chaos Four Peddlers, Donghai Dihuang, Super Saiyan, Mind-Over-Matter Superhuman, and so on.

If possible, Saint Saint Saiwen could imagine and believe in every great being across countless worlds.

But judging from Mengxiang Yixin's divine artifact being downgraded to Super Supreme Great Sword, the pirate world does have a dimensional limit.

Beings beyond this dimensional limit cannot be fully manifested in the pirate world.

That is, even if he consumed the Suishui Fruit, he could not manifest as the peak form of Xiao Zuan Feng—he'd likely be a weakened version.

All this requires Saint Saint Saiwen to test himself.

But the prerequisite for all this is: first, find a way to consume a second Devil Fruit.

In the pirate world, Devil Fruits are products of collective human wishes or imagination, representing the desire for evolutionary potential.

Sometimes Saint Saint Saiwen wonders—could the system have chosen him because of his extremely intense childhood desire?

As the saying goes: what you constantly think about will eventually echo back.

Following this line of thought, Saint Saint Saiwen silently prayed.

【Omnipotent system, your devout host now wishes to consume one more Devil Fruit】

Before obtaining the Suishui Fruit, what Saint Saint Saiwen most wanted was the Piaopiao Fruit, to gain absolute strategic advantage and mobility.

For example, making the Donghai Dihuang fly.

Or using the Piaopiao Fruit's power to move several islands from the sea onto Bai Bai Sea, expanding territory for the Sky Island.

After obtaining the Suishui Fruit, Saint Saint Saiwen changed his mind—he decided to gamble on the "I think therefore it is" power.

The choice between the Piaopiao Fruit and the Suishui Fruit is essentially choosing between absolute strategic advantage and limitless growth potential.

The Suishui Fruit's core advantage lies in its limitless growth ceiling—its power depends on imagination and belief.

Its weakness is that its strength relies too heavily on the user's belief, leading to instability.

Moreover, Golden Lion is now acting strangely; there's a thirty percent chance Saint Saint Saiwen could trick him into joining the Morning Star Pirates—so the Piaopiao Fruit is automatically ruled out.

As for the other three—Teleport Fruit, Swamp Fruit, and Bao Bao Fruit.

With the Raimi Fruit already in hand, the Teleport Fruit is merely icing on the cake; the Bao Bao Fruit's power is far inferior to the Raimi Fruit's offensive capability.

The Swamp Fruit—list it on the trading platform.

……

East Sea, Konomi Islands.

Dihuang Dojo.

"Big Head Brother, it's bad, it's bad!"

A thin, monkey-faced figure scrambled into the Dihuang Dojo, gasping for breath as he slammed a newspaper onto the table.

"Big Head Brother, Bai Mao kidnapped a Celestial Dragon—will the Marines retaliate against us?"

Big Head, a muscular man with a bulky frame, wore a look of helpless resignation, wanting to cry but unable to.

"That Bai Mao fellow, when he returned last time, beat us for several months, and before leaving, he specifically instructed that if anyone came asking about him, we should say he was driven out of Housha Town by us."

"Now I see, he is too terrifying."

"Quickly notify the villagers... we are moving."