Oliver and Zoro were running through Orange Town looking for Luffy, but having a few problems.
"Where are you going?!" shouted Oliver, grabbing Zoro by the shirt.
"Where the explosion happened," Zoro replied as if it were obvious.
"That's to the right, and you're going backwards! How do you get lost so fast?"
"I'm not lost! It's the streets that move by themselves."
Oliver looked at him with pity after hearing such a lie.
"I don't need your pity!" shouted Zoro, embarrassed.
"Then hurry up. We have to get to Luffy," said Oliver.
They kept running to reach where the explosion had occurred.
"Zoro, we have to be careful if we run into Buggy since he has a Devil Fruit..."
Oliver looked to his side and saw that Zoro was no longer next to him.
"Eh?! He got lost?!" he shouted angrily. "How is it possible he gets lost so easily?"
He looked around to see if he could spot him somewhere, but couldn't find him.
"This is ridiculous. There should be a radar for Zoro."
He saw a house, so he opened the door and checked if anyone was inside.
"There's no one. Status."
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Status
Name: Oliver Williams
Age: 24 years
Race: Beastkin
Height: 1.95 m
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Inventory
-Steel Dagger
-2x Giant Wooden Axe
-4x Katana
-7x Sword
-5x Pistol
-Iron Mace
-16x Apple
-10x Orange
-30x Berries
-2x Whole Cheese
-Storage-Storage Fruit
-Slime-Slime Fruit
-Talent Gacha Token
-Money: 6,150,000
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Combat Style
-Mastery in Electro (8%)
-Mastery in Boxing (6%)
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Talent
-Adaptive Body
-Poison Resistance
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"I might suffer a bit here, so I'd better spend some money. But first, the Token I already have."
He summoned the Gacha Machine and inserted the Talent Token to see what would come out.
He spun the wheel, and the sphere that came out was black and silver.
[Acquired: Pain Tolerance]
"This is something good."
[Talent: Pain Tolerance]
[Grants a higher pain threshold]
"I was starting to worry about what it'd feel like to get stabbed or something, but with this, I don't..."
Then, a loud noise was heard in the distance.
"Hmm? What was that...?"
Before he could finish speaking, the house he was in exploded, along with several others.
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[Minutes earlier]
In the Orange Town Bar, Buggy's pirates were celebrating that they had recovered the Grand Line Map.
"Let's drink to that! Have fun and prepare for the next battle!" shouted Buggy.
All of Buggy's Pirates were drinking like mad, but among them was someone beating everyone in a drinking contest.
"Nami!! Are you drinking?!" asked Buggy.
"Of course, Captain!" replied Nami.
Nami was in a drinking contest with one of the pirates, who was easily defeated.
'Hehe, I'm good at drinking. If I get them all drunk, it'll be much easier to steal their treasure. How easy it is to trick pirates!' thought Nami.
Unlike everyone having fun, Luffy was trapped in a cage, tied by the arms.
He tried to free himself with his teeth, but couldn't break it.
"They're having fun. That's how pirates should be," said Luffy while trying again to free himself.
"How's it going, boss?"
Nami approached Luffy to mock him.
"Shut up and get me out of here!! I'm hungry, why don't you bring me something to eat? Even just a little," Luffy pleaded.
Nami went and gave him some food.
"Mmm, this is good. You're a good person, I'll let you join my crew," said Luffy, happier.
"I DON'T WANT TO!!" yelled Nami angrily. "Don't you understand your situation? I could just sell you off, but if my plan works, I can get the key and free you. I really have nothing against you."
"Then hurry up and get me out of here," said Luffy.
"GYAHAHAHA! Sometimes you can't even trust your own nakamas, huh?"
Buggy had arrived and started laughing at Luffy, having heard nothing of Nami's plan.
"What are you talking about? She's not my nakama," replied Luffy.
"Sure. You just say that because she betrayed you. You've committed a serious crime, and I already know what I'll do with you," said Buggy with a mug of beer in hand.
"You're going to let me go?" asked Luffy.
"Yes, of course. I'll let you go... As if I'd let you go!" yelled Buggy, realizing what he was saying. "Prepare the Buggy Ball!"
The pirates, following their captain's orders, brought a huge red cannonball marked with Buggy's Jolly Roger.
"Good! Now witness its destructive power!"
They loaded it into a cannon, and upon firing, it destroyed many houses, leaving everything devastated.
Seeing such destruction, Nami was completely shocked.
"Look! With a single Buggy Ball, I can destroy a small town! With this and my Devil Fruit powers, I'll conquer the Grand Line!" shouted Buggy, revealing his plan. "Now, Nami! Fire it! To prove your loyalty, you'll have to kill him with my Buggy Ball!"
Nami began sweating when she heard she had to kill Luffy.
"K-Kill him? Me? But... Captain Buggy... I... I know! Let's keep drinking! Forget about him!" said Nami, trying to convince him.
"Kill him," ordered Buggy.
All the pirates started shouting for her to kill him, making her freeze in a small trance.
"Come on, Nami! The party isn't over!!" yelled Buggy, snapping her out of it.
"You're shaking," said Luffy to Nami. "If you're not ready for things like this, you shouldn't have joined the pirates."
"Ready to kill someone just like that? That's what it means to be a pirate?" asked Nami, worried, holding a matchstick.
"No! I meant being ready to risk your own life," said Luffy with a smile.
The pirates kept yelling at her to light it until one got tired and snatched the matches from her.
"What are you waiting for? Don't you know how to light a fuse?" said a pirate.
The pirate lit the match, ready to ignite it, when Nami pulled out three parts of a weapon, assembled them into a staff, and struck the pirate on the head.
'I shouldn't have done that,' thought Nami, realizing what she had done.
"WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, NAMI?! I WAS ABOUT TO LET YOU JOIN THE CREW!!" yelled Buggy, furious.
"Now you're going to save me?" asked Luffy to Nami.
"Don't be stupid! I did it without thinking! It's just that... I don't want to become an evil pirate!! Pirates took someone very important from me, I hate them more than anything!!" shouted Nami while looking for a way out of the situation.
"Oh, so that's why you don't like pirates," said Luffy, understanding a bit as he noticed the cannon's fuse. "THE FUSE IS LIT!! DAMN IT! I'M GOING TO DIE!!"
Luffy tried to free himself, but couldn't.
"How dare you mock us, you brat?! Kill her!!" ordered Buggy angrily.
Nami tried to fight back but couldn't land a hit, and since she was more worried about the cannon fuse, she stopped fighting and tried to put it out with her bare hands.
"Agh!" screamed Nami in pain as her hands burned.
"Nami! Behind you!" shouted Luffy, seeing several pirates rushing at her.
Just as they were about to reach her, Zoro arrived and easily defeated the pirates.
"Zoro!!" shouted Luffy happily upon seeing his nakama.
The pirates began whispering if that was really the infamous Pirate Hunter.
"Are you hurt?" asked Zoro to Nami.
"I-I'm fine," she replied.
"Glad you could find this place! Where's Oliver? No, before that, get me out of here, quick," said Luffy.
"You... What are you playing at? First a bird captures you, then I lose Oliver, and now I find you in a cage? Idiot!" said Zoro.
The pirates were terrified upon hearing it was the real Zoro.
"The nakama he talked about was... Zoro, the Pirate Hunter?! That makes no sense," said Nami.
Buggy approached Zoro face to face.
"So, you're Zoro. You came for my head?" said Buggy.
"No, I'm not interested. I've stopped being a bounty hunter," said Zoro.
"But I am interested in you. If I kill you, I'll become even more famous," said Buggy, holding several knives, ready to fight.
"If you don't want to die, leave me alone," warned Zoro.
"If you don't show your full skill, you'll soon be covered in blood!"
Buggy lunged straight at Zoro, but Zoro cut him into several pieces, defeating him instantly.
"Huh? What a weak guy," said Luffy.
"Impossible," said Nami.
The pirates started laughing, which caught Zoro's attention.
"Hey! Zoro, get me out of here!" shouted Luffy.
"I'm coming."
Zoro went to Luffy to see how to free him.
"I can't get you out. I don't have the key, and I can't cut iron," said Zoro.
"Well, great..." said Luffy.
The pirates laughed even harder.
"What are you laughing at? Give me the key, or I'll have to kill you," threatened Zoro.
"What's wrong with them?" said Luffy.
Then, a floating hand with a knife stabbed Zoro in the stomach.
"Zoro!" shouted Luffy in concern.
Then Buggy started reassembling himself, shocking everyone.
"This is the power of the Chop-Chop Fruit. It's the Devil Fruit I ate! I'm a man who divides!! Even if you cut me, my body will always come back together, and I can separate it at will!!" shouted Buggy as he reattached himself.
"Chop-Chop Fruit?! I thought Devil Fruits were just a myth!!" said Nami.
"A man who divides? Is he a monster?" wondered Luffy.
"I've given you a deep cut; we know how this ends. Next time, I won't miss!"
Buggy prepared to strike Zoro again when a shadow appeared behind him.
"You damn bastard!"
Oliver punched Buggy in the head, slamming it into the ground.
"That bastard almost killed me."