At the entrance of Reverse Mountain in the West Blue, in Rasgap Town, the tavern was extremely lively.
"About to begin. The captain of the Gasi Pirates, with a bounty of fourteen million Beli, is about to be publicly executed."
"This kind of thing happens every month. What is there to make a fuss about?"
"But this time it is a pirate worth fourteen million Beli!"
The noise inside the tavern rose one after another. Soon, some people finished paying and hurried toward the execution platform.
Rasgap Town, as the gateway to Reverse Mountain leading into the Grand Line from the West Blue, had an execution platform that held great deterrence over pirates throughout the entire West Blue.
Unless they were Devil Fruit users or pirates specially noted by the World Government, once captured, they would be escorted here for public execution.
Such executions were held once every month. The number varied each time, but almost every time there would be pirates attempting a rescue. The result was usually an ambush, followed by the capture of even more pirates.
At this moment, on the execution platform, the colonel of Marine Branch 80 had already finished reading the crimes of the Gasi Pirates. Their hands were stained with the blood of hundreds.
Plunder was one of the main sources of income for pirates. In this era, not every pirate was like Roger, who forbade harming civilians and even prohibited stealing. This comes from Oden's memories.
In reality, ninety nine percent of pirates set sail not for dreams, but for wealth.
"Execute!"
Following Colonel Lomi's command, Rowan, standing behind Gasi, raised his spear.
At the same time, commotion began around the execution square.
"Kill. Save the captain. For the treasure."
"Take down these Marines."
"Quick. Seize this chance."
"Boss Sov. We are here."
However, their voices were quickly drowned out by the gunfire that had already been prepared.
"Bang bang bang."
After a round of intense gunfire, Gasi, the first to have his crimes announced, was pierced through the heart by a spear amid furious roars, receiving the punishment of impalement.
After that, Colonel Lomi calmly began reading the crimes of the second mafia member.
On the execution platform, Rowan held his spear and looked down at the crowd.
Despite the rain of bullets, one person still rushed forward. He held a long blade to guard his vital points, but three bullet holes had already appeared on his body. As he got closer, his gaze locked tightly onto Rowan, full of vigilance.
Immediately after, the long blade flashed, and a sharp flying slash shot toward the execution platform.
"Bang."
With a single movement, Rowan swung his spear with one hand and instantly shattered the slash.
"Whoosh."
The spear tore through the air and fiercely pierced into his abdomen, with the rear half deeply embedded into the stone pavement of the square.
"Boom."
With a loud explosion, the figure nailed to the ground by the spear caused all the pirates to freeze in shock for a moment.
How could this be?
Lord Adin, a strong man capable of releasing flying slashes, was defeated so easily.
The speed of that spear just now was simply impossible to follow.
"Colonel Lomi, can you read a bit faster?" Rowan said with slight dissatisfaction. Then he looked at the mafia member in front of him, whose knees had been crippled and who was kneeling on the ground. "You are quite calm."
Sov, dressed in prison clothes, lowered his head. "Everyone's fate is different. I gave them what they desired. Rowan, if you let me go, I can also give you what you want."
As he spoke, he slowly raised his head to look at Rowan. "Wealth and women. In the West Blue, there is nothing the Five Great Mafia Families cannot accomplish. No one here can stop you, including this Marine colonel who was unknown two years ago."
These words almost made Colonel Lomi choke. He gave Sov a cold, lifeless look and continued reading the charges.
After Colonel Lomi finished reading, Rowan picked up a new spear and pierced it through without hesitation.
"You cannot give me what I want."
Half an hour later, the execution was over.
Inside the Marine branch dormitory.
Rowan lay on the bed as his consciousness sank into a mysterious space within his body. This was the prison that came with the system he obtained after arriving in the One Piece world, the Sinful Treasure Chest System.
All criminals executed by his hand would have their souls imprisoned here.
At the center of the prison stood a high platform, surrounded by eight passages, with rows of cells arranged along both sides.
Gasi, who had just been impaled, was now curled up inside a cell in Passage Six. After waking up, he looked at Rowan outside with fear.
"Tsk. Just over one thousand sin points. Enough to open a Bronze chest."
"I was clearly killed by you. Why am I still seeing you here, Rowan?"
"For people like you, death is not the end. After all, the number of innocent people who died by your hands is far too great."
Rowan looked at Gasi inside the cell and tapped his temple lightly. "Think carefully. The rules of this prison should have already been conveyed to you."
"Since you are the most qualified among this batch of souls, you will experience the pain first."
As soon as he finished speaking, black flames suddenly rose inside the cell, instantly burning Gasi's soul.
"Ahhh."
"Bastard."
"Give me a quick death."
"It hurts."
Outside the cell, Rowan picked his ear as if listening. "This familiar screaming sound. Then let's begin."
Immediately afterward, all the souls of those who had been executed earlier let out miserable screams.
They could neither faint nor lose consciousness.
Black flames burned at the sinful parts within their bodies, consuming one point every minute. Only when their sin points were completely exhausted would their souls disappear from this place.
And what Rowan pursued was exactly this absorbed sin.
One hundred sin points could be exchanged for a Wooden Chest, one thousand for Bronze, ten thousand for Silver, and so on.
Treasure chests could contain many things, whether belonging to this world or not. The most basic rewards were attribute cards.
Two years ago, Uncle Kuma sent him here. After that, with the help of the execution platform of Marine Branch 80 in the West Blue, he had opened quite a few treasure chests.
From Wooden chests, kunai and shuriken from the Naruto world, flintlock guns from this pirate world.
From Bronze chests, clone technique skill cards from the Naruto world, modern pistols from Jackie Chan Adventures.
As for Silver chests.
Because of a bad habit a year ago, always opening the lowest level Bronze chests, he could not resist.
However, the attribute cards had greatly improved his physical strength and reaction speed.
Being able to easily shatter a flying slash on the execution platform and drive a spear halfway into stone was proof of that.
In addition, the clone technique from the Naruto world no longer consumed chakra, but physical stamina, similar to the activation of Devil Fruit abilities.
"This time, four were imprisoned after execution, plus one I nailed along the way. That one only has a little over three hundred sin points. The four together make three thousand two hundred. Adding what I saved before makes thirty six thousand."
After calculating roughly, Rowan looked at his hand.
Three Silver chests, or wait and open a Gold one.
But until now, he had never opened a Silver chest.
His heart itched. His hands also itched.
"Should I open one. I will save the rest for sure."
Thinking this, the number on the platform recording the absorbed sin points instantly changed from thirty two thousand four hundred to twenty two thousand four hundred.
Then, a silver chest appeared.
Rubbing his hands together, Rowan stepped forward and opened it.
In an instant, the flickering contents inside the chest gradually stopped.
Yellow clouds.