On an uninhabited island…
He trained bitterly for ten full years!
During these ten years, he would go to Loguetown twice a year to replenish his supplies.
Once he finished restocking, he would throw himself back into training and developing Wood Release.
“Ten years have passed.
Whether it’s the development of Wood Release or the strength of my physical techniques, both have reached an unprecedented level.
Now, even if I directly unleash a major move like [Deep Forest Emergence], I don’t have to worry about exhausting too much stamina.”
“Reaching this point isn’t only because people in the One Piece world have powerful physical qualities on average.
The Gene Serum I obtained from checking in at Loguetown was also a major factor.”
On the beach of the uninhabited island, Roy, now sixteen years old, sat on a stone stool with his scar-covered upper body bare, eating grilled fish for lunch.
Those scars were left behind from the days Roy spent training his physical techniques beneath a waterfall and fighting fierce beasts.
After ten years of training, not only had Roy developed all kinds of Wood Release skills, his own physical strength had also improved to the point where he could smash a small hill apart with one punch.
That terrifying, ferocious power made him nothing less than a beast in human skin!
“Unfortunately, without anyone to teach me, there’s no way to learn Armament Haki or Observation Haki on my own.
But even without Haki, my physical techniques and Wood Release should be enough for me to protect myself on the sea.”
Roy was not entirely sure just how strong he was.
But he did know one thing: in a small place like East Blue, as long as a certain Marine hero did not return…
No one in East Blue would be his match.
After finishing this lunch, Roy planned to leave this uninhabited island and officially begin his life as a traveler.
Just as Roy was grilling his fish, a damaged pirate ship appeared on the sea a hundred meters behind him.
“Captain, we found someone on the beach of the island ahead!
We can go over and capture him, then use him as a hostage to threaten Garp, who’s chasing us from behind!”
On the lookout platform atop the mast, a pirate who had spotted Roy through a telescope spoke with obvious excitement.
“Mm.
Take him alive.
If he dares to resist, cut off one of his arms!”
Frand, the great pirate of East Blue with a bounty of 18 million berries, gave the order.
At the same time the Frand Pirates discovered Roy, a lookout soldier on the warship carrying Garp, several hundred meters away from the Frand Pirates, also spotted Roy.
“Vice Admiral Garp, this is bad!
There’s actually a civilian on that island ahead that was supposed to be uninhabited!”
“If that civilian is captured by the Frand Pirates, not only will his life be in danger, this arrest may also fail because of that civilian hostage!”
The lookout soldier reported to Garp.
“Use the loudspeaker to warn the person on the island.
Tell him to hide in the dense forest ahead first!”
After hearing the soldier’s report, Garp immediately made a decision.
He had originally wanted to have some fun playing around with this group of pirates.
In the end, he had not expected that playing around would actually cause trouble!
If innocent civilians were dragged into this by accident, that would be a problem.
Garp quickly picked up cannonballs one after another and hurled them toward the Frand Pirates’ ship ahead.
“Not good.
That old bastard Garp is probably afraid we’ll capture a hostage to threaten him, so he’s planning to use cannonballs to finish us off before we can reach the shore!”
Will, the sniper of the pirate crew, said as his expression changed slightly.
After hearing Will’s words, a ruthless look appeared on Frand’s face.
“Will, use your sniper rifle and shoot the person on the beach in the abdomen!
So what if he’s a Marine hero?
I refuse to believe he’ll recklessly kill innocent people!”
Once the hostage on the beach was shot and wounded, Frand would use that opportunity to negotiate directly with Garp.
“Got it!”
After receiving his captain’s order, Will immediately raised his gun and pulled the trigger at Roy.
“Damn it!
They’re actually shooting directly at the hostage!”
On the warship, the Marines’ breaths caught when they saw the sniper from the pirate crew open fire.
…
…
Roy had long since noticed the movements of the Marines and the pirates.
Originally, he had not wanted to get involved in this matter, but when he discovered that someone on the pirate ship had raised a gun at him…
He knew that trouble had found its way directly to his doorstep.
Especially the instant the gunshot rang out.
Roy knew he had been dragged into this.
“You’re shooting directly at me… I originally didn’t want to get involved, but fine.
I’ll use you to test just how strong I am.”
After taking two steps to the right and dodging the bullet, Roy pressed his right hand against the ground and murmured, “Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!”
After Deep Forest Emergence was activated, a massive forest with Roy at its center and a radius of one kilometer rose from the beach!
Within this forest, every attack and defense was under Roy’s control!
Giant trees shot into the sky, twisting and surging like enormous wooden dragons!
After unfolding the forest, Roy controlled the trees and strangled all of the pirates to death.
The pirates on the pirate ship looked as if they had seen a ghost.
They were directly entangled by countless giant trees, then instantly crushed into pieces!
The pirates aboard had not even had time to react…
Before they had already stepped into death!
A pirate crew with a bounty in the tens of millions…
Had been instantly killed with a single move!
“What… what is that thing?
Is that… a Devil Fruit ability?”
When Garp saw the enormous forest that had suddenly appeared, his face immediately filled with astonishment, and he nearly failed to react in time.
He had originally planned to stop holding back and act directly, wiping out this pirate crew himself.
In the end, he had never expected…
This group of East Blue pirates…
Would be wiped out just like that!
The scene unfolding before his eyes…
Had completely exceeded his expectations.