Pirate’s Achievements System - Chapter 295:

Chapter 295: One Shot, One Kill

“Vander Decken?”

The puppet opened its mouth in the sea, emitting sound and transmitting it over.

Although Ron didn’t have much memory of some minor characters in this world, he could still vaguely recognize Vander Decken, speaking calmly.

If you were to ask Ron about the few people he disliked the most in the world of One Piece, Vander Decken would undoubtedly be one of them. The reason was that this guy had actually proposed to the 7-year-old Shirahoshi!

What the heck?!

Even if he coveted the power of the ancient weapon that Shirahoshi possessed, proposing to such a young mermaid was simply too perverse.

Even the current Shirahoshi was only 14 years old… roughly around the same age as Nami was when he first arrived in this world, straddling the boundary between “pervert” and “lolicon.”

But then again, it seemed like defining Shirahoshi using the term “lolita” wasn’t quite suitable. Her body size was many times larger than that of a normal human…

His thoughts gradually deviated from the right track. Ron shook his head to clear his mind, pulling back the slightly drifting thoughts, and looked at Vander Decken again.

“I am indeed Vander Decken… What kind of creature are you?”

At this moment, Vander Decken had already drawn his weapon and was staring at Ron, who was suspended in front of the deck. He instinctively sensed a kind of danger from Ron.

Even though Ron hadn’t displayed any aura or used any spiritual impact, with his immense spiritual power at present, he naturally exuded an oppressive feeling even without deliberate effort.

Ron shook his head slightly and extended his hand towards Vander Decken.

“What…..”

Vander Decken’s pupils contracted as he sensed a strong sense of crisis. He roared angrily and swung the massive axe in his hand towards Ron’s direction.

Bang!

The axe carved an arc through the seawater, aiming for Ron’s head. However, about a meter away from Ron, it was as if the axe hit something and was deflected to the side with a loud bang.

Seeing this scene, Vander Decken’s expression changed abruptly. He was about to take action when he saw Ron extend both hands. Within the pearl-made pupils, there seemed to be two flickering amber lights, resembling numerous peculiar runes.

With puppet-like hands, Ron gently closed them together in the middle.

Whoosh!

The sea surged, and the world seemed to overturn.

In Vander Decken’s astonished gaze, a pitch-black sphere flew out from Ron’s palm and landed on the roof of his pirate ship. Immediately, the entire sea seemed to turn upside down. Countless volumes of seawater surged from all directions, converging towards the black sphere.

The entire ship seemed to bear a terrifying pressure, shattering and deforming with a deafening roar. It was crushed into countless fragments, hurtling toward the black sphere.

“Damn it… What kind of ability is this…”

Vander Decken widened his eyes, struggling frantically in the currents. He grabbed onto a broken piece of the ship’s hull, attempting to throw it towards Ron. He even forgot that his Target-Target Fruit ability marked Shirahoshi, not the Ron before him.

However, no matter who was marked, his actions were undoubtedly futile.

The fragment he threw out hadn’t traveled a meter before it stopped mid-air, pulled and attracted back by the force of the black sphere.

Whoosh!

In Vander Decken’s horrified gaze, he and the ship’s fragments were all drawn into the black sphere. A horrifying pressure bore down on him.

“No! No! No!!!”

“Shirahoshi… Shirahoshi!! I haven’t obtained her…”

Vander Decken’s wretched screams barely transmitted before abruptly silencing. Along with the ship’s debris and seawater, he was crazily compressed and squeezed.

Ron looked calmly for a moment, and then his figure flickered, leaving a white trail in the water as he disappeared from the spot, heading back towards Fish-Man Island.

Behind him, the black sphere, after violently contracting, suddenly exploded.

Boom!

Surging sea currents impacted in all directions.

Even Fish-Man Island, thousands of meters away, felt the force of these currents. The outer membrane bubbles trembled intensely, causing countless Fish-Men and Merfolk to show expressions of horror.

“What’s going on?”

“Sea currents?!”

Many Fish-Men looked at the trembling membrane bubbles with uncertainty.

This was the deep sea’s ocean floor—how could such violent sea currents occur? Could there be a nearby volcanic eruption? But there were no volcanoes near Fish-Man Island.

At the Hard-Shell Tower:

Neptune and the others also noticed the intense shaking of the outer membrane bubbles around Fish-Man Island. Everyone involuntarily looked up.

Nami immediately thought of Ron and shook her head helplessly, saying, “Seriously… that Ron guy is causing such a huge disturbance again. It’s dangerous!”

Neptune also had some suspicion that this might be Ron’s doing. Hearing Nami’s words at the moment, he instantly believed his own speculation and couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Although they didn’t know what Ron had done, the impact force from those sea currents just now was comparable to an underwater volcanic eruption. It made the membrane bubbles covering the entire Fish-Man Island tremble!

“Could this be… the work of Lord Ron?”

Shirahoshi also looked at the sky with a sense of astonishment.

“Ah, most likely.”

Nami tapped her shoulder with her Clima-Tact, and seeing that the membrane bubbles over Fish-Man Island hadn’t burst, she let out a slight sigh of relief. She shook her head and said, “With such a huge disturbance, he probably found Vander Decken and dealt with him.”

Almost as Nami’s words fell, a black figure pierced through the membrane bubbles, breaking through the sky and flying towards them. After a few flashes, it landed back in front of the Hard-Shell Tower.

Ron glanced at Neptune and said, “It’s done.”

“…”

Neptune was momentarily unsure how to respond.

Of course, he had no reason to doubt the authenticity of Ron’s words. It’s just that the huge gap in power between them and Vander Decken, whom Fish-Man Island had been trying to capture for years without success, being easily dealt with by Ron, left him at a loss for words.

Moreover, the immense sea currents that had practically impacted the entirety of Fish-Man Island… that was the power of one of the Yonko, standing at the pinnacle of the sea, on par with Whitebeard!

“Ro… Lord Ron? When you said it’s been resolved, you mean…”

Shirahoshi looked at Ron floating in the air and cautiously asked.

Ron turned his head towards her, smiled, and said, “Yes, it’s about Vander Decken. You don’t need to worry about any flying weapons in the future.”

“Really, really?!”

Shirahoshi’s expression lit up with joy. She couldn’t help but extend her two fair jade-like hands to lift Ron and place him in front of her.

Neptune watched this scene, wanting to say something but momentarily at a loss for words. Although Ron’s appearance was that of a puppet, he was undeniably a terrifying entity at the pinnacle of the sea.

Indeed… truly beautiful.

Ron gazed at the close Shirahoshi and sighed lightly as he commented.

Shirahoshi’s beauty was undoubtedly stunning. She and Hancock were probably the only two individuals in this world whose charm had reached its maximum value.

Despite the vast difference in size, being held in Shirahoshi’s palm revealed no flaws whatsoever. Her fair skin was as flawless as jade.

“Unless there’s another guy named Vander Decken.”

Ron’s tone was gentle as he continued, “Even if there is another, don’t worry. I will protect you. You don’t need to hide in a place like this anymore.”