Mobilization.5

I took a bag full of food. We were going to war so I was not really clear on how much time we would spend at this forsaken place. To avoid any potential misfits and errors, we had to get some food. Especially with how much my brother ate. Gray Terminal was, in essence, a dump, and apart from scavengers, gang bangers, thieves, and pirates, no one had a really good settlement there.

Stealing food from pirates was a solution, but I had to take preventive measures just in case. Going without food for days or even weeks was not a problem for me as long as I had water, I could be at more than 50% of my full abilities. To be more precise I would be seriously fucked up, and I would drag my body like an undying zombie.

My senses would become a bit dull also. But I had reached a small mastery of Hokuto already. Since this was the case, I was able to boost my brain abilities by +70% once I engaged in a fight, which meant boosting the whole potential of my body, as well as awaken all of my latent abilities.

This was just too overpowered for this Island small-fries, but it would let me keep my life and not die from lack of energy due to malnutrition or lack of food. I will just say this because I don't even want to go over about my abilities to ward off poison…

The real reason I decided to stack up on food was that of my three fellow pirates. Even if their bodies were trained in the ultimate killing art called “Hokuto Shinken”, their mastery was still shallow and shaky.

I estimated this raid to last for not more than several days, counting how we’d have to leave someone to take over the place and lead in our stead when we decided to go back home. That’d be just ideal since Shanks would only leave 10 days from now.

We would be able to be back from this expedition and say goodbye to him in time.

Luffy would be devastated if he left without seeing him one last time, as for me I had many things to ask him before he left. Especially things concerning the Haki

With my system, I had passed over many things. The skills I could develop were very broad. Hopefully, I could create skills that were totally different and contrary to what people in this world were used to seeing.

Growing up, I was against the idea of developing bizarre skills that could have helped me strengthen in advance. On the other hand, I was not at all opposed to the idea of using the system to its full potential. After all leveling up skills was extremely long.

If I was lucky enough, I would get a level in a year while training. I felt like I would not level up a lot unless I fought in life and death situations or put my life at risk. This was the disadvantage of using a skill system, I could get a lot of skills, but I had to develop each one of them in order to become an all-rounder. Unfortunately, no one had so much free time on their hands. I could not really control in which area I would get stronger, depending on the way I lived my life. This was the most unclear part, and I would have to ask some questions to the system or continue to make experiments.

The system had told me that the world was getting stronger along with me and that my birth provoked a change in this dimension. Apparently, I was not supposed to be born, so the world had some kind of automatic response that only “it” understood.

I was not really clear on what that “it” meant, but he only said that I would find out one day. The system still gave me a hint when I insisted, it was that I was not as special as I originally assumed I was...

Thinking about this I was able to make some theories and conjectures. At least it would not leave me bored…

Becoming strong was good, but it was also a perpetual quest. Reaching the top of the mountain was the goal, but it meant nothing if no one could threaten your existence.

Anyway, it was time to go…

“Aniki, ready?” I asked.

“Ooo!!Always!” Luffy packed a full bag of meat on his back and joined Sabo and Ace waiting outside the shack.

I shook my head with a huge grin and stepped outside...Today was going to be fun. This was the first step to our adventure.