A certain scientific pirate

The South China Sea is the hometown of the navy marshal, but this does not prevent it from being also a paradise for pirates.

Looking down from the undefended town, you can see a pirate ship parked outside the port. The ship itself is just a two-masted medium-sized ship, but it is blocked outside the small port and looks like a giant in comparison. .

Dirty gray sails were hung on the tall masts, and a skull and crossbones flag was tied to the top... It was this flag that indicated the nature of the ship.

The pirate ship slowly swung over, and a row of black gun muzzles on the side deck pointed right towards the town. Immediately afterwards, there was a flash of fire over there, and with a sharp whistling sound, several artillery shells once again hit the defenseless town.

The shell struck somewhere in the town, and the flames burst into flames.

When the residents of the town realized what had happened, they completely rioted in an instant.

Although this was Mo Fei's first time experiencing such a thing, he also knew that this was not the right time to observe pirates, nor did he need to care about the mayor.

"Run to the back hill, Emisha."

Mo Fei directly grabbed the little maid Emisha and started running. He didn't want to be involved in the commotion caused by the pirates in such a direct way. The right choice at this time should be to avoid... Although he now has a Devil Fruit that can be described as "powerful", there is no question about how Applying this directly to combat against humans, he clearly had little experience.

"Brother Mo Fei?" Emisha was a little confused after being pulled away by Mo Fei.

"The purpose of the pirates coming ashore is to rob. Which place in this town seems to be the most valuable for robbery? This is obvious at a glance." Mo Fei said.

His voice was very calm throughout.

As long as the pirates who came ashore had any brains, they would go straight to the most luxurious house in the town, so the two of them couldn't stay here.

The pirates' shelling caused fires to break out in several parts of the town. Most of the buildings here are wooden houses and can easily burn. Among the narrow streets, dancing flames, and panicked crowds, Mo Fei pulled Emisha through.

"Hide it, hide it quickly!"

"What are you hiding? Run! Run to the back hill!"

"My house, my money..."

"Money or life is more important, idiot!"

"Of course it's money, idiot!"

Noisy and messy sounds reached Mo Fei's ears. For some reason, he felt that some people seemed nervous and scared, but some people seemed a little happy when facing the pirate attack?

But he didn't have time to appreciate the various emotions that were spreading in the town, because the next moment, the exclamations from the crowd made him completely alert.

"Bombardment!"

Mo Fei subconsciously turned his head in the direction of the port, and then he saw a dark iron ball striking this side after crossing a parabola - the cannonball was facing him, like It's like it was deliberately aimed.

A cannonball flying at subsonic speed seems to be slow and leisurely, because its flight trajectory will be exposed to people's vision for a relatively "long time", so no one will think that this speed is incredible. It will even give people An illusion that you can reach out and catch it.

But there is no doubt that humans cannot run as fast as cannonballs, so when the solid cannonball continued to enlarge in Mo Fei's eyes, it was already too late to run.

Unless... no, that can't be done.

At this time of crisis, Mo Fei's mind was spinning. He felt that the levels of various hormones in his body soared in an instant... Also soaring were his blood pressure, the surrounding sounds, and even his heartbeat and breathing at this moment. Suddenly they all disappeared.

He felt that one moment his body was a rusty machine that had been there for many years and lacked parts. Then suddenly the machine was replaced with new gears, lubricated, and the rust was cleaned, so he Naturally or even subconsciously, it began to operate in an unprecedentedly efficient manner.

So just before the cannonball smashed his head, by some strange coincidence, he stretched out his hand towards the cannonball, and then... the moment his hand touched the iron ball, the Devil Fruit's ability was activated.

First the tip of his index finger, then the other fingers and the palm of his hand. Mo Fei could clearly feel the contact process. Then he turned his wrist and lifted his palm, and actually caught the cannonball in his hand.

All I can say is...this thing is really hot.

"..."

The surrounding commotion disappeared at this moment. There must have been more than one person who saw this unimaginable scene. Fortunately, because the sky had darkened, everyone might not be able to see Mo Fei's face.

"Uh... I was shocked." Mo Fei threw the cannonball to the ground and said after taking a long breath.

"..."

So who surprised whom?

Mo Fei was also aware of the reactions of the people around him, but in theory this kind of surprise would be better than him just "taking off", right? If he explained to everyone at this time that "people's physiques are different, I was able to catch a twelve-pound cannonball with one hand when I was extremely angry", would they believe it?

"Don't worry, it's a dud..."

Run quickly, you won't have such luck next time. "

Mo Fei just shouted like this, then put Emisha under her arm and left here at a strangely high speed like flying.

"Oh, it turned out to be a dud..."

Some people with limited brain capacity suddenly realized that this was the first time in their lives that they had heard that solid cannonballs that came out of the barrel were also called "dumb bombs."

Emisha was even more confused. When she was almost killed by a cannonball, she closed her eyes subconsciously. But when she opened her eyes, she found that instead of being killed, she was almost at the top of the back mountain. .

Mo Fei hid the little maid high on the top of the mountain, and then said, "This is considered a safe area, Emisha, let's stay here."

The pirates who came ashore would definitely not be able to climb mountains, and the location chosen by Mo Fei would be difficult for ordinary people to climb up.

"Well..." Emisha nodded ignorantly. In short, she was quite safe now.

At this moment, Mo Fei understood that in a world where pirates were raging, it didn't seem strange to encounter pirates coming ashore to rob.

After staying on the mountain for a while, Mo Fei suddenly said, "Emisha, I'll go down and check the situation, and I'll be back soon."

He seemed to have made some kind of decision in his heart, so without waiting for the other party's reaction, he rushed directly into the forest below.

After leaving the top of the mountain, Mo Fei did not rush back to the town. Instead, she stopped at a slightly higher position and watched the robbery, arson and even killings taking place below.

"People often say that a heroic death is better than a mediocre life. The first half of the sentence is open to question, but the second half should be no problem...Normal people don't want to live an ordinary and humble life."

The chaos in the town intensified. After watching here for a while, Mo Fei suddenly remembered a very simple and very reasonable sentence... Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be martyred.

"Whether it's a bandit or a pirate, being a thief is definitely wrong, so...become a big thief."

In the darkness, Mo Fei muttered to herself.

Pirates look scary, but they can't scare the brave.

Mo Fei left where she was standing and headed straight for the pirate ship in the port.

……Mo Fei’s Devil Fruit Research Notes……

"Although unleashing the full power of a Devil Fruit requires a process of continuous development and hard work, after eating this indescribable taste of "fruit", I instantly knew its most basic "efficacy."

Like a baby's innate reflex, humans know how to suck right from birth.

In other words, when I took a bite of something that looked like shit, I also understood another thing:

I can fly.

And you need to resist the urge to take off at all times. "