One Piece: Fist of the World

This is Rhodes' new development of the [Soul Soul Fruit] ability.

Split a part of his soul, use blood as a carrier, and integrate his soul into other people.

The Soul Soul Fruit has an ability called the Soul Spell.

It can judge the human soul by asking questions, and even if the other party feels a little fear, the soul will be taken away instantly.

However, there is a flaw in the use of this ability, that is, the other party must hear his voice.

If the other party cannot hear the voice, no matter how deep the fear in his heart is, the ability user cannot take the other party's soul.

Now, with the newly developed [Soul Endowment] ability, Rhodes can clearly feel Smoothie's soul, and he can feel that no matter how far the two are, he can clearly feel where Smoothie's soul is.

Not only that, with the ability of [Soul Endowment], when splitting his soul, he can also imprint part of his experience in the soul fragments, and when giving it to others, the other party can also master the experience he imprinted.

And the person who gets the soul fragment, in addition to mastering some of the skills given by Rhodes, because the soul becomes stronger, it will also lead to the strengthening of the other party's body.

In general, people who are given soul fragments by Rhodes with the ability of [Soul Endowment] can obtain some physical improvement and some combat skills.

On the contrary, while getting the benefits, his soul is always in Rhodes' perception. As long as there is fear, awe and other emotions in his heart, Rhodes can extract the other party's soul at any time!

However, the soul extracted in this way cannot be used directly by Rhodes to strengthen himself.

Like those harvested souls, they need to go through the extraction process before they can be used on themselves.

But!

According to Rhodes's idea of ​​developing this ability, as time goes by, when the person who absorbs his soul fragments continues to grow, the part of the soul fragments that he gives to the other party will continue to integrate into the other party's soul and eat it up bit by bit.

The more battles you experience, the more intense the battles, and the more you are tempered on the edge of life and death, the faster this process will be!

When the person who gets the soul fragments given by you dies, his soul will return to you.

Among them, the part eaten by your own soul fragments is the part that can be used directly to strengthen your soul!

Rhode looked at the soul power in his hand.

After such a long time, he still couldn't absorb soul power to continue strengthening his soul. It seems that the interval between each strengthening may be more than half a year.

In this case, he only needs to keep a portion of soul power for backup.

Using the remaining soul power in his hand as a repair material, he can also split 39 soul fragments.

After getting his soul fragments, masters like Smoothie can have a significant improvement in strength. If this part of the soul fragments is given to other people, I am afraid that they will grow into qualified combat power in a short time.

"Neru, select 39 reliable guys from our people."

I hope these carefully selected guys can grow up as soon as possible!

Three days later, Cake Island

Compared with Greenbit, Cake Island is surrounded by a circle of islands and has a thorough protection. Unlike Greenbit, because there are too many people coming and going, the concealment is obviously much worse.

So when there are some things that need to be kept secret, Rhode prefers to do it on Cake Island.

According to Rhode's request, Neru selected 39 outstanding members from the newly formed 13th Division.

Some of these people came to Rhodes after his reputation became more and more famous, some were recruited when the Don Quixote family was destroyed, and some were recruited from the members of the Big Mom Pirates.

Of course, there are also some talents selected by the security company.

As the security company's stalls are getting bigger and bigger, the Rhodes Pirates are also quickly spending money while making a lot of money.

Especially some originally barren islands, although they have signed an agreement with the security company, they have no money at all. These islands not only cannot bring income to the Rhodes Pirates, but even require the Rhodes Pirates to spend money to support them.

However, the reason why Rhodes has been promoting the business of the security company is not for the income of the security company.

More importantly, relying on the business of the security company, it openly recruits people from all over the world.

As time goes by, as the security company covers a wider range, more and more employees join in, and more and more talents are discovered.

Just like this time, among the 39 members selected, 13 have climbed up from the security company.

"Practice well, don't waste the power I gave you."

"Don't worry, Governor!"

"We will practice the power of the devil fruit well!"

Rod looked at the group of members in front of him, feeling their vigorous soul power, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

"Don't be disappointed if you didn't get it this time. As long as you perform well in the future, you will have the opportunity to get the devil fruit!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity to select talents, Rod gave most of the devil fruits in his collection to these subordinates.

When they wiped out the Don Quixote family, they obtained a lot of devil fruits. Except for the Childish Fruit that was suppressed by Rod, they also distributed the Wolf Wolf Fruit obtained by killing CP9, the Cat-Cat Fruit·Cat Form, and the animal-type devil fruits stolen from Kaido.

After further developing the Soul-Soul Fruit, Rod's power will usher in a period of rapid improvement.

While his own power is increasing, the power of his subordinates must also keep up.

Rod waved his hand, letting these subordinates who had been trained with emphasis to disband and exercise their abilities on their own, and then took Law back to Greenbit.

"Are we going to set off!"

As soon as Rod passed through the portal, Nia came up and looked at Rod with expectation.

After the Rod Pirates were reorganized and formed into thirteen divisions, Nia took over the position of captain of the second division, responsible for the collection and analysis of intelligence.

Due to her childhood learning and education, Nia is very familiar with this aspect, and with Violet's help, it is not difficult to complete Rod's requirements.

However, she is a curious cat, and such a boring life has made her tired.

Therefore, when she learned that Rhode was about to be summoned by the World Government to go to Marijoa, she immediately asked to accompany him.

"Yes, the navy will send a warship to pick us up."

Rhode nodded.

"Neru, when I'm not here, things will be handed over to you and Luo."

"Don't talk as if you would ask about things normally."

Rhode couldn't help but complain.

"Anyway, it's just the same as usual, right?"

Neru nodded, and then added a knife.

In fact, as the governor of the Rhode Pirates, Rhode, in addition to making requests, usually things are basically decided by Neru and Luo.

"Ahem!"

Rhode coughed twice, interrupted them, and then pointed at Minina.

"Then, Nia and Minina will go with me to the World Government this time."

Although with the endorsement of the World Government, the "Fist Security Company" of the Rhode Pirates can expand all the way and spread all over the world.

However, the endorsement of the World Government only makes the "Fist Security Company" legal. It is not a simple matter to open security companies to various islands and make them pay fees.

Especially in the North Sea and the West Sea, these two seas close to the second half of the Grand Line, there are many powerful countries.

If you want to open a security company and a series of supporting factories there, you can't avoid fighting with those countries.

In the New World, although Rod killed Big Mom and replaced her position, because Rod has always retained the title of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, nominally speaking, there are only three pirate emperors in the New World.

Those who have lost in the battle for hegemony among the "Four Emperors" are all eyeing the empty throne of the "Four Emperors" and are ambitious to reach the top.

Among them, Crocodile, the former Seven Warlords of the Sea, is the most popular.

He defeated many veteran pirates, and with the help of "Ghost Princess" Yamato, he was in the limelight for a while and was called the pirate closest to the "Four Emperors"!

Although the Rod Pirates did not want to conflict with the other three "Four Emperors" for the time being considering the situation in the sea, they did not want to give up the territory outside!

Therefore, among the 13th Division, the 3rd Division led by Pekin, the 5th Division led by Xia Qi, the 11th Division of Bonis, and the 13th Division of Smoothie have been fighting with various forces outside for the past six months or so.

Not only that, even the remaining divisions left in the base camp are ready to go out for support at any time.

In this case, facing the invitation of the World Government, Rod only planned to bring Nia, who was bent on keeping an eye on the situation, and Minina, one of the few non-powered people in the team.

"Pang Island?"

Nero looked at Rod.

The permanent pointer of the mysterious island, Punk Hazard, which Rhodes had assigned to Tezoro a long time ago, had been secretly delivered by Tezoro two days ago.

"Wait until I come back from Marijoa."

Punk Hazard is the research base of the World Government's Navy Science Force. Vegapunk, which claims to be 500 years ahead of the world, is conducting various secret research there.

It is definitely a very important place for the World Government.

Not only that, Admiral Kizaru has been stationed there for a long time.

It is unlikely that Neru can go there to seize the artificial devil fruit.

As he was talking, the warship arranged by the Navy appeared in Rhodes' sight.

"Oh, is the standard of this operation so high?"

Rhodes looked at the tall figure standing on the warship.

"The candidate for admiral has come out in person."

"After all, he is the uncrowned emperor who killed the Four Emperors."

Momotogi Gion had a faint smile on his face and looked at Rhodes and the other two who boarded the ship.

"Even as a navy officer, I have respect for people like you who still have justice in their hearts."

"You speak so nicely, it's hard for me not to suspect that you have a special purpose."

"Mr. Rhodes seems to have some prejudice against me."

Gion still had a faint smile on his face, looking at Rhodes who had already walked in front of him, but a trace of emotion rose in his heart.

When they first met in the Champs Elysees, the other party was only slightly stronger than Katakuri. If he fought with him, although he was defeated, he would not be able to defeat him easily.

However, not long after that, Gion received the news that Rod had killed Big Mom.

A long time ago, she had also felt the strength of that monster up close, and it was an overwhelming force!

However, such a powerful pirate actually died at Rod's hands!

And this time when she saw Rod again, the momentum that the other party inadvertently exuded made Gion tremble.

"There is no prejudice, but I have heard about you."

Admiral candidate of the Navy Headquarters, Momotosagi Gion, a great swordsman!

According to legend, she is proficient in geisha skills and entertains peach-colored guests to lure out all pirates.

Rhodes does not believe a word of what this woman says.

"It seems that the world has a lot of misunderstandings about me. No matter what, I am also a navy with the name of [Justice]. I heard that Mr. Rhodes has always regarded himself as a [partner of justice]. I thought I could be friends with you."

"Look, you still say it's a misunderstanding."

Rhodes glanced at the woman in front of him.

When the other party spoke, it seemed that she used the legendary geisha skills. Every movement and expression seemed to be carefully designed. Even the tone of speech was coordinated with the movement, and every move exuded a provocative atmosphere.

Although Rhodes has not had the opportunity to see the geisha skills of this world and compare them with the Gion in front of him.

But he seemed to smell the scent of "tea" from the other party's words and actions.

Tsk!

"I'm a pirate. How can pirates and the navy be friends? You'll make me doubt the purity of your [Justice]."

"I'm a [Partner of Justice]. If your [Justice] is pure enough, as a [Partner of Justice], I'll be your most loyal friend."

"But I'm a pirate. A person who becomes friends with pirates has impure [Justice]! As a [Partner of Justice], I absolutely cannot tolerate such impure [Justice]!"

Rhode threw out a tongue twister and spread his hands to Gion.

"So, do you want to be a friend of [Partner of Justice]?"

Gion's smile was slightly stiff, but soon recovered and replaced with another smile.

"Sure enough, you're an interesting person."

"I'm a little curious, how do you, who claim to be a [Partner of Justice], view [Justice]?"