Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow

Because at this moment, the Alrita Pirates are hiding behind a small island in the sea below, planning to sneak attack a passenger ship approaching.

And about a few minutes ago, the crew of the passenger ship picked up a floating barrel from the sea.

After waiting for so long, I finally waited until the beginning of the plot.

"Hey, today, is the fruit on the small island below? Or is it on the passenger ship?" Claire asked.

"Master, I'll go down and check it out." After saying that, Zeta got up and planned to go down to search.

After waiting for 20 days, Zeta's patience had long been exhausted. If it weren't for Li De's company, Zeta would have been impatient long ago.

After all, she has a personality that only has a three-minute enthusiasm for everything, so she is not suitable for long-term boring tasks.

In fact, Zeta's talent is very high. If it weren't for the influence of her personality, with her talent, her hard power would not be worse than Delta.

"Don't worry, wait until Alrita is beaten away, it will be the beginning of everything, just watch it with peace of mind!" Li De stopped Zeta's action and said.

"Being hit? She's so fat, how far can she fly even if she's hit? It looks like the slippery fruit should be in this area." Claire thought for a while and said.

"Who knows? With Alrita's weight, she can float on the sea after being unconscious. Who knows if she got the slippery fruit after encountering a new island or directly on the sea." Reed shook his head and said.

After all, if he could confirm the method of obtaining it, he wouldn't have to monitor it for so long!

While Reed was talking, the Alrita Pirates below had hijacked the passenger ship, and the classic scene was being staged.

"'Most' what?" Alrita asked Coby with a hideous smile.

"The ugliest old woman!" Coby said what he had always wanted to say.

"Hahahaha!" Luffy laughed with his hands on his hips after hearing it.

"What did you say?!" The veins on Alrita's forehead were tense, and her whole face seemed to be distorted.

"I, I want to join the navy, and after joining, I will catch all the hateful pirates." Coby said with all his courage.

"Do you know what you are saying?!" Alrita's voice was terribly gloomy at this moment.

"I know, I want to do what I want to do, I want to join the navy, join the navy, and then catch you, a bastard!" Coby was completely desperate at this moment.

"You damn kid!" After saying that, Alrita raised the mace and was about to smash it down on Coby's head.

"Well said!" Luffy on the side pushed Coby away, and then used his head to withstand this full-strength stick.

After a Duang sound, the mace hit Luffy's head hard.

"It's useless, because it's a rubber man!" Luffy raised his head and punched the mace on his head, and then took the opportunity to swing his right hand hard.

"Rubber rubber pistol!"

Accompanied by Luffy's shouts, the right fist stretched longer and longer.

After reaching a certain extreme point, it was quickly recovered, and then Luffy used this powerful rebound to punch Alrita directly.

"Ah, she was really beaten and flew away!" Zeta, who had been staring at Alrita in the sky, couldn't help but say.

But in his heart, he admired Li De even more, because the master's eyes completely saw the distant future, and he was so honored to be such a strong woman.

"Dear sister, it's time to catch up." Li De couldn't help but remind Claire, who was a little dazed.

"Oh!" Claire quickly controlled the auspicious cloud to chase in the direction where Alrita flew.

"Master, Alrita fell into the sea." Zeta, who had been staring at Alrita, suddenly said beside the auspicious cloud.

"Just keep staring, she will float up anyway." Li De didn't care much, after all, if she really died here, there would be no subsequent plot.

"It's the master!" Zeta continued to stare after answering.

After Claire controlled the auspicious cloud to get closer, Zeta, who had been staring at Alrita, suddenly turned into a flash of lightning and fell towards the sea below.

When he appeared again, Zeta had come to the unconscious Alrita, standing on the sea. Zeta bent down and reached out from under Alrita's body to take out a pink brain-shaped fruit that floated to the surface with her.

Then he returned to the auspicious cloud with the slippery fruit in his hand.

Without looking at the slippery fruit in Zeta's hand, Li De looked at the place where Alrita fell.

This place is not far from the island where the Alrita Pirates' ship hid, and it happened to be a not-so-deep coral reef sea area.

After Alrita fell into the sea, it penetrated the sea water and hit the coral reef, and then brought the slippery fruit stuck in the coral reef out of the sea.

Without this coincidence, even if Li De mobilized a large number of manpower, he might not be able to find the slippery fruit.

After all, who would have thought that this slippery fruit would be in the coral reef in the shallow sea.

Fortunately, the perseverance of the past few days finally paid off. After obtaining the Slippery Fruit, he could finally start his life as a pirate.

After finding a sea area, Reed landed on the sea surface and added the power of the Multiplication Fruit. He took out the model built by Franky from the magic bag and placed it on the sea surface.

After multiplying it fifty times, a ship about the same size as the Thousand Sunshine appeared in front of Reed.

As for why Reed compared this ship with the Thousand Sunshine, it was because Franky referred to the design of the Thousand Sunshine in many places when building this ship.

For example, the power propulsion system, and the roaring cannons and wind-blasting devices at the head and tail.

Of course, there are also differences, such as the materials used. The Thousand Sunshine is mainly based on the trunk of the treasure tree Adam, but Reed's Pure White Knight is based on mithril as the main keel structure. The section of the treasure tree Adam branch that Reed brought before was mainly used by Franky on the deck and interior decoration.

But on the outside, Franky still used mithril. After all, Franky found after research that mithril is really light but extremely hard.

The hull used to wrap the treasure tree Adam also has the effect of preventing seawater corrosion and barnacle parasitism.

In addition to the materials used for the main body, the internal structure is also different. After all, Reed does not need multiple docks, so these spaces are left for the power system and weapon system.

In addition to these two major differences, the White Knight also has the facilities and equipment that the Thousand Miles Sunshine has, such as kitchens, restaurants, bars, etc.

Finally, in terms of appearance, the White Knight is also a two-masted sailing ship.

According to Reed's original intention, he didn't want a sail. After all, after returning to the real world, he had abundant magic power and didn't need to use wind power to drive it.

But the mainstream ships in the real world are still in the form of wooden sailboats, which made Reed retain the style of two masts.

Of course, in order to put it away when it is not needed, the mast adopts a folding structure.

It's also fortunate that Franky built a model of about one meter in length, otherwise it is unknown how much effort it would take.

When he came to the ship, Claire and Zeta had already landed on the deck.

After teleporting Beta, Victoria, Delta, and Ipsilon, the pirate group led by Reed was officially established.

Considering that the identities of the characters replaced by Ipsilon and Delta are quite sensitive, Li De thought of using the mask mimicked by slime to cover the face during the Shadow Courtyard operation. Naturally, the name of the pirate group became the Masked Pirates.

As for the pirate flag, two swords crossed in an oblique cross, and a white skull with a black mask covering the empty eyes was placed on it.

"Oh, it's finally starting, Ipsilon, it seems that the slippery fruit you have been waiting for is finally in hand!" Delta couldn't help but say after being teleported.

"It seems so!" Ipsilon was in a good mood at the moment.

"Ipsilon, this slippery fruit is for you." Li De took the slippery fruit from Zeta and handed it to Ipsilon who came in front of him.

"Thank you for the gift, master!" Ipsilon saluted, took the slippery fruit, and then took a bite.

With her facial muscles twitching slightly, Ipsilon tried her best to control her expression. After swallowing a mouthful, Ipsilon swallowed the slippery fruit in her hand with a desperate look, disregarding her ladylike image.

"How does it taste?!" As Beta asked, everyone's eyes became curious for a while.

Because strictly speaking, Ipsilon was the first person to taste the taste of the authentic devil fruit.

"It's hard to describe the taste, but it's certain that after trying it once, I will never want to try it again in my life." With a pale face, Ipsilon gave the answer.

"It looks like it should be worse than the artificial devil fruit!" Claire said with some sympathy at this moment.

After all, when she tasted the artificial devil fruit before, the taste also made her remember it vividly.

It's just that the taste of the artificial devil fruit is not as exaggerated as Ipsilon's evaluation of the authentic devil fruit.

The other girls were all celebrating. After all, they got the devil fruit by relying on the fusion card, which directly skipped the tasting process. Otherwise, they would have to experience Ipsilon's experience at this moment.

"Master, our pirate group has been established, so should we set off for the Upside Down Mountain next?" Beta couldn't wait to experience the majesty and strangeness of the Upside Down Mountain with his own hands.

"Don't worry, before we officially set sail, we need to add a professional navigator." Li De shook his head and said.

"Sid, where can we find a professional navigator?" Claire asked.

"Just summon him." Li De smiled and replied.

"Master, the person you want to summon is not the thief you met in Fashion Island last year?" Ipsilon seemed to think of something, and then asked.

Last year, when Li De first brought them to the East China Sea Fashion Island to experience the fashion forefront of the pirate world, he accidentally met a girl who was going to steal money from Li De.

He originally wanted to kill several women and teach them a lesson, but Li De let her go and left a space mark on her.

"It was that thief, but don't underestimate her. In the entire East China Sea, there is probably only one person whose navigation skills can be compared with hers." Li De nodded and said.

"Is she that powerful? But Master, can that woman be trusted?" Beta did not doubt Li De's evaluation, but was only worried about the reliability of outsiders.

In fact, if Li De had not said before that he wanted to experience the life of a pirate, and if a group of girls had been practicing and had little time to study, there would be no need to find outsiders to act as navigators.

A little more than a year is enough for Beta or Zeta to make some progress in navigation. Even if this half-baked skill cannot cope with the extremely bad weather in the New World, it is still no big problem in the four seas and the first half of the Grand Line.

"No need to trust, right! After all, we are just experiencing the life of a pirate for a short time, not fighting side by side with her for a long time." Reed replied with a smile.

"That's right! Then summon her quickly." Claire said immediately.

Nodding, Reed immediately cast the summoning magic you want.

This magic is also from the world of eight men. In the original work, Wei Delin used it to reversely summon the panties of the duchess of the Northern Empire.

After Reed's improvement, people can be summoned through the marks left in advance.

The reason why Reed did not leave summoning marks for the women is that it is much more convenient to locate them by relying on the power of the contract.

In addition, the magic power consumption of teleportation magic is different from that of summoning magic. The magic power consumption of teleportation magic is fixed and will not change due to the distance of the giant force.

But the magic power consumption of summoning magic depends on the size of the summoned person. The larger the person, the more magic power is consumed.

Even the smallest object consumes more magic power than teleportation magic.

As a large magic circle almost exceeding the deck appeared under Li De's feet, a girl appeared on the deck.

At this moment, she was holding a fork and appeared in a sitting position.

Needless to say, when Li De summoned her, the girl was probably eating.

Bang!

The next second, the unprepared girl lost her balance and sat heavily on the deck.

"It hurts!" The girl couldn't help but scream.

"See you again, Kaito Kalina!" Li De said.

"You are... that handsome little brother. It's been a long time since we last met." Kalina looked at Li De and recognized him instantly.

After all, after her stealing skills were perfected, she rarely missed, so she naturally remembered the scene of being caught as soon as she reached out.

As she spoke, Kalina rubbed her buttocks and stood up, then looked around inconspicuously.

"I think you should have heard of the devil fruit worth hundreds of millions." Li De asked Kalina.

"Of course I have heard of this, which means that you are a devil fruit user and brought me here, is this correct?" Kalina quickly adapted to the current situation.

"To be precise, it is a summoning. I left a summoning mark formed by the devil fruit ability on you, and this mark will accompany you for the rest of your life unless I take the initiative to erase it." Li De nodded and kindly deceived.

"You want to tell me that unless you remove the ability, I can't run away even if I want to, right?" Kalina continued to ask.

"That's it!" Li De nodded.

"Then I wonder what you want to do with me, brother?" Kalina immediately became serious.

"I formed a pirate group and planned to experience the life of a pirate, but I don't have a professional navigator here, so I want to invite you to take the position." Li De said straight to the point.

"Serve as a navigator?" Kalina was a little surprised when she heard this. After all, she thought Li De asked her to steal something.

"I will serve as a navigator. From today, it will end in half a year. As for your employment fee, it depends on luck." Li De said slowly.

"Brother, what does it mean to depend on luck?" Kalina asked puzzled.

"I think you know that I am not short of money, so all the gains along the way belong to you. Whether we meet a pirate group or someone from other forces, we generally will not take the initiative to provoke, but if we provoke us, we will resolutely fight back. We don't need you to fight, and it's your job to clean up the battlefield after the battle. How much you can loot depends on your luck." Li De explained patiently.

"Really only hire me for half a year? And all the gains on the road really belong to me?" Kalina asked with a little sparkle in her eyes.

"I don't have to lie to you." Li De nodded.

"Then we can only hope that the benefits outweigh the risks. Captain, please give us your guidance." Kalina said after hearing this. It was her fault for being so impulsive in the first place, and now she couldn't run away.