Chương 21: A nuclear explosion is also an explosion, and art is an explosion!

1518 in the Haiyuan calendar.

The first half of the Grand Line, Cactus Island, Whiskey Town.

This is the base where the executive commanders of the Baroque Works have secretly established themselves as local residents.

The so-called Baroque Works is ostensibly an organization of bounty hunters, but in reality, it is a secret crime company based in Alabasta.

Their president is Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Six years have passed since Yang Cheng left Cocoa West Village.

During those six years, Yang Cheng neither became a pirate nor a marine, but instead became a renowned bounty hunter, nicknamed "Orange Killer," or simply "Orange Killer."

Although his nickname was a bit odd, Yang Cheng's name was truly infamous in the East Blue and even the first half of the Grand Line.

In the year before leaving Cocoyasi Village, Yang Cheng first wandered around the East Blue, practicing against the pirates there, and fully mastered the Six Powers and Observation Haki.

In the second year, at the age of fifteen, he entered the Grand Line alone and made his first victory by killing the pirate Mad Dog Saco, who had a bounty of 4500 million Berries, thus showing his talent in the first half of the Grand Line.

Three more years passed, and Yang Cheng traveled to various islands in the first half of the Grand Line, specifically looking for pirates with high bounties and who had committed numerous evil deeds.

Through constant battles with pirates and Devil Fruit users, he gained a basic grasp of Armament Haki and honed his swordsmanship to a considerable degree, becoming a swordsman capable of cutting through iron and unleashing flying slashes.

Due to his reputation, he was recruited by Baroque Works last year as a bounty hunter.

The vice president, Miss. All Sunday Nico Robin, personally extended an invitation to him on an island.

The two on the island talked about something, but Yang Cheng eventually accepted Nico Robin's invitation and became a member of Baroque Works.

In just half a day, Yang Cheng was promoted to the position of Chief Commander, Mr. 5, based on his outstanding performance, and was paired with Miss Valentine, Michita.

What? You're asking where the original Mr. 5, that booger guy, went?

In the Baroque Studio, only the fittest survive; Yang Cheng rose to power, and he was naturally eliminated.

Baroque Works' organizational structure involves Crocodile as the president, operating behind the scenes, while Nico Robin, though Crocodile's partner and nominal vice president, is essentially just a tool.

Below the president/boss are the chief commanders, consisting of Mr. 1 to Mr. 5, and a total of ten people working with them.

Below the chief commander are the executive commanders, consisting of fourteen people, from Mr. 6 to Mr. 12, who are responsible for leading the other staff to raise funds at the entrance to the Grand Line.

The fundraising mentioned here naturally refers to becoming a bounty hunter and exchanging bountyd pirates who have just entered the Grand Line for money.

Yang Cheng joined Baroque Works partly because of an agreement he made with Nico Robin.

Another reason is that, as a criminal organization, Baroque Works has many channels to obtain things that ordinary people cannot.

For example, Devil Fruits, or famous swords, etc...

On the Grand Line, the technology to allow non-living beings to consume Devil Fruits has already been developed.

After joining Baroque Studio, Yang Cheng also received the benefits that Lao Sha had promised him when he recruited him.

Among the 51 Swift Blades, the most famous is the Ripping Blade, and the Paramecia-type Devil Fruit is the Bomb-Bomb Fruit.

Yang Cheng himself would never eat a Devil Fruit, since in this world where almost everything is sea, the side effect of being unable to swim would be far too fatal.

So he used the technology first developed on the Grand Line to make the newly acquired famous sword, the Rift, eat the Blast-Blast Fruit.

Like the Door-Door Fruit and other Paramecia-type Devil Fruits, Yang Cheng has always believed that the Bomb-Bomb Fruit is one of the most seriously underestimated Devil Fruits.

In the world of One Piece, the Devil Fruits are as outrageous as the imagination.

Luffy's rubber body can even be linked to the Mythical Zoan type "Nika Mode," which shows that imagination is really important in the world of One Piece!

The Bomb-Bomb Fruit was only used by Mr. 5 to create comical moves like the "Booger Cannon," which Yang Cheng believed was entirely due to his lack of imagination.

The explosive power of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit depends on the user's imagination and understanding.

In Mr. 5's understanding, the greatest power of an explosion should be that of a cannon, so the power of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit is naturally the same.

But Yang Cheng is different. As a time traveler, he has no other advantages, but he has a very big imagination.

According to the law that "the Milky Way is also a river", then "a nuclear explosion is also an explosion" is not wrong, right?

Now that his sword has been given the "Flame-Flame Fruit," it's perfectly reasonable for it to deal nuclear explosion damage with a single strike, right?

As everyone knows, art is an explosion! The original Mr. 5 didn't understand the art of explosions, so he was a noob.

But Yang Cheng has both a vivid imagination and is an artist, so the power that the "Bomb-Bomb Fruit" brings out in his hands is naturally different.

"Yang Cheng, don't you find this annoying? We're all chief directors of Baroque Works."

But why is it that we're always the first ones chosen for dirty and tiring fieldwork?

They made us come to this godforsaken place to assess new recruits so late at night. My skin has gotten worse these past few days because I haven't been getting enough sleep.

Ms. Valentine is a tall, slender young woman with short blonde hair, light green eyes, wearing a lemon-patterned skirt, and who likes to carry a green parasol.

And to be honest, even in the early days when the art style was rough, Ms. Valentine's Day was still quite beautiful.

When she appeared alongside Nami and Vivi, Yang Cheng, who was watching the anime at the time, even thought that her looks could easily surpass those of the other female leads.

During their year as partners, Yang Cheng saved Ms. Valentine's Day on numerous missions, so the two developed a pretty good relationship off-screen.

Ms. Valentine knew that Yang Cheng didn't like being called by his organization code name, so she would call him by his name when no one else was around.

"There's nothing we can do about it; we're the worst among the chief commanders."

Haven't you seen Mr. 1 and Mr. Double Fingers always posing for photos at the Spider Cafe?

Watching Mr. Valentine use the Light-Weight Fruit to reduce his weight to one kilogram and float in mid-air using a parasol, Yang Cheng shrugged helplessly.

At this moment, Mr. Valentine was completely unaware that she was floating in mid-air in a short skirt, and Yang Cheng, who was walking on the ground, had an excellent view when he looked up to talk to her!

"With your strength level, Yang Cheng, defeating Mr. 1 and the others should be a piece of cake, right?"

Sometimes I just don't understand, you clearly have that kind of ability, so why don't you climb the ladder?