Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

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Just like Doflamingo, no matter how much he develops his Devil Fruit abilities, he will still be no match for Zephyr, who has the strength of an Admiral.

The difference in strength was like an insurmountable chasm, making it impossible for him to overcome.

……

"Ron, you are indeed incredibly strong. I am no match for you at all."

Sabo, his body tattered, sat up from the crater, feeling the soreness all over his body, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This despairing gap in strength... it's exactly the same as when I was a kid.

“Your Dragon Claw Fist is quite well-practiced, but your physical strength is still lacking. However, physical strength training requires years of accumulation,” Ron said. “If your domineering aura cannot be broken through in a short period of time, your strength will probably stagnate.”

Sabo was taken aback for a moment, then frowned slightly: "Then what should I do?"

"There are many ways to improve your strength, but the most significant one for you right now is to eat a Devil Fruit that suits you."

Ron said to him.

With the strength of the revolutionary army, it wouldn't be too difficult to accomplish this.

The premise is whether Sabo wants to or not.

"A Devil Fruit, huh..."

Sabo was slightly tempted.

He scratched his head, looking somewhat troubled, and said, "I've thought about it before, but I don't know which fruit would be suitable for me."

Suddenly, a guy popped into Ron's mind.

If Sabo were to eat that guy's Devil Fruit, his strength would definitely skyrocket, and he might even break through to the level of a near-Admiral and reach the level of an Admiral.

"Logia type, Rumble-Rumble Fruit."

Sabo was slightly taken aback when he heard Ron's words.

"Eh?"

"That Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which is said to be the strongest Logia-type Devil Fruit?!"

Ivankov looked surprised: "Do you mean Ron knows where he is?!"

Ron nodded.

"The user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is named Enel, and he should still be on Skypiea, 10,000 meters above Jaya Island."

"A floating island thousands of meters in the air..."

Sabo and Kella both looked surprised; they had never heard of that island before.

Ivankov wasn't so surprised, just a little disappointed:

"The Rumble-Rumble Fruit has already been eaten... Well, there's nothing we can do about it then."

Devil Fruits only reappear somewhere in the world after the user dies, so they are not easy to obtain.

"Wouldn't it be great if that guy named Enel joined the Revolutionary Army?"

Kerla said innocently to Ron.

"Is this..."

Ron recalled Enel's arrogant attitude, as if he were the only one worthy of respect in the world.

If he joins the revolutionary army...

Ron's expression turned somewhat strange.

It's simply unimaginable.

However, if the inhabitants of the Sky Island are still under his enslavement, wasn't the Revolutionary Army established to help the common people overthrow tyrannical rule?

He smiled at Sabo and Ivankov and said, "If you have the chance, you can go to Skypiea. There are not only users of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit there, but there may also be people who need your Revolutionary Army's help."

187. A move is made on the chessboard; a four-person meeting that will determine the course of the world.

Meanwhile, on the Straw Hat crew's side...

They took Princess Vivi with them to Alabasta, passing through Drum Island along the way.

"Is this the place that triggered the Drum Island incident...?"

Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, looked around and said...

The giant crater formed by the battle between Ron and Kizaru was flooded by seawater flowing in through the huge crack, creating a lake several kilometers in diameter in front of the original Drum Mountain, with water as smooth as a mirror.

A thousand-meter-high magnetic drum mountain was kicked in half, leaving only one section.

On the snow-covered Drum Island, traces of that great battle are everywhere, telling those who come after of its earth-shattering nature.

"What terrifying power..."

Nami gazed at the broken mountains in the distance and couldn't help but murmur a sigh.

Both Admiral Kizaru and that other person possess power that is beyond their current comprehension.

"What? What are you talking about? What Drum Island incident?"

Usopp, unaware of the Drum Island incident, was completely baffled.

Sanji and Nami looked at him with some surprise:

"What, you didn't know?"

Vivi was equally surprised: "That was a super event that shook the ocean back then!"

Zoro, with three long swords hanging from his waist, nodded with his arms crossed: "Indeed, I heard about it even at the dojo."

He looked around: "I just didn't expect it to be played so... amazingly."

"Ron is really amazing..."

Luffy remarked with emotion.

"Even Luffy knows...?"

Usopp exclaimed in surprise.

"Ah."

Luffy nodded: "I know a little bit."

Usopp was utterly shocked. Even Luffy knew about this?!

What kind of major event is this?!

……

On Drum Island.

They met Dr. Kureha, a doctor, and Chopper. After getting to know the two, the Straw Hat crew learned the details of the Drum Island incident from them.

This was also the first time Usopp had learned the ins and outs of the Drum Island incident.

When he learned that the large lake they had passed by was originally a mountain a thousand meters high, and that it had been transformed into its current state because of the fight between the two people, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Eh?!!"

"It's not just that lake; all the huge craters, jagged cracks, and vast stretches of devastated forest that you see here, as well as that forest of megaliths and that mountain made of piled-up boulders... are all remnants of that battle."

Dr. Kureha exhaled a puff of smoke and made a startling statement: "Back then, I almost thought that the island was going to be destroyed by those two people, but thankfully, it was saved."

"Smash, smash an island to pieces..."

Usopp looked dazed.

He couldn't imagine it.

So there are monsters like this in this ocean?!

………………

Ron stayed at the Revolutionary Army headquarters for two days, and then Dragon appeared before him.

In the conference room.

The four people sat around a round table.

Captain of the Sky Calamity, Ron the Traveler.

The leader of the revolutionary army, Monkey D. Dragon.

Sabo, Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army.

Ambrio Ivankov, commander of the Revolutionary Army's Great Sea Route.

"This is our second meeting, Ron the Traveler."

With tattoos on his face, wearing a black robe, a burly build, and a domineering gaze, Dragon stared at Ron opposite him and spoke.

Ten years ago, in the Kingdom of Goa, Ron was just a fledgling child, but even then, he had already made a deep impression on Dragon.

But the fact that he has reached such a level at his current age is still completely beyond Dorrag's expectations.

"I have never forgotten anything, whether it was about my childhood or about Kuina. The Revolutionary Army helped us a lot."