One Piece: Under the Throne

"Mr. Tom, I'll leave the new ship to you." After completing the core design, Leo had nothing to do.

When he has nothing to do, he plans to challenge the water gods. Of course, this is not entirely true. In fact, Leo got some inspiration from Akula Lagna. With his ability to control the sea, there is no reason not to imitate a tsunami. Who doesn't want to shout "Build a dam" when facing the enemy?

In addition to simulating tsunamis, there is another trick. With the improvement of his abilities, Leo can now finely control the water molecules in the air, so he wants to combine Fish-Man Karate to create an attack style that is more suitable for him.

After explaining everything, Leo left the scrapyard. Before leaving, Will promised him that he would learn shipbuilding from Mr. Tom.

If you want to imitate the water gods, the best way is to watch it again, so Leo went directly to the lower area of ​​the water city and found an open coast. Leo faced the sea, sat cross-legged on the beach, and looked into the distance with a very serious expression. Come on, water gods, accept my challenge.

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The afterglow of the setting sun spread over the sea. Many people had gone home, leaving only a lonely figure standing on the beach. After a day, Leo's originally wheat-colored skin had turned dark, and the expression on his face was no longer as eager as when he first arrived in the morning.

"How can I repair it? The water gods actually dared to stand me up and let me stay here in the sun for a whole day." Leo had no choice but to return to the wreckage island with regret and resentment.

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"Hahaha, Will is good. You are a talented kid. Come on, get another one." Leo was very pleased to hear Mr. Tom's hearty laughter before arriving at his studio. Will was so lucky to meet such a responsible teacher like Tom.

Following the sound, I saw Will holding a boat in one hand, throwing it up and catching it repeatedly, and even using his nose to push it when he was having fun. Mr. Tom and the iceberg were sitting not far away, laughing and cheering for Will. Leo felt his fist harden. I suffered a whole day outside, and you are playing here? Where is your promise to study hard? Where is your promise to teach seriously?

"Will...what the hell are you doing!"

"Brother Leo, you're back. Come and see what I just learned. Huh?... Who are you?" Will thought he saw a fellow tribesman at first glance. This little black man was only a little thinner, but his skin color was almost the same as his brothers.

"Brother Leo, what happened to your face?"

"Hmph! It's my bad luck that I, your big brother, got tricked today." When his skin color was mentioned, Leo remembered what happened today, and his anger began to rise again.

"Hahaha, boy Leo, tell me who cheated you." Mr. Tom was eager to try and seemed very interested in Leo's embarrassment.

"Mr. Tom, I was planning to challenge the water gods. I waited at the beach for a day but was stood up by that guy."

Mr. Tom was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Apparently, he didn't immediately understand what Leo meant. But after careful consideration, he knew the reason: "Ahahahaha, you actually spent a whole day sunbathing at the beach just to wait for the Water Gods. Leo, you're really interesting. The Water Gods only appear once a year."

Huh? Tom's words petrified Leo. He had suffered a whole day in vain, all because of his carelessness.

However, Leo still went to the beach the next day. He didn't believe that he couldn't create waves without the water gods, so he decided to develop tsunami skills first.

He ran for dozens of miles in one breath until the Water City was out of sight. Then Leo stopped and stood on the sea, feeling much more cheerful.

He raised one hand to activate his ability, and a huge wave suddenly rose from the sea, more than 50 meters high and nearly meters wide. Judging from the size, this wave could be considered a small tsunami. But Leo knew that it did not have the continuous momentum of a tsunami.

Leo waved his hand, and the waves moved in the direction of his hand, traveling for 500 meters before falling again. Sure enough, this power was not enough to cause any casualties.

Alas! It seems that there is still a lot of work to be done. In the next few months, Leo went out early and came back late every day, practicing at least 10 hours a day at sea. He wanted to train the sustained output of the fruit ability. At the beginning, Leo could only persist for 20 minutes before stopping to rest, and practiced at most about 10 times a day.

But as Leo became more and more proficient in using his abilities, he could continuously use his abilities to create waves for longer and longer periods of time, and finally a small tsunami was formed. Although the scale was not as large as that of the water gods, it was enough to satisfy Leo.

Leo's development of the fruit ability is going smoothly, and Will's shipbuilding progress is also very encouraging. Now the hull has been basically completed, and only the parts on the armor plate need to be added.

Will was worthy of being Mr. Tom's disciple. He showed Leo a stunt of throwing a boat and inserting a pole, which was exactly the same as the one Leo used on the first day he came to Tom.

"Mr. Tom, why do you have to install the mast like this?"

"Haha, you don't understand. This means that the boatman can fully control the boat he built, just like a toy in the hands of a child."

Leo was so upset that he thought, "Does the old man think I don't know anything? Who else can build a ship like this? The story is quite plausible." However, seeing that Will seemed quite happy, Leo let them go.

Days passed, Will still followed Mr. Tom to learn technology every day, Leo also focused on improving his ability, and in the evening, everyone squeezed together in Tom's studio to enjoy a warm dinner. This period of time was fulfilling and happy. Carter Frame was also officially adopted by Mr. Tom. Although he resisted on the surface, everyone knew that he had already regarded this place as his home.

One day three months later, Leo stood on the sea, with ripples under his feet constantly expanding outwards. Suddenly, a giant wave with a height of over 2 meters and a width of nautical miles rose from behind him. With a thought, the wave surged forward with a huge amount of sea water. Before the first wave had gone far, another one appeared. One wave after another finally formed a natural disaster comparable to a medium-sized tsunami.

“Hahahahaha, it’s finally done. Let’s see who can compete with me on the sea in the future. Those who dare to challenge me will have to taste the power of [Deep Blue Fury].”

That’s not all. Leo directly put on the Shanghai Stone Mecha and drove it at full power to catch up with the tsunami, and finally returned to the Water City before the tsunami arrived.

"Come on, let the disasters of nature fight me head-on." Leo stared into the distance with sharp eyes, and soon he saw the huge waves caused by the Deep Blue Wrath roaring towards the Water City.

However, the reality was different from what Leo had expected. He himself had not expected that the Deep Blue Rage would grow while moving. The huge waves carried more sea water, turning the originally medium-sized tsunami into a large tsunami.

Faced with such a natural disaster, Leo still maintained his punching stance, but his constantly twitching eyes betrayed his inner fear, so at the critical moment Leo turned around and ran. Damn my dream of being a hero!

At the same time, many residents in the lower town also saw the tsunami. After a brief moment of shock, the lower town was in complete chaos. People were crying and shouting for their lives, and those who could not escape collapsed on the ground in despair, waiting for death to come.

But what no one expected was that the seemingly huge tsunami actually began to shrink slowly before it reached the Water City, and the sea water that finally rushed to the lower city area was barely enough to submerge the ankles. It was truly a case of much ado about nothing.

The reason for this phenomenon is naturally that Leo released his ability in advance. The seawater controlled by his ability lost its power and fell back into the sea. The seawater carried by the waves naturally could not form a scale.

"Haha, we are saved."

"What the hell? It turns out it's just a bigger high tide."

"Helen, where are you Helen? It's wrong of me to abandon you. Please give me another chance."

After the false alarm, the order in the lower area gradually returned to normal. Many people were discussing the tsunami. Some were puzzled, some were angry, and some were willing to break up. The reactions varied. Until someone claimed that he saw the tsunami seemed to be chasing a person. This statement cast a veil of mystery over this "disaster".

As a result, this topic became popular. The next day, Leo could still hear people talking about how Poseidon was hunting down the undead who had escaped from the deep sea. As the rumor spread, it turned into an urban legend.

Damn! It was so scary that he even felt the threat of death when facing a large tsunami. It seems that he needs to control his strength more carefully, otherwise he will lose his life before he has mastered the moves. Leo kept telling himself to be cautious.

In the following days, Leo began to practice repeatedly to control the intensity of the tsunami, but he ended up running away every time. Leo really didn't understand why the tsunami could evolve to a catastrophic level even if the initial power was reduced.

The residents of the lower level of the Water City are very happy recently. Although they can see tsunamis every day, they seem scary but do not cause them any substantial harm. Moreover, every time the tide rushes into the lower level blocks, it leaves seafood all over the ground after receding. This makes the residents who have been troubled by the Water Gods feel very happy. Some people speculate whether these are the compensation from the Sea God to them, or that there will be no more tsunamis of the level of the Water Gods in the future.

However, among the many theories, the most popular one is the urban legend of "the ghost that brings happiness". Leo is also helpless about himself becoming a hero inexplicably.

One day, Leo was walking in the lower neighborhood when he was suddenly grabbed by the arm by an old man. The man said to him mysteriously, "Little brother, do you know the latest urban legend in the Water City?"

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Leo was a little speechless. You're telling me a story? I'm the protagonist of the story. Leo wanted to tell him loudly, but he didn't dare. After all, his behavior had caused inconvenience to the residents of the lower class. "I know about the ghosts that bring happiness. I've heard a lot of people say that, but I don't really believe it."

"You're right not to believe it. The idea of ​​the dead bringing happiness is fake."

Leo: “?”

Huh? I have met someone who understands. Leo looked at the uncle with certainty. This momentum of being the only one sober while everyone else is drunk is really extraordinary. It is true that rumors stop at the wise.

Just as Leo was about to open his mouth to praise him, the uncle spoke mysteriously again: "Little brother, have you heard of the bouncing ghost ship on the Shipwreck Island?"

Leo: “…”