One Pice: A Game Blue System.

Norvin gulped. "The.. the paper said your name was 'Jack' and that you rode a giant...it just made sense to..is that not your.."

"NO!" The bounty hunter let out a long exhale and pinched his nose. "Ugh. I'm not even in the mood anymore. Do you want to continue doing this the hard way or would you rather just come quietly in exchange for your life?"

Norvin looked around at the bloodied faces of his remaining crew and the unsailable wreck his ship was reduced to. "No...no I...I know I'm beaten.." The captain steeled his nerves and drew the saber at his belt. "But if it's a choice between Impel Down or risking it all on the 1% chance I can beat you then I have to go for the long shot!"

The individual identified as 'Jack' but most certainly not 'Jack Sparrow' inclined his head. "So long as it's your decision I guess. Makes no difference to me."

Norvin shifted his footing and thrust his sword before him. "Prepare yourself and mark the day! This will be the final stand of South Blue's greatest tactician! Norvin de Gr-!"

"[Shigan]."

"No! No! No! No! No!" The pirate stamped his foot like a child. "You're ruining everything!"

I briefly paused in my beat down of the crew and stared bewildered at the fully grown adult imitating a petulant third-grader. "Seriously?" I asked to the lackey I was holding up by his collar. "This guy is your captain? This guy?" The grunt sneered in contempt and tried to reach for the gun stuffed in the back of his pants. "Gff-Fuck!" And then promptly screamed as I dislocated his shoulder for the attempt.

"Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!" The captain 'Dalzeel' whined to his cowering crew. "Double rations! Triple rations! Gold! Treasure! Anything you want for whoever kills him!"

"RROOOAA!" the crowd of Lv. 5's and 6's roared in apparent approval as their swords raised high.

"Well alriiight." I said with a dramatic shrug and dropped my whimpering captive. "I could use a little practice parrying anyway." My knees bent slightly as one hand circled around Kugizume's hilt. "Don't keep me waiting now."

The first taker was a tanned portly fellow who's blue striped shirt didn't quite cover his gut. His overhead swing was so slow and amateurish I couldn't even muster the patience to wait for him to finish. He was just asking to get interrupted with a punch to the stomach.

+25 Exp!

Next came goatee with a yellow vest. I knocked the blade from his hands like it was a child's toy and then employed the briefest moment of [Tekkai Kenpo] to rock his forehead with my own. His knees fell from under him and his eyes whited out as he collapsed at my feet.

+30 Exp!

"Stop it! Stop it!" Dalzeel continued to cry.

+20 Exp!

"That's my crew!"

+40 Exp!

+15 Exp!

"You're sucking all the fun out of pirating!"

+30 Exp! +35 Exp!

"Rah! If they won't I'll KILL you myself!" The Lv. 14 pirate captain assumed a battle stance and began screaming to himself as though he were 'powering up'.

To my genuine surprise a red carapace began to creep into place across his body. Two long antennae sprouted from his head and his hands morphed into a pair of meaty claws. Dalzeel roared one last time before charging when my hand thrust outward.

"Wait wait! Hold up a second!" I nearly shouted. "You..you can turn into a Lobster?"

Dalzeel stopped his advance with a confused look and then sneered maliciously. "Yesss...does it frighten you?" He snapped his claws threateningly. "Does it fill you with dread? It should. For you see I have attained the most feared power in the ocean! I ate of the forbidden Devil's Fruit! And now no one can-!" "Nonono you misunderstand!" I cut him off. "I mean you're an aquatic Zoan? I didn't think those were a thing." 'Sure Kaido's got a Crab-user in his crew, but that power was a defective piece of junk that came from a SMILE. That shit don't count.' "I have soooo many questions for you."

"Wha- What? You aren't scared of-"

"Can you breath underwater?" I spat out. "I know you can't go swimming because of the drowning thing but if only your top half was submerged than you'd be fine right? Or would you not?"

Dalzeel stammered. "Wh- I.. I don't.."

"What about freshwater? Lobsters need a certain salinity mix to survive don't they? Hold that thought." I wheeled around and sucker punched the mook who was attempting to sneak up while I was distracted.

+15 Exp! I swivel back. "If you're in freshwater, but you're in your hybrid mode, are you in a worse or a better position than if you were full lobster mode? Does being part human mitigate the need for proper salinity or are you just double screwed since neither piece of you can breath now?"

"I..I never..stop it!"

I put my hands together. "Let's say I knocked you into the Blue while you're full lobster. Now when a Devil Fruit user hits the ocean they lose control of their powers though not the powers themselves. You'd still be a Lobster-Human. So would you-"

"IS THIS A JOKE TO YOU!" Dalzeel bellows, his chest heaving in indignation.

The back of my fist shatters the jaw of another grunt collecting me another 25 Exp. "Not at all. I'm being quite serious. In fact, I'm trying very hard not to make a 'boiling lobster' pun seeing how mad you're getting and, to be frank, I don't think you're really appreciating that."

"GGGRRAAHHH!"

I peered through through the lens of my rifle's scope as my companion and I cruised sedately over the clouds. I took stock of the players, the numbers, and felt the frown form on my face. I lowered the firearm down and clicked my teeth in annoyance. "Ah. Well this is certainly a pickle isn't it Kiwi?"

"Kee."

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