Chapter 160: Super Electromagnetic Cannon
After sitting quietly on the ship for a while, waiting for his psychic power to fully recover, Ian stood up again and walked to the bow.
"Captain, you're not going to train your abilities again, are you?" Seeing his action, a large man asked with some trepidation.
"It's fine!" Ian smiled to reassure him, saying, "This time, the commotion shouldn't be too big. By the way, find me some bullets!"
Hearing this, the large man breathed a sigh of relief and scurried off to find a crewmate with firearms, asking for their bullets before handing them over to Ian.
He brought back about a dozen bullets. Ian picked one up and examined it closely.
The firearms in this world were actually quite peculiar. They looked like antique guns from the Middle Ages, yet they could still fire in bursts, and there were even some high-powered weapons. However, most of the bullets were still round pellets.
Without the streamlined bullet heads from Ian's memory, such bullets were destined to have a short range.
Still, the bullets were solid, wrapped in an alloy casing. When they hit a human body, they could still cause considerable damage, posing a significant threat to ordinary people.
Ian had already switched to Misaka Mikoto's card.
[Misaka Mikoto]
Level: 1
Title: Electromaster, Onee-sama
Strength: 40
Speed: 50
HP: 110
Psychic Power: 200
Skills:
Super Electromagnetic Cannon: Uses electromagnetic induction to launch a conductive metal object, dealing massive damage to the target. (Activated by Advanced Psychic Training)
Iron Sand Sword: Collects iron sand from the surrounding soil and manipulates it with magnetic force. (Activated by Expert Psychic Training)
Lightning Spear: Uses powerful electric current to form a lightning spear, attacking targets within line of sight. (Activated by Master Psychic Training)
Ultimate Skill:
True Lightning Strike: Gathers thunderclouds to generate lightning, attacking a wide area. (Activated by Master Psychic Training)
Bonds:
Obtain Kamijou Touma: Psychic Power +34%
Obtain Shirai Kuroko: Strength +25%
Obtain Uiharu Kazari: HP +29%
Obtain Saten Ruiko: Speed +32%
Of this card, Ian could currently only use two skills. Since he couldn't test the Iron Sand Sword at sea, he decided to try the Super Electromagnetic Cannon first.
That was why he asked for bullets. He could have used Berry coins, but Ian thought bullets might be better.
"Stay back a bit!" Ian instructed the large man.
After watching him move away, Ian gripped a bullet, held it in his fist, and pressed it with his thumb.
The next moment, silver arcs of lightning crackled around Ian's right hand!
The sizzling sound of electric current startled the large man, making him retreat further. Fortunately, he noticed that the lightning on Ian didn't have the scorching power of the black flames from earlier. After stepping back, he felt safe.
"Is this the power of the Exchange Fruit? Can it exchange for different abilities?"
The lightning flashing around Ian naturally drew the attention of everyone on the ship. Earlier, there were flames, and now lightning. If it were any other Devil Fruit user, they might have grown suspicious, but since Ian had casually fabricated the story of the Exchange Fruit, the crew wasn't too surprised. They just watched him intently.
The arcs of electricity swirling around Ian's arm flickered continuously as his psychic power began to drain rapidly, all used to sustain the current.
He realized that this Super Electromagnetic Cannon consumed more psychic power than he had imagined.
When Ian felt it was time to fire, he finally flicked the bullet in his hand!
The next second, an orange beam-like ray shot out from the bow, flying forward. This was the afterimage left by the terrifying speed of the electromagnetic cannon in the air. At the same time, a massive storm erupted instantly!
The bullet Ian had fired shot straight ahead. Along its path, the intense wind pressure split the seawater, leaving a straight trail on the surface. This trail also triggered geyser-like waves that shot high into the sky before slowly falling back.
The entire ship jolted from the burst of wind pressure, causing everyone on board to lose their footing and fall to the deck.
The large crewman behind Ian also tumbled onto the deck. Sitting there, he saw the waves erupting on the sea and nearly had his eyes pop out!
He regretted it deeply at that moment, thinking he shouldn't have believed the captain's words. What did he mean by "not too big a commotion"? This was even bigger than the Flame Wings from before!
Captain, you can't trick people like this. If I'd known, I would have hidden in the back earlier...
Ian was also stunned by the commotion he had caused. He hadn't expected the Super Electromagnetic Cannon to have such power. Although the bullet had vanished due to friction with the air at high speed, making the attack range only a few dozen meters, the power was almost comparable to some card's ultimate skills!
Onee-sama, shouldn't you actually be a five-star card!?
Ian stared blankly at his hand, hardly believing that the astonishing attack just now had come from him.
Especially the laser-like image of the attack—it looked so beautiful...
This reminded Ian of Kizaru's laser and Kuma's too. After his modification, he could also fire laser beams. He wondered if the laser and the electromagnetic cannon had similar power.
But... Ian looked at his empty psychic power gauge. He realized that recently, after acquiring some powerful card skills, his psychic power was becoming less and less sustainable.
High-power skills naturally came with greater consumption. Ian understood that, but the problem still came back to the same point: it all depended on his own training.
He needed to level up quickly. Once the card slot opened, he had to equip Misaka Mikoto's card.
However, Ian suddenly thought of a problem. Damn, this Onee-sama card was a female character. Her exclusive item...
Wouldn't it be a safety shorts!?
Imagining that scene, Ian felt a bit dizzy. Would equipping the card's exclusive item in the future mean an extra pair of shorts would appear inside when using skills!?
"If that's the case, even if the exclusive item boosts the card's stats, I'll never equip it!" Ian thought.
Fortunately, the activation of Misaka Mikoto's card skills didn't require an exclusive item like Orihime Inoue's, or Ian would have been crying.
Ian stood there gritting his teeth, unaware that behind him, the entire crew was biting their nails.
"Did you see that?"
"Yeah! From now on, when the captain fights, stay as far away as possible!"
"The captain's abilities are terrifying!"
"Right, don't get caught in the crossfire!"
"But come to think of it, the captain is really strong!"
"Of course! Otherwise, how could he have saved us from Mary Geoise!"
The crew murmured among themselves, but their confidence in Ian surged. Although testing the card skills had unsettled everyone, it also planted an invincible image in their minds, elevating their impression of him from gratitude to admiration!
On a pirate ship, the captain was the authority. Ian had inadvertently achieved this goal.
When Ian turned around, the large man cautiously approached, holding out the bullets, and asked, "Captain, do you want to try again?"
"No more!" Ian shook his head. "Ammunition is limited. Keep these bullets!"
Hearing this, the crew finally breathed a collective sigh of relief.
The ship sailed on, still as boring as ever. Unlike Zoro, who could sleep anywhere, Ian spent his free time training his physical fitness on the deck.
This left the crew with another new impression: "The captain is a training maniac."
During Ian's voyage, let's shift our attention to the East Blue for a moment.
At the Shimotsuki Village dojo, it was nighttime. Zoro was still practicing with his sword, repeatedly raising and slashing, sweating profusely.
"2121... 2122... 2123..."
Just as he was concentrating on his swings, he felt something flying overhead. Startled, he looked up.
That single look cost him his last chance to dodge.
A massive pressure descended from the sky, flattening him face-first onto the ground!
With a soft thud, a meatball-like imprint appeared on the ground—a large circle with four smaller ones. Lying in the center was a green-haired idiot.
A huge bump swelled on his head, and on top of that bump, a delicate little box wobbled and slid off.
With a clatter, the box fell, and Zoro sat up, rubbing his head.
"What... what the hell!?"
Zoro looked at the crater around him and the small box on the ground. He picked it up, pried it open with force.
Inside the box lay a strange fruit. Zoro couldn't identify it. He tilted his head, arms crossed, full of question marks. He looked at the box, then at the sky, unable to figure out how the box had fallen from the sky and left such an imprint on the ground.
But since the contents looked like a fruit, he picked it up and was about to take a bite.
Just as he was about to bite down, he noticed a slip of paper fluttering down.
Curious, he put down the fruit first and read the note by the moonlight.
It said: "Master Koushirou, give this fruit to Kuina. Also, Zoro, if you dare to sneak a bite, I'll beat you up every time I see you from now on!"