One piece: I can steal Devil Fruit skills!

"I heard that you admire the merman hero Tiger," Su Yi said suddenly.

Arlong's pupils shrank as he gritted his teeth. "What the hell are you trying to say?"

Su Yi snorted coldly. "I mean, if you're still a man, go to the Celestial Dragons, kill at Marineford, and you can splatter blood five steps forward. Why do you want to live in this little East Blue?"

"No matter how bad it is, you could go to the Sabaody Archipelago, where there's still a market for buying and selling merfolk and mermen. You could completely rescue some of your kind..."

Before he could finish, Arlong cut him off with a roar. "What do you know as a human?! Do you know how terrifying the Celestial Dragons are? Not to mention they have the Marines as their lackeys!"

"Hah," Su Yi replied, no longer wanting to engage with someone like him. He threw Arlong hard.

Boom!

Arlong flew straight out, smashing through countless houses before landing on the ground, seriously injured.

"If that's the case, then you can spend the rest of your life in an underwater prison," Su Yi said. He didn't intend to kill Arlong; it would be a kindness to let him die right away. An underwater prison, like purgatory on Earth, was definitely the best place to torture him.

He then looked at the rest of the fish people. "As for you, a group of trash, leave it to the captain and the others. I'm tired."

With that, he sat down on the ground by himself and began to rest.

The fish people stared blankly at Arlong, who lay on the ground, unable to speak.

After a long moment, a group of them began to cry.

"Brother Arlong! What's wrong with you, Brother Arlong?!"

"Brother Arlong, are you alright?!"

"Brother Arlong, don't die!"

"How can humans be so strong?! We fought for you!"

Whoosh!

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji suddenly stepped in front of the mermen.

"Hey, your opponents are us."

Snapped.

Usopp also started attacking the mermen with his slingshot. Although it wasn't powerful, the combination of alcohol and flames was an excellent weapon against mermen.

Soon after, the battle ended.

Zoro was badly wounded, Sanji was severely injured, Luffy was alive and well but very tired, and Usopp... well, his nose was broken.

"Yoshi, now, Nami, you are free!" Luffy exclaimed, still carefree and very excited.

"Oh! Arlong Park is collapsing! We are free!" the villagers of Cocoyashi Village finally burst out after a brief silence.

One by one, they shouted loudly, venting the emotions they had accumulated over the past eight years.

Some started crying.

For eight years, they had hated Arlong, resenting him for ruining their lives.

For eight years, they had lived under constant tension, always ready to die!

They were just ordinary people, and in this perilous world of pirates, their lives were as cheap as grass!

Pirates squeezed them, and the Marines abandoned them.

They could only survive in the cracks.

And today, a group finally appeared, pulling them out of hell and bringing them back to life—a feeling they would never forget!

"Thank you, Straw Hat Crew! We will always remember your kindness!" A Jian, with a windmill above his head, held Luffy's hand and thanked him.

Although it was Su Yi who defeated Arlong and seemed to be the strongest, he knew Luffy was the captain and the soul of the team.

"Uncle, as a thank you, can you give me your windmill?"

"You're dreaming!"

"You're too stingy, uncle!"

...

"Let's have a banquet!"

"Arlong is down! Great, our eight years of forbearance is for this day!"

"Wuhu! Wuhu! Finally free! We are free! Hahaha..."

"Let's celebrate! We deserve it!"

"The banquet should last for three days and three nights, oh ha ha ha..."

People were completely ecstatic; eight years of repression had culminated in today's freedom.

Even Su Yi, who had always been sensible, felt his mind open up at this moment.

Isn't life just for fun? Why think so much? Enjoy it while it lasts!

"Yoshi, let's have a banquet! Have a banquet!"

Su Yi began to linger around the banquet table. Since he had expended a lot of physical strength before, he felt severely depleted at this moment.

He seemed to have found a good way to exercise his body, which was to inject the power of his Zoan fruit into his mental power to strengthen himself crazily.

After the battle, his physical abilities would improve slightly each time!

It was a bit like "excessive recovery."

After a human fracture, the healed bone is stronger than the original one.

After experiencing excessive strengthening several times, Su Yi felt that his physical fitness had reached the level of Zoro and Sanji under normal circumstances.

As for Luffy's physique...

Well...

Luffy was a monster, and his combat power fluctuated, making it hard to compare.

"Meat..."

All Luffy saw was meat. He was the most gluttonous, hardly hearing anything during the three days and three nights except for sleeping and eating.

Sometimes he would even eat the plate. Su Yi wondered what he would do when he needed to relieve himself.

Zoro was seriously injured, and the slash from Hawkeye on his chest was indeed grave.

While fighting the mermen, the wound ruptured again, requiring him to be sent to the hospital for treatment.

After Sanji had his fill, he began his life of trying to charm girls.

Usopp started recounting his "glorious deeds" under the adoring gaze of the villagers.

Finally, the three-day banquet came to an end.

As Su Yi and the crew prepared to set sail, a kid suddenly appeared on the dock.

"Take me with you! I want to join your crew too."

Su Yi recognized the boy. He was from the next village, and his father had been killed by Arlong.

Later, he kept seeking revenge on Arlong, but due to his low strength, he had been lucky to survive.

"Why do you want to join us?" Su Yi asked.

"Because you're strong!" There was a light in the boy's eyes, a desire for power.

However, Su Yi ultimately refused.

Roger's ship did have young redheads and interns like Buggy, but the premise was that there were many reliable people on Roger's ship.

Luffy's ship, on the other hand, was filled with unreliable people, with reliable folks being rare.

It was impossible for anyone to take the time to look after this teenager.

And he himself was someone who preferred to relax. Luffy alone was enough to break his heart; it was impossible to take care of a few more people.

"Young man, everyone has their own time to 'rise up.' Now is not your time. Work hard to become stronger, and one day you will stand out." Su Yi acted as a mentor, educating the young man.

With that, the Golden Meri raised its sails and prepared to set sail.

It's worth mentioning that the boat Su Yi and the others had used to reach Cocoyashi Village was lent to Johnny and Yosaku, and it also flew the flag of the Straw Hat Pirates.

The two insisted they were already members of the Straw Hat Pirates and would become the East Blue branch of the crew in the future.

As they grew and recruited enough crew members, they would set sail for the Grand Line to join Su Yi and the others.