In addition to the “Pet Hosting” function, there was an “Attribute List” attached to the bottom of the panel.
At this moment, the “Haki” and “Fruit Ability” sections within the three major attribute categories were blank, and clicking them did nothing.
Only under “Taijutsu” did several rows of translucent text appear.
Swordsmanship lv3 (22/100)
Firearms lv2 (9/50)
Riding lv3 (52/100)
Swimming lv2 (15/50)
Chain lv3 (79/100)
Music lv4 (112/1000)
Dance lv4 (395/1000)
Etiquette lv5 (7/5000)
Clicking on the “Swordsmanship” column revealed “Slash,” “Jump Slash,” and “Weapon Throwing.” These three moves weren’t exactly Profound Truths; they were techniques most pirates knew.
After picking up attributes three times, Vivi’s “Slash” and “Jump Slash” were now both lv2, while “Weapon Throwing” was lv3.
The panel design was extremely irrational.
She couldn’t understand at all why things like Dance and Music were categorized under “Taijutsu.”
This third-rate, moronic panel naturally didn’t care about her feelings.
Whether she liked it or not, they were all lumped into one major category anyway.
As the sole heir to the thousand-year-old ancient kingdom of Alabasta, Princess Vivi’s predecessor had received extremely comprehensive Etiquette training.
The panel seemed to appreciate this level of Etiquette, giving it a very high evaluation.
Judging by the required experience points, one could see how difficult it would be to level up again.
As a transmigrator, Vivi inherited all of her predecessor’s memories, but she had absolutely no love for skills like Etiquette, Dance, Tailoring, or Gardening, and had no intention of improving them.
Of course, she didn’t expect her pet Duck to find skills like “Dance” or “Music” among a crowd of Bounty Hunters, thugs, and pirates.
She needed to lay low, survive, and have many, many trump cards.
Her focus had always been on combat.
She had no clue about Haki and could only leave it to fate.
She had some plans for a Devil Fruit, but that powerful Devil Fruit was located in the latter half of the Grand Line—specifically in a town in the New World.
With her current strength, going to the New World would be pure suicide.
Taijutsu consisted of visible and tangible skills, and her strongest in this area was “Chain.”
This was the combat style her predecessor had mastered: using the appearance of a frail young girl to deceive the enemy, then suddenly pulling out a Chain and utilizing high-speed rotations to harvest the enemy’s life with the sharp links—a classic exotic weapon.
It was precisely by relying on this skill that Vivi’s predecessor, with the assistance of an old official, had managed to make a name for herself in the Bounty Hunter circles.
She then joined this Bounty Hunter organization called “Baroque Works” under a false identity, attempting to find the mastermind behind the scenes who was secretly controlling the studio and trying to subvert her country.
After Vivi transmigrated, she used the technique a few times and found it quite good, so she practiced it occasionally.
However, she planned to keep the “Chain” related skills as a hidden trump card and would no longer use them as her primary means of attack.
Vivi believed that currently, the most promising and helpful skill for her was Swordsmanship.
She remembered that a colleague in Baroque Works possessed one of the fifty Grade Meito…
For the sake of improvement and survival, she turned her gaze toward her pet Duck playing nearby.
The Duck, standing 1.5 meters tall and sticking its butt out while playing with ants, couldn’t help but shudder.
That feeling of being out of control and being dragged around by the panel was terrifying.
It stiffly turned its neck back, only to meet its owner’s exceptionally bright smile.
Vivi could hear the pet Duck’s inner voice.
That feeling of losing control and being dragged around by the panel was quite terrifying for Karu the pet Duck.
Her beloved pet needed further encouragement; after all, she wasn’t some kind of demon…
“Come here, let me take your measurements and knit a new hat for you, okay?”
“Quack?
Quack!!”
Hearing about a new hat for itself,
Karu the pet Duck hopped around the room excitedly, incredibly happy.
Vivi did indeed have the “Knitting” skill.
The blue-striped cotton hat currently on Karu’s head had been knitted by her predecessor.
She had successfully inherited this skill, and Knitting a hat was relatively easy…
“Go!
Karu!
Two-hour Commission!
Go for it!”
As Vivi pressed the word “Commission” on the panel and set the Commission time to “2 hours,” Karu the pet Duck charged out of the door full of Origin Qi, disappearing from her sight amidst a cloud of dust.
“He seems very motivated, so I can’t lose either!
Watch me knit you a new hat!…”
“Oh?
This is a bit complicated!”
“Does this knot look wrong?
Let me study it more carefully…”
Many things are easier said than done.
Fifteen minutes after Karu ran out, Vivi stared at her “work” in silence for a long time.
It wasn’t that she didn’t know how at all, but translating the knowledge in her mind into actual handicraft required a bit of time.
Since transmigrating over half a month ago, she had been focused on combat skills like “Swordsmanship” and “Firearms,” and had indeed spent no effort on “Knitting.”
She scratched her head in frustration; a promise made must be kept.
She slumped onto the table listlessly, needing to think properly, think carefully…
Time soon reached evening, and Vivi fell asleep while thinking.
She had come to a realization: when her Swordsmanship reached lv4, she would definitely knit a hat for the pet Duck.
For now, survival was the priority.
If she lost her life, no amount of handicraft skill would matter.
If all else fails…
if all else fails, I’ll just weave a straw hat!
She remembered Fire Fist Ace had woven a straw hat for Little Oars Jr.; her handicraft had to be better than that rough guy Ace, right?
After the pet Duck completed its third Commission of the day, her thought of Knitting a hat for the pet once her Swordsmanship reached lv4 couldn’t help but change slightly.
The reason was simple: it seemed very difficult for her to reach lv4 because the Bounty Hunters were almost out of ‘leeks’ to harvest!
Fighting and drinking were commonplace for many people in this world.
Fighting would cause attributes to drop, and the dropped attributes would naturally be picked up by the Duck.
However, these guys’ levels were too low.
Expecting to farm attributes from them to reach the level of a Master Swordsman or Sword Saint in one go was just a dream.
Vivi herself was the leader of this group of Bounty Hunters, or at least one of the leaders.
How strong could the minions nominally under her command be?
Their highest Swordsmanship level was likely only lv3.
She already knew everything they knew, so the light orbs picked up from them naturally didn’t offer any improvement.
Karu ran back and forth three times, totaling six hours, and Vivi’s Swordsmanship had only reached lv3 (31/100).
The rate of improvement was getting smaller and smaller.
Picking up attributes while others were fighting was currently her only way to become stronger.
If the Four Emperors Kaido and Whitebeard had a massive battle at her doorstep, she estimated she could level up her skills to lv7 just by lying there.
But that was practically impossible.
The pet Duck’s hosting wasn’t invincible; it was such a conspicuous thing that everyone could see it.
If it caught the eye of a powerful expert, it would be killed instantly.
Vivi always limited the pet Duck’s hosting time precisely because she was worried this thing would be led by the moronic panel to run off to some dangerous place and die.
While she was deep in thought, the large bell in the center of town rang.
“Pirates!
The pirates are here!”
“The pirates are here!
Three pirate ships in total!”
The Bounty Hunter responsible for lookout in the town shouted as he ran.
Vivi was startled for a moment, then she rubbed the pet Duck’s head vigorously with both hands: “Hahahaha, our luck is really good.
New leeks have arrived!”