Flevance.
A secluded room in the palace.
The three little ones looked at the boy with brown-yellow hair, all filled with curiosity.
“Newcomer, what’s your name?”
Pineapple-headed Marco asked cockily.
“I…
I’m Thatch!”
Thatch was a bit timid; he had just returned to freedom from slavery and was still adjusting.
“Marco, don’t scare the newcomer.”
Vista stood beside him, arms crossed, pretending to be a grown-up: “We are all father’s sons.”
“Then we are brothers!”
Jozu nodded seriously from the side.
“But…
we don’t know this guy’s temper yet.”
Marco pouted, feigning a rebuttal.
“We are all people hated by this world, so being called a son is already very happy!”
Jozu said quietly.
“Besides, anyone father takes a liking to must be a good person!”
…They were all kids; the three little ones and Thatch were playing together in no time.
The kids shared their past hardships, finding emotional resonance in their stories.
They were all the ‘homeless children’ Whitebeard had saved!
Newgate sat quietly to the side, watching the little ones, not interrupting them.
He opened the system interface.
“Basic Information”
“Name: Edward Newgate”
“Age: 31 years old”
“Physical Arts: +3 → 48/100 (Minor Accomplishment)”
“Special Talents: Innate Super Strength, Flesh Fortress”
“Haki Stats”
“Haoshoku: +2 → 28/100 (Minor Accomplishment)”
“Armament Haki: +5 → 54/100 (Proficient)”
“Observation Haki: +9 → 55/100 (Proficient)”
“Current Status”
“Body: Good (Slight stamina consumption, negligible)”
“Spirit: High fighting spirit”
“Congratulations, Host!
Two Haki abilities have reached proficiency, and your strength has reached the Admiral/Emperor-level threshold, unlocking the System Shop function!”
On the system interface, below the task list, a’shopping cart’ icon appeared next to the ‘Family Bonds’ and system backpack icons.
“Do you wish to deposit 9.9 billion Berries to open the System Shop!”
Here it comes, that familiar feeling again.
This damn system!
However, after completing the Flevance mission, he couldn’t claim to be the MVP of the entire event, but he was definitely the one with the highest earnings!
Whoosh!
As the shop interface opened, the colorful goods flashed before his eyes, dazzling him.
All sorts of Devil Fruits, including Paramecia, Zoan, Logia, and even Mythical Zoan types.
Weapons and equipment, including Skillful Grade Swords, Great Grade Swords, Supreme Grade Swords, as well as firearms and even various high-tech driven ships.
Skill manuals and Haki training methods, such as Marine Six Powers, and the signature techniques of famous sea powerhouses…
But!
Without exception, all items only provided clues and could not be directly exchanged for Berries!
Moreover, the countless zeros that followed made his heart pound.
In this pirate world, the most expensive Ope-Ope no Mi only cost 5 billion Berries!
But he glanced around, and even the cheapest Zoan type, Human-Human Fruit, Citizen Model Devil Fruit clue, needed 1.2.3…
10 zeros, a full 9 billion Berries!
…Newgate was speechless.
This guy, true to its nature as a damn system, he was already too tired to complain.
He had thought that after plundering a nation’s wealth, he had more than enough money.
He didn’t expect it to be a drop in the bucket compared to this damn system’s appetite.
The System Shop was good, but it was somewhat useless; with his current capital, he couldn’t even buy a few things.
Pushing these chaotic thoughts aside, he opened his system backpack.
Looking at the half-empty storage slots, Newgate finally felt a little better.
The first five slots each contained 10T of Amber Lead powder; he didn’t know how to use this, so he’d just leave it there for now.
The sixth slot was an icon of a stack of Berries, with an amount of 171 billion in the bottom right corner.
He rubbed his eyes, making sure he hadn’t misread it.
It really was 171 billion Berries!
But recalling the damn system’s nature, which deducted a 5% handling fee for collecting treasure, and then seeing this exact amount of Berries,
This guy definitely took a bite out of it!
However, he didn’t care; the 800 years of accumulated wealth of Flevance was now his, so he was definitely a rich man!
After the Berries icon, there was another Devil Fruit with twisted patterns and a smooth, cut-like surface, which was indeed the Paramecia-type, Twinkle-Twinkle Fruit!
After that, there were six empty slots.
“Ding!
Detected host’s backpack is empty, do you wish to extract ‘temporary’ storage item — Beginner Ship Spirit?”
Ah, I almost forgot about that!
When they first boarded Rocks’ ship, their original ship had given birth to a Ship Spirit, and he had even spent 30 million Berries to capture it.
This system wasn’t bad; it had kept it for him for so long.
Yes!
“Please Host, pay a late fee of 399,990,000 Berries…”
Newgate’s forehead pulsed with several veins upon hearing the system’s voice.
Suppressing the urge to kill this damn system, he nodded fiercely and paid!
“Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
Late fee payment successful.
Beginner Ship Spirit has been placed in the system backpack!”
Yes!
The system roulette spun accordingly, and the pointer finally stopped in the white area.
“Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
You have obtained a Haoshoku Capsule × 1, Quality: White.”
…”Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
You have obtained Lady Toki’s Time Travel Scroll × 1, Quality: Blue.”
“Note: Blue quality scroll allows time travel to a plot time node of three months.”
“Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
You have obtained a rare reward: Clue to the adam wood × 1, Quality: Purple.”
“Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
You have obtained an Armament Haki Capsule × 1, Quality: White.”
…Not bad, four draws, two white rewards, one blue reward, and one purple reward.
Given this damn system’s nature, this probability was quite good.
Newgate first took out the purple reward, the Clue to the adam wood.
He knew a bit about this; Roger’s Oro Jackson and Luffy’s Thousand Sunny were both made from this material.
A material capable of circling the world and withstanding powerful impacts and attacks, proving its toughness and durability.
As the cheat Newgate, his future pirate ship could only be made of this material; he wouldn’t get used to any other material!
Thinking this, Newgate opened the yellowed slip of paper — the Clue to the adam wood.
What met his eyes were two lines, just a few words.
Elbaf.
Water Seven…
Newgate was utterly speechless.
Do you really need to tell me that?!
As a veteran One Piece fan (in his previous life), didn’t he already know?
And this is a purple reward?
Damn system!
Better than nothing, he supposed; at least this damn system gave him a piece of paper to remind him of this matter.
But looking at the slip of paper in his hand, gradually turning into specks of light and dissipating, a surge of grief still welled up in Newgate’s heart.
Holding hands, looking at each other through tears, speechless.
No, he was holding his own hand…
Right!
There was also ‘Family Bonds,’ which was probably the most heartwarming reward from his main quest this time.
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