The Paramecia-type Gomu Gomu no Mi could transform into the Zoan-type Hito Hito no Mi, Mythical Model: Sun God.
Then why couldn’t the Logia-type Goro Goro no Mi transform into the Zoan-type Hito Hito no Mi, Mythical Model: Thunder God?
Forget about whether it made sense or not.
He would try it first.
Holding the Pen of Wish Power, Ren swiftly wrote out the new entry.
The first few characters went down smoothly.
But when he reached the final two characters—Thunder God—his hand suddenly became incredibly difficult to move.
It was as though some enormous, invisible force was preventing Ren from putting pen to paper.
“Break!”
Ren summoned all his strength.
And then—
He actually broke through it.
The Pen of Wish Power transformed into countless specks of starlight and disappeared into nothingness.
[Goro Goro no Mi editing failed.
Added entries must conform to reasonable logic and cannot be completely fantastical.]
Ren: “…”
Fine!
At least he’d tried.
Now he could finally give up on that idea.
He still had 40,000 Reputation Points remaining, along with four editing opportunities.
[Exchange 10,000 Reputation Points for one editing opportunity.
Confirm?]
Another Pen of Wish Power appeared in Ren’s hand.
[Editing target selected: Logia-type Goro Goro no Mi.]
[Adding entry…]
[200 Million Volts — Raijin]
[Entry added successfully.]
The second editing attempt finally succeeded.
No more unexpected complications.
The 200 Million Volts—Raijin ultimate move from Enel that Ren had envisioned was successfully added as an entry.
After successfully adding the entry, Ren discovered another hidden function of [Editing].
Ultimate moves added as entries could be charged in advance during idle periods.
In other words, when there was no battle, Ren could store electricity within the entry.
Then, when he actually entered combat, he wouldn’t need to charge it up.
There would be no startup time.
He could simply raise his hand and unleash the ultimate move instantly.
This ability was…
Absolutely fantastic!!!
Third editing attempt.
[Raigo]
[Entry added successfully.]
Fourth editing attempt.
[Lightning Release: Kirin]
[Entry added successfully.]
At this point, Ren had spent 40,000 Reputation Points and successfully added three [Ultimate Move] entries to the Goro Goro no Mi.
The Railgun was no longer Ren’s strongest technique.
There were still 10,000 Reputation Points remaining, enough to exchange for one final editing opportunity.
Ren still didn’t consider anything else.
His first priority remained strengthening the Goro Goro no Mi.
For the final editing opportunity, the person who surfaced in his mind was Laxus, the Lightning Dragon Slayer Mage from the neighboring Fairy Tail world.
There was no doubt about the power of Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic!!!
However, the attempt to add the Lightning Dragon Slayer Power entry ended in failure.
[Ordinary Editing cannot add this entry.
Please unlock Super Editing and try again.]
Looking at the notification on the editor panel, Ren raised an eyebrow.
This time, the editing attempt hadn’t failed because his idea was too fantastical.
In other words, there was still a chance that the Lightning Dragon Slayer Power could successfully be added.
Super Editing.
A function that stood above Ordinary Editing.
It would only unlock after his accumulated Reputation Points exceeded 200,000.
“Reputation, reputation…
Looks like I still have to keep making trouble!”
Ren opened his eyes again.
Under the moonlight, he looked toward the figure hanging from the mast.
The Celestial Dragon, Sorodos.
The entire world believed that he was already dead.
But—
He was still alive.
Being useless was one thing, but as a descendant of one of the Twenty Kings, being difficult to kill was also a fact.
Just look at Charlos.
He had been beaten severely by the Straw Hat kid and later by members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, yet he had stubbornly survived both times.
Likewise, Sorodos had survived Ren’s direct lightning strike.
At this moment, he was still breathing.
To Ren, this was a perfect opportunity to make some trouble.
The next day.
Ren, Rocks, and Newgate sat around a campfire, eating meat while discussing their next move.
Buru Buru Buru~
The sound of a Den Den Mushi rang out.
Ren took the small Den Den Mushi from his pocket and answered.
“Holy crap, Captain, Vice-Captain!
You guys made way too big a scene this time!”
Little Bear’s voice came through.
“Little Bear, get to the point.”
Big Bear snatched the Den Den Mushi away.
“Don’t come back to Water 7 for the time being.
The entire city is under martial law.
The Marines and Government warships have surrounded the whole city and are conducting searches one by one…”
Ren wasn’t surprised by this result.
Putting Rocks aside, both he and Newgate had shown their faces in Water 7 and had been seen by quite a few people.
Fortunately, their commission for Tom to build their ship had been kept completely secret.
Only those directly involved knew about it.
“How are you two doing now?” Ren asked.
“Don’t worry, we’re fine.
Before the Marines arrived, Kokoro took us out of Water 7 through the waterways.
We just arrived at the food town of Pucci…”
“Hey, Little Bear, get back here—”
“No can do, Big Bear!
The food here smells way too good!”
Even though he wasn’t there in person, Ren could more or less imagine what was happening.
Pucci, the Food Town.
A place famous for its cuisine.
Naturally, it wasn’t famous for nothing.
“Anyway, Tom asked me to tell everyone that the shipbuilding project will probably have to be postponed for a while longer.
We’ll find a safe place to continue once things settle down.”
Neither Ren nor Rocks had any objections.
They nodded in understanding.
If it were exposed that Tom was building their ship, it would cause enormous trouble for him.
“If Tom ends up being exposed anyway, then we’ll just have Tom come with us and become our shipwright.
I quite like that guy.”
Rocks grinned.
“What do you think?”
“You’re seriously asking what I think?”
Newgate rolled his eyes.
“You get the ship built for you, and the man gets handed over to you too.
All the good things in the world just happen to fall into your lap, huh?”
Ren also wanted Tom to join them and sail together.
But deliberately exposing Tom just for that purpose and forcibly tying him to the Rocks Pirates…
That would be a little too underhanded.
“Forget it.
As for having Tom come aboard, let’s just let things take their natural course.”
Ren spoke up, interrupting Rocks and Newgate’s bickering.
“Instead, I have a proposal.”
Newgate looked toward Ren.
“What proposal?”
“The Marines and the Government are frantically searching Water 7 for us right now.
If we let them continue searching, there’s a good chance they’ll discover the shipbuilding materials we’ve stockpiled.”
Ren’s eyes narrowed.
“So we have to divert their attention.”
“How?”
Rocks raised an eyebrow, his expression gradually becoming excited.
His instincts told him that Ren definitely wasn’t planning anything good.
“It’s simple!”
Ren grinned.
Then he pointed toward the Celestial Dragon, Sorodos, hanging in midair.
“Captain, Newgate, how about we make another big piece of news together?”
“Although I have no idea what you’re planning, my instincts tell me this is going to be great.”
Rocks laughed.
Compared to him, Newgate was much more composed.
He looked at Ren and asked:
“What kind of article are you planning to write with that Celestial Dragon?”
“Nothing much.”
Ren’s expression remained calm.
“I just want to live-stream the public execution of a Celestial Dragon.”
“What?!”
Young Whitebeard, Newgate, was completely stunned.
A live-streamed public execution of a World Noble, a Celestial Dragon?
Such a thing was simply unheard of.
“Wahahaha!
Ren, you’re a damn genius!”
Rocks threw his head back and laughed.
“Let’s do it!
Live-stream the execution of a Celestial Dragon!”