Come On, Bro Will Show You the World!

Above 10,000 meters.

Sky Island.

A Secret Base defended by numerous laser cannons and the Shandia Loyal Brigades.

This is neither a production facility nor an armory.

Instead, it was a heavily guarded...

Engine room.

To be precise, this is Enel's brain room, powered by electricity from Enel's body.

So essentially, Ma Qiao didn't do anything excessive to Enel.

His body is working for his brain, while his consciousness is soaring in the virtual world his brain has constructed.

Putting aside the facts, Enel actually lived a very happy life...

This was Ma Qiao's first time crossing Hextech Gate.

After a moment of disorientation and a sense of temporal and spatial disorientation, Ma Qiao arrived at the Sky Island.

In the Sky Island base, Leona, is leading the Shandia workers in building the third package Teleport line.

Ma Qiao's sudden appearance caused everyone to put down their work and enthusiastically shout Mr. Ma Qiao's name.

With a smile, Ma Qiao gestured to everyone not to let his arrival delay their work, emphasizing that every second counts in building a beautiful home.

This approachable and friendly image has once again earned him a large number of loyal fans.

There's no way around it; these simple, honest Shandia people have never experienced the harsh realities of capitalism, and they are powerless against the empty promises made by their bosses.

Ma Qiao's appearance even increased their trust in Hextech.

Even big bosses dare to use Hextech Gate, which is enough to prove that this 2.0 version is very secure.

Ma Qiao's previous investments of tens of billions were worthwhile.

Arrive at the server room, a crucial location, aboard Tahm Kench.

Following behind Ma Qiao was a dark-skinned, flamboyant teenager. (See picture)

Like the Future Soldier series, Battlecast series, Mech series, and Galaxy Mech series, the PROJECT series is also a classic skin line in League of Legends.

The dark-skinned, punk-style teenager behind Ma Qiao is a member of the PROJECT skin line.

PROJECT: Freedom.

PROJECT Source is set in a future cyberpunk era, where new technologies such as genetics, computers, and virtual reality intertwine.

To be honest, Ekko's new skin is a bit lacking in aesthetics.

Ma Qiao likes white hair, but not white hair like his.

However, among the PROJECT members, Ekko is the most unique one.

According to the background setting, Ekko, with his powerful key decryption device and his talent for interference, is always able to bypass the core code.

Simply put, this guy is a genius hacker.

However, in the eyes of capitalists, a genius hacker is also equivalent to the best coder.

At least that's what Ma Qiao thought.

Moreover, aside from his genius programming skills, Ekko's mastery of time is probably second only to Zilean, the Time Keeper.

Because of the grandfather paradox, Ma Qiao always felt that time travel and the like were meaningless.

But the world of pirates is different.

Lady Toki is a living example.

If time travel can't change anything, why does she keep traveling through one era after another?

Furthermore, if the past and future are parallel universes, Lady Toki sending Kozuki Momonosuke, Kin'emon, and the others to the future twenty years in the future would be meaningless.

Therefore, the spacetime in the One Piece world must be continuously differentiable and smooth...

Ahem, it's a continuously modifiable single universe.

However, Lady Toki's Time-Time Fruit ability can only travel to the future, while Ekko's is the opposite. He can go back to the past, but he cannot go to the future.

However, for Ma Qiao, the ability to go back to the past is far more valuable than the ability to travel to the future.

Because the future is something we can create, while the regrets of the past are difficult to make up for in the present.

Therefore, Ekko's ability to travel back in time is even more appealing to Ma Qiao than Zilean's resurrection ability.

Unfortunately, although Ma Qiao had already leveled Ekko to level six, Ekko's level one ultimate ability did not allow Ekko to travel back to a certain point in the past as his skill description suggested. Instead, it only allowed him to perform a short dash, recover his health, and deal damage to the surrounding area, as is the case in the game.

However, Ma Qiao was not discouraged by this.

Because there are precedents for this.

Just like Garen's level 5 [Courage], the first few levels of Courage are essentially just a Barrier that increases resistance and reduces damage.

However, Ma Qiao discovered that when Garen's Courage increased to level five, a qualitative change suddenly occurred.

Its effect becomes similar to that of Encouragement Fruit, increasing the fighting Courage of teammates within a small area, making them more valiant and determined.

With this skill aura, Garen can truly say, "I will lead the charge."

In other words, once a skill level is increased, it will no longer be bound by the game's settings and will become closer to the essence of the skill description.

Ma Qiao believed that as Ekko's skills improved, he would truly become a time assassin who could travel through time, just as his hero title implied.

But before that, he needs to work on his coding.

At the very least, we should make sure all of his ugly, punk-style white hair falls out before we talk about it.

"Cough cough cough."

Zephyr was jolted awake from a nightmare by a violent cough.

In his dream, he saw his dead wife and children again, and the students who were being tortured and killed by the pirates.

His old face was already covered in tears.

If he could go back in time and give him another choice, Zephyr believed he would not be so merciful again.

Unconditional mercy towards evil is a weakness towards justice.

As time passed, Zephyr finally understood these truths, but unfortunately, it was all too late.

"Cough cough cough."

Another violent coughing fit ensued.

Frankly, Zephyr felt that Alabasta's overly dry climate was not suitable for him.

Because in his early years, Zephyr had suffered from severe asthma.

Only a warm and humid climate can provide some relief.

So Zephyr was very surprised when he heard that his convalescent retreat was being held in Alabaster, rather than Sabaody Archipelago.

However, trusting his older brother Garp, Zephyr still came here for treatment, and unexpectedly, he had a miraculous recovery.

Zephyr slowly raised his right arm, which was wrapped in bandages, and felt a slight pain coming from his shoulder.

However, this pain is completely different from the pain caused by wound infection during previous interactions with the robotic arm.

Zephyr clenched his five fingers slightly.

Even through a layer of bandages, the realistic feeling of clenching a fist was something that the robotic arms provided by Vegapunk Labs could not provide.

Zephyr even had an unrealistic premonition.

He felt that his flesh-and-blood arm seemed to have more potential in combat than his previous mechanical arm.

This might seem disrespectful to Dr. Vegapunk, but it truly reflects Zephyr's innermost thoughts.

However, this fleshy arm contained a violent power, and suppressing such power was proving difficult for Zephyr.

After excessive exertion, my asthma, a chronic condition, inevitably relapsed.

Although the dry climate worsened his asthma symptoms, Zephyr did not complain or intend to leave the Shurima resort town early, because he loved the scenery there.

Desert countries like Alabasta are never short of sunshine.

Looking at the golden sunlight spreading across the entire windowsill always washes away any feelings of depression and makes one feel cheerful.

Meanwhile, through the window, the distant mountains are dotted with greenery, with lush trees and vibrant thorny flowers, making one marvel at the Tenacity of life.

The scenery captivated Zephyr for a moment.

If my wife and children are still alive, spending the rest of my life in a place like this seems like a pretty good option...

With a creak.

The door to the hospital ward was opened.

Zephyr looked up.

The person who came in wasn't his only fellow patient, the crazy little girl, but an old man and a goat.

Sengoku led his pet goat in.

His pet goat had visibly gained a lot of weight.

Even the Sengoku couldn't do anything about it.

It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality

Nowadays, pet goats no longer bother eating waste paper.

It eats fresh fruits and vegetables, salad dressing, condensed milk, and two pounds of rice crackers every day.

Thankfully, it doesn't like roasted lamb, otherwise this would be a truly hilarious joke.

Goats have very discerning palates.

Fortunately, although Shurima is a desert city, thanks to the high-quality agricultural products provided by the Cocoyasi agricultural base, Sengoku can still meet the needs of his pets.

Of course, it costs extra.

There's nothing strange about that; it's perfectly normal to pay extra to get fresh fruits and vegetables in the desert.

The Sengoku period did not feel that they had been taken advantage of or cheated.

The only thing that puzzled him was that the undisguised smiles on the children's faces and the hopeful eyes of the pedestrians seemed to show no signs of the anxieties caused by inflation.

With such exorbitant prices, how do ordinary people in Shurima manage to live?

After investigation, Sengoku discovered that in addition to receiving money, they also received a sufficient supply of flatbread every day while working for Baron Ma Qiao.

This type of flatbread, made from grains, may not be considered delicious, but it's enough to fill everyone's stomach.

Sengoku found it hard to imagine that any other lord in the pirate world would spend his own money to do something like this.

After all, in this extraordinary world, suppressing the rebellion of the poor by force is much more cost-effective than distributing food to them.

In addition to free bread, Shurima citizens who perform well in their work can also receive special food stamps.

These food stamps can be redeemed for inexpensive food at fruit and vegetable companies run by the Big Bird Consortium.

As an outsider, Sengoku could only buy these foods with money.

Fortunately, as a Fleet Admiral, he might lack prestige, but he certainly wouldn't lack money.

Moreover, this recuperation was reimbursed with public funds, so Sengoku had even less reason to mistreat his pet goat.

Not only that, after consuming documents for more than two months, Sengoku also treated himself to a good meal.

He has become a super VIP member of the Big Bird Spin-Spin Tavern World Chain.

"Zephyr, I brought you something good."

Sengoku instructed his pet goat to keep watch, then mysteriously took a food box and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Honey-glazed pig ears! Want to try some? It's a specialty of the Big Bird Spin-Spin Tavern!"

Zephyr frowned as he looked at the greasy pig ears still covered in sticky honey.

Are you sure this is for the patient?

"It should be okay, right?!"

Sengoku took out the packaging bag of honey pig ears and carefully looked at the ingredient list.

"It doesn't say that patients can't eat it, it doesn't say that they can eat it, and it even says that honey can treat asthma and cough, which you happen to have?"

Since it's effective for asthma, Zephyr has to be given a try.

After all, this is a chronic problem that has bothered me for many years.

Even five years ago, if it weren't for a sudden asthma attack, I probably wouldn't have lost so easily to that so-called Whitebeard son.

Shaking his head, Zephyr picked up a small piece of sticky honey pig's ear with his left hand, then pinched his nose and put it in his Barry.

Smack!

With a strong bite, the collagen soaked in honey bursts open instantly.

The tender, juicy oil, mixed with thick honey, and the two delicious flavors of oil and sugar engraved in human genes, instantly conquered Zephyr's taste buds.

Meanwhile, the most special ingredient in the VIP dishes at the Big Bird Spin-Spin Tavern, the Health Potion, was absorbed by Zephyr's oral mucosal epithelial cells and entered his battered body.

Although it was only a small number.

In a game, it might not even be as effective as Veigar wielding Bilgewater Cutlass, scratching Garen's armor by only dealing 500 damage to heal him.

However, this gentle, nourishing effect that directly addresses the essence of life is extremely rare in the real world.

Zephyr's eyebrows relaxed, revealing a surprised expression.

He didn't notice the recovery in his body, but the honey-glazed pig ears were surprisingly delicious, so he couldn't help but pick up a second piece.

Now Zephyr finally understood why Sengoku had made his pet goat guard the gate.

Such delicious food, if Garp finds it, it will never reach his hands.

Seeing his old classmate's expression, Sengoku knew that he had done a good job.

"Haha, don't worry, Garp is definitely doing some secret training in his room at this hour!"

"Secret cultivation?"

"We're all over seventy years old, is it really necessary for Garp to keep his training a secret from us?" Zephyr asked curiously.

"Who knows what he's thinking?"

Sengoku shook his head. "Didn't he take on a disciple in the East Blue but not keep him with him? I suspect Garp is secretly instructing his disciple via remote video every day."

Speaking of this, the Sengoku gets a little angry.

It doesn't matter if Zephyr has disciples all over the world.

Sengoku felt uneasy when Garp secretly trained his disciple.

However, as Fleet Admiral, he didn't have as much free time as Garp.

In terms of training disciples, it seems we'll definitely be outdone by Garp.

In short...

Sengoku sighed. "While Garp is still training, I'll take you to a good place."

"Where am I? Can I leave the hospital now?"

After experiencing an infection once, Zephyr learned his lesson and actually started following the doctor's advice.

"Don't worry, Director Dr. Mundo has already agreed."

Sengoku waved the access card in his hand.

"And Director Dr. Mundo is also at that place now— the Big Bird Spin Spin Spin Internet Cafe, which is said to be the opening day of the super-large virtual reality game called 'Infinite Tsukuyomi'."

Hey there, brother, let me take you out for a walk to clear your head. It'll be good for your health!