Forever Loyal, Double Feedback

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

Inside the marshal's office.

Marshal Buddha Sengoku was listening to a mission report from "Meeting King" Brannew.

"Still no news of the Saint Roswald?"

Only after Brannew finished his report did Sengoku speak.

Because they had failed to track down Lin Yu for so long, the Navy had been unable to take action against him. They could only have the Navy branches in the North Sea do their best to investigate his whereabouts.

This was what the Navy found most troublesome about pirates. After raiding a town, they only had to hide in the vast sea, and it became extremely difficult for the Navy to track them down.

Although the Navy had captured quite a few pirates in the North Sea recently, they still had not found any trace of Lin Yu.

"Marshal Sengoku, the Saint Roswald seems to have vanished into thin air. We have found no trace of it at all."

"Nor do any shipyards in the North Sea have records of modifying a massive vessel."

"God Slay... Criminal Lin Yu may have abandoned the ship and fled. That is also possible."

Brannew corrected himself halfway through.

Because of the World Government, the Navy did not dare call him God Slayer Lin Yu in public. They could only refer to him as Criminal Lin Yu.

Sengoku frowned at this, his expression grim.

The World Government was pressing them hard, yet the Navy did not even have a grasp on the target's whereabouts. It made it very difficult for him to give an account.

After thinking for a moment, Sengoku continued, "Has anything happened in the North Sea recently?"

Brannew immediately replied, "Nothing major has happened in the North Sea recently."

"However, a merchant vessel belonging to the Five Seas Trading Company has been killing pirates near the Reverse Mountain waters of the North Sea, where they were fleeing toward the Grand Line. They have also rescued quite a few merchant ships and cruise liners."

"Many of the pirates they killed belonged to pirate crews with bounties of tens of millions of Berries."

"Because this trading company has demonstrated considerable strength, many merchant groups in the North Sea are seeking to cooperate with the Five Seas Trading Company."

"However, there is news that the trading company has now headed to the East Blue."

Five Seas Trading Company?

Headed to the East Blue?

Sengoku frowned. He did not seem to have ever heard of this trading company.

"How do they kill pirates?" Sengoku asked Brannew.

"According to the reports, the Five Seas Trading Company generally uses their ship's ram to strike pirate ships directly, then uses muskets and cannons to destroy them. They never engage pirates in boarding combat, nor do they ever loot treasure."

They never boarded enemy ships or looted treasure, and simply destroyed pirate ships. It did not sound like that bastard Lin Yu.

Otherwise, with the Great Swordsman strength he had shown when he single-handedly slaughtered Celestial Dragon guards and CP0 members, there was no need for such trouble. After all, pirate ships were worth a great deal of money as well.

The combined bounties of some pirate crews might not even be worth as much as their ship.

Besides, Sengoku did not believe that a villain who had stolen the Kachinobu Kingdom's treasure and murdered both Celestial Dragons and a king would perform good deeds without taking the treasure aboard pirate ships.

"Do you have a photograph of the trading company's president?"

Finally, Sengoku asked one more question.

"My apologies, Marshal Sengoku. There are no photographs for now."

"After the Five Seas Trading Company kills pirates, they leave immediately and never make contact with anyone aboard the merchant ships."

"Therefore, there are no photographs."

Brannew shook his head.

"Is that so..."

Sengoku frowned.

East Blue.

Waters near Cocoyasi Village.

"Come here, Anna."

Lin Yu sat in a chair at the bow, smiling as he peeled open a Devil Fruit. He sliced off a piece with a small knife and held it between his fingers.

This Devil Fruit was one of the two Devil Fruits he had obtained in the North Sea.

The two Devil Fruits he had obtained were the Zoan-type Cat-Cat Fruit, Snow Lion Form, and the Paramecia-type Box-Box Fruit.

Naturally, the one he fed Anna was the Zoan-type Cat-Cat Fruit.

Since he already had a little dog maid, he naturally needed a little cat maid too.

"Yes, Young Master."

Anna walked to Lin Yu's side, voluntarily knelt on the ground, and excitedly ate the Devil Fruit from his hand. Her eyes even stared straight at him, blinking over and over...

Tsk, she actually dared to seduce me.

Seeing Anna's actions, Lin Yu chuckled and continued feeding her the foul-tasting Devil Fruit.

Because he had refused to give Anna the Devil Fruit for so long, she had often tried to seduce him lately.

"Such a good girl!"

Lin Yu stroked Anna's head and praised her.

Hearing Lin Yu's praise, Anna rubbed her face against his hand, looking thrilled.

After spending some time together, Anna had discovered that the more obedient and compliant she acted before Lin Yu, the better he treated her.

So during this period, she had been working especially hard to please and accommodate him.

Ding! Anna's Favorability has reached 100. She will be forever loyal to you. Feedback experience has doubled.

Hearing the System Prompt, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow.

Favorability below 50 was the easiest to raise. With Lin Yu's exceptionally high charm, a few uses of One Point Connect could raise it to that point.

Above 50 required a long period of time together, while getting it above 80 was somewhat difficult.

Take Charloss, for example. She was already extremely submissive and infatuated with Lin Yu, yet her Favorability still stubbornly refused to reach 100.

As for Reiju, her Favorability had stopped increasing after reaching 80. Lin Yu would need to think of a way to handle that.

Name: Anna

Identity: Princess

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Favorability: 100

Combat Power: One-Star

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Gains: 20 Physique Points, 20 Qi and Blood Points, 20 Spirit Points/hour. Note: One-Star Combat Power, gains effect x1; Favorability 100, gains effect x2

Perhaps because she had consumed a Devil Fruit, Anna's combat power had successfully reached One-Star.

The feedback experience had also changed from Qi and Blood alone to Physique, Qi and Blood, and Spirit—the three attributes representing physical fitness.

This meant that with the enhancement of the Zoan-type Devil Fruit, Anna's Physique, Qi and Blood, and Spirit had all reached One-Star, allowing her to generate gains for Lin Yu.

According to the information provided by the system, as long as one of Lin Yu's crew members' attributes reached One-Star, he could obtain gains from it.

This was true for Anna, and naturally for Charloss as well.

Therefore, Lin Yu now received decent physical fitness experience gains every day. Before long, he would be able to raise all three physical fitness attributes from Three-Star to Four-Star and further increase his strength.

"Young Master, we're almost at Cocoyasi."

Charloss came to the bow and bowed as she spoke.

"Have Reiju stay behind to guard the ship. You two will come with me."

Lin Yu rose from his chair and stretched lazily.

Cocoyasi Village was the village where Nami had grown up.

And Lin Yu's purpose for coming here was naturally Nami's older sister, Nojiko.

He had learned from the bounty notices just issued that Wang Luffy had defeated Crocodile in Alabasta.

So he planned to swiftly take Kaya, Nojiko, and Makino. After entering the Grand Line and taking Vivi away, he would head directly to Jaya Island and wait there for the Straw Hat Pirates.

Then, he would take Nami and Robin from Straw Hat Luffy!

"Let's go. You'll be getting new sisters."