Drawing a Prize, Seeking Recommendations and Collections

You defeated the genius girl Kuina for the first time. Reward: 1,000,000 energy points.

You spoke with great wit and successfully consoled the severely shaken Kuina. Reward: 200,000 energy points.

You made Kuina, who had known nothing of Devil Fruits or Haki, aware of their existence. Plot Twist Degree: 2%. World difficulty increased to 12%. Reward: one lottery draw.

At the sight of another lottery draw as a reward, Mu Yu's heart immediately began pounding uncontrollably.

He had figured it out. As long as his actions caused the plot to twist, the world's difficulty would increase by a corresponding percentage.

It could be said that twisting the plot itself was a double-edged sword—both a reward and a restraint.

If he ruthlessly killed Zoro, one of the protagonists, the plot might instantly twist by one hundred percent, and then Koshiro would step in to purge his own ranks.

A lottery draw... What would he get this time?

Mu Yu was practically dying with anticipation!

Master, you currently possess two lottery draws in total. Would you like to begin?

Mu Yu said, "System, the auspicious day you calculated last time is tomorrow, right?"

That is correct. Master, you have an excellent memory.

Mu Yu kept rubbing his little hands together. Though he desperately wanted to draw the prize immediately, he had waited this long already. A few more hours would not hurt.

An auspicious day was something that could only be encountered, not sought!

Calm down, calm down. When facing important matters, one must remain composed!

System: "..."

It was only a lottery draw. Was this really necessary?

Her master was truly overly cautious when it came to drawing prizes!

Mu Yu said, "System, report my current abilities and Energy Droplet reserves."

Understood. Master, your current abilities are as follows:

Physique: LV5. Tier: Frail. (Frail, Ordinary, Transcendental, Steel, Divine, Indestructible.)

Swordsmanship: LV5. Tier: Beginner. (Beginner, Proficient, Mastery, Sword Hero, Sword Saint, Sword God.)

Remaining Energy Droplets: 3,684,520

Seeing the Energy Droplets he had accumulated, Mu Yu's eyes immediately lit up.

He had to admit, Energy Droplets accumulated pretty quickly.

After all, it had not even been a month since his rebirth!

Compared to a month ago, his physique and sword skills were already worlds apart.

If he encountered the gang of thugs that had once broken into his home in his previous life, Mu Yu was confident that he could beat them senseless even barehanded.

Unfortunately, history had no "what ifs."

The past could not be reclaimed, but the future could still be hoped for. Mu Yu was not the sort to brood over bygone days.

"System, consume Energy Droplets to raise my Swordsmanship to LV6."

As you wish, Master.

As 2,400,000 Energy Droplets nourished the Swordsmanship Tree, the tree, already as tall as a single-story building, instantly began growing wildly until it reached the height of a two-story loft.

In that instant, Mu Yu immediately felt the difference.

He was like an old swordsman who had been somewhat unlucky, never receiving any lofty inheritance and practicing only basic swordsmanship.

Though it was merely basic swordsmanship, a lifetime spent immersed in it had laid an incomparably solid foundation.

Basic swordsmanship seemed to have been carved into his very bones!

"Basic swordsmanship can actually be used with such exquisite precision. Quantity really can bring about qualitative change!"

At that moment, Mu Yu's mind uncontrollably replayed his recent battle with Kuina.

Many of his previous movements had been unnecessary. They could have been much more streamlined.

If I fight Kuina again, I can defeat her within three moves!

Swordsmanship: LV6. Tier: Proficient. (Beginner, Proficient, Mastery, Sword Hero, Sword Saint, Sword God.)

A towering building rises from level ground. Host's swordsmanship has entered the Proficient tier. Rewarded sword skill: Iaido Slash (LV1, can be leveled up). Skill description: draw and slash; without drawing, do not slash; one strike, one kill.

In that instant, countless memories related to Iaijutsu flashed through Mu Yu's mind.

It was not merely his mind that remembered them. Even his body seemed to remember.

Mu Yu loosely gripped the air with one hand, as if with a blade in hand, he could slay immortals and slaughter Buddhas.

Amazing!

Anything produced by the system was bound to be top quality!

When he obtained the skill [Iaijutsu], the Swordsmanship Tree, which had previously possessed only a straight main trunk, sprouted its first branch.

So that was how it worked?

Mu Yu had wondered before why the Swordsmanship Tree had grown two stories tall without producing a single branch.

Now, he finally had his answer!

Looking at the bare Physique Tree and the Swordsmanship Tree with only one small branch, Mu Yu suddenly felt that he still had a long road ahead.

As for the remaining Energy Droplets, Mu Yu chose to save them.

After all, he was about to draw a prize. What if he drew something useful that required droplets?

Now all he had to do was wait for the auspicious day to arrive!

It was nine at night, with three hours remaining until midnight.

Mu Yu said he was not anxious at all!

After his swordsmanship entered the Proficient tier, Mu Yu's state of mind had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.

No matter what he did, he could remain calm and composed.

The system was too powerless to complain.

Were those little hands rubbing together nonstop behind his back not his?

And what was with that thigh twitching every now and then?

Time passed.

When the system precisely announced the time, a sharp gleam flashed through Mu Yu's eyes.

The auspicious day had finally arrived?

"Absorb European luck, absorb European luck, absorb European luck!"

"Guanyin, Buddha Tathagata, Celestial Worthy of Infinite Life, Amitabha Buddha, Guan Yu, Mazu, bless me! Let me hit the jackpot!"

System: "..."

"System, I'm ready. Start the lottery draw!"

Understood, Master.

A burst of mechanical clanking, grinding, and meshing sounded out. In the next instant, a machine specifically designed for lottery draws appeared in his mind.

With a thought from Mu Yu, the lottery machine immediately began spinning at high speed.

A few seconds later.

A vast radiance erupted, so dazzling that Mu Yu could barely keep his eyes open.

Had he hit the jackpot?

Mu Yu's heart immediately surged with excitement!

Before long, the light faded, and Mu Yu saw a katana gleaming with a cold edge floating before him.

Congratulations. You have drawn the famed blade "White Deer." Blade length: 69.4 cm; type: uchigatana; curvature: 2.5 cm; mekugi hole: one; signature: White Deer; grade: Fifty Great Swordsmen.

Mu Yu could not understand all the technical terms, but there was one thing he did understand.

The sword he had drawn was a Fifty Great Swordsmen blade—a Fifty Great Swordsmen blade!

In One Piece, famed blades were graded as Fine Grade, Fifty Great Swordsmen, Great Grade, and Supreme Grade!

Before he had even left the beginner village, he had obtained a Fifty Great Swordsmen blade. Was his luck supposed to be good or bad?

Zoro's Wado Ichimonji was roughly at this level.

That did not seem too bad!

"So heavy!"

Holding a real blade felt completely different from holding a Bamboo Sword!

Yet Mu Yu's entire heart was leaping with joy, and he even felt a faint thrill and sense of security.

Clang!

He drew the blade halfway, and a cold glint reflected into his eyes. Looking at the snow-bright Blade Body and the cedar-like grain along it, Mu Yu immediately found himself unable to put it down.

A good blade. It truly was a good blade!

He had really struck it rich this time!

Master, you now possess one famed blade. Would you like to convert it into an "Imperial Blade"?

"Yes."

As commanded.

With a flash of White Light, the White Deer in Mu Yu's hand was transferred beneath the Divine Tree "Hidden World." As a pot of Hidden World energy continuously watered it, Mu Yu could see Kanemoto undergoing a tremendous transformation.

The entire conversion process will last one night. Master, would you like to continue drawing prizes?

"Yes."

As commanded.

The second lottery draw began, and the lottery machine began spinning wildly once more.

When he learned what prize he had drawn, Mu Yu immediately felt as if his heart had stopped.

This was far too thrilling!