"Keep it hidden for now. See if we can capture Ace and bring him back. If we can't, we'll have no choice but to announce it. If we can, execute him immediately."
Luffy looked at the two newspapers and carefully studied them, eventually understanding what had happened. Well, he couldn't actually read them. Without those pictures, he would have had to ask the village chief for help.
Dadan explained everything. Now that Ace had been rescued, Dadan was no longer afraid that Luffy would recklessly go and save him again.
Luffy immediately decided to go to sea and find Rono. The village chief once again refused, saying that he wasn't seventeen yet. However, Luffy trained even harder after that.
In Rogue Town, Sairona rejected Aokiji's suggestion that they return to the Grand Line together. He still had to go cause trouble with Rono. Otherwise, if he happened to be in a bad mood one day, he would kill Marines without a second thought.
Aokiji had no choice but to lead his men back to the Grand Line and rendezvous with Kizaru. Kizaru was already on his way to capture Ace. With only Marco as a top-tier combatant, Kizaru could hold him off by himself. Jozu was still unconscious, while Vice Admirals Huo Shaoshan and Ghost Spider were fully capable of capturing Ace again. Moreover, Aokiji was still on his way there.
Rono woke up a day later. After hearing that Ace had been taken away and that the system had judged his mission a failure, he felt utterly devastated.
"System, I at least fought Jozu to a draw. How can that count as mission failure?" Rono complained bitterly.
The System Loli straightened the yellow-brown cowboy hat it had materialized and said calmly, "Didn't you say it yourself? It was only a draw, not a victory. Of course the mission wasn't completed."
"You... fine, I'll endure it. Character Panel. Hmm, bring up the mission panel too."
"Understood. Beep—the panels are opening."
3D Rono rotated on the screen, with his basic information displayed below.
Name: Wolf Rono
Age: 17
Height: 3.74 meters (You've already passed your growth peak, so you probably won't grow much more.)
Equipment: Arm Guard 1 (Flowing Fire) (Ability: Increases punch power by four to five times while consuming little stamina.)
Skills:
One: Self-Healing Factor (Description: Super Regeneration can bring you great convenience. Self-Healing Factor—anything is possible.)
Two: Bone Claws (Description: Your bone claws, formed from bones far harder than those of an ordinary adult, can rival Great Grade Swords. They consume very little stamina. My bone claws—you can't handle them.)
Devil Fruit Ability:
One: Bone Planting Armor (Description: Possesses extremely powerful defensive capabilities. Ordinary bullets cannot penetrate your defenses. Average stamina consumption. Solid as a rock.)
Two: Crimson Armor (Description: Possesses tremendous burst power and mobility, but has low defense. Heavy stamina consumption. I can fight ten.)
Three: Control External Objects (Description: This is an extremely powerful ability. However, you can only control some small objects. Heavy stamina consumption. Everything on you belongs to me.)
Four: Tree Man Gelu (Description: There is a chance of transforming into a Tree Man Warrior when emotional. [To be honest, the probability is so high that even this system is afraid.] No stamina consumption. My most glorious moment is when I unleash my ultimate move.)
Combat Mode:
Berserker Mode:
One: Fearless Of Life And Death, unafraid of injury, exchanging injury for injury and life for life. Use an absolutely calm mind to judge the battle situation.
Two: Combat Awareness and Combat Comprehension Ability are greatly enhanced, making it the ultimate ability for breaking through limits and turning the tables.
Three: Easily loses reason and becomes a monster that knows only slaughter.
Four: The Berserker's pride prevents you from leaving the battlefield. Rather Die Than Cower. (I Want To Fight Ten.)
Skill Duration: 12 minutes (Intense battles will greatly reduce the duration.)
Skill cooldown: 20 hours
Constitution: 8213 (Can be enhanced. Required: 3 Enhancement Points.)
Bone Hardness: 10010 (Can be enhanced. Required: 10 Enhancement Points.)
Mental Power: 76/100 (Cannot be enhanced.)
Observation Haki: 3 (Can be enhanced. Required: 10 Enhancement Points.)
Armament Haki: 5 (Can be enhanced. Required: 10 Enhancement Points.)
Available Upgrade Points: 2
Mission Panel:
Mission One: Destroy the pirate crew (111/200) (Only knives and fire can make people grow.)
Mission Two: Obtain a piece of equipment recognized by the system (1/1). Reward: 3 Enhancement Points. (Mission completed. Host, please claim the reward yourself.)
Mission Three: Defeat Diamond Jozu, the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates (0/1) (Mission failed. Two Enhancement Points have been automatically deducted.)
"System, why was the failure penalty deducted automatically, while I have to claim the reward myself? What the hell..." Rono narrowed his eyes and questioned the System Loli.
"You don't know even that? Of course it's because I was afraid you wouldn't claim the failure penalty. Besides, you gained five Enhancement Points from fighting Jozu. Why panic over a mere two points?" The System Loli sat on Rono's head, playing with a red strand of hair.
"Since they're only two points, then don't deduct them." Rono put on a solemn expression.
"Impossible." The System Loli rejected him firmly. "Taking advantage and still complaining? Didn't you notice that your Bone Hardness has already broken through to 100?"
"Huh? Really?" Rono brought up the Character Panel again. Sure enough, his Bone Hardness had reached one hundred. "Isn't that only one more point? Why does it take 10 Enhancement Points to increase it by one?"
"Heh heh! Are you sure? Test it yourself." The System Loli tugged on one of Rono's hairs and swung back and forth, its laugh carrying a deeper meaning.
Rono looked around but found nothing he could use for testing. Just then, Sairona arrived and delivered a timely assist.
"Rono, do you remember that Shark Pirates crew we crippled?"
"Oh! Them."
"The pirate crew Jinbe came to warn us about. They have an accomplice in the East Blue. Since I'm already in a bad mood, how about we kill them and vent our anger?" Seeing Rono pretending not to understand, Sairona still explained the matter before making the suggestion. Given Rono's personality, he would definitely go.
"I'm in a terrible mood too." Rono agreed completely. He had just lost seven Enhancement Points, and it left him deeply frustrated. "What about that female Marine?"
Although she had joined the Wolf Family, they were still unfamiliar with each other.
"Ah~ She shouldn't come along for this sort of thing. I've already had her wait for us in Rogue Town, so she can say goodbye to her former teammates."
"When do we leave?" Rono moved his body around, already growing impatient.
"Call Gelu. We'll leave now. The luggage was packed long ago," Sairona replied calmly.
"It's time to let those stinking Fishmen know who the true ruler of this world is." Rono flashed a bloodthirsty grin. Time to start killing!
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