Tsukuyomi and Faith

[Captain: Kael]

[Level: 3]

[Experience: 0/1000]

[Total Combat Power: 14286]

[Skills: Hyper Intuition (A), Ultimate—Serious Punch (S), Available Draw]

"It's been a month. I've finally seen these three words again."

Seeing the words "Available Draw" on the captain's interface, a flash of delight suddenly lit up Kael's eyes.

Over the past month, they had traveled all over the East Blue, reasoning with the people of every small village and town...

They never turned down business worth tens of millions, nor did they look down on deals worth hundreds of thousands. Only after great difficulty had they managed to accumulate over 200 million Beli.

All their efforts along the way had finally paid off.

However, when Kael saw the brand-new four-digit experience bar, a wave of helplessness rose in his heart.

He could not help but complain, "I'm only level 3, and it already takes 1 billion Beli. How absurd is leveling up going to get later on?"

"Looks like I really need to find a way to build a money-making faction."

Kael silently began making plans.

Logically speaking...

The Straw Hat Pirates had sailed from the East Blue all the way to becoming one of the Four Emperors, experiencing countless adventures, yet their total assets still did not exceed 1 billion Beli.

Kael and the others had only made one round through the East Blue and had already earned hundreds of millions of Beli. They had truly been blessed by fortune.

On top of that, there was the unclaimed inheritance of the Krieg Pirates, as well as the Arlong Pirates and Marine 16th Branch that were about to be settled...

The situation was still looking quite promising.

But for Kael, it was nowhere near enough!

There was no end to making money.

There had to be immensely profound knowledge and opportunities hidden within it.

Whenever he thought of this, Kael suddenly felt fortunate...

Fortunately, his moral bottom line was flexible.

If he acted like Luffy, after defeating Krieg, he would probably just let the tiger return to the mountain, perhaps even hoping Krieg could make a comeback so they could fight again.

And after defeating the Arlong Pirates, he would return all their wealth to the villagers.

But such things would never happen with Kael!

Although Kael had already decided to trade Krieg's life and freedom for Gin's loyalty...

That did not mean... he would not secretly tip off the Marines.

He would let the man go.

As a captain, integrity was the foundation!

But if the lone Krieg was unfortunately captured or killed by the Marines afterward...

That would have little to do with him~

Kael chuckled sinisterly to himself.

With a thought, he directly tapped "Available Draw" in the skills section.

In an instant, the familiar lottery wheel appeared before him.

As usual, it gave him no room to operate and began spinning on its own.

Kael had already gotten used to the system's ways.

He calmed himself and silently waited.

After all, he had already fatefully obtained Saitama's Serious Punch. Whatever skill came next did not seem likely to bring him much surprise.

Unless the system drew him a skill that could make him a fortune!

A minute later, the wheel slowly came to a stop.

A brand-new portrait immediately appeared before Kael.

It depicted an expressionless man with a jet-black crow perched on his shoulder, his face cold and stern.

Both the crow and the man had crimson eyes embedded with black tomoe.

His black robe patterned with red clouds fluttered slightly, while the forehead protector on his brow had been split in two by a vicious slash.

Kael instantly recognized him.

"Itachi Uchiha!?"

His eyes widened, and an intrigued expression still appeared on his face.

After all, in some ways, this character was one of the great talents of the anime world!

A system notification window suddenly appeared before Kael.

[Skill: Tsukuyomi]

[Level: A]

[Description: Can pull an enemy's consciousness into an illusion space completely controlled by the captain. All physical and mental suffering endured by the enemy within the illusion world will be identical to reality. Specific effects depend on the difference in mental strength between the caster and the target.]

"Only Tsukuyomi? It's not the Sharingan that the Uchiha Clan is so proud of?"

After reading the skill interface, Kael froze in surprise.

A trace of disappointment flashed through his eyes, but it quickly vanished.

Tsukuyomi it was, then.

It was still a powerful genjutsu technique. In the world of pirates, it was definitely rare!

Perfect.

This way, the mental strength that had been boosted by his companions' combat power could finally be put to use.

The thought passed in an instant, and a strange power suddenly emerged from Kael's mind, as though he had been born knowing how to use Tsukuyomi.

He looked at himself in the mirror and found that his eyes had not taken on the Uchiha shape.

"So it really is just a skill? You won't even give me the red-eye effect!?"

"That's way too half-hearted, isn't it?" Kael muttered.

After testing it a few times and finding that the skill could not be activated without a target, he had no choice but to leave it for later.

"I'll find Krieg later and test Tsukuyomi's power on him!"

"Now that I think about it, keeping a few prisoners on board to test new skills and techniques seems like a pretty good idea."

"The ship will only get bigger in the future anyway. We won't be short on space."

Kael rubbed his chin as he pondered in secret, a childlike, devilish glint flashing in his eyes.

An hour later.

On the deck of the Tiga.

Nami, who had only recently joined the pirate crew, stared wide-eyed at her hands in disbelief.

At her command, two wisps of white whirlwind suddenly formed in her palms.

They were still weak, but to Nami at this moment, they were already novel enough.

A bright gleam flickered in her eyes. Remembering what Kael had just told her, an unprecedented impulse surged within her.

Nami raised her head and looked at Kael with gratitude in her eyes.

Then, she suddenly bent at the waist.

Perhaps unintentionally, her earnest bow gave Kael a full view of the alluring cleavage revealed by the gesture.

But the beautiful sight vanished in an instant.

Her scattered orange hair glittered beneath the sunlight, as though some hateful holy light had appeared and perfectly blocked off such peerless beauty!

"Thank you, Captain Kael, for granting me this power!"

"After we drive Arlong and his crew out of Cocoyasi Village, I will serve Captain Kael for all eternity!!!"

Nami said solemnly, her gaze firm.

"Hahaha, there's no need for that."

Kael laughed and placed a hand on Nami's shoulder, giving it a light pat as he emphasized:

"But there is one thing you got wrong..."

Nami lifted her head, confusion showing in her misty eyes.

Kael smiled. "We're not going to drive the Arlong Pirates out of your village..."

"We're going to wipe them completely off the face of this sea!!!"

"Captain..."

Overcome with emotion, Nami instinctively clenched her fists, and fierce flames of vengeance instantly erupted in her eyes!

She shouted, "Yes!!!"

"Haha, all right."

Kael gave Nami an encouraging look and smiled.

"Go find Tashigi in the training room. She'll tell you what to do next."

"Maybe once we reach Cocoyasi Village, you'll have the chance to kill Arlong with your own hands."

"Please rest assured, Captain Kael! I will never disappoint you!"

Nami deeply bowed to Kael once more, then turned sharply and strode into the cabin.

"Do your best, Miss Nami."

Watching Nami's graceful retreating figure, Kael's lips curved into a gratified smile.

Just as he had expected, Nami's compatibility with the S-rank character card Janna, the Storm's Fury, had surpassed 60, reaching 75.

So he did not hesitate in the slightest and directly fused this S-rank character template with Nami.

After Nami left, Kael's thoughts shifted, and an interface showing both Nami and Janna immediately appeared in his mind.

[Companion: Nami (Janna, the Storm's Fury)]

[Aptitude: S]

[Level: 1]

[Experience: 0/100]

[Combat Power: 38]

[Total Aptitude: 380]

[Strength Aptitude: 60]

[Constitution Aptitude: 60]

[Agility Aptitude: 80]

[Mental Aptitude: 180]

"Total aptitude 380... Mental aptitude 180..."

"Looks like she's another character similar to Tashigi, someone who fights with magic or supernatural abilities."

"Although her total aptitude is 20 points lower than Tashigi's with her Zanpakutō..."

"But..."

As Kael stared at Nami's status panel, his brows furrowed slightly, and hesitation appeared in his eyes.

When Nami had used the power of the whirlwind earlier, he had sensed an extremely strange energy.

It was a completely new kind of energy, entirely different from spiritual power, Devil Fruit abilities, or physical strength!

Although Kael was not an expert in energy research, he somehow felt that the power Nami had awakened...

Seemed like it should be called...

The power of faith!