Execution of Roger, Divine Departure Cleaves Minions!

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(Claim Three Types of Haki and Divine Departure after depositing your brain)

Year 1498, Sea Circle Calendar.

East Blue, Loguetown, in front of the execution platform, countless people crammed together, their eyes locked firmly on the platform.

"Brat, get out of my way!"

A stalwart, ferocious-looking pirate shoved Lin Ye aside with a backhand slap, not caring in the least.

His eyes stared with fanaticism at the figure kneeling atop the execution platform.

"King of the Pirates, where did you hide your treasure..." A roar burst from his throat, and the area beneath the execution platform fell silent.

Shouts rang out from behind.

Lin Ye clutched the back of his head as unfamiliar memories crashed through his mind, mingling his past life with present recollections.

Time-traveled?

This was the world of the King of the Pirates?

Then where was this?

Lin Ye jerked his head up, fixing his gaze upon the kneeling figure on the execution platform.

Roger, King of the Pirates!

The overlord of the seas, a powerhouse who reached the Final Island and became the King of the Pirates.

Yet a year after claiming that title, he was about to be executed right here.

"Hmph hmph hmph, Hahahahaha! Want my treasure?" Laughter rose from a low chuckle to a roar as King of the Pirates Roger lifted his lowered head, his voice echoing across the entire plaza.

"If you want it, I'll give it to you! Search for it! I left all my wealth in that place!"

In the plaza before the execution platform, everyone stared in shock at King of the Pirates Roger.

Throughout the entire plaza, only Roger's just-spoken words still reverberated.

The two executioner soldiers beside Roger gasped in alarm, instantly raising the execution spears in their hands and piercing straight through the body of the King of the Pirates.

Lin Ye witnessed all of this.

As the spears plunged into Roger's body, fierce cheers erupted before the execution platform.

The treasure of King of the Pirates Roger—what kind of spectacle would that be?

At this moment, in the hearts of many, the execution of King of the Pirates Roger seemed to matter no longer; what mattered far more was the treasure of the King of the Pirates.

"The Great Age of Pirates has begun."

Listening to the cheers in his ears, Lin Ye thought to himself, looking once more toward the high platform.

On the execution platform, beside the corpse of the executed Roger, several transparent bubbles condensed.

The moment Lin Ye's attention shifted to these bubbles, they seemed to possess a life of their own, flying straight toward Ye Tian.

In the blink of an eye, they reached Lin Ye.

He instinctively raised a hand to block them, and the bubbles melted directly into the palm of his hand.

[Picked up Conqueror's Haki: Current Level 1]

[Picked up Armament Haki: Current Level 1]

[Picked up Observation Haki: Current Level 1]

[Picked up Divine Departure: Current Level 1]

[Picked up Voice of All Things: Current Level 1]

A string of notification sounds made Lin Ye's eyes widen.

Golden Finger?

With a stir in Lin Ye's heart, a massive stream of information surfaced in his mind.

[Lin Ye (Cooldown: 24 years)]

[Ten years and one month old]

[Abilities: Term Pickup, Term Shatter]

[Conqueror's Haki: Level 1]

[Armament Haki: Level 1]

[Observation Haki: Level 1]

[Divine Departure: Level 1]

[Voice of All Things: Level 1]

[Blank Entries: 0]

Is this a term-pickup system?

Lin Ye was pleasantly surprised.

The world of the King of the Pirates was extremely dangerous, especially for the weak.

Once he knew what kind of world this was, worry had already grown in Lin Ye's heart, but now, with his Golden Finger in hand, he had the ability to determine his own fate.

Three Types of Haki plus Divine Departure, and the Voice of All Things.

This already provided the foundation to grow stronger.

With his mind settled, Lin Ye had already made a decision.

His gaze swept across the surrounding crowd, hoping to see a few familiar faces.

He found none.

Instead, the fanatical looks on the faces of those around him made Lin Ye's heart tighten somewhat.

The Marines would not sit idly by.

This public execution of Roger was originally meant to deter the ever-growing number of pirates, but now Roger had pulled this stunt.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye turned and squeezed outward through the gaps in the crowd while studying the appearing Golden Finger.

From the panel, entries could be upgraded.

And the material for upgrading entries should be this blank entry.

Except that this blank entry...

Lin Ye focused his attention on two abilities.

[Term Pickup: When life around dies, there is a probability that one or several terms will materialize from their abilities. When one's gaze sees these terms, they can be picked up]
[Term Shatter: According to the term's own quality, shatter it into varying amounts of blank entries]

The two abilities were straightforward, and their purpose was to let him pick up terms and then upgrade them.

Lin Ye tried to upgrade Conqueror's Haki and immediately received a prompt.

[To upgrade Conqueror's Haki to Level 2, 2 blank entries are required. Do you wish to upgrade?]

Lin Ye directly confirmed.

[Insufficient blank entries]

So that was how it was.

Lin Ye completely understood.

And he roughly knew how he was going to grow stronger.

Go to places where people died often, or create death with his own hands.

The stronger the person, the greater the probability of dropping an entry, since it materialized from their own ability.

Ordinary people might do so as well, but the probability was presumably much lower.

Thinking this, Lin Ye had already squeezed out from the crowd.

There were quite a few others doing the same as Lin Ye, obviously having thought of the situation that might occur.

And this time, Lin Ye saw a few familiar faces.

The young Flamingo wore an unbridled smile on his face, muttering to himself as he walked.

On the other side, a kid wearing a straw hat pressed down on it, covering his entire face.

There was also a young man with eyes like Hawkeye walking out with a calm expression.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes as he watched these people leave, not lingering either.

As soon as he turned into a side alley, the sound of a gunshot came from above the plaza.

The cheers stopped abruptly, then turned into messy shouts and angry roars.

The Marines made their move.

Lin Ye thought in his heart, quickening his pace.

But footsteps came from behind.

Lin Ye's heart sank, and he turned to look at the person chasing after him.

"Brat, get out of my way!"

A familiar voice and a familiar tone.

It was that person from just now, or rather, a pirate.

A chill flashed in Lin Ye's eyes. He stopped directly, standing in the middle of the alley.

"You're courting death!"

The pirate trying to escape did not recognize Lin Ye, but seeing that Lin Ye, a mere child, dared to block his escape route, he directly drew the sword hanging at his waist and slashed straight at Lin Ye's face.

Lin Ye's gaze condensed, and Conqueror's Haki burst forth from his body.

The descending blade froze in midair, and the pirate holding it wore a face full of terror.

He didn't actually pass out? Was level 1 not enough?

Seeing the scene before him, Lin Ye raised a hand and took the blade away.

"Divine Departure!"

Conqueror's Haki coated the blade, and a flying slash erupted from it, cutting right through the terrified pirate and carving a deep fissure into the wall beside them.

Anyone in Loguetown with sharp senses was startled at that moment.

Conqueror's Haki?

Red-Haired Shanks, who was walking away in sorrow, froze in his tracks.

Could this be?

The Captain's Divine Departure?