The Fifth Emperor? I'm the Demon King

[Ding!]

[Side Quest Completed: Conquer Dressrosa and establish the Demon King's Grand Fleet]

[Quest Reward: Shadowkhan]

The banquet was extraordinarily lively.

Ye Zhuo raised his cup and drank heartily.

[Side Quest Activated: Momousagi has appeared in Gold City. Defeat her and bring her to sea.]

[Quest Hint: The next time she appears in Gold City will be six years from now. Please head there as soon as possible.]

[Quest Reward: Shadowkhan]

They were known as the strongest Shadowkhan.

More importantly,

this meant Ye Zhuo had truly gathered every kind of Shadowkhan!

At the banquet,

Ye Zhuo was in an excellent mood.

King Riku, Kyros, and the chief of the Tontatta Tribe were all asking what they should do from now on.

Ye Zhuo could not be bothered to manage them and told them to decide for themselves, so long as they did not listen to the Reverie.

And they absolutely could not hand over the Heavenly Tribute.

After hearing that, all three of them were utterly confused.

"Then how often do I need to pay protection money?"

"Just give me all the arena ticket revenue."

Ye Zhuo yawned. He was getting sleepy.

Only then did the three of them prepare to leave. They had figured it out: Ye Zhuo was simply someone who did not follow logic at all.

"Wait, Kyros. Sell more iced cola and popcorn when you have the chance. Of course, the money goes to me too."

Ye Zhuo tapped Kyros with a finger, casually healing his damaged leg as well.

"My leg!"

Seeing that his leg had actually healed in such a way, Kyros was overjoyed.

"What's there to be happy about?"

Ye Zhuo waved a hand, signaling for them to leave.

In his drowsy state,

Ye Zhuo finally clicked on the character panel, which he had not opened in a long time.

[The Myriad Heavens Role-Playing System is generating a character panel for host Ye Zhuo.]

[Character Panel]

[Plane: Pirate World]

[Time: Sea Circle Calendar 1516]

[Character: Shendu]

[Player: Ye Zhuo]

[Trait: Photographic Memory]

[Demon Aura: Fire Chi, Lightning Chi, Water Demon Aura, Wind Demon Aura, Heavenly Demonic Qi]

[Skill: Swordsmanship (Great Swordsman)]

[Haki: Armament Haki (Ryuo), Observation Haki (Future Vision, Ultra-Long Distance), Conqueror's Haki (Conqueror's Coating, Observation Killing)]

[Talent: Demon Sorcerer Form (Full Status)]

[Ability: Twelve Talismans (Conceptual Level)]

[Summon: Shadowkhan Bat Claw Eaters (Unlimited)]

[Divine Artifact: Book of Ages (Locked)]

[Inventory: Supreme Grade Blade (First Kitetsu), Pluton Blueprints, Warp-Warp Fruit, Target-Target Fruit, Smooth-Smooth Fruit]

Momousagi had not even become an admiral candidate yet?

What could she do after coming aboard?

His ambition was already beginning to search for a position for her.

He had heard that Momousagi often went undercover as a geisha in order to complete various missions.

She must be quite skilled at acting.

Then she could probably become a dancer.

The next day.

When Ye Zhuo awoke from his sleep,

Rebecca, Violet, and Baby 5 had already been waiting for a long time.

"Let's go. Get ready to set sail."

After boarding the Demon King,

Ye Zhuo casually tossed out two Devil Fruits.

He threw the Warp-Warp Fruit to Tashigi and handed the Smooth-Smooth Fruit to Sadi.

"You two—one of you is my guard swordswoman, and the other is my beast tamer. These two Devil Fruits suit you perfectly, so develop them well."

As for the Target-Target Fruit,

Ye Zhuo planned to give it to a sniper aboard the ship, though they did not have such talent yet.

Their lookout was Violet, a Glint-Glint Fruit user. She was practically a living lie detector.

Their head maid was Baby 5, a Weapon-Weapon Fruit user, and she was only responsible for taking care of Ye Zhuo.

Rebecca's invisibility and Tashigi's teleportation made them perfect guards.

Looking at this pirate crew tailored entirely to his needs,

Ye Zhuo felt much more satisfied.

"Damn it, this tastes awful! Did you do this on purpose?"

Tashigi took a bite of the Warp-Warp Fruit.

"Call me Captain!"

Ye Zhuo glared at her. Tashigi only managed to say two words: "Captain."

Sadi, meanwhile, felt that the worse the Smooth-Smooth Fruit tasted, the better.

Sure enough, people were different. Some were not even human.

After the Dressrosa incident,

following Empress Hancock, Sand Crocodile Crocodile, Gecko Moria, and Jinbe,

another Shichibukai had suffered misfortune.

Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo had also been kicked out.

Even more astonishingly, he himself had been directly thrown before Magellan in Impel Down.

Some said this was cooperation between the Marines and the Demon King.

At first, the news spread wildly.

Before long, however, the rumors died down.

Because someone said that Impel Down was not under Marine jurisdiction, but fell within the World Army's domain.

People stopped discussing it. After all, it was perfectly normal for the World Government to do such things.

The Demon King was swiftly sailing in one direction.

Gold City was known as the liveliest place on the seas.

Celestial Dragons often went there to have fun as well.

Ye Zhuo bought a stack of newspapers and received a thick pile of wanted posters.

He began reading them with interest.

"Demon King Ye Zhuo defeats five Shichibukai, shattering the balance of the world!"

"The Fifth Emperor is born! Demon King Ye Zhuo occupies four great kingdoms!"

"Demon King Ye Zhuo declares war on the Whitebeard Pirates at Fish-Man Island!"

Boring.

Ye Zhuo did not want to read any more. Why were all the headlines about him these days?

He had dominated the headlines for so long that it was honestly getting dull.

Picking up his wanted poster, he saw

that his bounty had soared to 3.5 billion Beli.

The bounties for Empress, Kalifa, Robin, Perona, Nami, and Baby 5 had all risen considerably.

But Vivi, Tashigi, Sadi, Shirahoshi, Violet, and Rebecca did not have bounties at all.

"Damn it, my crew members all went to sea willingly. Yet the Marines think I kidnapped them. What slander!"

Ye Zhuo was furious, but what angered him most was being called the Fifth Emperor.

"The Fifth Emperor? I'm the Demon King!"

Furious, Ye Zhuo turned to look toward the horizon.

Finally,

Gold City, standing atop a super battleship, came into view.

"We're here. Let's see if Momousagi is around. If she isn't, I'll just have to enjoy myself for a few days."

Ye Zhuo's Ultra-Long Distance Observation Haki, combined with Lightning Chi, had developed an effect similar to Mantra.

Even from an extreme distance, he could sense the entirety of Gold City.

"Found her!"

A gaze swept toward him. It was Momousagi.

However, Ye Zhuo could use his Conqueror's Haki as "Observation Killing" to conceal his presence.

"Stop the ship! Crew, we're going to have fun for a few days!"

Ye Zhuo stepped onto Gold City.

This place was truly prosperous, with a feeling completely different from Dressrosa.

If Dressrosa was lively,

decorated by Donquixote Doflamingo into a land of fairy tales and romance,

then Gold City was the extravagantly luxurious land of gold created by the Golden Emperor Gild Tesoro!

Momousagi was currently carrying out a mission in Gold City, playing the role of a geisha.

At this time,

Momousagi had yet to become an admiral candidate.

Using this identity, she had marked every member of a pirate crew, ready to catch them all in one sweep.

After confirming Momousagi's whereabouts, Ye Zhuo no longer wasted time.

Yet strangely enough, from the moment he stepped onto Gold City, the streets had been completely empty.

Everyone had vanished without a trace.

"Am I really that scary?"

Ye Zhuo asked himself. He was quite approachable, after all.