Whitebeard Explodes on the Spot

After the Red-Haired Pirates.

The major powers all received word of the Seventeenth Division's establishment.

The Big Mom Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Even the Supernovas.

As well as ordinary pirate crews on the Grand Line!

If Lin Yan joining the Whitebeard Pirates had merely been a prelude before.

Then now.

After he swept through the Whitebeard Pirates, crushed the other division commanders, and forcefully became the commander of the Seventeenth Division.

In an instant.

He rose to fame and became renowned across the seas!

Newspapers and reports about him were everywhere.

He dominated the headlines for a long time.

The buzz refused to die down.

At that moment.

People all over the world.

Remembered the name Lin!

But.

No matter how much of an uproar the outside world made, how much they reported on him, published news about him, or remembered his name.

What did any of that have to do with Lin Yan?

Not a damn thing!

Right now.

A huge problem stood before Lin Yan.

Namely...

"Am I filming Kung Fu Jungle?"

After the new division was established, Whitebeard assigned Lin Yan a plot of land on the archipelago as the Seventeenth Division's temporary base.

However.

When Lin Yan arrived.

He finally understood.

What a "temporary base" truly meant!

Looking over the entire place.

It was completely empty, without a soul in sight.

The kind of place even flies would not bother visiting.

Sunlight filtered through the blinds.

Falling across the tables, chairs, and cabinets.

A thick layer of dust kept Lin Yan company.

Lin Yan's mouth twitched.

At this rate.

He was going to build this place up all by himself!

He could not help sighing. Being a division commander did not seem all that glamorous.

Next.

He spent the entire morning cleaning the place.

For Lin Yan, who possessed the Goro Goro no Mi.

Cleaning up.

Could not have been easier.

Swish, swish, swish!

He activated lightning-fast speed.

In less than ten minutes.

Lin Yan had tidied the entire place until it was spotless!

If outsiders learned of this.

Their jaws would definitely hit the floor.

Using the Goro Goro no Mi to clean.

Damn it, was that something a normal person would think of?

How was this any different from using an ice-based Devil Fruit to chill cola or the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to open beer?

After finishing what he had on hand.

Lin Yan grinned.

Other than having fewer people, a one-man division did not seem to come with much trouble.

As it happened, Lin Yan had obtained twenty pieces of bait.

It was time to go fishing!

With that thought.

Lin Yan immediately ran to the back mountain near the archipelago.

A long fishing rod appeared in his hand.

Lin Yan tossed the bait into the sea.

Then skillfully began fishing!

The first day.

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for fishing up a Fine Blind Box. Would you like to open it? ]

"Open it!"

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for opening a Fine Blind Box and obtaining one month of Observation Haki training experience. ]

"Observation Haki training experience? Not bad!"

Lin Yan nodded and continued fishing with his head down.

The second day.

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for fishing up a Fine Blind Box. Would you like to open it? ]

"Open it."

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for opening a Fine Blind Box and obtaining one month of Armament Haki training experience. ]

Once Lin Yan started fishing, he could not stop.

The third day.

The fourth day.

The ninth day.

The tenth day.

[ Ding, congratulations to the host for opening a Fine Blind Box and obtaining one month of Devil Fruit training experience. ]
[ Ding, congratulations to the host for opening a Fine Blind Box and obtaining one month of physical combat training experience. ]
[ Ding, congratulations to the host for opening a Fine Blind Box and obtaining one month of Armament Haki training experience. ]
[ Ding, congratulations to the host for opening a Fine Blind Box and obtaining Jin Ping Mei (Part Two). ]

In the blink of an eye.

A full ten days passed just like that.

Lin Yan stretched his back.

As his strength increased, his physique had surpassed that of ordinary people.

Even after fishing continuously for ten days.

Lin Yan only felt the slightest bit tired.

Other than that.

He was a little hungry.

Otherwise, he felt great!

However.

At that moment.

Lin Yan's gaze.

Swiftly turned toward the Fine Blind Box.

"Huh, Little Mei is here again?"

Lin Yan had secretly finished reading the first part of Jin Ping Mei already (ΩДΩ).

He had been worrying over not having any entertainment.

Now that Part Two had fallen into his hands.

Lin Yan could not help laughing.

The system really understood him!

He immediately spread open the book.

And began sweeping through Little Mei's lines with a critical eye.

Humming a little tune.

Completely at ease.

As he read those shocking scenes.

The more Lin Yan read, the more engrossed he became, and the more addicted he got.

Before he knew it.

Lin Yan suddenly felt a cool sensation in his nose.

He reached up and touched it.

His nose was actually bleeding.

Fuck!!!

Was this the charm of the foremost of the Four Great Novels?

It actually gave him internal injuries from holding himself back.

This was absurd.

While Lin Yan was fishing on the back mountain.

Over at the Whitebeard Pirates.

Whitebeard personally came to the Seventeenth Division.

The Seventeenth Division had been established for ten days or so. It was about time to see how Lin Yan had developed it.

However.

When he arrived at where Lin Yan lived.

Whitebeard showed a trace of confusion. "Where is he?"

At the Seventeenth Division's base.

Whitebeard did not see a single person.

"Pops, the Seventeenth Commander seems to be at the back mountain."

At that moment, one of Whitebeard's subordinates beside him spoke.

"The back mountain? What is Lin doing there?"

Whitebeard pressed further.

"I went over there once. The Seventeenth Commander seemed to be fishing in the back mountain!"

The subordinate thought for a moment. He seemed rather nervous.

After hesitating for a long while, he still answered truthfully.

"Gurararara—!"

"He is only fishing. It is just a personal hobby. Why are you so nervous? You make it sound like he did something shameful."

Whitebeard did not pay much attention to it. Was it not perfectly normal to have a hobby?

"Pops... ever since the Seventeenth Division was established, he has stayed on the back mountain and never come down!"

The subordinate gathered his courage and added.

With Pops standing before him, he did not dare lie.

Sure enough.

After hearing those words.

Whitebeard's smiling face quickly froze. "So... ever since the Seventeenth Division was founded, he has not managed any of its internal affairs, nor has he recruited any crew members?"

The subordinate scratched his head and said awkwardly, "That is right."

Whitebeard's expression darkened.

That guy Lin.

Why was he so lazy?

Did he think that because the entire division consisted of only himself, there was no need to manage its internal affairs?

You like fishing.

Fine!

It was your personal hobby. Whitebeard would not interfere.

But.

He had been sitting on the back mountain for a full ten days.

He still had not come down.

There was no way anyone cultivated their temperament like this!

Whitebeard felt his chest tighten, ready to explode on the spot.

But soon after.

He took a deep breath.

Calm down.

He had to stay calm!

He was supposed to use love to reform Lin.

Lin must have been under tremendous pressure after becoming the new division commander.

That was why Lin had chosen this way to vent.