Battle the One Piece World Again!
System space.
"Congratulations, host, on your successful challenge on your first attempt!"
"The host, through masterful micro-management, induced Kozuki Oden to fight Kaido, ultimately successfully using Oden to drive Kaido away. He's practically a master of micro-management!"
As soon as Akuta returned to the system space, he saw the system's evaluation of his challenge.
"What do you mean by 'micro-management master'? Can't you even speak properly?!"
Upon seeing these four characters, Akuta immediately thought of an old friend, and a sense of foreboding washed over him!
However, the system did not pause due to Akuta's dissatisfaction and continued broadcasting the subsequent content.
"Does the host choose this challenge as the final result to submit?"
Please note that once the results are submitted, they cannot be modified.
"Don't submit!"
Without a second thought, Akuta waved his hand and rejected the system's "submission."
"You've blocked the challenge details! I haven't even had a few proper matches with Kaido yet, why are you in such a hurry to submit results!"
In this challenge, Akuta no Ken didn't do anything at all. He himself didn't know what he had done, and how Oden suddenly started fighting Kaido.
I finally made it to the world of One Piece, and I didn't even get to see Luffy, but how can I not fight Kaido at least!
With Akuta's "denial," the system immediately began calculating the rewards for the previous challenge.
"Understood. Your rewards from the previous challenge will now be calculated. After calculation, you can begin a new challenge."
"Settlement in progress... Settlement complete..."
"Rewards: Increased development of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, slight increase in Armament Haki, slight increase in Observation Haki, slight increase in combat skills, slight increase in resilience, slight increase in physical strength..."
Akuta Sword ignored the usual rewards, such as combat skills.
They only had their eyes on the two impressive rewards at the very front!
"As expected! I knew the reward would be domineering!"
In the last challenge, Akuta was utterly defeated by Ember.
But he clearly remembered defeating several pirates who possessed Haki!
Given the system's usual reward system, it would be strange if it didn't reward itself with something powerful!
"System, open my personal panel!"
Upon receiving the powerful reward, Akuta couldn't wait to have the system open his interface.
The next moment, a virtual light screen appeared in front of the Akuta.
[Name: Akuta]
[Physical Performance: The result of a genius's 200x effort training over one month]
[Devil Fruit: Paramecia-type - Shadow-Shadow Fruit]
[Skills: Armament Haki, Observation Haki, Adaptive Evolution, Mirror Replication]
[Combat Strength: Major]
[Evaluation: With the power of a Devil Fruit, he can barely be considered a person in the New World; he could barely cosplay as a speed bump under Kaido's feet.]
The moment Akuta saw the system's interface on his screen, he couldn't hold back any longer.
Hey! What do you mean by "the result of a genius who put in 200 times the effort and trained for one month"?
"You're badmouthing my Coby again! What did Coby ever do to you?!"
Although the system did not name names, the description of '200 times the effort' instantly made Akuta identify the target.
In the entire world of One Piece, besides myself, the infamous deserter..., no one else has received this evaluation.
Ah, wait a minute!
Who else could it be besides the naval hero Koby!
It's just that two years of training equals the results of Zoro's more than ten years of training.
So what if Koby is exceptionally talented?
Just grab him and say it!
Akuta berated the system while simultaneously calculating the time with his fingers.
"One month... that's roughly the level of Coby's performance since he joined the Navy and appeared at Enies Lobby?"
Recalling what I remember, Coby appeared alongside Garp after Luffy's appearance at Enies Lobby.
Then, seeing him act all cool in front of Luffy, only to be defeated in two moves, my heart sank.
"Wow! Is it that bad? No wonder they could only 'barely manage to cosplay the speed bumps under Kaido's feet'!"
Although Akuta had a feeling that it was just a challenge, the system wouldn't give him much of a reward.
But the thought that without the power of a Devil Fruit, he would just be someone who could be easily knocked away by "Luffy after Enies Lobby" still made him a little nervous.
"It seems my journey to having a go at Kaido is far from over!"
After a moment of reflection, Akuta no longer hesitated and shouted to the system:
"System, I want to start the challenge again. Send me to the world of One Piece!"
"Understood. Host's second One Piece World Challenge begins now."
One Piece world.
As the familiar white light flashed, just as Akuta was about to perform his aerial acrobatics act again, something unexpected happened.
This time, the Akuta no longer appeared directly in the air.
He actually drifted right onto the sea!
No, to be precise, it wasn't floating on the sea, but sitting on a piece of driftwood.
Akuta looked down and immediately recognized the piece of driftwood beneath him as the same piece that Moria had entrusted to him before his death during their last challenge.
"Wait a minute! System, how come I suddenly have driftwood? Where's my favorite trapeze artist?!"
The system immediately answered Akuta's question.
"Since the host has already obtained the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, to prevent two Shadow-Shadow Fruits from existing in one world, the host's future challenges will begin after consuming the Shadow-Shadow Fruit."
"Oh!"
Akuta nodded in sudden realization. So the system had skipped the plot for him!
He complained to the system with some dissatisfaction:
Why did you skip the plot for me?!
"I never skip the story in Genshin Impact, but you skipped it in One Piece!"
"Don't you understand what it means to skip the plot, which is like skipping life?!"
"You skipped the plot for me, so what about the part of my life that I missed?"
Akuta's sudden "attack" caused the system to fall into an unusual silence.
Seeing that the system remained silent, Akuta nodded in satisfaction.
"I'll forgive you this time, but don't let it happen again."
After criticizing the system, Akuta finally looked up and surveyed the surrounding sea.
"Hiss!"
Akuta gasped.
Since he chose a direction randomly last time with the Akuta, and so much time has passed, he's now unsure which way he ended up during his last challenge.
"I said, system, you've already skipped all the steps, can't you skip to the point when I got ashore?"
"Now I have to find the island's direction myself!"
On the vast ocean, the only thing that can be used as a reference is the sun in the Sky Manipulation.
After recalling for a long time, Akuta finally determined the direction he had chosen in his last challenge by observing the trajectory of the setting sun.
"Shadow Propeller, Sprint! Sprint!"
After sprinting across the sea for a full eighty-one minutes, the Akuta finally saw the islands of Wano Country again!
Looking at the coastline of Wano Country ahead, Akuta raised his arms in celebration.
"We've arrived in Wano Country, the most remote place in the world! Wano Country is so beautiful."
As Akuta sighed, his gaze swept over the pirate ship belonging to Kaido, which was docked in the port.
"Hey, isn't that the Beasts Pirates?"
Akuta shook his head and looked into the distance again.
"Let's take another look at Wano Country in the distance, my family."