He had actually drawn the Byakugan!
Yang Yunzhi was quite satisfied with the result of this draw.
It was not because the Byakugan's abilities were particularly powerful. In the One Piece World, its capabilities were merely decent. Observation Haki could replace its insight, and while Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion were powerful, Yang Yunzhi might not necessarily develop them to any great extent.
The key was that the Byakugan could merge with his body and become his own eyes.
And every time he received a promotion, all the organs throughout his body would be strengthened accordingly.
For example, when he had previously advanced from Seaman Third Class to Seaman Second Class, his eyesight had improved dramatically.
Now that the Byakugan had become part of his body, would it also be strengthened with his next promotion?
After being strengthened three or four times, would the Byakugan become comparable to the Tenseigan?
Thus, the Byakugan itself was nothing remarkable, but combined with the system's functions, it became a pair of eyes capable of growth.
Naturally, such a prize was excellent. Or rather, any ability that could merge into his body was excellent.
"How do I use this Byakugan? Do I need eye replacement surgery?" Yang Yunzhi asked.
"No. System rewards can merge directly!" Little Bean said.
"Then merge it!"
At that thought, Yang Yunzhi felt a warm current begin in his eyeballs and gradually spread throughout his body. Then, within moments, the warmth vanished without a trace.
Though the current had disappeared, Yang Yunzhi could feel the changes brought by the Byakugan.
First was his field of vision. A person's view was generally only 120 degrees, but he discovered that his vision had become 360 degrees, as though he had grown another pair of eyes in the back of his head.
Logically, this kind of vision should have been extremely uncomfortable to adapt to, yet it felt perfectly natural to him!
Perhaps the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai had transformed his brain along with the rest of him?
Second, the world had become far clearer. Although his eyesight had already doubled when he was promoted from Seaman Third Class to Seaman Second Class, it was still nowhere near as good as it was now.
Lastly, Yang Yunzhi discovered that he had gained the ability to see through things.
As long as he focused on a particular spot, his gaze could pass through it and see what lay beyond.
"But wasn't the Byakugan supposed to grant 360-degree vision and x-ray sight only after being activated? Why do I feel like these have become passive abilities for me?"
Yang Yunzhi walked to the mirror and opened his eyes. He found that they had not turned white; instead, they remained as distinctly black and white as before.
"My eyes haven't turned white either!" Yang Yunzhi asked curiously.
"That's all the system's doing. I don't know the principles behind it either!" Little Bean said.
"Fine, then!" Yang Yunzhi was somewhat speechless, but he could not help speculating.
The system had only said Kekkei Genkai: Byakugan. It had not said whose Byakugan it was.
Maybe it was a Byakugan on Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's level.
The Hyuga Clan needed chakra to activate their active abilities, while the Ōtsutsuki Clan's passive abilities truly were on another level.
As for why his eyes had not changed color, perhaps he had not replaced his eyes at all. Perhaps the two types of eyes had fused.
If they had fused, then the Byakugan was white, like painting on a blank sheet of paper. Naturally, his original eyes' characteristics would have been preserved.
"All in all, this is a good thing!"
Yang Yunzhi spent some time in his room getting used to this brand-new field of vision, including activating and deactivating his x-ray sight. People in the One Piece World had powerful senses, so if he looked through someone, they might notice.
After testing it, he found that the Byakugan's precise observation range had a radius of roughly four thousand meters. Within that distance, it provided an extremely detailed view. As long as he shifted his attention over, he could even see ants on the ground clearly, no different from standing beside them with a magnifying glass.
But beyond four thousand meters, it immediately became no different from ordinary eyesight. Although he could still see farther than normal people, he lost that ability for detailed observation.
The Byakugan was not merely useful for observation. It was also the bloodline of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and the Ōtsutsuki Clan was a race capable of producing chakra.
Now that I have the Byakugan, can I cultivate chakra too?
Yang Yunzhi sat on the bed and gave it a try.
Although he did not possess a chakra extraction technique, he knew that chakra was formed from the fusion of physical energy and spiritual energy. Since he understood the principle and had the Byakugan to observe his body at all times, he naturally dared to try.
But after sitting on the bed for a while, he discovered a problem.
It was not that physical energy and spiritual energy could not fuse. He simply could not find either kind of energy at all!
"Is it because the laws of the two worlds are different?" Yang Yunzhi mused. In the One Piece World, physical energy had become Armament Haki, while spiritual energy might be Observation Haki or perhaps Conqueror's Haki.
And no one had ever been seen fusing those three types of Haki together.
Then it truly was an issue with the world's laws. He could use the Byakugan in this world, but he could not extract chakra!
Now that his strength had increased dramatically, what should he do?
Catch pirates?
Unfortunately, he could not. The soldiers at Base 36 had not yet been fully recruited, and even once they were, they would need at least three months of training first.
"Three months!" Yang Yunzhi was somewhat speechless. His Justice Gauge needed Justice Value, and Hell's Curse, that passive ability, also needed souls.
Yet since joining the military, he had not fought a single pirate. As a result, his Justice Gauge was empty, and Hell's Curse had collected exactly zero souls.
Forget it. There was no rushing this sort of thing. He should handle proper business first.
Proper business naturally meant the work of the Military Intelligence Office. As for the Recruitment Office, its paperwork was incredibly simple and could be finished in half an hour each day.
It would be easy for the Intelligence Office to begin operating. Every village had a village entrance intelligence office, or at worst, there were old men with no jobs who sat in the sun at the village entrance every day.
As long as he paid them one thousand Beli per month, they would naturally be willing to gather intelligence for him.
But the question was, how would the intelligence be transmitted?
Pirates were much like bandits on horseback, possessing great mobility. They generally stayed in one place for no more than two days. If an informant had to travel on foot or by ship, then from spotting pirates to reaching the Marine base to report, and then for the Marines to deploy, three or four days would likely have passed. By the time the Marines arrived, the pirates would have long fled.
Raise carrier pigeons?
Never mind whether this world even had carrier pigeons; even if it did, he was worried the villagers would eat them after he gave them one.
Den Den Mushi could work, but Yang Yunzhi did not have any.
The entirety of Base 36 had only one, and Hina had it.
This thing was extremely precious, even more valuable than the mobile phones of his previous life. It was comparable to the wireless telegraphs used by the Communist Party during the War of Resistance. Giving one to every informant was simply unrealistic!
"Wireless telegraphs?" Yang Yunzhi froze. Wait, wireless telegraphs?
So, could he use wireless telegraphs?
Wireless telegraphs involved a bit of technical knowledge, but not much. They had already been invented in 1895 in his previous life.
And the scientists of the One Piece World were incredibly capable. They could create clones, robots, chips, and even infinite energy sources.
Wouldn't making a wireless telegraph be effortless?
But the problem was that the subsequent impact of wireless telegraphs might be enormous. He would not be the only one to recognize their benefits; the upper ranks of the Marines would see them too.
Once the Marines began using wireless telegraphs, they would gain the ability to coordinate their operations. Pirates, meanwhile, generally only had one or two ships and had no use for such things. They would completely become scattered rabble, then be surrounded, beaten down, and captured by Marines armed with precise intelligence.
At that point, the Great Pirate Era might be directly suppressed by the emergence of wireless telegraphs.
See? Many transmigrators who came to the One Piece World with a scientific research system invented Senzu Beans and dimensional gates, but there was really no need. Bringing out wireless telegraphs alone would be enough to completely transform the Marines.
Of course, because this technology was not particularly difficult, the Revolutionary Army and the great pirates of the New World might also make use of it.
But so what? The ones who would suffer then would be the World Government, not me!
"But is it really necessary to create wireless telegraphs just for intelligence transmission between these few villages?" Yang Yunzhi thought about it, then shook his head. If he really introduced this thing, pirates would suffer, but where would I find pirates to fight for experience and promotions?
And even if he proposed wireless telegraphs, the greatest credit would not fall to him. Instead, his unconventional thinking might draw the hostility of certain higher-ups, or even the Celestial Dragons.
This sort of thing could wait until he became a general-ranked officer.
Forget it. He should try the old methods first.
For example, beacon towers, carrier pigeons, and human couriers!
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