After that round of back-and-forth, Su Ning retreated to the rear and began spending the points he had just gained.
They were going up, going up!
Current balance
Showing Off Points: 930.
Just making an appearance like that counted as Manifesting Before the People.
In that case, Buggy, sorry for the trouble.
What Su Lin did not know was that this was only because information did not spread especially quickly in the Pirate World.
The current points were being provided by the Sabaody Archipelago, the nearby population, and the battlefield at Marineford.
The Pirate World's population was a terrifying number. As information gradually spread, people in all kinds of places watching the broadcasts saw scene after scene from the battlefield.
The system's points were rapidly rising.
Although Buggy and his crew were broadcasting from not far away, Su Lin had already secretly made up his mind. I'm definitely becoming the king of livestreaming!
"Teacher, your disciple... Hehe, livestreaming is all about pulling stunts. Let me show you something awful."
Although Su Lin did not believe the nonsense Kizaru had been spouting, it reminded him of a meme he had seen while watching shows in the past.
Who was the most touching teacher in One Piece?
It had to be Teacher Kaido.
After arriving in the Pirate World, Su Lin discovered that his system shop had gained several special interfaces.
Voyaging World Store · This World Only
[One-Time Conqueror's Haki] 500 points. Effect lasts 30 minutes. Provider—Gol D. Roger: You have to make a strong impression before you appear. [Great Teacher's Lesson—Historical Projection, This World Only: Kaido] 100 points. Effect lasts 1 hour. Kaido: I've actually always wanted to teach a student! — Can be used in fusion. After use, gain experience in the combat skills he has mastered. Does not include Fish-Fish Fruit abilities. There is a chance of retaining some techniques after the effect ends. [Devil Fruit—Fish-Fish Fruit] 2,000 points. Consume it to permanently gain the relevant abilities. — The price of power is a taste even worse than X.
Su Lin knew the system was no simple thing, but he had not expected its products to change according to the world.
After leaving Impel Down, Su Lin had browsed the shop while resting in the ship's cabin and discovered a new entrance.
After entering it, he found that it was filled with items from this world.
There was no need to exchange for a Devil Fruit. Its value for money was not high for him, and he did not plan to develop in this world long-term.
Clunk, clunk. A glass bottle fell to the ground.
The next second, Su Lin turned into light and vanished from the spot.
Kizaru stood ahead, Akainu to the right, Aokiji to the left, and Sengoku behind them.
"Luffy, you go first!" Ace shouted.
"No way!" Luffy snapped back without hesitation. "I'm not leaving you behind, Ace!"
"I'll send every last one of them flying!"
Ace smiled and stood back-to-back with Luffy. Flames ignited around his fists as his eyes locked onto the enemies ahead.
"Your little brother still has a long way to go before he can outshine me, his big brother."
"We're doomed, we're doomed." Mr. 3 had never imagined that one day, he would be surrounded by the Navy's greatest combat forces.
Not even his former boss had received treatment like this.
Mr. 3 decided to stop thinking.
"Dragon's son, you truly are a menace. We cannot allow you to continue," Akainu said. "Your road, and your brother's road, end here."
Upon hearing that, Kizaru and Aokiji silently glanced at Sakazuki, then at Garp, who was still upside down in the crater.
"Straw Hat Kid and Fire Fist Ace can't escape now," a reporter said.
"Straw Hat Kid is pretty formidable. Didn't he send Admiral Kizaru flying earlier?" someone argued.
"But Kizaru doesn't seem to be injured at all. On the contrary, after battle after battle, Straw Hat Kid is now surrounded by the Navy's strongest fighters."
"Whitebeard should be arriving soon. Those Marines up ahead can't hold him off for long."
"That depends on how long he can last."
"And there's that unknown figure from before with the same abilities as Admiral Kizaru. We'll have to see whether he continues to interfere."
Discussions erupted everywhere. No matter the world, there was never a shortage of tactical analysis experts.
The reporters outside the Sabaody Archipelago all waited for the situation to develop.
Just as tensions reached their peak and the two sides were about to clash, a figure fell from the sky.
Rumble!
The entire ground was smashed into an enormous crater.
The sudden arrival startled everyone present.
What happened now?!
"Something seems to have fallen from the sky."
The reporters had a premonition that the main event had only just begun.
Just as things were about to reach a fever pitch, the battlefield situation seemed poised to change once more.
A figure emerged from the smoke.
Before the figure had fully stepped out of the crater, the surrounding smoke was scattered by his overwhelming presence.
Tap—tap—tap—
Every step beneath his feet sent rubble and shattered ice scattering.
With a gaze that looked down on all things, the figure stepped out of the crater one step at a time.
"H-Hey, that person is...!"
A reporter was too shocked to speak.
"One of the Yonko, Kaido! Why is he here?!"
"Has the Beasts Pirates joined the war too?"
The square of the Sabaody Archipelago erupted into uproar once again.
Even the restaurants serving passing Pirates and travelers rang with cries of shock.
"Kaido, why are you here?"
Veins bulged on Sengoku's forehead. Kaido had now intruded upon this already chaotic situation.
"Gar—p! How long are you planning to keep lying there?"
Garp was still lying in the crater. Sensing the changes on the battlefield, he got up while rubbing his head, wearing a dazed expression.
"What happened? Huh! Kaido?!"
Sengoku had no time to dwell on how terrible Garp's acting was. His mind was now a tangled mess, and he could not understand why a controllable variable that should never have appeared on the battlefield had appeared beyond his control.
Wasn't he supposed to be seizing Whitebeard's territory?
"Gurararara, Kaido, have you come to lend this old man a hand?" Whitebeard asked sharply, having cleared a small area ahead with a single punch.
"Don't talk nonsense, Whitebeard." Kaido slung his spiked club over his shoulder, contempt and arrogance written all over him.
Haki surged. Conqueror's Haki swept across the battlefield with crushing force. Some Pirates and soldiers who had just regained consciousness could not withstand it and fainted again, taking down even exhausted combatants with them.
Even the elite lieutenant commanders of Marine Headquarters found it difficult to breathe, and the weapons in some of their hands would not stop trembling.
The wildly unleashed Conqueror's Haki proclaimed one thing to everyone present.
One of the Yonko, Kaido of the Beasts Pirates, had joined the war.
"This Conqueror's Haki... Roger?" Whitebeard was somewhat astonished. It was not as though Kaido had never fought him before, but this Conqueror's Haki made him think of that old rival, Roger!
Had this guy become stronger?
"This level of Haki..." Garp stopped clowning around, threw off his coat, and walked forward alongside Sengoku.
(End of chapter)