Open and Honest

Xiao Yan and Ye Fan were both modern people and understood what Su Lin meant.

Though they were surprised, they quickly calmed down. Given what they had experienced, nothing strange could shock them too much anymore.

They had already experienced transmigration, Immortal Cultivation, and the Chat Group. Appearing in some work of fiction was not impossible to accept.

Su Lin: "Would you like me to give everyone a general rundown of the relevant works? Starting with Battle Through the Heavens."

It was the third day after Kaido of the Beasts, one of the Yonko, had fallen. New World, Wano Country, the Flower Capital.

A grand celebration banquet was under preparation.

As the great heroes who had liberated Wano Country, all members of the Straw Hat Crew were still recuperating in the shogun's residence.

The royal chef pushed over a food cart laden with exquisite dishes and arrived in the hall. "Today, I put in more effort than usual and prepared a honzen meal worthy of the Shogun's name."

"Please enjoy!"

"..."

Jinbe raised his cup and smiled. "Hahaha, it looks delicious. Thank you."

"It must be lively outside."

Only Jinbe, the former Shichibukai, was present.

Since the banquet would not begin for another two hours, the Straw Hat Crew had long been unable to suppress their hunger and had run into the streets to gorge themselves.

"Fried noodles—!" "Takoyaki—!"

"Grilled squid—! Candy apples—!"

"Cotton candy—!" Chopper stuffed cotton candy into his mouth and said happily to Luffy, whose cheeks were puffed out beside him, "There's so much delicious food, Luffy, and so many fun activities too!"

"Wah, mmph." Luffy swallowed his food, his eyes shining. "And everything's free today!"

"Uh..." Luffy glanced at the message notification at the edge of his vision. "This thing is still here?"

What exactly was this thing?

With a thought, the message interface popped up.

Han Li: "So everyone here is from different worlds, and this thing is a tool for us to communicate. As for the Cross-Boundary Talisman, it can establish a passage for traveling back and forth to other worlds."

Su Lin: "Exactly."

Han Li: "Truly remarkable. It seems there are still many unexpected wonders in this world."

Ye Fan: "@Su Lin, fellow countryman from another world, what happens later in Shrouding the Heavens? Could you tell me? I'm currently trapped underground with a big black dog and a fat Taoist Priest."

Xiao Yan: "Same for Battle Through the Heavens! I'm about to head to the Misty Cloud Sect."

Su Lin: "Wait a moment. Let me see whether I can upload the materials."

Han Li: "Sorry for the trouble, brother. I will never forget this favor regarding A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality."

Su Lin chuckled. This was exactly what he wanted to hear from Old Devil Han.

He had laid everything out openly. These pieces of information alone could help the group members avoid plenty of trouble.

No one was stupid. Pretending to be a mysterious prophet might work at first, but he would get tired from keeping up the act over time. Su Lin wanted things to be more relaxed and harmonious. Besides, judging from the descriptions in those works, these group members were all the sort who valued loyalty and friendship. At the very least, if they owed someone a favor, they would repay it. There was no need to act like that for a little early advantage.

Besides, who knew whether people he did not know, or even transmigrators in circumstances similar to his, might join one day? It would be awkward if someone exposed him.

Su Lin: "@Xiao Yan, don't use Buddha's Fury Lotus when you go to the Misty Cloud Sect. Otherwise, you'll cause a heap of trouble and bring disaster upon the Xiao Clan."

Xiao Yan: "Got it! Thanks, Brother Su!"

Outside an inn in the capital of the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan looked thoughtfully at Su Lin's warning.

Trouble, and even disaster for the Xiao Clan.

A flash of ruthlessness passed through Xiao Yan's eyes as he silently repeated the name Misty Cloud Sect.

Had Mo Cheng's matter been exposed? But they had no evidence, so why would they still drag the Xiao Clan into it?

Xiao Yan became even more curious about what he would experience in the future, and he could not wait to get the relevant plot from Su Lin.

"Little Yan?"

Yao Lao felt that something was off about Xiao Yan today. First, he would occasionally lose focus. Then he would reveal excitement and happiness from time to time. Why had he fallen silent again now?

"I'm fine, Teacher."

Xiao Yan shook his head. Right now, the most important thing was the three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran. He simply could not use Buddha's Fury Lotus again.

With the Mysterious Heavy Ruler on his back, Xiao Yan smiled freely.

Even without Buddha's Fury Lotus, he was still confident he could defeat Nalan Yanran.

Still, for her to make him use Buddha's Fury Lotus...

Nalan Yanran, you really were exceptional.

Su Lin had not expected that, although it could not directly scan memories, the Chat Group could directly copy information from a real computer. That saved him quite a bit of trouble.

And if it really could scan memories, Su Lin would have had some reservations instead.

"One Piece," "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," "Battle Through the Heavens," "Shrouding the Heavens," and "Fate/stay night" uploaded successfully.

Group member Su Lin uploaded the literary works "One Piece," "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," "Battle Through the Heavens," "Shrouding the Heavens," and "Fate/stay night."

After uploading, they could be turned into browsable files. That was fairly reasonable.

Han Li: "Thank you!"

Ye Fan: "Thanks. I owe you a favor for this!"

Xiao Yan: "Same here."

Su Lin: "No problem, no problem."

It was for harmony within the group, and also for the administrator position later on.

If he had been the sort of protagonist who played the mysterious prophet, he would definitely have squeezed them for benefits first.

It was better to be honest and take the long view. Once these people developed further, hehe...

This was called sustainable development.

Besides, once everyone became familiar with each other, cultivation techniques and the like would surely come later. This was only the beginning, and he was already eager to complete the system missions and farm achievement points.

As for how to do that, cultivation was definitely too slow for now. Hadn't he seen how these protagonists casually cultivated for years at a time? Why take the long way around when there was a closer path?

Luffy: "One Piece? The people in these drawings look a lot like me."

The original subject had arrived.

A smile appeared on Su Lin's lips. Speaking of supernatural abilities, wasn't Pirate World the first choice?

Looking at the two items in the System Inventory, Su Lin had just come up with an immature idea.

Who said he had to Manifest Before the People in his own world?

Su Lin: "@Luffy, do you want to save Ace?"

Su Lin had already decided on his next course of action while on the road.

"Ace!? What are you talking about? Ace is already..." Luffy, who was eating while reading the chat history, suddenly froze. His pupils contracted violently.

The giant grilled squid and cotton candy in his hands fell as well.

Chopper was still eating cotton candy, while Zoro and Sanji were arguing in the distance.

Swallowing hard, Luffy stared ahead in disbelief. To others, it looked as though Luffy had suddenly begun blankly staring into the air.

"To make a long story short, I can send you back two years. But after returning, nothing you do can change the present. If you save Ace, you'll only create a world where Ace is alive, and that world will have another you," Su Lin replied.

After saying that, Su Lin stopped speaking. No one else in the group spoke either.

He figured Luffy would need a little time to understand those words.