Inheritance Degree rises, Xiu's origins?
[Pirate King Gol D. Roger captured!]
[Public execution scheduled for September!]
[Shocking! Marine Commodore Era Xiu fought Whitebeard to a draw!]
[He may become the next Admiral!]
Looking at the newspaper in his hands,
Xiu's mouth could not stop twitching.
Beside him, Gion shook with laughter.
After all, she had truly been there in person.
Gion had seen everything that happened at the time.
Calling him the next Admiral was indeed a bit of an exaggeration...
"Hey, hey, hey... could you show a little restraint?"
Although the newspaper had given him quite a shock,
what it said was not entirely wrong,
because the Xiu of today was already different from two days ago!
[Host: Era Xiu] [First inheritance: Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto] [Inheritance Degree: 4.%!]
That was right. On the very day Xiu returned to Marineford,
he had already integrated the % inheritance degree awarded by the mission!
After reaching forty percent,
the change was nothing short of earth-shattering!
His spiritual pressure had grown even more substantial,
exceeding Captain-level by at least fivefold!
Next came his attack range after Shikai.
Previously, various factors had limited it, and no matter how high the temperature,
the area he could affect had ultimately been limited.
But now, it was on an entirely different scale!
His range had instantly expanded to a hundred kilometers!!
All his Shikai skills had been unlocked!
There was no longer any limit on how long his Shikai could last!
Finally, the first fifty Kidō spells had been unlocked!
The techniques Xiu could use
had risen by an entire major tier!
He felt that if he could unlock
sixty percent,
he would be able to perform Bankai.
Only then would he be truly invincible!
But as he was now,
fighting Admirals or the Four Emperors
was no problem at all!
But how many moves would he need to win?
He would have to fight to find out!
"Speaking of which... Xiu,
you don't have anything to do for a while, right?"
Gion, beside him, suppressed her laughter and asked.
Xiu nodded.
"Well, probably. Why?"
"Could you give me some guidance in swordsmanship?"
Xiu: "????"
He looked at Gion beside him in surprise.
"I thought you were going to keep challenging me..."
Gion shook her head.
"Your strength now
is already far beyond mine..."
"If I kept fighting you,
I probably wouldn't even last a second, would I?"
Xiu raised an eyebrow. "True!"
Gion: "..."
Xiu shrugged and said,
"It'll be tough. Are you sure you can take it?"
Gion was instantly overjoyed.
Then she looked at Xiu with determination.
"To grow stronger, I can endure any pain!"
Of course, it's also to get closer to you...
Gion said silently in her heart.
While Xiu helped Gion train in swordsmanship,
the news about him had already
caused an uproar around the world.
If this world had a trending searches list,
Roger's public execution would definitely have ranked first,
while second place would have been Xiu fighting Whitebeard to a draw!
Although many people knew the newspaper had exaggerated things,
since it was meant to build momentum for the Marines,
that albatross from the newspaper, Morgans,
for the sake of a front-page headline,
had forcibly suppressed his fear of Whitebeard
and tried asking Whitebeard about it.
Whitebeard had disdained concealing it, too,
and had indeed said that neither of them had won!
With one of those involved saying so himself,
the story's credibility had increased enormously!
And so, Xiu's popularity had exploded!
Along with the photograph the Marines had "inadvertently" released,
the roguishly handsome Xiu had become a nightmare for pirates
while also winning the hearts of quite a few young women.
"That boy... did well..."
Deep within Pangaea Castle, Imu's hands
held a report on Xiu.
Slender fingers stroked the photograph.
"Child... go ahead without fear..."
Below, the Five Elders were all kneeling on the floor,
not daring to breathe loudly, their eyes lowered toward their noses,
their noses toward their mouths, and their mouths toward their hearts as they stared at the floor.
Imu cut out Xiu's photograph with scissors,
clutching it tightly,
as though afraid that Xiu would once again
"escape" from Imu's side.
The rest of the intelligence was all
tossed in front of the Five Elders.
All five trembled.
"Have you still not collected the intelligence on Xiu from before his incident?"
"S-sorry, Lord Imu! We're still investigating!!"
The Five Elders answered, their foreheads covered in sweat.
"...Three more days!"
"Otherwise..."
The indifferent voice drew out the word,
like a piercing, bone-chilling wind from the depths of winter.
The Five Elders lowered their heads deeply,
like a few ostriches.
"Yes! Lord Imu!!"
The Grand Line, the New World, Wano Country.
Kaido held his sake gourd and gulped away.
"So Roger got caught..."
"Wororororo, that flying old man will go berserk, won't he?"
"Interesting! Should I join in, too..."
"I seem to remember saying not long ago that I'd go to Marineford..."
Just then, one of his All-Stars, Jack the Drought, came up beside Kaido.
"Governor-General!! Big Mom sent someone with a letter!"
"She invites you to the Tea Party to discuss an important matter!"
Kaido smacked his lips in displeasure.
"Tch, looks like I'll have to put off going for a while!"
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