After hearing that, Issho said, "If getting around is the problem, I should be able to solve it. I can fly."
Lin Xiaoran stopped in her tracks, her face lighting up with delight. "Right! I almost forgot!"
With the Press-Press Fruit, Fujitora Issho could make objects such as rocks float, so naturally, he could fly too!
If Issho hadn't mentioned it, Lin Xiaoran wouldn't have remembered!
"Uncle Issho! Sorry for the trouble, then!"
"Leave it to this old man!"
As Issho spoke, he manipulated gravity to lift a stone from the street large enough for four people to stand on, then stepped onto it.
Lin Xiaoran followed right behind him. "Finally, I don't have to walk myself!" With that, she sat straight down.
Heaven knew the distance Lin Xiaoran had walked yesterday afternoon had almost caught up to what she walked in an entire week in her previous life!
It was only because she had drawn Issho's fruit ability and strengthened her constitution a little; otherwise, both her legs would have ached like death that night!
"Let's go!"
Issho controlled the stone, flying toward the nearest ferocious beast he could sense.
[666! He can even fly!]
[My dog eyes are absolutely stunned! Uncle Issho's abilities are way too versatile!]
[This is great! Such a huge surprise first thing in the morning!]
[Uncle Issho! My god!]
[Haha, does anyone else get it? That excited look on Student Lin's face when she realized she didn't have to walk!]
[I'd be happy too! She would've had to walk all day today! How exhausting would that be?!]
[I'm so jealous of Uncle Issho's ability! I want it too!]
[How far do you think Uncle Issho could go if he used his ability at full power?]
[Could he actually lift an entire city?]
[That'd be way too outrageous. Even lifting a single building would be terrifying!]
Country L's viewers were all excitedly discussing and speculating about just how much Issho's ability could accomplish.
The viewers from other countries, however, weren't nearly as happy. Their faces were as black as the bottoms of pots.
Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined that Lin Xiaoran's Heroic Spirit could do something like this!
This was flight!
Based on all the known information about Heroic Spirits, it could basically be said that this one move alone had already placed Issho in an invincible position!
After all, if he was flying up in the sky, what could you possibly hit him with?!
What deserved even more attention was that if Issho could lift one stone, did that mean he could lift more?
Once a fight broke out, Issho and Lin Xiaoran could fly into the air without needing to do anything else. Just dropping stones would be enough to crush the other challengers to death!
Whether it was E Country, the U.S., or Country H, they had only one thought: despair!
[It's over. How are we supposed to win now?!]
[Damn it! Why is Country L so lucky?!]
[Forget it. Let them have the victory this time.]
[We have to target her! We have to target her next round! We absolutely cannot let this Lin Xiaoran survive the second round!]
Quite a few people had already given up on their own challengers, and plans to target Country L and Lin Xiaoran were gradually being set in motion.
Some countries had even secretly contacted one another to discuss joining forces.
If they couldn't deal with her in the game, they would settle it in reality!
However, they were destined to be disappointed. To be safe, Jiang Jiayou had dispatched another squad to Lin Xiaoran's home, ensuring that nothing could go wrong!
Inside the game instance.
Lin Xiaoran continued her previous strategy, heading toward the center while eliminating every ferocious beast she encountered along the way, steadily increasing her points.
By the time they stopped to rest and eat at noon, Lin Xiaoran's score had reached a terrifying 500 points!
It was a number that plunged every challenger and every viewer from other countries into utter despair! They couldn't see any possibility of catching up!
At noon that day, Issho enjoyed another wonderful meal and even ate his fill!
That was because, throughout the entire morning, while making sure to deal with the ferocious beasts, he had also been using his ability to search for ordinary supply crates, obtaining plenty of food he had never eaten before!
[Watching Uncle Issho eat always makes me hungry, even though I've only just finished eating myself.]
[I've noticed Uncle Issho has found another use for his ability: finding supply crates! He doesn't even have to fetch them himself. The crates just fly right over!]
[Haha, he probably thought of it after taking Student Lin flying this morning!]
[It's confirmed: Uncle Issho is a foodie!]
[What a terrifying appetite!]
Along the way, besides ordinary supply crates, Lin Xiaoran had also obtained two E-rank treasure chests and two D-rank treasure chests from several ferocious beast lairs, which were returned to Country L ten-thousandfold.
Although their boost to Country L's national fortune didn't seem substantial, if this continued, those small gains would accumulate into something great, enough to change the circumstances of every resident of Country L!
After eating and resting a little, Lin Xiaoran and Issho set off again.
This time, they hadn't traveled far before Issho suddenly spoke. "There's someone here, Master. How should we handle this?"
Lin Xiaoran, who had her Observation Haki active, had sensed them too. She asked, "Uncle Issho, would killing other challengers go against your justice?"
"Oh?" Issho turned, 'looking' toward Lin Xiaoran in surprise. "Master, you know about my circumstances?"
"I know a little, more or less."
Before becoming a Marine Admiral and receiving the title "Fujitora," Issho had wandered the seas while holding fast to the justice in his heart.
Unlike Akainu's Absolute Justice and Aokiji's Lazy Justice, Issho's justice was more like a combination of the two. He would choose to spare kindhearted pirates, but he wouldn't readily compromise on his own convictions, instead pressing courageously forward.
That was why Lin Xiaoran had asked Issho this question. Although the challengers stood on different sides and were enemies, none of them had been selected to enter of their own free will, so they could also be considered innocent.
As someone from Country L, Lin Xiaoran would certainly do everything she could to win, so it would inevitably be a matter of life and death. If she spared a challenger, the entire country would absolutely curse her to death!
But as a Heroic Spirit, he could refuse his Master's commands. If Issho felt the other person was innocent and didn't want to act, Lin Xiaoran couldn't force him to obey either.
Issho said, "Please rest assured, Master. The National Fortune Game has already informed this old man of the situation in full, so this old man has already made his resolve!"
He and Lin Xiaoran were now bound together, standing on the same side. Whether for the final reward or anything else, Issho would give it his all.
Besides, this wasn't the sea! It was another world!
Killing opponents was the very rule here!
Lin Xiaoran felt reassured. "Good! In that case, let's get closer!"
Issho immediately controlled the stone beneath their feet, flying toward the opponent he sensed.
[They've run into another challenger?]
[I'm curious who it is!]
[What did Student Lin's question mean? Uncle Issho's justice?]
[Who cares about all that? Charge, Student Lin! I want to see rivers of blood!]