With a combined Bounty of 1.08 Billion Berries, the White Serpent Pirates had already become the talk of the Primordial Tower.
And this was with the rumors surrounding Kai.
If they were to know about the Observation Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and the Cosmic Authority, then…
Kai, too, remembered the strange Lore of The Demander of Truth that added The Scion of Death to his minor epithets, as he called them, and frowned.
With five DEATHs already Gazing at him across the Dimensions, he didn't know what to make out of the new epithet.
Moreover, Elizabeth Swann had come out of nowhere, giving Kai no chance to avoid the fate.
Suddenly, Kai recalled the Side Mission — Fortune or Misfortune…
Even after completing it, Kai didn't know if it was the former or the latter who had come back with him.
…
[
Side Mission: Fortune or Misfortune
Side Mission Status: Complete
Side Mission Rewards:
1. 2000 Mission Credits
2. +4 Attribute Points
Do you accept the mission?
]
…
Kai looked at the four Dementors still gliding around the Lethifold, the Wanted Posters lying on the table.
With four Attribute Points, Kai could finally make all his Active Attributes 20.
1st Threshold… Kai remembered what Meg had named it.
Before allotting the Points, though, Kai took out the Rock Cake and devoured it, a loud, crunching echoing in the hall.
Petyr and Rintaro stared at him from the side, guessing his actions.
It was then the notification popped up.
…
[
Contestant Kai Stormborn, you have consumed Rock Cake (Consumable)
Rewards: +2 Strength
]
…
And that left Stamina.
Keeping two points unassigned, Kai instantly added 2 points to Stamina.
It happened then.
Like a storm.
BOOM!!!
…
Mana, Spirituality, and Life churned around Kai as a many-colored, windy storm.
The two Characters got pushed back and even Selene was forced out of Kai, her misty form struggling to keep itself intact.
Kai felt as if he was transcending some unknown boundary.
He could feel the Mana in his surroundings, clearer than ever. He could feel his immeasurable Spiritual Power and the dense Spiritual Pressure. He could feel the Aura within him, too.
A yellowness was his bones, a reddish, crystalline demon cackling behind him.
On his forehead, the half arm of the Yellow Sign glowed ominously.
Behind him, a giant Red Crystal, containing a dark figure, surfaced, countering the filthy Sign, both Seals eroding each other.
Boommmmmm!
With this implosion, the Mana, Spirituality, and Life condensed back into Kai, becoming one with him.
Kai took a deep breath.
He felt alive.
1st Threshold…
In Kai's mind, there was only one thing now. Only one goal.
… Now I can aim to learn Haki.
Silence.
…
Just as the storm around Kai died, another notification sprang up in his vision.
…
[
Congratulations Kai Stormborn, your Rank has upgraded
Reward: Commander of Guard
As an officer, your post grants you the following privileges:
1. +25% Mission Credits (all rewards) - subject to change with higher posts
2. +15% chance to get a second random Item as a Loot
3. Can form a Party of up to 10 members
4. Free Party Mission Assignments
Notes:
1. Party Mission Assignments must be initiated by the Commander of Guard
2. Party Members can join an ongoing Mission of the Commander of Guard
3. The Commander of Guard must ensure that the mission assigned matches the equivalent Floors
4. Party Members from Floors higher than the Commander of Guard's Floor will have their Stats restricted to match the Mission Grade assigned to the Commander
5. The Commander of Guard can not kill a Party member without presenting an exclusive Side Mission related to it which will be subjected to System's approval
]
…
Assigning the leftover 2 points to Perception, Kai finally sat down, releasing a breath.
Instinctively, he brought out his Stats and marveled at them.
…
[
Status of Contestant: Kai Stormborn
Code Name: Red [Pirate]
Officer Rank: Commander of Guard
System: Chaos
Cosmic Authority: Outer One (2/3)
— Lore: The Evil Pokemon of Alto Mare
— Lore: The Demander of Truth
Bounty: 200,000,000 Berries
Spiritual Class: Immeasurable
Spirit Class: 1
Equipped Title: Novice Collector (Luck +3, Correspondence +3, Breath +3)
Equippable Titles:
— Coin Master
— Murderer
— Poacher
— Novice Collector
— Serial Killer
— Adulterer
Unequippable Titles: [Unassigned Points: 0]
— Traitor: (2/10)
— Books Connoisseur: (2/10)
— Rich Gentlemen: (1/10)
— Dimensional Leader: (2/3)
— Shady Hunter: (0/30)
— Interdimensional Pirate: (39/100)%
— Witch Hunter: (1/10)
— Proficient Collector: (28/50)
— Genocidal Maniac: (0/200)
— Heart Breaker: (1/7)
— Selfless Hashira: (0/100)%
Mission Credits: 812,000
HP: 200
MP: 230
SP: 380
Active Attributes - (2ns Set Quota: 21/50) [Unassigned Points: 0]
— Strength: 20
— Agility: 22
— Stamina: 20
— Perception: 23
— Correspondence: 23 (+3)
— Breath: 38 (+3)
Passive Attributes -
— Charisma: 35
— Luck: 6 (+3)
— Worth: 288
Abilities:
— Elementary Pokemon Trainer: Proficiency 50%
— Elementary Selfless Breathing: Proficiency 90%
— Advance Emotions Manipulation: Proficiency 80%
— Advance Fear Absorption: Proficiency 75%
— Advance Telekinesis: Proficiency 95%
— Advance Intimidation: Proficiency 90%
— Advance Telepathy: 40%
— Advance Seamanship: Proficiency 5%
— Advance Magical Aptitude: Proficiency 2%
— Parseltongue
Skills: NA
Glitch: Blood Devour
— Dementor (magical)
— Golduck (magical)
— Gyarados (magical)
Items:
— Pokeball - Generation 1 (73%)
— The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Original) (100%)
— Sling Ring (73%)
— Galeon Attacker (85%)
— Fast Ball - Generation II (97%)
— Lure Ball - Generation II (97%)
— Level Ball - Generation II (97%)
— Regional Pokedex (94%)
— Pikachu Plush Hat (76%)
— Eon Soul Dew (Corrupt) (100%)
— Recommendation Letter (Consumable) (98%)
— Banner of arms - House Drumm of Iron Islands (87%)
— String Beyblade Launcher (67%)
— Murasame (99%)
— Blue Spider Lily (100%)
— The Cursed Hat of Vanity (100%)
— The Compass of Desire (100%)
— Sounga - The Sword of Calamity (100%)
— Miscellaneous Rent Box [10 cubic meter - 10000 kg]
Pain Factor: 0.5
Inventory: 40 Cubic Meter-40000 kg
]
…
"So…" Kai asked as the Characters followed the suit, "… where were we? Ah, yes. Gains and losses."
He twisted the onyx ring on his left finger and instantly remembered the sword — Afro's Tachi.
Afro's Tachi had assisted him much in his bloody path, adding a shocking burst of power to his fighting style. But the Shadow Lord had destroyed the weapon in one attack.
Kai's Fangs, the dual swords, with Selene's Intangibility attribute, were also gone.
In return, he had gained a Mirror Dimension Bead.
"Dispensable Mirror Dimension just creates a Mirror Dimension of Uncommon Grade in a 100-meter radius," Kai told them. "It can trap almost all Contestants below the 3rd Set for at least 5 and at max 15 minutes. Good thing is, it consumes nothing. Maybe that's why it is dispensable."
Dispensable Mirror Dimension had been given to him by Moraine, now his servant.
But, of course, this gain couldn't even be compared to the elephants in the room.
"The greatest gains are, of course, the Reality Marble, Spiritual Awakening, Parselscript, and Zanpakuto's Shikai," said Kai, mentioning the things that Stats didn't consider.
"Be that as it may, my lord," Petyr chuckled, the sly grin lifting his lips. "I am a simple man. I am more tempted by the three Items if I am being honest. I see gold and I know the man is wealthy. Claims of riches… don't suit well with me."
Rintaro scratched his head, knowing not what the shrewd Littlefinger was pointing at.
Kai regarded Petyr with amusement in his eyes.
Only people like him and Petyr were cunning and blunt enough to understand the meaning behind those words.
Why count the power when you can't even use it? Petyr meant, his tone mocking, to say the least.
In his eyes, other than the three Items, only Red Sun, Moraine, Dementors Progenitor Skill, the lvl 1 Dementors, and the Inheritance could truly be called gains.
"Captain Barbossa's Hat…" Littlefinger said, mentioning the first elephant in the room.
"Sounga, right?" Rintaro blurted out the name of the second elephant.
Kai licked his lips, naming the third elephant.
"… And Jack Sparrow's Compass!"
As soon as they had sat down, the three again stood up.
There was a small, square table, pressed between the cold fog caused by the Dementors and the blazing fire in the hearth, acting as the sole intermediary.
Around this small table, standing tall and lean, were Kai, Petyr Baelish, and Rintaro Okabe.
As the Characters waited with bated breath, Kai flicked his right hand.
A hat appeared on the table. It was a round hat, navy blue, and there were smooth ostrich feathers on it, giving it a quite flamboyant appearance.
Captain Barbossa's Hat!
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