As dawn broke, the situation at Windmill Village was tense. Rokujin, upon seeing the mission update, immediately drew his sword, Spirit Wind, and charged forward. “Uncle Beckman, I’ll help you!” he shouted. “Haha, good!” Benn Beckman responded with a laugh. In his eyes, Rokujin was still a child; despite his decent sword skills, he lacked real experience. Although Rokujin was ranked F, the bandit grunts facing him were mostly E-level, hardly a match for him. It didn’t take many strikes for him to knock them down. However, Benn Beckman was faster, moving like a shadow among the bandits, resembling a black dragon weaving through enemies. None could catch his movements, and with just a rifle, he defeated most of the bandits present.
Meanwhile, Rokujin’s system chimed in.
【Ding, skill ‘Physical Arts’ detected, do you wish to learn it?】
“No!” Rokujin decisively chose no; anyone could learn that skill. What he wanted was Shanks’ Conqueror’s Haki!
Soon, all the bandits were dealt with. Benn Beckman pointed his gun at Sig, scoffing, “To take us on, you’d need at least a warship!” “So strong!” Luffy was stunned, not expecting Shanks and his crew to be so formidable. Seeing this, sig panicked, not expecting these seemingly weak pirates to conceal such strength, and quickly pleaded, “Wait… I didn’t mean it, I had no ill intentions!”
I hear your head is quite valuable,” Shanks said with a light laugh. Hearing this, sig sweated profusely, glaring at Shanks and his crew, and roared in frustration. He threw a black smoke bomb to the ground. “Bang!” The bomb exploded, enveloping everyone in thick black smoke. When the smoke cleared, sig and Luffy had vanished.
“Luffy!” “Darn! It was my oversight, Luffy has been… What do, Luffyeveryone?” Shanks said, clutching his head in surprise. “Boss, don’t panic if we all look together if we find him,” said Lucky Roo reassuringly. “I can’t stand this guy,” Benn Beckman murmured with a meaningful smile.
Meanwhile, Rokujin wasn’t worried at all, thinking, “Luffy is in character; he won’t die.” He was more concerned about the reward he had just received. 【Ding, congratulations, Host, on completing the miss, ion, system reward: Energy Point +1!】 With another energy point, he could learn another skill, but following Shanks was more important for now.
Soon, everyone started searching separately, and Rokujin followed closely behind Shanks.
Meanwhile, out at sea, sig stood on a small boat, holding Luffy, and laughed wildly, “Haha! I got away easily, they’d never expect a band; they’re to the sea!” “Damn it! Let go of me, you idiot. People like you should just die!” Luffy struggled in vain and cursed loudly.
sig, disdainful, replied, “Idiot, the one dying is you, for annoying me!” Then, he threw Luffy into the sea. “Ah! Damn it! That scumbag, and I didn’t even hit him once!” Luffy clenched his teeth in anger, forced to watch as angrily into the sea.
Since he had eaten the DevilHe, he floundered helplessly in the water since he floundered helplessly useful, hahaha…” Sig laughed as he watched Luffy struggle.
But before he could laugh much longer, the sea behind him suddenly surged, and a colossal creature emerged.
It had a gigantic head with blood-red eyes, resembling a Tyrannosaurus rex, and it breathed heavily. Hearing the noise, sig slowly turned around only to see the gigantic creature, his eyes widening in shock, “What… is this!” Not far away, Rokujin, rowing a small boat, saw the Sea King, the lord of the coast.
The Sea King glanced at Sig and opened its massive jaws, swallowing Sig and his boat. “Boom!” A giant wave splashed! Luffy also saw the Sea King and screamed in terror, “Help… help… me!” At that moment, Shanks had already spotted Luffy, his eyes narrowing as he exuded a powerful aura.
He transformed into a blur, running at high speed toward Luffy, quickly sea surface. “Shanks, wait for me!” Rokujin called out, frantically rowing. Wait for me to get there before you save Luffy; otherwise, how can I learn? He wasn’t worried about Luffy; he knew he wouldn’t die, but he was concerned about whether he could learn any skills. As the Sea King opened its
Rokujin felt a hint of the imposing aura even from a distance, but fortunately, he did not faint.
【Ding, ‘Conqueror’s Haki’ detected, do you wish to learn?】
“Learn!” Upon hearing the system prompt, Rokujin made a decisive choice.
【Ding, congratulations, Host, you have successfully learned a skill by spending 1 energy point!】
【Skills: Swordsmanship (E), Conqueror’s Haki (G), Cooking (G)】
Then, Rokujin spent another energy point to simplify the Conqueror’s Haki skill. “Simplify Conqueror’s Haki!” “Simplifying Conqueror’s Haki… Conqueror’s Haki → Sleeping!” As he looked at the system’s message, Rokujin was thrilled, “Simplified successfully? Do you just need to sleep? Truly worthy of the Simplification Talent!” Conqueror’s Haki is a form of mental pressure, and using sleep to increase mental power seemed like a good approach.
While simplifying the skill, Shanks had already rescued Luffy and brought him onto Rokujin’s boat. “Rokujin, let’s go!” “Shanks, your hand!” Rokujin immediately noticed Shanks’s missing left hand. Was one of the Four Emperors, betting his hand in the East Blue, worth it? “It’s fine; I’ll take you back first!” “Okay!” With that, the group headed straight back to Windmill Village.
With Shanks’s help, the boat traveled much faster, reaching the village in just a few minutes. The villagers had been waiting on the shore, and seeing that Luffy was safe, they all showed joyful smiles. However, seeing the empty sleeve of Shanks’s right hand made them feel somewhat guilty. Rokujin was about to head home to sleep when someone suddenly called out from behind. “Rokujin!”
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