He vaguely sensed the crucial point.
Watching the scene of Red-Haired Shanks boarding the Moby Dick, he said, "According to the original fate, I would have met Red-Haired Shanks in the New World."
"But now, I am in the East Blue."
"Is it because of your appearance that the former fate has changed?"
As Whitebeard spoke, he unconsciously addressed Fang Yi with respect.
The Game Merchant's displayed abilities were worthy of his respect.
"That's right."
Fang Yi smiled and nodded.
It was simple to talk to someone with a good brain. If it were Straw Hat Luffy, even if he contained more origin, he wouldn't bother to waste words.
"To me, whether it's the past, present, or future, it's all an unchanging dead sea."
Fang Yi touched the star representing Whitebeard again, looking for some exciting fragments, and said, "If I wish, everything will be changed."
The image paused.
It was during the Rocks Pirates era, when Whitebeard followed Rocks to attack God Valley.
Whitebeard's face showed recollection.
That great battle was indeed earth-shattering, involving the top combat forces of the Pirate King and the Navy Headquarters, Imu's Imperial Guard, the God's Knights, and the four current Pirate Emperors.
"Mr. Fang Yi…"
Whitebeard's face was astonished.
He saw Fang Yi suddenly reach out a finger and touch the image floating on the river of time, which happened to be the part where he fought against the God's Knights.
The enemy was extremely powerful, and even at his peak, he suffered several very serious injuries in that battle.
He reached out and caressed the scars on his chest, left by that battle.
Suddenly,
Whitebeard froze in place, a fine cold sweat breaking out.
He quickly lowered his head, looking at his chest; the deep scars that remained even after healing were gone?
Since going to sea in his youth,
He remembered every battle, every enemy, and every injury clearly.
But now, the two most memorable scars on his chest had inexplicably vanished!
No!
Not inexplicably…
Whitebeard raised his head in horror, staring intently at the Game Merchant's hand touching the stars.
A long-forgotten memory surfaced in his mind.
Back in God Valley, during the battle where he was supposed to trade injuries with a member of the God's Knights, a mysterious man suddenly appeared and blocked an attack that would have severely wounded him.
That man's face… gradually overlapped with Fang Yi's face before him.
"This kind of thing!"
Whitebeard shook his head, but the more he recalled, the clearer the scene became.
After a long while,
He gave up dejectedly, saying with a bitter smile, "It seems the World Government's assessment of your strength was still too low."
No matter how strong one's power, it couldn't compare to the shock of this scene.
Shattering an entire street?
Shattering a large island?
Sinking the Red Line?
Creating countless Navy Headquarters?
Even fear has its limits. Even if the Game Merchant had the ability to shatter the Four Seas with one punch, it was still within Whitebeard's comprehension.
But like this now,
Twisting time and space, touching the past, rewriting the future… what kind of power was this?
Only the legendary gods could probably achieve this!
"Is this the truth? The World Government actually dared to negotiate with you."
When the Game Merchant revealed his power to twist time and space, the World Government's previous negotiations and threats seemed as ridiculous as an ant waving its claws.
Fang Yi did not respond, but instead brought the conversation back on track, asking, "If in your eyes, everything in the river of time is destined to happen, what would you do?"
"Me?"
Whitebeard didn't expect the Game Merchant to ask him.
After careful thought, he said in a deep voice, "If I possessed power like yours, I probably wouldn't wait idly, but would actively change things."
He himself was not someone who could endure loneliness.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have formed a pirate crew and found such a lovely group of family members.
As if grasping a key point, Whitebeard's eyes suddenly widened.
"That's right."
Fang Yi said with a smile, "Even with immense power, if everything around you is an unchanging dead sea, it would still feel boring."
"If I had to state my purpose, perhaps it is to give you, lives confined by your native worlds, some power to change the future."
That was also true.
After all, without Fang Yi's interference, the future of these worlds would be destined.
That is, to be devoured by the Contaminated World.
"Just like how I raise my sons?"
Whitebeard thought of similar emotions.
On the Moby Dick, many of his sons, before meeting him, had been pursued by the Navy, bullied by pirates, and driven to a dead end.
It wasn't until they unexpectedly met him that they escaped from the quagmire and gained a broader world.
"It is indeed very similar."
Fang Yi nodded and said, "However, I don't have the patience like you to actively guide the players' growth."
"I just give players who believe in the Reincarnation Game a chance to break free from their shackles."
"Whether they succeed in the future or are eliminated by the rolling tide, I will not provide any extra help."
"Fate is only in one's own hands."
Even for the original Children of Destiny, Straw Hat Luffy's crew, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki, who possessed abundant origins.
Their origins would also run out one day.
The origin contained in a Tier 1 world could at most help them grow to the peak of Tier 1; their subsequent fate would be decided only by themselves.
"Wula la la la la…"
"Is that so? What an indifferent god."
Whitebeard burst into laughter, not discouraged by the Game Merchant's words, but instead said, "In that case, it can only be up to me, this old man, to seize a future for my sons to break free from their shackles!"
If it were for himself,
Whitebeard didn't have that drive; as a self-proclaimed remnant of the old era, he had long lost the ambition to strive forward.
But if it was to protect the Whitebeard Pirates from being eliminated by the era, and his sons from being bound by shackles.
Even if it meant his life, Whitebeard would not hesitate!
"As a Pirate Emperor, all the islands you completely rule can be exchanged for reward points."
"For islands like Fish-Man Island, which are only symbolically protected by the Whitebeard Pirates' reputation, they cannot be fully exchanged, and only a portion of reward points can be drawn from them."
Looking at the motivated Whitebeard, Fang Yi nodded with satisfaction and explained to him.
This was the kind of momentum.
If he could maintain this momentum, Whitebeard, with his strong foundation, would quickly enter the first tier of players.
"Those protected islands, this old man is unwilling to exchange."
Whitebeard shook his head and said, "Fish-Man Island is King Neptune's asset, and he annually provides the Whitebeard Pirates with countless underwater products, which has long exceeded the scope of protection fees."
He was a straightforward person, and would act when he couldn't stand certain sordid and dirty dealings.
Therefore, there were many islands under the Whitebeard Pirates' protection, and he could appropriate a portion of the origin from those islands.
But this approach went against Whitebeard's principles.
"The treasures accumulated by the pirate crew over the years should be enough, as well as the islands controlled by the Whitebeard Pirates."
Whitebeard, who had not yet encountered the Reincarnation Game, thought to himself.
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