"Ah! It's such a nice day."
On a reclining chair, a young man with a straw hat was sitting and basking in the sun.
The waves around him were quite strong, but not enough to change the route of his ship.
It was a massive ship, fifty-six meters tall and 39 meters long. The deck was full of greenery and even a slide and swing.
Near his chair, there was a helm used to maneuver the ship. This ship was named Thousand Sunny.
At this moment, the ship was already moving in the right direction, so the young man didn't have to worry about it.
"Come to think of it, two days have passed since I left the island, but I haven't found enemy ships."
"I am so bored. System, do you have something to do?"
The young man asked with a look of annoyance on his face. At this moment, a voice rang in his head.
[Host, you already have a quest that you haven't fulfilled. Would you like to revise it?]
"No, no, I know the quest. But I can't find a single enemy ship, not to mention the pirate called Alvida."
"By the way, system, can you help me find her?"
[System can not perform navigation task. Would you like to put your remaining ability points on Navigation stats?]
"No, no, I am Captain, System. I don't need to become a navigator. I can just find one. Besides, if I do everything, wouldn't that make my crew lazy?"
"But, I do need to upgrade one ability of mine if I want to find the enemy. System, open the Ability Deck!"
Suddenly, a strange-looking blue box appeared in front of him. The box was rectangular and was a hologram.
[Ability Deck
Fruit Strength: Hito Hito No Mi- Model: Nika [B] +
Fruit Ability: Gear 1 [A] +, Gear 2 [B] +, Gear 3 [C] +
Haki: Observation [C] +, Armament [C] +, Conqueror [D] +
Basic Skills: Navigation [C] +, Cooking [B] +, Hand Combat [A] +
Combat Skills: Soru [B] +, Geppo [C] +
Unique Skills: Voice of All Things [C] +, Charm [B] +]
Looking at his ability deck, the young man frowned and placed his hand on his forehead for a moment.
"Nope, I don't remember how many XP I have. System, open my status window!"
With his command, a new panel appeared next to the previous panel.
[Lottery and Quest System
Host: Monkey D Luffy
Level: 25 (A-Rank)- 3500/6000XP
Lottery Chance: One
XP: 1500
Stat Points: 75
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Strength: 75
Speed: 65
Endurance: 125
Dexterity: 65
Stamina: 155
Intelligence: 30
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Quest: Defeat Alvida and save Coby
Reward: 500XP and One Lottery Chance
Inventory: Two Devil Fruits, Two Swords, One Rifle, A Weather Stick, One Hundred Kilograms of Dragon Meat, and Two Hundred Million Berries.]
Looking at his status window, he saw his current XP and immediately chose to improve his Observation.
Every skill or ability would start at D Rank. Then, it would proceed, and each improvement would cost him a certain number of points.
There were two ways to improve these abilities. One was through normal training or growth, but the other was through the system.
He could use XP and Stat Points to improve his basic stats and abilities.
To earn Stat Points, he had to improve his level. After each improvement, he would gain five stat points.
He had used fifty stat points till now. A long time ago, he used 10 on strength and fifteen on dexterity.
When he realized that Intelligence was one thing that didn't keep improving through natural training, he used twenty-five on that.
Only then did he understand he was dumb.
As for XP, he could earn it through quests and the lottery. Every lottery would give him three items.
Among those three items, sometimes it could be a Devil Fruit or a Sword, a Weather Stick or a ship, or a lot of XP.
After he gained a lot of XP, he used it to improve some of his basic skills or even some new skills that he got from the lottery.
Such as Navigation, Soru, Geppo, and Haki.
Unfortunately, a single upgrade would cost him 500XP. That was just the first upgrade from rank D to rank C.
If he wanted to upgrade his abilities again, he would need 1000XP.
He was planning on saving some of his XP to upgrade his Devil Fruit. He realized that if he could upgrade his Devil Fruit, the feedback would be massive.
His control over the Devil Fruit would increase, new moves would appear in his mind, and his strength would also grow tremendously.
It's just that to raise his Devil Fruit from B to A, he would need to spend 5000XP.
He barely had 1500XP and now, he would need to spend it.
"Anyway, I need a strong Observation Haki. I can't go on like this."
Luffy muttered before clicking on his Observation Haki plus sign.
[Would you like to upgrade your Observation Haki with 1000XP?]
[Yes] [No]
He angrily clicked on yes.
The next moment, he felt a strange feeling growing in his mind and body. He closed his eyes and bathed in the sunlight for five minutes.
Upon opening his eyes, his Observation Haki spread out like a radar.
If he could cover the distance of five hundred meters before, he could now reach up to two or even three kilometers away.
When he first got Observation Haki in the lottery, he could only reach 100 meters and perceive his opponent's attack to a certain degree.
But upon reaching C-rank, he could perceive up to 500 meters and easily sense his enemies' sneak attacks.
But now, he had a feeling he could not only sense farther but more precisely than before.
"More importantly! I sensed something. A ship, full of people."
Luffy muttered, and a smile appeared on his face.
He stood up, walked to the helm, and started changing the direction of the ship.
On the other side, there was a large ship with pink sails and several heart-shaped flags.
"Tell me, what should I do with you?"
A fat lady sat on a chair. There was an orange-haired girl, tied by a rope in front of her.
This girl showed a flattering smile and said.
"Miss Alvida, I am an excellent navigator. I can bring you anywhere in this sea."
Hearing that, Alvida sneered. Her heart was already hating this girl because of her figure.
But she didn't kill her since she piqued her interest.
A weak girl was trying to steal treasures from the pirate. She would've been successful if Alvida hadn't spotted her on time.
Alvida pointed her large finger towards a small boy with pink hair and said.
"That boy is a coward, but he is a good navigator, enough to take me anywhere in the East Blue. So, why should I give you his position?"
Hearing that, Nami's expression changed, but she still tried to impress Alvida.
"Miss, believe me! I am the best Navigator in the sea. I can easily do what he can do, and I can also do what he can't do."
Hearing that, Alvida stood up from her chair and walked toward the pink-haired boy.
"Coby, did you hear her?"
Coby was frightened, but he still nodded his head.
"If she can do your job, why should I keep a wimp like you? Isn't it better to kill you and feed you to the fish?"
Hearing that, Coby almost burst into tears while Nami frowned. She never thought her actions would lead to the death of this boy.
But she couldn't back down now. After all, her life depended on Alvida's choice.
"Of course, I won't kill you. Compared to her, I trust you more. After all, you are too much of a coward to defy my order."
"I have decided. You will follow her and keep an eye on her. If she makes any mistake, you will inform me. Understand, Coby?"
"Y…ye..yes Miss Alvida!"
Coby hurriedly nodded his head.
"Captain! I have spotted a pirate ship." A loud voice came from the back of the ship. It was a man holding binoculars in his hand.
"Do you recognize the flag?" Alvida asked.
"No, Captain! It is a new flag. There is a straw hat above a skull. Captain, this ship is big, like massive, but I can only spot a single person."
"Is the ship bigger than ours?" Alvida frowned.
"But Captain, there is only one person on that ship. I can't find another one, no matter how hard I look. It's getting close."
Hearing his words, Alvida sneered.
"Boys, load up the cannons and start firing. Let's see how one person avoids our cannons."
"Yes, Captain!"
Nearly five of her men went inside the ship and started loading their cannons with cannonballs before pointing their Thousand Sunny.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
All of them shot at the same time, but four of those cannonballs hit the water near the ship while only one went straight for the ship.
Bang!