"I... I don't have enough money."Tsuru's pretty face flushed with embarrassnt, her cheeks slightly burning.
Last ti, she'd gritted her teeth and forked over 50,000 Berries—that was basically her entire savings.
"No money??"Klein jumped in shock, blurting out on instinct. Who could bla him? Right now, the thing he cared about most was money.
His reaction imdiately turned Tsuru's face crimson, her delicate ears glowing like red jade.
Several cadets looked over. One of them, clearly a fan of Tsuru, even stepped up."Tsuru, I'll pay your registration fee!"
"No need." Tsuru wasn't one to accept charity.
Klein ca back to his senses. "Write an IOU, then!"
"Pay back after you join the Marines and get your salary."
"Mhm. I'll definitely repay you," Tsuru nodded firmly.
"Alright, next!"
"Can I write an IOU too?"
"No."
"Then why can she?"
"..."Klein knew the mont one person got away with an IOU, others would follow.
But Tsuru?She was the future Chief Strategist of the Marines, a Vice Admiral...
Would she ever not pay back an IOU?
Klein sized up the cadet in front of him. He couldn't match the face to anyone from the ani."Tsuru's got talent. She's definitely officer material in the Marines."
"Most of the cadets here will be officers soday," the cadet shot back.
Klein's face darkened. Talk about not giving up until you hit a wall...
He crossed his arms, a smug look on his face."So what? My money, my rules."
"You're just blinded by Tsuru's looks!" the cadet snapped, shaking with anger.
"If her looks got , that's still her skill."Klein shut the cadet down, leaving him speechless.
Tsuru, standing off to the side, obviously knew Klein wasn't actually smitten with her. But still... this kind of special treatnt—
She had her answer:'The only thing that can charm Klein...'
'Is money!'
Getting to sign an IOU with Klein's approval—she couldn't help but feel a little grateful.
Once I have money in the future, I'll pay him back with interest.
—
After a long day, Master Klein returned to his dorm. The room was empty, just as expected.
The Scrapped Shipyard had already refreshed three fixed NPCs.
"Sigh... Even Garp's injured and still working hard. I can't fall behind either...""Ti to launch Genshin Impact!"
You train hard? I swipe hard.Let's see who gets stronger faster!
With nearly 10 million Berries in his bank account, Klein was riding high.
Buying the daily discount packs would make that last a solid three months.
No more financial stress!
He snagged today's special offer and opened the skill pack. The fragnts dropped.
A red dot appeared.
"New skill unlock—nice, very nice!"
He opened his inventory.This ti, he unlocked Shave, one of the techniques from Rokushiki.
Shave (Soru): Instantly stomp the ground dozens of tis to generate explosive reactive force for high-speed movent.
Super fast—appearing like teleportation to the enemy's eye.
In-ga, it's a body movent-type skill. It boosts evasion, agility, and cos with added attributes.
As soon as it was unlocked, Klein's mind filled with training sequences and combat visuals of using Shave—
They settled into instinct and experience.
He could use it anyti he wanted!
Hell yeah—
"No need to grind for years. Just swipe to master Rokushiki? That's the good stuff!"
"As expected, a cheat-style player like was made for this."
"With my pathetic base talent, I'd need 8 to 10 years of hellish training to master Rokushiki, right?"
Klein knew full well—those CP agents were selected as kids and subjected to inhuman training. Only a few would make it into CP9.
They earned their Rokushiki through blood and tears...
anwhile, he just swiped a credit card.
"Being rich is f**king amazing!"Klein grinned."Actually, it's even better than that—cheating for a mont is sweet, cheating forever is divine!"
A hacked life...That's a real life!
No cheats?That's just—
Klein couldn't help feeling greedy."When am I gonna unlock one of those legendary gold skills, huh?"
"Like Divine Evasion or Conqueror's Haki..."
He checked his Luck stat. Only around 50 so far—he still needed more than 100 to hit the purple rare skill threshold.
And for gold-tier legendary? He was still over 900 points short.
Tch.
Well, it's just a matter of ti. No point rushing. Even if he had Divine Evasion now, what good would it do?
Roger was probably still stuck at ho dealing with the Sea King.Maybe even getting conked on the head by so "Mountain Bandit King" right now...
—
After the usual cleanup tasks and gift pack sweeps, Klein arrived at the tavern for recruitnt.
Recruitnt complete.
For the first ti, a red dot appeared next to "Can be Synthesized."
Klein opened his fragnt inventory and saw a red-haired woman's portrait.
"Huh? I don't rember this one... She a real character?"
Klein was surprised.
One Piece has been running for decades. The updates are slow, sotis delayed.
At this point, people joke that they'll have to ask their kids or grandkids to burn the final volu at their graves.
So many characters—forgetting a few was normal.
He glanced at the na below the portrait:
Carn.
Carn
He clicked "Synthesize" and checked her stats and description:
The Fiery Lady—Carn of the Fla, the East Blue's Most Beautiful Chef.
"Ohhh, now I rember! She's that chef who competed with Sanji in a cooking duel, right?"The mory finally clicked. The art style was so old-school, but with a modern touch-up?
She'd definitely be one of those ani waifus with legions of fans.
"Not bad, not bad. Even if she's just a Blue-tier card, she's got the looks and she's a chef. Makes a decent first crewmate."
After all, in the ga, all you had to do was level up the character and gear her up with top-tier equipnt to make her battle-ready.
Klein glanced at Nami and Kuina in the recruitnt banner."One Gold, one Purple... No idea when I'll pull them."
After a successful recruit, Carn now showed up under the Cook section of his crew interface.
He equipped her with his old gear and did a quick "Refine (Enhance)."
The lovely chef Carn now had so combat ability.
Before he could celebrate—
A popup appeared under the Pirate Crew feature:
"You've recruited your first crew mber. Would you like to unlock the Crew Quarters?"
Unlocking the Crew Quarters costs 10,000 Gold Coins.
He clicked in. Inside the ship, most rooms were still grayed out—Bathhouse, Crew Quarters, Gym, Kitchen...
All needed to be unlocked.
Unlocking the Crew Quarters would allow crew mbers to passively gain experience while resting.
He spent 10,000 coins to unlock it. Room level: LV.1.
Next ca upgrades.
Just like the Training Room—dump gold in and it levels up fast.
His gold drained fast. He had to buy more with Berries through the shop:
1,000 Berries = 10,000 Gold Coins
Now rich, Klein dumped tens of thousands of Berries to level the Crew Quarters to Level 10.
Then he unlocked other facilities—all to Level 10.
So rooms ca with bonus attributes, like increased Recruitnt Chance and recruitnt reward boosts!
Critical rolls could drop more fragnts.
Or buff the entire crew with stat bonuses.Upgrade the ship far enough, and maybe even Team Battles would unlock!
Total upgrade cost: nearly a million Berries.
In a flash, his pirate ship evolved from a rundown ss to a luxury cruiser.
"Money makes a difference!"
"Being rich is the dream!"
Klein let out a heartfelt sigh.Back in the broke days, upgrading anything...
He'd probably be clutching his bank card, sweating bullets.
But now?
Bro's got cash!
When you've got money, even the stray dogs on the street deserve a sausage.
—
After clearing all the ga's red dots, Klein suddenly felt... bored.
He paused, then muttered to himself:"Huh. Co to think of it... this ga hasn't had a single event so far."
"Could it be that Earth and the One Piece world are... out of sync?"
"Did the ga system crash or sothing?"
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