I've Already Become An Admiral And Now The System Shows Up?

Kenji's gaze no longer lingered on Iron Body, shifting to the Berserk trait.

"Upgrading Iron Body can only strengthen a single trait's ability."

"But upgrading the Berserk trait can provide stronger boosts to other abilities!"

He no longer hesitated, silently choosing the Berserk trait in his vision with his mind.

[Berserk (Light White) trait has been upgraded to Berserk (Super White)!]

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[Name: Kenji]

[Traits: Armament Haki (Super Gold), Observation Haki (Light Gold), Conqueror's Haki (Super Blue), Physique (Gold), Hand-to-Hand Combat (Light Gold), Swordsmanship (Super Blue), Sea Beast Power (Light Blue), Superspeed Regeneration (Super Blue), Iron Body (Light White), Future Vision (Blue), Berserk (Super White)]

"Hmm… the increase in amplitude has gone up by about 10%." Kenji briefly tested the upgraded Berserk trait.

Previously, Berserk enhanced other abilities by roughly 10%, but now it's around 20%.

With three consecutive upgrades, an additional 10% boost isn't a huge improvement.

However, Kenji considered that the Berserk trait had not advanced, still revolving within the white rarity, and upgrading within the same level would result in a relatively small increase in strength.

Similarly, the side effects of the Berserk trait were also somewhat reduced, though the extent of the reduction wasn't as obvious.

"Let's see if it can advance when next week's rewards arrive… Speaking of which, Sakazuki and Magellan have done a great job with Loguetown's public order this week!"

"Last week's public order score was 7, and this week it has risen to 8, which is very good."

Loguetown is a port town, and its location near the entrance to the Grand Line means frequent trade, so Kenji knew very well that maintaining public order there was not easy.

After all, he himself had been stationed in Loguetown for many years after graduating, and he was very familiar with the situation there.

In fact, simply arresting all the pirates in the town doesn't necessarily guarantee good public order in Loguetown.

Because besides pirates, Loguetown, with its dense flow of people, would still experience other incidents.

For example, foreign tourists being ripped off in town and causing a disturbance or, the owner of a dojo being scammed by a weapon shop owner into buying a fake product and drawing his sword to attack, and so on.

To deal with pirates, the Marine can directly arrest or eliminate them, but dealing with the town's residents and transient passersby is a bit more troublesome.

If they were to just cut down everyone, Loguetown would probably become a ghost town in no time.

And the system's task required maintaining public order, not creating uninhabited areas by eliminating the population.

Sakazuki and Magellan's ability to grasp the proper measure of governance surprised Kenji quite a bit.

"In terms of governance, it's mostly Magellan's credit." Kenji was quite satisfied with Magellan.

Anyway, regarding Magellan's remuneration, Warden Jack had already paid for him—it's unclear whether he actually paid, but it's safe to use him without worry.

"Jack is indeed a good person, aside from being a bit greedy." Kenji sighed, putting away the system panel in his vision.

Then, he looked up at the dark, oppressive clouds above and muttered to himself, "Are you coming or not? If not, I'll be leaving…"

Although he said that, Kenji still felt that Shiki would appear.

Because he was certain that this Legendary Pirate, with his ambition to 'devour the world,' would not let go of an island like 'The Island of Courtesans.'

"Even if Kubo Island's commercial value is greatly reduced, it can still be used as a backup base."

"With Kubo Island's vast area, even some small and medium-sized kingdoms might not be able to compare to it."

Kingdoms in this world vary in size. Large ones like the Alabasta Kingdom have vast territories, a population exceeding ten million, and a standing army of nearly six hundred thousand.

Smaller ones are similar to the Dressrosa Kingdom, where the entire country is built on a larger island.

Simply comparing by area, Kubo Island is large enough to establish an island kingdom like Dressrosa.

Moreover, Kubo Island is currently even more prosperous and wealthy than the entire nation of Dressrosa.

The more Kenji looked, the better it seemed.

"The only thing is the island's atmosphere is a bit off, but that can be corrected."

He looked up at the clouds above his head and raised his voice slightly, "If you don't come down soon, this island will be taken over by the Marine."

A moment later, the sea's winds and waves suddenly intensified, and the storm became even more violent.

Sheets of dark clouds almost pressed down on the warship's bow, as if the sky was about to collapse, causing an unconscious feeling of suffocation.

"These Legendary Pirates, every single one of them is like this… What chaotic power!"

"Hmm, only Roger can make one feel a bit at ease."

Kenji was not surprised by the sudden change in weather, after all, Shiki is a Float-Float Fruit user, possessing the powerful ability to alter the climate.

Not only Shiki, but many other pirates also possess similar abilities, as if they are engaged in an invisible competition—as if not controlling the weather means one cannot be called a 'Legendary Pirate.'

Facing the strong winds, heavy rain, and violent waves, even the well-trained Marine elite soldiers couldn't help but feel nervous at this moment.

And the next moment, a gigantic pirate ship suddenly burst out of the increasingly low, thick dark clouds, its bow carved with a lifelike Golden Lion's head.

The Legendary Pirate, Golden Lion Shiki, stood atop the Golden Lion's head.

"Gurararara! I heard you've been promoted to Admiral?!" Shiki sneered, looking down from above.

"It's time we properly settle the score between us!"

As his sneer echoed, sounds of guns and cannons being loaded rang out.

Under the gloomy, rainy weather, black muzzles of guns and cannons aimed at the warship below, ready to fire at any moment.

At the same time, on the warship, soldiers, under Marie's command, orderly took their positions and entered combat, also aiming their guns and cannons at the pirate ship above, though it was a bit more strenuous.

After all, attacking from below to upwards carries a slight disadvantage.

Kenji met Shiki's sneer directly, not immediately responding because he was checking the mission content that the system had suddenly given him.

And this time's mission content made Kenji feel somewhat shocked.

[Urgent! You have encountered the Legendary Pirate - 'Golden Lion' Shiki! You have a premonition that you are very likely to die in battle!]

[Mission (Side): Survive until the battle ends or 'Golden Lion' Shiki leaves!]

[Reward: 3 Assignable Upgrade opportunities!]

"I have a premonition that I'm about to die?" Kenji was startled after reading the mission.

"And this time, it doesn't even require me to survive the battle with some soldiers and crew… Is the system so unoptimistic about me?"

"Or, is it due to other reasons… Could it be related to the system's judgment mechanism?"

(End of Chapter)

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