One Piece: Hashirama Template

Time flew by, and soon it was February 15th, Sea Calendar 1520.

Before he knew it, Link had known Nami for over a month.

In that month, Link's life had undergone a dramatic change.

At the start of the year, he was a lone traveler. But now, he was surrounded by four great beauties.

Three were youthful and lively young women, and one was a mature, sophisticated woman.

More importantly, unlike last month, Link wasn't in a situation where he could only look but not touch.

After that underwater kiss, Link and Vivi's relationship broke through to a new stage.

Having finally given his first kiss, Link was addicted, as if on a drug.

Whenever they had a chance to be alone, he would hold Vivi to "cultivate their feelings," seeing who could hold their breath longer.

Vivi, who had also given her first kiss and was on the same starting line as Link, showed no weakness, battling him fiercely to the end every time.

But every time, Vivi lost to Link.

Because Link always cheated. Not long after they started, he would launch a surprise attack on Vivi's 'treasure troves,' causing her to be unable to focus completely.

Their sneaking around and the intimate behaviors brought on by their changed relationship also attracted the attention of Carina and the other two girls.

Soon, the three girls discovered their secret romance.

But none of them exposed it.

However, in their subsequent interactions, Robin noticed that Nami no longer liked to bicker with Carina and instead preferred to stick close to Link.

Carina, whether she had reached a deal with Nami or had her own little plans, also joined in, taking responsibility for holding Vivi back.

This invisible "palace drama" made Robin realize for the first time that some things were more interesting than books.

The naive Link and Vivi were completely unaware of the two girls' little schemes.

Seeing Nami and Carina become more enthusiastic, often pulling him and Vivi to play games, Link was very happy.

It meant that his relationship with the two girls had improved.

The same was true for Vivi.

Having few friends, she cherished her friendship with Carina and Nami very much.

After sailing on the sea like this for about half a month, Link's group finally arrived at the next island.

This island was the world-renowned holy land of shipbuilding... Water 7!

That's right, after leaving the Alabasta Kingdom, Link's group used an Eternal Pose to head straight for Water 7.

During this period, Link's group did stop at other islands for supplies, but not Jaya Island or Long Ring Long Land.

In the original story, Jaya Island was not a necessary stop on the route from Whiskey Peak; the Sky Island above it was.

On the way to Water 7, Nami also noticed the change in the Log Pose and similarly thought the needle was malfunctioning.

Link didn't tell her that there really was an island in the sky.

Link also had no intention of going to Sky Island for the time being.

First, he didn't have the strength to take the four girls up into the sky. The Knock Up Stream would only appear in the latter half of the year, so he had about half a year's time.

Second, if he went to Sky Island now, Link couldn't protect the four girls.

Because he couldn't beat Enel right now!

Even if he could fight Enel, he couldn't keep him there.

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit, known as the strongest Logia, was also one of the most invincible abilities among the three types of Devil Fruits.

Its ability to sense across two islands and its teleportation that ignored all obstacles would put Link in a completely passive position.

Before the three girls became capable assistants, Link would not fight a battle he wasn't confident in winning.

Of course, although Link didn't take the four girls to Jaya Island, he did secretly send out a Wood Clone there.

On Jaya Island, there was a town called Mock Town.

This town was a very famous pirate town on the route where Jaya Island was located.

It was a gathering place for many weak pirates who had lost their dreams. The strongest there was Bellamy, who had eaten the Paramecia-type Spring-Spring Fruit and had a bounty of 55 million Belly, and was one of Doflamingo's countless underlings.

Link had his Wood Clone eliminate Bellamy, and while he was at it, he bloodbathed Mock Town, hunting extensively.

However, a gathering place for the weak was, in the end, a gathering place for the weak.

After bloodbathing Mock Town, Link only gained 0.55% experience.

Besides Bellamy, only one other pirate provided him with experience. It was simply a waste of time.

Then, the Wood Clone plundered the treasure that Bellamy was going to offer to Doflamingo and brought it back to the main body.

As for the heads of Bellamy and those pirates with bounties, Link didn't bother with them.

Not to mention the deposits in the bank, with billions of Belly on the ship, Link's group looked down on such small change.

Link didn't even take the heads of the senior agents of Baroque Works, leaving them for Cobra to exchange for money.

In addition, during their voyage, Link's group also encountered a few unlucky pirate crews on the sea.

Link naturally showed no mercy and wiped them all out.

Perhaps due to good luck, Link gained 0.47% experience from them, and his experience reserves finally broke through 10%.

At the same time, Link's guess was also confirmed.

Although the system had no name and couldn't speak, it didn't leave any loopholes.

After his experience reserves broke through 10%, the difficulty of gaining experience for Link increased again.

In other words, the experience bar didn't have a loophole. Its existence was just an alternative item bar.

If Link ran out of chakra at a critical moment, he could use the experience in the experience bar to add points, obtaining vast spiritual and physical energy, and quickly recovering and increasing his chakra reserves.

As for Link's fantasy of madly hunting weaklings to max out his experience, and then unlocking the Hashirama Senju template to 100% in one go—that loophole did not exist!

Link wasn't disappointed by this.

Because he had already anticipated it.

If such a loophole really existed, then he would only need to wait a few more months to become invincible on the seas.

He would just have to wait for the Summit War to break out, sneak into Impel Down, and bloodbath the pirates from the first to the fifth level underground to gain a massive amount of experience.

Of course, even without this loophole, Link was confident that after his plan was completed, he and the girls could enter the New World and, like the Blackbeard Pirates who obtained the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit, directly dominate the seas.

After realizing there were no loopholes to exploit, Link directly invested all his experience points into the template.

In an instant, the progress on his Hashirama Senju template surged from 20% to 30%.

The ten consecutive infusions of feedback caused an astonishing amount of spiritual and physical energy to well up within Link. After he fused the two to form his chakra, Link's already sea-like reserves of chakra instantly became a third more powerful than before.

The surge in his chakra reserves immediately triggered a chain reaction.

First, Link's Sage Body underwent another astonishing growth. After all, physical and spiritual energy were generated from the 130 trillion cells in his body.

The sudden emergence of such astonishing physical and spiritual energy in Link's body was equivalent to stimulating his body's potential.

This 'anointment' from the system was like the Grand Elder on Planet Namek unlocking someone's potential in Dragon Ball, allowing Link's Sage Body to take a direct shortcut in its development.

The strengthening of the Sage Body also meant the strengthening of his Yang Style power.

The strengthening of Yang Style power, in turn, represented the strengthening of his Wood Style.

It might have seemed like only his MP had increased by a third, but in reality, the power of Link's Wood Style, as well as its innate absorption ability, had all been greatly enhanced.

Besides the surge in his chakra reserves, Link also obtained a large number of ninjutsu and unlocked a new Wood Style ultimate move.

The current Link felt absurdly strong!

[Host: Link]

[Inheritance Template: Hashirama Senju]

[Unlock Progress: 30% (+)]

[Experience: 0.94%]

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