"Of all times…"
Kenji only roughly scanned the system prompt without looking closely, and he didn't have time to.
He hadn't finished his fight yet, and Roger was glaring at him.
Just now, Kenji, sensing the system prompt, instinctively retreated a distance.
Seeing this, Roger couldn't help but grin, "Are you giving up so soon? Your physique is too weak."
"What nonsense are you spouting, kid!" Kenji glared, exceptionally annoyed.
If it weren't for the wrong time and place, he would have made Roger understand what a true man was.
Just then, Roger's laughter suddenly stopped. He turned his head and looked into the distance, just as Kenji had done earlier. He could only see a black dot seemingly moving on the horizon at the end of the sea.
Roger recognized the person at a glance, "I sense it… Garp's presence!"
"Hmm, it really is that guy!"
After years of intense battles, Roger had an almost intuitive sense of Garp.
Even after dominating the seas for many years, Roger had to admit that Garp was a formidable foe capable of pushing him to his limits. A true lifelong adversary!
"Oh, it seems our battle will have to wait for next time." Roger scratched his head, a apologetic smile on his face, looking somewhat remorseful.
"It wasn't as fulfilling as it could have been. You must feel the same, right?"
"You kid…" Kenji clenched his fist, building up power, then his heart stirred.
He looked at the black dot at the end of the distant sea and said thoughtfully, "Is it Garp coming? So that's it…"
Just now, the system prompted that Patrick had been successfully defeated, and the reward information appeared abruptly. Kenji was a bit curious about who had captured Patrick .
Originally, he had planned to send troops to search for Patrick after the battle, whether alive or dead.
Now it seemed that it was probably Garp, aboard his Marine ship, who had found Patrick.
"Speaking of which, Garp, Marine's top combatant… it really was a lucky coincidence." Kenji suddenly remembered this and couldn't help but chuckle.
He had thought that the 'Marine's top combatant support' in the system mission was just a 'void existence, providing no support,' but it turned out that someone truly powerful had arrived.
Although not an Admiral, he could definitely represent Marine's top combat power.
"Since Garp is here, let him do something too." Kenji retracted his gaze and looked at the opposite side again, finding that Roger had also retreated a distance.
Clearly, even Roger, a Legendary Pirate with the potential to become the Pirate King, wouldn't dare challenge two top powerhouses at once.
Since Garp was already here, he was definitely going to fight him. If he continued to tangle with Kenji now, it would be somewhat foolish.
However, Roger didn't expect Kenji not to pursue him, which made him give a thumbs-up, praising his 'magnanimity' and 'broad-mindedness'.
"Heh heh!"
Kenji quietly watched Roger's figure depart, a slight curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"The Legendary Pirate's wool must be shorn slowly…"
As he pondered, he withdrew his gaze, brought up the system, and turned his attention to the mission completion prompts.
[You assisted Marine's top combatant in successfully defeating the Legendary Pirate, Red Count, Patrick Redfield! Your courage and strength have shaken the Marine high command, and your prestige within the Marine is comparable to that of a seasoned Marine Vice Admiral!]
[Mission (Main): Assist Marineford's top combatant in defeating Red Count, Patrick Redfield and survive—Overcompleted!]
[Reward increased!]
[Reward has been changed to: 3 Assignable upgrade opportunities!]
[Reward being distributed…]
The display changed, and lines of traits of various colors appeared in Kenji's vision.
Behind these traits, a '+' sign lit up. Kenji could choose to upgrade the corresponding trait with a single thought.
"Assignable upgrade…"
Kenji scanned all the traits he currently possessed, but ultimately made no selection.
"It's best to maximize the gain."
"Let's wait a bit!"
"That mission will be completed soon too…"
He remembered that he currently had another side mission about to be completed: waiting for the 'Marine's top combatant' support mission.
And in the distant sea, Garp's Marine ship was cutting through the waves, sailing at top speed.
Before long, the distant Marine ship quickly reached the area near the shore.
Although there was still some distance to the island, those with good eyesight could already see Garp across the sea.
"Roger!" Garp shouted from afar, seemingly afraid that Roger would run away.
At this moment, Roger stood on the shore, looking at the Marine ship, with Rayleigh, Gaban, and others gathered around him.
"This is not good!" Rayleigh pushed up his glasses, his expression more serious than ever.
"Facing two Admirals at once won't be easy."
"Hahahaha! Get ready to fight, you bad boys." Roger grinned, pointing his sword at the distant Marine ship.
"Let's have a grand battle!"
The crew immediately became excited.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Kenji saw Garp at the bow of the Marine ship, and a system mission completion prompt predictably appeared in his vision.
[You have excellently completed the mission, successfully waiting for Marine's top combatant to arrive as support!]
[Mission (Side): Successfully retreat or survive until Marineford's top combatant support arrives!—Completed!]
[Reward: Upgrade a random owned trait 3 times!]
[Reward being distributed…]
[Your Physique (Gold) has been upgraded… Dark Gold… Super Gold!]
[Your Physique (Super Gold) has reached the highest rarity!]
[Your Swordsmanship (Super Blue) has been upgraded to Swordsmanship (Light Purple)!]
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[Name: Kenji]
[Traits: Armament Haki (Super Gold), Observation Haki (Gold), Conqueror's Haki (Dark Gold), Physique (Super Gold), Hand-to-Hand Combat (Light Gold), Swordsmanship (Light Purple), Sea Beast Power (Dark Blue), Superspeed Regeneration (Super Blue), Iron Body (Blue), Future Vision (Blue), Berserk (Dark Blue), Pressure of All Things (Light White)]
"As expected." Kenji nodded in satisfaction after reviewing the mission rewards and trait upgrades.
"Pure survival missions have relatively fixed rewards. I'll use the assignable upgrade after it finishes its random upgrades."
In fact, Kenji mainly wanted to see if the random upgrades would fall on the traits he preferred.
"I didn't expect [Physique] to upgrade. Hmm, my luck is pretty good this time."
Looking at the brilliantly golden [Physique] in his vision, Kenji instinctively reached out and clenched his hand, then secretly sensed his body's condition.
"I feel… my physical condition has never been better."
At this moment, Kenji felt a strong sensation from his body to his core, like the tireless energy of a teenager, overflowing with vitality.