After seeing the marines out, Wayne sprawled in his executive chair and lit a cigarette.
**[System] Congratulations, host.
• You completed a mega-concert. Singing skill +1 500 EXP.
• Singer level: Master (5 500 / 5 000) → Grandmaster (500 / 10 000).
• Life Points +1 500 → 1 830.
[System] Four-Seas Tour quest complete.
• Title earned: Superstar.
• Life Points +10 000.
• One ten-pull draw granted.
Superstar - Your name is known across the four seas.
• Increased chance to recruit high-quality subordinates.
• Strangers begin with +10 favor toward you.
"Superstar, huh? A bit nebulous compared with my other titles."
Polymath - You learn three times faster than an average person.
Culinary Healer - Your dishes greatly restore stamina and slightly speed wound recovery, effect scales with ingredients.
"Well, something is better than nothing. System, roll the gacha ten pulls."
Wayne rubbed his palms together. The virtual wheel spun…
[System] You received:
• Flying-Heaven Sword School Technique Seed
• Vitality Rice (1 t × 5)
• Gamer's Cola (1 t × 3)
• Devil Fruit Receptacle
Flying-Heaven Technique Seed - Grants all forms of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū. True mastery still requires practice.
Vitality Rice - Fat grains packed with life energy. Even simple cooking yields delicious rice that heals stamina and minor wounds.
Gamer's Cola - Mostly a morale booster.
Devil Fruit Receptacle - Looks like a dragon-fruit. When a Devil-Fruit user dies, this item can absorb the fruit's power and remove its seawater weakness.
"A jackpot!" Wayne grinned. The rice would pair perfectly with his cooking, and the sword-style seed filled the gap between raw power and refined technique. No more nameless slashes.
"And this receptacle solves the whole 'drowning weakness' problem. Perfect."
With 11 830 Life Points left, he considered his options.
Another ten-pull. But luck might flip and give him ten tons of instant noodles. Pass.
Boost body art or a Haki branch. Reaching Tier 7 plus Flowing Armament or Future Sight would put him near admiral level, but without a standout specialty too bland.
Dump points into swordsmanship. High-tier Great Swordsman plus Flying-Heaven techniques equals genuine admiral-class power.
"System, invest 9 500 Life Points into Swordsmanship."
[System] Sword skill raised. Current level: Great Swordsman High Tier (0 / 50 000).
A flood of memories crashed into Wayne's mind. When the dizziness cleared, he drew his blade and cut the air twice. Each stroke felt sleeker, deeper as though he had drilled for ten years in an instant.
"Even my muscle memory upgraded." He checked his remaining balance. "Only 2 330 points left."
Summer, Sea-Circle Calendar 1518 two years before Luffy sails. After twenty years in this world, Wayne had at last stepped into the ocean's top echelon.
[System] New quest unlocked: Craftsman of the Blade.
Craftsman of the Blade - Forge, with your own hands, a weapon rivaling the Supreme Grade blades.
• No time limit.
• Reward: 20 000 Life Points, title Craftsman of the Blade.
Wayne blinked. "Well, that won't be quick." His smithing was only High level; his best work so far was the near-Grade tachi at his hip.
Current Quest Log
- Main Quest: Max-Level Life-Player
Reach God-tier in ten civilian professions. (0 / 10)
- Craftsman of the Blade (new)
- Side Quest: I Am a Grand Author
Publish seven enduring classics in this world.
Progress: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The West Wing, Dream of the Red Chamber (3 / 7)
- Daily Quest: Culinary Exchange
Visit Baratie in East Blue and spar with chefs Zeff and Sanji.
Reward: 2 000 Life Points.