That was…
What?!
Chunks of the building came crashing down, leaving a massive hole overhead. But beyond that hole wasn't a clear blue sky.
It was a gigantic, blood-red eye!
That eye was filled with endless violence, death, hatred, and rage…
All kinds of chilling feelings rose in everyone's hearts. Just one look made it feel like falling straight into hell. That was not some creature, but…
Fear made real!
"ROAR!!!!"
Suddenly, a deafening roar came from outside. It sounded like it could shake the whole world. The fragile Auction House on Island No. 1 was blown apart by the shockwave, and the people inside were swept up by a raging wind.
This was a natural disaster, a demon walking among men. As the building collapsed, the survivors finally saw its true form.
It was huge…
It had to be hundreds of meters tall. The buildings on Sabaody Archipelago looked so tiny in front of it, like bubbles on the roadside. Its real body was a massive…
Fox!
But it had nine tails!
Its whole body was bright orange, nine tails swaying behind it. Power radiated from every inch of its body. No one knew how it appeared. All they knew was that the moment it showed up, it brought endless destruction!
"What… what is that thing?!"
A security guard shouted in shock, but the next moment was the end for him. The Nine-Tailed Fox stepped forward, and its huge paw crushed him to pieces. Under that overwhelming force, only Genichi stood there, completely unaffected.
"Made it just in time…"
Genichi stared at the virtual screen in front of him, something only he could see. This wasn't a Devil Fruit power. It looked like a system, but it had no AI voice answering his calls. Calling it a Devil Fruit ability was fine too, except it didn't make him weak to seawater.
[Positive Emotion Value: 30]
[Negative Emotion Value: 600]
[Current Card: Nine-Tailed Fox (One-Time Use)]
That's right. This Nine-Tailed Fox was his "card," a creature summoned through his power.
Just a few days ago, he was an ordinary person on Earth. Then, out of nowhere, he ended up in the world of One Piece. Worse, he became a slave. When he had completely lost hope, he awakened this strange power.
He could collect other people's emotions to make himself stronger. Positive emotions created "items," while negative emotions created "character cards."
After awakening this ability, he absorbed the emotions of the slaves locked up with him. And of course, slaves were full of negative emotions. Later, when the auction house boss found out, he forced him to absorb the emotions of everyone in the auction house, just to test his ability.
That gave him a huge amount of negative emotion points. With that, he spent 100,000 points on a single draw—and hit the jackpot, pulling a bug-level creature like the Nine-Tailed Fox.
'Nine-Tailed Fox (One-Time Use): A Tailed Beast from the Naruto world. Its energy cannot be replenished. When the energy runs out, it will disappear.'
When he saw this card, he was overjoyed. He could gain 1% of the strength of any card character he drew. That meant he instantly had 1% of the Nine-Tails' power. Even if it was one-time use, that was more than enough to break free from these damn slavers.
But just leaving like this? That was way too easy on them!
He might have only been a slave for a few days, but the rage in his heart toward these traffickers and those arrogant nobles could burn the entire ocean!
He would…
Destroy the entire lawless zone of Sabaody!
This wasn't just to vent his anger. It was also for profit.
The Nine-Tails wreaking havoc in Sabaody, with Celestial Dragons present? That meant he would earn a massive amount of emotion points.
In the past few days, he had carefully studied his ability.
His power could absorb all kinds of emotions directed at him, dividing them into positive and negative. The stronger he became, the more emotions he could absorb. These emotion points were marked by stages: thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, and tens of millions. The more points he used to draw cards or items, the higher the quality of what he got.
Of course, he could also directly swallow a person's emotions, just like he had done before. Forcing it this way gave him a huge amount of points all at once, but the cost was that he could never get any more emotions from that person again.
That kind of one-time gain was something he had no plans to do again. So after getting the Nine-Tails card, he flat-out refused to forcefully draw emotions again.
"Let the Nine-Tails run wild."
That was what he thought in his heart. As for himself…
There was no reason for him to stay any longer in such a dangerous place as Sabaody. The fact that Celestial Dragons were here meant that Marine admirals would soon arrive. Very soon, this place would turn into a battlefield between the Nine-Tails and the admirals, and if he stayed, he would definitely be dragged into it.
On top of that, a power this strong would make countless people covet him. He had no wish to expose himself to the world, and at the very least, he couldn't let his real identity or his ability be revealed.
Right now, with even just one percent of the Nine-Tails' strength, leaving this island was an easy matter. He didn't fear the sea. In fact, with the Nine-Tails' power, he could even walk right over it and leave calmly.
And the Nine-Tails…
It would stay here and wreak havoc.
On the Sabaody Archipelago, just a few simple moves from the Nine-Tails caused massive destruction. Countless buildings collapsed. This lawless land, where all kinds of darkness thrived, looked like nothing more than helpless children in front of a greater darkness.
Even gods would have to kneel before such fear, let alone a Celestial Dragon who couldn't even control his own drool and snot.
The moment the Nine-Tails appeared before him, Saint Chadwick felt the shadow of death closing in. He had never felt fear like this before, and in his shame and rage, he kicked aside his slaves and guards and shouted, "Kill this monster for me! Call Navy Headquarters! I want this monster as my pet!"
His guards did have some strength, enough that they hadn't been crushed instantly by the Nine-Tails, but to deal with such a monster…
"Wait, what's in its mouth?"
Suddenly, one of them shouted, drawing everyone's attention.
Inside the Nine-Tails' mouth, a mass of black was forming…