[Chat Comments]
Damn! 666!
Did I just see that right? One move—he took down a thirty or forty-meter monster in just one move!!
Hiss... this guy's terrifying!
I'm convinced! Even if it's CGI, this looks way too real. Practically lifelike!
What the heck? Is this an ice sculpture exhibit? Are those models? But they're way too big!
New here? That was a real monster—frozen solid by the streamer using a Devil Fruit power!
Because of the shocking scene where Yuuto Kagami froze a Sea King, the livestream's viewer count skyrocketed, shooting past a thousand in mere moments.
As the new viewers got caught up—thanks to the explanations from earlier ones—debates and discussions exploded in the chat.
At that moment, Yuuto Kagami began his next segment of science explanation.
He smiled calmly and said:
"Actually, that monster from just now was a Sea King, also from the One Piece world—the same world as the Ice-Ice Devil Fruit I just ate."
"Sea Kings are one of the most powerful species in the One Piece world. Not only are they massive in size and extremely diverse in type, but they're also large in number, incredibly long-lived, and extremely aggressive. Many of them also possess human-like intelligence, earning them the title of 'Kings of the Ocean'."
"As for why I said there was no need to panic—because the Sea King I just froze was, at best, a baby."
"The truly powerful Sea Kings can reach lengths of 5,000 meters or more! We're talking island-sized creatures with world-shattering power!"
While Yuuto Kagami spoke in a light, casual tone, the reaction in the livestream chat was anything but calm:
WHAT?! That 30-40 meter Sea King… was just a baby?!
Some of them grow over 5,000 meters?! That's the size of a small island!
No way. There's no way a creature that massive actually exists. I don't buy it.
Bro, you must've missed the part where the streamer froze the Sea King in one hit. If you saw it, you wouldn't be questioning this at all.
Feels like the world's about to change...
If something like that really appeared in our oceans, the destruction would be unimaginable. How would we even deal with it?
LMAO, you guys actually believe this? Just some paid VFX work and a bunch of storytelling, and you're all eating it up. Hilarious!
Heh, no one's asking you to believe it. Just don't piss yourself when you really see one out there someday!
Meanwhile, in the recently established Supernatural Phenomena Safety Bureau…
A top-level meeting was underway, attended only by high-ranking officials and experts.
On the stage, a woman with short, neatly trimmed hair—Li Yayun—stood a little nervously as she delivered her report.
"As of now,"
"Twelve supernatural incidents have been confirmed within Jiuzhou alone, and worldwide cases are too numerous to count."
"Our mission at the Supernatural Security Bureau is to prepare for what's coming..."
However, before she could continue—
The meeting room door suddenly burst open.
A staff member rushed in and whispered urgently into Director Zhou Hongwei's ear.
Zhou's face changed instantly.
He shot up from his seat and shouted, interrupting Li Yayun:
"Hold on!"
"Yayun, open the Douhu livestream platform and look for a channel called 'Treasure Hunt Livestream'!"
"Huh?"
Li Yayun froze, caught off guard.
At such a critical meeting... he wanted her to open a livestream?
Others in the room were equally baffled.
But Zhou didn't explain. Instead, seeing that Li Yayun wasn't moving, he barked:
"What are you waiting for? Do it—now!"
"O-okay! Right away!"
Snapping out of her confusion, Li Yayun hurriedly pulled up the Douhu site and navigated to the specified channel.
Moments later, Yuuto Kagami's livestream was projected onto the conference room's main screen.
He was currently in the middle of his explanation about the Sea Kings.
"Sea Kings… from the One Piece world?"
"Thirty meters long is just a baby, and the strongest can reach several thousand meters?!"
The room fell silent as the footage played.
Everyone looked at each other, expressions filled with disbelief.
Then Zhou spoke again:
"Yayun, rewind to the earlier footage!"
"Got it!"
This time, Li Yayun reacted quickly, clicking back through the stream to show earlier segments.
The initial treasure-hunting scenes weren't anything special.
But when Yuuto Kagami discovered the Devil Fruit and everything that followed...
The room erupted in gasps of astonishment.
"What?! Just by eating a strange fruit, he gained the power to freeze everything?!"
"So that's called a Devil Fruit? A 'Logia-type'?"
"Wait, there are different types?!"
"Unbelievable! A thirty-meter Sea King frozen in a single move? Even the artificial lake was completely iced over!"
By the time the video ended, no one in the room could stay calm.
Someone immediately asked:
"Director! Is all of that... really true?"
"Does this Devil Fruit really give people supernatural powers? And that Sea King—was that really just a baby?!"
Zhou Hongwei nodded at first, then shook his head.
"We can't confirm the full truth of what he said about Devil Fruits and Sea Kings... yet."
"But we've already sent a team to investigate the lake featured in the video."
"Based on their findings, the freezing power seen in the video is definitely not fake."
"Also, based on Yuuto Kagami's descriptions, we compared the monster he encountered to the one labeled 'Specimen 011'—the hundred-meter sea monster discovered yesterday in the South Sea—and found a 90% similarity in characteristics."
Zhou didn't state it outright, but the people in the room were already convinced.
Yuuto Kagami's claims were most likely true.
"Director!"
"We have to recruit him into the Supernatural Security Bureau!"
One person immediately stood and made the suggestion with excitement.
But another quickly objected:
"We can't!"
"Yuuto Kagami is far too mysterious!"
"He shared such critical information with the public—why? What's his real goal?"
"We can't approach him recklessly until we know more!"
As the room descended into debate between the two sides, Zhou Hongwei rubbed his temples, clearly getting a headache.
Finally, he made a decision.
"Enough. That's enough!"
"We'll pursue both approaches: one team will verify the information, the other will reach out to Yuuto Kagami."
"Yayun, I'm assigning this task to you. Try to establish contact with Yuuto Kagami and see where he stands."
"Understood!"
Li Yayun nodded, nervous but determined.
"Also—keep the stream running."
"Yes, sir!"
With a few quick taps, the livestream returned to the screen.
At that moment, Yuuto Kagami was calmly answering questions from the barrage of incoming chat messages.
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