Just as Hiroto was about to close the panel and go train, the panel, which had been flashing with a strong green light, suddenly burst forth with intense radiance.
Green → Blue → Purple!
In less than a second, the green halo on the panel broke through its limit and turned into blue, and then brilliant purple burst forth from the blue.
At this moment, Hiroto was dumbfounded.
Who am I? Where am I? What was I about to do?
The sudden development caught him off guard.
Thinking about it carefully...
He had absolutely no clue.
Usopp? Butterfly Effect? Or something else?
Hiroto instinctively guessed it was the Butterfly Effect, but he didn't know that the Thriller Bark Pirates, far away on the Grand Line, had, because of the flutter of his 'butterfly wings', been hit by Fujitora... no, by Issho's meteor strike.
"Regardless, this is an unexpected joy."
Hiroto composed himself, seriously balanced his emotions, and then focused his gaze on the panel radiating brilliant purple light.
Now, he had two choices before him.
[Extraction] and [Fusion].
Two options, two directions.
[Extraction] would inevitably bring a purple entry.
The purple entries in Hiroto's hands were all very powerful. The future-predicting [Incoming Chaos], the milestone-type [Swordmaster], the damage-increasing [Fiery Heart], the speed-type [Shunpo], and the refined skill [Flying Slash]...
These were all extremely powerful entries.
But...
Hiroto's gaze shifted toward [Fusion], and his eyes began to waver.
[Shunpo] was essentially created by forcing a qualitative change through the sheer quantity of several blue entries and Distortion energy.
If he could use quantity to force a qualitative change from blue grade to purple grade, he could naturally do the same from purple grade to orange grade.
Of course, the gap between them would surely grow larger the higher the grade.
Hiroto thought for a moment and pressed [Fusion].
The randomness of [Extraction] made it hard to say what kind of entry he might acquire, or if it would even be applicable.
Looking at the current situation, he needed a sufficiently strong, pure lethality trump card, to deal with the gradually escalating situation.
[Steel-Severing Slash (White] + [Thrust (Green)] + [Budget Shinso (Blue)] + [Flying Slash (Purple)] + [Fiery Heart (Purple)]
The panel suddenly erupted with a brilliant purple light, turning into a vortex that swallowed the various entries. Then it condensed inwardly, and a magnificent orange light, like a gemstone, suddenly emerged.
[Entry: Flying Slash]
[Quality: Orange]
[Type: Active/Passive]
[Effect: During combat, the body is naturally aided by wind and fire. When holding a blade, slashes are imbued with wind and fire. The wind fuels the fire, and the fire rides the wind.
Power is determined by the amount of stamina invested. When charging a Flying Slash, one can invest stamina and the momentum of wind and fire to amplify the scale and power of the slash.
Ranging from 1 to 10 times, the multiplier is determined by the amount of stamina invested.]
[Consumption: Stamina]
Hiroto raised an eyebrow and then sucked in a breath of cold air.
His gaze fell on the last line in the effect section.
Just reading the description filled his heart with immense joy.
This was a multiplier amplification, useful even in the late stage!
And it covered both power and scale!
It was almost certain that this came from
Although he lost many entries and [Budget Shinso] to launch hidden, abrupt sneak attacks, the multiplier amplification he got in return was extremely worth it.
One could even say—he made a killing.
In the One Piece World, there are also Devil Abilities capable of multiplier amplification.
In the Level 6 Eternal Hell of Impel Down, the World Destroyer, Byrnndi World, was imprisoned. His bounty was 200 million upon his debut and it later soared to 500 million.
As a Devil Fruit user of the More-More Fruit, the multiplier he possessed was at most 100 times. Of course, it was more comprehensive than Hiroto's, being able to amplify the speed, strength, size, and weight of objects he touched.
Even so, having ten percent of its effect without having to bear the curse of the sea...
For Hiroto, it was already an incredible value.
Even if it was limited to the direction of the slashing wave, it was still the case. After all, the price he paid wasn't anything worth mentioning.
The giant blade brought by [Budget Shinso] was a problem just to swing. The God Slaying Spear technique brought by the rapid extension of the blade was indeed unexpected but moving forward, it seemed it would increasingly fail to keep up.
After all, the stamina injection limit was D+ level. It was impossible for the entry to get stronger as Hiroto did, since it was only a blue entry.
[Steel-Severing Slash] and [Thrust] were the same. [Shunpo] and [Flying Slash] were superior replacements.
Now that they were fused, they had instead turned into 'wind and fire assistance'.
As for [Fiery Heart]...
Hiroto's gaze fell on the description 'Power is determined by the amount of stamina invested'.
He pulled out Shigure, closed his fingers around the hilt, and then a whistling wind began to blow inside the cabin as sparks emerged from nothing. They turned into a crimson flame wrapping around the blade.
In the next second, the temperature inside the Captain's quarters rose sharply, and the rolling heat waves caused the air to distort.
The corner of Hiroto's lips curled up because he could feel that it was even a notch stronger than its original power.
If he seriously slashed down with the attached flames, melting iron and cutting gold would be child's play.
The only downside was probably that it changed from any attack to only being able to fully display the power of wind and fire while holding a blade.
As for [Flying Slash], this was the cornerstone, using it as the standard to exert a 1 to 10 times amplification in the power and scale of the slashing wave.
'But compared to those few, it's still a few notches short after all.'
Dispelling the wind and fire, Hiroto looked at orange entries like [Effort King], vaguely deducing that there were also gaps between orange entries.
It wasn't strange that fusing three purple entries plus some scraps would result in a lower-tier orange entry.
It was an unexpected delight to begin with, he shouldn't ask for too much.
'I just wonder how many times the multiplier my stamina can support?'
Hiroto was somewhat eager to try, so he pushed the door open and went out.