[Congratulations, Host, for successfully recruiting crew member Gerd. Do you wish to claim your reward?]
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully recruiting crew member Gunko. Do you wish to claim your reward?]
The system prompts arrived as expected.
"Claim immediately," Renol murmured in his heart.
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully acquiring reward — Hundredfold Suffering Device!]
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully acquiring reward — Time Machine!]
Renol looked at them one by one.
Hundredfold Suffering Device: This is an item that will cause the user to constantly suffer. As long as the user presses the button, they will experience a different kind of pain every ten minutes. There are a total of 100 types of pain, and the user will have 100 different experiences. If the user's life is in danger, this device will stop working immediately. When the device restarts, it will continue from where it left off, in a continuous cycle.
"Momonosuke??"
Momonosuke's image involuntarily appeared in Renol's mind.
Isn't this tailor-made for Momonosuke?
Thinking about it, it was time to give him some new tricks.
Below is Momonosuke's confession from thousands of miles away: My chrysanthemum is about to burst, and you're still messing with me? I'm truly grateful!!
Satisfied, Renol put away the Hundredfold Suffering Device and continued to look at the next item.
When he saw the name of the second reward, his eyes immediately lit up.
Time Machine: A magical item from the anime "Doraemon" that allows travel to the past. Limited to one use.
If the Host uses this item to travel to the past, he can change minor trends but not major ones.
"A one-time use time machine."
Reno looked at the three annotations on the virtual panel and fell into deep thought.
Since he could travel to the past, he naturally had to make up for his regrets.
His priority was still to recruit women.
It was important to know that, in the One Piece World, besides the existing beautiful characters, many others had lost their lives early on, which was truly regrettable.
Like a slideshow, several figures flashed through Reno's mind.
Finally, the image in his mind completely froze.
In the picture was a little girl, only 11 years old.
She looked very similar to Tashigi.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was a replica of Tashigi.
The only difference was that one wore glasses and the other didn't.
Her identity was obvious.
Koushirou Shimotsuki's daughter, and also Zoro's childhood friend.
Kuina Shimotsuki.
She dreamed of becoming the world's greatest swordswoman, but at the age of 11, she accidentally fell to her death on the stairs at home.
Thus, a generation's female swordswoman fell.
"It's decided, it's you."
Reno finally made his decision.
However, all of this would have to wait until he finished his current tasks.
Zunesha.
Mink Tribe.
Rabbit-eared girl Carrot.
A few hours later.
Reno first located the approximate sea area where Zunesha was based on Morgans' intelligence, then used radar to scan.
Before long, he finally found a colossal creature.
"This...this big?!"
Tashigi's eyes widened in disbelief, staring in shock at the immense body that stretched out of sight.
This was the largest creature she had ever seen, without exception.
"Is this Zou Island??"
Gerd also looked up and exclaimed.
"Zunesha."
Reno nodded slightly, observing this super creature that had existed for over a thousand years.
Zunesha belonged to the Naitami-A Norida Elephant species.
This was an incredibly, incredibly, incredibly large ancient giant elephant.
So large that it could easily carry an island, a country, on its back, which is why it was also called Zou Island.
Its height was a staggering thirty-five thousand meters.
What did that mean?
Simply put.
Even Oars the Devil, an ancient Giant member modified with dragon level monster cellss, standing upright, would barely reach Zunesha's toenails.
To this day, Zunesha was over a thousand years old.
He was once Joy Boy's companion.
Because he committed a sin in ancient times, he was commanded to walk ceaselessly forever.
"There truly are such creatures in the world, it's incredible."
Even though Reno had given them a science lesson on the way, Tashigi and Gerd still couldn't hide their shock when they witnessed Zunesha's colossal body with their own eyes.
Even Gunko, a member of the God's Knights, seemed somewhat flustered.
She had known of Zunesha's existence from the World Government's records.
But the overwhelming visual impact was something that a few lines of text could not compare to.
"Captain, what country is this?"
The airship had already ascended to high altitude.
On the deck, Gerd looked down from above and asked.
Reno smiled slightly and patiently explained to the three:
"The kingdom on Zunesha's back is called the Mokomo Dukedom, and the race living there is called the Mink Tribe, also known as the Minkmen.
They are an isolated ancient race living on Zou Island.
Everyone in this race is a human-like form derived from various furry animals. Their fighting style relies on emitting static electricity from their bodies, and during a full moon, they can transform into Sulong form, which greatly enhances all their physical abilities.
Currently, there are two kings who rule the Mink Tribe.
One is Duke Inuarashi, known as the Ruler of Day.
The other is Nekomamushi, known as the Ruler of Night."
During the flight, Reno spilled all the general information about the Mink Tribe to the three.
"Wait."
Gerd' eyes suddenly became strange, as if she had discovered a new continent.
"Captain, what are you doing here??"
She asked with a mischievous smile.
"Of course, to conquer beauties," Reno candidly replied.
"Ew."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gerd' face immediately showed a look of disgust.
"What do you mean??" Reno was confused by her.
Even Tashigi and Gunko were equally bewildered.
Gerd put her hands on her hips and shook her head, saying 993: "Didn't you just say that everyone living here is an animal?"
"The beauties you want wouldn't happen to be animals, would they??"
At this point, Gerd looked down at Reno and clicked her tongue in wonder:
"Captain, I really didn't expect you to be into that."
Reno:...Alright, alright, alright!
So this is how she wanted to play!
"Gerd, you've eaten the Devil Fruit, and you've taken the hellflame axe."
"Why aren't you hurrying to the Time Room to cultivate? What are you doing here??"
Reno's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze gradually becoming dangerous.
Gerd froze, then smiled wryly and fiddled with Reno's arm, pouting:
"Captain, I just came out of the Time Room. Can I cultivate later??"
Boom!!!
Her only response was a clap of thunder that exploded not far away.
"I'm going right now!"
Gerd' fur bristled. She grabbed her hellflame axe and quickly ran towards the Time Room.
As she stepped through the doorway, Reno thought he heard a curse.
Or perhaps he misheard.
"Let's go down."
Reno controlled the airship, slowly descending to an uninhabited area.
He led Gunko and Tashigi off the deck, and his Observation Haki swept out.
Before long, a smile suddenly appeared on Reno's face.
"Found you."
He took the lead, walking straight in a certain direction.
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