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Chapter 130: Entering Whitebeard's Territory
There were still four days until the start of the Fourth World War.
Yuichi, having met and successfully 'convinced' Zephyr, gained his support.
After a short rest for a few days, the NEO Marines, gathered with Zephyr's subordinates, officially set sail from their base camp, heading somewhere in the New World.
Inside the cabin.
Yuichi was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed, facing the sea outside the window, performing Jinzen (Sword Meditation).
Suddenly, Yuichi opened his eyes and looked at the system panel.
[Host: Yuichi]
[The first template character: Byakuya Kuchiki]
[Current awakening progress: 59.8%]
"After a few days of practice, I have successfully increased the progress by 1.1%!"
"This growth rate is even faster than when the template was first opened!"
Yuichi didn't know if it was because of the Fusion of All Worlds or because he opened the second character template, Asakura Hao.
It seemed that it wouldn't take long for the awakening progress to reach 60%.
He looked at the system prompts.
[A random reward will be given if the character template awakening progress reaches 60%]
Random rewards!
This made Yuichi look forward to it. Unknown things always created expectations.
Getting off the bed and standing up, Yuichi removed his previous suit and put on a wide white cloak. He wore a white suit before because, as a Marine officer, he had to show the majesty of the World Government and the Marines. He had no choice then.
To be honest, Yuichi didn't like the restrictive feeling of suits. This was freer.
He stood up. The door opened.
Ain stood at the door and looked at Yuichi. "Teacher told you to come out! It seems that we are almost at our destination."
Yuichi nodded and walked toward the door. Before Ain arrived, Yuichi had already sensed her presence and intentions.
This was due to the enhancement effect of Spirit Vision after Asakura Hao's awakening progress improved. The combination of this ability and Observation Haki seemed to give Yuichi a sign that he was about to awaken the ability to predict the future.
Although Yuichi wasn't actively using Observation Haki many times, there was always an inexplicable feeling reminding him to use it. At the same time, after releasing Observation Haki combined with Asakura Hao's Spirit Vision, the range of perception was extremely amazing.
If he focused on one person, the closer and weaker the opponent was, the more Yuichi could feel their emotions and thoughts.
With people like Ain, he could only feel a rough idea. But if it was an ordinary soldier, Yuichi was already able to perceive the thoughts in their mind, though not all of them.
As the character's awakening progress increased, the activated abilities would naturally become stronger. After 100% awakening, the ability would be enhanced to the point where it was exactly the same as the template character.
He came onto the deck.
Yuichi hadn't even stepped out of the cabin door yet, but the soldiers on deck already felt a strong sense of oppression.
When Yuichi appeared, some people suddenly came to their senses only to find their foreheads covered in cold sweat.
Yuichi glanced at a sweaty soldier.
"You have a strong sense of danger. If you practice well, your achievements may reach the Naval Headquarters Vice Admiral level."
Yuichi casually said something and continued walking forward. Zephyr was waiting for him at the bow.
Arriving at the bow, Zephyr looked back at Yuichi.
"You kid really are a monster! Conqueror's Haki has only been awakened for a few days, yet the feeling of oppression is getting stronger and stronger."
Hearing this, Yuichi smiled. "I should have controlled it very well; I didn't leak Haki. Teacher's perception ability is amazing."
"It's not because I have good perception. Once you awaken Conqueror's Haki, this is an unavoidable phenomenon."
"As a King! It's normal to leak oppression!"
Saying that, Zephyr looked into the distance. "Stop talking about this. We've already arrived."
Yuichi also turned his head to look in that direction.
On the endless sea, a huge ship was anchored in the distance.
This huge ship was Yuichi's target.
With Yuichi and the others approaching, the NEO Marine fleet's size was conspicuous. There were five or six large ships and a dozen small ships, fully loaded with soldiers, totaling about 5,000 personnel.
It was too difficult for such a fleet to remain unnoticed on the sea. Someone on the giant ship in the distance had already seen the fleet that suddenly appeared.
At the same time, near this huge ship, small boats were watching secretly from afar.
If one looked carefully, they would find that although no flags were hoisted on these boats—making them look like ordinary merchant ships or fishing boats—the personnel on board were actually Marine soldiers.
They were closely monitoring the giant ship. Although it was impossible to monitor every movement, it was enough to determine its approximate position.
.....
The Marines on board were monitoring the giant ship as usual. The sudden appearance of the NEO Marine fleet caught their attention.
"These... these are... NEO Marines, the legion organized by the former Admiral Black Arm Zephyr?"
"What are they going to do?"
"So many people have gathered to come to Whitebeard's territory? Are they attempting to do something to Whitebeard?"
"Crazy?"
Several Marine soldiers in charge of monitoring were stunned. Although Black Arm Zephyr was very strong as a former Admiral, his current strength was supposedly far from what it used to be. To challenge Whitebeard was looking for death!
A Marine soldier held up binoculars to check the situation on the ship.
Sure enough!
On the lead ship, Black Arm Zephyr was seen at the bow.
"It really is Black Arm Zephyr!"
But then, he noticed a figure beside Zephyr that made the Marine soldier doubt his eyes.
Yuichi, who was not wearing the Marine Justice cloak, appeared in the lens.
"Is this Mr. Yuichi?"
"How? How did Mr. Yuichi end up with Black Arm Zephyr?"
"And why is Yuichi-san dressed like that?"
The matter of Yuichi leaving the Marines had been blocked by the World Government. Although the newspapers had dug up some rumors, there was no definite evidence that Yuichi had indeed defected. So, this news had never been officially reported.
And now Yuichi had appeared, taking Zephyr's ship to Whitebeard's territory.
In the eyes of these Marine soldiers, Yuichi was still an Admiral Candidate. Such a person represented the highest combat power of the Marines. And the Marine's highest combat power was now heading for Whitebeard's ship, the Moby Dick.
What was this for?
Did they want to slay Whitebeard?
But they hadn't received any orders or information about this situation at all!
Aboard the Moby Dick.
Marco held up binoculars and looked in the direction of the NEO Marine ship.
"Pops, someone's coming! It's Black Arm Zephyr, and there's a special guy on board."
"That kid you've been wanting to meet, Marine Admiral Candidate Yuichi... no... it should be said to be the pirate Yuichi now. He's here too!"
Hearing this, Whitebeard opened his eyes suddenly.
"Pirate... Yuichi!!!!"
"Gurararara..."
"It seems that he has really left the Marines! That means it is not the Marines who want to attack this old man, but a rising star who wants to take this old man's head!"
"Let them approach! Marco!"
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