Chương 172: Evolution requirement

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In The Holy Land Mary Geoise, the 5 elders were currently each holding a stack of papers and staring at it seriously before the youngest-looking one of them who had blonde hair calmly asked "It's not a bad idea to let him join, defeating Doflamingo is no easy feat and he will be a good deterrent for other pirates as well"

To this, a bald elder that was carrying a sword in his hand nodded before he replied "I agree, but his closeness with the newcomer pirate that has Nico Robin in his crew is worrying"

"Monkey D Luffy… Another person carrying the surname D has appeared... we will have to deal with him before he turns into a problem" spoke an elder with a scar on the left side of his face and was holding a walking cane.

After some silence, another bald elder with a large white mustache suddenly asked "Do you think we should report this to Im-sama? This mysterious Yuki might be related to the person we were warned about"

Hearing this, a tall and thin elder calmly replied "Let's not jump to a conclusion here, our top priority is to fill the vacant warlord position, and he's a good fit for it, that's what matters… We can change him in the future if a better candidate emerges"

"I agree, the balance of the three powers must be restored quickly… We can keep a close eye on him this way as well… Agreed?" Spoke the youngest looking of the five elders and they all eventually gave their agreement… At this moment, a new warlord was officially appointed!

…

Meanwhile, back at marine ford, Yuki was calmly chilling in one of the rooms Garp reluctantly provided him with, and surprisingly he wasn't reading the book he stole. Instead, he was focusing on his system…

"I wonder how many abilities I will be able to evolve in this world with my path of evolution…" muttered Yuki excitedly and started checking one ability after another.

Some abilities had ridiculous requirements such as his Free spirit ability which required him to become the strongest person in this world and earn the title of pirate king.

Or his Immortal stand ability that required him to absorb the hearts of ten mythical creatures!

'Where am I supposed to find these? No, if this requirement exists, it means that these creatures exist somewhere… Just what in the hell is this world hiding I wonder…' Yuki's eyes wandered all over the place before he settled only on the abilities he could evolve and a talent!

[Evolving requirement for Enhanced Stamina Recovery: Put Germa 66 in your debt and acquire their research on genetics!]

[Evolving requirement for Natural Breathing: Master Fishman Karate and Fishman Jujutsu]

[Evolving requirement for Supreme Elemental Resistance: Absorb the essence of 5 elemental devil fruits]

[Evolving requirement for Superior Regeneration: Absorb the essence of the Mythical Zoan devil fruit model Phoenix and the Ope Ope devil fruit]

[Evolving requirement for The hero's favor: Absorb the essence of the Pump Pump Fruit and learn the art of hypnotism]

[Evolving requirement for Minotaur's potential: Absorb the essence of 5 Mythical Zoan devil fruits]

'It seems like I'm going to earn the hatred of many people…' thought Yuki, however, the weird smirk on his face showed just how much he didn't care about the chaos he was about to cause

"Oy system, what will happen to the user if I absorb the essence of a devil fruit from them?" he asked curiously and his system replied to him

[Answer: The wielder of the devil fruit will lose the ability to use its abilities for a certain duration… at the worst case 2 months, and they will turn into a normal human and even regain their ability to swim. However, after a month has passed, they will gain back their abilities]

"I see, so it's not as bad as I thought… Good" muttered Yuki with a wide smile… At this moment, all throughout the world, every mythical zoan devil fruit user felt a chill, but they didn't understand its source… Only the unlucky of this bunch will come to find out why they were feeling this way…

As Yuki was lost in his thoughts, a single knock sounded from the door of his room before the door itself came smashing into his face…

"Ah, it seems I knocked a bit too hard, hahahahaha…" Garp started laughing after seeing the dark look on Yuki's face and the latter couldn't help but say mockingly "You do not strike me as the type who's polite enough to knock, Old Gorilla!"

"What did you say you little brat? Let me teach you a lesson…" and he prepared to rush at Yuki, but a cough suddenly sounded from beside him as Sengoku held him back and entered the room with a casual look on his face, although inside he was thinking 'Garp wasn't wrong, this kid didn't receive any damage despite receiving the hit head-on… In fact, from the cunning look in his eyes, it appears like he accepted the hit on purpose'

Just as Sengoku concluded his thoughts, Yuki instantly clutched his head with a pained look on his face and didn't give him any time to speak as he said "Ah, how could you attack me like this, I almost died… I need compensation!"

'As I thought…' Sengoku's face instantly darkened but he pretended to scold Garp and said "See, I told you not to cause trouble, you pay him for his injuries now"

However, Yuki wasn't taking any of it as he approached Sengoku with a smirk on his face and said "Fleet admiral, let's not play any tricks here, you clearly did this to test me… Now, how do you plan to pay me back for this disrespect"

Sengoku's face froze, and even Garp's face darkened slightly as they exchanged a hidden look 'This guy is trouble'

But Sengoku wasn't easy to deal with as well as he responded "I don't know what you are talking about, and I have no desire to pay anything to a scum of the sea… If you don't like it, impel down is nearby, I don't mind throwing you there and let you join your friend crocodile"

"Relax Sengoku…" Spoke Garp calmly while Yuki simply contemplated

'Playing good cop bad cop with me? heh how naive...'

He couldn't help but burst out in laughter before he said "Your reason for coming here is clear as day, the elders accepted me as the next warlord, I'm now officially part of the government, do you really think you can throw me in jail on a whim?"

Lightning clashed between Sengoku's and Yuki's eyes while Garp rubbed the back of his head, but a feminine voice suddenly spoke from behind the two "Stop acting like kids, the two of you…"

"Tsuru-chan? What are you doing here?" asked Garp in surprise and Tsuru simply shook her head and said "I thought something like this might happen so I came to check on things, we invited the other warlords to introduce them to Yuki, so we can't be late…"

Then she turned to Yuki who was staring at her calmly and said "You are not easy to deal with, let's talk about your compensation along the way…"

Yuki smiled widely as he passed by Sengoku and Garp and started walking alongside Vice admiral Tsuru before he said "Ah, finally someone cute and reasonable to talk to"

"eh, me cute? You do know how to sweat talk as well huh?" Tsuru shot Yuki a side glance, but he could tell that she didn't mind the compliment…

Meanwhile, he himself was thinking 'So this is the tactician of the marines huh… This woman is definitely no easier to deal with than Sengoku and Garp considering she could see through their plans easily... I need to be careful '

However, the careless smile never escaped his face as he said "By the way, regarding the compensation, it's actually nothing that will cost you"

"Brat, how could you lie with such a straight face?" Spoke Garp with a snort while Sengoku and Tsuru observed him silently, but Yuki felt wronged as the first time he told the truth, they didn't believe him…

"It's the truth I swear! I've found a special stone lately that appears to have the power to nullify a Zoan devil fruit user's power for a period of time… However, it requires their full cooperation, and I want to test it on Sengoku since he's a mythical Zoan that's all"

The trio were shocked by the existence of such an item that can have so many uses if it truly held this kind of power... In fact, just its research value was immense and they might even create weapons to counter devil fruit users! and indeed, this was the reason he was stalling all this time… He wanted to start gathering the requirements to evolve his minotaur's talent, and what better than starting with a Buddha?

"Impossible, if such a thing truly exists, it won't be impossible anymore to take down Kaido!" muttered Sengoku and the air grew tense as the trio instinctively surrounded Yuki, but he suddenly smiled widely and said "Don't ever dream about forcing me to hand it to you, I can escape this base at any time, and at that point, I will become the biggest thorn on your side"

The trio started to exchange looks and they eventually decided to make their decision once they see the effect of this miraculous stone, then Tsuru calmly said

"Let's go to the meeting room first and discuss this later…"

"Sure…" Spoke Yuki and kept walking with a relaxed smile on his face while the trio got lost in their own plans…

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Meanwhile, News quickly spread throughout the world as the new warlord was announced, and this brought plenty of discomfort to certain people that were coveting that position.

One such person was currently sailing on a raft-looking ship with his 4 crewmates...

"Where did this guy emerge from? His strength is no joke considering he was even able to defeat Doflamingo…" Spoke Blackbeard with annoyance on his face.

He was planning to take the position of the warlord to further his evil goals, but now his plans were ruined by this unknown pirate that suddenly emerged from out of nowhere...

"You don't have to worry too much captain, that guy might be strong, but that's not something that can be said about all of the rest of the warlords" Spoke a pale tall, and thin person beside Blackbeard, he was wearing a black classic hat and carrying a red wooden cane.

This was the navigator of the Blackbeard pirates, the Demon Sheriff Laffitte! He also acted as a strategist when required.

"What do you mean, Laffitte?" asked Blackbeard calmly and he quickly received an answer that made him start grinning again

"Captain, we can act as planned and make a reputation for ourselves first by hunting a famous pirate, then we can simply get rid of one of the current warlords, preferably the weakest of them, Gecko Moria, and take his position!"

"That's a great suggestion Laffitte, ZIHAHAHAHA, nothing will stop my plan… Oy guys, row faster, we need to restock on the next island… Jaya was it?"

"YES CAPTAIN" Yelled a giant guy beside him before he started rowing like crazy…