47. Mark Armor! One-Punch Man!
"Ba... Bawang! Damn it, did I mess up the name again? No way, I have to try again."
"Ba... Bawang! Ba... Bawang!"
"(•́へ•́╬)(•́へ•́╬)---!!!"
Shanks's face stiffened, and he gave up struggling.
The various commanders of the Red Hair Pirates also exchanged bewildered glances.
It was too bizarre.
Not only was this fellow's swordsmanship extremely bizarre, but even his name was bizarre.
Clearly wanting to call out his real name, why did he always uncontrollably want to call him "Daddy"?
Shanks felt somewhat depressed, raising his goblet and beginning to drink heavily once more.
What kind of absurdity was this?
As a dignified Emperor of the New World, he had actually called a complete stranger "Daddy" in front of so many of his subordinates. It was simply too shameful...
"Is this the bounty poster for Ba-Bawang? Good grief... the initial bounty is actually as high as ninety million berries!"
"Hahahaha~~ This captain is amused. Are those Navy personnel stationed in the East Blue all freeloading good-for-nothings? Such a terrifying opponent only has a bounty of ninety million berries?!"
A mere ninety million berry bounty naturally failed to catch Shanks's eye.
In the New World, bounties of this caliber were a dime a dozen.
Not to mention anything far off, even an apprentice pirate under his command had a bounty running into the hundreds of millions!
However.
This hefty bounty of a full ninety million berries did not appear in the New World!
It hadn't even entered the territorial waters of the Grand Line!!
The average bounty in the East Blue was merely a pitiful three million berries or so.
To release a vicious criminal worth ninety million berries into the weakest of the Four Seas—the East Blue—wasn't that just throwing a wolf among a flock of sheep?!
What left Shanks most speechless was not even this.
It was the utter incompetence of the Navy stationed in the East Blue!!
An enemy who could make "Hawk Eye" Mihawk—one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea—hesitate to even draw his sword in a slash.
Only had a bounty of ninety million berries?
Who on earth are they looking down on?!
Don't treat the Seven Warlords of the Sea like they aren't even pirates!
"This move by the East Blue Navy is truly vicious. I can already imagine the expressions of those grand pirates with bounties exceeding one hundred million, getting humiliated and thrashed by Chu Bawang after provoking him. They will definitely send regards to all the female ancestors of the World Government down to the eighteenth generation."
Ben Beckman wore an equally eccentric expression.
As Shanks's right-hand man, Ben Beckman not only served as the tactician of the Red Hair Pirates, but he was also a fierce and peerless warrior of unmatched combat prowess.
Among the Four Emperors' pirate crews in the New World, the Red Hair Pirates were the only ones possessing dual top-tier combatants of the "Emperor" level.
Even the World Government did not dare to provoke them lightly.
"I'm leaving."
The message he had come to convey had been delivered, and "Hawk Eye" Mihawk did not linger.
He was going into secluded training!
In Chu Bawang, Mihawk had once again felt an immense wave of pressure.
Shanks did not try to stop him; he could clearly feel the surging fighting spirit emanating from Mihawk.
"Lucky Roux, post the bounty poster of Ba-Bawang. If we happen to cross paths with Ba-Bawang, tell our men not to provoke him lightly."
"I have a hunch that Ba-Bawang will soon arrive in the New World and whip up a massive tempest!!!"
Lucky Roux was momentarily stunned.
This was his first time seeing his boss wear such a solemn expression.
Yet, upon second thought, it made complete sense.
Even Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman, had suffered a setback. Being treated with such high regard was only natural.
Just as Lucky Roux was about to turn and leave, Shanks called out again, "If necessary, we can be on good terms with Ba-Bawang, and tell him I wish to meet him. If we could invite him for a friendly spar in swordsmanship, that would be even better."
He was rather curious to see:
How terrifying was the swordsmanship of the swordsman in this world who could make Mihawk feel such apprehension?
Shanks was certainly not willing to easily miss out on a peerless swordsman praised so highly by Mihawk!!
...........
East Blue, near Loguetown.
"Huh? What's going on? It's only seven o'clock in the morning, why is the draw limit already maxed out?"
"Could it be that one hundred people were calling me 'Daddy' in their dreams last night?!"
The system's daily draw limit was capped at one hundred times.
The triggering keyword was 'Daddy'.
Fortunately, this little system's brain wasn't entirely sharp; otherwise, Chu Bawang would have been reported long ago for playing wordplay.
Thinking it over and over, Chu Bawang still couldn't figure out who on earth had racked up one hundred draws for him.
Since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it.
Time to draw first!
........
[Obtained: KFC Super Value Family Barrel x1]
[Obtained: Mr. Krabs' Secret Burger King Recipe x1]
[Obtained: Empress Photobook (Part 1) x1]
[Obtained: Advanced Armament Haki]
"..."
Chu Bawang was dumbfounded. What on earth was going on with this draw?
He could tolerate the family barrel and the Burger King recipe.
What the heck was the Empress photobook? Did this dog-shit system actually contain such wretched and lowly things?!
"Hmm, smells amazing. For the next draw, please let me finish the second half as well!!"
Chu Bawang was reading with great relish.
He almost couldn't resist the wicked urge to crawl back under the covers and torment the little wealthy heiress, Kaya.
"Sigh... Female beauty truly causes one to degenerate, harming both the body and the kidneys."
Chu Bawang rolled up his sleeves and said with a solemn expression:
"The last ten draw chances! Looks like it's time to sacrifice Usopp's hairline to turn my luck around!"
"Western Heaven Tathagata Buddha, Jade Emperor... Supreme Laozi, swiftly as the legal decree... Great Might Heavenly Dragon, World-Honored Earth Treasury, Prajña various Buddhas, Om mani padme hum... Please bless me with a grand prize!"
[Ding! Obtained Iron Man's full set of Mark armor]
[Ding! Obtained Saitama-sensei's One-Punch Man inherited profound mystery]
"..."
Well, now it was completely screwed.
Even great deity Usopp's hairline had been sacrificed by him?
The good news, however, was that this draw had indeed yielded a super grand prize once again!
Iron Man's full set of Mark armor was undeniably top-tier goodness.
Compared to Iron Man's nano-armor, the War Machine Bartholomew Kuma of the One Piece world looked absolute trash, didn't it?!
That latest version of the nano-armor could even exchange blows with a Father-level Thanos, boasting exceptionally impressive power.
[One-Punch Man's inherited profound mystery: The most crucial point is persistence. Do one hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred squats, and run ten kilometers every day. PS: Baldness comes with an extra buff bonus]
I've become bald, and I've become stronger?
If Luffy were to suddenly blurt out those words, it would probably be quite amusing.
For the time being, though, the inherited power of One-Punch Man was still a bit too dangerous for Luffy.
Luffy as he was now could not yet be called a qualified captain!
"I never expected this to be the correct way to utilize the Straw Hat crew? I simply love you guys to death!"
Chu Bawang's gaze began to grow increasingly dangerous:
"It seems that if an unlucky fellow like me wants to pull out some grand prizes, I must offer up some sacrifices to the God of European Luck..."
"Next time, should I try sacrificing Zoro's romantic luck? It should... probably be doable, right?!"
Zoro's romantic luck had always ranked near the top in the One Piece world.
If he used Zoro's romantic luck as a sacrifice, he would definitely summon the European Emperor to defy the heavens and change his destiny!
"--!!o(╥﹏╥)o"
Zoro, who was hugging his Wado Ichimonji while taking an afternoon nap, tightly furrowed his brows, appearing to be having a rather unpleasant nightmare.