Chapter 252: Spiritual Pressure
"…"
"I don't understand!"
"When I had to unlock the Archaeologist profession by passing the Ohara exam, I accepted that."
"After all, archaeology is fundamentally about history, so it made sense."
"But now, why does this Scholar profession require knowledge in other fields?"
"Furthermore, why are meteorology and Oceanography requirements not used for upgrading the navigator profession, but instead for the Archaeologist upgrade task?"
"What do these fields have to do with archaeology?"
"Why doesn't the panel just ask me to study 'Tomb Raiding' or 'Feng Shui'? Those would make more sense than Meteorology and Oceanography!"
After reaching the maximum level as an Archaeologist, the subsequent profession upgrade tasks were triggered.
This was expected by Adrian.
However, the tasks required for the profession upgrade were increasingly absurd!
In comparison, Adrian found the last task—'Encounter a Red Poneglyph'—the simplest.
After all, there's a Red Poneglyph in Big Mom's Totto Land.
And it has been visited by two generations of Pirate Kings!
Completing this final requirement while doing the Charlotte family's chain missions made sense, right?
Very reasonable!
But the problems were with the first two task requirements!
"I just spent months learning historical knowledge, returned to the sea, ready to make my mark."
"And now the panel tells me to go back and study again?"
"Wait, why did I say 'again'?"
Adrian frowned.
It seemed the panel had asked him to study several times before.
The first time was during the Swordmaster's advancement task, which required studying ten swordsmanship books.
The second was the Archaeologist's unlocking task.
The third time is now, for the Archaeologist advancement task.
"It feels like the Archaeologist series professions have a completely different style from the other professions!"
"If I go out and meet someone, and they introduce themselves as 'I'm a pirate' or 'I'm a marine.'"
"Do I respond by hitting them with a book and saying, 'I have three PhDs'?"
The thought of wearing a white lab coat, black-rimmed glasses, and holding a leather whip to hit people made Adrian feel oddly thrilled.
Ahem!
Fortunately, on Weatheria Island, Adrian had already spent months studying meteorology. Asking the meteorologists there to teach him would likely not be a problem.
But the Karakuri Island (Mechanical Island)...
"Isn't that Dr. Vegapunk's homeland? Also on the first half of the Grand Line."
"But I remember the Karakuri Island specializing in mechanics, even having the nickname 'Mechanical Island.'"
"Future Straw Hat Pirates' shipwright Franky studied mechanics there during his two-year training."
"Does the Karakuri Island (Mechanical Island) also have specialized oceanography knowledge?"
"More importantly, I'm not familiar with that place at all..."
As for the skill reward of this task, Rational Analysis, Adrian didn't quite understand its description.
"Analyzing opponents' devil fruit abilities probably referred to the various devil fruits."
But for Adrian, who knew a lot about the original story, he was already aware of most devil fruit users and their abilities, along with their strengths and weaknesses.
And given Adrian's current power.
Not to brag.
Except for the top tier of experts standing at the peak of the sea, other devil fruit users were not worth his attention.
With the maxed-out devil fruit abilities gained from the panel, he wasn't joking!
In summary, Adrian found the skill Rational Analysis somewhat useless.
It's like chicken ribs—tasteless to eat but a waste to throw out.
Additionally, Adrian felt that the profession abilities in the Archaeologist series were oddly mismatched.
The initial Archaeologist profession corresponded to the special ability—Theoretical Research.
The advanced appraiser profession skill—Appraisal.
The third level Archaeologist skill—Divination.
Just when Adrian thought this path would keep veering towards mysticism.
The fourth matching ability, Rational Analysis, pulled him back to a scientific worldview.
It was all quite confusing.
Setting aside the newly triggered profession upgrade tasks for now, Adrian cleared his mind of unrelated thoughts.
He decided to try out his new skill.
Divination.
"What should I divine?"
"How about seeing if I can have milk tea today?"
"That seems unreliable..."
"And I have neither premonitions nor suitable tools."
Thinking it over, Adrian took out a gold coin from his pocket.
Though he usually stored his valuables in Rumi's Castle, he kept some spares with him.
Placing the coin on the second joint of his index finger, he flicked it with his thumb.
Ding—
The coin flipped dozens of times in the air, almost turning into a small ball of yellow light.
Under Adrian's gaze, the coin landed on the reef ground, standing upright.
"An upright coin? What kind of divination result is this?"
Adrian crossed his arms, frowning slightly.
"Upright... upright... Infinity Stand of the Active Ghost?"
"Could it be? Does this mean I'll really have delicious milk tea today?"
"Is the Mermaid Cafe launching an autumn tea special?"
"Autumn's first milk tea, and it's mermaid-flavored, huh? Nice, very nice!"
{IDK what I am doing RN}
Trying out the divination skill cheered Adrian up, despite the uncertainty of its reliability.
Organizing his gains, he allocated all 40 free attribute points from leveling up the Archaeologist to his intelligence attribute.
Just as Adrian was about to enjoy his autumn's first mermaid milk tea, another panel notification appeared.
Intelligence attribute exceeds 2000 points!
Superhuman-type Ghost Fruit detected!
Skill acquired—Spiritual Pressure! {Reiatsu, 灵压}
Spiritual Pressure (No Level): A special ability derived from ghosts.
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