Emission

The blood-colored figure, who had been quietly reading a newspaper and drinking tea, suddenly stood up and reached out an arm to grab a newspaper from the adjacent table.

It turned out he had simply finished his current newspaper and wanted a new one.

"Hoo hoo~!" Byrnndi's halted breathing resumed, and he gasped for air while staring at Latrick.

In his Observation Haki, the aura emanating from Patrick was no different from other pirates. If he hadn't seen the figure with his own eyes, it would have been impossible to recognize him.

Such a powerful method of concealing one's aura was almost unimaginable to Byrnndi.

"That person is indeed just as the legends say. He won't care about a pirate like me."

Byrnndi had heard some rumors about Red Count. It was said that he was an arrogant individual, disdaining to form or join pirate crews, relying solely on his personal strength.

What he cared about was that, according to the rumors, Red Count only considered a few of the world's top powerhouses as opponents. As for others, even if their bounty exceeded a billion, he wouldn't spare them a second glance.

"He shouldn't attack me." Byrnndi confirmed repeatedly, finding that Patrick didn't even bother to lift an eyelid.

He was quite pleased.

Kenji was also in a good mood, as the system had suddenly issued a side quest that was almost given away for free.

[You have encountered the legendary 'Red Count, Patrick Redfield']

[Mission (Side): Successfully retreat or survive until Patrick Redfield leaves!]

[Reward: Upgrade a random owned trait 1 time!]

"This kind of reward..." Kenji raised his hand to stroke his chin, deep in thought.

"Based on the system's previous missions, it can be confirmed that mission difficulty is linked to the reward. The higher the difficulty, the richer the reward!"

"A 1 time random upgrade is the lowest basic reward... which means the system judges this mission's difficulty to be not great, perhaps even relatively easy?"

Kenji compiled all previous system mission, attempting to understand part of the system's reward mechanism.

He recalled the first mission required him to challenge 'monster' students Sakazuki or Borsalino.

For him, a talentless student at Marine School fifty years ago, this was undoubtedly hellish difficulty, but if it was only about trying his best to display his abilities during the challenge, then it was much easier.

Overall, the system always had a certain mechanism when issuing missions. There would be no '100% suicide' type of missions. After all, it was a comeback system, not a suicide system.

The same was true this time.

While Red Count, Patrick Redfield was indeed very strong, he was Red the Aloof and had no interest in passersby other than top powerhouses.

Kenji was one of those 'passerby' characters.

In Patrick's eyes, he was no different from Byrnndi, who was gasping like an ox from a beating nearby, or even the nameless pirates around them.

"Although I got a reward for free, why do I feel a little annoyed?" Kenji stroked his beard, feeling a bit frustrated.

However, he still calmly refrained from acting. The system mission didn't mention needing to challenge Patrick, and even if he defeated the opponent, there wouldn't be any extra rewards.

Moreover, Kenji's biggest goal for this trip was...

"Mag-Mag fruit!"

Kenji's heart stirred, and he quickly turned his head to look at the tavern hall.

Half of the hall was in ruins, and the other half was also shattered. The Mag-Mag fruit had fallen in the middle area.

"It almost got buried." Kenji frowned as he looked at Byrnndi not far away, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

"It's all your fault, kid!"

The atmosphere in the field suddenly changed drastically. Byrnndi's pupils constricted, sensing the approaching danger, and he hastily used his strongest power.

"Multiply 100x Speed!"

Whoosh!

He had just stood up when Kenji had already appeared in front of him as if teleporting.

However, under the enhancement of 100x speed, Byrnndi was incredibly fast, and Kenji's surprise attack missed.

Then, in just half a second, Byrnndi had already rushed onto the pirate ship at the dock and turned the cannon muzzle to bombard Kenji.

"Multiply 100x Cannon!"

The cannon roared, and an ordinary cannonball rapidly expanded and grew larger during its high-speed bombardment, eventually becoming a hundred times its original size.

The cannonball not only grew larger, but its destructive power also greatly increased. A giant cannonball amplified a hundredfold could destroy an ordinary island with one hit.

Unfortunately, the giant cannonball in the air exploded with a bang before it could even fall, stirring up a sky full of fire clouds, while the violent airflow fiercely impacted the pirate island below.

"No matter how powerful a cannonball is, what's the use if it doesn't hit the target?" Kenji casually tossed a few pebbles in his hand.

Just now, he had used Armament Haki to wrap the pebbles and throw them to hit the giant cannonball, detonating it in mid-air.

"Hmm? Still trying to fire?"

Seeing Byrnndi on the distant pirate ship lighting another cannon, Kenji threw the remaining pebbles in his hand.

Bang... Bang... Bang!

The pebbles, wrapped in high-intensity Armament Haki, were like cannonballs, exploding one after another after hitting the pirate ship.

Byrnndi himself, however, used Observation Haki to perceive the danger in advance and quickly dodged away with 100x speed.

He ran, but his pirate ship couldn't escape, remaining in place and being smashed into flying splinters.

This pirate ship had already been badly damaged by the giant waves not long ago, and now, suffering another heavy blow, it completely gave out.

After drifting on the sea for a few more seconds, the entire pirate ship collapsed with a 'boom' and disintegrated on the spot.

"My pirate ship... Damn it!"

Watching his pirate ship, which had accompanied him for many years, being destroyed, blood vessels appeared in Byrnndi's eyes, and his anger erupted.

In just an instant, his entire body hardened with Armament Haki, especially the Armament Haki on his fists, which was at its highest intensity.

Following that, 100x speed erupted and he flashed a thousand meters, comparable to teleportation. Onlookers couldn't even see a shadow.

In front of the tavern ruins, Kenji did not punch, but only raised his hand and extended his index finger, with light flowing at the fingertip.

Emission!

The next moment, Kenji's extended index finger precisely poked Byrnndi's Armament Haki-enhanced heavy punch, which was coming at 100x speed.

Byrnndi's entire body instantly froze as if an acupuncture point had been hit and even the full-body enhanced Armament Haki began to rapidly recede.

"This is as far as you go, kid!"

Kenji smiled slightly, his index finger suddenly exerted force, piercing through Byrnndi's fist, and then smoothly penetrating the latter's chest.

Pfft!

Blood splattered, but not a single drop stained Kenji's body.

When Kenji withdrew his index finger, a bloody hole, transparent from front to back, appeared on World's chest.

"Ugh... Damn it... I haven't traveled the world yet..."

Byrnndi clutched his chest in pain, blood gurgling from the corners of his mouth, his eyes filled with regret and unwillingness.

At this moment, he felt the strength in his body rapidly draining away, even losing the power to stand up and escape.

Thump!

Byrnndi's massive body fell, falling into a coma.

Kenji retracted his finger, with no trace of blood on its tip.

Just as Byrnndi collapsed, Patrick Redfield, on the second floor of the half-destroyed tavern behind them, suddenly looked up, his eyes showing that he was seemingly a little surprised.