I've Already Become An Admiral And Now The System Shows Up?

"Oh? Newgate is quite fast."

Kenji was a bit surprised, having initially thought the system would only issue rewards after landing on Kubo Island.

The direct issuance of rewards now clearly indicated that the system had determined the war was completely over.

Although Kenji wasn't clear about the system's specific judgment mechanism, he figured it had to be at least to the extent that no major battles would break out in a short time, meaning Whitebeard's Moby Dick had to have run far enough away.

"There was no extra boost for this reward either… It seems the system determined the difficulty of this mission was only in personal survival."

Kenji finished reading all the system prompts and gained some understanding.

"Last time I encountered Roger, the system probably judged that if I didn't seek death, I wouldn't be in mortal danger."

"But this time, Newgate and Shiki are different. Their personalities differ from Roger's, and they possess Devil Fruit abilities with extremely wide destructive ranges."

"The situations on the two battlefields were also different…"

If the last encounter with Roger was considered an 'accidental meeting' in the system's judgment, this time, it was Kenji actively participating in a Legendary Pirate's battlefield.

Joining the battle of top-tier powerhouses as a Marine Captain...

Kenji even suspected if the system had judged him as 'actively seeking death'.

"Well, that's fine, there will be other opportunities anyway…" Kenji retracted his thoughts, his attention returning to the system rewards.

"Conqueror's Haki is already 'Light Purple', let's advance it directly."

He chose to advance Conqueror's Haki trait without hesitation.

The major assignable upgrade reward was slightly different from just assignable upgrades.

The former increases the rarity of the target trait by 1 full level. Meanwhile, the latter increases the rarity of the target trait by 1 minor level.

At this moment, with a thought, Kenji mentally pressed the '+' sign above the Conqueror's Haki trait.

Light flickered, and the purple trait quickly became dull, then deep purple, black-purple, and finally completely dim.

The next moment, a brand new color appeared, and the Conqueror's Haki trait shone with golden brilliance.

[Your Conqueror's Haki (Light Purple) has advanced to Conqueror's Haki (Light Gold)!

"As expected, the advancement reward is not affected by the 'lightness' or 'darkness' of the trait's rarity. It directly promotes to the next rarity level."

Kenji looked at the golden Conqueror's Haki trait in his vision and thought for a moment.

"I'll use the remaining two assignable upgrade opportunities too!"

With a shift in his thoughts, his gaze fell on the '+' sign after the Conqueror's Haki trait, and he mentally tapped it twice.

[Your Conqueror's Haki (Light Gold) is upgrading… Gold… Dark Gold!]

[Current Conqueror's Haki (Dark Gold)!]

"Darn it, I forgot to account for the rarity level." Kenji looked at the 'Dark Gold' rarity of Conqueror's Haki in his vision with a slight annoyance.

From a rarity perspective, the Conqueror's Haki trait's strength was undoubtedly extremely high, but this 'Dark Gold'... was somewhat uncomfortable.

However, Kenji quickly forgot this minor annoyance. He raised his right hand, and the 'Dark Gold' rarity Conqueror's Haki released.

Then, this domineering and fierce Haki became extremely obedient, coiling around his arm as if it were an extension of his body, with streaks of Conqueror's Haki light swirling and flowing.

"It's done!"

Kenji's lips curved, feeling the joy he had when he first learned the Six Styles in his youth.

In his youth, after long-term training, he finally mastered the Six Styles, and his strength underwent a qualitative improvement, so one can imagine his immense surprise.

And now, he had finally mastered Conqueror's Haki Infusion, which only a very few top powerhouses in the entire world could master, making him feel a long-lost great surprise once again.

Kenji's small reservation completely vanished, and he felt emotional.

"My talent was mediocre. Even after sixty years of training, I barely stepped into the threshold of a first-rate powerhouse, and now it hasn't even been half a year since the system awakened."

"Hmm, next time I'll find an opportunity to 'fleece' some more from those top powerhouses."

Kenji silently calculated in his mind.

The system had a delayed awakening, causing him to lose the past sixty years, but a loss may turn out to be a gain.

The current situation was similar to a high-level player returning to a novice village to do quests.

Although this approach was a bit like 'exploiting a system bug', why not exploit it if there's reward to be gained?

The system itself has no objections, so it must be taken advantage of ruthlessly.

"If the system had awakened normally back then, with a series of mission rewards… my three types of Haki would at most be between blue and purple by now."

In fact, Kenji knew very well that the reason he could advance the three types of Haki traits to gold so quickly was mainly because he already had purple rarity traits as a foundation.

"In the system's judgment, it probably removed my fifty years of training foundation and calculated based on blank data."

"The strength of the traits calculated this way is indeed still within the range of 'monster' cadets and Supernovas."

"Hmm, in the system's timeline, I'm still just an ordinary Marine Captain at this point… After this mission, I wonder if there will be any transfers."

Kenji recalled the 'monster' students from his graduating class. Kong, whose promotion speed was like a rocket after graduating from Marine School.

"I could certainly refer to Kong's resume template…"

Just as Kenji was pondering, a piece of land suddenly appeared in his vision.

Kubo Island, reached.