One Piece: The Strongest Trait System

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"Everyone. Get out of here, NOW!"

X Drake, user of the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Model: Allosaurus, bounty 222 million Beri, commanded his crew, his face slick with cold sweat, as they began to flee—

—Unlike the other under-beaten Supernovas, Drake, a former Marine Rear Admiral who left the Navy under orders to infiltrate the pirate world, had a different perspective.

His objective was to infiltrate the Beasts Pirates, one of the Four Emperors' crews.

As a former Rear Admiral, Drake knew exactly what 'defeating a Marine HQ Admiral' and 'World's Strongest Devil Fruit User' meant!

A powerhouse of that caliber could crush him like an ant... And Sky Sovereign Rowen was the user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!

As a Marine spy, Drake knew the scary details of that Fruit—with that power, combined with Observation Haki, he could likely sense the emotions and conversations of everyone here!

No action could escape the notice of this Emperor!

And these clueless Supernovas... A BUNCH OF ARROGANT FOOLS!

He couldn't stay here any longer—If his undercover identity was exposed, his death would be unimaginably gruesome...

Drake fled in a panic.

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The Marines garrisoned on the island were also in a state of panic.

As a crucial island located so close to Marine Headquarters, and a favored playground for the Celestial Dragons, Sabaody Archipelago normally had a substantial military presence, especially during the annual convergence of Supernovas.

Dealing with the Supernovas and preventing them from reaching the New World was another of Sabaody's annual 'special events'.

But this year, the garrison felt perilously thin.

This generation of pirates, due to Sky Sovereign Rowen's existence, was being called the strongest generation of rookies in history!

Even excluding Rowen and his crew, nine other Supernovas with bounties over 100 million had gathered—the most in any recorded year.

Logically, with so many Supernovas converging, Marine HQ should have deployed massive forces—

—However, this year's situation was special. Marine HQ was preparing for an epic war with the Whitebeard Pirates. They had little energy to spare for these Supernovas.

And now... it was completely different!

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"CALLING HQ! SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN HAS ARRIVED!" a Marine HQ Rear Admiral yelled into his Transponder Snail, drenched in cold sweat.

"DO NOT ENGAGE. LET SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN ENTER THE NEW WORLD," The voice on the other end was incredibly grave.

Sky Sovereign Rowen had just attacked Marine HQ!

If not for Fleet Admiral Sengoku's intervention, who knew how many casualties they would have suffered under that scary Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability.

Facing Rowen—even knowing he was at Sabaody—Marine HQ currently had no spare forces to deal with him. On the contrary, Marine HQ desperately hoped Rowen would just enter the New World!

"Then... do we continue surveillance on Sky Sovereign Rowen?" the Rear Admiral asked nervously.

"DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SURVEIL THAT MAN! THAT MAN IS A RUMBLE-RUMBLE FRUIT USER! THE WORLD'S STRONGEST DEVIL FRUIT USER! ANY PEEPING COULD ANGER HIM! YOUR DUTY IS TO EVACUATE CIVILIANS! ENSURE THEIR SAFETY! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?? DO NOT ANGER THIS EMPEROR! THIS IS A SUPREME BAN FROM THE WORLD GOVERNMENT!" the voice on the other end suddenly roared.

Surveillance?

What kind of sick joke was that??

Was that man someone who could be surveilled??

Even against the Four Emperors in the New World, Marine HQ would dispatch scout ships to track their movements. But Sky Sovereign Rowen was different!

Rowen had proven with bloody facts—spying on the man carried a price even Marine HQ couldn't afford!

The completely erased Enies Lobby, the recent attack on Marine HQ itself—were bloody examples!

Any surveillance or peeping would be instantly detected by his Rumble-Rumble Fruit!

"Y-YES, SIR!" The Rear Admiral felt his back soak with cold sweat. He frantically hung up the Transponder Snail.

Looking towards the docking Going Merry, the Rear Admiral felt as if he were looking at the most terrifying thing imaginable. He quickly turned away, leading the horrified Marines under his command to evacuate.

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At that moment, the Going Merry's anchor slammed down heavily.

The ship had docked at Sabaody Archipelago.

"Didn't you say this place was lively? Why is there no one here?" Perona asked, floating down from the Merry, looking at the empty streets.

As a former Warlord's commander, though she had been raised by Moria in a gloomy castle, her contact with the outside world was very limited—she wasn't familiar with such scenes.

"Well, Rowen is here, so of course they all ran away. You'll get used to it," Usopp explained, puffing his chest out proudly.

"But it makes shopping very inconvenient," Nami sighed.

Their reputation was too great—merchants wouldn't want to do business with them normally... Even though they would pay properly.

They were law-abiding good pirates!

(If the Navy heard Nami's words, they would probably have a collective stroke.)

"There's an auction house here. We can just buy things there," Rowen replied with a smile.

And Silvers Rayleigh was waiting to be auctioned there.

As for the Celestial Dragons who were supposed to be there, Rowen's Observation Haki, amplified by his Rumble-Rumble Fruit, detected no trace of them.

This didn't surprise Rowen. After he wantonly unleashed his Conqueror's Haki in Mariejois, knocking out countless Celestial Dragons, any Celestial Dragon who still dared to come here, knowing he was arriving, would be no different from committing suicide.

The World Government had also forbidden them from coming to Sabaody during this period.

Though the Celestial Dragons hated Rowen to the bone, even wanting to capture him and make him their personal slave... after the successive defeats of Aokiji and Akainu, even the elite among the Celestial Dragons, the God's Knights, understood: unless they used overwhelming force, capturing Rowen was impossible.

Since they couldn't capture him, at least they could avoid him.

The higher one's power, the more one feared losing everything, feared death. Facing someone who would genuinely kill them, even the Celestial Dragons felt fear.

Rowen felt no particular way about the Celestial Dragons' absence; he no longer needed to kill them to make a name for himself on the seas.

"But, before heading to the auction house..." Rowen's smile turned slightly mischievous.

"Hm?" Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, having all awakened Observation Haki, sensed a strange emotion, a hostile gaze.

CRACKLE! CRACKLE!

Purple arcs of electricity began to flash violently.

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"Oh? Kid, with the 315 million Beri bounty, is making a move on Sky Sovereign Rowen?" The other Supernovas watching from a distance smirked with interest.

Kid had the highest bounty among them. Let him test the mettle of this Sky Sovereign Rowen.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

All the metal on Sabaody Archipelago surged towards the purple arcs of electricity!

"A Devil Fruit user?" Zoro commented. He felt his famed swords being pulled by the magnetic force, but with a slight surge of Haki, he easily broke the attraction.

"Who's that?" Sanji asked, exhaling a puff of smoke, looking at the red-haired man who had gathered countless metal objects into a giant mechanical arm.

"Dunno. Some nobody, probably," Zoro replied dismissively.

An Emperor-level crew needed an Emperor-level bearing. Not just anyone was worthy to be known by them.

And this nobody's Devil Fruit ability... was pathetically underdeveloped. Zoro had shattered its magnetic pull with just a slight surge of Haki. A powerful Devil Fruit user, like Rowen, could easily shatter his Haki with their ability alone.

A Devil Fruit user of this level... both he and Curly-Brows could easily take care of.

Facing Kid's Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability, even the naturally timid Usopp and Chopper looked at the red-haired idiot as if he were a fool.

Compared to Rowen, this counted as a Devil Fruit ability?? Rowen's abilities could destroy an entire island!

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"NOBODY??" Kid's forehead bulged with terrifying veins, his eyes bloodshot.

To be looked down upon like this!

"BASTARD! I AM THE MAN WITH A 315 MILLION BERI BOUNTY! CAPTAIN OF THE KID PIRATES! EUSTASS KID!" Kid roared.

"300 million?" Zoro and Sanji exchanged glances, scratching their heads. "Yep, a nobody. You handle him, Curly-Brows... Time for you to earn your keep." Zoro looked towards Sanji.

"HUH? Why do I have to deal with this small fry?" Sanji instantly glared at Zoro.

"HAH? Of course it's you! Your bounty is only 550 million. Mine is 600 million. Isn't your bounty closer to his 300 million?" Zoro sneered.

"BASTARD! YOU WANNA FIGHT??" Sanji, still sore about his lower bounty, couldn't take it anymore.

"HOW INSULTING! BASTARDS! Before I kill Sky Sovereign Rowen, I'll take care of you two first!" Kid, completely losing it, roared. He had never been so looked down upon since setting sail!

"Magnetic Pull—String (Punk Gibson)!" Kid roared, his giant mechanical arm smashing towards Zoro and Sanji.

"Huh?" Sanji and Zoro looked at each other, confused.

Where did this idiot come from?

Brazenly declaring he'd kill Rowen??

Even a Marine Admiral didn't have the right to say that... it's time to teach this brat how vast the sea truly was!

"Interesting." Rowen, seeing the approaching mechanical arm, raised a hand, stopping Zoro and Sanji, and the eager Vivi, from intervening.

Kid, the frog-in-a-well who challenged Shanks, only to be taken down by a single Divine Departure... now boldly confronting him. It did fit his character from the original story.

Ignorant of the world's true heights.

But this guy... possessed something Rowen wanted.

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Conqueror's Haki (Pale Gold) (Unawakened).

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The aptitude for Conqueror's Haki!

And it was unawakened!

To grant Conqueror's Haki to Sanji, Vivi, and the others who lacked the aptitude, Rowen had to plunder this unawakened aptitude.

(Once awakened, it became a 'power'; stealing it would only strengthen his own Haki, not grant the aptitude to others.)

Kid's Conqueror's Haki aptitude—Rowen is taking it!

CLANG!

The giant mechanical arm stopped dead in front of Rowen, completely unable to move an inch.

"WHAT??" All the onlooking Supernovas stared, dumbfounded.

This Devil Fruit ability, which seemed quite strong to them... was stopped by Sky Sovereign Rowen... WITH A SINGLE FINGER??

"N-NO! IMPOSSIBLE!" Kid, seeing his full-power strike from the giant mechanical arm stopped by a single finger, roared in horrified disbelief.

"This was just to let you see it clearly. Otherwise, Rowen wouldn't have even needed to lift a finger," Usopp, acting as Rowen's best commentator, sighed helplessly, shrugging.

A Devil Fruit ability of this level—Rowen's Haōshoku Coating could have annihilated him from a distance. Extending a finger was already showing the guy consideration.

"IMPOSSIBLE! THE SEA! IT CAN'T BE THIS VAST!" Kid, completely broken, roared again, putting all his strength into pushing the mechanical arm downwards!

But it remained completely motionless.

"Kid!" Killer, seeing the situation was bad, drew his weapons and charged towards Rowen.

"Hakoku Sovereignty——" Rowen stated calmly.

VMM! BOOM!

Terrifying crimson-black lightning, combined with physical energy, roared violently!

CRACK! CRACK! BANG!

The giant mechanical arm Kid was so proud of instantly shattered!

A terrifying energy wave descended!

Kid and Killer spewed out mouthfuls of blood, bloody lines erupting all over their bodies as their eyes rolled white, and they collapsed heavily to the ground!

"Plunder." Rowen stated calmly.

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—[Magnet-Magnet Fruit plundered successfully.]—

—[Conqueror's Haki (Pale Gold) (Unawakened) plundered successfully!]—

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