Kenji stared at the interface in his vision, and with a thought, the '+' sign behind the [Observation Haki] was pressed by an invisible force.
[Observation Haki (Dark Purple) has been upgraded to Observation Haki (Super Purple)!]
"Just one level short."
After using the last upgrade chance, Kenji contentedly put away the system interface.
"As long as I get one more assignable upgrade opportunity, I can stably advance Observation Haki to gold."
Currently, the system's basic rewards are roughly divided into three levels: ordinary 'random upgrade', better 'fixed lowest rarity upgrade', and the best 'assignable upgrade'.
Most mission rewards are just the most common 'random upgrade' opportunities.
Kenji would not pin all his hopes on that purely luck-based 'random upgrade'. Otherwise, it would be easy for 'the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment'.
"It's not far from the next island, so no more greenhorn pirates should pop up."
After setting sail, Kenji had been standing at the bow of the ship, precisely to handle any pirate attacks at the first opportunity.
He didn't even want possible pirate attacks to interfere with the warship's navigation. The warship was loaded with too much treasure, and even a slight big wave could capsize it.
As he got up, Kenji also looked up at the sky and realized he had almost missed the 'big event'.
"It's almost time, it's time for afternoon tea!"
He suddenly turned around and called Marie, skillfully telling her to take over his command on the deck, then hurried to the Captain's room.
However, before he could even enter the cabin, a special Den Den Mushi in his arms rang.
It was a call from Kong.
Kenji answered the phone while walking quickly, "Hello? What's up?"
"The World Pirates? They've been captured and are on their way to be escorted."
"What? Hand over the World Pirates to other Marine units nearby? And have me return to Marineford immediately?"
"No, no, Kaido and King, who were caught last time, both escaped. This time, Byrnndi World must be personally escorted by me to Impel Down!"
"Huh? Don't slander me out of nowhere. I'm not being lazy here. You know there are many strong people in the New World. What if a powerful Legendary Pirate comes to attack?"
"Alright, alright, that's it... What? Heavenly Tribute?"
"I used it in the name of the Marine! How did I use it? Don't worry about that."
After Kenji finished speaking, he directly hung up.
He didn't want to listen to Kong's stern reprimand that would follow.
At this moment, at the Marine Headquarters Base, in the Fleet Admiral's office.
Kong looked at the recently hung-up Den Den Mushi, veins subtly popping out on his forehead, and his right fist heavily slammed on the table.
"That bastard Kenji!"
A dull thud scared several Vice Admirals of the Headquarters in the room.
The few of them exchanged glances, tacitly choosing silence, not wanting to invite trouble.
Kong's anger still hadn't subsided, his hands clenched into fists, his knuckles cracking.
His anger wasn't because of the Heavenly Tribute, but because of Kenji's flimsy excuse for laziness that he'd come up with on the spur of the moment.
"He actually said there might be a pirate attack and he has to personally escort them?"
"That's not the territory of any Legendary Pirate, what danger could there be?"
Kong got up angrily, pacing back and forth restlessly.
The few Vice Admirals in the room could tell that he was extremely tense because of the recent abnormal movements of the Legendary Pirates, causing his nerves to be constantly strained.
It was almost driving Kong into a state of mania.
"However, an Admiral going to escort a pirate with a bounty of 200 million..." The Vice Admirals present also found this matter quite absurd.
A moment later, Kong's anger subsided a little, and he returned to his desk and sat down.
A bearded Vice Admiral stepped forward and cautiously handed Kong a document.
"The World Government just sent over a detailed list of the Heavenly Tribute items."
Kong took the document, casually glanced at it, then sneered and tossed it aside, "Hmph, those people, only when they lose something do they know to worry."
"Fleet Admiral Kong, regarding the Heavenly Tribute stolen by Byrnndi World... how should we handle it? The World Government has urged us several times." The bearded Vice Admiral asked, somewhat at a loss.
"Tell those spies from the World Government that the Heavenly Tribute is still being searched for, and tell them not to meddle in other affairs." Kong closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.
Then, as if remembering something, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the Vice Admirals in the room.
"Is there still no news from the unit monitoring the Roger Pirates?"
"Currently, no news has been received, and the disconnection time is about to reach 24 hours." A tall, thin Vice Admiral stepped forward to report.
"...Did something happen?" Kong frowned, feeling a bit uneasy.
Just then, hurried footsteps approached from afar.
A Marine officer pulled open the door and rushed in, reporting urgently. "Fleet Admiral Kong! The Roger Pirates have been sighted!"
"According to the last message sent back by the monitoring unit, the Roger Pirates appeared in the sea area near the Shirojishi Admiral's warship!"
Kong was stunned for a long while after hearing this.
"Kenji actually guessed correctly..."
He remembered that he had just said that escorting a 200 million bounty pirate couldn't possibly lead to an accident.
The sudden slap in the face made Kong a bit embarrassed and also somewhat amused, but these emotions quickly subsided.
Because he realized that with Kenji's strength, he would absolutely be unable to contend against the Roger Pirates.
"Hmm? The Den Den Mushi isn't working? Of all times!" Kong tried to contact Kenji, but failed.
He could only try to contact Sengoku and Garp, and simultaneously issued continuous orders, dispatching the Headquarters fleet for support.
The warship sailed smoothly, and Kenji was taking a tea break in the Captain's room.
An Admiral's work was already very busy, and if even afternoon tea time was disturbed, that would be quite impolite.
To prevent impolite people from making mistakes, Kenji specifically put his Den Den Mushi aside and put it into a temporary dormant state.
Just as he finished reading a newspaper, a flash of light appeared in his vision, and system prompt emerged.
[You have perfectly graduated from Marine School. Due to your brilliant combat record, Marineford has directly promoted you to Marine Captain, and decided to send you to garrison The Town of the Beginning and the End - Loguetown! You decide to build Loguetown into the safest place in East Blue, setting a standard of justice for all Marine branches worldwide!]
[Mission (Mainline - Long-term): Protect Loguetown, capture pirates!]
[Reward: Weekly Loguetown public order meeting standards will grant a reward - Upgarde a random owned trait once (Basic Reward)!]
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