[Talent Acquired: Sleeplessness]
"????"
"What the hell?!"
This talent caught Klein completely off guard.
"Is this from Blackbeard or Buggy the Clown? They actually threw in a talent that makes you not need sleep?!"
"If you gave this to Garp, he could train day and night nonstop…"
"But you gave it to me?"
"What the hell am I supposed to do with this?!"
"Use it to train?!"
"Or work myself like a dog during the day and keep working through the night without rest?!"
Workhorse duty on a 24-hour rotation?
Are you kidding? No way he's grinding like that!
Klein shook his head in dramatic denial. "There's no way I'm doing ascetic training! Not in this life!"
With this kind of talent, he could rival that guy from Feng Yun, Di Shitian. If he really trained non-stop, day and night...
A pig might become the "strongest creature" after a thousand years!
"Only one talent box left... Dear devs, I'm begging you, don't screw me over again. If I get another garbage talent…"
"I'm gonna lose my damn mind!!"
He didn't expect this talent. They say it's related to how Blackbeard can eat two Devil Fruits, something about his unique body structure.
But Klein wasn't about to test that theory. What if he explodes?
That'd be a total loss.
He already has Devil Fruit abilities.
Safety first!
Safety first!
Klein cast again. "This time I'll trade in my bro Zephyr's lifelong happiness for a gold drop."
"Let me stand tall for once!"
[Talent Acquired: Diamond Skeleton]
A golden legend!
A golden glow burst out, dazzling his eyes.
"Holy crap?! You screwed with my bro Zephyr again?!" Klein's heart ached.
Zephyr...
"It's not that I betrayed you, bro... it's just... your life really sucks!"
Everyone else bets and loses—only you succeed.
Time for some self-reflection, my guy!
Klein wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry.
He quickly checked the new talent, because honestly, he had no idea who this came from.
The 'Iron Balloon' is pretty famous, but who had the Diamond Skeleton?
Diamond Jozu?
But that's the Shiny-Shiny Fruit, a Paramecia-type, right?
Klein opened the description and his eyes widened: "Prince of Giants... Loki?!"
Loki.
Back when Klein crossed over, the manga was entering the Elbaf Arc, and they revealed that Prince Loki of the Giants was chained to the Underworld's Adam Tree with Sea Prism Stone shackles.
He remembered that guy. A total freak of nature. Born with terrifying, snake-like devil eyes.
As a baby, he was already slaying monsters in Elbaf's Underworld.
He carried the bloodline of the Ancient Giants—utterly OP.
This talent…
Might be stronger than even Kaido-sensei!
Klein grinned ear to ear. "Diamond bones, plus Invincible Body? Damn, I'm not even human anymore!"
"This is a straight-up monster build!"
Then he suddenly remembered: Kong is known as 'Steel Bone', but he just got Diamond Skeleton.
So… isn't he even more badass than Kong?
Even more overpowered?
But then...
He hit a snag.
Looking at his two current equipped talents: Flashback Killer and Invincible Body, he froze.
Damn!
Talent slot limit strikes again!
Right now, he only had two talent slots. To equip Diamond Skeleton, he'd have to unequip one of them.
But he didn't want to give up either!
As a good ol' pay-to-win player, there was only one solution:"I want them ALL!"
And during this Lunar New Year Event, he needed to complete 100,000 actions to unlock a new talent slot.
He was still short by 20,000… which meant he needed 200 million Berries!
Goddammit…
Why did this feel like a scam?
But seriously…
Where the hell was he supposed to get 200 million Berries?
He just borrowed 200 million from the instructor. He had nothing left to mortgage.
"I'm so broke—can't the heavens just drop 300 million Berries on me?!"
Klein was miserable. He had three top-tier talents, but couldn't enjoy the full power they offered.
Super frustrating!
"Make money…" Klein muttered, brainstorming ways to scrounge up that 200 million.
First thought: sell skills.
Swordsmanship?
Maybe… but he didn't have the network, and no time to train others.
Then there was only one thing left—business.
What kind of business brings in money fast?
Ding—
A lightbulb went off.
Klein grinned. "My bet with the instructor was a private wager…"
"But if I rope the students in, and everyone places their own small bets, I can flip it into a prize draw, right?"
Totally doable!
He'd start tomorrow!
With two or three days left before the exam, he had just enough time to launch this gambling pool.
Then...
Whale-spend and grab the New Year Event's 100,000-action reward:
+1 Talent Slot!
Perfect plan!
With the money-making scheme figured out, Klein felt way better.
Back to opening loot boxes!
Let's check the inventory…
"Let's pop a mentor box first to warm things up." Klein always liked to "prime" a few pulls before going all-in.
[Unlocked Gold Mentor: Silvers Rayleigh]
Silvers Rayleigh.
It was a gold mentor drop, but Klein didn't feel happy at all.
He wanted to ask Rayleigh one thing if they ever met—on behalf of all the readers:
"What the hell did you even teach?!"
"Care to explain yourself?"
"If you can't explain it clearly, stop misleading the youth!!"
He still remembered a viral tier list from his past life ranking all mentors...
Klein sighed. "Sigh— even the warm-up didn't work."
Next box!
[Gold Mentor Obtained: Zephyr!]
Zephyr, my brother!
"My bro Zephyr?" Klein smiled. "If anyone deserves the Gold Mentor title…"
"It's him!!"
Zephyr's disciples were endless—Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru were the standout stars.
Not to mention the ton of elite Vice-Admirals in Marine HQ who also trained under him.
It's just…
Just that his fate sucked.
Dying at the hands of your own student?
That kind of treachery and betrayal… you'd think he was starring in a Japanese tragedy.
"Why the hell are my 'warm-up pulls' all gold today?" Klein was speechless.
Then again, this kind of thing happened all the time when he played gacha games in his past life.
When you wanted something, RNG said no.
When you didn't, BAM! Jackpot.
Irritating, right?
Nothing you can do about it!
"Still... gold is gold. Better than nothing. Shouldn't be too greedy."
"Otherwise…"
"The game might just throw a big pile of crap your way."
Klein opened his final Mentor Box.
[Gold Mentor Obtained: Gol D. Roger]
Gol D. Roger
"Wha—HUH?!?!"
Klein froze.
"Holy sht, holy mother of sht, my long-awaited Divine Evasion…"
"It's finally coming?!"
He recalled how, when pulling from the skill card pool ages ago, he drew Divine Evasion on his first try.
But...
It was just a damn fragment!!!
It pissed him off so bad.
And now, although he still hadn't pulled Divine Evasion directly…
He pulled Gol D. Roger.
Which means, indirectly…He pulled Divine Evasion!
"HELL YEAH——!!"
"This ain't just a warm-up. This is the golden legend I've been waiting for!!"