One hundred thousand points?!
Shano's eye twitched as he looked at the message, taking quite a time to snap out of it.
He had previously sacrificed so many Devil Fruits and such precious treasures.
He combed through Four Emperors and Three Great Admirals, yet over the years, only three items exceeded ten thousand points.
They were the real Straw Hat, Red Hair's severed arm, and Red Hair's ship.
Red Hair's severed arm was exactly ten thousand.
And now it's sitting at the same table as Oden's journal.
Is this perhaps coming from the world's will, showing a preference for the 'true protagonist'?
"Well, having more points is always a good thing."
Since the benefits were his own, Shano couldn't be bothered to dwell on it further and started browsing the information above.
[You sacrificed Quinn's Plague Gatling and gained 1800 points]
[You sacrificed King's gigantic katana and gained 2300 points]
[You sacrificed Kaido's Wolf Fang Club Hassaikai, gaining 6600 points]
...
He couldn't finish going through it all in half a day.
Indeed, Wano Country is a treasure place because there are too many characters appearing, you can find tons of wool everywhere.
Just the cadre of the Hundred Beasts Pirates, Kurozumi Orochi's Oniwabanshu, and several former retainers of Kozuki Oden, together contributed thirteen thousand five hundred points.
And now, Oden's own diary adds another ten thousand points.
Instantly pushing his current total from 25,000 up to 48,500 points.
Only 1,500 points away from the fifty thousand mark needed to purchase the training card ticket.
Fifteen hundred points?
It doesn't seem too difficult to gather.
Shano lifted his head, looking towards the Golden Inari Shrine before him.
The so-called Inari Shrine, dedicated to worshiping the Inari gods led by Uka-no-Mitama-no-Kami, welcomed visitors who came here to pray for favorable weather and agricultural prosperity.
In such a closed, agricultural country like Wano, they are everywhere.
This Golden Inari Shrine was nothing outstanding, Shano happened to just pass by, noticing the scenery on the hill was nice and decided to rest there for a moment, to sort out his gains.
But unexpectedly...
An unexpected delight awaited.
Shano leisurely stepped through the shrine's gate, finding it empty with no one in sight; perhaps due to the loud noises last night, the witches serving here believed a war had broken out and fled.
Shano turned his head towards the left.
This shrine, besides worshiping the Inari god, also housed a grave.
No, not even a proper grave.
Just a simple ceremonial tomb, with a wooden stick inserted on top, engraved from top to bottom with these words—
[Moonlight Moriah's Grave]
Strange.
Really strange.
What's with erecting a ceremonial tomb?
That guy Moriah isn't he living well in the Devil's Triangle, tending to his collections like some couch potato?
In the last big battle, that guy seemed to appear, but seeing the dire prospects, escaped so fast that Shano didn't even have time to pluck this fat sheep.
"Moonlight, huh..."
Shano contemplated, holding his chin.
Moonlight Moriah, Kozuki Moriah.
This was even stranger.
If memory serves correctly, Moriah's hometown was in the West Sea, with no connection to the Kozuki family.
However, this onion-headed fellow once had a showdown with Kaido in the Ringo region of Wano, right around the Golden Inari Shrine area.
In that battle, the ambitious Moriah was completely defeated, lost his belief and will, thus abandoning aspirations of conquering the New World, retreating for life to Paradise.
Could it be...
That the people here misheard the name, passed it on wrongly, thus making him out as a heroic member of Kozuki clan, romantically sacrificed against Kaido?
It all ties together, probably just like that.
Truly ironic.
Despite Moriah escaping out of incapability, he made in the Ringo beneath the ground, a mound of graves, even stealing the corpse of the Great Sword Master Shimotsuki Ryuma and his accompanying named blade Autumn Water, from even Kuina and Zoro's ancestors.
Only to end up being worshiped as a hero.
"Can't bear to see it."
Shano shook his head, casually throwing a punch, the ensuing wind instantly blew open the small mound, whereupon he pulled up the engraved stick, considering whether this thing could be sacrificed, suddenly uttered a small sound, looking towards the ground not far away.
Because the small mound of the ceremonial tomb was removed, revealing what lay buried underneath.
A blood-soaked black jacket, and a huge Samurai sword.
"Hmm?"
Shano grew intrigued; the jacket seemed indeed to be the same style as the one Moriah wore in his youth?
He turned his gaze to the Samurai sword, drew it, still gleaming coldly, clearly an exceedingly rare Great Grade Blades.
Exerted effort to steal the named blade Autumn Water, yet unwilling to take his own sword?
Had that guy been hit too hard by Kaido, thus regarding even this sword, once accompanying him in peaking challenges, as a symbol of shame, abandoning it altogether?
"Really reaching the point of great incompetence, Moriah."
Shano shook his head, weighing the gigantic long blade in hand, suddenly flicked a finger against its surface.
Buzz!
The clear ringing of the blade resonated through the mountains, carrying a hint of dissatisfaction and melancholy, as though recounting its owner's chaotic desperation when fleeing back in those days.
"Reluctant, aren't you? Indeed, a good blade, abandoned by its master, buried in such a place for over twenty years indeed carries grievances."
Shano could sense the blade's will.
Rather than decay here.
Might as well be with him, playing out its final bit of residual warmth.
With an intent, Shano decided.
Sacrifice!
The system panel in deep blue unfolded before his eyes.
[You sacrificed Moriah's Great Grade Blades, gaining 3000 points]
"Oh?"
Shano was slightly surprised.
More than expected indeed.
Originally thought it would be at most slightly over a thousand, but it surprisingly far exceeds the average of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?
This indicates the profound bond between it and the original owner.
Moriah, do you even know what exactly you abandoned...?
Shano's gaze shifted again, looking at the panel on the other side.
[Current remaining points: 51500]
"More than enough!"
The long-awaited threshold, the key to utterly defeating Imu's true body, was finally in hand!
Shano didn't hesitate; he opened the trading market then and there, proceeded to checkout the shopping cart.
[Spend 50000 points to purchase item: Random Simulated World Training Card, confirm?]
[Description: Once used, three highly realistic simulated worlds will be randomly drawn from all the realms. You may choose any one of them to enter with a one-year return limit (real-time flow is a week)]
Confirm!
[Purchased!]
[Consumed 50000 points, current remaining points: 1500]
The painstakingly accumulated fifty thousand points were immediately cleared.
Replacing them was a black card flowing with deep starlit rays, quietly lying in his backpack space.
Shano wasted no time talking.
Directly activating it!
[World random selection in progress]
[Selection complete, you may enter any one of the following worlds]
[1. Baki]
[2. Dragon Ball Z]
[3. Bleach]