Chapter 3: A \(100,000,000\) Berries Briefcase, Nami Takes Notice
I already beat a Marine Admiral candidate before the system awakened. Isn't that a bit too late?
Rozi complained in his mind, while also thinking quickly.
Heroic Spirit templates… so that's how it works. I can draw templates of characters from countless worlds to strengthen myself.
Does it include Type-Moon Heroic Spirits, Naruto, even Dragon Ball fighters?
Interesting. If that's the case, I have no choice but to join the Straw Hat crew.
Rozi silently nodded, then reached out and shook Luffy's hand.
"Luffy, right? I'm Rozi. Nice to meet you. I accept your invitation."
Ding. Congratulations, Host. You have successfully activated the Strongest Heroic Spirit Template System.
Ding. Detecting partners… Current partner: Monkey D. Luffy. Filtering personal traits: Captain, Glutton, Rubber.
Beginning Heroic Spirit template selection based on Monkey D. Luffy's personal traits.
Captain: Francis Drake. Glutton: Toriko. Rubber: Reed Richards.
Please have Monkey D. Luffy choose one of the three Heroic Spirit templates above. The Host will randomly obtain one of the remaining two templates' powers.
Note: The template chosen by the partner will also be granted to the Host.
So this is the system's specific function.
Let Luffy pick one out of three.
Francis Drake, the legendary pirate who conquered the seas in the Type-Moon world.
Also Toriko from Toriko, and Reed Richards, Mister Fantastic from Marvel.
Those three really do match Luffy's three traits.
While Rozi was thinking, Coby, who had been trying to talk Luffy out of it earlier, suddenly widened his eyes.
"Y-You… agreed?"
"Hehehe, awesome. I've got a partner now!" Luffy grinned wide, but as he laughed, he noticed the Germa 66 ship gradually moving farther away.
"Huh, wait. Rozi, your ship is leaving?"
"That snail is pulling the ship. That's my friend's ship, not mine."
"So that's not your ship?!"
So it's just because it's not your ship that you don't want to be my partner?
No. I can tell this guy is strong. Even though it's a shame about that ship…
Luffy tilted his head toward the departing Germa 66 ship, unable to hide his disappointment.
"Don't worry, Captain Luffy."
"Even if I'm not the owner of that snail ship…"
"I've got something even more fun."
Rozi smiled. Just as he was about to show Luffy the system's power, Luffy's stomach suddenly let out a huge growl.
"Ah… I'm hungry!"
Luffy clutched his stomach, and his body instantly went limp.
"No helping it. Since the captain's hungry, let's eat first."
"Yeah! Food time. Coby, come too."
Luffy smiled happily and looked at Coby beside him.
"Mr. Luffy, I-I don't have any Berries on me!"
Coby shook his head in a panic. He definitely didn't want to dine and dash.
"As for Berries, I've got some."
Rozi's lips curled upward. He opened the suitcase he was carrying, revealing neatly stacked bundles of high-denomination Berries inside.
"S-So many Berries!"
Luffy and Coby stared, shocked beyond belief.
"It's not that much. At most, about \(100,000,000\) Berries."
Rozi rubbed the tip of his nose, then shifted his gaze toward an orange-haired girl in the distance.
His Observation Haki sensed it clearly: the moment the suitcase opened and the Berries were revealed, the orange-haired girl's eyes snapped over.
Orange hair, around eighteen… could that girl be Nami?
The smile on Rozi's face deepened.
"\(100,000,000\) Berries? Mr. Rozi, how do you have that many?"
Coby exclaimed.
"Well… I stole it from a disgusting man."
Rozi closed the suitcase. So Coby wouldn't get scared, he didn't say those Berries came from a Celestial Dragon.
If it weren't such a hassle to carry, he could've taken even more back then.
"Hehehe, whatever. Now we've got Berries for food."
"After we eat, I'm going to find that three-sword-style swordsman and make him our new partner."
"Rozi, thanks. When I get Berries later, I'll pay you back."
Luffy stretched out his arm and patted Rozi's \(1.9\)-meter-tall shoulder, laughing loudly.
"Since you're my partner, don't worry about it, Luffy."
"Let's go. I'm going to eat meat."
Rozi nodded at Luffy, then led the way toward the town's restaurant.
At the mention of meat, Luffy followed with joy written all over his face.
At the same time, as Rozi and the others started walking, the woman who seemed to be Nami blinked and quietly followed behind them with small, quick steps.
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