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Chapter 22
"Lonely, so boring!"
"Today is another day this Emperor misses Esdeath."
Tian Chen woke up alone.
He remembered that even in last night's dream, he was still doing joyful things with Esdeath.
Now in his heart, his longing for Esdeath grew even stronger.
"Sigh! I wonder where Esdeath is now?"
"Ding! The system has detected that the Host may need the Friend Activity function. The system will now upgrade for the Host." "Ding! System upgrading. Estimated time remaining: 2 minutes 30 seconds." "Ding! Upgrade complete. The Friend Activity function has been permanently unlocked for the Host free of charge. The Host may now view friends' activities at any time."
"Haha! You really are this Emperor's good system!"
Tian Chen smiled faintly.
He immediately opened his personal panel and found the Friend Activity function.
It displayed a friend list.
Among the list, the names that were lit up included:
Esdeath. Imu. Silvers Rayleigh. Vice Admiral Momousagi. Vice Admiral Chaton. Sentomaru. Jaygarcia Saturn Saint. ...
The names shown in gray belonged to people like Saint Charlos Rosward, etc.
Clearly, gray names represented those who had already died.
Tian Chen quickly understood the new system function.
Anyone he had ever come into contact with would automatically appear on his friend list.
Once he found the relevant activities, Tian Chen began checking his friends' updates.
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath has been attacked by a zombie army]
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath's anger has risen. She unleashes a slaughter; over half the zombies in Thriller Bark are dead or injured.]
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath has been ambushed by Absalom and nearly injured.]
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath's battle intent has increased. She unleashes Ice Storm General, transforming into one million ice soldiers, and overwhelmingly sweeps through all of Thriller Bark.]
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath has been attacked by Hogback]
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath has been attacked by Perona]
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath has been attacked by Gecko Moria] ×3
[Your beloved concubine Esdeath's battle intent has risen. She is invincible in Thriller Bark, eyes reddened from slaughter.]
...
Tian Chen lay on the throne, looking at Esdeath's activity feed.
"I didn't expect Esdeath's advance speed to be so godlike—she reached Thriller Bark in just one day?!"
"But Absalom is simply courting death!"
"Relying on the Clear-Clear Fruit's transparency ability, he actually dared to ambush this Emperor's beloved concubine!"
"He even nearly injured this Emperor's beloved concubine!"
"Hmph! If he really had hurt this Emperor's beloved concubine, this Emperor would tear him into ten thousand pieces!!!"
Fortunately, Tian Chen was reassured— Esdeath was the type who grew stronger the more she fought.
Now that she had even deployed one million ice soldiers, mere Gecko Moria and the others posed no real threat to Esdeath whatsoever!
It was only a matter of time before Esdeath completely flattened Thriller Bark.
[Your friend Silvers Rayleigh has been surrounded and attacked by three CP0 agents, nearly injured.]
[Your friend Silvers Rayleigh's killing intent has risen. He severely wounded CP0's Guernica and the other two.]
"Hm? Rayleigh must have arrived just in time to stop CP0 from taking Princess Shirahoshi!"
"Once the battle ends, he should be able to invite Princess Shirahoshi to visit the Giant Empire!"
In Tian Chen's view, within the CP0 organization, Guernica and those three were probably at the level of Warlord of the Sea strength.
But Rayleigh's true power level was undoubtedly comparable to an Emperor.
That was beyond doubt.
When serious, Rayleigh suppressing these three CP0 agents should not be difficult at all.
Just like in the original story during the Wano Country arc— CP0's Guernica managed to defeat the Flying Six, showing Warlord-level power, but when he tried to interfere in Kaido and Luffy's fight, he was knocked half-dead with one blow by Kaido's Emperor-level strength.
So even with two more CP0 agents added, they still posed no significant threat to Rayleigh's Emperor-level power.
...
[Your friend Imu attempted to escape, suffered backlash from the King's Power, and was nearly severely injured.]
[Your friend Momousagi has captured several unknown pirates.]
Seeing Momousagi's activity, Tian Chen thought of the promise Momousagi had made to him that day.
He wondered… Had Momousagi finished preparing yet?
After thinking expectantly for a moment, Tian Chen decided to send a soldier. It was necessary to remind Vice Admiral Momousagi to start preparing for her promise!
After checking all the activity feeds, Tian Chen had nothing left to do.
So he went to the room where Imu was imprisoned.
Imu's face was pale. The moment she saw Tian Chen enter, she immediately said:
"Tian Chen the Great Emperor, you'd better release me. You cannot imprison me like this." "I am, after all, a princess of a kingdom. I need my freedom!"
"Freedom?"
Tian Chen looked at her and smiled.
"So… Miss Shabai has finally thought it through?"
Imu was confused and spoke in a deep voice:
"What do you mean?"
"What else could I mean?"
"Didn't this Emperor already give you two choices?"
"One: convince your father the king to bring the Paris Kingdom and all its people to join this Emperor's Giant Empire."
"The other: you become this Emperor's plaything."
"As long as you fulfill either one of these requirements, this Emperor will grant you freedom!"
Imu froze, her cheeks flushing slightly. She said coquettishly:
"Tian Chen the Great Emperor… you truly are a shameless and despicable man." "Moreover… your thoughts toward me are truly too wicked!" "I… I am ashamed to be associated with you!"
Imu spoke in a tone of "I would rather die than submit."
Tian Chen sighed.
"Sigh!"
"It seems, Miss Shabai, you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"
"Are you under the impression that what this Emperor said was just to scare you?"
Tian Chen then controlled the King's Power.
Countless golden chains appeared out of thin air, binding Imu's limbs, neck, torso, and waist completely.
Imu panicked instantly.
This bastard… what does he intend to do to this King?
Is he planning to… violate this King right here and now?
No! Absolutely not! This King is the supreme ruler of the Void Throne— How can I be subjected to such humiliation?!
Imu bit her beautiful silver teeth, acting extremely panicked as she said:
"Tian Chen the Great Emperor… what… what are you going to do to me?" "You cannot go back on your word!!!" "You gave me three days to consider—this is only the first day! I still have two days left!"
Imu was truly panicking inside.
She had always been extremely confident in her beauty. She considered herself the most beautiful woman in the world.
Now she was genuinely worried— Tian Chen had been captivated by her beauty to the point of losing control! That he might not be able to hold back and force himself on her!
"Hm? Why is Miss Shabai suddenly so nervous?" "Could it be… you're still a pure, untouched maiden?" "Heh heh… then this Emperor is even more excited now."
Tian Chen chuckled lightly.
He directly reached out his hand and touched Imu's flushed, glowing cheek.
Tch tch…
Imu's face was incredibly delicate and smooth.
Tian Chen's heart couldn't help but surge with excitement as he touched her.
Imu, bound and unable to dodge, could only bite her silver teeth, her whole body trembling as she cried out in anger:
"You bastard… don't touch me!!"
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