"The ceiling of this world is – level 39."
Feeling the range covered by the Breath of All Things, Dewey has speculated that the non-swordsmanship, non-dominance, and non-physical skills practiced by the people in this world are only at level 39 in the game system, and will never reach level 40.
In other words, once a level 40 being appears, it must be a being that transcends dimensions, like Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in the Naruto world, or Yhwach in the Bleach world…
And this kind of people are either the final boss or the child of destiny.
If the body of a person without these two auras could be digitized, when it reaches level 39, he will be unable to take another step forward, just like Dewey's domineering aura which is now restricted.
"Every ten levels is a huge chasm. In other words, except for special abilities like the Flame-Flame Fruit and Conqueror's Haki, the gap between Haki, swordsmanship, and physical skills at level 30 and level 39 is not that big, just like the admirals and the Four Emperors." Dewey put away his black knife and thought to himself with great joy, "Next, we just need to challenge Whitebeard and feel the gap with the world's strongest. Once we prove that the Flame-Flame Fruit is indeed special in the game system, we can start the next plan."
Glancing sideways at the two women who were all shocked, Dewey asked, "How far are we from the Whitebeard Pirates' territory now?"
Hearing this, Kalina replied: "According to the real-time updated intelligence from the black market, the sea area where we are located is at least five stations away from the sea area where the Whitebeard Pirates are currently located. Considering that the opponent's base is the Moby Dick, it will continue to move over time. If we want to find the Moby Dick, it will take at least half a month, unless…"
After a slight pause, Karina said seriously, "Unless you spread the word in the black market that you are going to challenge the Whitebeard Pirates!"
"Forget it. We've been waiting for several months. There's no need to rush." Dewey shook his head.
He still has some self-awareness!
Although his No-Flame-Flame Fruit and Breath of All Things have undergone the second qualitative change, there is still a huge qualitative change gap between his ordinary abilities and the world's strongest man, not to mention that the opponent's fruit ability is the strongest superhuman No-Trembling Fruit.
In addition to their individual strengths, the opponent's pirate group is currently the strongest pirate group in the world.
If he threatened to challenge the Whitebeard Pirates, then according to the rules of pirates, he would be like Ace in the original work. Once defeated by the opponent, unless he could escape, his life and the lives of his companions would belong to the opponent.
Moreover, unlike Ace, he is not a pirate but a bounty hunter.
At least for now, Dewey doesn't want to challenge the world's strongest man openly.
As long as he can successfully advance his Conqueror's Haki and figure out whether there is anything special about the Ko-Yaki-Yaki Fruit, he will win.
"We will continue to hunt pirates while searching for the Moby Dick."
Dewey left this sentence and turned to walk towards the cabin.
Watching his departing figure, Nami suddenly asked, "Karina, why do you think the boss is so persistent in visiting Whitebeard?"
"Maybe, this is what a man is!"
Kalina shrugged and said, "No matter what the boss's purpose is, we just need to follow him! Little thief, you are not scared and want to escape again, right?"
"Who's scared!?"
Nami glared at Kalina and retorted, "You're the one who should be afraid. If I try to escape, even the strongest man in the world won't be able to catch up with me."
"Hehehe… Then just run away when the time comes. The boss and I will live and die together." Kalina stuck out her tongue and expressed her determination in a playful tone, which made Nami extremely envious and admired her.
This woman is not kidding.
Although I have made up my mind to share the hardships with the boss, reading it as a visit and writing it is actually a challenge to the strongest man in the world. It is impossible to say that I don't have any fear in my heart.
And Kalina…she really had no fear at all!
Is this the reason why she was able to master Armament Haki immediately after awakening her Observation Haki?
Just like what Pluto Rayleigh left in his domineering notebook—unwavering strength!
For some reason, Nami felt a little dissatisfied.
I was obviously the first one to take the next step with the boss, so how could my love for the boss be lost to this vixen?
So, Nami started to give herself psychological counseling.
At the same time, Nami seemed to have found the opportunity to master the Armament Haki.
As long as I overcome my fear, I should be able to master the dual-color domineering power like this vixen, right?
Let's get back to the topic.
Just as Dewey and his two companions were looking for the Moby Dick, the pirates they captured along the way were in trouble.
Unlike after becoming famous, they did not want to cause trouble in order to go to the Kingdom of Desrosa. After obtaining the Six Types of the Non-Marine, Dewey and the other two not only avoided those pirate groups, but took the initiative to attack them, using them to level themselves up, improve their domineering, size, fruit ability, and gain experience points.
As a result, the strongest new group in history, ト, which had been keeping a low profile for a while, began to frequently appear in several world economic news newspapers, and even dominated the headlines many times.
As more and more news related to them came out, Kalina unknowingly appeared in the newspapers and entered the eyes of the world.
He had already mastered the dual-color domineering technique when he was less than eighteen years old. Even among the Four Emperors pirate groups, he was a very rare genius.
Although she is not as famous as Dewey and Nami, Kalina still made a name for herself worldwide with the help of the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Thunder-Flame Fruit.
Under Morgans' deliberate hype, this combination of one man and two women, which was dubbed as "the strongest newcomer group in history", "the world's number one hunter team", "the three giants of bounty" and so on, became the hottest topic in the second half of the year 1518 of the Haiyuan calendar.
Seeing more and more pirate groups being destroyed by the three men, those pirate groups that were originally repelled by the Thunder Fruit, either had their hostility rekindled, or the pride of the New World pirates was offended, or they set their sights on the rising reputation of Dewey and the other two… and so on, using many excuses to set sail again, ready to wipe out Dewey and the other two.
As for the Pirate Emperor and the King of the Dark World, the former still overlooked everything, while the latter viciously opened a black market in the front and back half of the Grand Line, betting on how long it would take for Dewey and the other two to be killed, and how long it would take for them to be driven out of the New World. This attracted countless powerful gamblers to place bets at the cost of their fortunes, and then join the ranks to attack Dewey and the other two.
A trend against pirates and bounty hunters swept across the New World at an extremely fast speed.
However, this trend came quickly and went away even faster.
Even though there were countless idiots in this world, and even minions willing to assassinate admirals could be found everywhere, their stupidity was not fatal; at least they still knew fear.
Because they stuck together, their IQ dropped rapidly, but Dewey and Nami quickly made these idiots remember the horror of the No-Flame-Flame Fruit and the No-Thunder Fruit, as well as the invincibility of natural ability users in naval battles.
As long as the opponents are not at the level of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Dewey and the other two can make those pirate groups have no chance to return.
No matter how many ships they have, as long as those pirate groups appear more than ten nautical miles away, Dewey and his two companions will use the flying speed of the Thunder No-Sound Fruit and the Cloud Shell that can borrow force from high altitudes to launch sneak attacks on those pirate groups.
The high-temperature flame that completes the second huge qualitative change, as well as the electric heat of the Thunder Fruit, can easily destroy a wooden sail, and can easily avoid and escape when encountering danger.
With one victory after another, Dewey and his two companions established their position in the New World in less than two weeks.
Apart from the Four Emperors Pirates and the veteran pirate groups in the New World, no one dared to provoke Dewey and his two companions, making them the strongest rookie team of the year, just like the Spade Pirates in the original work.
And after they won victory after victory, some bankrupt guy suddenly revealed the news on the black market.
This strongest rookie combination in history has entered Whitebeard's territory, and just like the Spade Pirates, who attracted a lot of attention in the New World half a year ago because their captain mastered the three colors of Haki at a young age, and now their captain is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division, they headed straight to the island where the Moby Dick was docked.
The strongest rookie in history is most likely someone like Portgas and Ace who wants to challenge the strongest man in the world.
This revelation quickly spread throughout the black market, and also spread throughout the entire New World at an extremely fast speed through the mouths of those gamblers who had lost all their money, attracting the attention of countless forces, who were ready to wait for the show.
Morgans excitedly sent out the news bird he trained to update the news in real time.
However, this time, Dewey did not let him succeed.
Whenever Nami senses the appearance of Newsbirds within a radius of dozens of nautical miles, she will use the power of the Thunder Fruit to kill them.
After losing a certain number of capable men, Morgans also knew that this was a warning to him from the strongest rookie in history.
It's okay to attract hatred from the weak for them, but it's not okay to attract hatred from the strongest pirate group in the world for them.
The revelations from the black market are just gossip after all, and they are false rumors.
However, if the news of Dewey and his two companions appearing in Whitebeard's territory was published by Morgans in the world's best-selling newspaper, the World's Economic Review, and the birdman fanned the flames for the sake of sales, Dewey and his two companions might really be forced into a desperate situation.
Morgans also knew that if he continued to follow up on the report, he would be at war with this most powerful rookie group in history.
In order not to offend these two future natural powerhouses, Morgans could only give up the tracking with regret.
However, this rumor still reached the Whitebeard Pirates.
On the Moby Dick, the usual leisurely atmosphere suddenly became lively.
"Boss, there is an interesting rumor in the black market recently."
Marco walked to the throne.
It is said that the kid who is known as the strongest rookie in history has entered the sea area we rule and is heading here. It seems that he wants to challenge you just like Ace did back then."
"Hahaha… Another newcomer who wants to challenge my dad? He really doesn't know his own limitations."
"Hey, hey…how can you talk like that? Are you scolding Captain Ace? I didn't expect you to be that kind of person!"
"Sorry, sorry, I just said it sloppily…"
"No, we are going to isolate you!"
"Yes, isolate you! Isolate! Isolate!"
"Isolation! Isolation! Isolation…"
Protected by the Whitebeard Pirates for many years and blinded by the title of the strongest pirate group in the world, the Moby Dick has gradually become a lazy fish except for occasional minor frictions with the other four emperors, or teaching a lesson to unknown small pirate groups. At this time, they still don't know that their situation is becoming more and more dangerous, and they are still constantly making trouble.
Whitebeard, who dominated the sea and occupied the throne of the strongest in the world for decades, looked at his noisy sons with a doting look on his face and smiled, "Gulala… Being young and frivolous is a good thing. The calm sea needs young people like Ace and them. If he really dares to stand in front of me alone, he will be a brat worthy of my recognition."
"Dad, he's not alone." Marco smiled as he continued, "This lucky boy has two beautiful companions by his side. In addition to the Thunder Fruit, the other one is also a talented girl who has mastered the dual-color domineering at a young age. According to our investigation, the oldest of the three is only 18 years old, and the other two are only 16 years old."
"16-year-old natural style, and 16-year-old two-color domineering?"
Thatch, who was next to Marco, couldn't help but exclaimed: "Add to that Ace who has mastered the three-color Haki at the age of 18, are all the young people in the ocean so scary now?"
"Yes, this is the era of young people." Marco nodded in agreement.
"Report! Dad, Captain Marco, we found a sailboat approaching us."
At this time, a pirate in charge of lookout seemed to have discovered something and suddenly shouted: "The target's identity has been confirmed. It's the strongest rookie in history, Ueki no Ue, the non-electric girl Nami, and the non-phantom thief Kalina."
I don't know how Morgans investigated, but he actually found the titles of Kalina and the other girl who had just become famous and joined Dewey in the Weakest Sea.
However, due to Nami's outstanding performance and the appearance of the Thunder Fruit, Morgans arbitrarily changed her title of Little Thief Cat and gave Nami a new title that in her eyes had no taste at all.
Although this title is very consistent with Nami's fighting style of liking to electrocute others.