Leaving the Wilson Family estate, Ze Kai ducked into an alley.
With no one around, a ghost-faced Shura mask appeared in his hand.
He put the mask on, covering his slightly youthful, handsome face, and then a black cloak materialized in his palm.
Donning the cloak, Ze Kai's aura instantly transformed, becoming sharp and bloodthirsty, like a Shura risen from hell.
Tulip Dream Workshop.
A perfume shop.
Ze Kai stepped inside, and a fragrant scent of tulips wafted over him.
The shop's interior was lavishly decorated, displaying various perfumes of different colors, shimmering with brilliance.
"Lord Shura!"
Seeing Ze Kai, a waitress immediately scurried to his side, a smile on her face revealing sweet dimples.
The other noblewomen who had come to buy perfume naturally noticed him and began to whisper.
"Shura is here again; he must be pursuing Madam Tulip, right?"
"I think he's already won her over.
Have you seen any other man receive a personal welcome from Madam Tulip?"
"Is that so?"
"What kind of face do you think is under Shura's mask?"
"Why would Madam Tulip be interested in him?"
"It can't be very good-looking, otherwise he wouldn't always wear a mask."
As the noblewomen chatted, the waitress led Ze Kai upstairs to the second floor, which only fueled the discussion among these entertainment-starved noblewomen.
When a group of women gathers, gossip is natural, especially when they are of noble status and not afraid of offending anyone.
Madam Tulip was not present, so Ze Kai was led into a room filled with the scent of tulips; everything, from the curtains and bedsheets to the clothes in the wardrobe, was purple.
"Lord Shura, Madam will be back very soon.
Would you like something to eat first?" the waitress asked.
Ze Kai nodded, emitting a muffled sound that didn't match his original voice: "Mm."
He hadn't eaten lunch yet, and he was indeed a bit hungry.
The waitress left to prepare food, and Ze Kai, with nothing to do, leaned back on the sofa.
With a thought, a template appeared before his eyes.
【Host: Rocks Ze Kai】
【Bloodline: Overlord Bloodline】
【Abilities: Swordsmanship (Sword Master) Armament Haki (Proficient) Observation Haki (Skilled) Conqueror's Haki (Skilled)】
As a transmigrator, Ze Kai naturally came with a system, and his system was quite simple, in essence, a Pirate King system.
Of course, it wasn't to make him the Pirate King, but to grant him abilities and items from the Pirate World.
Four years ago, after his mother died of illness, when Ze Kai's world was plunged into darkness, the system finished loading.
He couldn't say he hated it, but he truly disliked the feeling of powerlessness.
Fortunately, the system rewarded him, this Essence Energy 'waste', with a path to becoming stronger: the Overlord Bloodline.
Those with the Overlord Bloodline, and their descendants, would gain the qualification to cultivate Haki, which is the three types of Haki from the Pirate World.
It was precisely because of this bloodline that he had the determination to establish a powerful family.
What if he couldn't absorb Essence Energy? He could still become stronger.
"So the name has been changed to Rocks Ze Kai, that's good.
Conqueror's Haki has grown from beginner to skilled; it seems Conqueror's Haki indeed improves with changes in one's state of mind."
After understanding the changes in his attribute panel, Ze Kai still felt a bit excited.
After all, improving Conqueror's Haki was truly difficult.
Closing the attribute page, Ze Kai opened another page of the system.
Instantly, his consciousness was pulled into a peculiar space.
On a Boundless Sea, a small wooden boat drifted silently.
Ze Kai didn't hesitate, picking up a fishing rod nearby and casting his hook directly, without bait.
"Forty minutes in total, I hope I don't come back empty-handed."
Ze Kai raised his arm and glanced at his wrist, where a countdown was displayed.
【39:25】
【39:24】
【39:23】
...Time passed quickly, and over thirty minutes went by.
In the last three minutes, the float finally sank.
"Something's biting!"
Ze Kai's eyes glinted, and he sharply pulled his arm back.
Soon, a rotten wooden treasure chest flew out of the water and landed on the small boat.
Ze Kai didn't rush to open the chest; instead, he cast it back into the sea.
Unfortunately, he didn't manage to fish out another treasure chest until the countdown ended.
"At least I didn't come back empty-handed."
Ze Kai, whose consciousness had returned to reality, sighed with emotion and eagerly opened the wooden treasure chest before him.
Inside the chest, a pink fruit with spiral patterns lay quietly.
This peculiar fruit was a magical product of the Pirate World, a Devil Fruit imbued with demonic power.
Although using a Devil Fruit has the drawback of fearing seawater, the boost it provides can outweigh this disadvantage, and many top powerhouses in the Pirate World have consumed Devil Fruits.
The name of the Devil Fruit quickly appeared in Ze Kai's eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly upward.
【Paramecia - Ripe-Ripe Fruit】
A Devil Fruit that doesn't significantly boost combat power, but in other aspects, the Ripe-Ripe Fruit is a god-tier fruit, for example—farming!
He was about to leave Quartz City, and even the Sunset Empire, to develop his territory in the borderlands, a place teeming with magical beasts and fraught with danger, so the demand for food would be immense.
With the Ripe-Ripe Fruit, he would quickly overcome the period of food shortages.
Ze Kai placed the Ripe-Ripe Fruit into his system inventory.
Currently, several other Devil Fruits were also lying in his system inventory.
【Zoan - Neko Neko no Mi - Ancient Zoan - Saber-toothed Tiger Form】
【Zoan - Hebi Hebi no Mi - Ancient Zoan - Velociraptor Form】
【Paramecia - Projection-Projection Fruit】
【Paramecia - Invisible-Invisible Fruit】
【Logia - Suna Suna no Mi】
Five Devil Fruits, and all of them with good potential, including even a Logia-type Devil Fruit.
However, Ze Kai had not chosen to eat a Devil Fruit.
Haki and swordsmanship were already sufficient for him at this stage, and he wasn't sure if he would eat a Devil Fruit in the future.
If he encountered an ability he truly liked, he would still eat it.
Besides Devil Fruits, his inventory also contained many items from the Pirate King world, such as flintlock pistols, good quality swords, and even great quality swords.
These were all things he had fished out of the Boundless Sea.
According to his guess, the Boundless Sea most likely buried a Pirate World.
Closing the system panel, Ze Kai leaned back on the sofa, closing his eyes to rest, contemplating his future path.
For the past four years, he had been preparing for independence, but he hadn't expected his cheap father to directly strip him of his surname, completely expelling him from the Wilson Family.
It was unexpected, yet reasonable.
After all, that man was a complete scoundrel.
But this was also good; he had long wanted to leave, and for these four years, he had been patiently developing.
Now, completely severing ties with the Wilson Family actually eliminated future troubles.
When in the Boundless Sea, external time does not flow.
Ze Kai rested with his eyes closed for about half an hour when a strong, yet not pungent, tulip scent filled his nostrils.
Madam Tulip had arrived.