East Blue, Goa Kingdom.
Inside the resplendent grand hall of the Royal Palace, the king, nobles, ministers, and envoys from various large and small countries all looked at the man in the center with mocking expressions.
"Lynn, is this really all the annual tribute your Sypher Kingdom is paying this year? Does this even add up to ten million Berries?"
Upon the throne, Outlet III commented with a lazy expression.
He had a bulging belly and a head of golden curly hair.
This man was none of the other than Sabo's biological uncle from the original story, and also the king of the Goa Kingdom.
"Lynn! As a lord of a petty country who hasn't even been in office for half a year, are you trying to get your nation wiped out? Have your country send one hundred million Berries over immediately! Otherwise, don't even think about returning!"
To one side, a stout, middle-aged man wearing bubble sleeves and shaped like a cylinder shouted out.
Lynn glanced at him.
Bindaya, the Minister of Finance of the Goa Kingdom.
As soon as Bindaya uttered those words, the many ministers, nobles, and envoys from other countries in the grand hall burst into loud laughter.
"Does a trashy place like the Sypher Kingdom even deserve to be called a kingdom? Isn't it just a few ports and three towns? With no local specialties, no resources, and dirt poor, King Lynn probably has to sell his palace and throne bundled together to a merchant just to scrape together that one hundred million Berries, right? Hahahahaha!"
The speaker was William, the Legion Commander of the Goa Kingdom. He had a massive build, standing fully five meters tall, clad in a suit of silver battle armor, and commanding thirty thousand elite kingdom soldiers.
Faced with these taunts, Lynn, standing in the middle of the grand hall, smiled calmly.
He stood two meters tall, with black hair, black eyes, and a black suit. His handsome, striking features made him look like a refined gentleman.
Lynn placed one foot down on the leather suitcase filled with Berries in front of him.
"There are fifty thousand Berries in total here. This is my retirement gift to you. Starting today, the Goa Kingdom will be annexed by my Sypher Kingdom," Lynn said calmly.
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall was stunned!
The royalty, nobles, ministers, and envoys of the small countries all stared fiercely at Lynn.
Was this guy out of his mind?!
Did the Sypher Kingdom want to be annihilated?
To actually utter such rebellious and utterly absurd words!
Lynn had long anticipated everyone's expressions.
He had originally been an office worker who loved anime, but half a year ago, he suddenly transmigrated into the world of One Piece, becoming the prince of a small country.
He had originally thought he could finally live a life of extravagance and indulgence, fed on the finest foods and dressed in the richest silks.
Who would have thought that the Sypher Kingdom was poor beyond belief?
The entire country had a population of only eighty thousand, all of them old, weak, sick, or disabled, along with three ports. The whole place was still stuck in the agricultural age, and their sole source of income relied on using the title of a tributary state of the Goa Kingdom to attract merchant ships for transshipment and trade goods.
Logically speaking, this kind of life was barely manageable.
However, the Goa Kingdom demanded an annual protection fee of five hundred million Berries.
The King of the Sypher Kingdom, Sypher VI—who was his convenient father—had literally been crushed to death by the stress of this protection fee.
Fortunately, on the day Lynn ascended the throne as king, he suddenly awakened the system standard for transmigrators!
[Myriad Realms Legion Gacha System!]
As long as he raised the nation's level, he could summon a 100% loyal Myriad Realms Legion, and by increasing the nation's prestige, he could draw exclusive rewards!
This also destined him to walk a path of enmity with the entire world.
Whether it was facing World Government Affiliated Nations, the Warlords of the Sea, the Marines, the Four Emperors' crews, or the World Government!
He wasn't afraid in the least.
He had already fucking transmigrated, and he had a system to boot—what was there to chicken out for?
Pillage them, beat them into submission, and make them bow down and pledge allegiance to his empire.
Wherever the sun shines and the rivers flow, it's mine! Mine! It's all fucking mine!!!
"Lynn! What are you saying? You want your country wiped out, is that it?!"
Outlet III on the throne was so enraged that he stood straight up from his throne and roared.
The palace guards raised their spears in unison and aimed them at Lynn.
"Your Majesty, calm your anger. I think this Lynn has gone mad from poverty. He only brought two servants into the palace; where would he get the military force to pose a threat to us? I suggest we just execute him and annex a barren place like the Sypher Kingdom instead. Guards! Do it!"
Minister of Finance Bindaya first laughed wildly, and then angrily ordered the guards to make their move.
Dozens of elite kingdom guards closed in on Lynn.
Lynn's mouth curved slightly upward; he wasn't panicked in the least.
On the day he ascended the throne as the King of Sypher, his starting roll had given him the [Konoha Military Police Force - Uchiha Clan] from the Naruto plane—108 people in total!
Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Tekka, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, and others were all among them.
Through the development of the past half year, the Uchiha Clan had secretly eliminated pirates in various parts of the East Blue, plundered illegal underground merchant fleets, raided Marine supply ships, and helped the kingdom accumulate a fortune of over one billion Berries.
Now, it was time to show it off before the eyes of the world.
Lynn gently tapped the ground with one foot.
In an instant, 108 figures emerged rapidly from the corners of the royal palace hall, centered around the ground beneath Lynn's feet, moving like ghosts.
When the figures of the Uchiha Clan materialized, the atmosphere throughout the entire grand hall abruptly froze.
The dozens of elite guards, who had charged toward Lynn full of confidence, suddenly felt as if they were running headfirst into a cold aura of death, their breathing stalling entirely.
In an instant, the guards had their throats slit collectively and collapsed to the floor.
Only then did everyone clearly see these figures who had appeared like wraiths.
The first thing that caught everyone's eye was a patch of gray.
These men wore uniform gray high-collared combat windbreakers.
The red and white fan emblem on their clothes looked exceptionally glaring under the lights.
Their eyes were completely blood-red, with a pair of black three-tomoe spinning slowly within each, seemingly foreshadowing the terror about to descend.
The entire grand hall fell into a dead silence, the air itself seeming to freeze.
"D-Devil Fruit users?! So many of them?!"
An envoy from a small country standing nearby trembled, his eyes wide as copper bells, staring fixedly at those terrifying, blood-red eyes as if his mind and spirit were firmly suppressed by an irresistible force.
William's gaze froze.
His massive physique stiffened in an instant.
As the Legion Commander of the Goa Kingdom, he had seen countless warriors and experienced countless battles, but he had never witnessed such bizarre entities.
Those figures had appeared like ghosts and taken out dozens of guards in the span of a single breath! Their combat style completely transcended his understanding.
"T-This is impossible!" Bindaya's pupils dilated sharply. He retreated frantically, yet no matter what he did, he could not shake off that overwhelming pressure.
His voice carried a tremor, and he couldn't even manage a normal shout of anger.
Suddenly, a silver short blade pressed against the back of his neck.
Bindaya glanced sideways in terror at the person behind him.
It was a youth with prominent tear troughs and a gloomy, murderous aura.
Outlet III on the throne looked in terror at this sudden, bizarre troop. They had actually managed to take control of the entire grand hall in the span of mere seconds!
Abruptly, a serious middle-aged man with center-parted long hair stepped forward in front of him.
Blood-red eyes locked onto him.
With a completely expressionless face, the man yanked him right off the throne and dragged him all the way over to Lynn's feet.
Then, he dropped to one knee.
"Your Majesty, the situation is under control," Uchiha Fugaku said.
Lynn looked down at Outlet III, who was prostrate on the ground and shivering, a cold sneer curving the corner of his mouth.
"Fugaku, you've done well. Take a contingent of men to garrison this place, and have the Goa Kingdom publicly announce its withdrawal from the World Government Affiliated Nation and its annexation into the Sypher Kingdom! Deal with any insignificant people however you see fit."
After speaking calmly, Lynn turned and walked toward the outside of the grand hall.
Uchiha Fugaku stood up and gave a look to his son, Uchiha Itachi, and the others.
Accompanied by Lynn's leisurely footsteps, inside the grand hall behind him, cries of agony rang out one after another.
Fresh blood stained the entire palace.
Outlet III lay prostrate amidst the scalding blood, terror and despair engulfing him entirely.
He never could have imagined that the mere Sypher Kingdom would possess such a vast number of ability users!
"Itachi, Shisui, Inaho, Tekka, each take three men and protect His Majesty," Fugaku ordered.
"Understood!"