One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 162

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Chapter 162: [162] : The Ambition of a Dual-Emperor Crew!

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"3.9889 BILLION BERI?!" Everyone gasped upon seeing the number.

Though Rowen’s bounty was already 3 billion, this new figure was ridiculously high!

NEARLY 4 BILLION BERI!

"WAIT! How much are the Four Emperors’ bounties??" Sanji asked.

Their bounties had reached this level... Just how much were the legendary Four Emperors worth?? How far were they now from a true Emperor’s crew?

Sanji’s question made everyone turn serious.

Rowen’s dream was to stand above all... And they were to be the strength that helped him achieve it.

Luffy’s dream was to become King of the Pirates!

Whether helping Rowen or helping Luffy, the Four Emperors—were four super-great pirates they could not avoid.

"The Four Emperors?" Rowen smiled.

Activating the intelligence enhancement of his Human-Human Fruit, Rowen could easily recall all the plot details he had seen on Earth.

"Since we’re on the topic, let me fully explain the composition of the Emperor crews. You all... have now truly earned the right to know this information. To follow me... and pull the Four Emperors from their thrones!" Rowen declared, looking at his crew with a confident smile.

Previously, Rowen had only given them a general overview of the world’s power structure. He had never told them the specific bounties of the Four Emperors.

In the One Piece world, a bounty was a direct reflection of a pirate’s strength.

The Emperors’ bounties were too high. Telling the crew before they were strong enough would have placed immense, crushing pressure on them, potentially hindering their growth.

But now... the crew’s strength had reached a level where they were qualified to participate in the highest-level confrontations on these seas!

Knowing their targets would only accelerate their growth!

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"The Four Emperors’ bounties, from lowest to highest, are..."

"Captain of the Red Hair Pirates, Emperor ’Red-Haired’ Shanks! Bounty: 4,048,900,000 Beri!"

"SUGEEEEEEEE! Shanks’s bounty is over 4 billion Beri!" Luffy grinned. Shanks was the one who set Luffy on his pirate path—Luffy deeply respected him as a great pirate.

Hearing this bounty filled Luffy not with fear, but with motivation.

Though Shanks was his role model, there could only be one Pirate King. His own bounty had to surpass Shanks’s—

—Luffy’s eyes burned with fighting spirit.

"The only female among the Four Emperors. A natural-born monster. User of the Soul-Soul Fruit, capable of manipulating souls and stealing lifespan. Captain of the Big Mom Pirates. Emperor Charlotte Linlin! Bounty: 4,388,000,000 Beri."

"Governor-General of the Beasts Pirates. Known as the World’s Strongest Creature due to possessing one of the most powerful Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits—the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon. Emperor Kaido of the Beasts! Bounty: 4,611,100,000 Beri."

"And finally—The World’s Strongest Man. User of the strongest Paramecia Devil Fruit, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit—known as the man who can destroy the world! Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. Whitebeard, Edward Newgate! Bounty: 5,046,000,000 Beri!"

Rowen laid out all the information without hesitation.

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"Three of the Four Emperors are super-powerful Devil Fruit users?" Zoro’s expression turned grim.

Rowen had already shown them how terrifying powerful Devil Fruits could be!

If not for Rowen’s own Devil Fruit abilities, they never would have won the war against the Buster Call!

And the Emperors’ Devil Fruit abilities sounded more horrifying than the last—One of the strongest Mythical Zoans, The strongest Paramecia, capable of destroying the world—and one that could manipulate souls and steal lifespan.

Each was an incredibly frightening power!

"Correct. Among the Four Emperors, only Red-Hair is not a Devil Fruit user. Shanks, like the former Pirate King Gol D. Roger, is a non-user. Consequently, Red-Hair also possesses the Strongest Haki—" Rowen explained.

"So the Pirate King Roger wasn’t a Devil Fruit user either..." the crew murmured in awe.

Hearing Rowen’s words, Zoro and Sanji’s eyes burned with fighting spirit.

The World’s Most Dominant Haki User. Red-Haired Shanks—

—And the Former Pirate King, Roger...

Both were non-users who became top-tier powerhouses of their eras through powerful Haki.

This gave Zoro and Sanji immense confidence.

For the sake of their dreams, they couldn’t eat Devil Fruits.

Sanji, who considered the Clear-Clear Fruit the romance of men, never truly considered eating one.

How could he find the All Blue if he couldn’t swim?

And Zoro, to become the World’s Greatest Swordsman, had to dedicate himself entirely to the way of the sword.

Eating a Devil Fruit would inevitably distract him...

Though they had witnessed firsthand the scary combat boost from powerful Devil Fruits, and knew Rowen could obtain them—at this moment, Zoro and Sanji’s resolve was firm.

Devil Fruits, though powerful, were contrary to their paths. If Shanks and Roger could become top-tier powerhouses without them, SO COULD THEY!

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Rowen, with his powerful Observation Haki, naturally sensed Zoro and Sanji’s emotional fluctuations and smiled.

A clear goal gave one the drive to grow, forging a more resolute spirit. And in the One Piece power system, where spiritual strength was paramount, a resolute spirit was invaluable.

After his own spiritual metamorphosis, even Rowen’s rate of Haki improvement via Born of the Sea had accelerated significantly.

Zoro and Sanji’s Haki would now also improve faster—this was the main reason Rowen shared this detailed intel.

"As for the Emperors’ second-in-commands, their bounties range from 1 billion to 1.5 billion Beri—" Rowen continued.