"Name: Ron"
"Gender: Male"
"Birth: East Blue."
"Position: Marineford Admiral Candidate"
"Crime: Slacking off in combat, indirectly causing serious injuries to Celestial Dragons Nasu Shudeng and Starlina Palace, severe dereliction of duty, and absenteeism!"
"Execution: Stripped of all positions, powers, wealth, etc., expelled from the Marine, never to be rehired!"
"Execute immediately!"
"Time: Marine Calendar 1520."
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High in the sky, white clouds stretched for thousands of miles, and a speedboat flew at a steady pace, with the large characters clearly printed on it: [WE NEWS]!
It was the mobile news agency of Morgans, the powerful figure of the World Economic Journal!
"Hahaha, Ron, I can't believe those guys from the Marine actually fired you!" Morgans laughed heartily, a hint of teasing in his tone, "You're the strongest combatant in the Marine, and you got fired for slacking off? Has Sengoku that old guy gone senile!"
"What are your plans next? Why don't you follow me, Morgans, and create news that will shake the entire world!" After speaking, Morgans plopped down on a lounge chair, leisurely puffing on a cigar and exhaling smoke, his eyes fixed on Ron, who was slowly savoring his red wine.
Ron's expression was as usual, as if he hadn't heard Morgans speak, still meticulously savoring the red wine in his glass.
"Hey! Ron, don't think that just because you've done me a great favor, I wouldn't dare kick you out!" Morgans couldn't help but raise his voice when Ron showed no reaction.
...
Seeing Ron still silent, Morgans became furious.
Ever since he was "rescued" by him in the Calm Belt, this guy had been so silent, not saying a word, as if he had suffered some great shock.
"Ron, although your combat power reached the peak of the Marine, that was more than ten years ago. Now you're forty-seven, almost fifty, and you have a body full of ailments. Just listen to my advice, stop messing around and just recuperate in your old age, how about it?" Morgans sighed, shaking his head as he looked at Ron.
This guy's life could be described as a legend of the entire Marine, yet he was expelled from the Marine just because of some damn Celestial Dragons getting injured!
Damn it! Where's the justice in that!
"Ron, listen to your little brother's advice. There are countless pirates in the entire sea who want your life. Before, you had the intimidating signboard of the Marine blocking them, so there was nothing for the time being. But now you're in your twilight years, your ambitions fading, your body riddled with pain and illness, you can't even cross the Calm Belt, what's the point of all this fuss."
"This is good enough. Tomorrow I'll publish a newspaper saying you're dead, and then help you find a quiet little island to recuperate in your old age. No one will bother you either, how about it?" Morgans chattered on, not feeling annoyed at all.
After muttering for a long time, he finally looked up and found that Ron had actually fallen asleep!
"....."
"I really owe you in this life!" Morgans shook his head helplessly, "You think about it carefully, tell me tomorrow morning." He grumbled, but still tiptoed out of the lounge and carefully closed the door, leaving Ron alone to rest inside.
Ron on the sofa had steady breathing and closed eyes, but he wasn't asleep. Instead, he was closing his eyes, recalling how wonderful his life had been, and a faint smile suddenly curved at the corner of his lips.
He was a transmigrator. Forty-seven years ago, his soul transmigrated into a newborn baby who had been abandoned, almost freezing to death in the wilderness. Fortunately, he cried loudly, otherwise he would have died right after transmigrating.
He was later raised by an ordinary Marine. After his adoptive father died, he also joined the Marine.
In the pirate world at that time, Luffy hadn't been born yet. Several times when he went to sea, he faced vicious and evil great pirates: Rocks, Roger, Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Wang Zhi, John, and so on!
He also grew from an unknown nobody, step by step, to become a Marine Admiral Candidate, and was even internally designated as an Admiral, his combat power reaching the peak of the Marine!
Such strength, terrifying indeed!
It could be said that the Marine regarded him as a monster, and pirates wanted him dead!
As for the Celestial Dragons, he also killed them, but it was all done in secret. He just didn't expect that this time those two guys got lucky and didn't die, which led to his punishment. Fortunately, he had made great contributions, so those people didn't kill him directly, only expelled him from the Marine.
"How boring, cough cough cough cough......" His illness flared up again. The violent coughing kept him wide awake. He then picked up the newspaper on the table and started reading. The most eye-catching thing was the expulsion order about him on the front page.
"Time really flies, it's already 1520. So I guess I'm considered an old-timer in the pirate world. In the blink of an eye, I've been here for forty-seven years!" He murmured softly, "I guess I've become the most tragic transmigrator. I don't even have a standard system, completely relying on myself to reach the peak step by step! It's too hard!"
"No one helped me achieve my lofty ambitions; I myself tread through snow to the mountain peak!" Ron again gulped down several large mouthfuls of wine, his expression gradually becoming desolate.
The pirate world was full of brutality, bloodshed, and war. Burning, killing, looting were happening every moment. He wondered when this place would become like China, where he lived before, peaceful and comfortable.
Moreover, life as a Marine was very monotonous. Besides killing pirates, it was being killed by pirates. He was either fighting or on his way to fight.
He was fed up with such a life. Now that he was expelled, he felt relieved, but in the future, he would face tens of thousands of pirates chasing him, with his current terrible body... "Cough cough cough cough..." Another violent fit of coughing, Ron felt like his lungs were about to cough out.
Excessive training led to the overdrawing of his physical functions and premature decline, making him not as good as before.
Moreover, what goes around comes around. You have to pay for what you get. Everything you can't see has already been clearly priced.
"This world is too boring. It would be great to have something fun. I've fought pirates my whole life, shouldn't I enjoy myself!" he muttered softly.
"Ding! Detecting host's secret code, God-level Entertainment System unlocked!"
"Binding... Binding successful!"
"Due to the host delaying the system unlock by forty-seven years, the system specially gifts a Newbie Gift Pack · Enhanced Version!"
"Do you wish to open the Newbie Gift Pack · Enhanced Version?"
Looking at the illusory light blue screen in front of him, Ron's mind crashed. He stared blankly at everything, and only after a long while did he come back to his senses, "De...delayed by forty-seven years to unlock???"
"Damn it!" Ron was so enraged that he nearly passed out, "Cough cough cough cough!!!" "I've never heard of a system requiring a secret code to unlock! I'm about to die, what's the use of you coming now!"
"Cough cough cough cough... And a God-level Entertainment System, let me entertain myself for two years, then I'll die, right!"
"Please open the Newbie Gift Pack · Enhanced Version as soon as possible, otherwise it will be considered forfeited after three minutes."
"I'll f***ing... open it!" Ron took a deep breath, trying to relax himself, then took another deep breath and relaxed. A few years of entertainment would be good too, it was much more interesting than dying alone.
"Newbie Gift Pack · Enhanced Version"
"Gift Pack 1. Life Skill Original Fluid: After use, it can restore physical functions to their peak, removing all ailments, hidden diseases, and internal injuries!"
"Gift Pack 2. World Network Covered: A God-level entertainment virtual network covering the entire world!"
"Gift Pack 3. Space Channel Opened: Items can be transported through the space channel!"
"Gift Pack 4. Host can get 20% of all entertainment project profits!"
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