"Yes. It's a new manga. I'm confident that its quality won't lose to Dragon Ball. The new manga's name will be One Piece."
…
If the era before the nineties belonged to Dragon Ball, then the new century after the nineties could barely be called the era of One Piece.
Why "barely"?
Because in the anime and manga world, there had always been a saying: in Japan, there were only two kinds of manga—Dragon Ball, and every other manga.
Dragon Ball's influence was simply too great.
But in certain aspects, One Piece was not inferior to Dragon Ball.
And the reason Roy chose One Piece came down to three intentions.
First, he would be able to obtain all kinds of Devil Fruits from One Piece. If developed to their limits, they could also display power capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Second, One Piece was solid enough in quality and long enough in length. It would be enough for Roy to draw for twenty or thirty years and steadily stabilize his divinity.
Of course, One Piece had not been completed yet, but Roy precisely wanted to use this unfinished One Piece, whose ending had not yet been revealed, to test his conjecture for his eighth Nen ability.
Roy had already thought of the name for this eighth Nen ability branch.
It would be called "Exploration of the New World"!
On the other side, old Luke, who was buried under countless tasks, excitedly hung up Roy's call.
Right now, Roy occupied the greatest weight in old Luke's heart. Even though the people sitting beside him now were all upper-class elites, he still answered Roy's call immediately.
At this moment, the few balding, potbellied, greasy middle-aged men beside old Luke saw how delighted and cheerful he was, and they could not help wanting to ask about it.
They also knew that the call just now must have come from Master Roy. Otherwise, old Luke would not have left them hanging here to answer the phone, much less become this happy.
"It's nothing, nothing. Come, come, let's continue our discussion."
Old Luke forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and kept his mouth tightly shut.
Roy had just said that this was a manga whose quality would absolutely not lose to Dragon Ball!
Even old Luke's hand trembled slightly as he flipped through the documents.
…
Time slowly passed.
Because of the impact caused by Dragon Ball's conclusion, the game Dragon Ball Alliance, produced by Ging and his companions, was receiving more and more attention. It was expected to officially launch in another half a year.
Milluki had also already made a name for himself in the underworld. This was not only because of the weapons he produced, but also because of his own strength. Now, Milluki, armed with all kinds of weapons, was respectfully called "Weapon Master" by those in the underworld.
Gon and the others had also begun searching for the card Plot of Beach. As for Genthru, he was waiting for his two companions to recover from their injuries, so for the time being, he remained silent and took no action.
Meanwhile, Shonen Magazine also began putting out this promotional slogan:
"Master Roy's newest masterpiece! After the vast universe of Dragon Ball, comes the magnificent sea! One Piece sets sail!"
Leaving aside the outside world's heated discussions and reactions to Roy's new manga, during this period, Roy's eighth Nen ability had now officially taken shape.
Exploration of the New World:
Ability: Allows the user to enter the manga world written by the author, while also choosing the time period and location. After entering the manga world, it will not affect the manga content originally published in the magazine.
Prerequisite restrictions:
1. The user can only enter manga that are currently being serialized and still in their early stages. Completed manga cannot be entered.
2. After entering the manga world, if the user's own strength is higher than the top level of power in that manga world, their ability will be suppressed to one percent of their original strength.
3. If the user dies after entering the manga world, it is true death.
4. The user can only enter a manga world once. After leaving, they cannot enter it again.
5. After entering the manga world, the flow of time between the author inside the manga world and the real world is one year to one day.
6. If the user wants to bring items out of the manga world, those items must be in contact with their body to be brought back to reality, and living beings cannot be brought out.
7. If the author has not yet conceived the ending of the manga being entered, then the restriction requirements for bringing items out will be loosened appropriately.
This was the eight Nen ability Roy had developed!
Compared to obtaining things from manga once every seven days, that method relied too much on probability. There was also no guarantee that it would manifest the thing he wanted.
For example, the Spirit Bomb from Dragon Ball had never appeared, even up until the moment the manga concluded.
Compared to waiting for manifestation, Roy still preferred taking the initiative.
That way, after entering the manga world, Roy could make his move directly at the source.
As for those seven restrictions, to be honest, they really did not restrict Roy much at all.
When manga artists drew manga, most of the time they only had an outline and a main storyline. All kinds of story branches, details, and foreshadowing were often created through the manga artist's bursts of inspiration. Therefore, after entering a manga world, everything was uncertain.
Restriction one, only allowing entry into early-stage manga that were currently being serialized, was meant to make the author bear the risk of that uncertainty.
But Roy was different.
Taking One Piece as an example, he basically already knew the plot of more than nine hundred chapters of the One Piece world. That little bit of uncertainty was directly ignored by Roy.
Restrictions two and three were also useless against Roy. With Roy's current strength, even if he were weakened to one percent, he would still be able to overwhelm the many powerhouses of the One Piece world.
As for restriction four, Roy currently possessed the same bodily ability as Majin Buu.
In the new setting Akira Toriyama later added, Majin Buu was not created by Bibidi. Instead, he was a being that had existed since time immemorial, surviving through repeated periods of massive rampage and long-term dormancy.
Having existed since time immemorial until now proved that Majin Buu possessed an extremely long lifespan.
And Roy, who possessed the same bodily ability as Buu, was naturally the same.
Restrictions five, six, and seven did not need much explanation. As for the final restriction, it was the reason Roy was using One Piece as his experiment.
The restrictions could be loosened.
That was very interesting.
For example, were the Homies created by Big Mom using souls living beings, or non-living beings?
That would have to wait until Roy truly entered the One Piece world and tested it when he left.
(End of Chapter)
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