One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

But what surprised Abel the most was 'Hawkeye' Mihawk.

"There's a guy who's not simple at all. Although he wears a mask and deliberately hides his abilities, his true strength is always inadvertently revealed when he's in danger."

"Oh? Then I'll have to take a good look."

Not only was Abel somewhat surprised, but everyone else reacted in the same way.

After all, anyone who can catch Mihawk's eagle eyes is definitely not an ordinary person.

There was nothing noteworthy about it from the surveillance footage; it performed quite ordinary.

Kalifa immediately found information about the person Mihawk had pointed out.

Abel took a look and immediately frowned.

"Machi, male, 35 years old, origin unknown..."

This is clearly a completely fake name.

I suspect that everything except the gender is fake.

Because the man in the surveillance footage, March, was a burly, even somewhat overweight, male.

Of course, it's also possible that the other person is a woman...

"Tell the people next door to set aside a group of them and keep a close eye on this March."

"Yes, President."

Abel chose to trust Hawkeye's judgment.

Since the other party chose to disguise their identity, they must have ulterior motives.

They might be here to steal Devil Fruits, or they might be sent by other forces to cause trouble.

And the possibility is very high.

"By the way, are there any unusual occurrences in the waters near the assessment island?"

"Not yet. The patrol personnel have all reported on time, and everything is normal."

"That shouldn't be the case. Did we really scare the Celestial Dragons last time? They didn't even send anyone to attack us when we had such a good opportunity. I'm really disappointed."

Under Abel's intensely imposing gaze, Kalifa stammered, "Ken... that must be it. The Guild Master is too powerful. How could the Celestial Dragons dare to... attack us?"

"is it?"

"Yes...yes."

Abel stared at Kalifa expressionlessly until she broke out in a cold sweat, then he suddenly smiled and reached out to pat her shoulder.

"Am I that scary? You've been by my side for so long, and you still get so nervous that you sweat. How can I entrust you with more important tasks in the future if you're like this?"

"I'm sorry, it's just that your aura is too overwhelming, President."

Kalifa immediately showed an expression of admiration.

Seeing this, Abel stopped trying to frighten her.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun if they got scared to death.

"I'm going to stay at the training ground for a while. Let me know if anything happens here."

"I understand, President."

……

The island marked by the orange flag is the site of the trials conducted by Vegapunk and his alter ego.

The whole place is a 'PUBG battlefield'!

Various weapons, equipment, and supplies are hidden everywhere on the island.

Each person receives a wristwatch upon logging in, which displays their personal points and a points leaderboard.

You earn one point for each kill, and the points for each dead player are immediately reset to zero.

When someone accumulates 5000 points, the final boss will appear.

Defeating it will immediately grant you 5000 points.

The person with the highest score when the final boss is defeated will receive a golden key reward.

In other words, whoever has the highest score is the ultimate winner.

In addition, the watch has a points trading function, allowing users to voluntarily transfer the points they have earned through killing to others.

This means that as the game progresses, the points gained from capturing targets become far more important than directly killing the opponent.

Because you kill someone directly, you can only get one point.

But if you force the other party to hand over all their points, you might only get a few hundred points!

This addition undoubtedly makes the game much more complex and interesting.

Moreover, under such rules, it is inevitable that groups will form alliances.

Coercion and enticement, hunting and being hunted!

Capone Becky, dressed in a black pinstripe suit and with a cigar in his mouth, felt that luck was on his side.

He simply chose the ship with the orange flag at random, yet he ended up at the testing location where the rules were most favorable to him.

why?

Because he was not alone, he brought a large group of people from his family.

There were a full 500 mafia members, all armed.

It can be said that he won at the starting line.

So he immediately led his men to clear out the people around them, converting them all into his points.

Capone Becky knew that his greatest advantage lay only in the most chaotic beginning.

Once most of the cannon fodder have died, the remaining people will definitely form small groups.

They might even outnumber the people he brought.

However, he was not worried because a hastily assembled team is unlikely to have any trust.

Not to mention that in the end there can only be one true winner.

Who would be willing to give away the points they've worked so hard to earn?

Only Capone Becky dares to say that his men are absolutely loyal!

Therefore, he was determined to have that Devil Fruit on the island!

Chapter 969 A Death-Defying Trial?

While Abel was training and practicing as usual, the trials on several islands had entered a heated phase.

The expressions of the hundreds of thousands of participants were particularly awe-inspiring when they each made it to the final BOSS stage!

What followed was profound despair and frantic cursing.

The slime, a mixture of various highly toxic substances, is almost always fatal upon contact!

Then, with the help of Vegapunk's technology, he incorporated a Salamander Fruit, Axolotl Form, completely transforming it into a super monster.

When you combine the words "highly toxic," "self-destruct," and "infinite regeneration," you simply cannot imagine how to defeat this monster.

But inside the slime's red body was a gleaming golden key.

That's what all the contestants dream of.

Thus, greed triumphed over reason.

Countless people rushed towards this seemingly cute red monster, wanting to chop it up and pull out the golden key from its body.

Even though countless people have already fallen ill from poisoning, it still cannot stop others from following suit.

After watching the show from his secret underground research facility for a long time, Caesar, amidst incredibly eerie laughter, relayed the order to the [Slime] to self-destruct.

Immediately afterwards, those who rushed towards the [Slime] suddenly showed an expression of extreme terror.

Because they saw a red, slimy monster that looked like a large clump of snot suddenly begin to swell from the inside out.

It's like a fully inflated balloon that's about to... explode!

"Run! It's going to explode!"

"Don't push me, let me leave here, please."

"Don't come any closer, everyone! Can't you see it's about to explode? Get out of the way!"

"Do not……"

BOOM!

Under the horrified gazes of countless people, the [Slime] still exploded.

A large amount of compressed mixed toxic gas spread out instantly.

Many people didn't even have time to escape before they were completely overwhelmed and died in extreme agony.

Seeing this scene, the survivors around were terrified and collapsed to the ground, some even wetting their pants.

Some people even began to suspect that the so-called dragon hunting competition was just a front.

The purpose was simply to lure these idiots to their deaths.

It's no wonder they think that way, because the existence of [Slimes] is indeed terrifying.

Even Caesar, the one who created it, could only think of making it eat another Devil Fruit to destroy it.

So what good ideas can these contestants come up with to deal with the slime in the short term?

"Whoosh whoo ...

"Just watch, Vegapunk and Judge, I'll become Chairman Abel's most favored chief scientist sooner or later!"

Outside, amidst Caesar's maniacal laughter.