Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

Now, just by casually selling fish, I've made 200 million Berries!

Chapter 202 New Mission Appears

But upon closer reflection, it's not actually that strange.

There is no shortage of wealthy people in the world, and food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are all essential for human survival. There are quite a few people who are willing to spend a fortune to satisfy their appetites.

Mermaid Island is located 10,000 meters deep in the ocean. Ordinary ships would face enormous risks if they tried to reach it, so it's only natural that the local specialties are expensive.

It's worth mentioning that when Wood and his crew were making a fortune selling seafood, some ignorant pirates, envious of their profits, came up to collect so-called "protection fees."

As for the other party's final fate, it is naturally predictable.

Those pirates who came to collect protection money never expected that what was originally just a group of ordinary fishermen would turn out to be Wood, a super rookie who had become a prominent figure in the New World and had a bounty of 1 billion Berries!

The pirate who was killed must have died with his eyes wide open in disbelief. You, a pirate with a bounty of one billion, instead of being a proper pirate, you quietly went out to kill fish. Isn't that just luring them into committing crimes?

After this clueless pirate crew was wiped out by Wood and his crew, Russ was surprised to discover that there were at least three people with bounties on their heads in the opposing crew.

The total bounty is a whopping 150 million Berries, with their captain alone worth 100 million Berries.

It's still the New World, no matter what. Even a random nobody you can't name is a pirate with a bounty of over 100 million.

The pirates who managed to survive the battles of the first half of the Grand Line and enter this area are clearly of a different level.

Send a crew member who wasn't wanted to carry the heads of the others to the naval branch to collect the bounty.

Thus, the bounty, combined with the Berries from selling seafood, brought Wood's pirate crew to an unprecedented economic peak, with a fortune of 350 million Berries.

Having amassed such astonishing wealth, Wood, who was always penniless, should have been overjoyed.

However, the ringing of a Den Den Mushi caused Wood's initially happy and excited face to immediately fall down again.

Finding an excuse to escape Ruth and her group who were feasting and drinking in the tavern, Wood pulled out a small Den Den Mushi with a goatee from his pocket.

That old bastard from the Warring States period said he'd only contact me every few years, claiming the missions were entirely up to me, easy and safe, and I could even earn a salary while lying down.

But now it seems like it was all a setup!

They only contact each other once every few years, and only half a year has passed, yet I've already been contacted countless times.

Moreover, the mission was anything but easy, and was even extremely dangerous.

As for earning a salary while lying down? Anyway, Wood hasn't received a single penny of salary yet. If it weren't for Queen Otohime sending a boatload of seafood, they wouldn't even have made it to this island.

After gathering his emotions, Wood finally picked up the Den Den Mushi amidst a series of "blur blur" sounds.

At the same time, the Den Den Mushi in Wood's hand subtly mimicked the expression of Fleet Admiral Sengoku in Marineford and emitted its unique tone.

"Wood, you've entered the new world, haven't you? I happen to have an important mission for you..."

"I won't do it! I'm not doing it this time no matter what! What did you say when you asked me to take on this so-called classified mission?"

The task is easy and not too dangerous. After a few years, I will be sent back to my hometown to serve as a branch colonel.

But what was the result? They promised to contact me every few years, but first they made me deal with the World Government and secretly steal the Pluton blueprints, and then they bombarded Enies Lobby.

They didn't give me any funding for the operation, and now they want to assign me some dangerous mission? I'm absolutely not doing it. Let whoever wants to do it do it.

Before Marshal Sengoku could finish speaking, he saw the Den Den Mushi on the table subtly mimic Wood's expression, spitting saliva at him.

To be honest, since becoming a naval admiral, apart from in front of the Five Elders, Fleet Admiral Sengoku has rarely been so pointed at and berated like this.

However, it was obvious that Marshal Sengoku also knew that he had not handled things very well before, so he wiped the saliva off his face with some guilt and did not blame Wood too much.

"The task I'm asking you to complete this time is to prepare activity funds for you."

Your current identity is that of a pirate. Even if headquarters wanted to give you funds, the process would be very complicated. So, the mission I'm assigning you this time is to introduce you to another colleague.

Your mission this time is to assist him in completing his mission, and then casually obtain the operating funds provided by the Navy from him.

As soon as Sengoku opened his mouth, Wood could smell the strong premonition of his previous scheme. In addition, their pirate crew had just acquired a large amount of Berries and had completely escaped the stage of abject poverty.

In order to avoid being taken advantage of by Sengoku any further, Wood originally intended to refuse without even thinking about it.

Just as he was about to refuse Sengoku, the system, which had been dormant for a long time, reacted again and, to make matters worse, issued a mission to Wood.

Mission Name: Saving the Boy in the Silence

Mission objective: Assist Trafalgar Law, who has contracted lead poisoning, in obtaining the Surgery Fruit.

And during the mission, ensure that Corazon and Trafalgar Law survive.

Mission Reward: One chance to experience a multiverse of simulated life

Upon seeing the task information popped up by the system, Wood roughly understood what kind of plot he was encountering.

Then, considering what Sengoku had just said about "colleagues," Wood tentatively asked Sengoku, "Marshal Sengoku, the mission you mentioned, wouldn't it be related to the Don Quixote family, who have been making waves on the high seas and in the underworld lately?"

Sengoku was clearly taken aback when he heard the voice coming from the Den Den Mushi. Then he wondered why Wood suddenly realized that this mission was related to the Donquixote Family.

Upon hearing a moment of silence on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Wood, realizing he had let something slip, quickly made up a story: "I've been a pirate for almost a year now."

In addition to my previous fame, I now have a bounty of one billion Berries, and I actually have quite a few people who want to join me. Some time ago, some people from the underworld even knew that I had a good relationship with fish-men and wanted to cooperate with me to buy and sell mermaids.

So I also have my own special intelligence sources. The Donquixote Family has been making quite a stir in the underworld lately, and you've contacted me at this crucial moment, so the only thing I can guess is that the mission is related to them.”

Wood's explanation, while not perfect, was certainly acceptable to Sengoku, given that Wood's relationship with the Fish-Men had become common knowledge since the Enies Lobby incident.

Mermaids have always commanded high prices in the underworld, so it's perfectly understandable that some people would contact Wood for that profit.

Chapter 203: Are we going to go after the Don Quixote family?

"What information did you receive from the underworld? Do you know what the Don Quixote family is planning?"

To be honest, it was somewhat unexpected for Sengoku that Wood was able to establish connections with the underworld in such a short time.

But this also made Sengoku want to know from Wood whether Wood had any information that he didn't know.

"I haven't been involved in the underworld for very long. All I know is that the Joker seems to be planning to take down something valuable and has some schemes in mind."

Upon hearing what Wood said, Sengoku sighed helplessly, because Wood knew far less than he had imagined.

Sengoku even thought that Wood's ability to guess that this mission was related to the Don Quixote family was entirely due to his own quick wit.

However, Sengoku was not surprised by this, since he himself only knew so much inside information through the "undercover" agents of the Don Quixote family.

Wood had only recently entered the underworld, so it was quite remarkable that he had received such information. If anyone knew more than him, Sengoku would suspect that Wood was suspicious.

"The task I want to entrust to you this time is indeed related to the Don Quixote family."

Furthermore, I received intelligence that Doflamingo of the Donquixote Family, acting as an intermediary, is preparing to sell the "Op-Op Fruit" of the pirate crew to Dias Barrels to the World Government for 5 billion Berries.

Furthermore, I also know that although Doflamingo, acting as the middleman, was the one who brought the two together, he had secretly planned to double-cross them.

Whether it's the World Government's five billion Berries or the "Operation Fruit" in Dias Barrerus's hands, he wants it all.

Diaz Barreus, a former naval officer who fell into piracy, is also the father of Red Flag X Drake.

After accidentally obtaining the "Op-Op Fruit," he wanted to sell it to a powerful figure in the World Government through the dark intermediary Doflamingo.

After hearing about the true power of the legendary "Op-Op Fruit," Doflamingo was also tempted and proposed his idea of ​​double-crossing his family members.

It must be said that although Doflamingo is known as a sea rogue and his actions are those of a complete scoundrel, he is truly impeccable when it comes to his family members.

Even with this double-crossing scheme, he didn't choose to hide it from his trusted family members.

However, Doflamingo probably never imagined that a traitor would appear among his own family members.

And this traitor was none other than his own younger brother, Don Quixote Rosinante, who is also the current second-generation "heart" of the Don Quixote family, Corazon, a family executive.

Lieutenant Commander of the Navy Headquarters, Navy ID: 01746, codename: "Little Rice Fruit".

Originally a Celestial Dragon, after losing his status as a World Noble, he suffered retaliation from commoners when he was young, but was saved by Sengoku, who was then a Vice Admiral.

He possessed a strong sense of justice, so he chose to join the Navy at that time and infiltrated the Donquixote Family as an undercover agent to prevent his brother from going berserk.

Corazon, who witnessed Doflamingo kill their father when he was young, believed that his brother was a true demon and would surely bring chaos to the world if left unchecked.

The true power of the Op-Op Fruit is the ability to grant humans immortality at the cost of the user's life.

It is for this reason that the World Government attempted to acquire the "Operation Fruit" from Diablos Barreus for a staggering 5 billion Berries.

Sengoku did not tell Wood the true power of the "Op-Op Fruit," only that it was worth 5 billion Berries.

As for Wood's mission this time, it is to stop Doflamingo from successfully double-crossing him, and if possible, to destroy the entire Donquixote Family, which would be even better.

As for the "Operation Fruit," take it if you can, and destroy it if you can't. The World Government's five billion Berries, if Wood can get his hands on it, can also be used as so-called operating funds.

After all that, Marshal Zhan Guo still wanted to get something for nothing; the so-called "activity funds" still had to be seized by Wood himself.

However, Sengoku believed that he had also contributed, as he had provided a lot of information that Wood "did not know".

"The Don Quixote family is now located on the island of Mignon, because Dies Barreus is also there."

If you get there, you can find a Don Quixote Family officer named Corazon. He's an undercover agent for our navy and also one of the Don Quixote Family officers. He'll assist you in completing your mission.

Sengoku wanted to wipe out the Don Quixote family in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that Corazon had reported so much intelligence to him this time, and that he actually had his own selfish motives.

That is, he also wants to obtain the "surgery fruit"!

Of course, Corazon's purpose in wanting the "Operation Fruit" was not for himself, nor did he have any ambition for immortality. He only wanted to save a man named Trafalgar Law who suffered from lead poisoning.

Corazon couldn't defeat any of the three forces: the World Government, the Donquixote Family, and the Dias Barreus Pirates.