I impersonated God in America

Once he goes underwater, snipers can't lock onto him, and ground units' attempts to block him are pointless.

He only needs to run a few hundred meters further.

Then he caught a glimpse of a scene out of the corner of his eye.

Smith ran out from behind the pillar.

Then run in another direction.

Is he looking for cover?

That strange sensation is becoming more and more frequent.

Xu Ge's perception is faster than his vision.

The feeling intensified in the next moment.

In the depths of his being, he seemed to sense the dotted lines of the gunfire.

Which direction is it?

Xu Ge's body suddenly stopped, and then the snake's tail lashed heavily across the ground.

The person's entire trajectory was abruptly reversed, making a near right-angle turn.

His humanoid right hand reached out and grabbed Smith by the back of his suit collar just as Smith was about to enter the trajectory of the stray bullet.

boom.

A stray bullet struck Xu Ge's right forearm.

Blood gushed out.

Scales scattered and flew everywhere.

Xu Ge did not make a sound.

He grabbed Smith by the back of his collar and swung him, throwing him toward the cover in the opposite direction.

Smith's body arced through the air before crashing into a corner piled with scrap metal, landing on his back.

boom!

Xu Ge didn't look at Smith a second time.

With a flick of its tail, the snake launched its entire body toward the cliff, then traced an arc in mid-air.

Bullets rained down on the water like a storm.

[Snake-Snake Fruit - Complete Beast Transformation]

Beneath the water's surface, unseen by anyone, Xu Ge's body began to shrink, stretch, and reorganize.

The bones made a series of clicking sounds, and scales grew wildly from under the skin, covering the entire body.

A snake's shadow disappeared beneath the water's surface.

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Police Channel.

"Target has fallen into the water! Target has fallen into the water! Red Falcon 3 has made a final visual inspection and confirmed the target's entry point!"

"Where's our sonar? Do we even have sonar?"

Moran's voice broke in, her tone still calm.

"Henry."

"Yes."

"Notify the surrounding naval forces to complete the encirclement of the snake people."

On the other side, Smith huddled in a corner of the pile of tinplate, his back against the rusty scrap.

He looked down at his hands.

His hands were shaking.

He had worked for nearly twenty years, and this wasn't the first time he had been shot at close range.

But just now, the moment Xu Ge grabbed him by the back of his collar, he subconsciously looked up at the other person's face.

The expression on that face was pure.

Survive

I simply wanted to pull him away from the bullets.

The bullet then pierced Xu Ge's arm.

But the other person didn't say anything and turned away.

Smith recalled the things he had said to the other party during the negotiations.

Gifts, sincerity, protection, resources.

Then, when they were surrounding and killing him, he turned back and chose to save himself.

Smith leaned against the cold metal and closed his eyes.

Ugh.

Chapter Thirteen: Thread-Thread Fruit, Sweet-Sweet Fruit

Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometers away.

Lynn sat in a back cubicle of the confessional, holding a pineapple pizza in her hand.

In his mind's eye, Xu Ge was swimming underwater in the Atlantic Ocean, heading away from the factory.

Because pythons are better suited to underwater movement than normal humans, they are faster than one might imagine.

Lynn leaned back in her chair.

"What a pleasant surprise."

Lynn recalled the brief notification that the system had just sent.

Observation Haki

He was still wondering if he would actually get the Overbearing Aura from the gacha pool.

But the result was better than he had imagined.

Xu Ge actually awakened on his own?

This gave him a positive feedback.

"Since he has good talent, it seems we can invest a little more."

In addition, the attitude shown by the authorities is also a major gain.

This essentially confirms Lynn's suspicions about the official sources.

Looks like we can loosen our grip a bit now.

Just as Lynn was about to put the pineapple pizza into her mouth, she suddenly remembered a question.

What if the government's offer moved Xu Ge and made him accept the government's offer?

But in just a moment, Lynn made up his mind.

[If Xu Ge chooses to cooperate, then we can directly influence the government's snipers using the Door-Door Fruit and the Illusion Fruit, making them open fire on the scene!]

After all, in those moments when things are on the verge of breaking out, sometimes it's not necessary to actually kill anyone; just one gunshot is enough to turn all the attempts to win someone over into a trap!

He then turned his attention to the system's records.

[Gained a small amount of special individual willpower points +37.2]

He discovered the power of will in special individuals a long time ago, and later confirmed it through experiments.

The power of such a special individual's will basically symbolizes their social status; the higher the social status, the more power of will they can provide.

In addition, the number of people, concentration, and distance are also influencing variables.

[Wish Power: 1347.3]

[Draw 10]

First draw: Bailey.

Second draw, gold bars

……

A flash of golden light!

A guaranteed minimum return? No, wait!

Double yolk egg!!!

Paramecia-type Devil Fruit - String-String Fruit

and many more?

How did you end up in the worst pool?

Thread-like fruit.

The original owner of this fruit in the One Piece world was a flamingo.

Its ability is simple: to manipulate lines for attack and defense.

The development of Doflamingo in the original work can be described as extremely advanced.

Not only can they float in the air using strings, but they can also nail strings into other people's bodies, controlling them like puppets.

It can be said that its usage is extremely versatile.

But after a moment's thought, Lynn's expression became subtle; he seemed to know why this fruit had appeared here...

After learning more, he discovered that the fruit could only be used as a whip for him, with its silk threads.

Or perhaps it's a silk-wrapped armor?

The reason why Doflamingo's Devil Fruit could take on such varied forms in the original work was partly due to its inherent strength, and partly due to the fact that Doflamingo had developed it so well that it had even reached the point of awakening.

If an ordinary person ate it, it would cause them to flail their fingers and lash out.

【Paranoia-type Sweet-Sweet Fruit】.

A person with superpowers can forcibly petrify any creature that feels even the slightest attraction or desire towards them.

Regardless of the disparity in combat strength.

Yes, it's a fruit that's more about appearance.

A moment later, Lynn suddenly discovered that the fruit could also petrify fearful enemies.

Twin fruits in one body?

This is somewhat different from the original work.

Lynn leaned back in her chair, her fingers lightly tapping the rim of her glass.

The Door-Door Fruit and the Illusion Fruit have extremely high tactical value.

These two combined mean that he will never need to appear on any battlefield in person, and can intervene in the battlefield at any time.

Xu Ge is going to Italy to find Brunel next.

Lynn also needs to go to Italy temporarily, since that is the main territory of the church.

It would be a huge loss not to participate in the faith that accounts for more than half of the world's population.

What exactly does it mean to be a global top influencer? (Leans back tactically)

As for the United States, perhaps a new lower bound is needed as a benchmark.

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Long Island, on the outskirts of an abandoned industrial area.

Pacco lay on the second-floor window frame of an abandoned warehouse.