One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 229

Chapter 229: [229] : The Ultimate Reward! The 800-Year Atonement! First Meeting with Joy Boy!

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"Kaya ate the Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox. She’s a Mythical Zoan ability user, even rarer than a Logia," Nami explained with a smile.

"F-Father, brothers..." Shirahoshi murmured, seeing Neptune and the three princes, the tears welling in her eyes finally held back.

"Mm," Shirahoshi nodded vigorously, feeling like crying again.

Cheering up this Mermaid Princess, for Kaya, felt like, across time and space, saving her past self.

Shirahoshi now gently closed her eyes, paying respects before the grave.

VMM!

She had always wanted to visit her mother Otohime’s grave, but because of Vander Decken IX, she could only stay in the Hard-Shell Tower. But Shirahoshi didn’t want her father to feel guilty, so she had never mentioned this wish.

For Queen Otohime, who dedicated her entire life to eliminating the divisions between merfolk, Fish-Men, and humans, ultimately paying with her life—she deserved Rowen’s respect.

A surge of power was infused into it by Rowen.

VMM!

Rowen’s eyes narrowed.

"S-So pretty..." Seeing the legendary Nine-Tailed Fox, Shirahoshi stopped crying, her eyes sparkling.

—[Reward: The full power of one of the Three Ancient Weapons, ’Sea King’ Poseidon!]—

She was the King of all Sea Kings!

And the wish of the Mermaid Princess 800 years ago was also to go to land, to lead the merfolk and Fish-Men to live under the sun.

800 years ago, it was the Mermaid Princess who made a promise with Joy Boy.

’Sea King’ Poseidon was the first Ancient Weapon whose true form was revealed in the original story.

However, seeing the ’Not Fully Awakened’ description behind the Poseidon Trait, Rowen, though deep in thought, wasn’t surprised.

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Sea Forest.

Especially for Kaya, who had only ever learned about the sea through books and newspapers—the Mermaid Princess was a figure who truly only appeared in legends.

"Father... I’d like to go out for a walk," Shirahoshi said, looking at Neptune after laughing. She still wanted to visit her mother’s grave.

"But... to whom is Joy Boy apologizing?" Robin frowned.

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"S-Sky Sovereign!" Neptune, Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, and Manboshi looked at Rowen in disbelief.

—[Reward Quest Triggered: The 800-Year Atonement!]—

"As I thought." Neptune and the others had felt Shirahoshi’s ability to summon Giant Sea Kings was no accident.

He ’saw’ a figure wearing a giant straw hat, his face unclear, but laughing heartily.

Shirahoshi’s thoughtfulness made his heart ache.

"D-DON’T TELL ME..." Neptune and the others swallowed hard.

"Father, brothers, who... who are they?" Shirahoshi asked, looking at Kaya and Nami, who were staring at her with fiery gazes, her timid nature acting up again, her eyes filling with tears of fear.

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Then, Kaya transformed into various other forms. Under her efforts, Shirahoshi was no longer afraid, no longer crying, but laughing happily.

And that was just a small group of creatures only 8-9 meters long.

"Let’s go visit your mother together," Neptune’s eyes filled with tears.

VMM!

"N-Nine-Tailed Fox??" Neptune and the others were stunned.

Not just Cat Burglar and the others, but even Jinbe, he treated with great affability, as a true comrade. And Jinbe was a Fish-Man.

Ordinary merfolk had the ability to communicate with fish, but not with Sea Kings. Only the Mermaid Princess possessing the power of Poseidon could communicate with Sea Kings, even those colossal behemoths exceeding five thousand meters in length.

Or even further, only after marrying a human man could the power of Poseidon be truly awakened?

From this, it could be seen that Sky Sovereign had no discrimination against Fish-Men or Merfolk.

Rowen recalled Orcas from Earth—intelligent hunters who, when preying on creatures that fled to ice floes, would work together, using their flukes and bodies to create small tsunamis to wash their prey off the ice.

"Don’t cry, Mermaid Princess."

Sea Kings, however, were hundreds of meters long, with thousand-meter ones being common in the Calm Belt, and even five-thousand-meter giants in the deep sea.

Was it because the Mermaid Princess hadn’t reached maturity yet, and thus couldn’t fully master the power of Poseidon?

But she still looked fearfully at Rowen and the others, her giant fish tail coiled nervously.

But now, she was right before her eyes.

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She also knew from her father how great Rowen and the others were. And it was because of Rowen that she could visit her mother.

Looking at the Trait description for Poseidon, one of the Three Ancient Weapons, Rowen grew thoughtful.

Under the disbelieving gazes of Shirahoshi and the others, Kaya’s Nine-Tailed Fox body began to change.

Trait (Shirahoshi): Poseidon (Special) (Not Fully Awakened): One of the Three Ancient Weapons, the King of all Sea Kings! Possesses the power to command all Sea Kings.

"R-Rowen-sama... I-Is that true?" Shirahoshi looked at Rowen with her soft, innocent eyes.

They really hadn’t expected the legendary Sky Sovereign, and Cat Burglar and the other great pirates, to be so gentle.

Robin’s beautiful eyes flashed.

For it to be ’Not Fully Awakened’ was normal.

If they all acted together, forget their own strength, the terrifying tsunamis they would create could destroy everything in their path.

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For Kaya, she wasn’t just comforting Shirahoshi now; she was also comforting her past self.

Thirty years old was too long. In the current timeline, less than a year had passed since the Summit War.

Shirahoshi couldn’t describe her gratitude for Rowen in words. And her mouth was rather clumsy anyway—she could only look at Rowen and the others anxiously.

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The power of the Sea Kings was incredibly terrifying—they were a unique species in the One Piece world. Though a single Sea King was nothing to a true powerhouse, if all the Sea Kings in the world, including the super-giant ones over five thousand meters long in the deep sea, acted in unison, the result would be catastrophic.

"Of course," Rowen replied with a smile.

A beautiful fox, even larger than Shirahoshi, with nine magnificent tails, materialized before her. Its fluffy tails gently swept across Shirahoshi’s cheeks, wiping away her tears.

Rowen lit three sticks of incense.

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Neptune and the others’ eyes filled with tears.

"This is Joy Boy’s letter of apology," Robin took a deep breath.

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FWOOSH!

FWOOSH!

BUT THE MERMAID PRINCESS IS REALLY BIG!

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Like Queen Otohime, Shirahoshi was also a born Observation Haki user, and a special, exceptionally powerful one at that. After Rowen’s explanation, Shirahoshi quickly understood.

—[Fulfill the promise between Joy Boy and the Mermaid Princess of 800 years ago! Atone for Joy Boy’s mistake!]—

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"Then... I can go visit my Mother’s grave..." Shirahoshi blurted out subconsciously, then quickly covered her mouth, looking nervously at Neptune.

Could it be she has to be thirty years old to fully master this power?

"This is..." Robin read the Poneglyph, her beautiful eyes narrowing. Correct content is on freew.ebnovel.c om.

And Shirahoshi, though a mermaid princess, because of the Mark-Mark Fruit’s power, could only stay within the Hard-Shell Tower.

A flash of pink light appeared.

But the Mermaid Princess, though still very young, her beauty already surpassed Hancock’s. No wonder the legends said the Mermaid Princess was the world’s most beautiful woman.

Kaya looked at Shirahoshi with incredibly gentle eyes.

This was Nika’s ’Desire for Liberation’.

Rowen’s brow furrowed slightly.

"To the Mermaid Princess of 800 years ago," Rowen stated, stroking the Poneglyph.

Unlike the original story where Shirahoshi was already sixteen after the two-year timeskip, she was now not even fifteen.

"You’re prettier. Let’s play together," Kaya smiled, her fox eyes curving into crescents. Unlike the seductive Nine-Tailed Fox of legends, hers were filled with pure gentleness.

Hancock was the most beautiful woman they had seen before. Hailed as the Pirate Empress, she was also called the most beautiful woman on the seas.

Otohime’s spirit in heaven would surely rest in peace.

Seeing Rowen’s actions, Neptune and the others were incredibly moved.

"Don’t be so anxious. I have Observation Haki. I can understand what you want to express. Observation Haki... it’s the same as your innate ability to ’hear’" Rowen explained gently.

"My ability allows me to transform into anyone I’ve touched," Kaya said, her voice now also identical to Shirahoshi’s.

In the original story, the Poseidon power Shirahoshi displayed was merely calling forth Giant Sea Kings, and not in large numbers. Such a power didn’t quite match the reputation of an Ancient Weapon.

With such power, Poseidon truly deserved its title as an Ancient Weapon.

Now, learning she could move freely on Fish-Man Island, she had subconsciously voiced this wish, then felt guilty for fear of making her father feel bad.

"Mm," Shirahoshi nodded vigorously and cutely. She would do anything to repay Rowen.

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To treat Shirahoshi like this already showed that the true Sky Sovereign was not as the World Government portrayed. Though an Emperor, he treated his comrades with immense respect.

Neptune said, seeing Shirahoshi still didn’t mention wanting to visit Otohime, but just said she wanted to go for a walk, his eyes filled with immense pain and love.

—[The immense spiritual power formed by Joy Boy’s 800-year obsession with atoning!]—

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"The Poneglyph," Rowen murmured, looking into the distance.

"My little girl hasn’t been this happy in a long time. Thank you so much, Sky Sovereign," Neptune and the others looked at Rowen gratefully.

"Rowen-sama," however, for Rowen, Shirahoshi still called him sweetly.

To wait until she was thirty to master the power of Poseidon was too slow.

The Sun God of 800 years ago, Nika, JOY BOY!

Soon, Shirahoshi became familiar with the girls. It was a girl’s nature to love beautiful things; the girls were all incredibly beautiful, and with their deliberate efforts, they naturally hit it off quickly.

"Based on your descriptions, combined with the content of this Poneglyph, it can be concluded that the Mermaid Princess of this generation, Shirahoshi, is ’Sea King’ Poseidon," Robin stated, after getting Rowen’s permission.

"Shirahoshi! D-Don’t cry!" Seeing Shirahoshi cry, Ryuboshi and Manboshi couldn’t sit still, rushing forward to comfort her.

The Mermaid Princess of a specific era was the vessel for this power.

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