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

It would be amazing if this dragon hunting competition could be held every year!

"What? A ticket costs 100,000 Berries? That's too expensive!"

"Expensive? If you think it's expensive, then don't take it."

"Exactly, escorting you all the way from the South China Sea to the Grand Line, and then having to enter the New World, do you think that's easy?"

"To guarantee your personal safety and ensure your timely arrival, you only charge 100,000 Berries per person. If you ask me, Boss Umit is practically doing charity."

"Don't you even bother to find out if there's any other force that would dare to make you such a promise?"

The person who spoke first was immediately rendered speechless and turned red in the face.

The others around nodded in agreement. 100,000 Berries per person seemed a bit pricey, but compared to the promised items, it was incredibly cost-effective!

In any case, if they want to participate in the dragon hunting competition on time, they have almost no other choice.

To build your own boat and go out to sea is practically suicide.

I need a ticket!

"Give me one, thank you."

“I have five people here, and five tickets.”

"Don't push, I was here first, I need ten tickets!"

The person in charge of collecting money had a terrible attitude and kept yelling at the group, but strangely enough, the worse their attitude and the angrier they were, the more people came to buy tickets.

Even the person who started it held his breath and bought a ticket to board the ship.

There are even pirate captains who sold their ships and bought tickets with their crews – it's a classic case of bad luck!

Chapter 964 A Unique Assessment

It wasn't uncommon for people to sell their ships and buy tickets to try their luck in the New World; in fact, many did.

Many obscure small pirate crews neither had the ability to reach the New World within a month and a half, nor were they willing to miss this opportunity.

Let's discuss it and sell the boat. We'll pool our resources and buy as many tickets as we can. Let's all go and try our luck!

Some even disbanded altogether, with the captain running off with the treasure, abandoning the crew, and buying tickets to venture into the New World on his own.

Because no one else can do this business, under the premise of market monopoly, saying that one can make a fortune every day is an understatement.

Damn it, even printing money can't do it this fast!

It's like robbery, and the person being robbed is willing to do it.

At its peak, tickets were extremely difficult to obtain.

This has even spawned a group called scalpers.

Some people seize the opportunity, buy tickets but don't board the ship, waiting until the ship is about to depart before reselling the tickets at a high price to those who are in a hurry to leave.

100,000 Berries?

No, no, no, that was the original price.

After being resold by scalpers, tickets to the New World Punk Hazard have been sold for as much as 300,000, 400,000, or even 500,000 yuan each.

Don't try to bargain, or the boat will leave.

We don't know when the next ship will set sail.

Moreover, time is limited; if you leave now, you can still catch the train, but you might not be able to next time.

Faced with this situation, some people gritted their teeth and bought tickets, while others chose to take the risk.

After all, most of those who want to join the Dragon Hunter Guild are pirates, and you have to have the ability to get these people to willingly hand over their money.

Umet, the "King of Shipping," was no pushover either; he kept a number of thugs on each of his ships.

In addition, these pirates needed a fleet to transport them to their destinations, so they had no choice but to take money to do it.

But these scalpers are different. They are unorganized and undisciplined, and most importantly, they have no powerful backers. Their abilities also vary greatly.

It often happens that you don't make any money, and the tickets are all snapped up.

The people in Umit's fleet didn't care about this at all. They looked down on what these scalpers were doing and naturally wouldn't stand up for them.

They even wished these people were all dead, as they kept delaying their departure.

In short, a shipping boom has swept the world!

When Abel learned of this, his expression was also very strange.

I never expected that my spur-of-the-moment idea would turn out so well.

Don't end up organizing a major event without spending a single penny, only to make a fortune in the process.

In addition...

"What's with this feeling of 'immigrant wave' like shady brokers transporting pigs? Am I some kind of foreigner now?"

After shaking his head speechlessly, Abel took out a Den Den Mushi and contacted Umit.

The other party must strengthen the protection of their personnel and try to transport people and money separately, otherwise it is hard to guarantee that no one will be envious and incite the emotions of other passengers.

Umit said he was aware of the issue and had begun to take it seriously.

I guarantee it will be done beautifully.

Hopefully, Abel will contact him again if he has such a good opportunity next time.

How could Umit not be happy? Low risk, high profit return, and short cycle—he had never encountered such an easy business in his life.

Of course, I wanted to build a good relationship with Abel so I could benefit from his generosity next time.

Abel didn't seem to care about this.

As long as Umit doesn't underperform and drag him down, it doesn't matter who earns this money.

And now Abel can truly say what Old Marx said: "I don't care about money at all."

……

Punk Hazard.

This place was originally Caesar Courland's research base, but it was later detonated, filling the island with poison gas.

Abel surveyed many places and decided to repurpose this place and renovate it.

As one of the assessment locations.

This is where MADS2.0 comes in.

To give them each a chance to shine.

Judge, Caesar, and Queen are each responsible for transforming one island.

The remaining four islands were completed by Vegapunk and his clones.

Gaji is the overall person in charge, in charge of the overall renovation progress.

Firstly, he was Abel's most trusted person because they had signed a contract.

Secondly, a large number of clone soldiers need to be deployed.

Therefore, there is no one more suitable than him.

Punk Hazard is both one of the starting points for the participants to gather and an assessment island set up by Caesar Courland.

After learning that he had such a right, the guy was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several days and nights.

He led his men to set up numerous traps and mechanisms on the island, and used almost all the poisonous gases he had recently developed.

In Caesar's words, "This is a golden opportunity for him to experiment to his heart's content without being condemned by anyone."

(Vegapunk: I can't be bothered with you~)

The final boss is a Super Slime, a monster that combines various deadly poisons and has consumed the Salamander Fruit - Axolotl form.

The person who finally defeats it will receive the Poison-Poison Fruit as a reward.

……

The island that Judge was in charge of assessing clearly followed Germa 66's style in terms of its transformation approach.

The modules are placed on the back of the giant snail ship, and then they can be arranged and combined in various ways.

At first glance, it looks like an alternate dimension killing array, forming a movable maze.

Each module space presents different types of challenges.

Wisdom, force, cooperation, people's hearts, and even a little bit of luck.

The final boss was played by Reiju and her three siblings.

Don't underestimate these four. Although they are young, they are quite strong. With their exoskeletons and custom-made combat suits, even Judge would have to put in a lot of effort to win.

Here, the person who ultimately passes may not be the strongest among them, but they will certainly be the most well-rounded and have the fewest weaknesses.

The final reward is the Fusion Fruit.

……

On the island where Quinn was in charge of the assessment, a large number of mechanically modified beasts were created, including those that ran on land, swam in the water, and flew in the sky.

It's practically a mechanical zoo!

Some can breathe fire, some can shoot lasers, some can discharge electricity, some can self-destruct, some can spray poison... and there are even some that can become invisible!

The final boss is a Western dragon that has undergone mechanical modifications.

I heard that it was specially bred by Vegapunk using bloodline factors, and then Quinn modified it.

That’s ridiculous!

When Abel heard about it, he and the other participants observed a moment of silence.

These guys seemed to be secretly competing, determined to see whose inventions were more impressive.

The winner here will receive the Snake-Snake Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Yamata no Orochi form!