"You?" Klein shook his head. "Forget it. Who knows what kind of mess you'd drag me into?"
This Monkey family—three generations deep—every one of them is a walking disaster.
Each one worse than the last!
They all hate rules and love chaos. Headache-inducing bunch!
Might as well let Garp and Roger tear each other apart like dogs, running around the world while they're at it.
Looking at Garp's disgruntled face, Klein gave a cheeky grin and raised his fist. "What? Your scalp itching? Want me to cure it with a little Fist of Love?"
Garp immediately shrank back and shuffled to the corner, sulking while munching on his senbei.
Bro's got a favorite!
Even though the three decided to skip extra training just to spend more time with him over the next few days, Klein still felt a little touched inside.
The reason he took special care of Zephyr was twofold: one, Zephyr was the youngest in the dorm; and two… last time he opened a loot box, he literally gambled away Zephyr's entire future happiness…
The key point is—if he didn't take care of the kid, when would this brat ever pay back his debt?
Lying in bed, Klein's excitement was through the roof. "Genshin Impact, start!"
He logged into the game.
No hesitation—straight to the first top-up screen. Claimed every double first-purchase bonus.
Spent another 300,440,000 Beli.
New Year's Beast Boss Event.
Klein went full savage mode—blasting 100 sweeps at a time. One click = 1 million Beli.
"I've already bet 200 million Beli with Instructor Carter. I cannot lose. I will earn that 200 million for free!"
"Make him cough blood!"
Click. Click. Click. Auto-sweep 100x. The Beli count in the top-right corner plummeted like a waterfall.
Last time, he dropped over 100 million and did 10,000+ sweeps. Now, with 600 million Beli from top-ups, he dumped it all in.
Not a cent—no, not a drop—left behind!
He kept a few million to buy the daily discounted packs.
His sweep count soared past 70,000—closing in on the 100k milestone reward: Talent Slot +1.
"Still short by about 200 million Beli. After I set sail, I'll hit up Skypiea—plenty of profit there."
Klein buzzed with energy. "Let's claim the 50,000 sweep reward first and check the New Year's Beast loot crates."
He rubbed his hands with excitement, praying for a lucky pull.
50,000 Sweep Reward Claimed: Skill Upgrade Token!
Next, he opened his inventory and zoomed straight to the New Year's Beast Crates.
Klein went full-blown tycoon—opened them in batches of 100 like a madman. Click-click-click went the screen.
Crates exploded in golden announcements across the entire server.
He opened his inventory.
A ridiculous pile of loot glittered in a spectrum of colors, nearly blinding with its 24K titanium flashbang effect.
Random Skill Upgrade Scroll ×27
Skill Upgrade Scroll ×2
Mentor Character Box ×3
Haki Upgrade Material Box ×8
Character Advancement Material Box ×6
Random Famous Blade Box ×2 Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
Random Devil Fruit Box ×3
Character Recruit Box ×15
An absolutely overflowing stash.
Klein's heart pounded. "Damn, money really is a beautiful thing. Without cash, you'd be praying for one free daily challenge to hit jackpot..."
"Hoping for one lucky pull."
"But with money? No choices needed—I'll take everything!"
"Flexing in full whale mode!"
The dazzling loot array lit up his inventory like a treasure trove of RGB insanity.
Klein swore he could smell fresh ink off printed banknotes. Pure bliss.
He decided to start with the Random Skill Boxes.
Not enough for a ten-pull, so he'd have to go one by one.
Click. A burst of radiant light erupted from the first box. An icon appeared in the center of the screen, along with a message:
[Obtained Skill: Tekkai!][Automatically converted into fragments.]
"...You serious right now? What the hell?! Even if this crap got upgraded to a legendary skill, it's still that damn Tekkai!"
Sure, skills can level up in-game. That's the difference between this and real life.
But Klein had already been burned by Tekkai once. No way he was touching that garbage again.
If I use Tekkai again, I'm a dog!
[Obtained Skill: Dragon Claw Fist!]
"Dragon Claw Fist? More like Twink Claw Fist! Big Black Dragon—Dorag. Little Black Dragon—Sabo."
"One of y'all about to show your feathers?"
Of course, Klein was just joking. It's already the year 1463 of the Sea Calendar—no way people are still clowning on the 'big bro' meme, right?
"Still, Dragon Claw Fist packs serious power. All three of Garp's descendants are natural-born brawlers, huh—"
"What is this, descendants of Joy Boy?"
"Or is the D clan just that OP?"
This skill was solid: it focused on finger strength and grip power—strong enough to shatter steel weapons and armor.
The attack mimicked a dragon's claw gesture.
Klein even remembered seeing videos in his past life of people painting their hands black and doing the pose.
It's only legit when paired with Armament Haki.
Plus, with his foundation in Shigan, combining it with Dragon Claw Fist should give it decent power.
[Obtained Skill: Basic Attack!][Automatically converted into fragments.]
"Oh?" Klein's eyes lit up, heartbeat spiking. "So after star-upgrading this, could it become one of those 'basic attack = ultimate' type deals?"
Even Mihawk's basic attack was no joke.
If this was a starred-up version?
It'd hit a whole new tier. Of course, that depends on your own stats.
"Nice, nice. Two good draws in a row!" In his mental space, Klein grinned from ear to ear.
[Obtained Skill: Hasshoken!]
"Hasshoken? That old guy Chinjao from the Happo Navy used it!?"
Klein instantly pictured the scene of Chinjao getting his drill head smashed into his skull by Garp—eyeballs popping out.
'Why's your head all flat?'
Then decades later, Garp's grandson Luffy punched it back out again.
Jokes aside, Klein knew Hasshoken was no joke. It was a powerful martial art.
Passed down through generations of the Happo Navy, this technique released devastating shockwaves with each strike—very similar to Burgess's shockwave elbow technique from Blackbeard's crew.
Although… kinda hard to sell.
At least… can't sell it openly.
Thinking of Chinjao reminded Klein of something—beneath the Treasure Iceberg, there's a hoard of loot buried deep.
If Garp hadn't messed things up, Chinjao might've retrieved that treasure.
So, how do you get your head pointy?
If that path's blocked, Klein had other ideas. "What about using a Devil Fruit?"
"Maybe the Door-Door Fruit?"
And if nothing else worked, he had one final ace: Nose Storm!
Sorry, Chinjao. Gotta borrow your legacy.
He planned to try it, but the location of the Treasure Iceberg was notoriously hard to find.
[Obtained Skill: Six-Sword Style]
A row of question marks appeared above Klein's head. "Isn't this Hachi's move?"
"Octopus dude has eight limbs, right?"
"Oh right—his tentacles became legs. And he still had two regular legs. Dang, Oda's attention to detail."
But Klein's face turned black. "I'M A HUMAN, DAMMIT!"
"What the hell am I gonna do with Six-Sword Style?"
"Actually, it could work. If I recall, 'Life Return' lets you control your hair too. So in theory..."
"Even the Demon Aura: Nine-Sword Style – Asura could be possible?"
But still… Six-Sword Style?
Too low-class. He already had way flashier techniques. Felt kinda useless.
'Demon Aura: Nine-Sword Style – Asura' had way more drip.
Klein used the fragments he'd earned to star up both Basic Attack and Tekkai.
He upgraded both to 1-Star. Once they hit 5-Star, they could evolve from Legendary Gold to World-Class Supreme tier.
"World-Class Supreme?" Klein shook his head and smirked. "Who knows how much cash it'll take to max that out."
That's the nature of these games—constant upgrades, always dangling a higher goal just out of reach.
That's how they make you spend.
The grind always wins hearts.