In One Piece World, My Appearance Is Maxed Out

The final reward awaits: a random attribute boost.

The blue die spun one last time.

[Roll End — Charm +1]

Honestly, Nao had a hunch what it would be, but seeing "Charm +1" still made him twitch. Charm is the most expensive stat—every single point is a win. But come on, couldn't the die throw something surprising for once? It always lands on charm. Zero thrill, man!

Now his Charm stat sat at 14.

What did that even mean?

He remembered training with Aokiji—his base Charm had been 12 then, but when paired with his "Radian Smile" skill, it temporarily soared to 14, making Chef Vidona instantly swoon.

Now, in his normal state, his Charm stat was already on par with that. Nao himself felt a bit uneasy about whether he would encounter uncontrollable situations in the future.

He searched the training room for a long time, finally found a mirror, and stared at his reflection up and down for a while before turning his head away with a strange expression…

He was beginning to understand why the later Empress Hancock became so pathologically narcissistic.

Charm, the further it went, each point increase brought about a qualitative leap in how others perceived you…

"Although my willpower is definitely much stronger than Hancock's…"

He scratched his scalp, muttering glumly, "But to prevent my personality from getting warped and turning into a narcissist, I should try to look in mirrors as little as possible, except for brushing my teeth and washing my face."

If he actually ended up conquering himself, that would be a huge joke.

Early Morning at Sea

Morning.

On the sea, the Marine ship was sailing at full speed.

The sky was clear like a mirror. A News Coo soared past, when suddenly its peripheral vision caught sight of a tiny figure flying up. It instinctively slowed down.

As the distance closed, it saw that it was a cute, chubby little pigeon, barely its own kind.

It wasn't even as big as its own head; it wondered how it managed to fly so high…

The plump little white pigeon blocked the News Coo's way and nudged the green pouch hanging around its neck. The News Coo's eyes widened, full of confusion. You're just a little pigeon, what do you want my newspaper for?

Never mind whether you can read it, even if I gave it to you, you wouldn't be able to fly with it…

The News Coo shook its head, refusing no matter how anxious the little white pigeon got. It flapped its wings, preparing to accelerate and fly away.

Then, it received a solid punch.

The News Coo's eyes immediately saw stars. Before it could recover, it watched in a daze as the little white pigeon forcibly snatched a newspaper, dropped a 30 Berry coin, and then swaggered away, flying towards the Marine ship below…

The News Coo touched its swollen cheek in grievance, unable to accept it.

It had been delivering newspapers for so long, and even pirates had never treated it like this. Today, it was bullied by a pigeon?

It was just a tiny thing, so how could it be so strong?

On the deck.

"Good work, Little Lou."

Nao took the newspaper from the little white pigeon's beak, smiling as he patted the little guy's head, letting it hop around on his shoulder.

Young creatures seemed to be a bit mischievous and playful; Sadaharu was the same, and he had long since gotten used to it.

"You rarely buy newspapers…" Shia was clinging close to him, curiously peering over. "Is there any big news?"

She watched Nao unfold the newspaper and lost interest when she saw the headline on the front page: "World Summit (Reverie) to be held early next year, nations currently making urgent preparations." She then turned her attention to playfully nudging Little Lou on Nao's shoulder.

After all, she was a girl, and her resistance to such fluffy little cuties was practically zero.

Nao wasn't very interested in the World Summit (Reverie) report either. After a quick glance, he flipped directly to the second page, where the content was much more appealing.

It was about the newly appointed Warlords of the Sea.

Although the Warlord system had been officially announced for some time, suitable candidates seemed to have been hard to find. Nao remembered that among the earliest batch publicly revealed, there were only three.

The youngest of them was "Desert King" Crocodile, who had become famous across the seas with unstoppable momentum in recent years, and had repeatedly dueled Douglas Bullet, the renowned combat maniac from the Roger Pirates, without a clear winner.

His original bounty was also the lowest, only 81 million Berries. Nao estimated that if the World Government had been any slower to react and had delayed his recruitment into the Warlords, that number could have easily doubled before the year's end.

According to the report, this new batch of Warlords consisted of two individuals.

One was very familiar to Nao: Gecko Moria. In the photo, he was young and thin, with sinister eyes, not yet having become the chubby, middle-aged figure he would later be.

Speaking of which, this guy was once an ambitious lunatic, but after his crew was utterly annihilated by Kaido in the New World two years ago, he shamefully fled back to the Grand Line's first half.

It was said that he still hadn't recovered from the blow, his will was broken, and he spent his days aimlessly wandering around on a broken ship. His decision to join the Warlords to coast by was no surprise to the outside world…

Nao wondered when he would enter the Florian Triangle and begin to settle there as a "hikikomori," spending his days mimicking the First Emperor by making zombies…

The other one was completely unfamiliar.

It was a young man with long blue hair, around his early thirties. His face was chiseled and handsome, his gaze resolute and calm towards the camera, not at all like a pirate, but more like a Marine representing justice.

The name noted below was Nefertari William.

This name sounded somewhat familiar. Nao carefully flipped through the related reports below and indeed found that this guy actually hailed from the Alabasta Kingdom, the biological nephew of the previous king…

Oh, right, wasn't Nefertari the royal family name of the Alabasta Kingdom?

Nao frowned in thought. So, this man was the cousin of the next king, Cobra, and a distant grand-uncle of Princess Vivi?

The Alabasta royal family was once genuine Celestial Dragons! Their ancestors from 800 years ago were among the twenty kings who founded the World Government.

Even as a transmigrator who had always scoffed at bloodline theories, he had to admit that, from this world's perspective, this guy's status was second only to those "Bubble Dragons" of Mary Geoise…

How did such a person inexplicably become a pirate, and even a member of the Warlords?

Nao glanced at the original bounty below the photo: 150 million Berries. That was quite high for the first half of the Grand Line.

This meant that this guy's qualification to become a Warlord was entirely based on his strength, not because the World Government was giving him special treatment due to his lineage.

Unfortunately, the newspaper didn't mention much about his past. Nao's slight curiosity soon faded, and he didn't bother to ask anyone on the Marine ship. He casually flipped through the later pages.

"Hey, Nao."

Just then, a muscular figure in a white "Justice" coat arrived. Nao looked up, offering a gentle, polite smile:

"Yes, something wrong, Onigumo-senpai?"