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Chapter 229 An Unconventional Recruitment Mission

"Is Bondi Wald a rat?"

"Can they really hold back for so long? Without making a single sound?"

It's been a year and a half! A whole year and a half!!

Kyle kept talking about this guy every day, but he didn't do anything. The other escaped prisoners all caused some trouble at sea, but Bondi Wald was the only one who didn't do anything.

It was as if this guy had already died somewhere.

But this is clearly unlikely.

"So you're good at hiding, huh?"

"Fine! I'll see how well you can hide. You'd better not show your face for the rest of your life!"

Kyle's tone was slightly clenched.

He wanted to see how long Bondi Wald could hide, and see who outlived him!

"I'm feeling a bit bored right now!"

Kyle couldn't help but speak up.

Not long ago, his strength reached a bottleneck, and for quite some time afterward, his strength did not improve much.

Even if it exists, the magnitude is extremely small.

Regular training is meaningless to him; it cannot improve his strength in the slightest.

He felt he needed some kind of stimulation at this moment.

But he had no clue how to find this stimulus.

Go find Im and fight him?

Hmm... that's not very realistic, the risk is a bit too high!

So what should we do...?

【Ding……】

Before Kyle could continue thinking, a familiar system notification suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ding! Special event detected!]

[Genius Files Loading... Loading Successful!!]

[Momonosuke: Son of Kozuki Oden, the Clown. Fifteen years ago, Kozuki Oden was defeated in battle against Kaido. Afterwards, Momonosuke was transported to twenty years in the future by his mother, Kozuki Toki, using the Time-Time Fruit's power. However, due to the influence of an unknown force, the final timeline of the teleportation was fifteen years in the future, which is the present timeline, the year 1519 of the Sea Calendar!]

[Recruitment Evaluation: (1) Apart from his Kozuki bloodline, he is utterly useless and relies entirely on others to risk their lives for him. (2) He only knows how to cry, hide, and be afraid when faced with problems, showing no semblance of a young master and being extremely cowardly. (3) He takes advantage of his child status to grope women, showing no sense of propriety or manners, and leaving a very poor impression. He has zero strength and zero courage, and only knows how to hold others back, cause trouble, and drain his companions. (4) He has done nothing but enjoys everyone's sacrifices and loyalty, which is undeserved...]

[Recruitment Reward: Cowardly and timid personality (similar to Momonosuke)]

[Recruitment Recommendation: We strongly advise against recruiting! (Highlighted in red)]

[Target location coordinates: Wano Country (6347, 3456). It is recommended that the host go there immediately to... cough cough, just follow the host's wishes!!]

???

Kyle was stunned when he saw the message pop up from the system, and several question marks appeared above his head.

This……

He had recruited so many people, but this was the first time he had ever seen a recruitment mission like this.

The recruitment target is none other than the former "King of Popularity," Momonosuke-sama!

First, a recruitment evaluation section has been added, and these evaluations...

Yes!! That's clearly a very fair assessment!!!

As for the recruitment rewards, they even feature the same personality as Momonosuke?

Are you sure this is a reward?

The recruitment suggestions and location coordinates section that follows are even more outrageous.

Is this some kind of urging for him to hurry up and send our Momonosuke-sama down to meet his foolish father?

Ugh, this system's gone bad; it's even starting to encourage things...

[Ding! I didn't do it, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!]

[All thoughts expressed by the host are purely the host's personal thoughts and have no relation to the system in any way!]

The system notification sounded again.

Although the tone was still a flat electronic voice, Kyle could clearly hear something different, which made a hint of surprise appear on his face.

This is the first time the system has proactively mentioned anything other than recruitment tasks, excluding the initial system introduction.

I didn't expect this thing to be intelligent!

It seems our Momonosuke-sama is still too authoritative.

Since Momonosuke-sama is in this situation, it's highly likely that the deserter king will also attract the system's attention.

Thinking of this, Kyle couldn't help but smile.

Sure, sure!

I was feeling a bit bored, so now I can find him something to do!

Kyle slowly stood up, gazing into the distance, a strange smile playing on his lips, and murmured softly:

"Momonosuke, right?"

"Give yourself a good wash on your neck in Wano Country, I'm coming!!"

Before he finished speaking, Kyle's figure transformed into purple lightning, rushing off in a certain direction at incredible speed, disappearing into the distant horizon almost instantly.

Driven by his excitement, Kayle was traveling at full speed, at his current pace, from Marine Headquarters to Wano Country...

Ten minutes is enough!!

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Meanwhile, somewhere in Wano Country.

The five people stood side by side, gazing at the five tombstones in front of them, slightly lost in thought.

Suddenly, one of the men, dressed as a samurai, spoke up, his voice slightly hoarse.

"This...this is our...tombstone?!"

Upon hearing this, a tall man dressed like an actor remained silent for a long while before speaking:

"If we're not illiterate, then that's most likely the case!"

After he finished speaking, the five of them fell silent again.

After a long while, the samurai who had spoken first finally spoke slowly:

"With this thing existing, it seems our original plan succeeded; we really were sent to the future by Lord Shi!"

That's right, the five people who appeared here are Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Kiku, who were sent to the future by Kozuki Toki using his Devil Fruit powers.

The situation before them was somewhat surreal.

A long time may have passed in the real world, but for them, it seems like only recently they were listening to Kozuki's instructions, and after a period of daze, they found themselves in this place.

The completely different scene convinced them that Kozuki's plan had most likely succeeded.

But they are new here and don't know many things, so they need to at least understand the current situation first.

Thinking of this, Kin'emon, who was implicitly the leader of the group, turned his gaze to Momonosuke, who had a samurai hairstyle, red lips and white teeth, but a cowardly expression, and immediately asked with concern:

"Lord Momonosuke, how are you feeling? Is there anything that's bothering you?"

Momonosuke's face paled slightly, and his eyes glazed over. He only snapped out of his daze when he heard Kin'emon's words and turned his gaze toward Kin'emon.

Looking at Kin'emon's concerned face, Momonosuke almost instantly pursed his lips, twitched his face, and burst into tears.

"Kin'emon, I'm so scared~~"

!!!

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