Chapter 386: Buggy: Is Being Lucky a Crime Too?
"Don't just focus on Straw Hat Luffy—there's also Buggy! I've had a bad feeling about him for a while now…"
The Raikage, A, looked grim.
He had just spent 20,000 contribution points on the pet lottery and all he got was a single [Corpse Core (D)] that gave 300 XP.
Not a total loss,
but definitely bad luck.
"Was it because I hired that infamous money pit Tsunade to hunt the [Zombie Butcher] that my luck got cursed?"
Ever since the exploration missions began,
Kumogakure had dispatched 2,000 ninja players as vanguard forces to scout the zombie world.
They had encountered several gold-tier zombies and even one dark gold-tier monster: the Zombie Butcher.
Even at just level 21,
Kumo players suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to spend a massive amount of contribution points to hire Tsunade.
She was, after all, the strongest Paladin in the Reincarnation Game, with a skill tree focused on healing—perfectly suited to minimize Kumo's casualties.
However,
Tsunade's gambling addiction was notorious, and her losing streak even more so.
The Raikage began to feel like she had tainted his luck.
Furious and with no outlet, he went full flamethrower mode, ready to bite anyone who crossed his path.
"Buggy, the Desert Circus leader—the moment he started forging gear, I knew something was off!"
"Other players were failing nonstop while forging, but his success rate was suspiciously high!"
Enhancement, forging, gem embedding—
and now the pet system too—
Fang Yi had added global broadcast notifications to all major milestones to increase player interaction.
Unexpectedly, Raikage A had taken notice of Buggy's forging records.
"If forging was just luck, what about this pet business? How do you explain that?"
Raikage kept spamming the chat, still fuming even after putting a bounty on Straw Hat Luffy. He now wanted to drag the top player on the pet leaderboard into the crosshairs as well.
"I spent 400,000 contribution points—just got scattered zombie junk. But Buggy already has two pieces of pet gear? You call that just luck?"
Players were stunned.
At his prompting, they started digging through the system's historical broadcasts…
And discovered something odd—
there were no records of Buggy ever doing a [Ten Pull]!
Which meant,
while most players were burning through their entire savings and still pulling garbage—
Buggy had managed to single-pull a B-rank pet, two pet equipment items, and judging from the leaderboard stats, probably some skill-related gear too.
Jealousy. Envy.
And now rage.
Even those who hadn't noticed before were starting to lose it, thanks to Raikage A's detailed memory.
Everyone being scammed was one thing—
but only you get to win big?
And just as the public sentiment was about to boil over, Buggy's arrogant message popped up in the chat:
"Why blame me? You losers just have trash luck! Lord Buggy will soon complete a full set of pet gear. With my divine pet in hand, I'll—"
Message cut off.
Crocodile's face twisted. He had tried to stop Buggy from taunting the masses, but he was a moment too late.
Sure enough—
Buggy's words ignited a firestorm. His name quickly appeared on the Mercenary System's bounty board.
His bounty even surpassed Luffy's.
80,000 contribution points.
"These jealous dogs! They're just mad I've got good luck!"
Buggy jumped up in frustration, cursing nonstop.
Crocodile bit down on his cigar and sighed. "Next time we hunt corrupted zombies, cover your face—especially that damn red nose. Don't drag the whole clan down."
"Jealous dogs! All of them!"
…
Meanwhile, watching the chaos unfold in the game chat,
a silver-haired girl spoke with concern. "Master, everyone's so bitter about the pet lottery. They probably won't keep spending their contribution points like this…"
"Quite the opposite."
Fang Yi's lips curled into a smile as he shook his head. "All that rage is just envy. If anything, it'll only fuel the frenzy."
If no one like Buggy had pulled off a miracle,
the pet lottery hype would've died down soon.
But now,
watching someone hit the jackpot in real time ignited the flames of greed in everyone's hearts.
Besides, the [Ten Pull Guarantee] and [Furnace System] were designed for psychological comfort.
Even if players got nothing but trash,
they could still melt it down for a chance at rare items.
Fang Yi chuckled. "Top-tier players will soon realize just how important game pets are."
The Corruption Continent was able to devour countless worlds like wildfire
because of the sheer power of corrupted monsters.
Take Sarutobi Hiruzen, for example—once hailed as a ninja prodigy, master of all five elemental releases, and Konoha's Hokage.
Even he would only rank at the Commander level on the Corruption Continent.
Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha,
despite being born from the very essence of the ninja world, only reached gold-tier strength.
Regular shinobi could, at best, match a common corrupted monster—
but they were hopelessly outnumbered.
Then came the Reincarnation Game.
Now, even a ninja barely strong enough to fight a normal corrupted monster could use game mechanics to reach commander-tier combat power.
Add equipment, forging, enhancements—
and they could even surpass gold-tier monsters.
Then came pets. A rare-tier pet raised to full maturity
could empower its master to dark gold-tier strength.
That was Fang Yi's vision.
As long as players kept hunting corrupted monsters and racking up contribution points, even a lowly Genin could one day battle dark gold-tier monsters.
Perfect Build—
that was the key to players surpassing even the strongest corrupted beings.
Unlike the Corruption Continent, where power was tightly controlled by the elite,
the Reincarnation Game handed the key to transformation directly to the players.
With enough will and execution, anyone could become stronger.
The silver-haired girl nodded. "Buggy's luck is probably used up now. The odds of pulling anything envy-worthy should drop off."
After all, luck didn't appear out of thin air—it was a gift from the world's will.
Fang Yi could cut off the world's favor from Buggy.
But he didn't.
Instead, he let it ride, using Buggy as a living banner—
just like lottery shops that display huge winner posters to lure in new customers.
And Buggy wasn't the only one receiving such gifts from the world's will—
there was also Naruto Uzumaki, and…
Buzz.
Fang Yi's thoughts were interrupted. He sensed a player had just pulled a major prize.
His vision pierced space-time and landed on Tsunade, clad in silver armor, golden ponytail swaying, her beauty radiant and sharp.
[Pet Egg (Mutated Zombie Baby)]
Quality: SS-Rank
Hatch Progress: 0/2000 (Fill with zombie materials to increase hatch progress)
Note: The mutated Zombie Baby has a high chance of maturing into a pet with unique traits.
"And then there are players like Tsunade," Fang Yi mused, "whose luck only triggers when misfortune befalls those around them…"
He shifted his gaze slightly—
back to the Hidden Leaf Village, now nearly deserted after its clan heads and Danzo (wearing the Hokage's skin) mobilized to the zombie world.
With the village left hollow,
only one remained behind to plot in the shadows—
Aizen.
Fang Yi's eyes gleamed with understanding.
No wonder Tsunade managed to pull an SS-Rank pet egg—
and a mutated one at that.
Clearly, something big was coming.
It was the world's will responding to Aizen's impending move.
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