Facing this character card, who could resist using Take Over Magic?
Takeshi's body began to rapidly grow taller and larger, his clothes transformed into a white overcoat, and Whitebeard's exclusive weapon, one of the Twelve Supreme Grade Swords, Murakumogiri, appeared in his hand.
Most noticeably, a crescent-shaped white mustache, curving upwards, appeared below his nose. His face was a composite of Takeshi's and Whitebeard's.
At the same time, Whitebeard's memories began to surface in Takeshi's mind.
Whitebeard was born in a village in the Sphinx Kingdom of the New World, a non-affiliated country that couldn't afford the Heavenly Tribute due to poverty and thus couldn't join the World Government.
Such countries almost always ended up as lawless lands overrun by pirates and human traffickers.
After his country's destruction, more and more children became unfortunate orphans, and Whitebeard was one of them.
So, the young Whitebeard went to sea early to become a pirate, later joining the Rocks Pirates. But after the destruction of the Rocks Pirates, he founded his own pirate crew and was known as one of the Three Legendary Pirates alongside Roger and Shiki.
Unlike other pirates who craved treasure and status, Whitebeard's greatest desire was family, which is why he called his crew members his sons.
In his memories, Takeshi knew that Whitebeard understood there was no possibility of returning from the Marineford War. But he was old, his body was already failing, and if he didn't go, even if the World Government didn't act, the pirates, like vicious dogs, would tear the Whitebeard Pirates apart.
Ace was the son he most believed could lead the Whitebeard Pirates. As long as Ace was alive, his sons would have hope of survival. He would use his own life to pave the way for his sons' future.
Having seen it from a first-person perspective, Takeshi was even more shocked.
There are some people who feel that Whitebeard, the World's Strongest Man, isn't as impressive as he seems. Yet, the Fleet Admiral didn't question it, the Admirals didn't question it, nor did the Four Emperors or the Seven Warlords of the Sea. But some people always think their judgment is superior to these powerhouses.
Whitebeard's title as the World's Strongest wasn't bestowed by others, he earned it with every punch.
Takeshi felt the surging power within his body, he had never felt so strong before.
He clenched his fist, feeling as if he could easily tear the earth, shatter the sky, and shake the sea. This overflowing power was like a human-shaped volcano.
He felt that he could shatter space itself with a single punch.
Takeshi felt eager to try. "Should I try it myself? Just once."
Once this thought arose in Takeshi's mind, it became unstoppable. How could he not try such immense power?
"Hmm... it's already twelve o'clock. I'll just use the smallest amount of power, the smallest..."
Takeshi clenched his fist, and a spherical light shield, emitting a faint white glow, enveloped his fist. The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was confined within this spherical light shield, and the space around the shield was slightly distorted.
"Gently... gently..."
Takeshi lightly threw a punch.
Crack!
The atmosphere in front of his fist fractured like glass, covered in dense cracks.
Immediately after—
Rumble!!!
The entire Magnolia Town began to tremble violently, as if a magnitude six earthquake had erupted.
"Ahhhhhh!"
"Earthquake!"
"Run! Get out of your houses! Go to an open space!"
In the night, all the lights in Magnolia's homes lit up, and everyone rushed out of their houses. For a moment, the entire Magnolia Town was in chaos.
"Uh... oh no!"
Takeshi quickly deactivated his transformation, slipped into the house, and burrowed under the covers.
"So strong! It's too strong!"
Despite causing trouble, Takeshi was extremely excited at this moment. He had tried his best to control his power, but the unleashed force was still terrifying.
How strong would it be if he used his full power?
Takeshi quickly selected all character cards of blue rarity and below.
[Do you want to recycle the selected character cards?]
'Yes.'
[Recycling successful! Congratulations, Host, your magic power has increased!]
Takeshi opened his personal attribute panel.
[Host: Takeshi]
[Age: 19]
[Race: Human]
[Magic Power: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆]
[Magic: Take Over Magic]
[Character Cards: Ulquiorra Cifer (Gold), Tsugikuni Yoriichi (Gold), Fushiguro Toji (Gold), Edward Newgate (Gold), Portgas D. Ace (Purple)]
[Draws: 3]
'My magic power hasn't increased yet? System, when will my magic power reach six stars?'
[Host, recycle three more purple character cards, or one gold character card, and you can immediately reach six stars.]
Upon hearing this, Takeshi's lips twitched.
He would be crazy to recycle a gold card. But he had already recycled two purple cards before. After all, with gold cards now, he generally wasn't interested in ordinary purple ones.
He kept Ace partly because he liked Ace, and partly because he was very practical. His magic power cost was lower than gold cards, and his attack power was even stronger than some gold cards, making him incredibly cost-effective, even becoming his go-to character for missions.
'At least two more 10× spins then?'
Magic power was the foundation of everything. The stronger his magic power, the greater the strength he could display when transforming into a character, and the longer he could sustain it. Therefore, magic power was crucial.
However, the higher the level, the harder it became to increase magic power.
"I still need to do more missions."
—
Early the next morning, Takeshi arrived at the guild. Many people had gathered there, all discussing the earthquake from the previous night.
"You all felt last night's earthquake, right?"
"Of course, it was a super strong earthquake. It shook me right out of bed."
"Me too. I was having a wonderful dream, and the earthquake woke me up."
"The earthquake was so scary. To prevent aftershocks, I didn't go back inside all night."
"You weren't the only one who didn't go back inside, the entire town didn't go back inside. Everyone slept on the ground in open spaces."
Hearing these discussions, Takeshi muttered softly to himself, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry...'
"Takeshi, you felt it too, right?"
At this moment, Elfman patted Takeshi's shoulder and asked.
Takeshi said with a hint of guilt, "Uh... I slept pretty soundly last night, I didn't notice."
Mirajane was slightly taken aback when she heard Takeshi's words.
Wasn't that the exact time Takeshi was going to summon his heroic spirits last night? How could he have been sleeping soundly?
However, she didn't think much of it. Maybe he really was asleep. After all, missions were tiring.
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