Chapter 31: Pirate World

The white-haired loli asked in confusion, "Master, going through all this trouble—what's your purpose?"

"Of course, to earn more Reward Points."

Fang Yi looked at the Reward Points he had just obtained, feeling pleased inside.

The white-haired loli didn't believe it.

She knew her master well—he would never go through the trouble of creating a Shilianchang and personally explaining it just for the Reward Points from earlier.

"I'll give you fried chicken, stop keeping us in suspense!"

The white-haired loli reluctantly took out an oil-paper bag and handed the steaming fried chicken to her master.

Looking at the little girl whose face was full of anticipation, Fang Yi stopped holding back and said, "Because I need to suppress the two Alliances in the Novice Village. The last batch of five hundred recruited players were split up by Mist Alliance and Kumogakure the moment they entered the game. If I don't make adjustments, this batch of players will be snatched up the same way."

The white-haired loli grew even more puzzled and asked, "The two Alliances spend way more money than ordinary solo players—shouldn't we be supporting them?"

Fang Yi waved his hand and said, "Supporting the two Alliances will bring high Reward Points in the short term, but if it continues, it will cause activity to drop. Players who don't want to pick one Alliance to join will be pushed out, and no fresh blood will emerge."

"Can the Shilianchang improve this situation?"

Fang Yi nodded and said, "The Novice Gift Pack I give out can provide a startup fund for ambitious and strong-enough players in the early stages of the game."

"That way, New Players can survive on their own in the early game and build new forces to check the old ones."

"The more forces there are, the greater the competition, and the more Reward Points we earn."

The white-haired loli half-understood.

She was always like this—although she didn't understand, every time Fang Yi made a new move, some players would end up unlucky.

Watching the players competing with each other to hunt ghosts, as well as those hunting ghost guardians in groups,

Fang Yi nodded in satisfaction and said, "Next, I can free up my hands to lay out the Pirate World."

A crude, shoddy-looking hand-crafted panel, like a low-quality browser game, appeared.

With the contributions from the Shilianchang players just now, the Reward Points had reached two hundred and seventy thousand.

In an instant,

one hundred thousand Reward Points vanished.

Right next to every ninja player's Novice Village, another similar space suddenly appeared.

The architectural style was peculiar—there were magnificent Navy bases, docks and pirate ships, as well as houses of various different styles.

Between the two Novice Villages, layers of thick fog blocked the way.

Among them, at the closest point, Fang Yi set aside a separate public space for future use.

A message appeared on the Ninja World's announcement board.

【To encourage players' mutual growth, we have decided to open a new server: Haizeixinxoucun.】

After this message appeared,

the players busy hunting Pollution Monsters fell silent one after another, followed by intense discussion.

Samui gently wiped the lingering ghost aura from her thigh and asked, "Haizeixinxoucun—is it a new Pollution Monster?"

Mabui said helplessly, "Don't just think about fighting all day. From the sound of it, they're players like us, not people from the ninja world—people from another world?"

"Is that so?"

Samui didn't care. Spotting a scattered remnant ghost troop ahead, she swung her Short Blade and charged forward.

Her current strength was very formidable.

In the past, an ordinary Jonin like her couldn't even touch the hem of the Raikage's clothes, but now even if the Raikage himself struck, she could hold off his attacks.

Even against the strongest form of Lightning Release Armor, Samui could barely withstand a few moves before losing.

In a short time, she had become an Elite of Kumogakure.

If she could keep going, perhaps... she could become the first female Raikage in Kumogakure's history.

Hoo—

A ghost soldier raised its spear and thrust it over.

Samui nimbly leaned back, her chest guard swaying, dodging the thrust by hugging close to the spear shaft.

Two minutes later, this scattered ghost squad—left after the ghost general's death—was completely annihilated by her.

On the other side,

the Mist Alliance, who were sweeping through gargoyles, also saw this announcement.

"Pirate server, players from another world?"

Terumi Mei frowned, her brow full of worry.

The announcement said the two Novice Villages wouldn't interfere with each other in the short term, which meant once the time was ripe, the two sides would come into contact.

If it were merely contact within the Samsara Game, that would be fine, but once it involved reality, the already tense atmosphere of the ninja world would become unpredictable.

……

Pirate World.

In the East Blue, which bore the title of the weakest, a pitch-black tower rose from the sea, standing steady amid the surging waves like a lighthouse.

At this moment, two ships rapidly approached.

In front was a large merchant ship, flying a merchant guild's flag. Its hull was battered and broken, as if pierced by iron cannonballs, swaying on the verge of collapse.

Following closely behind was a pirate ship emblazoned with a black skull.

On board were Pirates waving scimitars, along with a fierce-looking Captain whose face showed complete confidence of victory.

"Get out of my way!"

A girl who looked like a delicate Noble young lady, wearing a red evening gown with orange hair, pushed the helmsman aside.

She rested both arms on the control console and skillfully turned the wheel.

Bang bang bang.

The cannonballs fired from behind were all dodged.

"Damn it, the merchant ship is too big to maneuver…"

Nami's face was anxious as she kept turning the ship, trying to shake off the pirate vessel behind them.

Although she possessed top-tier ship-handling skills, there was no room to use them—she could only watch helplessly as the pirate ship kept closing in.

Pirates had already thrown grappling hooks and locked onto the merchant ship.

Just then, a pitch-black tower suddenly appeared ahead; there was no time to change course, and the merchant ship rammed straight into the black tower.

Along with the slaves and nobles on the merchant ship, as well as the pirate vessel behind, they all vanished without a trace.

When Nami woke up again, what greeted her eyes was a vast Shilianchang.

A pitch-black rubble beach, a lush forest…

"Was I captured by pirates?"

That was Nami's first reaction.

She had relied on a disguise to sneak aboard a giant merchant ship, planning to steal a precious Ocean's Heart gemstone.

She had already succeeded, but unexpectedly got attacked by pirates. She had originally intended to escape directly, but then suddenly ran into a storm, and her little speedboat was flipped into the sea.

She had to figure out a way to escape as soon as possible!

Then she discovered that the nobles she had encountered on the merchant ship were also slowly coming to, and even those pirates had just woken from unconsciousness.

"Help! Damn pirates, we've already paid the Navy the toll—why are you still robbing us?"

A noble in a suit was flushed with anger,

He was Outeluoke Sanshi, a top noble of the Goa Kingdom—those lowborn Navy bastards actually dared to play this trick on him.

As one of high standing, he was well aware of the shady dealings between the East Blue base Navy and the pirates.

Once he returned to the Goa Kingdom, he would definitely make a point of exposing those lowborns' misdeeds to the newspapers.

Preparing to lay out the Pirate World—must make the otherworld players smash Satan Sheng's dog head!!!!!! (The main storyline is still temporarily Hokage; laying out the Pirate World is preparation for the All-Heavens Melee. Of course, if any reader bros need it, we can also lean more into the Pirate side.)

(End of Chapter)