{Drawn — Protection from Arrows (C)}
[Origin: Type-Moon]
[Type: Talent Blessing]
[Effect: An innate talent. Upon visually confirming a flying object (arrows, thrown weapons, bullets, artillery), the user can nullify it through physical actions—such as tilting the head, deflecting, or batting it aside.
When facing light cannons, beams, or other attacks that possess a generalized "projectile" concept,under the condition of visual confirmation, the user can weaken the attack's power through action, and depending on the gap, possibly nullify it entirely.]
[Cost: None]
A divine skill specifically against ranged attacks. It doesn't seem that important for my current stage, but… light cannons and beams.As expected of the Type-Moon world where people trade blows while firing beams. It might actually be useful against Kizaru.
Ron reached his conclusion, then his attention was drawn to the final draw.
He was only one step away from the hundred-billion-tier grand prize.
Yet unexpectedly, Ron fell into contemplation and hesitation.
At this stage, the grand prize should have been the Seventh Brother template—but he felt there might be other options worth considering.
There were two differences between the grand-prize Calabash Brothers templates and the non–grand-prize versions—or rather, just one.
Growth potential.
The grand-prize Calabash Brothers divine abilities could scale correspondingly with increases in attributes.
For example, the First Brother's gigantification—although Ron rarely used it—
He had tested it. In his current two-in-one state, the known size increase was twenty meters.
Some Ultramen were only forty meters tall.
Back in the East Blue, when fighting Arlong, the size increase had only been a little over three meters.
A sevenfold increase in size brought an equally outrageous increase in strength.
To the point where Ron felt that if he had combined gigantification with his attacks during the fight against Vice Admiral Onigumo, he might have won outright.
However, gigantification also came with the drawback of excessive size.
An explosive increase in strength could lead to clumsiness—
Not because of reduced speed, but because the power boost exceeded what could be reasonably controlled, making fine manipulation impossible.
For example, it became difficult to execute sword forms like those of Thunder Breathing.
As for pure contests of brute force,
Ron currently had very few situations where that was necessary.
He preferred exploiting weaknesses and laying traps to achieve one-hit kills.
As a result, gigantification rarely had any presence.
But as the storyline diverged further and further, and opponents grew stronger,
Relying on exploiting weaknesses would likely become less and less viable.
Those standing at the pinnacle of the world were not people who could be dealt with through schemes and tricks.
What was needed was more savage, direct power.
And the grand-prize Calabash Brothers' attribute scaling also satisfied this requirement, increasing alongside the host's attributes.
However—
"There's a better possibility."
Ron murmured, tapping his fingers against his knee.
"The scaling of the grand-prize Calabash Brothers is currently at a medium level. There should be a large-scale increase later on.
That means the stronger I become, the stronger the template becomes—and afterward it will maintain that proportional scaling.
There are only three grand-prize templates of this kind: the First Brother, the Third Brother, and the Fire Brother.
The others are all non–grand-prize versions and cannot scale with the host's strength.
Which means grand prizes are extremely special.
Like the very first item I drew—the Compass That Cannot Guide.
Even though it was cheap in terms of investment, its function was utterly unique and irreplaceable.
Even now, when the prize pool has grown much stronger, grand prizes remain unobtainable multiple times and possess rare properties.
Look at it another way—if I use this grand prize on the Seventh Brother template now, then the next stage, the trillion-level grand prize, will be far off.
Or rather, even if I have enough money, I may not have enough time to digest it into combat power and apply it to the current battlefield.
If nothing unexpected happens, the next enemies I face after leaving Skypiea will be Warlords of the Sea, or even Emperors.
Most importantly—
The Seventh Brother's strength in the original work wasn't a divine ability. It was his accompanying Treasure Gourd.
The gourd that contained the Seventh Brother himself was the Treasure Gourd.
The question is—do I even have an accompanying Treasure Gourd?
If I don't, then this grand prize would, without a doubt, be missing one growth-based divine ability compared to previous ones."
As he organized his thoughts, Passive · Premonition Perception suddenly twitched.
"…There is a Treasure Gourd, but it's not completely 'good'—it's more of a neutral 'good'.
What does that mean? It can't be a fully original version.
The grand prize itself isn't the original, so the Treasure Gourd can't possibly be identical to the original one.
Hm—Premonition Perception can even distinguish this kind of thing?!
No… it seems more like residual effects from the fused Spider-Sense—an unreliable, sometimes-working prediction?
Come to think of it, Spider-Sense descriptions do mention something like future prediction potential.
If that's the case—"
The sudden development left Ron momentarily confused, but after identifying the root of the issue, inspiration struck again and he made another prediction.
"If I skip this grand prize, and the prize pool advances to the next stage—in the ten-billion-per-draw pool, if I draw a Calabash Brothers template,could I get something better than a non–grand-prize template?"
Premonition Perception pulsed.
Ron straightened abruptly and, without hesitation, initiated the draw.
Sea sacrifice as the opening move—the vortex appeared.
He hesitated, then took out a Devil Fruit.
Yes—
A Devil Fruit.
Those three days had been time Nami herself had set aside.
Unless something important came up, Nojiko wouldn't let Vivi disturb her.
The reason Vivi had gone over was because they had obtained a Devil Fruit.
But it wasn't a powerful one.
Ron spent some time confirming through Revolutionary Army channels that it was a Zoan-type Devil Fruit.
Zoan — Weasel-Weasel Fruit, Honey Badger Form.
That's right—the Devil Fruit user pirate they had encountered when they first arrived on Skypiea.
In terms of practicality, there was no debate. Any ordinary person who obtained it could instantly become strong.
But—for Ron's group, that level of "strength" was no different from fodder.
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[Sea Sacrifice Judgment: Supreme!]
[An unexpected harvest. Do you have more?]
[Great Divine Response — Triggered!]
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A response I've never seen before. There's even a level like this?
It seems to have a strong interest in Devil Fruits—which actually makes sense.
By definition, Devil Fruits are the crystallization of countless people's dreams.
For deities that thrive on faith and offerings, they might be extremely valuable.
Ron's thoughts flashed by, and he finalized the last Golden Prize Pool draw.
The multicolored roulette spun, casting out a single streak of light.
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{Grand Prize Triggered — Drawn: Datafication}
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It wasn't a physical object, but something far closer to what Ron desired.
He immediately felt an anomaly—his entire being was engulfed in white light.
Blood, muscles, bones, nerves… Haki, consciousness, and soul all dissolved within the light.
Countless ones and zeros emerged, interweaving to reconstruct Ron's original form.
The light screen appeared at just the right moment, revealing the source of what had just occurred.
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[Datafication]
[Origin: Main God Space]
[Type: Conceptual Rewrite]
[Effect: A high-rank special transformation power stolen by the Dimensional Roulette.
While retaining all original traits, the holder's body is datafied, removing vital weaknesses such as the heart and brain.
Only a "HP bar" remains. The HP bar is linked to factors such as stamina, physical constitution, and strength of will.
Example (Body): Even if the holder is decapitated, they can still maintain thought.
However, they will suffer negative effects such as massive blood loss or organ loss.
If they possess appropriate recovery abilities, they can regenerate the head.
Example (Willpower): Even if the holder's stamina is exhausted and the body is torn apart until only a single hand remains—
As long as the willpower reference value has not dropped to zero, the holder will not be classified as dead.
They can maintain consciousness in a near-death state and perform actions limited to that hand.
However, note that willpower does not generate energy from nothing.If the holder's body is completely destroyed, they will enter a death state and transition into a soul form.
Additionally, under the datafied state, all abilities, talents, and even the body itself related to the holder will be integrated into data.
For example: The holder's breathing-based regeneration has been datafied into
[Entry — Regeneration]: Continuous HP recovery in non-combat states.
Power systems of different origins will also be integrated. Regardless of conflicts, they will all be unified through datafication and converted into numerical values.
Datafication upgrade slots are retained.
The holder's data is as follows:]
[Cost: None]
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A waterfall of dense data scrolled past.
Ron's gaze immediately landed on the breathing-based regeneration trait—the ability that had carried him through at least two crises.
Breathing-based regeneration had two prerequisites: maintaining breathing, and being in a non-combat state.
But its effect was undeniably terrifying.
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[Out of Combat · Regeneration]
[Type: Passive]
[Effect: Continuous HP recovery while out of combat.HP recovery rate: 1% per five minutes.Stamina recovery rate: 1% per minute.Ignores injury state and restores until full.]
[Cost: None]
[Datafication Slot (Click for Details)]
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The breathing condition was gone.
Ron immediately felt the difference. One of the two strict conditions had been removed, massively improving compatibility.
But… what does "Datafication Slot" mean?
Ron clicked to view the details and got his answer.
Within a datafied body, regeneration was divided into in-combat regeneration and out-of-combat regeneration.
All other abilities involving passive recovery would be integrated into these two entries.
By Ron's understanding, this was most likely a fusion-and-upgrade mechanism.
In other words,
It functioned like an innate Talent Fusion Scroll—though certainly not as powerful as the actual scroll.
Other aspects had undergone similar changes, but reviewing everything one by one would be too tedious.
Ron decided to examine them later.
"Judging by the result, this grand prize rotation really did yield an incredibly powerful reward.
After all, this grand prize required a total investment of ten billion Beli. Even though grand prizes are special, the cumulative cost threshold still affects their quality.
Just the change to the HP-bar system alone is already terrifying."
Ron looked at the example given in the description—the decapitation scenario.
(End of Chapter)