In One Piece With Cheat Codes

Ryu's Plan

"An intermediate body tempering skill book!" Ryu felt a pang of disappointment. What he desperately needed was an intermediate meditation skill; if he had drawn that, he could have saved his diamonds. It seemed he would have to purchase it from the shop.

"Use the intermediate body tempering skill book!" With no flashy effects or cosmic phenomena, Ryu felt a slight surge of strength in his body after using the skill book.

"Phew, better buy that meditation skill before this drags on!" Ryu opened the shop and found a basic intermediate mental technique, clicking to purchase it.

"You have lost 1000 diamonds and obtained the intermediate meditation skill. Your basic meditation skill is now ready to upgrade. Would you like to use the intermediate meditation skill?" The system's synthesized voice chimed again.

"Upgrade!" Ryu exhaled and confirmed.

After using the skill book, he clearly sensed a growth in his internal energy. He directed it to his fists and threw a light punch.

"The power has more than doubled!" Ryu's eyes lit up as he felt the change brought by his enhanced internal energy.

"Next up is the Purple Mist Divine Skill!" He suppressed his excitement and directly used the secret manual for the Purple Mist Divine Skill from his backpack.

"Prerequisite skill level insufficient. Please upgrade the prerequisite skill!"

The system's emotionless voice made Ryu nearly flip the table in frustration.

"What the hell? Don't I already have an intermediate meditation skill? Do I need to max it out too?" While grumbling, Ryu opened the intermediate meditation skill icon, only to see that reaching level one required a whopping 2000 points of proficiency, nearly giving him a heart attack.

In other words, even if he used skill points to upgrade, it would take two skill points to reach level one. Glancing at his remaining six skill points, Ryu gritted his teeth and allocated one point.

"You have used a skill point. Proficiency increased by 1000 points!"

"Just as I thought," Ryu sighed. The reason he hadn't upgraded two points at once was that he wanted to keep a safety net, but reality taught him once again that without spending money, one could never get ahead in the game.

After using another skill point, his level one intermediate meditation skill quickly rose to level two, and his energy finally surpassed the 100-point mark. He could feel a significant difference from when he faced Ace; he was no longer limited to just a single strike against a Logia user.

"It really went up!" Ryu glanced at the level two proficiency and sighed in despair. He now had only four skill points left, and even if he spent them all, he wouldn't max out the skill.

"Prerequisite skill level insufficient. Please upgrade the prerequisite skill!" With his skill points dwindling, Ryu, with a mindset of trying his luck, once again used the Purple Mist Divine Skill manual. However, the system didn't let him off the hook and continued to prompt him to upgrade the prerequisite skill.

"I refuse to believe this! Worst case, I'll just grind it out. I've done it before, so what's there to fear?" Ryu steeled himself and dumped all his skill points into the meditation skill, watching as the proficiency climbed to 4000. He settled down, planning to train continuously until Garp arrived.

Three days later, at the Loguetown Marine Base, in the high command office.

"Where's Ryu?" Smoker asked, chewing on his cigar, addressing the marine standing in front of him with reports.