Chapter 5
"Phew! That was close!!"
Kam's body trembled violently as he inwardly screamed how dangerous that had been.
Thanks to the earlier sneak attack from Monet, he now felt genuine fear!
Sugar was the user of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit. While the fruit had zero direct killing power, it could turn anyone who touched her into a living toy.
And once turned into a toy, the entire world would lose all memories related to the victim!
"If I really got turned into a toy, even Kizaru might not remember me!"
"With my current level of Armament Haki…"
Kam clenched his fist, manifesting his Armament Haki, but his heart was already retreating.
He didn't believe for a second that his beginner-level Armament Haki could suppress the Hobby-Hobby Fruit's power.
"Damn it, what do I do now?"
"The most perfect legal loli for the system, and I don't even dare touch her, let alone… do anything."
Kam pounded his chest in frustration, staring at Sugar who was right in front of him.
"Wait!"
A sudden flash of inspiration hit him: "Seastone handcuffs!!"
"Hahaha! How could I forget about Seastone?!"
Kam slapped his forehead, grinning even wider: "Seastone suppresses Devil Fruit powers!"
"And moreover…"
Two words filled with endless fantasies popped into his mind, making his lips curl up: "Keke—"
[Ding==]
[Host, it's useless. This woman does not meet the conditions.]
"Huh?!"
The smirk on Kam's face instantly froze. He almost went stupid.
"Doesn't meet the conditions?"
He fumed inwardly: "She's 21, total loli! And you're telling me she's not a legal loli?!"
What the hell!
Telling him this now basically meant all his work was for nothing!
[Ding== She is a legal loli.]
[However, due to the special nature of her Devil Fruit ability, she is temporarily unable to bear children, so she does not qualify.]
[Unless…]
"Unless what?!" Kam demanded urgently.
[Unless she further develops her Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability, allowing her own body to grow normally without restrictions.]
"Fuck!"
"System, can you be a little more reliable?!"
Kam couldn't help cursing inwardly.
Further develop a Devil Fruit ability?!
By the time Sugar achieved that, the Celestial Dragons would probably already be wiped out!
[Ding==]
[Please complete the task as soon as possible. Failure to complete within 3 days will result in task failure judgment.]
"What?! Only 3 days left?!"
Kam rubbed his chin, thinking darkly: "Looks like I'll have to head back to Mariejois first and exploit the bug to avoid elimination."
He now understood why he hadn't been erased last time.
It was purely because of the "weakness" loophole of Celestial Dragons! In Mariejois, the system couldn't find a more suitable host than him.
Even though Kam was a little "depleted," among the Celestial Dragons he was the strongest!
By far!
[Ding==]
[This system has automatically upgraded. Please do not attempt to exploit bugs to avoid elimination.]
[Please complete the task as soon as possible.]
"Fuck!"
"Why didn't you say so earlier?!"
[Host didn't ask.]
Hearing the mechanical voice, Kam was furious.
If he'd known the time limit was this short and bug-exploiting was impossible, he would've gone to the common world first and found a woman with dwarfism as a backup!
"Hmm? Wait!"
Another flash of inspiration: "Dwarfism?!"
"Dwarfism is also called short stature, small, tiny…"
"Hiss…!"
"Tontatta Tribe! The Tontatta Tribe!"
Slap!
Kam immediately smacked himself and exclaimed: "How the hell did I forget about the Tontatta Tribe!!"
The Tontatta people's bodies were even smaller and more delicate than Sugar's, but their small size was a racial trait.
That's why Kam hadn't immediately associated the Tontatta with "legal loli"!
"The Tontatta body type should count as qualifying for me. And if I remember correctly, their princess Mansherry is currently imprisoned right here in this palace!"
"Plus the Tontatta are famously easy to deceive…"
"System, first tell me if Mansherry qualifies!" Kam asked urgently.
[Ding== Mansherry. 24 years old. Princess of the Tontatta Kingdom. Healing Fruit ability user…]
[Ding== Qualifies.]
"Kekekekekeke!"
"Truly heaven helps me!"
Hearing the confirmation, Kam was overjoyed. He immediately withdrew his hand that had been reaching for Sugar, then turned to Monet with a completely different expression.
"Ahahaha!"
"Monet, I was just kidding. How could I possibly lay a hand on my own woman's little sister?"
"I'm not some monster."
Kam put on the face of a proper gentleman.
"R-Really?"
Monet, still choked with sadness and despair, spoke with hiccuping sobs.
"Of course it's true!"
"But…"
Kam leaned close to Monet's ear: "You have to… do this… and that…"
Monet: "Huh? Act?"
She was completely dumbfounded.
"Exactly!"
Soon after, with Monet's cooperation and Kam's threats + bribes, the entire Donquixote family (except Doflamingo, who refused to yield even in death) received their scripts.
…
…
Not long after,
A large procession marched grandly to the palace where Mansherry was imprisoned.
Leading them was a man in a red robe, white suit, with a massive treasured sword at his waist.
It was Kam!
"Princess Mansherry!"
"Princess Mansherry!"
"I've come to save you!"
Kam shouted anxiously, looking like a hero desperate to rescue someone.
But the very next moment—
"Boom!"
"Ora fufufu~!"
With a huge explosion and a weird laugh, a knockoff Doflamingo wearing a Doflamingo mask burst out, blocking Kam's path.
He looked arrogant, yet carried a hint of sleaziness.
"Ora fufufu, who the hell are you!"
The masked Kizaru let out Doflamingo's signature laugh and shouted: "How dare you interfere in the affairs of me—Doflamingo!"
"Doflamingo! For your selfish desires, you've imprisoned Princess Mansherry for years! Today, I, Kam, have come to deliver justice from the heavens!"
Kam drew his treasured sword, pointing it at the fake Doflamingo and shouting with righteous indignation.
"Hiss…!"
The fake Doflamingo's eyes lit up in "surprise": "Could you be… Kam? The legendary hero Kam, renowned for his immense strength, chivalry, and bravery (600 words omitted here)…"
"Exactly!"
Kam nodded with his sword raised: "I am that legendary hero of immense strength (604 words omitted here)…"
And so began an utterly clichéd, toe-curlingly embarrassing "hero saves beauty" performance that could make any actor dig three bedrooms and a living room with their toes.
Boom boom!!
Clang clang!!
Explosions and clashes rang out deafeningly.
Kam "defeated" one Donquixote officer after another, finally enduring a "grueling" battle to "barely" overcome "Doflamingo"!
At that moment, Mansherry—who had watched the entire "epic" fight from start to finish—emerged from her prison room.
"You… you're here to save me?"
Mansherry's eyes sparkled with a special glint.
What woman doesn't dream of romance!
Especially after years of imprisonment.
Then suddenly a hero descends from the sky to rescue her!
"Are you the legendary fairy princess, Mansherry?" Kam asked knowingly.
"Yes, I am."
Mansherry nodded: "Do we… know each other? If we don't… then…"
At this point, Mansherry's cheeks flushed bright red.