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Chapter 43 : I'm a Wanted Man.
- Shin –
We appeared on our ship as I quickly brought out a Mana Potion and chugged it down. Extremely long ranged apparition with three extra people was more taxing on my reserves than I had imagined.
Rindo was on the deck practicing her sword stances.
I had no idea that she was working so diligently.
A distance away, Nojiko was shooting the targets as well.
The sound attracted their attention and they looked towards us. A moment later, the door of one of the rooms was opened as well and Law came out with his sword drawn.
"I am back." They calmed down on hearing my voice, putting their weapons away.
"This is your crew?" Rayleigh looked around the ship. "There seems to be one more person inside."
"Boss? You guys are back." Rindo came wiping her sweat.
"Yeah….where is Nami?"
Nojiko answered that for her. "She fell asleep after eating in the treasury. Really, you should find a way to separate her from it. The way she is now, I don't think she would even let you touch anything."
"Ahahahaha I won't be surprised if that's the case."
"It's fine, let her be. Just see that she doesn't get sick or anything."
"Oh, you don't care about the gold?" Rayleigh asked, looking at me.
I smiled, "I can change dirt to gold if I wanted, literally not metaphorically. Money is not a problem to me."
"Wait really?" Roger asked surprised.
"Mhh, although I might not look like it, I am an inventor first and foremost. I just fight when I have to. It is not my primary job."
"And you made my body from iron? You stingy brat. Change it to gold." The overgrown gorilla threw a tantrum while I looked at him with a deadpan.
"The metal used to make your body is worth an entire fleet of ships. It is not something simple gold can compare to. It has higher toughness than even the twelve Supreme Black Blades. Sure I can change that if you want. I needed some material for the new weapons."
"Wait seriously?"
"Oh, you thought that you could fight Hawkeye with a body made from simple iron? Your Haki wouldn't have saved you from his attacks and would have crumbled under such force."
The others stared at Roger in surprise while Law looked confused and even a bit awed at the mention of Hawkeye.
"So who are these people?" Law asked casually, masking his nervous state.
I smiled. "Wanna guess?"
He simply looked back with a deadpan.
"Well spoilsport." I snapped my finger and Roger's face turned back to normal. "Rindo give us some food. I am hungry."
"Okay boss."
And with that we left the now frozen Law and walked towards the dining room.
It would be a while before he would regain his frozen mind.
- Scene Change –
I looked at the devil fruits in front of me.
These were basic devil fruits of the Zoan and Paramecia types.
Technically these fruits were also artifacts so I could scan them.
I did just that and the results were quite surprising.
First of all, Devil Fruits were all man made.
Yes….all Devil Fruits are man made.
They are probably the pinnacle of technology of the ancient times. I mean why else would there be a Candy Candy fruit, Mochi Mochi Fruit or a Butter Butter Fruit.
I am pretty sure they have nothing to do with nature.
Then again this world has islands where cakes grow on trees so that might be a bit unconvincing for people.
These fruits work by changing the D.N.A of the user into the D.N.A of something else. For example the races which can control fire must have a certain part of their D.N.A with that information. The Devil Fruits simply take that part and integrate into the D.N.A of the user.
So, how does it jump from the user's body to another fruit?
Well that's because the change is not as simple as injecting some stuff into someone's body but rather attaching the spirit of the Devil fruit to the souls of the users. It then changes their D.N.A.
It is quite similar to how Ddraig and Albion make their user part dragon just by being attached to their souls.
This is also why the user has to become stronger to unlock all the power. The awakening is a state of resonance between the user and the Spirit of the Devil Fruit.
Dr. Vegapunk had made the Devil Fruit which changed Momonosuke into a dragon from Kaido's blood and still called it a failure. It was solely because of this reason. He could change Momonuske's body but he could not make a spirit of the Devil Fruit. It would die with Momonuske and not be passed on to other Devil Fruits.
As for creating a Devil Fruit spirit, it is definitely not easy….but I have something that can bypass that problem.
The Sacred Gear's design can overcome the problem.
In this way even if the user passes away, the Devil Fruit or rather the artifact can still be passed on.
Now the thing is, is there a device like the Biblical God's System which can control the flow of Devil Fruits?
Is that what the One Piece is?
So is the weakness to Still Water and Sea Stone artificially induced?
I had some reasons to believe it.
After all, both the sea and sea stone are under the control of people who were allied with Joy Boy, who was supposedly from the Ancient Kingdom.
The Sea under Poseidon of the Mermaid Island and the Sea Stones being only produced in Wano Country, the place that made the Poneglyphs.
So was the power of the Devil Fruits restrained only by these two things because Joy Boy or whoever it was that could control the system made it so?
If that is the case, will this weakness still be valid in the next world?
I mean I can't think of a change in D.N.A making someone weak in the still water by default. It might have been possible for certain cases like the Mera Mera no Mi but not every Devil Fruit.
Also why isn't there any Mizu Mizu no Mi.
My guess is….politics.
To show goodwill towards the Poseidon.
If they had made things which could work under water, it would have made the Merpeople and Sea Kings tensed and Poseidon would have taken action.
So they deliberately took this precaution.
The Ancient Kingdom or Joy Boy might have been in an Alliance with the Mermaid Island and Wano.
One more reason to support this theory is that Sea Kings don't attack the ships using Sea Stone. It might be a show of friendship between the Poseidon and the people of Wano Kingdom. The energy of the sea bullshit is not something I agree with because the Sea Kings attack other things inside the sea. How else would they survive? They might not attack the Ship but what about the humans within them?
It might also be the reason why the city of Mariejois is on the Redline instead of the seas – To avoid the wrath of Poseidon.
The Redline is probably the only place that is safe from the attacks of the Sea Kings.
If that is the case, maybe I can isolate this weakness as well.
As for double Devil Fruits causing death.
That might be something else entirely.
It is not the Spirit of the Devil Fruit that is the problem.
It is the fruit itself.
I found out that the fruit develops a certain chemical after being changed into a devil fruit that changes the user's body into the desired vessel for the power. This is also the reason why they taste so horrible.
This chemical however has another use- to prevent a monster from arising by making it so that if two Devil Fruits are eaten, it will become a poison and kill the user.
However there is a way to bypass this as well. It was shown by Blackbeard.
He didn't eat the Devil fruit after all.
No. he absorbed it, to be more precise, he absorbed the spirit of the Devil Fruit before it left Whitebeard's body and thus gained two powers without dying due to poisoning.
On further investigation a part was discovered that prevented the changed D.N.A being passed on to the offspring as well or people would definitely have second generation power users.
This can be removed as well although I don't know how much work it would need.
Also when the spirit is removed from the Devil Fruit, the chemicals stop being active which is what happens after the first bite.
With all these in mind I proceeded towards my next step.
I think I can start on a new profession finally.
I had been putting it off for a while since doing the World Jump.
Anyways, since that is the case, the Devil Fruits are quite similar to Sacred Gears and if there is indeed a system that governs the distribution of Devil fruits, then I can easily make a Devil fruit Locator.
If that is not the case, even then there is a way to identify Devil Fruit users from a long distance.
Unlike the others, I can more or less reproduce the Devil Fruits as long as I have a strain of the D.N.A. Maybe if I could find the research papers of Vegapunk, this process might become faster.
Also my current MP reserves are not upto the mark to make a Legendary Rank artifact. The bounty will come soon enough. I need to work on the Ancient Weapon as well.
The Quest says an Ancient Weapon and not the designs of the Ancient Weapon.
There is a chance that even if I make one, it will only be a copy of the Ancient Weapon and not the weapon itself so….and knowing the Game, I know for sure that this would be the case.
It is the case.
Do you think all your quests will be so easy?
The first World till the Jump was all the tutorial you can get. If you want to become stronger, don't think it will be so easy.
Sigh.
So the only sure fire way I have now is….Poseidon.
The Mermaid Princess, Shirahoshi.
How do I acquire the Poseidon? Do I have to steal her power or something?
You can use any method you want. As long as I agree with it, it is fine.
Well Thanks for the support Game, I thought sarcastically.
Your Welcome Host.
….
Work on what is in front of me now.
- Scene Change –
I walked out of my workshop the next morning.
Last night was hectic. With my current MP reserves, I could barely create the guns for Nojiko.
The other two will have to wait.
I hope I get the bounty by today so that I can start to work on them soon.
Getting fresh, I walked towards the deck where everyone had already gathered and were eating.
"You're late brat." Roger shouted while taking a bite of the chicken leg.
"I was working late last night. Nojiko, your new guns are ready. I will improve them later. This was the best I could do with my current power." I said handing her the gun. "You and Nami can try the same medicine as Rindo first. It will help in your training."
The Super Soldier Serum will indeed help them. It will take off a lot of training time.
"Medicine?" Law asked a little interested. Crocus looked as well.
"Yes. As I said already, I am an inventor. This medicine can enhance a human body to twice peak human conditions. In the measurement used by the CP people, 1000 Doriki." I explained.
"1000! From nothing? That is a very good increase. Are there any side effects?" Crocus asked. Even Rayleigh was quite shocked while Roger already knew and didn't pay any attention to it. Law listened.
"No. There are no side effects. I wouldn't use it on my crew if there were any."
"What is this Doriki?" Law asked from the side.
"It is a way to measure the physical strength of a person. An average marine soldier has a Doriki of 10. Anything above 500 is considered as Superhuman and that is the minimum standard to practice the Marine Six Styles Martial Arts." Rayleigh explained. "1000 would easily make anyone a Commodore or even a Rear Admiral depending on the location. If the Marines found out about it, they would kill to get a hand on the formula at any cost."
"They would." Crocus agreed.
"Can I try it too?" Law asked.
I looked at him and explained, "It would be more or less useless for you but sure if you want."
"Medicine cannot make up for the skills of a person, Law." Roger explained from the side.
"True. Although Rindo has a Doriki of 1000 or slightly above, you could probably defeat her easily in a head-on fight. "
"Ahahaha yeah I guess but I am training hard. I will kick your ass soon enough." Rindo grinned.
It was at this time that the newspaper arrived.
Crocus brought the newspaper and opened it. He snorted at the news.
"Oh, what is it Crocus?" asked Rayleigh.
"I think Shin-kun should read it himself."
I raised an eyebrow and took the newspaper.
Dio Brando a Hoax.
The World Government denies the claim of having been robbed.
There has been no robbery.
Dio Brando is merely a fame seeking conman.
This is the job of an amateur if they cannot even make up decent lies. They are probably trying to gain fame to start a Pirate Crew. Such behavior will not be tolerated.
If people find any information about this criminal who spread discontent among the public, inform the Marines.
Bounty : 100,000,000 Beri.
I looked at the newspaper while Roger peaked from the side.
"Wahahahaha so they decided to hide it. That is so like the World Government."
I didn't pay attention to Roger.I was simply thinking about something else.
"I don't like being called a liar." I muttered.
"Hoh, so what are you gonna do about it?" Rayleigh asked from beside me.
I grinned as an idea came to my mind. "Well, if they want to hide it, then I am going to do something they cannot hide anymore."
Crocus sweated a little at my expression.
"Don't try anything too reckless." He said after wiping off the sweat.
"Hahahaha why would I do something reckless. I just want to have some fun. No one will be hurt. At best the Gorosei will have a case of High Blood Pressure and a minor stroke, nothing major really."
"What exactly are you planning brat?" Roger got up and asked me, completely intrigued.
"Say you wrote your name in the sea as the Pirate King. As your apprentice, shouldn't I write my name somewhere as well?" I grinned widely.
"You are going to do something crazy again right."
"Eh, I am just going to let the world know my name. But you guys don't have to bother about it. I will even let you all see something awesome." I brought out a stock of Training Potions and put them on the table. "This is a stock of 20x Training Potions. It will increase the training speed by 20 times and the effect of each potion will last for a week. After a week, you need to take a cleansing potion, the red one and a day's break. Then you can repeat the process. I will be back by night and have a meeting with Garp tomorrow." I really need to get that bounty.
"Take care brat." Roger didn't ask anything and just let me go.
Roger is quite understanding in that regard.
I apparrated away with a popping sound again.
- Scene Change –
The information that I am searching for this time is completely different from the last time.
This time my target is Firs Island.
As I already said, if they want to deny the existence of Dio, then I can only force them to accept….by simply any means possible.
The Invisibility Cloak wrapped around me and a few spells took care of the sound and smell as well.
A few pops later I was already on Firs Island.
I walked around on the island and took the opportunity to stalk and grab a few Marine officers and pick their minds.
Unlike Mariejois, Celestial Dragon's houses where people are too sure of their safety, this place is not simple. It's protected by Marines and each part is always under strict surveillance.
I tied them up and left them asleep in one of the alleys, transformed into a stone.
The Transfiguration will change in two days.
Using Gaea Foundation, I was already transformed into the Captain of Marines of Firs Island.
This is an extremely important island and there is much better security with a Vice Admiral being in charge of the security of the base.
A Captain is a relatively lower position with around 12 of them in the base.
That said, it was still high enough to get me to where I wanted.
The slight repelling charm made the job much easier.
The location I wanted to reach was the….camera room of the base.
"Oh Martin, what's up. Did your date go well?"
Ah, this guy had a date. So sad, I will probably leave some money to compensate for this.
"Nah….the girl stood me up. There is just no justice in this world." I sat down acting depressed.
"Hahahahah true story my friend. Let's go on a drinking spree tonight. We will cheer you up."
I smiled and with a snap of my fingers, Imperio.
Then an Obliviate to prevent them and Martin from being accused simply.
This time I covered myself with the Invisibility Cloak again.
The location of the room where the Dyna Stones are stored is already known to me from Martin's brain.
No need to bother about the other people.
I walked around and found that the vault containing the Dyna Stones is locked.
A first year spell.
Alohomora and a finger snap.
The room opened and closed behind me.
I looked at the place. It had a beehive type structure on the walls in which containers containing a pink liquid with the Dynamite Stone or better known as Dyna Stones are contained to prevent them from coming in contact with air. These stones are said to have a size from as big as a grape to as big as an adult's fist.
These stones are the absolute trump cards of the Marines.
Even the small stones are capable of blowing up entire warships while the bigger ones have an attack power comparable to the ancient weapons. One can blow an entire island completely. Such power is rare and I wonder what else I can use it for. I have a few ideas in mind.
Maybe something that has been collecting dust in my inventory due to my current Mana reserves can be used again if I use these as a power source.
I waved a hand and the containers along with the stones were all levitated in my direction. I stored them all in my inventory and took out an equal number of stones, transfiguring all of them into the containers with dyna stones. If they don't use it, they will not know.
The fake containers were levitated back into their places and I left the room under the Invisibility Cloak.
Returning back to the Surveillance room, I removed the memory of my arrival from their heads and left a few bottles of local alcohol making it so that they drank and slept on duty.
I apparrated away from the place back to somewhere on the site of my next target.
The line which divides the One Piece world.
A bottle of Mana potion was gulped and 20 Shadow Clones came into existence.
We nodded towards each other and then my Shadow Servants poured out of my shadow.
These shadows belong to the wizards I had killed when fighting with Voldemort. They can finally come in handy.
They merged with my Shadow Clones and got to work.
This is going to be glorious.
- Scene Change –
It was around seven in the evening when I saw that the work was reasonably complete. The Dyna Stones were set in place.
It was already showtime.
With this thought in mind, I popped back to the ship.
"Boss, you're back?" Rindo greeted me.
Law and the others looked like they had been put through the ringer and were panting on the floor.
Roger and Rayleigh were chilling and drinking wine and Crocus was fiddling with the training and health potions.
"Rindo prepare some snacks quickly. I am taking everyone for a fireworks show." I ordered as I went ahead and sat down on the table next to Roger.
"Your work done?" He asked me looking away from the latest episode of Bleach.
Yamamoto was kicking ass.
"Hmm. I just prepared something good."
"Oh?"
"Surprise." I replied cheekily.
"Your surprises are not good for us old men's hearts, Shin." Rayleigh smiled when he heard this.
"Hahahaha but you have to agree that they are awesome."
"Well I can't deny that." He shook his head with a smile.
"You brat have been skipping out on your training. Get ready to get your ass kicked when we start training again." Roger said from the side.
I smiled. "I am waiting for another part of my power to recover. It will be soon. I can feel it. We can start training then. I will be done with Garp's meeting by then too."
If it doesn't work after today's job, then I will probably blow up half of Mariejois to get it done.
"Oh, good then. I hope you will be a challenge by then."
We talked a bit and then Rindo got the snacks ready.
"Gather together everyone. I will bring all of us there in several trips."
It took me three trips to bring everyone to the destination.
It was Sabaody again. Shakky's Rip Off Bar.
"Here?" Rayleigh asked me with a raised eyebrow.
I smiled, "We will get a good view from here."
I looked at my watch. It was around 9 PM.
Shakky came out as well, sensing the crowd and I put a barrier around the place.
"Is this your crew Shin?" She, elegant as always asked looking at the gathered crowd.
"More or less, yes. Anyways, I hope you won't mind having dinner with us Miss Shakuyaku."
"Oh my, is that a date Shin? Won't the pretty girls in your crew be jealous?" She poked at us.
"Hahahaha even if they don't mind, I am pretty sure someone else would. Anyways, it isn't bad to have dinner with a pretty lady even if it isn't a date. We are going to have a fireworks show soon enough."
"Oh, why haven't I heard of something like this?"
"It is a surprise prepared by me. Don't worry. I am pretty sure many will like it."
I snapped my fingers and conjured a large table and chairs as the eyes of Rayleigh, Law and Shakky widened. Her cigarette fell from her mouth.
Rindo started preparing the table while I brought out the special wine.
This one was a gift from Tannin on our successful deal.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you three thousand year old Meteor Dragon's Pride, made from Dragon Apples grown only in the underworld and brewed by one of the strongest creatures I know. I only have two of these and even those were gifts."
Tannin brewed this himself and only uses this as a gift for the high level people on extremely rare occasions.
I have heard that even Sirzechs and Serafall have only tasted it once or twice in their whole lives. This wine is older than both of them.
"T-Three thousand…." The newly lit cigarette fell again.
"It must be tasty right? You were still hiding the best stuff brat." Roger looked at the bottle almost drooling.
"Of all the things that were said in that sentence, that was the only part you got?" Rayleigh bonked his head without removing his eyes from the bottle.
"U-Underworld….we won't be dragged into hell by ghosts after drinking this right?" Nami asked nervously.
"Eh….who knows? But would you let a wine that could cost as much as a large sized country go untasted because of your fear?" I smirked at her.
"L-l-large country? How much is that?" Nami asked, her eyes suddenly fixating on the bottle.
"Hmm around 15 Billion Beri." It is worth around a ton of gold from what I heard so it's around that much.
"What are you waiting for brat? Open the bottle already."
"Heh sure. Rindo, please pour the drinks. It is almost time for the fireworks. Just be sure not to spit the wine."
Fortunately a bottle of wine for a dragon is much bigger than what it is from humans. It was almost 20l and I had to shift them into different bottles. So I technically have around 80 bottles of this wine.
The food was arranged and the wine was poured.
I looked at my watch and brought up the glass. "Ladies and Gentlemen, have you seen true art?"
20 seconds left.
At the confused looks of the people, I pointed everyone towards the Redline in front of us.
8 seconds left.
"True Art is an….EXPLOSION."
And then the world shook.
The massive Redline in front of us was covered in red fiery flames that rose up to the sky. The mushroom cloud visible from Sabaody clearly.
Jaws fell but this was not the end.
No.
I want them to be unable to hide it this time.
The fire rose, twirling with each tongue of flame, forming massive words in the sky. Each word a kilometer large. The sky lit up and right in front of the Redline formed a sentence.
….
IT WAS ME, DIO.
It took a lot of work but some Ancient Runes mixed with a bit of elemental magic to guide the explosion all quietly bundled together with a timed Dyna Stones created this scenery.
The fire stayed there for an entire minute and then slowly calmed down but on the once unbreakable wall of Redline now stood massive letters reminding ZA WARUDO of Dio-sama's name.
The scene on the table however was still silent. They were looking at the Redline with their jaws open.
Roger still had his jaw comically dropped.
Rayleigh was looking with his mouth open.
Crocus was in a similar state and looked as if his eyes would pop out.
Nami and Nojiko were stunned into silence while Shakky had her eyes wide as well.
Rindo was probably the only one who looked extremely excited, like a child watching fireworks.
It was Law who turned around with an incredulous expression. "Y-y-you did that?"
"Yup."
"When?" he asked, still in a daze.
"This morning. I infiltrated the Marine base on Firs Island and stole Dyna Stones and then worked the whole day on the Redline arranging this. It was a ton of work." I said, taking a sip of the wine.
"YOU MADMAN. YOU UTTER MADMAN….you did all of that in one morning?" Law burst out.
I nodded, "I used smaller dyna stones so as to not cause real damage. I made sure that no one will get hurt either. The force was all directed towards the sky and thus no extra waves or Tsunamis would be caused. It takes a lot of planning from my side. I am sure you noticed that despite the destruction, there was not a trace of waves or shockwaves around. I wanted to leave my name in this world, not hurt anyone."
Also if I didn't do something like this, it would be too much of a hustle to get that bounty. I need that as soon as possible for the further plans to progress. I couldn't delay this any longer.
"You really aren't good for the hearts of us old people, Shin." Rayleigh recovered and shook his head. He picked up the wine and downed it in one go.
"But it is awesome right? It's not like the Redline was built by anyone in particular or is the World Government's property. I can write what I want there."
Looking at the still stunned Roger, I couldn't help but ask.
"What happened, teacher? Didn't you like the fireworks?"
He turned towards me and then towards Rayleigh, "Shit. Why didn't we do something like that Rayleigh? It would have been so cool to have our Jolly Roger carved into the Redline for everyone to see."
….
"Like teacher, like student. Both are madmen." Crocus whispered and downed his wine as well.
"They would probably have blasted the Jolly Roger the very next day." I replied.
"Oh….and they won't do that to your name?" Roger asked pouting.
"Nope. First because if any more blasts occur there with similar power, without someone like me controlling the explosions magically, that part of the Redline would collapse and above it….Mariejois. Second, tomorrow morning, Fleet Admiral Sengoku will find a letter on his table which will state the following words, 'If you remove my name, I will throw the next bomb on Mariejois.'" I smiled my best sunny smile that I always give Meredith.
"Devil. This person is a devil." Crocus muttered.
"At times yes. But I don't like being called a liar. This will prevent them from throwing some ridiculous mass murderer tag on my head."
"Still….I don't know what will happen tomorrow but I do know that the Marines will not sleep tonight. It is perhaps a good thing that Garp is away. He would have been dragged into it as well." Rayleigh sighed.
"Wahahahaha knowing Garp, he would probably pick his nose and laze around when summoned by the World Government."
That does sound about right.
We talked about many things. I finally explained a lot about myself to Law. My Devil Race is something they don't really know about and I will tell them that later. Many questions were asked and after that Rayleigh and Roger shared their travel tales too.
Law stated his dream of killing Doflamingo and becoming a good doctor.
Nami also stated her dream of drawing the map of the whole world.
Nojiko wanted to find the plants of the whole world and make an orchard full of them. It was something she decided recently as a goal.
Rindo wanted to cook every kind of fish and animal we could find.
As for me….well I want to reunite with my family as soon as possible.
One month in and I am already missing them too much.
As for my Sin of Lust Trait. I figured out that fighting and training till exhaustion does relieve the effect a lot.
Game explained that Lust doesn't always have to do with sex.
Battlelust, bloodlust and other similar things are also lusts.
I just don't want to rely on them because while they are lusts, it is not something I prefer. I don't want to end-up being a battle maniac and I like sex better so while these things do help a little, it is nowhere as good as sex.
The girls here are not really interested in romantic relationships and I don't want to push them either.
Maybe I should go out and seduce someone.
- Scene Change –
I woke up the next morning.
We returned to our ship inside of Laboon after the party last night.
Today is the morning that I meet Garp. The Marine base at Loguetown was already informed.
I washed up and walked out of my room.
Rindo, as usual, had already prepared breakfast for us. I also found out that the meat of the Sea Kings is much more nutritious than the food on earth, not to mention delicious.
I want to see the island where Ussop was sent to train as well, the Boin Archipelago. It was a wonderful place to visit.
Maybe those plants can be cultivated using Mokuton by Kuroka.
"What are you thinking about boss?" Rindo asked me.
"Hmm, I was thinking about visiting the Boin Archipelago. It is a wonderful place."
"Oh….yes, that place is amazing. The food there is delicious." Roger answered, looking up from the food.
"Really." Rindo looked intrigued now.
"It is a place straight out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with rivers of Ramen and various foods naturally growing on the island. It is just that the entire island is also a huge creature that swallows everything once a day. You have to hang on to a support during that time or you will be swallowed as well. The food that grows there however is extremely delicious but very fatty from what I know of. It is extremely easy to gain weight from eating those food items. I will take you there to visit. The only place comparable to that would be the territory of Big Mom Charlotte Linlin. She has sweet food themed islands as well."
Honestly speaking, this world is a wonderland for people like Rindo who want to be a cook and make various types of food. The only world better than this that I can think of is the World of Toriko which is basically completely based on food. Rindo has been helping me and the entire crew all this time without complaint, the least I could do was make this enjoyable for her.
"I will go for the meeting with Garp but before that would any of you like to use the medicine that I talked about?" I asked Nami and Nojiko.
They looked a little nervous but Nojiko steeled herself and nodded.
"Does it hurt?" Nami asked.
"Well it is supposed to hurt a lot but I can take care of it."
I will use the same method as Rindo.
Nami, although a bit reluctantly, agreed as well.
"Okay, finish your food and get inside your rooms. I will leave a Shadow Clone to take care of everything." I replied, concentrating on my food as well.
Kobayashi Rindo is really talented in cooking. Especially with the ingredients of this world, her cooking has improved a lot.
After finishing my breakfast, I took out two tubes of the Modified Super Soldier Serums. Crocus was beside me looking at my every move and noting things. Law was the same. Although he couldn't get much improvement from the Serum itself, it is still a great experience for him as a doctor to see the process.
Nami and Nojiko are already on their beds. I cast a spell on them and they fell unconscious. Another snap of my finger and the bed was transfigured into having belts that held them to the bed. I slowly injected the Serum.
If everything goes like usual, the process should be over by the time I return.
"Is that all?" Crocus asked.
I made a Shadow Clone and nodded towards him. "Yes, just don't worry about their vitals. It is normal to go that high."
They stayed by the bed along with the clone and I quietly left the room.
Time for the meeting.
- Scene Change –
I appeared near the coast of Loguetown. The Marines will be keeping a watch on the coast so I brought out a small boat and rowed towards the place.
Suddenly teleporting in the area where they have been monitoring my entry and exit might give them an idea about my teleportation ability. Taking and rowing a simple boat will help cover this up for me.
I soon reached the port and docked the ship on the port and as expected I was greeted by a Marine.
They had been on watch for me after I had informed them earlier that I would be arriving here.
It is also to see if they will attack me to get the formula of the potion and try to kidnap me.
If that happens….well then, I will stop holding back.
I might even gift Marineford a close range fireworks show.
"Sir, please follow me. Vice Admiral Garp is waiting for you." The Marine looked to be an Ensign who greeted me quite politely and escorted me.
Smoker is quite a good man to have managed this place well. The Marines here are much better disciplined than anywhere else on East Blue.
It was at that moment I felt it.
My power surged and increased.
Shin Kageyami
Title: Miracle Maker(All craft related skills require 20% less MP cost)
Level -480(360) (1/4th bound)
Class – Pirate Hunter – LVL 40/100 [80%]
Race – Human(One Piece)
Rank- Mortal
Alignment- Chaotic Neutral
HP- 190000 (142500)[38000(28500) per minute]
MP– 269900(202200) [50975(38225) per minute]
SP- 190000(142500)[38000(28500) per minute]
STR – 1896 (1422)
END – 1900 (1425)
DEX – 1428 (1071)
INT – 2699 (2022)
WIS – 2039 (1529)
CHA – 235 (176)
LUK – 525 (393)
HP/SP = END*100
HP Regen/SP Regen = END*20
MP = INT*100
MP Regen = WIS*25
Finally,
Quest Completed
[Break the Shackles]
To break the shackles, you have to push past the limits.
Complete the three quests to open each binding on your levels -
1. Gain a Bounty of 1 Billion Berries. (Completed)
2. Get 10 Devil Fruits.(Completed)
3. Gain an ancient weapon.
Rewards: 1 binding removed for each part of the quest completed and The Racial Lock will be removed on the completion of the whole quest.
Current Progress – (2/3)
Seems like the new bounties are out.
A shop on the side of the street was selling the newspaper. I took one as I looked at it and there it was in big and bold letters.
The name that shocked the world.
Last night at 9 O'Clock, the impregnable walls of Redline lit up. At first it seemed that it was an explosion by some dumb pirate to break the unbreakable wall, but the sheer power of the explosion soon put that thought out of mind.
The wall of flames extended as if the devil itself had come to earth threatening to burn the whole world in its rage.
The power was enough to rival that of the Infamous Ancient Weapons of the legends.
But what happened next was the most shocking view.
The flames rose and twisted, forming gigantic letters bigger than the warships of the seas.
A sentence formed.
The line that shook the world.
IT WAS ME, DIO.
Yes my dear readers, you read it right.
The name that was denied by the World Government and the Marines as a hoax had proved its existence in just a day.
Dio Brando is not a fake.
Who is he?
What does he want?
No one knows….but,
It is an undeniable fact that….HE EXISTS.
There was also a picture of Dio's name engraved on the Redline.
With it was a poster of Dio Brando.
It seems that Morgan had given a description of my disguise quite well.
THE DEVIL OF THE SEAS, DIO BRANDO.
BOUNTY: 6,660,000,000 Beri.
I couldn't help but laugh at the bounty.
Oh, how funny it will be when Gasper sees this bounty.
We soon arrived at the Marine base of Loguetown. Outside the gates was a familiar figure waiting.
"Miss Tashigi, could it be that in the few days I haven't seen you, you became even more beautiful?" I greeted her with a smile earning a healthy blush from her.
+5 Affection with Tashigi(25/100) for complimenting her.
This girl is so easy to tease. She reminds me a bit of Sona….just a lot less smart.
"Hello Mr. Kageyami. Please come in. Vice Admiral Garp is waiting for you.'' She collected herself and spoke professionally while leading me inside the building.
I spread my Observation Haki. With my increased stat, the range of the Observation increased a lot. It increased more than three times in just two days.
I could sense a gigantic aura inside.
It was stronger than that of Rayleigh's and even Roger's as he was not in his original body.
Vice Admiral Garp. This man is indeed a monster in terms of strength.
Everything beside him was simply covered by his presence.
Tashigi went ahead and opened the room and invited me in.
Inside the room, behind a desk sat a large man with short grey hair wearing a white Marine uniform. He was eating a rice cracker while lazing around. Captain Smoker stood behind him with a stoic face and on the other side was another man with a fedora, a Marine Cloak and a serious face. If I remember correctly, his name is Bogard, the right hand man of Garp. There was another person who according to me was the most welcome presence in the room. A pink haired woman with a cigarette in her mouth and sunglasses on her head, Captain Hina or Hina of the Black Cage.
I used Observe on instinct.
Name: Monkey D. Garp
Title: The Marine Hero. Garp, The Fist.
Race: Human
Rank: Champion
Level: 109
Reputation: 10/100.
Obedience: 0/100.
Thoughts About You: Curiousity.
Demonic Crap. That's like Satan Class if he becomes a devil.
His base physical stats are all in the 2 400s.
Hawkeye was in the 1 800s despite Garp being so old. I also remembered that Sengoku had to hold Garp down when Akainu had killed Ace so that Garp wouldn't kill him.
This on the other hand seems to be expected when comparing him to someone who could fight Roger and Whitebeard to a standstill.
This kind of power without any Devil Fruit can still be lethal. While not world destroying like Whitebeard's Tremor Tremor Fruit, I am pretty sure he could fight equally with his Haki.
Garp is also someone with Conqueror's Haki so that's another booster.
The Bogard guy was also unexpectedly an elite with 1 000s all around in the physical stats. He had been following Garp for years now or rather decades. If he didn't even reach the level of a Vice Admiral, I would be surprised. This guy seems to be quite loyal to Garp too.
"So you are the brat everyone's been talking about?" he asked, looking at me closely from his street. "You don't look much."
I made a serious face at the comment, "While I do agree that I haven't done anything of notice for people to know and talk about me, I do have to disagree with one fact." I saw eyebrows rising on the faces of the Marines, "I wouldn't say that I don't look much…. after all, I am quite handsome."
The room stilled for a moment and then both Garp and I burst out into laughter.
"Bwahahahaha I have seen Sea Kings better looking than you brat."
"Hahahaha what are you jealous of me old man?"
It took a few moments for the rest of the people to catch up with what happened and I heard Tashigi's voice. "Mr. Shin, please don't speak like that to Vice Admiral Garp."
"Oh you wound my heart Tashigi-chan, could it be that you don't think I am handsome?" I made a sorrowful face and the girl flustered waving around her hands.
"No no that's not the case."
"Oh so you do think I am handsome. Well take that old man, I am quite handsome."
The girl panicked even more looking around.
"Stop teasing my subordinate." Smoker finally intervened, saving her from further embarrassment.
"So onto the matters at hand. We at Marine Headquarters would like to invite you to join the Marines. You are a young man with good morals and want to do good for the world by fighting against the pirates. We can provide you with enough support. I have heard that you want to be a Shichibukai and if you have that much strength, then you might easily become a Vice Admiral with some experience. You can catch pirates all over the world if you join the Marines and fight for justice." He dawdled for a while. I could sense that even he didn't believe some of the things he said.
After he finished, the people in the room looked at me waiting for my answer.
Tashigi looked like all that was left was for me to say yes and all.
Too bad, that will never happen.
Suddenly a thought entered my mind and a smile found its way to my lips.
I have always wanted to do this.
I tilted my head and spoke those legendary words.
"DAGA KOTOWARU."
….
"WHAT!"
"I said I refuse. The Marines are just not for me. I am more of a freedom loving person and I don't want to be restricted by the Marines." I picked up the normal tone.
When Roger asked me to talk with them, I also considered a few things.
The plan was what to do after the World Government is destroyed?
What then?
Despite how it looks, the Marines are still working to keep the peace of the seas.
The so-called good pirates are a minority. If a major part of this force is destroyed, the sea will fall into chaos.
I don't think that I can maintain peace with just my peerage despite the strength of everyone. There is no way of truly calling for support from my world as even Serafall and Sirzechs will truly not allocate me enough troops for this job. Again I want to make this a Hub World so I don't want to ask support from anyone.
The only way I can think of is to keep the Marines while destroying the World Government. Now while this in itself is still easy, there is a slight problem. The hardcore faction of the Marines will cause a problem.
Well they would cause a problem anyways.
To circumvent this, a plan needed to be made.
The Revolutionary Army, the Ancient Weapons, the Shichibukai, the Four Emperors, the Marines and even some of the Supernovas, everyone will be playing a part in this.
I don't want a broken world by the end of it all to fix at my hands.
To do this, I have to make sure that the Peace faction of the Marines are on my side while the 'Absolute Justice' faction is slowly taken care of due to 'accidents' and stuff so that when the World Government collapses, the Marines, which is the largest force in the world, doesn't completely collapse.
This plan would take several points and I will have to dig people out of the Marines. So I sat down and thought about why even though they don't agree with the World Government, they still follow these people.
The conclusion I came to could be summarized into a few points.
The people who are on the side of soft justice always struggle with their guilt. I just have to find a way to push some of them over the edge and knowing what kind of people the Absolute Justice team and the World Government are, it is very easy.
This will be a plan that will probably take a few months but before that I need to get my peerage to enter this world first.
"What brat? A young man like you should have some form of discipline. Help us catch pirates and establish justice." Although he said the words with enthusiasm, he didn't force it.
"Mr. Garp, you are the Marine Hero. It's surprising that you are not an Admiral. Why is that so?"
"Eh….too much work. I don't like that."
"Well I have the exact same reason for not joining the Marines as you have for not taking that promotion." I put the stress on the exact word and saw his eyes widening and then a helpless look came on his face.
"Do you have any problem with Marines?" Smoker gruffly commented from the side.
"Problem….hmm, not much. A difference in philosophies. I don't want to get involved with them if possible. This is already the best I am going to do."
"Mr. Kageyami, we at the Marines follow justice. I assure you that cases like Captain Nezumi are very rare. It is unfortunate for us to even have such a case." Tashigi said quite fervently.
I looked at her and decided to make the first move. Let's break their illusion about the Marines first. "I am actually the second born of my parents. Both my parents were normal people and lived simple lives. No relation with pirates at all. My elder brother was taken away and killed by marines when he was a newborn…." I saw the eyes widening and Garp clenching his fist, "along with tens of thousands of other newborns, in the name of justice, twenty years ago."
"That's impossible. The Marines would never do such a thing." She cried out in disbelief.
"Oh….why don't you ask the person sitting there."
Garp didn't even lift his head, his hands were clenched together while I could see his jaws firmly clenched. Bigard hid behind his fedora while Smoker's cigarette had already fallen from his mouth and the same was the case with Hina.
"They were searching for the son of Gol D. Roger who might or might not have existed and….killed every child in that part of the world around the same age. My family was just one of the many caught in that massacre."
Tashigi was now looking at the others in disbelief.
"I might dislike pirates but I will NEVER join the Marines because if I do so, I might never be able to look at myself in the mirror."
No one spoke anything.
The whole atmosphere in the room became solemn.
"If that is all, then I apologise, but I will leave now." I got up.
"Will you become a pirate too?" Smoker called out from the side.
"What is a pirate Captain Smoker?"
He paused for a moment but I didn't give him a chance to answer.
"Is anyone who is wanted by the World Government a pirate? I am sorry but I don't believe it. One of my friends Monkey D. Luffy was given a bounty of twenty million beris." I saw Garp raising his head and looking at me. "He has never once hurt a civilian. He even helped me take down Buggy, the Clown and even defeated Don Kreig….and yet he was given a Bounty instead of a reward. So what exactly is a pirate and what is justice." The room was quiet but no one spoke a single word. Plant a seed of doubt in the younger generation of Marines and guilt trip the older ones. "For me anyone who hurts innocent civilians is a criminal. Do you know a fun fact?"
The people looked up to me a little surprised at the sudden change in subject, "There is a person in the Marines who has killed thirty times more civilians than the entire Red Haired Pirate Group."
"Don't speak nonsense Kageyami." Smoker got up with a shout.
"Whether I speak the truth or not can easily be verified by Vice Admiral Garp here. I do believe that although he won't do anything to resolve these matters, the least he could do is not lie."
-20 Reputation with Bogard(-10/100) for insulting Garp.
The complexion on Bogard's face became ugly and I felt he was about to move but Garp shook his head and he stopped.
"His name is Akainu. Funny thing is that he has also killed more Marine soldiers than any other pirate under 200 million beri bounty. I know these numbers are factual because I have travelled all around and found all of this out. So tell me Smoker, in your opinion who is the criminal here."
"It might have been a collateral. Admiral Akainu's power is too volatile."
"Well you can ask about that to Garp. I won't say anything about it. I have no reason to make you believe me. I just don't want to work in the same place as people like those. I had always wondered what the difference was between the Yonko Pirate groups and the World Government. They both occupy countries. They both collect money from the occupied countries. They both send people to disturb and attack places that are not under them. They both deal with slaves." Their complexions became worse with each mention. "Ah….my apologies. The Whitebeard Pirate group and the red Haired Pirate groups don't allow slave trade in their territories. Well, one point to the Yonko. Also the Yonko don't allow 'Legal Plunder' in their territories. That's two points I guess. If you don't believe me, just visit Sabaody in civilian clothes sometimes. Overall there is only one difference in my opinion. The World Government is stronger."
"Your words are bordering on treason brat."
"And yet you don't deny anything. What does that tell everyone about yourself 'Hero' Garp."
A massive burst of Conqueror's Haki burst out. Garp has Conqueror's too. It would be weird if he didn't.
Mental Attack blocked by the Gamer's Mind.
I was not in the least bothered.
I was tempered under Roger's Conqueror's Haki. Currently Garp was not even serious.
Despite his outburst, his reputation remained the same.
I mean how would he be any different when his own son started this idea in the first place.
"What do you want, brat?" he ground out through his teeth.
"I just want to travel the world and catch pirates. The question here should be….what do you want? Do you want to let me continue….or do you want to drive me into piracy?" I didn't flinch in the slightest.
Garp can't kill me in one attack and I can be out of the area in the blink of an eye. They also want the potions so he will hold back. I can't be detained in any area as I can easily apparate away.
Worst case scenario is that I die, I still have two weekly resurrections left.
Tashigi had already lost consciousness while Smoker and Hina were sweating bullets and gritting their teeth to hold themselves back.
The pressure soon went away.
"You can continue your Pirate Hunter's work. We will inform you as soon as there are vacancies in the Shichibukai system." He took a deep breath and answered.
"In that case, thank you very much. I will take my leave now."
I turned back to leave but was interrupted by Garp's voice.
"Do you have anything against Akainu?"
Ah, time to bullshit more.
"My father, despite everything, was still a Marine. He wanted to believe in justice. Once they were sent out to hunt a certain pirate group who had been hiding somewhere on a remote island. Admiral Akainu was in charge of it. The location of the pirates were not known and it was only rumors that they were in the village and nothing was found from the investigation. Akainu….burned down the entire village along with the civilians inside." I heard Hina take a breath in. "My father denied the action and was killed on the spot by Akainu for being a traitor."
This time I turned back and looked at Garp with a smile. "Do you know the fun part in all this?"
The room became tense. This incident was actually true. I had gotten it from the memory of Martin, the Captain of Firs town that I had interrogated.
"The pirate group they were searching….was not there at all."
Garp's eyes widened and his mouth opened a little.
+20 Obedience with Monkey D. Garp(10/100) because of the fake story.
Got it.
I didn't say anything else and left.
Leave vague details that coincide with real incidents.
It is actually sad that people don't feel sad about deaths until they become personally associated with the victims.
I am pretty sure that none of them cared about any of the people Akainu killed or maybe just maybe could have felt a tinge of sympathy for them. After all, why would it affect them? The people who died were too weak to make any difference and were completely unrelated to them. It is only when those deaths are thrown directly on their faces that they realize the truth. I mean imagine what if Akainu had killed a village which had Luffy in it in his childhood.
Garp would have torn the magma bastard apart, World Government be damned.
Or if someone whose family he had killed becomes as strong as Kaido….then they would have bothered. Otherwise….there were no problems at all.
I left the room and soon reached the port.
Luffy had already exited the town while we were talking. Lucky brat.
In the meanwhile, I searched and found an enormous aura no weaker than Garp's and walking into the alleyway, I used Gaea Foundation to change into Dio and Shadow Walked towards the leader of the Revolutionary army.
It is time to meet the third member of the Monkey D. Family.
- Interlude –
Hawkeye walked on the island as the pirates scrambled around at the sight of him.
The island had sunny weather and a calm environment.
Reaching the center of the island, he saw a crew of pirates sleeping or half asleep after being drunk.
"Free as always I see." He said in a smooth voice.
"Ah Hawkeye. Are you here to fight me? Sorry but I am too drunk to even stand up right now." Said the man with red hair and a single arm sitting amongst the sleeping pirates.
"I don't have any interest in fighting a man with one arm." Hawkeye replied unbothered by the atmosphere. "I am here because I recently met someone which reminded me of a story you once told me….of a boy with a certain straw hat." Hawkeye said as he unfurled the bounty poster.
The pirates opened their eyes one after another as they saw the bounty poster while the captain smiling. "In that case I am afraid I can't let you go just like that Hawkeye….LET'S PARTY."
Hawkeye merely raised an eyebrow. "Weren't you too drunk just now?"
"Eh….that was before. Now we have to party." Shanks put his remaining arm around Hawkeye's shoulders and smiled.
The rest of the crew changed moods extremely fast as well.
It was after the atmosphere calmed down a little when a few drinks were downed that Hawkeye raised another topic. "On my trip to East Blue, I fought a swordsman."
Shanks raised an eyebrow but didn't comment letting Hawkeye continue.
"We fought to a draw."
Suddenly the whole atmosphere calmed down as the people went still.
"Draw? In East Blue?" Shanks asked, completely stunned.
"Yes. It was an Old Man who said he was retired and was teaching an apprentice. A man whose Conqueror's Haki was not in the least weaker than your own."
Eyes widened and Shanks finally sat straight.
"What is that person's name? Such a man wouldn't be an unknown in the seas." Shanks said seriously this time.
"He didn't say his name and I didn't insist. I stayed on their ship for a few days but apart from teaching and resting, I didn't see him doing anything. The only odd thing apart from the man himself was perhaps…..the monster he was teaching." Hawkeye continued as he remembered the scene.
"Monster? Are they some kind of murderous pirates?" Shanks asked while many thoughts ran in his mind.
"No. They are a group of Pirate Hunters or at least the apprentice of that man, Shin is making one. The monster is because….in one week I saw that boy rise two stages in Observation and one stage of Armament and train himself in swordsmanship to a level that took me one year to learn."
Shanks' mouth opened wide and he wanted to ask if Mihawk was joking with him but didn't because he knew his old friend's personality very well. Mihawk almost never jokes, let alone about swordsmanship.
"Were they with Luffy?"
"They were friends and seemed quite close but they travelled on their own."
Shanks became lost in his own thoughts and then slowly smiled, "Well Luffy has already started making strong friends. It is good for him."
Mihawk then brought out a piece of paper and passed it to Shanks. "The Old Man gave me this paper to pass on to you when I was leaving. It was my job for him to agree to fight him."
Shanks raised an eyebrow while looking at the piece of paper but took it nonetheless.
His eyes suddenly widened as he read the sentence written on the paper and a blast of Conqueror's Haki burst out making all the crew members' alert.
Mihawk was completely caught off guard with this.
"What did the old man look like Mihawk? Please tell me everything about him." There was seriousness in Shanks' voice but if someone knew him well enough then they would find that it also carried a hint of hope.
"What was on the paper Shanks?" Ben Beckman asked from the side.
Mihawk and the rest also looked at him in question.
Shanks lowered his head and a nostalgic look came in his eyes, "The words that Captain Roger told me when he passed me the Straw Hat and that he was happy that I found someone worthy to pass it on to."
"Then that Old Man…."
"Might be a member of the Roger Pirates, yes. It seems Luffy has really made good friends." Shanks smiled slightly.
"Almost all the members of the Roger Pirates had gone underground after Gol. D. Roger's execution and someone finally came out. It seems that the seas are going to be interesting again. Are you going to meet him, boss?" Yassop asked from the said while taking a gulp of his beer.
"If this person really is from the Roger Pirates, then I really want to ask him. Maybe Vice Captain Rayleigh would know about him. I should talk to him first." Shanks said thinking about something.
"After all this chaos caused by Dio Brando, this news is a breath of fresh air for us." Lucky Lu bit off a piece of chicken and said.
"It is. Friends….we are going to Sabaody." Shanks shouted and the group cheered.
A fateful meeting and reunion will be happening soon….very soon in the future.
_x_x_
Beta Reader: LuluViBritania(FF.N, SB and QQ)/-LuluViB|99th Britannian Emperor(Discord)
Author's Note :
I wanted to do a chapter on the new year and this was decided by a vote on Discord.
So I decided to celebrate the New Year with a blast. Art is an EXPLOSION!.
Too many things happened in this part.
Some small, some big.
Shin finally got the second binding removed and can now move more freely.
I was getting some complaints that Shin was not using HP Magic in the IDs in the DxD world. That was simply because the other magic he used was too strong and with the amount of Mana he had, along with the Devil's imagination based magic, there was simply no need for it.
In the One Piece World however, things are different as Shin doesn't have the Devil Race and its Imagination based magic. This gave more room for the HP magic to flourish.
The theory about Devil Fruits is my personal theory. I don't claim to be correct.
ODA is a genius and I don't even think about what goes on in his head.
Anyways, conquering the world is not an easy task. Especially a world as broken as One Piece.
This will be taken slowly and Shin will return back to DxD as soon as he can.
This is the hub world and needs to be developed slowly. It will keep going on in the background.
So the unholy name of Dio-sama is spread throughout the world.
What chaos will it cause?
Shin is someone who can be extremely manipulative. It will be shown in the coming chapters in bringing the strong people to his side.
I will be doing a small time skip of one month or so as a training arc soon.
I have a few suggestions for the peerages. Law, Hancock, Issho are the top choices.
Suggest me some interesting choices for Sona's peerage maybe or even a good Devil Fruit and I will see if I can add it.
The next chapter will be of 'Deal with the Devil'.
Enjoy the new chapter.
Good Day, Peace Out.