Chapter 2
I woke up in a room with memories that didn’t feel like they were mine, yet I knew they were. I was eighteen years old, and living with some distant relatives because my parents had passed away a long time ago. My relatives let me live here in exchange for low rent. Don’t think poorly of them. They ask me to pay 5000 berry per month, which is nothing. Normally, renting a room would cost at least 15000 berry per month for the worst of rooms. What they ask for doesn’t even cover food costs. I have been paying that off by doing menial tasks around town to earn money every day. According to my new memories, life was hard, but acceptable.
All of a sudden, a bunch of bunch screens popped up.
*DING*
MISSION ALERTS!
MAIN MISSIONS – Direct shape the course of your life
Making your Choice
Now that you reached the One Piece Universe, you need to plan out your next steps. The world is yours to do as you wish and there are many routes that you may choose:
* Join the Straw Hat Pirates. They will arrive at your destination in 3 months. Find a way to impress Monkey D. Luffy to join the crew.
* Join another pirate crew and go up the ranks! Obtain wealth and power as you see fit.
* Create your own Pirate Crew and be your own man! Choose to aim for adventure, piracy, or even aim to be the Pirate King!
* Join the Marines. It is possible to join the Marines to hunt pirates in the future. Convince the Marines to allow you to join.
* Become a Bounty Hunter. Hunt down pirates and turn in their bounties to earn money and fame.
* Become a respected member of your town and remain here for the rest of your life. A peaceful happy life in East Blue is pretty good too!
These are just some of the options available. Do whatever you wish to do!
Rewards: Dependent on your choices in 3 months.
SIDE MISSIONS – Indirectly influence the course of your life. Completing Side Missions generally make completing the Main Missions easier. (Side Mission Rewards tend to be lower as Side Missions are meant to influence User Growth in a specific, helpful manner)
Training at the Dojo
You are a complete beginner with no inkling of self-defense! If you want to do anything other than be a basic town citizen, you should learn how to defend yourself! Whether you plan on being a Marine, Pirate, or Bounty Hunter, they all have some fighting skill. Even weak townspeople aren’t respected. Better get moving and get trained in combat!
Reward: 1 Perk Point for each week you go to the Dojo.
Learn to Fish
If you plan on sailing the seas, you better know how to fish, unless you eventually want to starve! Find someone willing to teach you to fish.
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Learn to Brew
Everyone likes alcohol, whether it’s Marines, Pirates, or just your common man. A great cup of alcohol can make a stranger into a friend or spill all of their secrets! Feel free to learn to brew a good drink.
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Learn to make Cigars
Just like people like to Brew, some people also like to smoke. Making cigars can be useful to “grease the wheels” in some places of power. Learn to make Cigars and maybe you’ll be able to garner favors.
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Learn how to Swim
What kind of idiot lives in a world of island nations, where the only way to travel is by the sea, and doesn’t know how to swim? If you want to join the Marines or a Pirate Crew, don’t even think about convincing anyone if you can’t even swim. Either learn it yourself, or find someone to teach you.
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Learn some Basic Geography
If you plan on travel and adventure in the future, you should probably have an idea of what the world looks like. You knew the basics of what the world’s map looked like in your old world, and you should have an idea of what it looks like now.
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Memorize Wanted Posters
Whether you’re learning about your future targets, the future competition, or just who not to offend, it’s best to know the different Pirate Crews in the world. You never know when some information could be useful.
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Scope out the Local Marine Talents
You’re just a measly townsman with no fortune nor power. Better find out who the local government bigshots are so you can avoid, or at the very least, don’t accidentally step on their toes!
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Earn Some Berry
You’re living at your relatives place and you need to pay rent! Make sure you have 5000 Berry at the end of every month.
Reward: 1 Perk Point per Month.
LOCATION MISSIONS – Missions located in the area. Completing these missions increases Reputation on that Specific Island, and may also increase your World Reputation.
Signore Phillip
Phillip needs an extra help in his Kitchen. Go talk to him to help him out!
Reward: 2 Perk Point
Master Ma
Master Ma requires your help at his Dojo. Go talk to him to help him out!
Reward: 2 Perk Points
Daddy Masterson
Daddy Masterson requires help. Go talk to him to help him out!
Reward: 2 Perk Points
Ipponmatsu
Ipponmatsu requires extra help at his shop. Go talk to him to help him out!
Reward: 2 Perk Points
Raoul
Raoul requires extra help at his shop. Go talk to him to help him out!
Reward: 2 Perk Points
EVENT MISSION – Missions that occur in conjunction to a celebration of some kind.
Congratulations for completing the tutorials and officially joining this world. In celebration, we will hold a special event for the next three months! There are various poster up on the walls all over town of Gol D. Roger with more being added every day! Collect them and redeem them for prizes!
Reward: Unknown
DAILY MISSIONS – Repeatable Missions that occur daily.
Help your Relatives with the Daily Chores
Your relatives have been taking care of you for a long time, and they expect very little from you. You should help them out by doing some of the chores in the house.
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Feed the Stray Animals
On the streets, there are lots of animals that require food. If you have some extra cash, feel free to spread the wealth and feed some of the unfortunate cats and dogs roaming the streets!
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Clean the Town
You town is a hub for trade in the East Blue, and as a result, people are known to discard their trash everywhere. Do your part to help clean the town to make it into a better place!
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Help Unload Daily Shipments at the Docks
The docks are always looking for cheap labor to help unload ships and transport goods. Wake up early and help them out to earn some cash!
Reward: 1 Perk Point
Help Set Up the Fish Market in the Morning
The fisherman at the market need help setting up shop every day at the market. Wake up early to help them out and earn some cash!
Reward: 1 Perk Point
The number of missions were staggering! I thought I would have a problem getting more Perk Points, but it turned out to be the opposite problem. Rather, this is a huge advantage. It turns out that when the tutorial said that the human race would receive more perk points, it made them practically readily available to me! I was wondering how I could get stronger using this shitty system, and it turns out that I can uses these missions to earn Perk Points and improve my talent. I just have to keep earning these perk points and I can get stronger much faster! Finally, something useful in the gamer system.
After going through the system, it appears that all Traits that can be leveled up are all the best possible traits! The single cost perks are either semi-useful, or they have negative effects attached to them. Its best avoid anything with negative modifiers at this time. Maybe in the future, I can think about buying something along those lines.
Anyways, now that I’ve looked through all of the quests, it’s time to start doing them. I went out of my room and greeted my Uncle Mickey. Yes, just like Mickey Mouse. And before you ask, yes, somehow he married someone named Minnie. No, they aren’t mice.
“Good Morning Krishna! How you doing?” My uncle boomed loudly. Thank god he didn’t have Mickey Mouse’s voice. It was a nice low masculine voice.
“Good morning to you too Uncle Mickey! I’m doing alright! How about you?”
“Busy, busy, busy! I was wondering if you could help out around the house before you go, because today is a bad day for me.” My uncle seemed resigned to my refusal. Prior to my transmigration, apparently I would always make excuses and run away.
“Sure. What do you want me to do?” I have a quest to help out, but I would help anyways because I’m not a jackass. If someone at home asks me for help, I might whine, but I’ll still do it.
“Yeah, I didn’t think you had time—wait, what?” My uncle whipped his face back up so fast, and his eyes were nearly popping out of their sockets. “What changed today? Oh lord, are you dying??? TELL ME IF YOU’RE DYING!!!!”
I rolled my eyes. “Everything is fine. What do you want me to do?”
“Ahem.” My uncle cleared his throat after his loss of composure. “There’s a list on the fridge. I usually do them every day before I leave for work. It usually doesn’t take more than a half an hour.”
“Okay, got it. If you want, I can do the morning chores every day from now on.”
My uncle stared at me with a strange look on his face. “…Seriously, are you sure you’re not dying and paying your final respects to this family?”
I threw one of the spoons on the table at his face. “Stop being stupid! Go to work!” My uncle ran away. Once he left, I got a look at the new notification that I just received.
Throwing (Active) Level 1 (001/100) 10 MP per Use
The ability to propel an object with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.
+1 Strength, +1 Dexterity, +1% Accuracy when throwing
I checked my status and I discovered that my strength and dexterity had both increased by one.
Khanna Krishna
Race: Human
HP: 100/100
MP: 100/100
Perk Points: 1
Strength: 11
Constitution: 10
Agility: 10
Dexterity: 11
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 10
Perception: 10
Willpower: 10
TRAITS:
Sagacious (Level 1) – User’s Wisdom grows faster by 10%
Genius (Level 1) – All skills grow faster by 10 %
Resistance Body – Allows for the generation of Damage Mitigation Skills.
SKILLS:
Throwing (Active) Level 1 (001/100) 10 MP per Use
The ability to propel an object with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.
+1 Strength, +1 Dexterity, +1% Accuracy when throwing
I felt a bit stronger too and I knew I was more nimble. The sensation was quite wonderful. I completely understand why people grind stat points and skills as gamers. It’s just so satisfying.
I went to the list and there was just a basic set of cleaning instructions, such as cleaning the floor and taking out the trash. Nothing that was difficult, just annoying. So I made such to do everything, and when I finished, there were more notifications.
Daily Quest (Help your Relatives with the Daily Chores) has been completed. 1 Perk Point obtained.
Cleaning (Passive) Level 1 (001/100)
The ability to make something or someone free of dirt, marks, or mess, especially by washing, wiping, or brushing.
+1 Dexterity, +1% Speed when cleaning
Ah yes, that good feeling returned, and I’m feeling even more nimble. I took a moment to spend both of my perk points and got Intellectual (Level 1) and Intuitive (Level 1). Becoming smarter and more perceptive is more useful right now at this point to make plans and keep myself safe.
I made a quick plan. I was going to do the daily missions this morning at the docks and the fish market. Earning cash at the same time as earning perk points is a good use of my time. On the way there, I’ll pick up some trash from the streets and dispose of it. That way, I’m not wasting any time. I’d like to do some of the other quests if possible. I definitely want to start that Dojo quest, and it sounds like Master Ma may be a good way to get started. Ah, my wisdom just increased by one. I guess I made a good plan based off of the information that I have.
I headed out to the docks and on the way I picked up some trash that I saw laying around. People stared at me, but they didn’t say anything. When I picked up the tenth piece of trash, I received a notification.
Daily Quest (Clean the Town) has been completed. 1 Perk Point obtained.
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Great! I’m glad this quest doesn’t require a lot of effort on my part. I wouldn’t want to have to waste too much time doing this, especially since there is no physical reimbursement. I do get the perk point, but those aren’t going to fill my stomach.
I take the trash and placed it in my inventory discreetly by pretending to place it into a bag that I’m carrying. I’ll take it to the local trash yard later today.
I bought the Powerful (Level 1) trait right now before I started working. I thought it would be a good idea for me to buy that trait before I started doing a bunch of physical labor. It will help my strength stat grow faster. I got another notification stating that my Wisdom went up another point. This is great. I need all the stats I can get to survive in this world.
When I reach the docks, people are already working. I walk up to someone that looks like they are in charge.
“Hey, I heard I can get work here in the morning. Know anything about it?”
He looked up and down at me. “You’re a bit scrawny for this kind of work, but I guess it doesn’t matter too much. It’s 200 berry for an hour. Go help the men at Pier 15.”
So I went down to Pier 15 to one of the ships, and I helped to carry some of the smaller stuff down and helped others carry cargo. The men laughed at me, but it was all in good fun. Also, I gained one point in Strength. Hopefully, doing this every day can continue to bring my strength up to an acceptable level.
Daily Quest (Help Unload Daily Shipments at the Docks) has been completed. 1 Perk Point obtained.
“Feel free to come back every day in the morning! We pay 200 berry per hour.”
“Thanks! I’ll come for an hour or two in the mornings every day.”
I headed to the fish market afterwards. I went up to one of the men who was helping to prepare the market. He pointed out someone named Sapi at the Fish market.
Sapi saw me heading towards him. “Hello, how may I help you?”
“I heard there was some work at the fish market. I was wondering if you still need some help.”
“You’re a bit late, but we still have some work out here. Why don’t you go join the men over there and help set up the fish?”
“Got it.” I walked on over to the stands and started placing the fish on ice in a nice alternating pattern. It wasn’t really hard work, since the men had already brought over all of the catch, but it was annoying and reeked of fish (obviously). Since it was light work, I didn’t receive any stat gains. It was a shame, but I can’t expect stat gains any time I do something.
Daily Quest (Help Set up the Fish Market in the Morning) has been completed. 1 Perk Point obtained.
Sapi came up to me. “Nice work! We usually start setting everything up at around 6 am. If you want to get more work, we pay about 200 berry per hour. Come by whenever you want and there’ll always be some honest work for you!”
“No problem! I’ll come here every day for at least an hour or two.”
Sapi smiled. “Great! We can use more workers like yourself!”
We said our goodbyes, and headed out. Clearly, I needed to wake up at least 2 hours earlier so that I could complete most of these daily requests. Today, I only worked 2 hours, so I only received 400 berries that I placed into my inventory. Tomorrow, I’m going to start working at least two hours at each place. That way I’ll earn 800 berries per day that can be used for rent, food, and other purchases I might need to make. Ah, Wisdom just went up another point. Definitely need that wisdom.
I hope these gains don’t slow down, but I’m not holding my breath. Fast gains won’t last forever. Fortunately, it appears that I’m going to be swimming in perk points. I tried buying the next level of Sagacious.
Sagacious (Level 2) requires 2 Perk Points. Confirm?
NO! Dammit, I knew it was too good to be true. I assume the amount of Perk Points required to level up a trait scales with level. Reaching level 10 should take about 55 perk points, assuming it actually doesn’t double with each level of purchase. Then it would be…1023 perk points. That’s just ridiculous. If that was the case, I would just give up now. And that’s just reaching level 10. What if it goes further? I couldn’t even tell you how much it would be for level 100 if it doubled. It would be absolutely impossible to accomplish.
Forget it. I’m going to get all of the other stat related traits first. I picked up Resilient (level 1) and Swift (Level 1). Hopefully, they will be useful when I go to the Dojo to meet Master Ma later. And there’s another increase in Wisdom. Glad to know that I’m not stupid. Only need the traits for Dexterity, Charisma, and Willpower now.
I get the directions for Master Ma’s Dojo, which is a new dojo that recently appeared in Logue Town in the last few days. They were looking for some new students. Did I mention before that this was Logue Town? I don’t know if that’s good or bad. Logue Town is practically the Straw Hat Pirates’ last adventure in East Blue. If I was going to join Luffy, I miss out on the recruitment of half the crew—Zoro, Nami, Ussop, and Sanji. I mean, it’s not a huge deal since I already know what happened, but I’d still like to be a part of things. I’ll be the 6th member of the crew if I join from Logue Town.
I suppose I could go and travel to where Arlong is, but I don’t think that I’d be able to get to the Island safely. Also, that requires money and a crew to get there. It’s just too hard to track down specific people in the ocean. We would probably miss each other. It’s just too much of a risk. Plus, heading towards Islands taken over by Fish mean will cause people to ask questions. Questions that I just don’t have the answer to.
On the other hand, Smoker is here. I hate that guy. Not only is he smart, he’s strong, and possesses a powerful logia devil fruit that turns him into smoke. He starts chasing the Straw Hats even when they haven’t done anything wrong other than help Islands exposed to tyranny from pirates or marines. I didn’t realize that Pirates taking down other pirates was against the law. The only thing they did “wrong” was raise a flag that stated they were pirates.
Sometimes I don’t get the Straw Hats. Why do they state that they are Pirates, when they rarely do anything evil? Pirates are not the same as adventurers. Pirates pillage and kill ordinary town folk to get money. That don’t just chase dreams. I feel like they were better off calling themselves adventurers, explorers, or treasure hunters. Of course, maybe anything that didn’t unconditionally obey the World Government was a pirate in their eyes. I don’t know or really understand. “Good” pirates never really made sense to me.
The One Piece world is full of contradictions. For example, where did Shank’s crew get the money to live and party? There can’t be an island where gold just falls from the sky right? They must be getting that money from somewhere…although I have no idea where. Could be “protection money” or something else. Although they are “good” pirates, the money could still be dirty. Who knows?
Anyways, Smoker is a pain no matter what. If I want to join the marines, I have to get on his good side. I hate self-righteous people though. They are the worst. Regardless of whether I join the Marines or not, I can’t get on Smoker’s bad side for the next 3 months. Actually, it would be better if he never noticed my existence.
I was thinking about my main mission recently, and I was thinking about things. I don’t want to be an ordinary citizen. Hell, even if I decided to stay here and plan on doing the country building route, that would be more interesting. But realistically, building a country would just lead to the World Government coming over to subdue us through force. No matter how hard I try, I won’t be able to beat them with people from East Blue. Unless the Revolutionary Army backed me up, and even then it would be too dangerous and lead to many deaths. None of the higher ups of the World Government would be affected either. No…that was a bad route to go in this world.
Marines…was a choice. I’d have strong backing, and they could definitely make me strong. On the other hand, eventually, I would be ordered to do something evil, and then pretend what I did was “justice”. The World Government was just a hypocritical organization. In addition, I am “special”. I’m a gamer, and someone would probably notice that I have a very special body. Likelihood is that the World Government would “volunteer” me to be one of Dr. Vegapunk’s experimental subjects once he finds out about me. The only way out of it is if I get so strong even the World Government would hesitate to order me around.
Joining the Straw Hats would be lots of fun, but dangerous. Luffy loves adventure and has no fear, unlike myself. I have lots of fears and being with the Straw Hats would be scary and insane. Also, they eventually declare war on the world. I know I’m the Gamer, but I’m an extremely nerfed Gamer. I’m not sure I can keep up with the rest of the Straw Hats. Of course, if Nami and Ussop can keep up, I probably can too.
I could also make my own crew. I actually like the idea of doing that. My crew and ideals would be similar to the Straw Hats, except I wouldn’t claim to be a pirate. I would just be a traveler who makes some money on his journey. Maybe I’d do a bit of everything such as being a part time merchant, bounty hunting different evil pirates, treasure hunting, and exploring new territories. Conversely, it sounds like a pain, and I’m not sure I want to be the captain, and responsible for everyone else’s life and all of the money problems. It seems like a lot of stress.
There always that strange option of joining another pirate crew, but I can’t guarantee that any pirate crews out there are like the Straw Hats. That sounds highly unlikely. I don’t plan to spend my life in a crew like the Buggy Pirates doing anything for cash.
There’s another option that the Main Mission prompt didn’t include. The fact was that he could go on an adventure alone! I don’t have to join any organization. I can live my life as if I’m playing a single player rpg game. Do all of the missions in an area slowly over time, making lots of friends and contacts, and once they are completed, move on to the next island and repeat. Of course, this depends greatly on my personal power and abilities, and I am unlikely to have any sort of back up ever. No matter how many friends you make, on a solo journey, every time you leave a place, you start all over again. My nerfed gamer abilities make this option harder than necessary. Also, completing missions increases my reputation. Eventually, the marines would find out about me, and attempt to recruit me. When that fails, who knows what methods they will use next.
I have some time before I choose which way to go. Basically, there is no great option. No matter what, life might suck.
Anyways, I finally reached the dojo. It was hidden among all of the other buildings in town. There was an impressive looking gate with the word, Ryōzanpaku, written on top. Ryōzanpaku…sounds familiar. I tried to open those huge doors but they wouldn’t budge. Thankfully, I noticed another smaller door to the side and used it to enter. Surprisingly, somehow, there was a small garden in the middle of the city. I headed towards the small run down building in the center. The entire time, I felt like I was being watched. On the porch, there was an old man sitting around drinking tea.
“Hello sir. Are you Master Ma?” I assumed that he was, but better to check than be sorry.
He took a sip of his tea. “Yes, I am. How may I help you?”
“Yes. I heard that Ryōzanpaku was taking in new students. I wish to learn Martial Arts and I was wondering if I could join your classes for training.”
“Sure. It will cost 2000 belly per week.”
“…Sorry, never mind. I can’t afford that right now.”
“…Alright then, 1000 belly will do.”
“…”
“…How about 500 belly?” How did it become a fourth of the price? Technically, for the services they were offering, it was a super cheap price and I was able to afford that. Wait a second...this feels familiar. Must be déjà vu. I gave him the money and he took my name and address.
“What martial art do you teach here?” I know there are many styles, and I was wondering what martial art would be located in the East Blue. I didn’t have my hopes up because East Blue was the weakest ocean for a reason.
“Maa…Someone named Akisame will probably be your teacher.”
Oh god. I recognize them now. Ryōzanpaku, Ma Kensei, and Kōetsuji Akisame were all characters in History’s Greatest Disciple. Damn, how did they get here? Is this considered a gamer starting zone bonus or something?
“I object! All of you always throw the work to me.” I looked behind me, and there was this tall thin man with a moustache behind me. I recognized him as Akisame from the anime.
“No…I just think…teaching suits Akisame best.” I turned back and there was an expressionless, pretty, young woman with a sword on her back, and a cocky looking mouse on her shoulder. This was definitely Kōsaka Shigure. Kenichi was always scared the most of her training.
“Apa! Akisame is great!” A big dark skinned man with ridiculously large muscles and a happy smile seemed to teleport into the room. “Apachi wants to take disiciple, but Apachi is afraid of breaking disciple.” Yeah, Apachi Hopachai says some scary stuff with a smile on his face.
“I don’t take disciples!” A large, scary looking, gruff man with a scar on his face was holding a bottle of beer in his hand. Sakaki Shio looked like one tough dude.
I felt a towering presence behind me. “Ho ho ho, I think Akisame is best suited for teaching our new student. What do you say, Akisame?” The old guy was huge! Fūrinji Hayato is a monster of a man. I don’t know how he’s still in good shape like that at his age.
Sakaki Shio, Karate Master that Claims to hold 100 Dan!
Apachai Hopachai, Muay Thai Master and known as the God of Death in Asia!
Kōsaka Shigure, Master of Sword and all weapons!
Ma Kensei, Master of Chinese Kenpo, and known as the Master in all of China!
Kōetsuji Akisame, Jujitsu Master and known as the Fighting Philosopher!
Fūrinji Hayato, Mixed Martial Arts master and known as the Superman with no equals!
User is under the Status Effect
Intimidation (Level 5) – Reduces all stats by 50%
Of course I’m under a status effect. Didn’t even know that could be a thing until now…
Akisame stroked his chin. “I suppose, I don’t mind, but shouldn’t we be focusing on getting back?”
“Ho ho ho, might as well have some fun while we are here, right? And he seems like an interesting person. What do you say?”
Akisame sighed. “Alright, I suppose it doesn’t hurt to leave a piece of ourselves behind in this place.”
The Elder looked at me. “What do you say young man? Do you have the resolve to join Ryōzanpaku?
Ryōzanpaku is strong, and would be a good place for me to strengthen my fundamentals and foundation. I’m not sure if they were Top of the Food Chain in the Grand Line, but at the very least, they could probably survive there without any problems. Of course, their teaching left a lot to be desired…but you can’t argue with the results. Kenichi had no talent and they made him into a fighting machine. I’m the Gamer. I’m sure that they can make me plenty strong.
The time commitment might be a problem if I want to do all of those missions before three months are up. I might have to let go of some things if I want to take advantage of this opportunity to the max!
I smiled. “Of course! Otherwise I wouldn’t have come here.”
Akisame looked at me. “You want to learn martial arts, correct? It’ll be alright, because I’m not that strict.” He smiled at me.
That Liar.
New Skill learned!
Detect Deception (Passive) (Level 1)
Increases your ability to differentiate lies from the truth by 1%
Location Mission: Master Ma Completed!
Master Ma needed help getting a student for Ryōzanpaku in East Blue, as they are a new addition to Logue Town and their reputation is unknown. As you have graciously volunteered to be one of their test subjec—new students, you have inadvertently solved Master Ma’s crisis.
Reward: 2 Perk Points Received.
New Side Mission!
Help Ryōzanpaku!
You have discovered a strange anomaly. The members of Ryōzanpaku have somehow been sent to the East Blue from their original world. Learning the Basics to their Martial Arts to 100% completion will enable them to return to their world.
Rewards: 12 Perk Points
Kōetsuji Akisame, a Master of Martial Arts has agreed to teach you! Stats and related skills improve faster by 1000% while under his tutelage.
Oh Nice! That location mission ended up being a chain quest with a nice reward. And that’s a nice new skill and those Perk Points are always helpful and wanted.
But no matter how the system puts it, it is super weird that Ryōzanpaku has appeared in this world. Things are already starting to deviate from the original story of One Piece. Are there going to be more appearances by other people into this world, or is this a one-time event? Well, that’s not really important to think about.
Once they agreed to take me in, the Intimidation Status Effect went away because they were no longer focusing all their attention on me. Akisame placed me into horse stance, then made me hold a jar in each hand that had the words “spirit” and “effort” written on them. There was a bowl of warm food that said “endurance” balanced on top of my head. He added on some torture implements with sharp edges to “encourage me to keep my arms up. Similarly, underneath me, was some incense that had “Mind” written on it, which was meant to cause burns in case I lowered my stance. This reminded me of that same scene in the story.
Unlike Kenichi, I wasn’t going to whine about it. Holding this stance in this way would probably help me increase my stats faster. After ten minutes, lo and behold, my strength went up by 1. That was one of the fastest gains I’ve ever had.
“Oh? Strange, it seems like holding this stance suddenly got easier for you. I guess I need to increase your load.” Akisame noticed my increase in strength really quickly and added to my load.
In another 15 minutes, I was getting tired but I kept going. Then, surprisingly enough, I gained another point in strength and one in willpower! Nice! Willpower is useful against mental attacks. If my willpower was high enough, I wouldn’t have been affected by their intimidation.
“Hmm. It happened again. Your body is strange. I’ve never seen such rapid increases in strength.” Akisame stroked his chin. “How interesting.”
I decided to bite the bullet somewhat. It was best to let them know my relative circumstances to get more effective training. “My body is a bit different. If stimulated properly, my body will adapt and strengthen itself in different ways much faster than normal.”
“Is this one of those infamous Devil Fruit abilities?” His eyes practically glowed when he asked that question.
“Nope, I’ve never eaten any of those as far as I know. It’s just something I discovered with my body today. That’s why I looked for a place to make myself stronger.” He seemed a little disappointed at that information, probably because he didn’t have a Devil Fruit User that he could experiment on. It didn’t dampen his enthusiasm though.
“Interesting! How interesting! It seems that I am going to have to change up your training if that’s the case. It’ll be interesting to see how much you can tak—I mean, it’ll be interesting to see the extent of your abilities!” His eyes were glowing now. Oh crap.
User is under the Status Effect
Terror (Level 4) – Reduces desire to fight by 40% and increases desire to flee by 40%.
I wanted to run, but I knew it would be a lost cause. Even if I run from Akisame, Shigure will catch me and drag me back. Of course, testing my wits against Shigure might also be a good way to increase my stats, but today isn’t that day. Whatever happens today will probably increase my stats significantly, and repeat every day.
He tied a tire to my body with rope and sat down on it. “For the next step in training, we are going to take a stroll once around the Island.”
“I’m going to drag this around the Island?”
“WRONG! YOU’RE GOING TO RUN DRAGGING THIS AROUND THE ISLAND! GET MOVING!” Master Akisame’s eyes were doing it’s crazy glow thing. Oh shit. He pulled out a whip from out of nowhere (and seriously, I have no idea where he got it from. I have an inventory, but what does he got?), started whipping me. It was really painful and I started losing health. There was a string of -1’s that indicated my loss in health. Master Akisame really knew how to cause the most pain with the least amount of injury.
Obtained a New Skill!
Blunt Trauma Resistance (Passive) (Level 1)
1% of all Blunt damage will be negated
Of course I got this skill. It’s a good one too in the long run.
As I was running, Master Akisame was yelling at me. “TOO SLOW!! EVEN A TURTLE IS FASTER THAN YOU!!! I BET A SNAIL IS MANY TIMES FASTER THAN YOU!!!” He’s such a jerk.
It was super embarrassing to run through town while he was doing things like that. Everyone was staring at us, and I’m pretty sure this was basically an advertisement to not join Ryōzanpaku. I’m pretty sure that normal people will avoid Ryōzanpaku like the plague. Normal people can’t withstand the level of intensity that he is putting me through.
Of course, the masters at Ryōzanpaku would tailor their work outs to the individual, but everyone else won’t know or see that. They will only see the crazy, vicious training I’m going through and the gossip will spread all over town by the end of the day. Ryōzanpaku was destined to have lots of trouble if they were planning on staying on this Island long term. Ha! Sucks for them! Oh, my perception went up a point! That’s awesome. I guess noticing the details around me was helpful.
Regardless, I tried my hardest. Whenever it seemed like I was letting up, Master Akisame would whip me, and I would speed up as much as I could. After the entire trip around the Island, my gains were fairly substantial. My Strength, Constitution, Agility, Charisma, and Willpower each went up by a point!
I understood all of them, except Charisma. I thought it out for a moment, and then came to an answer. It was probably because I was trying hard during my training, and people acknowledged it. If I went around town complaining and screaming in pain, I probably would have looked stupid and people would have thought differently of me. I was rewarded for “looking good” while training. If I looked into a mirror, I would notice that the changes didn’t affect my appearance, but rather my presence. It was an interesting stat.
Master Akisame wanted to continue training, but I had other things I wanted to do, so I promised to come again tomorrow. There were a few easy quests that I was able to accomplish today if I wanted to. All of the side quests were important to do because they would make doing future things easier.
I decided to go to a busy bar and order a drink. It was one of the best places to hear information about things happening around. I also bought one of the latest newspapers with all of the latest bounties in the East Blue and took a look at them. Familiar faces like Buggy, Alvida, Don Krieg, and Arlong had wanted posters, while there were also other unfamiliar faces with far lower bounties.
Side Quest (Memorize Wanted Posters) has been completed. 1 Perk Point obtained.
It was interesting to see all of the different faces. If I wanted to hunt one of these guys down in the future, it wouldn’t be a bad idea. It’s quick cash, if you have the strength to back it up.
Also, in the background, you could hear people praising and cursing the Marines in the background. The two most obvious names was Smoker and Tashigi the swordswoman. Interestingly enough, a third name, Mashikaku, came up in conversation as well. Apparently, he would take care of the day to day operations of the Marines on Logue Town. Anybody else mentioned were just random members that did some good deeds for the day, or family members of people at this bar.
Side Quest (Scope out the Local Marine Talents) has been completed. 1 Perk Point obtained.
I was glad to know that nothing has been changed there. If there were other strong individuals in the Marines that I had to watch out for on this Island, it would be a problem.
I had one final daily quest to feed some of the animals around. I bought a little bit of food from the store and found a couple of stray cats loitering around. I gave them the skewer meat that I just bought.
Daily Quest (Feed the Stray Animals) has been completed. 1 Perk Point obtained.
After all of that, I headed home. On the way, I bought the Nimble (Level 1), Charming (Level 1) and Resolve (Level 1) traits. Hopefully, all of my stats will grow a little faster while I’m being trained by some of the best. I kept the last 2 perk points for later.
My uncle and aunt welcomed me home with a strange looks on their faces.
“Come on in. We were just about to have dinner.” Aunt Minnie was finishing up the cooking while Uncle Mickey was setting the table. Once everything was ready, I helped to serve all of the dishes and we sat down to eat.
“So I saw you running around the island today.” Uncle Mickey sighed. “It was the talk of the town.”
“Ah yeah. I heard that a new martial arts training hall had opened up, and they were looking for students. So I joined the place. Their training is…eccentric, but it shows results.”
“I can see that. Your trainer scared half the town though, so I don’t see them getting any students anytime soon…” Uncle Mickey coughed awkwardly.
“Yeah…they didn’t think that one through, but I’m sure it’ll be fine. Those guys are pretty tough.” The people at Ryōzanpaku are survivors. They won’t be kept down for long.
My uncle became serious. “Speaking of which, are you okay? That man was whipping you a lot. It seems more like torture than training!”
I thought for a second. “The whipping was meant to hurt, but not damage the body. It was supposed to motivation to train as hard as possible. Even though it is harsh, it brings results far faster than ordinary training. Basically, everything was with a purpose. They weren’t doing it to bully me. They were doing it to help me become stronger.”
He stared at me for a while and then nodded. “I understand. Just know, if you ever want to stop, no one will say anything here. We will support your decision one hundred percent.”
“Thanks.” I was grateful that they were okay with it. It would be a problem if they weren’t. I don’t want my family life to get all weird. I’d have to move out then and spend even more money to get a place of my own.
“You know, it feels like you changed a lot today.” My Auntie Minnie was smiling happily. “I mean that in a good way. You helped at home. Earned some money by doing a job. Decided to learn martial arts to get stronger. It’s like your life finally has some direction. You were aimless before, and were just doing the bare minimum to survive. I’m glad things are looking up.”
“Me too!” Although I smiled back, I was sweating internally. The reason I have been really different is because I’m technically not like the original Krishna Khanna that she knows. I don’t plan on ever revealing that I transmigrated, because I can’t afford word to ever get back to the World Government. The fallout would be something I wouldn’t be able to handle. Not yet at least. I need to be at the level of the four pirate emperors before I even let out a hint of that information.
All of a sudden, she got a sharp look in her eye. “I can tell your getting stronger from your training. What do you plan on doing long term? You know I have some contacts with the Marines, if you would like to join—“
Uncle Mickey slammed down on the table and roared. “MINNIE!!!” He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and was silent for a moment to gather his thoughts. “If he wants to become a Marine, I will support him, but do not attempt to push him toward that direction ever again. Life as a Marine is still dangerous, and you should understand exactly what I’m talking about.”
Aunt Minnie looked ashamed. “I’m sorry Mickey. I just—“
“I know Minnie. But some things should be left alone.” Uncle Mickey seemed somber and depressed. I have no idea what’s going on, but regardless, things feel super awkward.
I attempted a forceful topic change. “Man, this meal tastes great! I know you both heard about my day, but how was both of your days?”
Aunt Minnie seemed to be grateful for the escape topic and went with the flow. “My day was really interesting! I had this one tough customer…” She proceed to tell us a funny story about her day. We were all laughing and the depressing mood was quickly forgotten.
I finally went to bed. I had a long day ahead of me for many weeks to come.
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Yeah…I got tired and bored of writing this chapter so it died off in the end. I’ll come back later and expand on stuff in the future if I feel like it. If something doesn’t make sense, please let me know. Previous comments and reviews were very helpful. Also, some updates to Chapter one also occurred if you want to scan through it again.
Sorry guys, I just couldn’t help putting Ryōzanpaku into the story. I originally wasn’t going to make this story into a crossover, but it just jumped into my mind and I couldn’t let it go. I always thought that story was hilarious. Plus, if I go the route of having my own crew, I might add Miu to the crew. Just Miu though. The rest of Ryōzanpaku is too OP. I was thinking about using Fist of the North Star instead of History’s greatest disciple, but that martial art is too overpowered at this point in the story.
I might do things like that in general, and have random characters from other anime/manga/video games show up. If that bothers anyone, sorry in advance. This is now probably going to be a crossover story. If there’s any anime/manga that you feel would be interesting to add in, let me know who and how you would do it.
Which route do you think my main character should go? Straw Hat crew? Own crew? Travelling alone? Join Marines? Join a different crew? Etc?
Also, do you think I need a reputation system for the gamer system? I don’t think it’s necessary, as I don’t want his gamer abilities to spill into affecting the world around him. Only himself. That’s why there isn’t any loot, parties, or observe abilities that would put others into a box.