In the City of Changzhou, a youth with an above average muscular build was walking home from school. He is hearing a white shirt with blue pants and wearing a bright blue blazer over his shirt. He had dark black hair and his brown eyes gave people that walked past him a sense of uneasiness. it was as if his penetrating eyes could see right through them. This Youth is our MC Fai Zhu. Fai Zhu is a 17 year old youth that was born and raised in Changzhou.
He comes from a fairly common household. His father works as a delivery driver for a furniture company and his mother works at a floral shop. Fai does not have many hobbies aside from practicing his Muay Thai and watching anime. His is quite skilled in Muay Thai and has won numerous tournaments. Of course while his parents were to see their son excel at something, other people including his fellow classmates somewhat feared and felt disdain for his talent.
Another group of people who not only feared Fai Zhu but even suffered at his hands were the bullies of his school. It did not take long for Fai to become their worst nightmare. Whenever he came across a bully terrorizing other students, he would quickly step in and attack them until they passed out. It did not take long for Fai Zhu’s reputation to spread throughout the school and eventually reached the ears of the other bullies at school.
After suffering continuous defeats, all the bullies bullied decided to band together and ambush Fai Zhu. Unfortunately, their advantage in numbers meant nothing in Fai’s eyes and while he did suffer minor injuries, when compared to the injuries inflicted on his attackers, the difference was practically heaven and earth. Nearly 100 of them were hospitalized for at least 6 months.
While Fai Zhu did not seek out confrontations, he would not back away from a challenge and punish those who their power on the weak. He learned at a very young age that not only did one need intelligence, he needed strength in order to live the way he wanted. Fai Zhu was drawn to Muay Thai for its versatile techniques and the damage it can inflict on his opponents. While he did not have any complaints with his life, Fai felt that he was missing excitement in his life.
Fai would often imagine himself setting off on an adventure to discover new places, meeting all kinds of people and make friends, and battling enemies who had abilities no regular human could possibly have which incidentally drew his interest toward anime. Fai loved watched all kinds of anime but the one that appealed to him the most and watched everyday was One Piece.
Although it only aired once a week, he would rewatch old episodes until every detail was engraved in his heart. This held especailly true for the fighting scenes. Fai would study the fighting techniques of not only the main characters but their enemies as well. He would try to place himself in Luffys and his companions situation and imagine what he would do in their positions.
Fai really identified himself with the Luffy because he also thrived for adventure and challenges. Luffy never let anyone stand in his way to accomplish his goals. While many people feared Luffy and his strength which was similar to Fai’s circumstances, Luffy also had companions who saw his true side but still accepted him regardless. Although he did not mind being a solitary person, he still wanted to make friends of his own. Fai did try to make friends when he transfered to his current school however after the events of the attempted ambush, his fellow students would either avoid him or not even look him in the eye.
Fai looked at his watch noticing it was already 4:30." Good I still have 3 hours before the new episode of One Piece airs.
Beep beep beep…, Fai hears his phone and answers “hello?”
"Mr.Zhu, this is Mai over at Martial Sporting goods. I wanted to inform you that your gloves just came in and are ready to be picked up. Would you like to stop by the shop?”
Fai: Yes! I will be there shortly. Fai hangs up the phone and starts sprinting.
"Hah hah hah…its 5:30 and the store is only 2 blocks away. If I hurry back, I should be able to get home before episode 747 starts". Flop Flop… as Fai continued to run, he couldn’t help but hear the sound of cans falling down in a alleyway which was only a 100 ft away. Since he didn’t have alot of time, Fai was just going to ignore it and keep running to the sports shop. As he was just about to pass the alleyway, he heard a scream “Please give back my wallet!”
Fai quickly made his way to the alleyway and saw a old man on his knees grabbing the pant leg of a rather tall stocky man who looked at the old man with anger and said “dammit old man, how do you only have 200 Yuan (30 US dollars) in your wallet. This will barely cover my beer costs for the day!” The old man desperately pleaded the robber “you can keep the money but please return the wallet. That is a present that my grandson bought for my birthday!”
The stocky robber said with a cold smile “really… in that case here you go.” The robber dropped the wallet and the old man sighed with relief but just as he was about to grab the wallet, the robber gave a swift kick straight to the old mans jaw and sent him hurling toward a couple of trash cans. The stocky robber picked the wallet back and said ” who are you to demand anything from he old man. Ill take and keep whatever I want!”
Just as he was about to leave, he felt a chill down down his spine and immediately turned around. The first thing he saw was a fist thrusting toward his face! The stocky robber tried to dodge it was too late. Once the fist made contact with his face, the sound of bones cracking echoed loudly throughout the alleyway. The stocky rubber was sent flying and hit the wall. The impact caused him to cough up blood. The robbers nose was caved in and blood was coming out of his mouth and nose. He looked up and saw a youth walking toward him. The robber saw the killing intent in this youth’s eyes and yelled” Who the hell are you kid!? Are you looking to die?!
Fai looked at the robber with a cold smile as he walked toward him and replied “Who I am is irrelevant. All you need to know that your pain is only just beginning”. The robber sneered and replied: you think just because of a lucky punch that Im going to run away? Dream On!. The robber pulled out a knife from his waist and dashed toward Fai. The robber slashed the knife downward toward Fai’s face. Fai let out a chuckle seeing this. Once the knife was in close proximity, Fai side stepped and avoided the knife by a hair’s length. At the same time he grabbed the robbers wrist and countered with a knee kick that landed on the robbers stomach. The robber could feel his insides churning while this attack could have sent him flying, Fai hands was still grasping the robbers wrist so he couldn’t escape.
With a quick twisting motion, Fai forcefully twisted the robbers wrist until the knife fell out of hand. Despite disarming his opponents weapon, he still kept twisting until he heard a crack “Ahhhhhh! The robbers scream heavily echoed throughout the alley. Thinking it was over, the robber started to yell: you bast… before he could finish, Fai sent a powerful high kick to the robber jaw which sent him up in an arc before landing face first against the concrete.
The robber laid their motionless. Fai went over the check on the old man. As he looked over the extent of the old mans injuries, Fai sighed with relief that the old mans injuries were not too serious but regardless he was still unconscious.
He pulled out his phone began dialing 110 until…BANG!!!. Fai Suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and looked down to see blood coming out. Fai turned around and saw the robber laying on the concrete with a gun in his other hand. With a smile on the robbers face, the gun fell out of his hands he immediately lost consciousness. Fai cursed in his heard ” Dammit!! Why didn’t I check to make sure he was out cold!”
He fell to his knees. "Its no good, I have lost too much blood and my vision is becoming blurrier by the second .Dammit I cant accept this; Dying at the hands of weakling and a criminal no less. If it was Luffy the bullets would have bounced back or someone with haki could have nullified the attack completely". Unable to maintain his posture, he slowly laid himself on the concrete.
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Fai no longer felt strength in his body and knew at best he only had a minute before the last bit of life in him was extinguished. With a sorrowful expression, he looked up in the sky and wondered if there was a god watching.
Fai: If you can hear me, if there was such a thing as reincarnation, I want to be reborn in a world with mystery, excitement and the chance to test my limits against powerful fighters. I refuse to believe that this is the extent of my story. I will shine more brightly than anyone and destroy those who get in my way!
.... With that , the individual known as Zhu Fai died.
Some time later, in a endless white space, there was a young man lying on the floor. Uh… uh.. ahh… huh? The young man quickly pushed himself up and observed his surroundings . "Where the hell am I? There’s nothing but white space around me. There’s no edge or border of any kind that i can see. More importantly, didn’t I just die?" This young man was naturally Zhu Fai. A thought came to his mind “Could this be heaven?”.
Mysterious Voice: Hmm not a bad guess but still wrong hahahaha.
Fai: Who’s there!? Fai looked for the source of the voice but no matter where he searched he couldn’t pinpoint it.
“Relax kid, Ill show myself… A bright golden light shot forth from the white sky and landed a few feet from Fai which caused him to stumble and fall on his bottom. The light quickly dissipated and Fai was able to see this “person” was about 6ft tall wearing a long white robe. He had long blonde hair with red scarlet eyes. He was fairly dark skinned and had a rather average build for his height.
Mysterious Voice: Hello Zhu Fai, I’m sure have you a lot questions but let me first introduce myself. I don’t like people calling out my full name so just call me Mr.Wang. Although stunned by the mans appearance, Fai quickly regained his composure and asked this Mr.Wang: ” Where is this place?Am I still alive? and… What are you?. Mr.Wang let out a laugh and replied: Relax Zhu Fai, we have plenty time and I will explain everything.
Mr.Wang: As to what I am, I am what you people call a god.
Fai: a god? Fai looked at this ‘god’ with doubt in his eyes and asked: Are you the god of my world?.
Mr.Wang replied: No… Your god left your world long ago. There are numerous gods in existence;not just yours. However not every god has the ability to create life like yours did. While gods may share the trait of immortality, They also have their own innate abilities that set them apart from each other. And they also rank different when it comes to strength. Concerning your current situation, you are in fact dead. Before your soul reached the gate to heaven, I pulled and isolated you in my domain”.
Fai was kept quite and absorbed all the information he was told. After a long silence, Fai asked: Why am I here?. Mr.Wang answered” To fulfill your wish of course”. Fai: My wish?… Do you mean…
Mr.Wang: Yes I am going to allow you to reincarnate in the kind of world you were yearning for. In fact, I will be sending you to a world your quite familiar with”.
Fai asked in confusion: A world that I am familiar with? I am only familiar with Earth. What world are you talking about?. Mr.Wang let out a sigh ” obviously from that show you watch every single day. I believe it was called One Piece? Fai couldn’t keep his composure any longer and yelled: WHAT!? How is that possible. I thought One Piece was a fictional work by Eiichiro Oda.
Mr.Wang: I understand your skepticism but it is true. Most of the worlds you have watched on what you call anime actually exist. The gods that created those worlds would often select a human and establish a link with them. Through this link, a god can show and send information about their world to a human. Of course humans are not aware of this so they assume the information they receive is their own ideas or inspiration. The reason gods do this is because it is a form of competition for them. Fai asked: How is that a competition? Mr.Wang: To see who’s world is better of course. Since your world has over 7 billion mortals , the gods let the humans judge which one their worlds is better.
Fai stared at Mr.Wang in astonishment and thought to himself ”unbelievable , all this time those worlds were actually real. and this god is sending me to One piece's world no less. I can finally meet Luffy and actually go on adventures with him. but wait why he is offering to send me to that world. Even if this guy is a god, there is no one this nice. There is a catch somewhere”.
Mr.Wang: Your right about that kid. “hold on you can read m..”. Mr.Wang: Yes i can; its one of my abilities. Anyway I will send you to the world you desire but you have to do something for me.
Fai: What do you want me to do? Mr.Wang: I want you learn and master an ancient body refinement technique that I have in my possession. Fai asked”Body refinement Technique? Like the ones in Xianxia novels?
Mr.Wang: “Yes, while the concept is the same , this technique is special. This technique is both a qi gathering and body cultivating technique. The name of the technique is: Physique of the elements. Within the countless number of gods in existence, there has not been one mortal who has ascended to the world of the gods using this technique with the exception of master who created this method.
Fai asked: What about you? Why didn’t you cultivate with your master technique?
Mr.Wang replied with a less energetic tone: its because by the time I met master, I was already halfway through my cultivation methods. I had reached the point of no return but my master took pity on me and helped nonetheless with my training. Thanks to master, I was able to ascend and become a god. I asked if there was anyway I can repay him for his guidance.
He gave me the task of passing his technique to mortals who had the potential to master this method like he did. I have passed this technique down to 9 mortals who showed great potential but in the end, the best of the 9 only made it halfway through the method. However I believe you have good chance at accomplishing this task”
Fai replied:Hmm… before I give my answer, I need to confirm something. Mr.Wang: What do you want to know. Fai: The cultivation technique in Xianxia worlds states that qi is a form of energy that exist throughout the world. That same explanation is given to describing Haki in the world of One Piece. Are Haki and Qi the same kind of energy?
Mr.Wang answered with anticipation: In a sense yes. The difference is that Haki is much purer than Qi, it is very abundant in the One Piece world, and there are different elements of Haki as well. Fai : Different elements?”.
Mr.Wang” I’m sure you have seen those elements in action by know.
Fai:….
Mr:Wang: Anyhow, The elements are as follows:earth, wind, water, fire and lighting. Those elements are key to mastering the Physique of the elements. So have you decided? Fai looked at Mr.Wang with reverence and said:”Yes! Ill do it. hahahaha so what if no managed to master this technique. There is nothing I can’t accomplish with determination and hard work.
Mr.Wang: I like your spirit kid. Now close your eyes. Im going to impart the technique into your mind. its more convenient than having a scroll right?. Fai closed is eyes and soon felt a hand on his forehead. Seconds later, an insane amount of information was being transferred into his mind. Fai gritted his teeth and bared this pain. The process only took 2 minutes. Fai slowly opened his eyes and Mr.Wang looking at him with a smile.
Mr.Wang: I have imparted the technique along with a message from me and my master. It time for me to send you on your way. I hope we can meet again Fai.
Fai: Will i still have my old memories?
Mr.Wang: Yes! you will need them for the challenges your going to face in that world. I have done all I can for you. Good luck kid. Mr.Wang waved his hand in an upward motion and summoned a bright gold light which enveloped Fai. After a few moments Fai disappeared along with that golden light.