Chapter 60: Return

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Chapter 60: Return

It all began on that fateful day.

When a human ate me.

Before this, I was something that everyone wanted. An object of greed and jealousy.

A man had held me and claimed that he will be the new God of all Souls. And he did.

Another man held me and claimed that I was not supposed to be created. A pity, there will always be someone who will create me for whatever purpose.

Another held me and claimed that I should be destroyed. Ridiculous. No person nor weapon can destroy me.

Another held me and claimed that I need to be protected...how absurd. I am something that can only be created yet unable to be destroyed. Since when did I need to be protected?

Another held me and claimed that I needed to be hidden. But for how long?

Then, that man turned my image into a weird fruit.

He put me in the refrigerator like some fruit from the grocery and left.

Not even a day had passed, that man’s son opened the refrigerator and...ate me!

Me! I was eaten by some kid!

But despite being eaten, I was still not destroyed.

Instead, I lived inside of that boy and became his power.

The boy had the ultimate power yet all he does is laze around and read mangas!

I lamented the fact that my host this time is someone so...normal…

Since I had become a part of the boy, I naturally had access to his memories.

I knew what manga he was reading and I was interested.

One Piece huh...what an interesting story.

The weird fruit I was imaged after was something akin to the Devil Fruits in the world of One Piece.

Did that man think I was something like the Devil? How foolish. I am something even better and more powerful than the Devils!

Then, I had a thought.

The simple and boring life that this boy led does not suit me.

Instead...if we can live in this world of One Piece, maybe things will become interesting?

That’s why, on a whim, I picked a timeline and brought the boy to this new world.

I must say, it was indeed the right choice.

The boy felt my power and became something akin to a Water Logia Devil fruit user of this world. Actually, he can be so much more but it was also fun seeing the boy grow on his own.

He wanted powers to counter the sand guy’s powers, I gave him powers.

He wanted wings, I gave him wings.

When he killed, I suppressed the nauseating feeling that emerged from his mind and calmed him down.

When he becomes tired, I send a wave of energy to get him back up.

When he faces his first loss, I pushed his power further.

It was fun to see the boy grow into a strong man little by little.

However, when it comes to healing other people or restoring other objects, I still need to draw energy from somewhere. And the only energy available for that is the boy’s life force.

I am unable to speak to the host. I want to urge him not to use this ability too much as it will end up killing him.

I...for the first time...did not want my host to die. Without knowing it, I had started to care for the boy along the way.

In protest, I had limited his powers instead and no longer actively assisted him in getting stronger.

Still, the boy pushed on and did what he always believed in.

Until that day.

War.

Strangely enough, the scene of war felt familiar to me.

The boy had participated in this war to help a friend of his.

And it ended with a fist full of magma to his chest.

But the host is quite tenacious. He still stood his ground even with so many injuries on his body.

I tried to quickly heal himself but there was no time. The enemies are about to attack.

Thinking about it, I ignited the feeling of Awakening in him once more as it may help buy the host some time.

However, I was wrong.

The host pushed his limits so much that his body couldn’t handle the extreme coldness that he had released.

Dammit!

I can feel it.

The host is thinking that he will die.

He mustn't think that!

If he does, then he will really die!

Boy! Quickly think of something else! Anything will do!

As long as you think of it, I can do something!

It was unknown whether he heard me or not. But before his heart stopped beating. The boy thought of meeting the Pirate King Gold Roger in the afterlife.

I chose to ignore the afterlife he mentioned and twist the facts a bit.

You want to meet the Pirate King?

I shall grant you this wish!

That’s why...don’t die, Lucas...!

…

In a certain part of the sea, a huge ship sailed as it lifted the colors of a pirate.

Anyone seeing the skull mark on the flag would want to turn away without any hesitation at all as it signified who this flag had belonged to.

On this ship, two kids were arguing over the binoculars. One kid had red hair and a straw hat while the other had a red round nose and looked like a clown.

Suddenly, the red haired kid noticed something in the ocean so he quickly grabbed the binoculars when the clown kid wasn’t paying attention.

“Ah, hey! Dammit Shanks!”

“Shh! Quiet down Buggy! I see something.”

“What ‘see something’!? There’s only ocean everywhere!”

Buggy grumbled and tried to take the binoculars away but Shanks wouldn’t let him. Instead, he was focused on a certain spot in the ocean.

Now that he looked closely, his suspicions are indeed right.

“Man overboard! Captain! There’s someone on the ocean!!!”

“Hm?”

A middle aged man wearing a Captain’s hat with their pirate mark on it raised a brow and walked over to look.

Without needing for a pair of binoculars, the man just squinted his eyes and saw far away.

There, he indeed saw a white haired man floating on the water with bloody marks all over his body.

“What is it, Roger?”

“Rayleigh, there seems to be a man over there.”

The silver haired man beside him with round glasses asked.

“Someone? Isn’t that a corpse?”

“No. Can’t you hear it? His heartbeat. He’s still alive.”

Rayleigh rolled his eyes and shrugged.

“I can’t hear things like you can Roger.”

Afterward, Roger ordered a fishman on his crew to get the man in the waters aboard his ship.

It only took a while for them to see him up close.

When the man was brought on the deck, they could see his burn marks cover his skin yet amazingly, it’s being healed as well and fast enough to be visible to the naked eye!

Shanks saw the man and was amazed.

“Wow, this guy seems like he was just in a war!”

“Idiot! How can he be in any wars? Look at where we are!? We’re in the middle of nowhere! Not even an island in sight!”

Buggy immediately retorted whatever Shanks said.

Roger looked at the bloodied man and turned to someone beside him who had a bandana over his head and a flower like hair opening up around his back.

“What do you think, Crocus? Can you patch him up?”

“Doesn’t really look like he needs it after a while but I will do what I can.”

Crocus lifted the man and brought him in the cabins.

After a while, he came out and reported that the man is now in stable condition.

Roger nodded and waited for the man to wake up.

A week flew by as they sailed the seas. Some of the crew took turns watching over the man they had picked up in the sea while some had already forgotten that he was still here.

At this moment, Shanks was looking at the unconscious man in curiosity along with Buggy.

“Man, this guy sure can sleep a lot!”

“Well, he seems to be hurt quite badly.”

“Pshh, if it were this Great Buggy-sama, then-”

Before Buggy could start bragging nonsense, the unconscious man’s eyes snapped open and sat up in shock.

His hand turned to water and immediately wrapped around Buggy’s neck who was unable to dodge due to the surprise.

“Who...where am I?”

“A-ahh! Let go of me!”

The man looked at Buggy with a frown then revealed a surprised look. In his surprise, he retracted his arm and turned back to normal.

Shanks was still surprised that his hand became water. He didn’t know that a water logia fruit existed at all!

Finally seeing the man let go of Buggy, Shanks figured that he meant no harm seeing as he didn’t hold Buggy for long.

“Well, you are in a pirate ship at the moment.”

“...Pirate?”

“That’s right! I’m Shanks, this guy here is Buggy. What’s your name?”

“...Lucas…”

At this moment, Lucas was still muddleheaded as he tried to understand this situation.

One moment, he was in Marineford and was about to die next to Whitebeard.

The next moment, here he is, looking at what seemed to be child versions of Shanks and Buggy.

Hold on...if I remember correctly...both Shanks and Buggy had apprenticed in the Pirate King’s ship...right?

And Shanks also just mentioned that they’re in a pirate ship at the moment so…

Lucas’ face twitched as he jumped up the bed and ran to the door as he wanted to confirm his thoughts.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a black haired man wearing a Captain’s hat and coat with his back turned on him.

Hearing the commotion behind, the man turned around and saw Lucas. He grinned.

“Oh? You’re finally awake, boy.”

There’s no doubt, this man...is the Pirate King! Gol D. Roger!

Imbreak

A few more hints to his power which is now revealed to be sentient as well. What do you think? I think I dropped one too many clues already and I could see about 3 people had guessed correctly in the comments of previous chaps.

As always, ending with a cliff.

See ya next chap!