Chapter 1

"Even if you haven't eaten the Nika fruit, even if you are as outstanding as Gol D. Roger, even if you have already gathered the Poneglyphs and reached Raftel,

do you still not deserve to bear the fate of the entire world?"

Muttering these words, Gao Wen, who was on leave at home, threw his phone to the side.

Lying on his back for a moment, he eventually picked up the phone again, annoyed.

Continuing to browse the latest One Piece intelligence posts on the forum, Gao Wen pondered for a long time before starting to type.

"What I want to see is always a story of a brash little kid who proclaims himself to be the Pirate King, constantly challenging fate, and finally becoming the Pirate King.

What I want to see has never been a story where only this little kid has the qualifications to become the Pirate King.

I am the man who will become the Pirate King!

It turned into...

I ate the Sun God Nika fruit, and only I am the man who has the qualifications to become the Pirate King!

Ha ha...

The sea is so vast.

Those Admirals each have their own resolve and will.

The so-called Four Emperors each have their own ideals and ambitions.

If from the beginning, only the owner of the Nika fruit deserves everything,

then the struggles and efforts of everyone else from start to finish are all just a joke?

If so, if a dog ate the Nika fruit and awakened to the Nika form after being beaten repeatedly,

could a dog bear the fate of the world?

The Flame-Flame Fruit, even a dog wouldn't eat it!

Other fruits like the Fish-Fish Fruit, the幻兽种青龙形态 (Mythical Beast Type Azure Dragon Form), all the efforts Teacher Kai put into his life would be a joke, you ate the wrong fruit!

Like the Quake-Quake Fruit, Whitebeard, the strongest man, just had the luck not to stand against the awakened Nika fruit user?

Marine hero Garp, if your grandson had been born forty years earlier, he would have been the Pirate King if he became a pirate, and the Marine King if he became a Marine, where would there be any room for you to show off as a Marine hero?

All the heroes, each should have had the chance to become the future!

But now, they are all unworthy, whoever eats the Nika fruit is worthy!

How disappointing!"

Having typed this, Gao Wen exhaled, edited, and uploaded it.

But as soon as he uploaded it, his vision went black, and he disappeared from the sofa.

Beside him, Gao Wu, who was playing Elden Ring, felt the sofa move.

Gao Wu turned his head, stared blankly, and then opened his mouth wide.

"Wait, where... where is my brother?!!"

...

At the same time.

...

Gao Wen opened his eyes, feeling stars in his vision and a pain in his head that made him shudder uncontrollably!

"Ouch~!"

Gao Wen gritted his teeth and inhaled, until his gums started to feel cold, before he finally exhaled.

"Who?!"

He asked coldly, while turning his head viciously.

He thought he had probably been hit by the carved background wall above the sofa.

The culprit could only be the 14-pound fat cat at home or the stupid brother Gao Wu!

That damned Elden Ring, he must have thrown the controller again!

But unexpectedly, the face he turned to see was one of panic and extraordinary beauty, yet also particularly young and innocent.

Instinctively, he looked down from the face.

A large expanse of tender white skin, a blue-purple shell barely covering, a slender waist, a light yellow... fish tail?!!

"Mermaid, Fishman?!!"

Startled by Gao Wen's gaze, the beautiful mermaid, who was trying to get up from the ground, immediately fell flat on the ground.

"Y-Yes... Yes, yes... I'm sorry!

I... I didn't... didn't mean to..."

Bang!!

The mermaid's words were not yet finished.

As the last expression of the mermaid, the one of panic but still beautiful, flashed in Gao Wen's mind,

a gunshot rang out!

Gao Wen's pupils suddenly contracted. He saw the bullet first hit the mermaid's back, covered by her golden hair, then pierce through her left chest, and finally stain the floor with a small splash of blood.

Following the mermaid's uncontrollable trembling, a red blood trail extended on the ground.

When the blood reached Gao Wen's feet, the mermaid's slightly trembling fish tail...

that beautiful tail, which was supposed to be magnificent but was now gradually fading, lightly brushed against Gao Wen's coat!

At this moment, Gao Wen noticed that what he was wearing was no longer the robe prepared for rest.

Instead, it was a large, white coat with a hem that dragged to the ground.

The beautiful fish tail stained the white coat with water, and the blood slowly rose along the white hem, dyeing a small part of it red with unwillingness.

All of this woke Gao Wen from his daze. The pain in his head instantly disappeared. He wanted to say something but found it hard to speak, unable to open his mouth.

At the same time, from the direction of the gunshot, a mocking voice followed.

"Hmph, this is the Fishman slave I just brought, what a shame.

I wanted her to be my ninth wife, but she tried to escape and even bumped into someone!

Let me see who she bumped into?

Oh, it's another Celestial Dragon, this is... Gao Wen?

Gao Wen, Fishmen are really strong, just a female Fishman, and you were thrown back like that!

You are really weak, ha ha!"

Accompanied by a carefree laugh, Gao Wen panted heavily and quietly looked in the direction of the voice.

First, he saw a cloud of smoke. As the smoke dissipated, a face so ugly it was almost abstract made Gao Wen swallow hard.

Even though the character had transitioned from the two-dimensional world in his memory to the three-dimensional world before his eyes, Gao Wen only needed one glance to recognize the identity of that person!

Thinking of the mermaid who had just died, looking at the soldiers responsible for guarding, and glancing at the slaves bound and lying on the ground,

considering the person in front of him, dressed in a white, large-bellied robe, with a face so ugly it was almost unrecognizable,

whether it was a dream or some other situation,

the world he was standing in was probably the world of One Piece!

The person who fired the shot was, of course, one of the so-called Celestial Dragons!

And himself...?

Was he his compatriot?

What a disgusting compatriot!

Thus, facing the slaves and soldiers' extremely fearful gazes, and the ugly Celestial Dragon's mocking smile,

Gao Wen took a deep breath, then adopted the look he used at work, and swept his gaze around with dignity.

To explain his previous job, he was a diplomat, with a demeanor befitting a great nation!

In the face of Gao Wen's dignified and angry gaze, the ugly Celestial Dragon's smile first dimmed, then completely stopped.

He awkwardly put away his gun and asked in a low voice.

"Gao Wen, you don't have to be so serious, I didn't hurt you.

Besides, I already killed her, and she was a slave I traded for with two Devil Fruits!"

"Ha ha..."

Hearing the ugly Celestial Dragon's voice, Gao Wen suddenly sneered.

Then he stepped over the blood and approached the trembling Fishman.

Ignoring the increasingly frowning ugly Celestial Dragon, Gao Wen's face was solemn as he silently looked at the mermaid, who was almost no longer trembling.

Noticing Gao Wen's gaze, the mermaid's dilating pupils twitched slightly.

"I... I'm sorry."

She spoke each word with great effort.

"You must have been hurt, I... I'm really... sorry.

Even if I was running away, I... should have been more careful..."

The mermaid's voice finally faded, her pupils fully dilated, leaving Gao Wen with only the last trace of an apologetic smile on her lips.

Why was she apologetic?

Because she had hurt an innocent person.

But why was she smiling?

Because even in death, she was happier than living under the Celestial Dragons.

After all, death is the greatest freedom for the humble!