Starting with Kizaru

Starting with Kizaru

"Who am I? Where am I? What's going on?" Rota stared at the dense forest around him in confusion, asking the three questions of the soul. Wasn't he at home catching up on anime?

The situation before him left Rota utterly baffled. Had he somehow caught the wave of people getting transported?

After confirming it again and again, Rota accepted the fact that he had been transported. This strange, eerie forest around him was nothing like any natural wonder that could exist on Earth.

Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Rota did not dwell on it too much. Since he had been transported, he would just accept it.

After all, he was an anime and gaming enthusiast. The thought of arriving in a New World actually made him a little excited.

"Ding~ Myriad Worlds Role-Playing System loading..."

Sure enough, a system might be late, but it would never be absent. Systems were already standard equipment for transmigrators, and this one even sounded a little like cosplay.

After spending some time figuring it out, Rota understood the system's main function. As its name implied, the Myriad Worlds Role-Playing System allowed him to draw characters from countless worlds and role-play as them. Once the role-playing progress reached 100%, the host could obtain all of that character's abilities.

This setting made Rota look forward to it. Being able to personally play so many charismatic characters sounded like an incredibly enjoyable thing!

Rota calmed down and summoned the Myriad Worlds Role-Playing System in his mind. A starting random draw option immediately popped up.

He figured this was probably the system's beginner benefit. With a scrawny build like his, he might have been fine on Earth, but in a New World, he would definitely be useless in a fight.

Rota had no idea who he would draw as his first character. He only hoped it would not be someone too weak.

After taking a deep breath, Rota began the random character draw. As character after character flashed by, he silently prayed.

Finally, after a burst of light, the character was decided...

"It's actually... kindergarten... no, it's Kizaru Uncle!"

Rota was extremely satisfied. First of all, Kizaru was immensely powerful. In One Piece, he always looked utterly carefree whenever he fought. Those were often the people who hid their strength the deepest.

"Show me the status panel."

Host: Rota

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Template: Kizaru (58 years old)

Role-Playing Progress: 20%

Condition to unlock the next character: Kizaru Role-Playing Progress reaches 100%

The system was fairly generous, giving him 20% role-playing progress at the start. Feeling the power surge through his body, Rota finally had some ability to protect himself.

However, to increase his role-playing progress, he first had to start with his clothing. That would probably raise it somewhat. But he had no idea where to get Kizaru's outfit. This would be troublesome.

"Host, you can use the system's Illusion Transformation function."

"Illusion Transformation?"

"Yes. After using Illusion Transformation, the host's appearance can become exactly the same as the character being role-played, helping the host with role-playing."

Rota suddenly felt that his system was rather considerate. It had even thought of that. It seemed that as the transmigration trend continued to develop, even systems had become much more user-friendly.

Rota did not consider himself particularly handsome, but he was definitely the type who grew on people. His flowing black hair paired with his slightly pale skin, while his sharp, sword-like brows gave him a distinctly heroic air.

Of course, none of that was particularly outstanding. In his previous world, the only thing Rota could really boast about was probably his height of 1.85 meters.

But compared to the Kizaru he was about to role-play, Rota's height of 1.85 meters was nothing. Kizaru was a full 3.02 meters tall!

The biggest issue was still the age gap. Kizaru was fifty-eight years old, far more mature than Rota, who was only twenty.

These problems were not too difficult for Rota, an enthusiast who knew One Piece well. Kizaru's personality was fairly easy to imitate.

There was no point being happy about it all day. He should hurry up and act. Rota immediately used Illusion Transformation.

Rota's appearance underwent a tremendous change. Before long, the original Rota was gone, replaced by Kizaru himself.

A head of curly black hair, a yellow-and-white striped suit, a ring of beard around his face, sunglasses, and a white cape bearing the word "Justice"—a living, breathing Kizaru had appeared.

"It really is exactly the same. Illusion Transformation is seriously impressive."

"Ding, Kizaru Role-Playing Progress has increased to 40%!"

Just as Rota had expected, imitating the clothing and appearance could greatly increase his role-playing progress.

Now that his role-playing progress had reached 40%, Rota felt that his strength had risen by more than one level compared to when it was at 20%.

"Looks like Kizaru's strength really is as unfathomable as ever. Truly worthy of being an actor in high-level matches."

With strength, Rota finally stopped being so timid. Sure enough, strength could give people an immense sense of security!

The most important thing now was to figure out what kind of world he had arrived in. That would make his future actions easier.

Rota immediately used Observation Haki to sense the situation throughout a large area around him. He discovered countless creatures of every kind, like some sort of exotic beast paradise.

That information alone was not enough to identify the world. He could only pick a direction and move forward for now. Hopefully, he would encounter some humans.

Rota strolled leisurely in one direction. Since Kizaru always acted lazy and had earned the nickname of the clock-punching Admiral, Rota was in no hurry. This was more in line with Kizaru's usual behavior.

Before he had walked very far, the atmosphere around him suddenly became much heavier. Rota could clearly feel a noticeable change in the surrounding gravity.

In Rota's impression, there were many beings who could control gravity, but he had no idea which one it was.

"I'll understand once I go take a look!"

Rota leisurely headed toward the place where the gravity had clearly changed. As he went deeper, gravity's oppression on the surroundings grew increasingly severe.

"So scary~"

That single classic Kizaru line raised his role-playing progress by another 2%.

Before long, Rota saw two enormous creatures facing each other, their expressions filled with intense fighting spirit.

The one emitting the powerful gravity was one of those enormous creatures—a massive black ape.

By now, Rota had already made a preliminary judgment. The other giant creature was a huge python with bull horns.

The answer was obvious now. He had most likely arrived in the world of Douluo, and the two giant beasts were the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.

"Human, how did you get here!"

While Rota was lost in thought, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had already noticed him. Instead of facing each other, both now glared at Rota as a common enemy.

"Moshi moshi, this is Kizaru!" Rota said unhurriedly.

"Kizaru? What is that, a yellow monkey?" the Titan Giant Ape asked in confusion.

"Fine, you can call me Borsalino!" Rota felt that using a codename with soul beasts was rather like playing music to a cow.

"Borsalino? What a strange name!" the Sky Azure Bull Python said in a deep voice.

"Can't be helped. That's simply my name." Rota spread his hands and spoke with feigned helplessness.

"You human are quite interesting. You actually dared to venture deep into the Star Dou Great Forest alone. Are you overly confident, or do you truly have the strength!"

Afterward, the Sky Azure Bull Python lowered its head and blew a huge gust of breath at Rota.

As for Douluo, the anime, manga, and novel can all be used as references, so there's no need to fuss too much over certain details, hehe~