Bonus: At This Moment, Blue Star Entered the Devil Fruit Era!

The aftershocks of the Thousand-Ship Cruise demonstration continued to sweep across the world for the next two weeks.

The complete disappearance of Laugh Tale symbolizes the end of an era and heralds the beginning of a new one.

Holy Land, Mary Geoise, among the Flower Chamber.

On a summer afternoon, the sun shines brightly, and a gentle breeze wafts through the courtyard, carrying the fragrance of flowers.

Akira and Imu sat facing each other, with the Wooden Box that had once contained the Demon Silhouette on the stone table in front of them.

Unlike the relaxed and carefree atmosphere of two weeks ago, both of them now looked rather solemn.

Just now, a faint but clear energy fluctuation emanated from the box, and then fell completely silent.

The contents of the box have disappeared once again.

"I can confirm that all the Devil Fruit energy contained in the box, including the Demon Silhouette, has not reappeared in any corner of this world," Imu spoke first, her dark red eyes reflecting the Wooden Box. "It should be just as you deduced before; they went to another dimensional space, or rather, another world."

Akira did not answer immediately. He reached out and gently touched the empty box with his fingertips.

This thing is like a one-way portal, constantly transferring the Devil Fruit energy of this world to another unknown place.

Just then, a long-forgotten mechanical notification sound suddenly rang in Akira's mind.

[Bite!]

[Congratulations, host, on successfully ending the chaotic Great Pirate Era and ushering in a new era of peace for the pirate world!]

[The timeline has stabilized; the host faces a new choice.]

[Option 1: Remain in the world of One Piece. You will be the sole king, enjoying supreme power and glory; your will will be the sole law of this world.]

[Option Two: Return Home. Your home planet "Blue Star" has entered the Devil Fruit era, order is collapsing, and civilization is under threat. Do you choose to return?]

[Note: If the host chooses to return to their home world, all abilities acquired in this world, including but not limited to Haki, physical skills, and swordsmanship, will be retained.]

A barely perceptible ripple flashed in Akira's eyes.

Almost the instant the system notification sound ended, the air Flower Chamber suddenly began to distort, and a portal emitting a soft white light, with wisps of golden electric arcs interspersed at its edges, silently tore open in mid-air.

An aura that didn't belong to this world seeped out from behind the door.

"This is..."

Imu abruptly stood up, his eyes revealing genuine shock for the first time.

She could sense that behind that portal lay a space completely different from this place.

"Akira, can you really open up dimensional spaces?"

"No, I didn't open it." Akira also stood up, his gaze calmly fixed on the portal. "This is a passage to my hometown. It seems my previous guess was correct; all the Devil Fruit energy in this container went to my hometown."

Imu's pupils contracted slightly.

She instantly understood the meaning behind Akira's words and the true purpose of the container.

It's not about "containment," it's about "transfer."

This diverted the Devil Fruit energy of this world to another world.

Imu was silent for a moment, then walked to Akira's side and naturally took Akira's hand.

"What do you plan to do?" Imu looked up to meet Akira's gaze, his dark red eyes showing no hesitation. "Whatever choice you make, Im will be with you."

She had heard Akira mention the word "hometown" before.

There lies the land that gave him birth and nurtured him, and the family he cherishes.

Akira smiled and took her hand in his.

Just then, a completely emotionless mechanical voice emanated from within the portal, echoing clearly among the Flower Chamber.

[The Time-Space Passage is about to close; the countdown has begun.]

[Ten, nine, eight...]

Akira did not hesitate at all; he didn't even consider the option of staying.

The world is now back on track, and the spark he left behind is enough to start a prairie fire.

His hometown is facing a disaster that he indirectly caused.

Without the slightest hesitation, Akira immediately strode towards the portal that emitted a soft light.

Imu seemed a little nervous, unconsciously tightening her grip on Akira's hand, as if she were a bride-to-be meeting her in-laws.

Just before stepping through the gate, the two stopped simultaneously and glanced back at Flower Chamber.

The sun shines as always, and the flowers smell as sweet as ever.

Imu took Akira's hand, and the two looked away, exchanging a smile.

Then, together they stepped into the unknown white light.

The moment the figure vanished, the portal to time and space collapsed like a dream, disappearing into thin air.

In the courtyard, only a gentle breeze remained, as if nothing had happened.

Blue Star, Atlantic Ocean.

On the azure sea, a massive aircraft carrier fleet flying the Beautiful Country flag is cutting through the waves in battle formation, conducting a routine patrol.

The aircraft carrier's command center was deathly silent. Everyone was staring intently at the sonar displays, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.

"Report, General! Target... Target is rising! Speed... Speed beyond calculation! My God! What kind of monsters are they?!" A sonar soldier's voice became shrill and piercing with extreme fear.

On the screen, a dozen huge red dots are shooting straight up from the depths of the ocean at a speed that defies the laws of physics!

Without waiting for any orders from the commander.

boom--

A deafening roar suddenly came from below the fleet, and the entire aircraft carrier shook violently!

Then, to everyone's utter astonishment, the sea a hundred meters in front of the aircraft carrier exploded as if boiling!

One... no, more than a dozen enormous creatures burst out of the water!

One of them resembles a giant sea serpent, with just half of its body above the water measuring a kilometer in length. Its scarlet eyes are as large as buildings, and its gaping maw is large enough to easily swallow a skyscraper!

"Roar--"

With a roar loud enough to tear eardrums apart, the giant sea serpent suddenly bit down!

"Click--"

The ear-piercing sound of steel being torn apart rang out.

A cruiser and a destroyer in the fleet, along with their hundreds of officers and men, were instantly bitten in two like two fragile toothpicks and swallowed into its bottomless mouth!

Inside the command center, there was a deathly silence.

Everyone, including the fleet commander, stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded, at the terrifying scene outside the window that seemed like a mythical descent.

"Fuck, what's going on? Where did all these deep-sea monsters come from?!"

Is Blue Star about to enter the age of behemoths?

"Quickly, everyone to your combat positions, prepare for counterattack!"

Blue Star, East Blue.

On the deck of a fishing boat, two men stood at the stern, smoking and chatting. They had returned with a full catch and could finally breathe a sigh of relief, looking forward to enjoying life on land once they got home.

Suddenly, one of the men opened his eyes wide and stared intently at a strangely shaped fruit floating on the sea not far away. It exuded an irresistible aroma, making one want to swallow it.

Before the man could react, his companion immediately grabbed a landing net and scooped up the fruit floating on the surface of the sea.

After scooping the fruit out of the water, the man's companion squatted down to examine it. The fruit was oval-shaped, entirely green, with each piece of peel growing from top to bottom like scales, and the calyx was entirely purple, resembling dragon horns.

After staring at it for a while, he looked up at the man and said, "What are you daydreaming about, Li Anan? Come and see what this is!"

"Never mind, let's cut it open and see if it's edible." The man named Li Anan squatted down decisively, took out the fruit knife he carried with him, and skillfully cut it in half. Then, he picked up half of it, put it to his mouth, and smelled it.

"Damn it, that stinky thing! It smells like shit! It must have been soaking in seawater for too long!" Li Anan said, throwing it into the sea.

Seeing that his companion hadn't thrown it away but was instead examining the other half closely, Li Anan quickly urged, "Chen Zhinan, what are you doing? Don't tell me you want to try it!"

The man named Chen Zhinan blinked and tentatively asked, "It's not a mutant jackfruit, is it?"

"Does your jackfruit look like this? And jackfruit doesn't smell like poop!" Li Anan covered his nose and said irritably, "Throw it away, throw it away right now!"

Chen Zhinan ignored him, stared at the half-eaten fruit in his hand for a while, and then suddenly opened his mouth and took a bite.

"!!!!"

The moment Chen Zhinan bit into a piece of fruit, his eyes widened, and he eagerly tried to spit it out. However, just as he opened his mouth to spit out the fruit, what came out was not fruit, but a small ball of flame.

Immediately afterwards, he couldn't help but throw his head back and let out a long howl. His neck twisted and bones cracked. The clothes that had been covering his body also tore apart inch by inch under the impact of the invisible energy. His body surface immediately shone with a fine blue light. Countless scales wriggled and grew rapidly, soon covering his entire body and forming layers upon layers of dark blue and blue dragon scales, the edges of which gleamed with a cold metallic light.

The sudden scene caused Li Anan, who was standing next to him, to open his mouth wide involuntarily. He wanted to make a sound, but he was completely stunned by extreme shock and fear.

Under his horrified gaze, two sharp horns immediately rose on Chen Zhinan's forehead, quickly breaking through the skin and extending outwards, curving into ferocious dragon horns, the tips of which gleamed with a purple luster, echoing the color of the calyx of the fruit they had seen earlier.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhinan's mouth protruded forward and elongated, forming a wide dragon snout, with sharp teeth densely packed between them, exhaling scorching breath with each breath. His arms and legs also gradually thickened and deformed, transforming into Dragon Claw covered with scales, and his spine protruded and extended from his back, growing a long and strong dragon tail, the tip of which was covered with thick scales, stirring up gusts of wind when it swung.

"Ugh--"

With a roar that resounded through the heavens and earth, Chen Zhinan's body rapidly lengthened and expanded, his original height of over 1.8 meters instantly breaking through to hundreds of meters, and finally transforming into a colossal creature stretching for thousands of meters. His azure dragon body stretched across the sky like a mountain range, blotting out the sun.

"Dragon!!!"

With a roar that resounded through the sky, Chen Zhinan, who had transformed into a blue dragon, suddenly opened his mouth and spewed out a ball of blazing flames. Like a rainbow piercing the sun, it flashed across the shimmering sea. The sea surface evaporated instantly due to the terrifying heat, resulting in a trench that stretched for thousands of meters. Li Anan, who was standing next to him, was so shocked that his eyes rolled back and he fell straight down.

Blue Star, Great Xia.

In a coastal city in southern China, a middle-aged couple helped each other walk towards a lamppost on the opposite side of the road.

A missing person notice was posted on the utility pole.

Below the prominent words "Missing Person Notice" is the missing person's identity information.

Name: Akira

Gender: Male.

Age: 18.

ID number: 5134***

The middle-aged couple who arrived at the utility pole looked up at the blurred photo on the missing person poster, and both of them couldn't help but tear up.

Immediately afterwards, the middle-aged woman, with trembling hands, took out a brand-new missing person poster from her bosom and covered it with the poster.

Unlike the information on the covered missing person poster, the age is no longer eighteen, but twenty-five.

Clearly, they had been searching for seven years.

After posting the brand-new missing person poster, the middle-aged woman raised her hand to stroke the photo on the poster, and said in a trembling voice, "Yu'er, my child. I don't ask to find you, I only ask that you... be alive."

After saying this, the middle-aged woman could no longer hold back and pressed her face against the missing person poster, crying like a helpless child.

The middle-aged man standing beside him didn't offer any words of comfort, but silently wiped away his tears. He was originally in the prime of his life, but his temples were all white, and he looked like a candle flickering in the wind.

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out on the street ahead, followed by screams that echoed from afar.

Before the middle-aged woman could react, a deafening explosion rang out, and all the vehicles on the street suddenly came to a screeching halt. Immediately afterward, several cars at the end of the street were thrown high into the air, crashing down in all directions amidst screams.

Immediately afterwards, a Spinosaurus appeared on the street, rampaging through the streets blocked by private cars. Wherever it went, the cars blocking the street were either trampled to pieces or Spinosaurus.

In an instant, the entire street descended into chaos. Shops on both sides of the street hastily closed their doors, and pedestrians scattered in all directions. In private cars, many elderly people, children, and young men and women scrambled out of their vehicles and fled in a disheveled state.

The Spinosaurus that appeared on the street ignored the chaotic crowd around it, let out a chilling roar, and then suddenly spoke in a mad tone, shouting, "Destroy! Destroy them all! Ahahahaha!"

Amidst its frenzied roars, the Spinosaurus crushed over a dozen cars before heading straight for the middle-aged couple.

"Wife, run!"

After a brief moment of shock, the middle-aged man finally came to his senses, grabbed the stunned middle-aged woman beside him, and ran away.

However, how could they possibly outrun the Spinosaurus charging at them? Just as the two turned around, the Spinosaurus suddenly sprang into the air, drawing an arc before plummeting straight down toward the middle-aged woman.

In the blink of an eye, the massive Spinosaurus's silhouette obscured the sky above the middle-aged couple, and its rapidly falling form instantly engulfed them.

In a split second, the middle-aged man instinctively pushed the middle-aged woman away.

boom--

With a loud bang, the Spinosaurus crashed to the ground.

The Spinosaurus didn't step on the middle-aged man. After its feet touched the ground, it glanced sideways at the Spinosaurus man, then grinned, letting out a wicked chuckle. "You're lucky! But your luck won't be so good from here on out!"

As it spoke, the Spinosaurus suddenly lowered its head, preparing to swallow the middle-aged man whole.

Just as the middle-aged man was about to be devoured by the dragon, and the middle-aged woman, who had been pushed away by him and escaped death, screamed in despair, the space suddenly fell eerily silent. The Spinosaurus, which was about to bite the middle-aged man, also stopped moving uncontrollably, standing motionless like a statue.

Immediately afterwards, two figures appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of the Spinosaurus.

The middle-aged couple's eyes widened almost simultaneously upon seeing one of the figures.

Because one of the two people who suddenly appeared was their beloved son, Akira, whom they had been searching for for seven years without success.

Similarly, Akira didn't expect to see two familiar figures as soon as he stepped out of the Time-Space Passage. After a brief moment of astonishment, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and said in a trembling voice, "Dad? Mom!"

Two simple words left the middle-aged couple frozen in shock, as if struck by lightning.

Imu glanced sideways at the middle-aged couple. She hadn't expected that Akira would be reunited with his parents so soon after arriving in this world from the pirate world. However, she didn't disturb Akira. Instead, she went straight to the Spinosaurus, her red lips beneath her veil parted slightly, and said, word by word, "Kneel down before Im!"

boom--

A loud explosion suddenly rang out, and an invisible pressure descended from the sky, forming a gravity field. The massive Spinosaurus immediately collapsed to the ground.

Then, an even more shocking scene unfolded for the middle-aged couple.

The enormous Spinosaurus lay prone on the ground and then rapidly shrank, transforming in the blink of an eye into a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

"Who... who are you?"

The young man, now back to his original form, looked up at Imu and exclaimed in horror, "Why did you make me revert to my original form?!"

"It's actually the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Spinosaurus form."

Imu scanned the young man, his voice icy as he said, "It's one thing to obtain the power of Devil Fruit and not use it to maintain world order, but to dare to harm the innocent? You've already chosen your path to death!"

Before he could finish speaking, Imu raised his hand and slapped the young man's forehead cleanly and decisively.

"What... what exactly happened?" The middle-aged man stood frozen in place, staring at the young man who had been killed by Imu, his mind a complete mess.

The middle-aged woman was the first to come to her senses. Ignoring the lifeless young man lying on the ground, she rushed over and hugged Akira tightly.

"Yu'er?"

"You... you are really Mommy's Yu'er?"

Looking at his mother, whose hair had turned completely white, the iron-blooded Marshal had suppressed all evil in the pirate world couldn't help but tear up, and said in a trembling voice:

"Mom, it's me!"

"Your Yu'er is back!"

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