It Turns Out This Is the World of One Piece
"You damned bastard, do you even know what you've been doing? Committing murder and attacking Celestial Dragons here! Let me tell you, you're finished! Navy warships are heading this way, and you're going to face endless torment!"
"The torment of death? Heh!" Before the bodyguard could finish speaking, Tianqi swiftly kicked all dozens of his lackeys away, making them disappear completely from his sight. He didn't care if any of them were kicked to death.
After clearing out the dozens of lackeys, Tianqi squinted at the fat man he had knocked unconscious behind him. How could such a weak, fat man have such a high status here? He really didn't know what the people in this world were thinking. It seemed like this was a slave society.
Glancing at the onlookers, Tianqi immediately activated his Space-Time Ninjutsu and left the spot. This method of disappearing surprised everyone. With such a way of coming and going without a trace, it was no wonder that he dared to provoke the Celestial Dragons.
After leaving the place, Tianqi looked at the bubbles floating in the sky and admired them with great interest.
"I don't know why, but everything here feels so familiar. Celestial Dragons? Marines... I'm sure I've heard those names somewhere before. I wonder what world I've been transported to this time. It's really not a good feeling to be completely in the dark!"
Walking down the street, Tianqi suddenly heard people around him talking about an auction house nearby that was auctioning off slaves, and he decided to go and see what kind of world this was.
However, at that moment, squads of marines in naval uniforms were searching for something, seemingly to arrest someone. Seeing this, Tianqi shook his head helplessly.
"These guys are obviously looking for me. I didn't expect to be on the opposite side of the local forces so soon after arriving. This is really not good. But all I did was knock out a fat guy. It's not like they have to be chasing me like this!"
Tianqi had no idea that upon his arrival, he had offended the world's highest nobility, and had unwittingly placed himself on the opposite side of millions of navy personnel.
"Damn it! That troublemaker brought the Navy here, but then ran away so early. How infuriating!"
Some pirates being hunted by the navy also cursed Tianqi, saying that they hadn't done anything wrong but were being chased, while the troublemakers got away scot-free. How could they not be resentful?
"Hmph! It seems the Navy isn't any better!" Seeing the Navy arbitrarily arresting innocent people because of him, Tianqi snorted coldly and disappeared again using space-time magic. He already harbored prejudice against the Navy.
Tianqi quickly arrived at the auction venue. Actually, the place was very easy to find; it was located in the center of the entire island and was the largest building there. It would be hard not to find it.
Upon arriving at the location, Tianqi saw many elegantly dressed nobles and people of some power entering the auction house, while eight guards stood on either side of the entrance, constantly checking something.
"Etc!"
Just as Tianqi was about to enter empty-handed, he was suddenly stopped by a guard, Tianqi frowned slightly at the sight.
"This auction features many valuable items, so no one is allowed to enter without at least 300 million Berries!" The guard said arrogantly, looking up at Tianqi with the air of a lackey of a wealthy person from his previous life on Earth.
Three hundred million Berries! Hearing the somewhat familiar word "Berry," Tianqi guessed that it must be the currency of this world. However, the number three hundred million left Tianqi feeling quite helpless. When he first arrived in this world, he didn't even have a single Berry, let alone three hundred million. But for him, this was not a problem.
"A mere 300 million Berries, nothing!" With that, Tianqi activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and immediately used the Three-Tomoe Dōjutsu, Illusion Power, to control the guard.
With Tianqi's strength, controlling a guard with Three-Tomoe was incredibly easy. Afterward, Tianqi swaggered into the auction house. So what if he didn't have money? Strength was his greatest asset. In any world, might makes right—that's an age-old truth.
It must be said that this auction house is truly enormous, capable of accommodating over a thousand people. It's a massive auction market. I've heard that it seems to be an auction place for slaves, but I don't know if that's true or not.
Upon arriving at the auction hall, Tianqi immediately found a seat in the very front row. Next to him were several people wearing bubble headbands—a middle-aged man and two children. Soon, almost all the nobles arrived, and everyone found their seats, waiting for the auction to begin.
"Have you heard? There are mermaid slaves at this auction! I brought plenty of Berries with me; I'm determined to snag one!"
"Hehe, who doesn't dream of owning a mermaid? These mermaids are much prettier than fish-men. If we could snag one, we could not only keep it as a decoration but also have a good time. Who wouldn't want to get one!"
Before the auction even started, these so-called nobles were already conjuring up some discordant scenes.
Meanwhile, the Celestial Dragons, overhearing the discussion, were filled with disdain. They hadn't said anything, yet these lowly beings dared to spout such arrogant words; it was simply conceit.
You have to understand that there's no comparison between nobles and world nobles. Nobles are just nobles from small kingdoms, while world nobles are nobles from all over the world. Putting aside whether nobles can surpass world nobles in wealth, even if you bring more money than world nobles this time, you'll still have to give up when facing the Celestial Dragons, unless you want to fight against the entire Navy.
In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, all other people and races besides themselves are inferior to them, and are nothing but trash.
Soon the auctioneer arrived; he was dressed in a bizarre clown costume and wore a black hat. He immediately launched into a long speech, enlivening the atmosphere of the entire auction hall.
"Greetings everyone! I apologize for keeping you all waiting. The monthly slave auction, held on the 1st, is about to begin. I, Disco, will be hosting it. I have prepared quite a few high-quality slaves for you this time. You are all very lucky to have the super popular mermaid as well. I believe you all know what mermaids are like, so I won't go into details. I sincerely wish you all can buy the slaves you are satisfied with. Now, let's officially begin the auction!" After performing a noble bow, Disco around and pulled down the large red cloth behind him.
After the large red cloth was pulled down, the goods inside were revealed. They were neither mermaids nor fish-men, but rather a group of burly middle-aged men with their eyes closed.
Such blatant auctioneers are truly corrupt! Watching one strong man after another being auctioned off, Tianqi shook his head slightly. After watching for a while, he quickly lost interest.
However, for some reason, he felt that everything here was familiar. He immediately activated his Byakugan's X-ray vision and began to observe the people present, trying to find someone who could remind him of everything.
However, after scanning the room, he didn't find anyone familiar enough to see everything clearly. Just as Tianqi was about to look away in disappointment, a young man in the last row of the hall caught his eye.
That familiar face and red hair, especially that iconic yellow straw hat, instantly brought everything back to Tianqi's mind.
"That iconic straw hat... Wait, could this be the world of Pirate King?" Tianqi pondered, stroking his chin. The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. That iconic straw hat probably wouldn't exist in other worlds.
"Navy, Beli, and that yellow straw hat—that's it! This is definitely the world of One Piece. No wonder it feels so familiar!" Combining the words he'd heard earlier Tianqi confirmed that this was the world of Pirate King. Although he wasn't very familiar with this world, he did know some of the main characters and locations.
Bubbles are flying everywhere... So this must be the Sabaody Archipelago. And if I'm not mistaken, that red-haired young man in the straw hat must be Shanks, one of the Four Emperors of the Sea. This is getting interesting.
"I didn't expect Shanks to be here. It seems he hasn't entered the second half of the Grand Line yet. It's just hard to guess how old he is, otherwise we would know what stage he is at now. But although we don't know how old he is, one thing is certain: he doesn't have the strength to become one of the Four Emperors yet!" Tianqi stroked his chin and muttered to himself.