If Dawn had transmigrated a little earlier, perhaps he would have been so poisoned by Dian Niang style One Piece novels that he would have cautiously guarded it as a secret that could never be exposed.
But now, Dawn was not nearly so nervous. Regarding awakening Conqueror's Haki, he merely thought to avoid unnecessary complications and attracting too much attention. He had no sense of crisis whatsoever.
That was because, before Dawn transmigrated, the official side had released a batch of Vivre Card databooks.
Among them, Fleet Admiral Sengoku was a wielder of Conqueror's Haki, and the path he upheld was justice that reigned over the world!
In Loguetown's square, Clown Buggy was still wailing loudly.
Shanks held the Straw Hat Roger had given him against his head. Rain struck his face, making it impossible to tell whether it was rainwater or tears.
Somewhere else, Dragon, clad in a green robe and wearing a grave expression, his face still free of tattoos, quietly departed.
On the sixth level of Impel Down—the LEVEL 6 Eternal Hell—upon hearing the news of the Pirate King's death, the entire prison erupted into unrest.
"Have you heard? This huge news? They say the Pirate King died after leaving behind a great treasure."
"The era of pirates has begun!"
"I want to get back outside right now!"
"A new era has begun!"
"I'm setting sail for the pirate seas of the new era."
The entire prison remained in constant uproar, yet Golden Lion Shiki lay on the prison floor as calm as the moment before a volcano erupted.
"Roger, why did you die?"
"How utterly boring. Even if those treasure-hunting fanatics run rampant across the seas, they are nothing more than an eyesore."
"What new era? Pirates are the rulers of the sea. One day, I'll make you understand."
Upon receiving the news, high-ranking Marines across the world wore exceedingly grim expressions. Even scattered across the globe, they could still sense that the world was about to descend into chaos.
"Return to Marine Headquarters!"
Kong was filled with fury yet had nowhere to vent it. "Mobilize our forces to intercept them in the Four Seas and at Reverse Mountain. Make those scum who let their blood rush to their heads and become pirates for some so-called treasure properly repent!"
They had originally thought that publicly executing Pirate King Roger would intimidate the world, reduce the number of people going out to sea to become pirates, and raise the Marines' influence. Then, naturally, more people would join the Marines, and the world would become peaceful.
But they had never expected Roger's final words to turn their plans into nothing but a fantasy. Peace had not arrived; instead, the Great Pirate Era had begun!
Their schemes falling apart made Kong and the others grind their teeth until their jaws nearly shattered, their veins on the verge of bursting.
At this moment, even the Five Elders felt as sick and disgusted as if they had swallowed flies, because they had never imagined that Roger would turn the execution, after they had captured him, into a scheme against them.
They probably wished they could devour his flesh, drink his blood, tear out his tendons, grind his bones, and scatter his ashes.
But what could that change? He was already dead. What could they possibly do to him?
Leaving aside the reactions of the various factions, Dawn and the others were currently eating and drinking in a tavern.
They had no choice. They were too weak to get involved in anything. Dawn comforted everyone and told them not to overthink it—just do what they needed to do.
Two years from now will be when Golden Lion escapes prison, and Sea Year 1507 will be when Fisher Tiger rescues the slaves. Could I...
As he ate, Dawn felt that he could take advantage of those events to gain some benefits and recruit some subordinates. However, those slaves could not be trusted merely because they had been rescued.
If anyone discovered that he was hiding slaves belonging to the Celestial Dragons, it would likely implicate the people around him. Dawn had no choice but to plan carefully.
But if I could restrain them... Dawn considered a possibility as he pondered.
As a transmigrator, having a wild imagination was essential. It was highly beneficial for Devil Fruit development.
The fruit Dawn had eaten could be called a one-of-a-kind dual-fruit ability. The abilities of the two Devil Fruits had later been developed by Dawn and fused into one.
After discovering that it was a dual-fruit ability, Dawn wondered whether anyone else who ate this fruit would die immediately.
Because Dawn thought that, as a transmigrator, perhaps the devils within the two fruits had separately taken up residence in his own soul and the empty shell of the original owner.
It was like the original owner's soul was a layer of clothing, while he had put that garment on over himself, except that this outer layer had fused with his own being.
His ability to receive the original owner's memories, including the growth of his Observation Haki, might perhaps be due to this as well.
Of the two fruits, the Aura Fruit's ability could be considered extremely versatile. This was also the foundation that allowed Dawn to develop the "Sky Domain Series" skills.
But one absolutely could not underestimate the Aura Fruit's development potential.
To say nothing else, he had played so many games in his previous life. Hadn't he seen all kinds of buffing auras, debuffing auras, and auras with bizarre abilities?
There was no fixed boundary for this thing anyway, so imagination was particularly important.
Of course, there was also an upper limit to ability development. Dawn did not think the Aura Fruit could truly develop anything he could imagine, but compared to other fruits, its scope for development was certainly broader.
Especially after Ouroboros appeared, Dawn discovered that it was fundamentally composed of auras. The Snatch-Snatch Fruit seemed unremarkable, yet it had increased the Aura Fruit's developmental potential.
In other words, combining the two fruits had raised their upper limit. They could even develop abilities that the Aura Fruit alone could not develop.
And that gave Dawn a very tempting and bold idea.
Performing surgery every day was also psychologically stressful, so Dawn would watch anime and the like. After watching enough, he naturally came to understand the systems within them.
And now, the birth of Ouroboros made Dawn think of a unique creation from Hunter World—Nen Beasts.
In Hunter World, Nen could be considered an extremely strange thing. Everyone had it, but the abilities they developed were all different, comparable to Devil Fruit development.
The development of abilities in Hunter World depended on which category one leaned toward.
But in this pirate world, development depended on the Devil Fruit ability one had eaten.
But Nen Beasts were truly a specialty of Hunter World. At the very least, Dawn knew that only Big Mom's Soul Fruit was somewhat similar to Nen Beasts.
But Dawn's fruit was different. After fusing together, it was far too overpowered. The feedback gained merely from killing enemies was already something highly abnormal.
Although Dawn had developed it boldly, Ouroboros's serpentine form had manifested on its own. It was as though some hidden achievement had been unlocked, making it more special than others.
This already involved certain rules, much like how Big Mom could develop creations with intelligence.
Regarding this, Dawn had drawn inspiration from the development abilities of Big Mom's Soul Fruit.
Combined with his own ideas, if he could fully develop Ouroboros and allow it to grow to the point of possessing intelligence.
Could it make part of another person's soul manifest and turn it into an Ouroboros belonging exclusively to that person?
And in that case, could he form a Contract with others and supervise them?
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