Conjectures About Abilities

If Dawn had transmigrated a little earlier, he might have been deeply poisoned by Dian Niang–style Pirate King novels and carefully guarded this as a secret that must never be exposed.

But now, Dawn wasn't that tense. He simply didn't want to stir up trouble or attract too much attention over awakening Conqueror's Haki. He felt no sense of crisis at all.

Because before Dawn transmigrated, the official Vivre Card databook had been released.

And among them, Fleet Admiral Sengoku was confirmed as a Conqueror's Haki user, his path being the justice that rules the world!

On the plaza of Loguetown, Clown Buggy was still wailing loudly.

Shanks held the straw hat Roger had given him on his head, rain streaming down his face, making it impossible to tell if it was rain or tears.

Somewhere else, a man in a green cloak, his face stern and without any tattoos yet, Dragon, quietly slipped away.

Deep within the sixth level of the great underwater prison—Level 6, Impel Down—the entire prison erupted into chaos upon hearing the news of the Pirate King's death.

"Did you hear? That huge news? They say the Pirate King left behind a great treasure and then died."

"The era of pirates has begun!"

"I want to get back outside right now!"

"A new era has opened!"

"I'm setting sail for the pirate seas of the new era!"

The entire prison roared with noise, yet Golden Lion Shiki lay on the prison floor as calm as a volcano before eruption.

"Roger, why did you die?"

"Utterly boring. Even if those treasure-chasing fanboys run rampant on the sea, they're just an eyesore."

"What new era? Pirates are the rulers of the sea. One day, I'll make you all understand."

Upon receiving this news, the high-ranking Marines scattered across the world wore grim expressions. Even from afar, they could feel that the world was about to descend into chaos.

"Return to Marine Headquarters!"

Kong was filled with rage but had no outlet. "Deploy forces to intercept them across the Four Seas and Reverse Mountain. Let those scum who rush to become pirates for some so-called treasure repent properly!"

Their original plan was that publicly executing the Pirate King Roger would serve as a deterrent, reducing the number of people going to sea to become pirates, while also boosting the Marines' influence. Naturally, more people would join the Marines, and the world would be at peace.

But they never expected Roger's final words to turn their plan into a fantasy. Peace did not come—instead, the Great Pirate Era arrived!

Their scheme had failed, and Kong and the others ground their teeth nearly to dust, their blood vessels nearly bursting with fury.

Even the Five Elders felt as sick as if they had swallowed a fly. They had never imagined that after capturing Roger, his execution would still be turned against them.

At this moment, they probably wished they could eat his flesh raw, drink his blood, pull his tendons, and grind his bones to ash.

But what could they do? The man was already dead. What could they do about it?

Leaving aside the reactions of all parties, Dawn and the others were currently eating and drinking in a tavern.

There was nothing they could do—their strength was too weak to get involved in anything. Dawn comforted everyone, telling them not to overthink it and just do what they needed to do.

"Two years from now is when Golden Lion will break out of prison. And in Sea Year 1507, Fisher Tiger will rescue the slaves. At that time, can I..."

While eating, Dawn thought about this and figured he could properly skim some benefits, recruit some subordinates. But these slaves couldn't be trusted just because they were rescued.

If anyone found out he was hiding Celestial Dragon slaves, it would likely implicate the people around him. Dawn had to plan carefully.

"But if I could control them..." Dawn mused, thinking of one possibility.

As a transmigrator, having a wild imagination was a must. It was very helpful for developing his Devil Fruit abilities.

The fruit Dawn had eaten was a unique dual fruit. The two Devil Fruits' abilities were later developed by Dawn and fused into one.

After discovering it was a dual-fruit ability, Dawn wondered if someone else eating this fruit would die instantly.

Because Dawn thought that since he was a transmigrator, the two devils inside the fruits might have taken residence separately in his soul and the original owner's empty shell.

It was like the original owner's soul was a layer of clothing, and Dawn had worn that clothing on the outside, but the outer layer had merged with him.

He could receive the original owner's memories, and even the increase in Observation Haki might be related to this.

As for the Aura Fruit, one of the two fruits, its ability was very versatile. It was the foundation for Dawn to develop the "Sky Domain Series" skills.

But don't underestimate the development potential of the Aura Fruit.

For one thing, Dawn had played countless games in his past life. He had seen all kinds of buff auras, debuff auras, or auras with bizarre and strange abilities.

There was no fixed boundary for this kind of thing, so imagination was extremely important.

However, there was still an upper limit to ability development. Dawn didn't think the Aura Fruit could truly develop anything he imagined, but compared to other fruits, its development breadth was certainly greater.

Especially after Ouroboros appeared, Dawn discovered that it was fundamentally composed of auras. The Snatch-Snatch Fruit seemed inconspicuous, but it increased the development potential of the Aura Fruit.

In other words, the combination of the two fruits raised the upper limit, even allowing the development of abilities that the Aura Fruit alone could not achieve.

And this gave Dawn a very tempting, bold idea.

Performing surgery every day was also a psychological strain, so Dawn would watch anime and such. Having watched a lot, he naturally understood the systems within.

And now, the birth of Ouroboros made Dawn think of a unique product from the Hunter World—Nen Beasts.

In the Hunter World, Nen was a very strange thing. Everyone had it, but the abilities developed were all different, comparable to the development of Devil Fruits.

The development of abilities in the Hunter World depends on which affinity you lean toward.

But in the Pirate World, that development hinges on the Devil Fruit ability you've consumed.

Nen Beasts, however, are a genuine specialty of the Hunter World—at least, Dawn knows that only Big Mom's Soul Fruit comes close to resembling a Nen Beast.

But Dawn's fruit is different. After the fusion, it became too broken; the mere fact that killing enemies brings feedback is already highly abnormal.

Although this was just Dawn's bold development, the serpentine form of the Ouroboros manifested on its own, as if some hidden achievement had been unlocked—making it inherently more special than others.

This already touches on certain rules, much like how Big Mom can develop sentient creations.

On this point, Dawn drew reference from Big Mom's Soul Fruit development ability.

Combining it with his own thoughts, if he could fully develop the Ouroboros and nurture it to the point of gaining intelligence...

Then could it cause a portion of another person's soul to manifest, transforming into an Ouroboros belonging solely to him?

And under such circumstances, could he establish contracts with others and oversee them?