I'm Just an Ordinary Person Who's a Little Stronger

The weather was clear and sunny that day, sunlight spilling over the bustling streets as Luo Chuan strolled along as leisurely as usual.

Suddenly, Luo Chuan quietly quickened his pace. Just now, he had sensed two figures in Marine uniforms following him through the crowd.

Could I have been exposed? Impossible. I personally destroyed those warships completely back then. By rights, there shouldn't have been a single trace left behind, Luo Chuan thought to himself.

Before he knew it, Luo Chuan had reached the entrance of a quiet, deserted alley.

Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and walked into the alley, stopping deep inside. When the two Marines who had been following close behind saw this, they knew full well that the other party had noticed their presence, so they stopped hiding and strode straight toward Luo Chuan.

When the two reached Luo Chuan, one of the Marine soldiers spoke fairly politely. "Hello, sir. Please show us your identification." Judging from his words and attitude, he did seem rather courteous.

Unfortunately, something like identification was nothing short of a fantasy for Luo Chuan.

Seeing that Luo Chuan still refused to take out any documents that could prove his identity, the two Marine soldiers could not help exchanging a glance. Then they quietly reached their hands behind their backs, as if preparing to make a move. But how could such a petty trick escape Luo Chuan's notice?

The corner of Luo Chuan's mouth lifted slightly, revealing an almost imperceptible sneer, his sharp gaze fixed on the two Marine soldiers before him, both harboring ill intent.

At that moment, the Marine soldier who had spoken earlier spoke again, only this time his tone was clearly nowhere near as friendly as before. "Sir, if you are unable to provide valid identification, then we'll have to trouble you to come with us. We have reason to suspect that you are connected to a major theft case that occurred recently."

"What a pain!" Luo Chuan muttered, a trace of impatience appearing on his face.

His figure moved. His hands swept out lightly, and with two muffled thuds, the two Marines did not even have time to react before their vision went dark and they collapsed unconscious to the ground.

However, Luo Chuan did not kill them. Although the two were enemies, he was not the kind of person who was cruel and bloodthirsty.

Clapping his hands, Luo Chuan's figure suddenly vanished into thin air, as if he had never appeared at all.

The reason those two Marines had followed Luo Chuan was that they had discovered large-scale spending at several restaurants over the past few days.

Time slipped by quietly. Three hours later, the two unconscious Marines finally slowly opened their eyes. First came a wave of confusion, then they abruptly sat up and began nervously checking whether they were injured. After carefully confirming everything, they were pleasantly surprised to find that they were completely unharmed. The two exchanged a glance, each seeing in the other's eyes the relief of having survived disaster.

Not daring to delay in the slightest, they hurried back to the Marine branch and reported in detail what they had just encountered to their superior officer. The news was passed along layer by layer until it finally reached Marine Headquarters. However, because it had to be relayed through multiple levels along the way, by the time Sengoku learned of the matter, a full half hour had already passed.

After learning of this, Sengoku sank into thought, looking at the wanted poster on his desk and sighing.

"What a troubled time."

A moment later, he decisively ordered Admiral Kuzan to be dispatched to capture Luo Chuan.

Based on the two Marines' description of Luo Chuan's appearance, the artists quickly sketched out a portrait of him. With a portrait in hand, the operation to find Luo Chuan would undoubtedly become much smoother.

At that very moment, Luo Chuan was high up in the sky, flying freely and at ease. His figure was light and nimble, as if he had merged with the blue sky.

Not only that, from time to time he reached into the bracelet on his wrist and took out all kinds of delicious food, then wolfed it down with great enjoyment.

Just like that, Luo Chuan enjoyed the exhilarating feeling of flight while tasting good food. However, as he was flying forward at ease, he suddenly stopped what he was doing and said something baffling. "Is there any way to shorten the cooldown time of the Gate of Time and Space?"

Clearly, these words were not him talking to himself, but were directed at the Text Cheat.

As soon as he finished speaking, the words in his eyes began jumping rapidly. After a short while, they provided two different methods.

The first method was to obtain enough energy by changing certain specific plot points, thereby shortening the cooldown time of the Gate of Time and Space.

For example, changing the outcome of the Summit War.

As for the second method, it was relatively more direct—find and defeat the World Lord, then absorb the powerful energy contained within his body.

This was undoubtedly a path full of danger, but for Luo Chuan, it was a very decent choice.

Looking at the two methods presented before him, Luo Chuan thought briefly, then said, "Hmm... changing the plot and defeating the World Lord, huh? Let me think about it. Although the first method, changing the plot, sounds pretty good, the Summit War won't start for a full year! I can't wait that long. So, by comparison, I'm still more inclined to choose the second method."

Luo Chuan had bought a newspaper earlier, which was how he knew the current time was Sea Circle Calendar 1519, while the Summit War happened in 1520.

Wait...

He remembered that when he had first arrived in this world, the words had reminded him that he could not display power beyond the allowed level, or the World Lord would descend.

"So as long as I unleash power beyond the limit, I can draw the World Lord into making a move?"

Luo Chuan asked.

The words only gave three characters: not necessarily.

"What does that mean?"

This time, the words gave no explanation.

Luo Chuan clenched his fist, itching to slap those words a few times. Unfortunately, words could only be seen, not touched.

For now, he would just listen to the words' advice.

As he flew and flew, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him. Since the Summit War had not started yet, why not just go straight to the Whitebeard Pirates and kill Blackbeard? Then wouldn't there be no Summit War?

"I really am a fucking genius."

Luo Chuan indulged in a little narcissism.

And so, Luo Chuan slightly increased his flying speed, searching for the Whitebeard Pirates as he flew. After all, the Moby Dick was still very easy to recognize.

After flying through the Grand Line for almost ten minutes, he finally found the Moby Dick.

On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard, who was receiving treatment, suddenly sat up and looked into the distance. Whitebeard's action made his "sons" come over one after another.

"Pops, what's wrong?" Marco asked, sounding somewhat worried.

Still alive, he did not answer him. Instead, his gaze remained fixed straight ahead. Only then did Marco notice where Pops was looking, so he followed Pops' gaze as well. But he saw nothing. Then, in just a few short seconds, a black dot kept growing larger.

"Who is that guy? He's actually flying in the sky!"

The others also saw Luo Chuan flying and cried out in shock.

Luo Chuan landed superhero-style, making the Moby Dick shudder.

"Who are you?"

Marco's tone was extremely grave.

Luo Chuan glanced at Marco and smiled faintly.

"Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm here to find someone."

He swept his gaze around, spotted Teach, and attacked without the slightest hesitation.

Before anyone else could react, Luo Chuan had already arrived in front of Teach. He reached for his neck, and just as he was about to grab him, a great blade came slashing over.

Luo Chuan quickly withdrew his hand and retreated a few steps. The blade struck the deck, carving out a crack.

"No matter what you're trying to do, you don't get to touch my son."

Whitebeard's voice was low as he looked at Luo Chuan with a rather solemn expression.

Luo Chuan had no intention of reasoning with Whitebeard right now. He launched another attack, moving a little faster this time. Even with Whitebeard's Observation Haki, it was hard to catch Luo Chuan's figure.

"That speed..."

Whitebeard's heart jolted. He hadn't expected this man's speed to be so astonishingly fast.

Knowing the other party's target was Teach, he directly activated his fruit ability.

He raised his hand and threw a punch. Cracks appeared in space, and waves of powerful tremor force spread outward.

Sensing the force of the tremors, Luo Chuan stopped in his tracks, the corner of his mouth lifting as he threw a punch with his strength restrained.

Rumble!!

The sky shook, the sea churned, and the Moby Dick kept swaying, its weaker sections already beginning to splinter.

Several seconds later, the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit that Whitebeard had unleashed suddenly collapsed. He staggered back a few steps before steadying himself.

Marco and the others were utterly shocked as they watched the scene.

Whitebeard coughed a few times and looked at Luo Chuan gravely.

"Could you be the one the World Government is hunting—the man who robbed the Heavenly Tribute?"

Luo Chuan did not answer Whitebeard's question. Instead, he looked at Whitebeard for several seconds, then shook his head.

"I'll give all of you a word of warning: be careful of Teach. That's all I'll say. What you think is your business."

Luo Chuan slowly floated up. Before leaving, he gave Whitebeard a smile and said, "I'm just an ordinary person who's a tiny bit stronger."

With that, he flew away, leaving everyone standing there dumbfounded.

In truth, Luo Chuan could have completely wiped out Blackbeard, but judging by Whitebeard's attitude, unless he died, he would never give way easily.

At that moment, Luo Chuan felt there was no need. The reason was that he rather liked the character Whitebeard.