Emperor Leveling System

"Darling, look! Our child is so adorable!"

"Yes."

After a buzzing filled Rochi's mind, a storm of shock instantly surged through it.

One second ago, he had been standing on a crosswalk, watching an out-of-control dump truck charge toward him like a frenzied beast;

The next second, he opened his eyes to find that not only had his body shrunk into that of a baby, he could not even hold up his own neck.

He had actually encountered the famous dump-truck transmigration incident!

He just did not know where he had transmigrated to...

Just as Rochi's mind was in chaos, a cold mechanical voice sounded in his head:

[Host, you have successfully reincarnated into the One Piece World.]

[This system is the 'Emperor Leveling System' and has completed a deep binding with your soul!]

The system notifications were utterly emotionless.

The One Piece World?! That hellishly dangerous world where Buster Calls could wipe out entire islands at any moment, pirates burned, killed, and plundered everywhere, and the Celestial Dragons treated people like livestock?!

Rochi roared madly in his heart.

But because his body was that of a baby, all that came out in reality was a weak string of babbling sounds.

[Ding! Host's current state detected. Attribute panel has been opened.]

Immediately afterward, a translucent pale-blue screen that only Rochi could see appeared before his eyes.

[Host: Rochi]

[Current Level: Level 0 (an ordinary person too weak to even tie up a chicken)]

[Experience: 0/10]

[Level Advancement Path: Ordinary Person—Soldier Level—Lieutenant Level—Colonel Level—General Level—Supreme...]

[Current Skills: None]

[Current Combat Assessment: A pathetic weakling who cannot even beat a seagull.]

Seeing that mockingly worded combat assessment at the bottom of the screen, Rochi was so furious he nearly spat blood.

"System, get out here and explain yourself!"

Rochi pounded the ground wildly in his sea of consciousness and roared, "I got smashed to pieces by a dump truck, and after finally transmigrating, I can accept starting out as a baby. But what's with this enemy-killing system?"

"I get stronger by gaining experience from killing enemies?"

"Look at me right now! My arms are thinner than carrots, and I cannot even roll over. You expect me to kill enemies?!"

[System Notice: The host only needs to kill living creatures that harbor hostility to obtain corresponding experience. Once experience is full, you may level up, receive comprehensive physical enhancement, and have a chance to draw a top-tier Devil Fruit, the Three Haki Types, or Peerless Swordsmanship.]

"Is that what I asked?!"

Rochi cursed furiously in his mind:

"I'm asking how I'm supposed to kill anything! With the strength I have now, even stepping on an ant would be difficult! No, I cannot even get down and walk!!"

[Ding! Considering that the host is currently in the initial state, one [Supreme Beginner Gift Pack] has been provided as compensation. It has been placed in the system space. Please check it.]

The moment he heard the words "Supreme Beginner Gift Pack," more than half the anger in Rochi's heart vanished.

Well, well. This useless system still had a bit of conscience.

Since it had the word "Supreme" in its name, there had to be something good inside!

Whether it was a Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Mythical Zoan: Azure Dragon Form, or even max-level Conqueror's Haki, as long as he got any one of them, he could swagger across these seas!

"Quick! Open the gift pack for me right now!"

Rochi shouted impatiently in his mind, so excited that his tiny hands could not help waving twice inside the swaddling clothes.

[Ding! System Notice: The [Supreme Beginner Gift Pack] has been locked and cannot currently be opened.]

"...Huh?" Rochi froze. "Locked? What does that mean? You gave me this gift pack, but I cannot open it?"

[Replying to Host: To prevent the host from attracting the attention of the World Government or top pirates by obtaining excessively powerful strength during childhood, thereby resulting in an early death, a safety lock has been placed on the gift pack.]

The system's voice remained completely calm.

"Then when can I open it?"

Rochi asked through gritted teeth, a faintly ominous feeling rising in his heart.

[Ding! The conditions for opening the gift pack are as follows:]

[First, the host's bone age must reach exactly fifteen years old;]

[Second, after turning fifteen, the host must clearly choose an alignment and officially join either the [Marines] or [Pirates] faction.]

[Once the above conditions have been fulfilled, the gift pack can be unlocked!]

After the system finished speaking.

His sea of consciousness fell into deathly silence.

After a full three seconds, Rochi's anger erupted completely like a volcano.

Rochi's eyes widened in fury. If this had been reality, he would have flipped the table by now.

"In a world where pirates run rampant, Marines fill the skies, and islands sink at the slightest clash between powerful people, you expect an ordinary person with no ability to protect himself to somehow survive for fifteen whole years?!"

Fifteen years!

In this One Piece World, where lives were worth less than grass, let alone fifteen years—even tomorrow, a pirate ship flying a skull flag might dock ashore and slaughter this entire village!

No matter how Rochi cursed and protested in his mind, the system acted as though it had crashed.

"Damn it..."

Rochi sighed, and his consciousness gradually withdrew from the system space.

When his senses reconnected with this tiny body, a noisy yet joyful conversation immediately reached his ears.

"Ho ho ho! Mary, look! This little guy was waving his arms and legs just now. He's so lively! Just as expected of my son, Ron!"

A large, rough face covered in stubble suddenly leaned into Rochi's field of vision.

He was a man in his early thirties, built as burly as a black bear. He grinned from ear to ear, his eyes filled with fervent delight and affection for this new life.

Rochi was startled by the sudden giant face. That thick beard almost pricked his tender cheek.

"Keep your beard away from me! How long has it been since you washed your face?!"

Rochi instinctively wanted to complain, but what came out was still, "Waa—waa—yaa!"

"Easy, Ron! Don't scare the child!"

A weak yet exceptionally gentle woman's voice came from nearby.

Rochi shifted his eyes slightly and saw a woman lying on a wooden bed, her face exhausted but wearing a happy smile.

She had long, soft brown hair. Although she had just endured the pain of childbirth, her gaze at Rochi was full of maternal warmth.

"Haha, I'm just too happy!"

Ron scratched his messy hair, his rough voice echoing through the small wooden cabin. "This boy will definitely grow up as strong as me. When the time comes, we'll send him to the Marine recruit training camp."

"A real man should make a name for himself on the seas and capture every one of those evil pirates!"

When he heard the word "Marines," Rochi's heart stirred slightly.

It seemed that his cheap father in this life was someone who deeply admired the Marines.

That was good news, at least. It meant that the place they lived in was most likely under Marine protection, making it relatively safe.

Just then, a fluffy little head suddenly poked out from beneath Ron's arm.

It was a little girl who looked to be around seven years old. She wore her hair in two horn-shaped braids, and her large, bright black eyes stared curiously at Rochi in his swaddling clothes.

"Daddy, little brother is so tiny. He looks like a little red-skinned monkey."

The little girl spoke in a childish voice and could not help stretching out a short finger to poke Rochi's chubby cheek.

"Roski, don't poke him like that. Your little brother's skin is very delicate."

Mary gently scolded her with a smile, though her tone was full of affection.

"Hehe, okay, Mom."

Rochi rolled his eyes as his own sister pinched his cheek, feeling utterly speechless.

"I'm an adult with a mature soul. Don't treat me like a toy, hey!"

Still, seeing this warm and happy family of three before him, much of Rochi's anger and anxiety unknowingly subsided.

Through the half-open window of the wooden cabin.

Rochi could smell the faint salty tang of the sea breeze, and he could hear the distant sound of waves crashing against the reefs.

This was the One Piece World.

"Fifteen years..."

Rochi stopped struggling and let his sister Roski continue poking his tiny chubby hand. Yet a trace of determination and sharpness utterly unfitting for his age flashed through his bright infant eyes.

Whether he became a Marine or a pirate, in this life, he would never become some insignificant creature swept along by the tide.

Since he had come to this magnificent Age of Great Pirates, he would climb to the very top and behold the most beautiful scenery!

"System, just you wait."

"Fifteen years from now, I'll show you that even starting from Level 0, I can still turn this world upside down!"