One Piece: I Loaded the Game Panel Chapter 1

One Piece: I Loaded the Game Panel Author: Baguahai

Carrying a game panel, he descended upon the One Piece world!

Using the Hollow-Hollow Fruit as his foundation, he claimed the throne of the Grim Reaper!

If not for the system reminding him that the game public beta would begin in three years, Adrian would have thought this was just a standalone transmigration novel!

In Sea Circle Calendar 1498, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger made his curtain call, and the Great Pirate Era arrived, accompanied by that legendary Fourth Calamity...

Wait a minute, why do these players not know the plot at all?

[1. Chapter 1: Descent]

[System activated, game starting.]

Was he dreaming? Who was speaking?

Muddled and hazy, Adrian wanted to roll over, wanting to cover his head with a pillow, but in the very next instant, a sharp, violent pain pierced through his consciousness.

Hiss! So painful! My head hurts so much! Did I fall out of bed in the middle of the night, or was it the kind where the back of my head hit the ground first?

Ed abruptly snapped his eyes open. The familiar ceiling was gone, replaced by an entirely unfamiliar sight.

Am I... still dreaming?

Wave after wave of throbbing pain coming from the back of his head left Adrian deeply irritated. He furrowed his brows tightly, gathered his strength to push his upper body up, and surveyed his surroundings.

Dim yellow light barely illuminated the entire room. The walls were piled with rocks, and on the right-hand side were two huge square windows. A breeze carrying a slightly salty and humid scent blew leisurely from the window side, pitch-black outside.

Where was this?

What time was it?

Would he probably be late for work tomorrow?

Ed subconsciously reached out to grope for his phone, then his body suddenly stiffened.

Gone, the phone was gone...

His head suddenly hurt again, and a complex torrent of information surged from the depths of his mind.

After a good while, Adrian finally figured out the ins and outs.

"Grand Line, World Government, Red Line... I transmigrated into "One Piece"?"

Ed looked up at the ceiling, wearing a dazed expression.

I can't go to work tomorrow, my full-attendance bonus...

To hell with the full-attendance bonus!

He had transmigrated!

Ed gently shook his head. The information in his memories seemed to have some omissions. He did not remember the original body's specific experiences, only retaining some superficial common sense about the world.

Such as time, location, and person.

Sea Circle Calendar 1495, an unnamed secret island under the World Government, Adrian.

The original body was a war orphan adopted by the World Government. Past memories had many gaps; apart from a bit of basic common sense, only a vague blur of a tragic childhood, arduous training sessions, and the like remained.

Around thirteen or fourteen years old, fair-skinned, black hair and black eyes, his appearance vaguely similar to his past life—basically the standard average attractiveness of a serialized manga reader.

Not bad, at least I didn't turn into some non-human species... Oh, right, did I just seem to hear some sound earlier?

A line of semi-illusory blue glowing text suddenly popped up in front of his eyes.

[Open the game?]

System?! Ed felt a burst of joy inside. Open, check personal info first.

A translucent blue light screen suddenly unfolded in front of his empty line of sight, possessing quite a sci-fi feel while not obstructing his vision in the slightest.

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Name: Adrian (Ed)

Race: Human

Template: NPC (1.0 Version Public Beta Countdown: 3 Years)

Level: 1

Exp: 0

Main Class: Commoner LV1 (0/50)

Secondary Profession: None

Personal Stats: Strength 3, Agility 7, Endurance 4, Intelligence 6, Charisma 5, Luck 1

(Note: The standard stats for an adult male in the One Piece Pirates world are 5 points, with Luck being 1 point)

Free Stat Points: 0

Skill Point: 0

HP: 20% (Head injury, starvation, severe weakness)

Stamina: 46% (Weakness reduction)

Stamina: Locked

Specialty: None

Skills: None

Fame: 0

Equipment: None

--

A system panel; it seemed this was his golden finger.

Just as Ed—or rather, Adrian—carefully studied his personal information, he quickly discovered some unusual aspects.

NPC template? 1.0 version public beta countdown?

Adrian's brow twitched, and he immediately grasped several key factors.

First, he most likely had not transmigrated into the [One Piece Pirates world], but rather the [Game One Piece Pirates World], though it was unclear whether others would also be digitized.

Second, he had transmigrated as an NPC and possessed a system panel. This was exceptionally good news, allowing him to grow rapidly just like a players without needing to worry about so-called racial shackles, power bottlenecks, and the like. However, correspondingly, NPCs were not players; in this real world, everyone only had one life.

Third, the time corresponding to the public beta countdown was three years later, which was Sea Circle Calendar 1498.

No fan of One Piece would be unclear about the events that would transpire that year: Pirate King Gol D. Roger was executed by the Marines, shouting out [ONE PIECE] before his death, officially drawing back the curtain on the Great Pirate Era.

Now it seemed that accompanying the arrival of the Great Pirate Era was that group of the "Fourth Calamity".

Players, original plot...

Adrian fell into contemplation. Several vague thoughts flashed through his mind at this single moment, but constrained by his current situation, they could only remain at the stage of ideas.

There were still three years until the public beta. Before the players descended, he had three years to prepare and develop himself. This was the only piece of good news that made Adrian feel happy.

Regarding the destructive power of players, Adrian was clearer about it than anyone else in this world. The Fourth Calamity, a synonym for chaos and madness...

"Clatter!"

Right at that moment, the door to the room was suddenly pushed open. Several weirdly shaped fellows walked in from outside. Because the light was dim, their appearances were hard to make out, but from their distorted and eccentric silhouettes, one could sense that these fellows were definitely not ordinary humans.

"How is this brat's condition?" the long-haired woman at the lead asked the people beside her, her thin and hoarse voice sounding exceptionally grating to the ear.

"It looks like he's passed the critical period. I originally thought he was a lost cause," replied a middle-aged Doctor wearing a white lab coat. He gazed at Adrian, his up-and-down inspecting gaze carrying a clear trace of amazement.

Enduring the dryness in his throat, Adrian asked in a hoarse voice, "Who are you?"

"Hmm? Is something wrong with his memory?" the long-haired woman asked in surprise.

"That's considered normal," the middle-aged Doctor walked over and checked Adrian's condition. "After all, he struck his brain—and that too on the back of his head, such a fragile spot. Not turning into an idiot is already a favorable result."

"Whatever, as long as he's not dead." The long-haired woman stopped dwelling on it. She walked swiftly up to Adrian, looking down at him from above, "Brat, I am Kumadori Yamamba, a member of the World Government's direct secret espionage agency CP9. Currently, on this island, I am responsible for the training tasks for little runts like you..."

Taking this opportunity, Adrian clearly saw the woman's appearance.

She was in her thirties, with a head of light pink hair reaching her waist, and dressed in a black women's suit. Her mature and fiery figure looked as though it was about to burst through her clothes and pop right out. What was most impressive was that her demeanor was icy cold, resembling a dangerous, alluring female viper waiting to devour someone.

After briefly showing his respect, Adrian immediately plunged into deep thought.

Kumadori Yamamba—wasn't this the mother of that comedic kabuki performer, Kumadori, who appeared in the Water 7 arc? She actually looked like this in her youth?

Right, this person also seemed to be a super assassin! She had safely lived all the way until Luffy set out to sea...

Recalling Kumadori Yamamba's appearance in her old age, Adrian couldn't help but shudder.

If we're being honest, Oda the scoundrel's attitude toward elderly women really is way too harsh!!!

Though on second thought, such a good-looking woman, what a pity she grew a mouth...

Kumadori Yamamba was unaware of Adrian's inner thoughts and continued in her harsh, thin, raspy voice, "You failed the previous beast training. Originally, I thought I could cut out a useless burden right then and there, but you actually pulled through. Now, I'll give you three days to recover. Three days from now, training resumes!"

Three days?

And training on a CP9 level?

I'm just a level 1 tender newbie!

Having come to his senses, Adrian smiled bitterly to himself. His current living environment was truly quite harsh!

[2. Chapter 2: Expected Surprise]

After Kumadori Yamamba and the others left, the room once again fell quiet.

Adrian sat up straight, leaning against the head of the bed, quietly pondering his future plans while delving deeper into the attribute information on the system panel.

There was nothing much to say about the race and NPC template; Adrian was quite satisfied with both.

Classes were divided into main classes and Secondary Professions. According to the system prompts, once a person's main class was finalized, it could no longer be changed, whereas Secondary Professions were diverse and basically had no requirements.

Adrian currently had only a single class, which was [Commoner].

Logically speaking, he should have also possessed an [Agent] class, seeing as he had undergone agent training for so long, but for some reason, he didn't.

However, even if he did have the [Agent] class, Adrian was not prepared to take it as his main class.

The main plot of the "One Piece" world was the contention between the Marines and the Pirates, interspersed with a series of hidden plots involving the Celestial Dragons, the World Government, the Revolutionary Army, the Independent Kingdoms, and so on. It was a stage for monsters and Devil Fruit users.

The [Commoner] class was not worth investing much attention in; at best, it could only be considered a symbol of status.

Without a second thought, Adrian transferred it to the subclass column, leaving his main class temporarily vacant.

Next was regarding personal attributes.

The six dimensions of Strength, Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, Charisma, and Luck.

Related introductions could find corresponding descriptions in any online gaming novel, or even system-attribute novels. They belonged to that kind of [filler text] that readers would subconsciously skip over even if uploaded, so no ink would be wasted describing them here.

Suffice to say, literal meaning—those who understand, understand.

From the data, Adrian's relatively prominent attribute at present was [Intelligence], which likely stemmed from his transmigration; next was [Agility], and although it was only two points higher than an ordinary person, it was still quite good; as for [Strength] and [Endurance], because his body had not fully developed yet, though he had undergone a certain amount of training, they still hadn't reached the average baseline of an adult, leaving plenty of room for future improvement; as for [Charisma] and [Luck], predictably, just enough to get by.

[HP] and [Stamina] were both described in the form of percentages, which Adrian quickly accepted. In his understanding, both of these items belonged to categories that could not be fully digitized.

After all, in a completely real world, the operation of [I hit you once, forcibly deducting one drop of blood] looked bizarre no matter how one saw it.

As for the [Vigor] that had not yet been unlocked, Adrian guessed it might be related to [Haki].

However, for Adrian at present, mastering Haki was still far too distant—at least he didn't need to consider it in the short term.

[Specialty], [Skills], [Fame], and [Equipment] were all completely blank, which was understandable.

Finally, the things that needed to be emphasized were [Level] and [Exp].

According to the system prompts, the total level of a character's main class was equivalent to their total character level. The level cap was 120, with every 20 levels serving as a bottleneck requiring the completion of advancement quests before one could continue leveling up.

The Secondary Profession level cap was 10, which could enhance character attributes but had little impact on character level.

According to Adrian's understanding, a total level of 1–20 roughly equated to operating within the Four Blues; 21–40, traveling between the Four Blues; 41–60, the Grand Line Paradise stage; 61–80, the level of the second half of the New World; 81–100, the tier of Admiral candidates, ordinary Shichibukai, All-Stars, Sweet Commanders, and the like; and 100–120, the tier of Admirals, Four Emperors, and legendary figures of the seas.

It must be emphasized that level did not represent everything.

After all, even a Mountain Bandit King not even at level 20 might have killed 56 Emperors of the Sea over level 100--