A Hundred-Meter Fire Dragon with One Punch! The Flame Emperor of Trash Mountain Awakes
Goa Kingdom, Gray Terminal.
The stench of rot mingled with acrid smoke, staining the predawn sky a sickly orange-red. Lin Yan opened his eyes amid a pile of scrap metal and broken wood, warm liquid trickling from his forehead and blurring his vision.
"Where the fuck am I...?"
Memories flooded his mind-memories that were not his.
Twenty-two years ago, on an island in the South Blue. A baby wrapped in swaddling embroidered with a "D" was left on the deck of Garp the Hero's warship. The accompanying note contained just one line: "Gol D. Roger's posthumous son. I'm leaving him to you."
Garp remained silent for three minutes, then picked up the baby and wrote in the records: Monkey D. Yan.
"From today onward, you're my grandson."
The memories fast-forwarded-rigorous martial arts training, secret lessons in the Six Powers, late-night conversations about the D. Clan, and Garp's final warning when he secretly settled him in Goa Kingdom three years ago:
"Yan, your bloodline is too dangerous. Until you're strong enough, don't let anyone know you're a descendant of 'Gol.' Especially... don't go looking for your younger brother, Ace."
Lin Yan pushed himself up, pressing his right hand to his temple.
"I transmigrated... and became Ace's biological older brother?"
[Ding-] [Host consciousness detected as fully awake.] [Pirate King's Throne System activating...]
A cold mechanical voice erupted in his mind, and a translucent blue interface appeared before his eyes.
[Name: Monkey D. Yan (Lin Yan)] [Age: 22] [Bloodline: Gol D. Roger (biological father), mysterious woman of the D. Clan (biological mother)] [Current status: Minor injury (head impact)] [Timeline: 3 years before Luffy sets sail, 3 months after Ace formed the Spade Pirates] [Starter pack issued-please select an initial ability template (choose one of three):] [1. Rubber Body (Luffy Fragment)-grants the body rubberlike elasticity, resistance to physical blows +50%] [2. Flame-Flame Fruit (Ace Fragment)-control flames, maximum temperature 3,000°C, consumes stamina] [3. Iron Fist (Garp Fragment)-Armament Haki specialization, punching destructive power +200%]
Lin Yan's pupils contracted.
A system? And instead of simple copying and pasting, it used "template fusion"?
He took a deep breath, and the filthy air of the trash mountain made him cough. Arrogant shouts rang out in the distance:
"Hurry up and burn it! This whole trash mountain has to be cleared before dawn!"
"But there might still be vagrants in there..."
"Let them die! The nobles' orders are all that matter!"
Flames rose from the other side of the slope, and thick smoke billowed toward him. Lin Yan saw more than a dozen uniformed kingdom guards pouring out fuel and lighting torches. Farther away, several ragged vagrants were trapped within a ring of fire, their screams piercing the night sky.
"Goa Kingdom... the trash mountain burning."
The tragedy from the original story. The place where Ace and Sabo had once lived.
Lin Yan's gaze turned cold.
"I want them all."
[Warning: Choosing one of three is a system rule. Host, please-]
"I said, I want them all."
Gritting his teeth, Lin Yan straightened up. Blood streamed down his cheek from his forehead and dripped onto the tattoo on his chest that had remained hidden for twenty-two years-a "D" surrounded by flames.
[...D. Clan bloodline resonance detected.] [...Host willpower detected exceeding limits.] [...Forcibly overriding rules.] [Starter pack mutated! Forcibly fusing all three fragments-]
Agonizing pain surged through every part of his body. Lin Yan felt his bones rearranging and his blood boiling as dark red patterns surfaced on his skin. Orange-red flames ignited on his left hand, his right hand became coated in iron-black Armament Haki, and his body-actually stretched half a meter like rubber!
[Fusion successful!] [Unique ability acquired: Flame Emperor Body (initial stage)] [Effects:] [1. Body stretches like rubber (maximum stretch: 300%)] [2. Cells can transform into high-density flames (controllable temperature: 0-5,000°C)] [3. Armament Haki is naturally applied; once hardened, defense rivals steel.] [4. Flames can be made solid, extended, and hardened to form "limbs of fire."]
"Aah-!"
Lin Yan threw his head back and roared, the sound waves blasting the surrounding scrap metal away. In the distance, the guards who had been about to throw their torches turned around in terror.
"Who's there?!"
"Kill him!"
Five guards charged with blades in hand. Lin Yan did not even move his feet; he merely raised his right hand.
"Just in time to try this out..."
With a thought, his right arm instantly transformed into scarlet flames and extended like a giant python-ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters!
The flaming arm solidified in midair, hardened, and became coated in black Armament Haki.
"Flame Fist."
A light swing.
Boom-!!!
The fifty-meter-long flaming fist swept across, sending all five guards and their blades flying more than a hundred meters and crashing through three trash mountains. Burning rubbish swirled up in the wind of the punch, forming a roaring fire dragon in the night sky that shot a hundred meters into the air!
The trash mountain lit up as bright as day.
The remaining guards stood frozen, their torches falling to the ground.
Lin Yan drew back his arm. The flames dispersed, revealing completely unharmed skin. He looked down at his hands, and the corners of his mouth curled into a dangerous smile.
"This start... isn't half bad."
[Main quest issued: Find your lost kin.] [Objective: Find Portgas D. Ace (current coordinates: heading toward Drum Kingdom on the Grand Line)] [Time limit: 30 days] [Reward: Ability template draw ×1, bond system unlocked]
Lin Yan looked toward the sea, a blazing light kindling in his eyes.
"Ace..."
"In this life, you won't set sail alone again."
"Your big brother is coming to find you."
[Ding-] [Timeline change detected: Goa Kingdom trash mountain burning halted.] [Calculating butterfly effect...] [Warning: Marine Headquarters has received a report of an "unknown flame ability user." Cipher Pol has begun to act.]
In the darkness, Lin Yan stepped out of the burning trash mountain.
Behind him were towering flames and panicked cries.
Ahead lay the sea and a future that was about to be changed completely.
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