In a little-known building on the outskirts of Russel, Lao Han Shi was sitting at a desk overlooking his underground operation.
Naked workers beavering away at lab equipment frantically work at their allotted tasks.
Lao Han Shi took a puff of his cigarette, with his feet on his desk.
"Oi, you there! No slacking off!"
At Lao Han Shi's order, one of the naked women tensed like an abused child, "Yes, sir!".
Despite this obedient answer, the foreman still came with his whip and gave the naked women a lashing.
Her howls of pain are a standard occurrence, no one stops to bat an eye.
"Tch. Lab rats these days are getting more lackadaisical.." Said Lao Han Shi, who continued to count the wads of cash being brought to him. "Heh heh, business is a-booming"
And boom it did.
*BOOM!*
The door to the lab slams open, Swiss standing with his leg in the air and with a smile of conviction.
Behind him is Jinzo, awkwardly scratching his head.
"Nani? What kind of fucked orgy is this? A science kink?" Swiss asked after inspecting the cramped room with equipment and naked people.
"No, this is one of the labs where my step uncle's organization synthesizes Sped."
'Sped?' Swiss pondered what he just heard as he licks his finger and dips it in a pile of white powder, tasting it.
Narcotics were a thing in One Piece Online.
Though very expensive and only available on a certain island, they still existed. Many of the them would give benefits.
One of such narcotics was Sped, which would-
"It makes you wired. Great for troops that need to fight for days on end." Jinzo explained.
"Jinzo?" Lao Han Shi stood from his desk and approached, "What are you doing here?"
"Ah, Lao Han Shi-sama. How are you?" Jinzo replied courteously.
"I'm good. Wasn't expecting an inspection this evening?"
"That's the sign of a good inspection. Ah, this is my friend." Jinzo sheepishly introduced Swiss and Lao Han Shi, the latter of which did not extend for a handshake.
They continued talking, but to Swiss it sounded like 'blahblahblah'.
The sped was starting to kick in.
In the game of OPO, all sped did was increase your movement speed. But Swiss felt like this was more than that. A rush of certainty swept over him.
Right now, Swiss felt like he could take on the world.
"Yes, yes. I'm happy the family is ok." The conversation had been going while Swiss was tripping balls, "But Jinzo, you still haven't outright told me the nature of your visit. Why are you here really?"
"Well, the thing is…" Jinzo struggled to find the words.
No words were needed.
The fist of Swiss planted itself squarely into Lao Han Shi's face, sending him crashing against a table. White powder wafted in the air like mist.
"WE'RE HERE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT!" Swiss yelled, his pupils now dilated.
The naked people in the lab gasped before hurrying themselves out like they knew the drill. These types of attacks weren't out of the ordinary.
"I think you mean we're here to make a withdrawal, Swissan.." Jinzo corrected.
"Ah! Right! WE'RE HERE TO MAKE A WITHDRAWAL!"
Jinzo twitched his ears. A large group was coming.
Into the room came eight or so yakuza armed with katanas. Swiss and Jinzo unsheathed blades of their own.
"LEZ GEDDIT NOOBS!" Swiss flailed his sword around like a mad man. Cutting down any who dared engage. None were a match for his crack head awareness.
Jinzo got to work also, skillfully dispatching men of his own. His swordsmanship could almost be mistaken for an elegant dance.
"TROLOLOLOL!" Swiss laughed elatedly, "THIS IS GREAT! I'VE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE!"
Dead yakuza members soaking their suits with blood laid at his feet, much to the dismay of Swiss who wanted to keep fighting.
*Click*
"Freeze!"
Swiss turns to see a yakuza with a pistol aimed at him.
"Shit…" Swiss stared down the barrel of the gun. Even though he was high on sped and somewhat delusional, he knew that at his current level there was no way he could outdo a firearm.
For a brief moment, he felt his life was flashing before his eyes, until…
*STAB!* A crimson blade impales the yakuza, who falls, revealing Jinzo's small frame.
Jinzo does a nod that says 'You good?', to which Swiss exhales in relief.
"Niceeee! I thought I was a goner there." Swiss wiped the blood from his cutlass on the suit of a dead yakuza and sheathed it. "Not gonna lie, this the first time I have killed."
"For real?" Jinzo could not hide the surprised expression on his face.
"No cap. To be honest I didn't even know I had it in me. This Sped is some next-level shit."
"Yeah, well, it's also highly addictive. I'd watch myself if I were you." Jinzo asserted.
"Okayyy Daddd." Swiss teased, "Just for openings and race days, eh?"
Swiss and Jinzo wasted no time in grabbing all the cash they could from the sped lab. The amount was much more than Lockett had given Swiss for his errand.
"Jackpot. Let's get the fuck outta here." Swiss said, slinging a massive sack full of belli over his shoulder.
"Okay, just one more thing."
Jinzo stood over the dazed Lao Han Shi, who gazed upwards.
"Jinzo… why?" Lao Han Shi reached out to Jinzo.
"Truth is, Lao Han Shi-sama. I always hated you."
Jinzo's sword pierced through Lao Han Shi, killing him.
Outside, the many workers huddled together, watching the lab with their jaws dropped.
Through the doors came Jinzo and Swiss, carrying bags of belli. The lab behind them erupted into flames.
They walked on through.
Never looking back.
The morning sun had emerged by the time Jinzo and Swiss made their way to the heart of Russel.
They split up. Jinzo left to buy a horse and wagon. Swiss went to buy the order of booze on the list that Lockett gave him.
"Are you kidding me? The price is still ridiculous."
"You've already haggled it down by 30%!" The gruff booze dealer glanced at the large sack hoisted on the shoulders of Swiss.
"Trololol. Just kidding. Here." Swiss reached into the sack and gave the gruff man more money than the agreed price, and even more than what the original price was before their bartering.
"Young man, this is too much.." He said to him.
Swiss simply winked at him, "But I insist."
The two of them got to chatting about casual affairs- the kids, this and that, until Jinzo arrived with the horse and wagon.
"Ahoy!" Swiss called out to him, "Wow, quite the beast you got there."
Tied to the humble wagon was a horse as black as the night sky. Jinzo hopped down, "And quite the load you got there."
Swiss chuckled, "Bro, that was kinda suss."
After loading the wagon with barrels of brew and crates of sake and rum, Swiss and Jinzo bid the gruff booze dealer adieu.
"Stop here real quick." Swiss tapped Jinzo on the forearm, getting down from the wagon.
"What are you doing?" Jinzo asked.
"I gotta get some stuff," Swiss replied, entering a general store.
Inside, Swiss purchased a pack of cigars, a pair of circular sunglasses, and maps of all the four blues.
"You got any charters of the Grand Line?"
"No, I'm afraid."
"Fair enough." Swiss figured this would be the case.
He wondered how much of the Grand Line had been mapped out by the time Luffy started his adventure.
'Perhaps I've been sent to a time that predated any maps of paradise or the new world?'
He then exited the store, feeling epic with his John Lennon-like glasses.
"Got what you needed?" Jinzo politely asked.
"Yep. Let's gtfo."
Swiss left Russel triumphantly with more money he arrived with.
And more friends too.