Yo, so Ark's ability allows him to transform into an animal and use their traits or abilities. The second part allows him to use those powers in his human/base form.*

If you guys couldn't guess by now, that cover picture is how my character looks. He obviously doesn't have that drip yet, but best believe after chapter Three this story is gonna heat up.


Also I do not own One Piece

"Pant, pant. That's one thousand strikes."

Zano, exhausted, fell face first onto the ground.

"Wow, you've been training hard, huh?" I asked.

Slowly getting up from the ground, "of course, I'll beat you no matter what. Since you just got lucky."

Detransforming from a cheetah, "luck is a skill, and you won't be beating me anytime soon, Zano. You're just too stubborn to see that." I nonchalantly stated.

"Lies! Just you wait!"

We continued to train everyday, slowly surpassing our limits in the process.

(Seven year timeskip)

A man with white hair, red eyes, and daggers was sparing with his partner. Another man with spiky black hair, black eyes, and a longsword.

"Rrrghh!" (Cling) Zano grunted.

"Looks like you've gotten stronger, Zano."

"What do I look like? A weakling?!" (Boom)

Away from the battle was an old man gazing onward.

"Ahhh. These two idiots are fighting again? Well it's been seven years… Now, it's time for them to begin their journey, as pirates." Shadow said.

"Oi! Idiots! Come here!" He yelled.

Our battle stopped in its tracks. We looked confused and did as Shadow said.

"Wassup, old man!" Zano excitedly said.

"Yo." I calmly greeted.

"We're leaving this island, get on the boat."

We both had shocked expressions. "That was sudden, damn, ok then." I said.

"Why?!" Zano demanded.

"You guys are going to become pirates since you despise those Marines. Your journey must start somewhere? Right!"

"Tch!"

"Ya, that's great and all but where are we going?" I asked.

"To the east blue." Shadow answered.

"Are there strong opponents there?" Zano asked.

"Not necessarily."

"Weaklings! Take me somewhere bowerful!" (Purposeful type o, have bower in life!)

"What? Why'd you say power like that? And fine I'll take you to the Grandline, Ark you're going to the east blue. There's other blues as well, just ask around." Shadow explained.

"Alright."

We all got on the boat. "It's so cramped in here!"

"Shhhh, there's nothing we can do about it." I said.

"Tch! You're always so calm and collected, it's so damn annoying!"

"You're always so loud, rambunctious, angry. It's quite annoying to deal with." I replied.

(Rumble) (Rumble)

Zano instantly got up with his sword drawn.

"Get down you idiot, you can't handle a seaking." Shadow stated.

"But I-"

(Boom)

A massive seaking shot up from the ocean ready to attack.

"Hmph." Shadow grunted.

A red and white force appeared, making the seaking retreat in a hurry. As soon as we saw the strange power we immediately passed out.

"Whew, I used too much force, knocked these two out, oh, well."

Several hours later…

We woke up in a strange new area, "alright Zano, we've made it to the Grandline. You'll be going to an island called Little Garden."

"It sounds weak and simple. But I'll check it out."

"I know two infamous giants that live there, it'll be interesting to see how they've been."

Zano and I looked confused for a second. "Wait giants are real?!" We said in unison.

"Hahaha! I forgot you two only know of seakings and regular creatures. And yes, giants are real, they're really strong as well."

Zano had a burning look in his eyes, "yes, yes, I finally get to fight super strong opponents. Hahaha!"

With my hand over my face, "ahhh, now he's hyper."

Five hours later…

With everyone snoring on the boat. (Boom)

We hit the side of an island.

"What the?!"

Giant reptile like birds were in the sky, attacking everything in sight.

Shadow got up and took a sip of his booze. "Ahhh, looks like we're here, let's go everyone. "

Shadow docked the boat as we headed deeper in the island.

"Kabababa!"

"Gyagagaga!"

"Hehe, those laughs. Follow me." Shadow whispered.

We followed, and in a few minutes we made it to a huge area, where two giants were drinking booze.

"Hey! Dorry! Brogy!"

A couple meters away, "that voice, Shadow?" Dorry said.

They spotted us and looked ecstatic.

"Gyagagaga! Shadow, long time no see."

"Kabababa! Nice to see you again."

"How have you two been?" Shadow asked.

Dorry stepped up, "we've been ok to say the least, we're trying to make a ship, so we can sail around the world, adding giants to our crew."

"Hm, interesting."

"Who're they?" Brogy asked.

"Introduce yourselves." Shadow demanded.

Zano stood proud before the two. "I'm Zano, and I will be the greatest!"

I calmly sat on a log, saying my name. "I'm Ark. Glad to meet you."

"Oh, I almost forgot, the one with the big sword wants to stay here and train."

Brogy had a blood lusted look, "heh, alright then."

Shadow and I left the island leaving Zano behind.

"You sure he'll be ok over there? Brogy looked really excited to hear about training."

"Hehe, he'll be alright, since he claims to be the strongest."

We talked a bit more before making it to the boat and leaving the island.

"Now, it's time for you to go to the east blue." Shadow explained.

"It should be a breeze right? Since it's weaker than the Grandline."

"Don't be fooled, it may be weaker, but the east blue has some strong individuals."

"Hmph, like who?"

"Hmmm, like the warlords of the sea."

"They sound pretty powerful."

"You'll be able to catch up, just train hard."

"I guess."

We slowly headed in the direction of the east blue, going through thunderstorms, and violent waves.

(Ten days later)

"I'm starving. All I had to eat was fish, it's disgusting to me now." I stated.

Next to me was Shadow, relaxing on the boat smoking a cigarette.

"We're in the east blue now. It'll only take a bit to make it to an island."

"Finally, wait, uhhhh! I still gotta wait to eat something! This is bullshit!"

"You can't be mad at travel time. It's just how life is." Shadow explained.

"Wait, you said there's multiple blues, right? What are they called?"

"Hm, there's the north, east, south, and west blue."

I had an evil smirk on my face, "I'll travel through all the blues! Finding new people, opponents, and wom- errhm and animals. I kinda sound like Zano." I stated.

"Hahahah! Let's see if your goals will be completed. I'll say three years."

"You underestimate me Shadow. I can do it in one, then I'll train at Little Garden for another year."

Shadow rubbed his beardred chin. "We'll see, my student. Bwahaha!!"

Exhausted, "you never take anything serious."

We continued on this journey, until finally, we'd made it to the east blue.

"Wake up Ark! We're here! In the east blue!"Shadow yelled.

Yawn. "Yaaaa." I sarcastically stated.

"Tch, kids these days. You should be grateful I came all the way out here!"

Gazing into the early horizon. "Ya, whatever makes you happy."

With a vein popping from his forehead, "why you little!" (Bonk)

"What was the point of that?!" I asked.

A couple hours later, we made it to a big island with a city.

"Wow, this place is huge." I said while staring at the huge buildings."

"Heh, ya this place is called "Shells Town" it's the home of a Marine base." Shadow explained.

Instantly my head started to pulsate and I remembered something, (seventy eight years ago)

"What's that one town Luffy found Zoro at?" A random person asked.

"Oh, it was Shells Town, there's a dude named Captain Morgan there." I explained.

"Oh thanks!"

(Present)

("What the hell was that!?")

With a confused look, "you alright?"

Rubbing my head in embarrassment, "uhhhh, ya, sorry."

We walked around a bit and Shadow showed me different areas.

"Alright Ark, I have things to do, find a pirate crew, get stronger, and live."

Shadow went on his way and left the island.

"Guess I need to set my bearings."

I walked around and saw a place called "Food Foo."

"I'm broke and starving, but maybe they'll give me the job?"

Walking into the store, many men with beers laughed aloud. "Bahaha! Axe hand Morgan! What a dumb name for a Marine Captian."

"Ya! Have you seen his son?! He looks so stupid! Ahahah!" The drunken men laughed.

I glanced around the old restaurant, spotting the owner.

"Hey, can I get a job here, I'm broke."

She stared at me for a couple seconds, making me slightly uncomfortable. "What are you good at?" She asked with sincerity.

"I can cook, clean, and I'm pretty smart." I replied.

"Ok, we need a pair of extra hands around here anyway. I'm Ririka, and this is my daughter, Rika."

"Hello." Rika greeted.

"My name is Ark."

"Alright then Ark, your first job is to… Clean up after these guys and wash their dishes."

"Yes, ma'am."

I slowly cleaned up, the drunken men stumbled out the door talking bad about the Marines and their leadership. Until a group of grunts confronted them.

"Hey look, I-Its those Marines."

"Y-ya, hicc-we g-gotta do something about them."

On patrol were two Marine grunts looking for something.

"Hey! W-what're y-you guys doing here? Huh?!"

They both looked confused and stood their ground.

"We are a part of the navy- sniff, sniff. Ugh, you reek of booze."

"W-was that an insult?" The drunk man yelled.

"No I wasn't-"

The man threw a punch hitting the Marine and started a fight. The Marine dusted off and got up from the ground.

"Tch, alright, scum. Guess you wanna be arrested! But first."

The Marine grunts cracked their knuckles, beating the two drunk men up, and arresting them. In the old restaurant, ("These Marines have no chill. Looks like I gotta tread carefully.")

Cleaning more and more until the old restaurant looked sorta new again. Ririka came back and had a shocked expression.

"Wow, good job Ark!"

Tired out, "t-thanks, I guess."

"Here's thirty berries."

My eyes were filled with joy. "Thank you."

Outside the restaurant, "yessir! I got money!" I yelled.

"He acts like a child, interesting." Ririka stated.

"Now, what do I need? Probably an item that can conceal my presence. Hmm, oh! A smoke bomb, I am an assassin after all."

I ran around the city searching for a weapons shop.

"Pant, pant. Finally! This place is called "Znazy's tools" what kind of name is that?!"

Walking in a massive dust cloud hit me, ("what is going on in this place")

From the distance, "cough, cough. Ahh, sorry about that, just reopening the shop. The names Shen, whadda bout you?" He asked.

"My name is Ark, glad to meet you."

"Whatcha in here for?"

"A smoke bomb or an explosive."

He dug through a pile of boxes throwing out strange items. "Ok here ya go."

He tossed me a bag of smoke bombs. "That'll run ya… Twenty five berries."

With a concerned look, "damn! Inflation is crazy in this town! Overpriced ass smoke bombs."

I gave him the money and left.

"I need another source of income, this ain't cutting it right now. I'm down to five berries after one purchase! Life is hard out here. I could always… Do a second job though."

I immediately ran back to Shen's shop. "Whew, can I get a job here?"

"Hmm"

Shen glanced at my attire. I was wearing, black shoes, black pants, and a gray jacket.

"Sure, why not."

("Let's gooo!")

"Thank you sir. What time do I have to come in, since this will be my second job?"

"Just come in at… Six p.m."

"Ok, you gotta deal."

I quickly left Shen's shop, heading back to "Food Foo."

"Alright, I'm back." (Knock) (Knock)

"Open the door! Rika! Ah! Damnit! Where the hell is Ark?!"

The door slowly opened, "oh, it's you Ark!"

From the kitchen, "Finally! Ark you're late! This is your night shift!" Ririka yelled.

Yawn, I scanned the room, many people were eating and enjoying their food. While stretching, "ok, time to get down to business."

I hurriedly went around, taking orders, cleaning up, and giving multiple people booze.

A little while later, "why were you so late Ark?!" Ririka angrily asked.

I rubbed the back of my head thinking of an excuse. "To be completely honest, I was exploring the city, which made me lose track of time."

"You gotta be here at the start of the night shift! That's when we're the busiest!" She yelled.

"Ahh, I understand."

"Clean the entire kitchen, for your troubles." She said with an evil smile.

I casually slowched into the kitchen, to see a mountain of dishes and piles of trash.

("Pain, welp, gotta get it over with. Ririka was hella mad that I was late, the shift starts at four thirty anyway!")

After throwing trash, sweeping, mopping, and washing. I left the shop and went to find somewhere safe to sleep.

"The note in the shop said it was seven, and I've been there for four hours so, it should be Eleven at night. Brrrr, it's really cold out here." (Stomp) (Stomp)

("What's that noise? Wait, are those Marines!") I thought.

Several Marines were patrolling the city in search of suspicious people.

"Attention! Grunts!"

"Sir!"

"There have been sightings of theft in this city. If any of you see a strange person, arrest them immediately!" He said with assertion.

A grunt at the back of the line rose his hand, "um, Vice Captain Jack?"

"Yes?"

"Isn't it unjust, what if someone is just getting some fresh air."

"Hahaha! Justice? That doesn't matter here. We are the Navy, we smite pirates and protect the people. If someone is stealing, they must be stopped, and if we arrest innocent civilians, we'll just let them go." Jack proudly explained.

"I-I understand now sir."

"Great! Now, men, begin the hunt! This is for the Navy!"

"Sir!"

They marched off, some going in different directions.

("What was that speech? That Jack guy is really proud to be a Marine. I must be careful, I don't want to stir up trouble and get a bounty on my head this early.")

I ended up going through a nearby neighborhood and resting on a sturdy tree branch.

Yawn, "guess I'll be sleeping here for the night. Don't wanna get hunted by those Marines." (Zzz)

After falling asleep, commotion started to happen in the city.

"Don't let him escape!" A grunt yelled to the others.

"I got him!"

"Ahh, let go of me man!" A hooded man begged.

Vice Captain Jack walked up. "This is justice, villain. Arrest him!"

"But, sir! He was just leaving his house!" A grunt explained.

The vice Captain took out a huge blade from his hip. "Did… I stutter?" He asks.

With a slight stutter, "n-no sir."

A few meters back were a couple Marine grunts talking about the leadership in Shells Town.

"Captain Morgan is a ruthless leader, but this guy is all for false justice."

"True, the Navy needs to retire them." They whispered.

The grunts talked amongst themselves as Jack ordered them all to continue their patrol.

(The next day)

The sunlight came down going through the tree leaves hitting my face.

Yawn, "uhh, what time is it? I really needa invest in a watch sometime soon. Guess I gotta head to work now."

I made it to the old restaurant, upon my arrival, was a pissed off Ririka.

"Took you long enough!" Ririka said with anger.

"I just woke up, sorry. And don't you have your own set of keys?"

With embarrassment on her face, "I-I lost them."

"Pfft, and I'm the child."

"Damn you!"

I opened the door and got ready, sweeping up the dusty floor, to organizing the ingredients.

About an hour later, customers slowly came rushing in, ordering pancakes, eggs, and other breakfast items to start their day.

"Here Ark, bring this to table three." Ririka said.

"Alright."

I carefully brought the food and served it to nearby customers. After my shift was over I got some money and went to Shen's shop.

"Yo!"

"Hmm, oh, how ya doin today, Ark?" He asked.

"I'm doin alright, I wanted to see if I could buy a watch from here."

Shen looked at me with confusion. "What in tarnation is that?!"

"You've never heard of a watch before? Well now that you mention it… I haven't seen any clocks around here either."

Shen curiously went in the back and pulled out a mysterious metal box.

"My old pal from within the east blue gave me this box before he left for the Grandline. He says it could be very useful for telling time. I'm too old to use this now, I'll let you have it." Shen explained.

With my brain bursting with excitement I gladly took him up on his offer. ("I'll make good use of this watch. I don't really care for friendships or backstory anymore, for some reason. I feel numb to emotion, what's going on with me?!") I thought to myself.

"Thanks, Shen for giving me this historical item."

Shen had a grin on his face, "I'm glad ya like it! But it's time for work… To begin!"

"What do I gotta do?" I calmly asked.

"Hmm, put the gadgets on the right shelf, the weapons in the middle, and clean the floor. I'll do the rest."

I understood the instructions and got to work, the gadgets were scattered everywhere, massive boxes of weapons were piled in the back, and the floor was filthy.

"Ahh, this is gonna take a while." I stated.

I got started by sorting out the gadgets, and placing them in different boxes. After that I began putting them on the right shelf. Next were the huge boxes of weapons, I dumped them out and saw, swords, pistols, and gauntlets?

("What're gauntlets doing in his shop? How long has he been collecting?") I thought.

Beginning with the process, I sorted out each weapon category.

"Ok, so the swords go here, and the pistols there. I'll put the gauntlets… Up here for now."

After a bit of sorting Shen walks up. "Hey, how ya doin? Wow, it looks much better in here! Great job!"

"Haha, thanks. I just need to finish the floor."

Shen had a stern look, "yes! Of course! I'll see ya later!"

He walked off into the distance, shutting the back door. (Scrub) (Scrub) "What was that all about?"

After scrubbing the ground with an old sharp sponge, I left a note saying, "I've finished Shen! Thanks again for the watch!"

"Whew, finally out of there. I'm burnt out, definitely gonna skip my night shift." (Boom)

Commotion was up ahead. "Run! Keugh!"

"Kekeke. One down! Boom, boom, boom! Kekeke!"

A grunt from the sidelines came forward. "V-vice captain Jack?"

With an annoyed face, "what is it?! I'm hunting criminals! This is for justice! Kekeke!" The wicked vice captain mocks.

"I just think it's wrong."

In an instant there was a bullet through his head. From a few blocks away I just witnessed an ally get murdered by a Marine. At that moment many memories of the past came rushing in, and my anger erupted.

A loud voice from the distance, "You!" I yelled.

"Hmph! Who the hell are you!"

(Crack) ("I'll use the speed of a cheetah.") I thought.

I dashed towards him pulling my daggers out and preparing for the incoming massacre.

(Boom) (Boom) Jack shoots multiple times missing.

"Tch, you little rat! Whatever!" (Drop)

(Swoosh) "You're fighting hand to hand? What a mistake!" (Slash)

"Ahhh!!!"

The blood from Jack's severed arms spewed everywhere. The grunts from before looked horrified.

"Aw, how gruesome, you deserve it though."

"Heh, that's what he gets!" They chatted amongst themselves.

"An opening!"

I swiftly slashed upwards, destroying one of his eyes. Then began to rapidly slash, until the tyrant was down.

The Marine grunts saw an opportunity to finish me off while I was weakened.

"Look he's down!"

"This could be our chance to defeat a powerful foe!"

The lot of them ran towards my fatigued body, with katanas in hand.

"Huff, huff, I must take them down."

Shaking, I stood up, holding my left dagger to my face.

"Arrghhh!" They yelled. Making their way towards me.

"Pant, pant… If I die here… Zano… Shadow… I refuse!"

My speed was at its peak, I pulled out all the stops against them.

"What is this speed?!" A grunt questioned.

I cleanly cut through a grunt's arm, then slashed his eyes making him blind. Afterward I threw into the crowd for a safe exit.

"Insane! H-how did he finesse us like that?!"

"The pain! Gaaah!" The grunt cried.

"Damnit, how're we gonna defeat someone like this? Wait, heh, I have an idea. Hey you, where's Jack's rifle?"

The navie grunt pointed towards the weapon. "Hehe, thanks. Take this!" (Boom)

"Arrgh. Damn you!"

The bullet had a direct hit on my leg making my movements slower.

The grunts had a small celebration and began the assault.

"Get'em!"

"Ya!"

I had a smile on my face, "Guess I gotta push myself to the breaking point."

With my clothes tattered and bloodied. I ripped my shirt/jacket off to move better.

("That should do it. (Breath) I'll win this and leave this island, I don't need a bounty right now.") I thought.

I dashed in, clashing with two grunts.

"H-hey he's overpowering us, we need a little help!"

A grunt from behind swung his katana, "Tch, how annoying." I stated.

Kicking him backwards, "Ugh! I… c-can't." (Drop)

A couple meters away was the leader of this rag-tag group.

"He's out after one attack, how weak! Since he's occupied with those two he won't be able to see this coming." (Boom)

("I knew it. That blood lusted idiot shot! The bullets will hit me in three… two… dodge. Heh, this enhanced hearing works well.")

Before the bullet came in contact with me, I jumped in the air kicking the two grunts away.

"What reflexes!" The grunt leader stated.

I began the counter attack, going in for sudden attacks and backing off immediately for coverage.

"Damnit! We can't even hit the guy!"

"Let's all charge in at once."

"Ya!"

They started by circling around me, making any chance of escape impossible.

"You guys really wanna do this? Hmph, fine by me!"

They thrust their blades forward.

"Keugh!"

Several blades pierced through my skin.

"Ha! We got him!"

"Yes! He's down!"

("Damn the animal's survival instinct is kicking in. I gotta ru- no! I refuse! This will be a testament of my strength.") I thought.

My facial expression became sharp and my body felt hot.

"Ahhh, I'll crush you all!"

Heat swirled around me giving me protection, I started to counter attack by defecting, dodging, and reading their movements.

Three grunts came in for a sneak attack, as soon as their unrefined blades came in contact with my flames they slowly melted away.

"Impossible."

I swiftly turned around and slashed their necks open. More and more of it fell to my daggers, my blood lust was at its peak. The Marines started to panic and tried to retreat.

"The hunt begins."

I quickly dashed in killing enemies in my path, my flames dispersed. Seconds later, two grunts came from the shadows and attempted to attack. I immediately back stepped and threw my daggers in different directions killing them both.

"It's still not over, those bastards are probably going to make it into the Marine base. If that happens, my plans will be ruined." I explained.

I headed towards the Marine base to intercept those that made it there. Upon arriving, a bullet was shot from above almost hitting me.

"Damnit, I barely missed em! Hey, give me visuals! Where'd he go?" The grunt leader ordered.

In a dark alleyway away from the Marine base, ("is that bastard still up there shooting? There's no way outta this huh?")

I threw a smoke bomb to catch the sniper's attention, in that moment several bullets were fired.

"He's giving away his position! Attack him!"

About ten grunts with old katanas came running down the hill, loud stomping is all you heard for a couple seconds. As they reached the smoke, two daggers came flying out, heavily injuring two of the grunts.

"Heh, gotcha." I said with a smirk.

After the slight interaction the Marines attacked the empty smoke.

"You're mine!"

"We'll kill you!" They roared.

From the top of a building, "behind you guys! Damn I missed em!" The grunt leader shouted.

("It's too late now!")

"Ugh"

"Keugh"

The Marine grunts fell one by one.

"D-damnit! He's too fast to hit! Ahhh!"

"You'll pay for that! Ugh!"

Minutes later the Marine grunts were down, "now where's the leader of these punks?"

From afar, "how useless! I'll just report this to Captain Morgan. That'll show'em." He stated.

After searching for a few hours, "I give up. He's probably already told the Navy. I'll have to leave this island now."

I checked my watch and it was 5:00 a.m. "Shen will open his shop in a few hours I'll need some rest, since I'm going on a long journey from here. I may venture to the Grandline."

(The next day)

(Stomp) (Stomp)

From the middle of the street was a man with an axe for an arm, and thirty Marine grunts behind him.

"Errm, is this thing on?" He said loudly.

A grunt behind him replies. "Y-yes it is, Captain Morgan, sir."

"Tch, I knew that! Now! People of Shells Town! Last night a man with… White hair, brown skin, and red eyes, murdered many grunts and a vice captain! This is his new bounty, we want him alive or dead! He's worth Ten Million berries!" Captain Morgan explained.

Many bounty hunters spread across the city, trying to find this strange man.

"Hehe, this is revenge, bastard. Let's go men! I'm quite hungry."

On the top of a huge tree, (Stomp)

"What's all that noise?"

"We must find that guy!"

"Ya he's worth Ten Million berries! Crazy!"

I ruffled my hair and had a dreadful look on my face.

"They're coming for me. I knew I should've looked for that smiley, sniping, bastard! Damnit! I'll just keep a low profile, and have a hoodie on for a few days."

(Later that day)

I quietly ran through the streets of Shells Town, making it to Shen's shop.

"Yo! Shen? Open up!"

The door opened silently, with a dark smile, Shen opened the door.

("What was that look?! It's probably nothing.") I thought.

"How ya doin?"

"I got a bounty Shen, I need your help getting off the island."

("Hehe, I'll take you out swiftly and get that prize money! Sorry Ark but this is how life is!") Shen plotted.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but I'll help ya why not." He kindly said.

Shocked by his words, "Thanks!"

Shen walked to the back grabbing several items including a boat.

"Let's go."

We sailed out to sea, passing different islands in the process.

"Hey Shen, were we headed?" I asked.

"To the barite, a fantastic place where different people eat at."

Yawn, "really now? Well, I'm going to bed."

("Perfect, it's over Ark I never trusted you to begin with!")

Shen pulled out a long spiky dagger, "Perish!" He shouted.

He stabbed me in the stomach, "keugh… Wh-what, are you doing? Shen?"

"This is the world of pirates, bounty hunters, and Marines. Learn to trust no one and this would've never happened. Hahahahaha! I'll now be rich! And take the prize of your dead body! Hahaha!" Shen said with zero remorse.

("What? Don't trust anyone? Yes, Ark, hehehe. Don't trust, unlock more of this power you have, harness it. Forget about emotions, friends, and rivals. mere stepping stones for your development. Use them, and gain strength beyond your wildest dream!") The voice said.

With my daggers in hand and a blank face I stood up.

"You're gonna fight me with that wound? How stupid! I thought ya was smarter than that! Hahaha!"

"Silence."

Seconds later, Shen's head was floating in the ocean, then suddenly my head was burning?

"What is this?"

A tab in my mind opened saying, "what will you take: full length knowledge, combat skill, or learn the abilities.

"What the? If I think of this hypothetically, what if this was for Shen? He had no combat skill or powers so I'll take everything he learned over his life."

"Selection made."

Millions of memories and knowledge was forced into my mind so I could never forget it.

"Hehehe! This power is incredible! But I gotta calm down, I'll head to Grandline for now let's change course!"