A bright light shined at Tao's resting eyes, he squinted his eyes in annoyance, right now he didn't want to wake up,he wanted to lay back in his chair and just sleep forever; however the bright rays of light coming through his window disagreed with Tao, he cracked his neck a bit to get him put out of the early morning funk.

Tao was dressed in a silky white robe which looked very similar to his gi, it even had the infamous "KILL YOU" sign on the back.

As he took his first step of the day he knocked several empty wine bottles across the floor, usually, this would be the sign of an obvious alcoholic, ever since Tao drank from the eternal elixir his body would heal much faster than others.

While it took him decades to heal from being the horribly disfigured atrocity Son Goku turned him into, most cuts and burns healed in minutes, he didn't have to worry about internal bleeding or broken bones unless he exerted too much ki; in fact he didn't even have to train to upkeep his body (Though this doesn't stop him from his rigorous training)

However, despite all these luxuries, immortality did have one downside:

BOREDOM.

Fighters these days only lasted one or two strikes before they dropped dead, the only people he's meet in the past century that he knew have survived his attacks is his old mercenary team and those gems.

Those gems…

THE BOY!

The gems were probably training the boy, that's why the one called Pearl was trying to kill him he was their apprentice. Now that's what Tao needed, a new apprentice, a loyal apprentice, his last apprentice was in the mid-seventies and while he perfected every physical technique Tao had, he refused to open his mind to any spiritual training.

But children like Steven are so easy to mold. Tao quickly threw off his robe, put his pink gi on and headed outside.

*GRUUUUUUUUUUUULLL*

Tao's stomach had to remind him that the only food he had eaten in the past few days were fried bits, coffee, and some juice, he wouldn't mind a genuine meal.

Unfortunately, Beach Cities food seemed to consist of gimmicks or unhealthy snacks, Tao decided to try that pizza place he passed by yesterday.

The first thing he noticed when he walked in was the fish, more precisely its smell. The smell overpowered any other scents that may have been in the room, though the customers there didn't really seem to mind.

"JENNY! Customer ten o'clock!" The thickly accented man yelled at one of his twin daughters.

She gave a smug laidback look with her eyes nearly closed. "Daddy it's two P.M…." The father did not look amused at all by this joke though, to be honest, it made Tao chuckle a bit.

When Tao lifted up the piece of pizza it automatically slumped down as if even the pizza itself knew it was bad.

Despite the pizzas near inedible quality he did enjoy the sides he ordered, the potato wedges were excellent, it made him wonder why didn't the place just serve fries.

However, Tao's meal was interrupted by the ranting of a human potato with hair.

"Don't be deceived by the snake in the grass people! The World Government is after this man for a reason, he's an experiment gone rogue!" He was waving around several fliers as well as a wanted poster that he clearly printed out from his computer.

Ronaldo passed out a wanted poster to each restaurant patron, though each person crumbled up and tossed out each hand out.

Ronaldo younger (And much more balanced) brother Peede, stepped in to try and stop him from embarrassing himself.

"Uh, Ronaldo… I think you should know-"

"No need to thank me for opening your eyes, Peede! The only thank's I need is the knowledge that the once small minded people of Beach City now see the world as-" He was cut off by Peede's loud clap to get his attention.

"You know people can photoshop pictures of people to make fake wanted posters right?"

"Yeah but-"

"And you got this one of the internet right? Not from an official paper drop off?"

"Yeah but-"

"And look right here you can see the official website you printed it out from." Peede pointed to the bottom right which in small font read "not officially affiliated with the World Government".

"Well. Yeah! PFTTTTTT! I Uhh. UHHHH! Like PFFT CUFFFF!" Ronaldo continued to scoff constantly as he stormed away, likely to blog about this.

Peede let out a bothered sigh, then turned to Tao.

"Sorry about my brother, he's pretty weird."

"Does Beach City get a lot of wanted posters?" Peede almost laughed.

"Nay, with all the crazy superheroes, villains, and pirates Beach City is pretty much the only safe place in the world… You know aside from the occasional rock monster."

After finishing the meal, Tao headed outside only to hear a series of screams and metal clanks.

A large orange gem monster with purple spots began to storm the beach, it was about the size of a beetle car, its round body with spikes covering its head was being carried by its two hulking arms that were thick like logs and despite not having eyes it did little to hinder the monster's ability to terrorize.

This would no more challenging than some light breathing exercises.

However, Tao was stopped hard when he saw the same girl from yesterday charging at the monster wielding a pink sword that should've been to much for her to carry.

"HERE I GO!" The beast swatted at Connie but the young sword fighter flipped through the air easily avoiding its strike, while in mid-air Connie gave a quick swing to the monsters back while it failed to poof it, it did do some serious damage.

The beast roared in rage and began to charge at the young warrior like a mad bull, but Connie didn't run, at least she didn't run away.

With the two charging at one another it looked like Connie would surely be flattened, but right as the gem tried to strike her Connie dropped to her knees and started sliding towards it, she quickly thrust the sword impaling the creatures round belly, as second later the monster poofed away leaving behind a small orange gem.

Intrigued by her skill a new idea was soon planted in Tao's mind. "Perhaps a second disciple would further benefit me."

Connie wiped the sweat from her brow and took a quick chug of one of the water bottles her mother packed her.

"WHEW Oh hey Mr. Tao!" She greeted the seasoned warrior politely.

"Hello their child, I must say you were very impressive dealing with that beast."

Connie blushed a bit.

"Oh well you know, I've been training with Pearl for a while so I guess I should be pretty good."

So Tao's theory was correct the gems have been training their own warriors, interesting.

"I see. Tell me how many students do the gems have as of now?" If Tao was going be a teacher again he would need to know all he can about his potential rival.

"Oh. Just me and Steven sir."

Really that was it? If the gems were so focused on training just two kids then why weren't they any better.

"I see. How would you feel like training under me? Under my tutelage, you will become a master swordsman and I'll even teach you some moves that not even those gems can." Tao saw the excitement in Connie's eyes for a brief moment but it quickly disappeared.

"No. No I'm sorry I can't, with school coming up and Mom wanting me to plan for college I can't balance all of this-

"Bring your parents over for dinner tomorrow at Seven I'm sure I can change their minds." If this was Tao awhile back he would have simply killed the Maheswaran and kidnapped Connie but this was the new Tao, so there was an eighty percent chance he wouldn't kill them.

"Oh, where would you like to go, Kofi's Pizza?"

"My place, make sure to come at seven sharp." Connie was mildly stunned this was the first time she was going eat at a super fancy place(even if that place was some rich guys house).

As Tao walked back home a weasely man with purple hair dressed entirely in white quickly scurried into a back alley, he was breathing heavily as if he had just experienced a life and death situation.

"Haaa... Ha… Crap that was terrifying." This man was an agent of the Cipher Poll branch of the World Government, his name was Spandam.

"Come on. Come on. Pick up Lucci!" Spandam clutching the Den Den Mushi shaking but then like a breath of fresh air Lucci picked up.

Lucci along with a small group of agents approached an old church in the hills.

"What is it Spandam?" Lucci was clearly agitated when he heard Spandams croaking voice.

"It's him! It really is Tao! Apparently, that blogger was right!" There was a long pause between the two.

"Interesting…"

"Interesting!? This isn't interesting for me! Do you know what he's going do to me?! Why the hell did you even send ME here?"

"Stop whining dumbass, you're so weak I doubt that he'll even notice you." Spandam was on some level relieved despite Lucci's unyielding verbal abuse.

"So what is our next move."

"Stay there for now and keep an eye on him, I'll inform the Gorosei then we will go from there." Lucci quickly hung up.

As they approached a small town, a swordsman with a sharp nose walked next to his side

"So, you ready?" Lucci nodded his head as the two came face to face with the former warlord of the sea.

"So I'm guessing your Crocodile?" The large man merely ignored them while taking a sip of his drink.

"Kuhahaha. CP0 huh? I didn't think my new crew has drawn this much attention, oh well, I suppose we should get rid of any witnesses."

Lucci raised a confused eyebrow.

"We?"

"Oh let me introduce you to a friend of mine. Tell me, have you ever heard of the Bayonet priest?" The second Crocodile said that a bayonet was thrown a Lucci at hypersonic speeds; before it could impale Lucci Kaku intercepted the blade cutting it half with his own sword.

"Who in the hell?"

A large scarred priest began to ominously walk towards the marines, he bore an intense look of a bloodthirsty warrior all the while delivering a prayer while cherishing a blade in each hand, he bore an insane look of a bloodthirsty warrior all the while delivering a prayer while cherishing a blade in each hand.

"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and for thy possession, the ends of the earth. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt dash them in pieces, like a potter's vessel. Be wise now, therefore ye kings. Be admonished ye judges of the earth. Serve the lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his wrath be kindled but a little. Amen" This was the Bayonet Priest, God's Monster, The Paladin, Father Alexander Anderson.

Lucci and Kaku began to harness their Zoan Devil Fruit transforming into a Leopard and a Giraffe respectively.

Anderson and Kaku's blades clashed creating a powerful shockwave around them sending the weaker agents flying away, Lucci charged toward Anderson but small sand tornado blocked the way the tornado soon manifested back into Crocodile.

"You and your associates are under arrest Crocodile." Fist and hook connected against one another.

"Kuhaha! I guess the World Government is getting more and more scared of me if they sent CP0 to detain me, don't think that some fancy title is going to change anything. You can fight it all you like but you will soon see, that the world is gonna change soon and there's nothing you can do to stop it!"