《With this system I will live how I wish.》 Chapter 1: A new beginning. Jax lay in his bed thinking of his life. His childhood was free he had an upper-middle class family so lived freely as a child. His intelligence made him able to cruise through life. Searching for a passion he came across many things, martial arts, science and math but the passion always faded. Becoming a stock trader he lived with money but was alone. His lack of passion led him to become become estranged from his family and he sank into depression. In his opinion life had too many rules and he longed for the worlds he saw in anime¡¯s like one piece. At this moment Jax knew he was about to die. In this final moment he wished with all his heart to leave this world and in his next life¡¯s live in one like one piece where he could become strong then live however he wished. As his prayer ended his vision faded and he felt something pulling him. As this was his end he let go. ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª [SYSTEM INITIALISATION COMPLETE] [SUITABLE HOST DESIGNATED] [MIND SCAN IN PROGRESS....COMPLETE]If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. [PROCESSING RESIDUAL THOUGHT] [VESSEL DESIGNATED] [TRANSFER PENDING....GRANTED] ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª Jax awoke to these messages coming through in a mechanical voice. The messages stirred Jax and his groggy consciousness was incable of understanding what wasn¡¯t going on. ¡°Why aren¡¯t I dead?¡± His thoughts then turned to the messages he received. ¡°It appears like a transmigration or reincarnation novel plot¡± thinking this he attempted to observe his surroundings but felt like he could not open his eyes. It was a strange feeling like floating in water but the solution seemed to be thicker as if it was pushing against him more. At this moment his eyes felt an influx of light and sound. Blinking a few times he looked around, himself eyes slowly adjusted the woman who was holding him was worried as he was not crying,she struck him on the butt and Jax shouted ¡°what the hell was that for¡± but all that came out was the crying noise of a baby. The nurse seemed relieved and he was placed in the arms of a beautiful young lady whom he assumed to be his mother. She gave a slight smile as she looked at him and he looked back. In her eyes was a deep love the maternal love only a mother could give. Jax felt moved by this and he lay in her arms. As he took in what was going on he made a promise to himself that in this life he will cherish his family and be strong enough to protect them. In this life he would live as he wanted this time he would live without regrets. Chapter 2: Adjusting It has been three months since my birth and I have learnt a lot. Firstly the world is the one piece world and I seem to have been born as a grandson of Garp. My name is Monkey D. Jax which makes life easier keeping the name. The system has rained quiet but I¡¯m not too concerned as in this world I can grow strong and even without a system I will push myself. My father seems to be a promising navy officer by the name of Monkey D. Panther yet he left to join my uncle in the revolutionary army. I have yet to see him. My mother is a loving yet rather scatter brained woman who will occasionally forget to feed my luckily my uncle Shanks has been around these months and reminds her. Yes that is correct my uncle is Shanks one of the Yonko. I was rather surprised by this but I became accustomed to his goofy smirk and realised he was like my mother a kind person. From conversations I pickup my family has decided to allow me to follow my grandfather to the navy as there I can best learn and go on to make my own choice of which path to follow. Life is rather blissful at the moment, I spend most of the time attempting to walk and doing vocal exercises to help my vocal chords develop. I succeeded in crawling at one month and have been reading since mostly learning of the devil fruits. My mother was astounded when she saw me looking concentratedly at a book on beasts, she proceeded to squeal. ¡°My wittle boys a wittle genius, eeeeee he¡¯s sho cute¡± The baby talk I¡¯ve come to understand and question, I never thought much of it my last life but would baby talk not be silly as it gives the child the wrong impression of words and even so they don¡¯t understand so why talk in such a fashion. Eveidently my words do not reach my mother as she proceeds to use such a tone. My goals for the future are to first walk and speak a few words so I can obtain intial abilities of communication.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª I am now sitting in my bed in deep concentration, before my eyes are three cards. To explain today was my 1st birthday and I was rather pleased with myself in this year I had learnt to walk albeit unsteadily as well as could speak a few words at a time. I was awoken to [SYSTEM REBOOT] [DUE TO INCREASE IN WORLD DANGER SYSTEM PROVIDES THREE DRAWS FOR INCREASED SURVIVAL RATE] A deck of cards appeared before my eyes and three were then extracted from the middle and here I am staring at three cards. I will the first card to turn over in anticipation of what¡¯s to come. [skill card] [rarity: epic] [name: Training and learning X 50] [description: all things are learnt 50 times faster and training has 50 times normal effects] This ability seemed perfect to my eyes. My excitement seemed to burn even more as I eyed the remaining cards with a lustful gaze. They both turned over and I examined the cards [technique card] [rarity: common] [name: dagger basics] [description: basic dagger techniques (most effective akimbo) essential for special techniques pertaining to daggers] [skill card] [rarity: uncommon] [name: passive agility growth] [description: agility increases by 2 for each minor stage and 20 every major stage] As the last card was read two white orbs and one green flew into my head. The system then informed me [TO GAIN MORE CARDS PLEASE PROMOTE TO NEXT MAJOR STAGE] As I saw this message I became confused but this passed soon as a personal card appeared. [name: Monkey D. Jax] [Attributes: Strength 0.5, Agility 0.5, Dexterity 0.3, Intelligence 26, Charm 100, luck 10] [skills: Training and learning X50, passive agility increase] [techniques: dagger basics] [stage: Un-awakened] [minor stage: 0] [special energy: 0/10] [TO UPRGADE STAGE PLEASE PROVIDE ENERGY FROM STRONG BEINGS OR BUILD UP VIA TRAINING] With this I knew my new goal. It was necessary to grow, I knew however as a child I couldn¡¯t workout or go kill beasts, so until at least my fifth birthday I would just run, read and meditate to strengthen my mind, body and soul. Chapter 3-Moving away. It had been three years since my first birthday and my frustration was building. I wanted to run outside and train like my life depended on it but my still growing body couldn¡¯t handle the stress. Unfortunately the 50x training speed did not effect the gaining of energy yet it helped a lot. I memorised most history concerning the blues, the grand line and even a few things on the new world not that there was much to know. My birthday was fast approaching and I was looking forward to it because my mother told me there would be a special guest. I was hoping it would be my father or grandfather even shanks would be nice (unfortunately he had to leave shortly after my first birthday, it seems being a yonko isn¡¯t as carefree as one might assume.) Maybe if I hadn¡¯t been so consumed by my birthday I would¡¯ve realised my mother¡¯s distress and clingy nature that seemed to appear. On the fateful day I turned four my grandfather Garp appeared. Just like he was portrayed the man had a carefree nature but was strict. At first I felt uncomfortable with how close he acted even though we had just met but my child like mentality overcame that and soon I was having tremendous fun. The entire day I laughed and joked with my family my presents were mostly books which I would read later. Mum-¡°son, I hope you¡¯ve had a wonderful birthday but you need to listen carefully now¡± Me-¡°what¡¯s wrong Mum¡± I had a bad feeling when my mother announced it rather seriously. Garp who was sleeping with a bubble forming on his nose seemed to wake up at this point and the atmosphere grew heavy. Mum-¡°your going to have to move away.¡±Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! Me-¡°where are we going?¡± My emotions relaxed slightly believing we were simply moving to a new island but there seemed to be something wrong with the way my mother phrased it. mum-¡°I¡¯m not going with you, I need to return to your fathers side, I wish I could stay with you but the marines are putting more pressure on the revolutionary army, I called your grandfather to look after you. At this point you don¡¯t understand the world but you need to move forward and walk your own path¡± Thankfully I understood her meaning so I didn¡¯t explode like most children would but I still felt deep pain in my heart. This was my mother, I distanced myself from my past family but I didn¡¯t want it to be the same way this life¡¯s too. My eyes turned red as I stared at my mother with wide eyes. Garp-¡°listen kid, it¡¯s hard but you¡¯ll understand as you get older besides I¡¯ll be taking you to stay with your cousin Luffy and Ace, the three of you will become like brothers and be the future admirals of the marines.¡± I couldn¡¯t help but chuckle partly from self-depreciation and part from the idea of Luffy and Ace becoming marines with what they go on to accomplish. There was a long silence no one knowing what to say. I couldn¡¯t shout that I didn¡¯t want to leave and that this was unfair because I understood it wouldn¡¯t do any good. In my mind the beginnings of a plan began to form as I planned the future. I was leaving my mother, this was something I couldn¡¯t change but I knew that this wasn¡¯t goodbye forever. Like any cliche story I had to get stronger. All the ideas and plans I had needed strength. For the next period of my life I would spend it in Foosha village. From what I remember I could train myself in the mountains and grow closer with the others. I technically had the mind of a four year old and I barely left the house so I craved friends. As Garp ship left I saw my mother wave goodbye and tears cascaded down like waterfalls but I had a big grin to reassure her my visage was rather unsightly but I new that this was just as hard for her to watch her only son leave at only four. Chapter 4- Foosha Village and a bit of training. The ship sailed slowly across the vast sea. The loneliness I felt from leaving my mother was ebbing away under the grandfather whom was somewhat over familiar. In my past life I always assumed Garp was joking with his fist of love as an endearing way to show he cares. It was not the bloody fist hurt like hell, I have no idea how he uses that hammer on his grandchildren, it was borderline child abuse. One time I tried taking some of the meat off of his plate and before I could even wrap my teeth around it for a bite I found myself hammered into the ground in a daze. Luckily people of this world are less fragile because if it was my last life I¡¯m sure I would¡¯ve been knocked out cold. Of course to make up for stronger bodies they eat far more. In particular my family had a rather voracious appetite and I was no exception. The meat we would consume if we were to have a family reunion would feed a normal family for a month at least. It was strange to think like this, I truly considered them family despite this being my second life. Garp: Alright kid your already 4 so you need some light training to prepare for the future. Seeming reasonable I nodded with a glint to my eyes excited to get started. Garp: Seeing as it¡¯s your first training session you need to build stamina so... Before I could react Garp picked my up and threw me over his shoulder. Just to remind many Garp would throw cannon balls and it would be more effective than a cannon. Thankfully he held back and he only threw me about a mile away. The boat also thankfully slowed down greatly but it took a solid ten hours to catch up to the boat. The 50x training speed was immensely useful and I even gained 9 points of energy. My stamina reserve seemed to grow greatly as well as my strength. I even gained a minor skill swimming which I when opened found a menu full of many things such as walking, speed reading and writing it seemed this system covered more than I expected. I was surprised by the amount of energy that I¡¯d accumulated and was excited to get to the next minor stage. I would probably have collapsed if it weren¡¯t for the constant tempering from 50x training. My growth was immense the 50x10 left me having the results of training for 500 hours. Although energy gain wasn¡¯t affected body was worlds apart and even Garp surprised apparently the bastard accidently used too much strength and was gonna collect me but seeing I could handle it allowed me to continue. Strangely I didn¡¯t believe him remembering Luffy¡¯s training from the manga. This training persisted for the remaining week and I gained 6 minor stages, my body was now slightly monstrous for my age. Although I didn¡¯t gain any skills my basic attributes were impressive for now.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. [Name: Monkey D. Jax] [Attributes: Strength 12, Agility 24, Dexterity 13, Intelligence 28, Charm 100, luck 10] [skills: Training and learning X50, passive agility increase] [techniques: dagger basics] [stage: Un-awakened] [minor stage: 6] [special energy: 7/10] [TO UPRGADE STAGE PLEASE PROVIDE ENERGY FROM STRONG BEINGS OR BUILD UP VIA TRAINING] My he¡¯ll like training showed significant effects and I could decimate a normal adult with ease but I would be far outmatched if I were to face real pirates. I¡¯d even managed to stop Garp from calling me brat in fact all the crew as well would call me little devil. It happened when they saw my smile when I finished training, apparently there was a devilish grin on my face and my rate of growth was simply demonic. All the female marines on board however would rush up to me when training was finished. Garp told them to quit doting one which earnt him a few glares and tongue clicks. My impecable genes seemed to trump all muahaha I shall become the great devil king. *cough cough* it seemed I was developing a mild case of chunnibyuism. The ship came to a slow when I was in the middle of a set of 1000 push-ups. We had encountered many sea kings on the voyage and Grandad had taken care of all of them I assumed it was another and continued training spurred on by the thought of the beasts. Just as I stood to wipe the sweat off Grandad kicked in the door shouted Garp: little devil we¡¯ve arrived get ready to disembark. Garp then stood in the doorway and soon a bubble started growing from his nose and deflating repeating such a process. One thing I¡¯d learned is that the reason Grandad constantly slept was because he needed to maintain his energy it was a habit he picked up from chasing roger and so in non combat situations he would sleep. My things were not hard to gather and soon I was ready and we stepped off the boat. I was excited knowing that I was going to meet my new family and I was excited to have some friends. Filled with anticipation I walked with Garp up a mountain and knocked on the door. Immediately a few shouts were heard followed by a giant of a woman opening the door and silently observing us. Chapter 5- New family and awakening. The large woman at the door who I¡¯m certain is Dadan immediately shut the door. Garp: hey don¡¯t just ignore me, you can¡¯t just shut the door. Dadan: I saw the kid with you I know your gonna ditch him here and leave him for me to take care of. Dadan shouted through the door clearly frustrated. Garp: come on open up he¡¯s got nowhere else to go Dadan: no leave and take that brat with you, in fact while your at it take Luffy and Ace with you This back and forth continued for a while, eventually Grandad convinced a Mowbray very tired and unwilling Dadan. Which meant I luckily could stay. Around an hour later Luffy, Ace and Sabo entered the house it was clear that Luffy was tagging along. At this I remained calm and gave an introduction. me: h-h-hello m-my name is Monkey D. Jax a p-pleasure to make your acquaintance ok maybe not that calm I was slightly nervous. Luffy stared at me with eyes flickering with intrigue and Sabo seemed surprised at my politeness despite my age while Ace remained aloof. Before any could react Grandad burst out laughing uncontrollably. Garp: HAHAHAHA THE LITTLE DEVIL HAHA ARE YOU NERVOUS He seemed genuinely surprised as I had remained composed throughout the entire journey and never shown much hesitation. Me: Shut it old man like I care what a foggy with one foot in the grave thinks Garp: WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME YA LITTLE DEVIL. Hmm seems like you need more education don¡¯t worry I¡¯ll reacquaint you with my fist of love. At this I ran to hide behind Luffy and the others and soon everyone was shouting. After we had all calmed down Luffy started spewing questions like a spitfire. He was curious about our relation and many other things. He seemed proud to be 5 while I was 4 in fact he was only two months til he turned 6, he also stated he was going to be the pirate king and invited me to his crew. This earnt him a lesson from Grandad which left him with a few scrapes. Ace occasionally talked but seemed to not be as chatty at the start. Grandad stayed for a few days and then left for the marines. I got along very well with Luffy, similar to Grandad he didn¡¯t seem to understand boundaries and he would cling to me and Ace whether it be sleeping playing or anything else. When we are though I realised Dadans plight she truly had difficulties with the mount we consumed and Sabo would even come over every now and again. This peaceful life continued for a few years during this time Luffy met Shanks and got the Gomu Gomu no mi and I left after that to see Shanks. I wasn¡¯t worried that my arrival would prevent it so I waited to see him. He seemed surprised and his crew were all surprised to see me as they didn¡¯t know I even existed. They¡¯d were even more surprised by my appearance I hadn¡¯t black hair with crimson streaks throughout and dark crimson eyes. My body though small could be seen to have some muscle the white skin and pearly white teeth. In fairness my nickname little devil was adopted by most not just due to my sometimes crazed smile but also my devilish looks not to say I looked bad in fact I was incredibly good looking. Shanks seemed very proud and showed off my vast intellect. I was glad that my presence seemed to change things and Shanks didn¡¯t lose an arm although he did fight the sea king it grazed him due to my shout. Luffy still got the straw hat as although I had limitless potential I necer showed interest in piracy or revolutionary army not to say I wanted to be a marine rather I was determined to change things and my personality isn¡¯t suited to army building and marine provide do an avenue of growth. Not that I let Grandad know that it was much more fun to drive him nuts. The experiences I went through in those years with Luffy, Ace and Sabo were vast although I didn¡¯t train much other than with a pipe which granted me [basic staff skill] and [intermidiate body manipulation] when I was 7 I made my first breakthrough while running in the mountains with the others.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Me: Go on without me I¡¯ll catch up I need to do something I shouted Ace: Don¡¯t worry Jax we¡¯ll go slow catch up in a second they seemed to be having too much fun swinging around the woods to stop I sat down cross legged and arms and looked at the notification in front of me [MINOR STAGES COMPLETE MAJOR STAGE UPGRADE] [NEW STAGE UNLOCKED:AWAKENED] [AFFINITY:Lightning, Wind, Darkness, Space, Demonic] [DRAWS:3] My body seemed to be surrounded by a dark crimson aura with lightning sparking around and the wind fluttering my hair with crack around my body in the world itself. I was astonished at this and soaked it in the power filling me. I then looked at what affinity meant. [Affinity-The ability to manipulate certain aspects of nature most people have 2 with haven sent genius¡¯ having 4. With practice manipulation becomes easier and some are innately easier to use] I understood this as I felt I could sense it around me get certain elements like demonic and space seemed more elusive. My excitement was building and I immediately selected draw for all 3. The system prompt then told me the cards I couldn¡¯t use didn¡¯t rob elememts would be filtered as well as any that the cards would be of use. [technique card: Thunder cyclone] [Rarity:Rare] [Description- Dual wield dagger technique that emphasises speed and flexibility can be trained to increase proficiency starts at level 1] [Skill Card: Aspect of nature] [Rarity: Epic] [Description- Allows one to take on the characteristics of certain elements it¡¯s power depends on the users usage. Level 1 with practice duration and strength increases] [Fusion Card] [rarity: Rare] [Description- allows fusion between your genes as well as a beasts these beasts can be common bugs or ancient primordial god beasts it depends upon affinity] looking at these skills my mind was blown. As for now I activate the fusion card my heart beats in anticipation and I feel it disappear into my body. My body feels no change at the start but then an excruciating pain flows through my body. Fur coloured black with red striped like my hair grows on my cheeks and my nails grow long and sharp my hands like paws a thin tail dragster behind me and although my body is stronger the muscles are lean. The power is compact and hidden, not bulky it doesn¡¯t effect my movements. As I calm down I find two holes in my lips from fangs in my mouth. As I look down I see the crimson stripes are like stripes on a tiger. I then slowly revert back to normal with swear covering me I then absorbed the other two. My mind seemed to expand, the basic techniques were so complicated and elegant. The aspect skill was also incredible. My status suddenly seemed so much better. [Name: Monkey D. Jax] [AFFINITY:Lightning, Wind, Darkness, Space, Demonic] [Attributes: Strength 41, Agility 61, Dexterity 52, Intelligence 32, Charm 122, luck 12] [skills: Training and learning X50, passive agility increase, Element manipulation(affinity restricted), Aspect of nature, Demon Tiger transformation(ancient primordial god beast: stage restriction to strength)] [techniques: dagger: basics, thunder cyclone staff: basics, intermediate] [stage: Awakened] [minor stage: 0] [special energy: 0/50] [TO UPRGADE STAGE PLEASE PROVIDE ENERGY FROM STRONG BEINGS OR BUILD UP VIA TRAINING] Looking at these new skills I was astounded. The skills I have were incredible. The attributes are also incredible however if I were to estimate Garp his attributes would be I the thousands possible tens of thousand or more. As I am my power is incredible but my skills were too vast. If I wished to grow I would need to focus on learning and developing each skill. I knew what I would be doing in my spare time for a while and felt a slight fire burning in me and lightning flashed through my eyes. But for now I had to catch up to the others. With my newfound agility this would be a piece of cake so I shot off after them. My stomach suddenly growled and I thought about meat for awhile. Shaking myself out of this I realised how much I was changing. Chapter 6- daily life Luffy: Whatcha doin Jax? Me: I¡¯m training Luffy was watching me while he dug into a drumstick from an animal far bigger than a chicken. The Thunder Cyclone style was incredibly refined. The technique incorporated the whole body and required incredible flexibility and agility. The technique¡¯s principle was the faster one moves the more power accumulates. My body seemingly danced around the target dummy as I sliced the sides with a spinning motion the air currents moving with my body and accelerating it. My legs would occasionally spin and kick the top and my wooden knives would hit the stomach the style was hard to train but with my incredible growth speed the levelling was rapid. Luffy: How can you move so fast and why is there sparks and burn marks where you hit? me: it¡¯s cause I¡¯m imbueing the elemental energy into the attacks and guiding it through my body to inflict more damage. Luffy: Hmmm so it¡¯s mystery fighting mmhmm Luffy pretended to understand, anything he doesn¡¯t understand he labels mysterious something or other. Luffy: Could you use it to cook meat? I stumbled at that one and my rhythm was interrupted. I¡¯m not sure why I expected any different from Luffy. [Technique level 4] It had taken about a week for the first level and an additional week for the next meaning this one took around a month. Although I could¡¯ve shortened it but I was also precticing the aspect abilities. Me aspect of the demon and aspect of space abilities were coming along slow and just gathering the energy proved difficult. My aspect of lightning focused on speed and penetrative power. Each attack would have a slight paralysis effect and if trained enough I believe I could even create a lightning storm. My aspect of darkness was great for stealth, my body seemed to meld with the shadows and my hair and eyes turned black with black markings on my skin that moved. The aspect of wind allowed my movements to speed up and attacks were sharper i was excited as if I reach mastery of this I could even fly however for now even hovering would be impossible.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. When all of them saw me training my aspect ability they thought I ate a devil fruit or something. Sabo: Jax what the heck is that ability Ace: some kind of devil fruit? Luffy: Join my crew me: I¡¯m not completely certain myself I just sensed the energy and brought it into myself. It¡¯s not a devil fruit though cause I can still swim. I didn¡¯t like it but I had to lie Sabo: wow your so powerful. I wonder if your stronger than ace? me: I doubt it Ace is a monster I deadpanned I wasn¡¯t lieing physically Ace was incredible. All his abilities were in the 400s at least. Sabo would be high 300s even Luffy at that age was around 300 but low. Although my abilities were high hundred and growing quickly it is no wonder these guys became so world shaking. Ace laughed goofily and scratched the back of his head. His aloofness faded and we¡¯d all become incredibly close. We then left to go to Makino¡¯s bar. The others were always doting on me which I didn¡¯t dislike. Luffy always acted mature at least in his mind and seemed full of pride being an older brother like figure. Ace was independent but would always be there he was the strongest but always kind to me. Sabo was like a middle child always breaking up arguments and the real mature one he was a mediator. He was always there for me and especially close to Ace. All the villagers knew us and greeted us as we walked to Makino¡¯s. Me: One large beer please ma¡¯am. Ace: Same Sabo: me too Luffy: sure Makino: Sure..wait what are you rascals doin asking for beer She was surprised to see us but it didn¡¯t take her long to understand. She¡¯d become rather accustomed to our shenanigans. Makino: So what are you doing here boys us: hopefully drinking Makino: sure but only drinks with no alcohol haha she was like a big sister to us all. I enjoyed our time there. Makino: So I know you three want to be pirated when you grow up but what do you wanna do Jax. You never seem to say when the others compete for who will be the pirate king. Me: I want to be free to act as I wish. I intend to use Grandad to become a Marine to change the world, I also want to have the power to stop anything happening to my brothers who I know are gonna cause trouble. They all seemed taken aback but soon laughed. The others didn¡¯t mind my dream as the new I didn¡¯t like being told what to do. I was unrestrained. I would act only when I thought that I should, I wouldn¡¯t hurt those close to me and I wouldn¡¯t hold back on enemies. A few weeks later I found out the others started a betting poll for how long it would take for me to get kicked out. In fact they all invited me to join their crews when I got fired. Such trust my brothers had in me. The night of the Sake drinking finally came and we recognised each other as brothers and drank. It was very heartwarming and I was filled with joy. That night we sung and danced and made merry. Chapter 7- Progression Of Time The days moved on and life was good. I had gained 2 minor stages far slower than my previous speed but I haven¡¯t been pushing myself enough. If I really want to progress I knew I needed to get into fights, difficulty ones against strong opponents. Soon Sabo departed and tried to the story he was blasted by the celestial dragon. Although I knew he was fine with the revolutionary army I couldn¡¯t be help but worry. I considered him a brother, but I was distraught as were Luffy and Ace. Me: I¡¯m gonna destroy the concept of celestial dragons. I spoke Toby the others with fierce determination. They looked at me with worry, they knew my journey would be very different to theirs. They would change things through outside means whereas my idea was to become an existence where I could move the world with words. Real change starts from within. This saying resonated with me and I knew that to change things I would need more strength. Ace: I agree the system is corrupt we need strength to bring forth change. Luffy: ... They were both trying to be strong for me but Luffy was having trouble. Luffy: I am going to be the pirate king. Luffy said this but the comment was unlike most times he said such a thing. He spoke with conviction hidden behind those simple words he would always say was a firm will to become more. They both still thought Sabo was dead so they were far more for nothing apart by this. I wore a small smile, I believed Sabo was alive but I worried my arrival had changed something. From that day forward we all trained. My training intensified and my attributes green immensely. I broke through a major stage but I decided to save the draws til I adjusted to current abilities. My skill levels all increased and I was surprised when I found my aspect form could be combined with my Tiger transformation. My abilities grew and Grandad even stopped by and ¡°trained¡± us a feel times but I still saw it more like torture. Every time he calen we would wind him up talking about being being pirates. I even joined in just to see his face. It may have even been worth the beatings from his fist of love. Although I started to question my earlier judgement of his strength it seemed to be in the he millions almost inhuman. When Ace left we all sent him off.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. Ace: I¡¯ll see you guys soon, until then stay safe. He rustled both our hair and gave a classic goofy smile just like Grandad. Luffy: you gotta become amazing Ace it would be embaressing if people¡¯s were I think the brothers ofnthe pirate king is ordinary. Ace: We¡¯ll see who¡¯s becomes the pirate king kiddo A sense of competition could be felt from the two. Then he turned to me. Ace: Look after Luffy you know how he is. Make sure to reach tournament dreams because we¡¯ll both be waiting. Me: You don¡¯t need to worry Ace I¡¯ll only fight if I want to so I wont capture you guys. I can tell your scared but I¡¯m a magnanimous person. I puffed my chest with pride and smiled at him. He immediately put me in a headlock. Ace: We¡¯ll see if you have the ability to make such claims little devil. We all laughed then we went silent Dadan seemed to have water gathering in the corner of her eyes. Dadan: Dont think I¡¯m sad im just glad i have one less mouth to feed. Ace said his last goodbye and left. When Grandad found out he almost burst a blood vessel right there. He told us we¡¯d be joining the marines when¡¯s we each turn 18. Luffy just smiled I knew he would never agree. After that me and Luffy spent our days relaxing while eating. We kept up training but spent a lot of time eating and sleeping. Usually it was Ace or Sabo who woke us or restrained our eating but now you could feel Dadan¡¯s frustration. We ate more than when Ace was around. Our strengths both crossed the 500 mark and shortly after Luffy left. His skills were much better than when the manga described. I was just 16 and had only just had my birthday when he told me. I had expected it for a while but I was also sad at this. When he left I was at the pier. Me: do you remember what I told you last Luffy, your need a crew and a ship to become a pirate. Also try to train more you need to be strong if you want to be the pirate king Luffy stood there picking his nose Luffy: yeah yeah got it I gave him a punch to the head. Me: Dumbass don¡¯t disregard my advice. God how are you even gonna survive. I couldn¡¯t help wonder how he would survive. We traded a few more words before he left shouting his dream to the seas. I smiled as I saw this, he was truly and idiot but even if this was my first life I knew he¡¯d do great things. Chapter 8- Marines and surprises: Ever since Luffy left I¡¯ve been lonely it¡¯s hard to admit but I was used to people my age and although Dadan is like a second mother she isn¡¯t the same as a person my age. It had only been two weeks and I spent more time training, Luffy¡¯s bad habits seemed to have affected me though as I still spent lots of time eating and sleeping, although maybe it¡¯s just in my genes. It was early one morning when I was still sleeping when Grandad kicked the door open. Garp:WHAT THE HELL YOU LITTLE SHIT YOU SHOULDVE STOPPED HIM. I lifted my head groggily to see who it was. I then lay back down and tried to continue sleeping though I knew it would be futile. Garp: Alright that¡¯s it get up now we¡¯re leaving i made no movements I was back to dreamland. Grandad¡¯s fist of love then came crashing down on my head and broke the floor. Me: Aaah jeez geezer it¡¯s still 9 in the morning let me sleep stop disrupting the peace Garp: I¡¯m taking you to marineford if I leave you here you¡¯ll probably end up a pirate. At this I became a bit excited. The prospect of staying here alone for a few years wasn¡¯t that appealing and I was already 16 my height was around 6¡±1 and I had a swimmer¡¯s build my muscles were compact rather than everywhere making me lean. I¡¯m not gonna lie my looks are pretty jaw dropping. I was evidently not a kid anymore. My abilities were already rather illustrious. Me: I¡¯ll go but I have three demands. Garp: I reject them all, get packing. Seems like I wasn¡¯t being given any choice in this matter so I packed my stuff. I wore gray shorts and a very dark blue skirt that was in pieces the shirt had holes all over it and tears. I looked around to find the rest of my clothes which was basically an identical copy to what I had on with more sever tears. ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª On board the ship me: Grandad before we reach the base I should probably tell you my abilities. Garp: sure you eat a devil fruit or something? his nonchalance about such a thing was surprising me: not exactly it¡¯s more like some abilities I don¡¯t know where they came from but I got Grandad looked confused at this. I decided to come clean to an extent no reveal of reincarnation or the system more like partial confession. I then gave him a run down of my abilities leaving back the 50x growth he was surprised at my dagger skills and technique that had reached level 8 but was even more surprised whenever I showed my other skills. His jaw dropped at the end and I heard him take a sharp intake of breath. He then let out a whistle. Garp: My god I knew had potential but for fucks sake the world is broken. Your abilities are heaven defying even just your dagge skills are top class. How is this even possible? me: probably my incredible genetics I mean they made me look this good what¡¯re a few abilities when I have such a godly apearence. Garp: you conceited little devil I¡¯m gonna knock that arrogance out of you. Grandad proceeded to give me a harsh lesson in humility.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. After a goodbye to a crying Dadan who claimed they were tears of joy for finally freeing herself of the burden, we set off. Grandad¡¯s trust seemed to be rather shaky although I confused in him my brothers departure had left him in a state of worry that I may leave, he even made a few phone calls that I couldn¡¯t hear despite having reached the Limit break phase which allowed my senses to improve. I was curious b?tch paid it no mind. Grandad returned with a smile on his face and a sense of pride it seemed he¡¯d either sealed a big deal or gotten had a great idea come to fruition. For some reason I recoiled when I saw this. Before I could ask him he commenced his torture or as he called it training. By the end of the day I was laying in bed covered in bruises. I enter aspect of lightning mode and my cells speed increases. My injuries heal at a visible rate and soon I¡¯m back on my feet, well not really I take this time to sleep and break. If Grandad knew I was fine I would have no chance of rest. Time passed and the torture continued. On the second week Grandad had me fight a sea king. I was partially scared as I knew sea kings were not easy opponents but also excited. My space attributes allows me to teleport but my control is shaky and I can only do it where i can see. Furthermore without activating aspect of space I can only teleport a maximum of three times before my brain starts to ache severely. At the beginning I could barely do it once but over time I improved. Even in aspect of space my abilities only allow for 6 teleportations. It isn¡¯t mainly a defensive ability which allows the creation of two wormholes connected so I can send bullets back or a fist back at someone. I even got Grandad with that once before he got wise to the trick. Using my head I knew that my lightning would be amplified by the water allowing for quick win but I wanted to test it¡¯s physique first. I first used aspect of wind and tiger transformation. This allowed me to kick off water by creating wind underneath my feet but it only worked with bursts and was difficult to control. I then teleported to the sea king and sent a deadly blow to its eye aiming for its weak spot. The sea king closed its eye and my class¡¯s only left a shallow cut. I then began punching furiously but the sea kind seemed disinterested. Reluctant to give up I sent a roundhouse kick to the side of its face and then redoubled my efforts for around ten minutes. The sea king had been trying to remove me from its head to no success. Dejected I knew I couldn¡¯t win based on these abilities. My Tiger transformation was still infantile and restricted. Using aspect of lightning I sent a continuous attack at the surrounding water. The sea king twitched, the defensas blocked most physical attacks but the lightning seemed to be amplified by the body allowing it to be even more effective. After a while the sea king fell and I received a message. [tier 1 sea king defeated 10 energy awarded] At this I became surprised, to gather that much it would usually take a few weeks at least but I got it all in under an hour. Although I became dejected when I realised how weak I was in comparison to even a sea king. My strength was around 600 and my agility low 700s the abilities I possessed would crush a normal man. Discontent with my lack of strength I began training again. Over the journey my nickname was once again brought to light the crew and Grandad were astounded by my inhuman growth and strange smile I had on. Soon time passed and we arrived at the base. As soon as we disembarked Grandad took me to a room and told me to exercise in the room for a few days and he¡¯d bring me meals. I suspected he was embarrassed as my training was a bit rushed. My strength probably didn¡¯t match up to other recruits yet as I was going to the elite training camp. As time passed it felt more like a prison than home and I was considering breaking out. My Grandad would still bring me food and a plethora of excuses of why I should stay put. It was about two weeks in when I was in the middle of a workout when I heard a knock at the door. Assuming it was Grandad I opened the door in a slightly pissy mood ready to burst into another shouting match of why he should let me out. As I reached the door I fling it open wearing only some baggy shorts with my chest bared, my six pack prominent, my hair sweeped to the side curving slightly round my eye so I could see. My crimson pupils flickered open as I saw what lay before my eyes. I wasn¡¯t partially correct as Grandad was outside my door but he was not alone. Stood next to home was Ann old lady and a young girl about my age. The girl wore a marine shirt and short white skirt. Her skin fair and her hair a dark black tied in a pony tail with hair past her ears on both sides of her face with a fringe. Her face was slightly red yet she stared on sizing me up. As her dark brown eyes met mine time seemed to stop. In her eyes I saw a starry sky, the world seemed insignificant and I felt myself in a daze. She seemed to go through something similar as she stared back at me. The moment was broken however by Grandads fist of love. Garp: put some godamn clothes on you exhibitionist there are ladies around. me: what the heck you old geezer I¡¯ve had no contact with anyone for a few weeks I assumed it was just you. Coulda told me if you were bringing people. Or did you forget I guess you probably have dementia I wouldn¡¯t be surprised a man as old as you. Chapter 9- The agreement Grandad and I traded insults for a bit before I calmed down realising how impolite we were being and knowing Grandad would continue for as long as I would. Looking around the room I found a training vest by my bed and tossed it on before going up to greet the guests. Me: I apologise for my Grandfather, he does things without considering others and is extremely unruly. Garp: Hey little devil your the exhibitionist not me stop blaming me. ????: hoho I know Graps personality all too well no need to apologise. My name is Tsuru and this is my Grandaughter who I¡¯m sure you know of Julia. I was surprised when I got that call from Garp pushing this forward though he is unpredictable. Julia: Pleasure to meet you finally. Julia gave a slight bow to me with a slight blush. I¡¯m sure I looked rather amusing at that point as I had no idea what was going on. Me: Hello my name is Jax, although I¡¯m slightly confused may you tell me what ¡®this¡¯ is about? Tsuru¡¯s faces showed surprise. But it soon morphed into a slight rage and then frustration. Tsuru: Garp all these years and you never thought to tell him. Her voice seeping with anger. Garp: There was never a time and besides I forgot but you can tell him now no problem. I suddenly got a cold shiver down my back feeling that something big was just glossed over by Grandads easy going nature. Tsuru sighed then turned to me. Tsuru: Well before you were born Garp was worried that you would run off to piracy or the revolutionary army with your uncle being a yonko and your father We¡¯ll I¡¯m sure you get the point. Anyway I told him to just find a way to tether you to the marines so you wouldn¡¯t run off. When you were eventually born Garp was overjoyed to have another grandson so we went drinking to celebrate. During that time Garp and I may have signed a marriage agreement for our Grandchildren.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. At this my eyes went wide. My mind was doing cartwheels trying to find a way to digest this. I wasn¡¯t sure whether I should be angry at him or what. At this point I collapsed on the sofa. In truth my previously life I had a few girlfriends but I always pushed them away. In truth I had imagined living a life of debauchery and power. If this were to happen I could kiss those dreams goodbye. But I couldn¡¯t bring myself to say this out loud knowing how horrific it sounds. me: Well how do I put this Garp: I believe the words your looking for is ¡®great as soon as we can let¡¯s do this so we can live long happy marine lives¡¯ me: no it¡¯s just... Garp: no. me: but Garp: no me: can I Garp: no i heaved a heavy sigh feeling a pounding ache from my head. Well I suppose I can try and if it doesn¡¯t work then I can move on. In fact Julia as stunning and I felt entranced by her I didn¡¯t know why but I decided to concede and go with the flow. me: so how come this was pushed forward then? Garp: well for one I don¡¯t trust you not to find another woman with how you had the female marines wrapped around your finger on the journey here. At this I felt a sense of pride and couldn¡¯t help a goofy smile appearing on my face. me: I can¡¯t help my incredible looks. It seems god just loves me too much, what can I say hehe. Grandad gave a look of frustration and Tsuru gave a chuckle at this. Before my head could grow any bigger Grandad continued. Garp: aaaand your brothers left to become pirates so to tie you down I pushed it forward. I understood why he did it but still he seemed so proud of himself. It was at this point Julia stood up. Julia: I¡¯ll try my hardest to become a good wife for you. Please take care of me. Her face was dyed red as she said this. I couldn¡¯t help but fall into a daze again as I stared at her. Despite this being my second life I still had a slight blush as I scratched the back of my head. me: yeah sure. My brain was slightly frazzled and I didn¡¯t really know what to say in this situation. However what Grandad said next got me even more surprised. Garp: You entre the training camp tomorrow so get to know each other for the rest of the he time til toy both leave. Good thing your beds big. I turned to look at Tsuru who pretended to not hear a thing and then at Julia who¡¯s face at this point was beet red. I felt excited for the camp yup the camp just the camp. This news was great I couldn¡¯t wait to leave the room but I felt nervous at how strong the others may be. Though this ignited a competitive nature and I couldn¡¯t wait to fight some strong opponents. Chapter 10- No rest for the wicked As soon as Grandad and Tsuru left the room became silent. As the man I had to speak up first she looked very nervous and I was as well. Me: I¡¯m sorry my Grandad got you caught up in this. I won¡¯t have you tie your life to mine without anyone ever asking you. Julia: Jax, ever since I was young I knew that one day we¡¯d be married. If you were to ask me back then I would agree but over the years your Grandfather would tell my Grandmother about you and she would tell me at first I was too young to understand but as I grew up I realised how incredible you are. As a child you were incredibly intelligent, you were raised by your mother for the first four years. After that you had to leave her but you still smiled not to worry her. Your Grandfather tried to give you light training but you exceeded all expectations growing at a demonic rate. You then lived with three brothers one of whom died. At that time I was told you were the one who was strongest the others tried to put on brave faces but you were the one who dragged them from sadness. As each left for their journey you remained, and this brings us to this meeting. You are always strong for those around you. The burden of being strong is a heavy one, to be married to someone like you would be a dream. I hope to share some of your burden and possibly you can share some of mine. At this I was rather dumbfounded. She was so kind and caring, I couldn¡¯t help wanting to protect her. After that we talked, she told me that she was raised by her Grandmother as her parents died, she would be looked after by marines and sometimes accompany her grandmother. I was surprised to find she had even eaten a devil fruit, at the time she ate it by accident as a snack. She said it tasted horrific but the devil fruit turned out to be the mythical zoan frost tiger. I was surprised when she told me it was a tiger then showed her my abilities. She seemed to think it was a zoan fruit that allowed me to manipulate the elements related to the tiger. I smiled at this and told her I never ate a devil fruit although it may be a good theory. She told me how her Grandmother trained her and she even received instruction from other marines with zoan fruits. She mainly used a hand-to-hand type of combat as her strength was impressive. If we were to fight I¡¯d need to bring out all my tricks to keep up. When dinner approached I made a plethora of dishes some of which from my past life so she had never seen them. We ate dinner while talking of simple things. I would tell her stories I could remember from my past life and she would listen attentively. Every time she laughed the room felt filled with joy, she was surprised at my appetite and giggled as I walked off to find more despite the almost inhuman amount.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. We sat on the couch late into the night talking. When we went to bed I gave her the bed and prepared to sleep on a futon in the small sofa room. Later that night I hear a rustling next to me and felt warm hands on my back. I turned to be greeted by a blushing Julia naked. She bared her body before me and her hands went to my cheeks. me: Jules we don¡¯t need to rush, this isn¡¯t something that has to happen now. I felt a hot breath in my ear as she replied Julia: But I want it to happen. In my past life I remembered the amount of opportunities such as this that came up in novels that the protagonist would pass up. I was not like them, I flipped myself on top of her pressing down on her body. My hand in the small of her back as I crashed my lips upon hers. Things moved pretty quickly from there and soon the deed was done. I lay back with an arm behind my head as the other caressed her back as she slept on my chest. I couldn¡¯t smile to myself as my mind kept replaying the event over in my mind. I didn¡¯t know how long it lasted but I could tell that it was at least a few hours. I slowly dozed off but it felt like it had only been an hour at most before the sun started pouring through the window into my eyes. I went to check the time and realised we had to wake up. I started making pancakes in the kitchen for breakfast. I¡¯d always loved pancakes they tasted divine. As I was cooking one in the pan I felt arms wrap around my waist and two mounds press against my back. We both looked rather unkempt, I gave her a big smile as I saw her wearing my t-shirt. Me: morning, I making pancakes. Can you get the plates down. she gave me a quick peck on the cheek before busying herself with getting the table ready. After breakfast we took a shower where we had another battle before coming out. Checking the time I couldn¡¯t help cursing. me: shit we¡¯re gonna be late we need to hurry. She changed into her marine uniform and I wore my grey shorts and navy shirt. We rushed out of the room after packing what Grandad told me to bring which was just my knives. We then rushed off to the camp I was excited to see what was in store for us. Chapter 11- Stand-off As we rushed out of the room I followed Jules as she knew where we were going. Feeling the wind through my hair filled my with a sense of peace, it had been a long time since I¡¯d felt such a sense of completeness. As we run marines cast strange glances at us with eyes filled with bewilderment. However I paid them no mind, too excited for the new step in my life. As we walked on there was more open space and even a lake. We were headed towards an arena resembling the colloseum but bigger. There were multiple smaller stages, three mid-sized ones and a large stage. As we filed in we saw a young looking Akainu and vice admiral Momonga. As we approached I noticed some of the other guys looking strangely at us. They seemed to mostly be 18 this was the time the official training for elites would start. Garp never put us into actual training because he wanted us to have normal childhoods or at least our parents did. Well Ace was also a special case so we stayed at Foosha village. However Jules had gotten training so she seemed to recognise a few past senpai. They seemed surprised to see her here even though she was young and looked at me who arrived with her in curiosity but I also detected animosity from the guys. Probably my insanely good looks hehe, if they knew what I was thinking they¡¯d probably rip me apart. As we arrived Momonga came up to us. Momonga: Your late, rookies should always be on time since it¡¯s the first day I¡¯ll let it slide but don¡¯t let it happen again. Akainu: Your letting them off too easily cause of they¡¯re backgrounds. If you keep that up they¡¯re gonna think there hot shit. Look at the other rookies they arrived on time these immature brats shouldn¡¯t even be here. The boy is completely untested for all we know his loose cannon of a Grandfather acted on his own whims. The other recruits puffed there chests in pride and nodded enthusiastically at this. Unfortunately my mind tuned out the moment Akainu started talking instead I was busy trying to sort my unkempt hair it was slightly fizzy and I was trying to pat it down. When Akainu saw what I was doing he became incensed. Akainu: Brat pay attention when your superiors and betters are talking. me: you may be a superior in the marines but I am yet to enter the marines and your betters is a very vague term. My betters in looks, intelligence or being an asshole cause while I admit you are better at being a asshole I am your better in terms of a lot of things. By that standard even bricks are better than you at being a brick so what is it?This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. The other recruits looked at me aghast. Jules giggled at this and Akainu¡¯s face went bright red. Akainu: insolent brat, get in the arena, I¡¯m teaching you a lesson. Me: wow challenging a child not even through training yet to a fight while you hold the lofty status of admiral have you no shame Sakazuki His face went bright red his veins popping out of his forehead. He seemed ready to cough blood at that last statement. At this point Momonga steppes in as a mediator. Momonga: you both need to calm down especially you Jax. Your gonna run into problems in the future if you refuse to show respect. Me: apologies sir I look forward to the next few years. Momonga seemed content and Akainu siezed the opportunity to regain some face so he could seem less petty when he drops the matter but also force me to bow my head. Akainu: seems like you do know respect you insolent brat. Me: shut it suckazuki At this moment he seemed ready to murder me right there and it took quite some time to calm him down. He eventually left, apparently he had been there to give an inspiring speech to rouse our passion to train and defeat pirates. That went a bit differently than what he was probably expecting but we soon got on with the introductions. Momonga: Ok to start with, my name is Momonga and I am currently a vice-admiral. I¡¯ll be taking care of your batch for the following years. If any of you have questions please feel free to ask and seek my help should you require guidance. We will now go around and you¡¯ll introduce yourselves and say a bit about yourself. The only person I recognised was Grount with his large arm brace. He stared at me with animosity and hostility. Soon it was my turn to introduce myself. Me: Monkey D. Jax I am here cause Grandad said he wouldn¡¯t feed me unless I joined the camp. This wasn¡¯t incorrect he actually had made that threat at some point and I had been worried but I would¡¯ve come even if he hadn¡¯t. The girls laughed at this and I flashed them a dazzling smile which earnt me a few winks. I then felt a sharp pain at my side and noticed that Jules was giving me a pinch to my sides covertly. Julia: My name is Julia Trixan though that shall change. I arrived earlier to accompany my fianc¨¦, Jax She spoke coldly as her eyes swept over the others. Most of their eyes were practically popping out and jaws at the floor. After that all the guys stared at me murderously. I too was surprised she decided to outright say such a thing. I coughed once and Momonga was out of his stupor. Momonga: well now that¡¯s done we¡¯ll have each of you fight so I can grasp your abilities and see the path I believe to be most suitable for each of you. Chapter 12- Fights and the draws. Momomga would have us fight a round of one v one matches. First up was Grount vs a boy names Gin, the fight didn''t last long. Grount charged at Gin and before he knew what was happening he was punched by Grounts large metal brace. He scoffed as he walked down the platform confidently. A few matches went by and I couldn''t help but be rather disappointed, the cadets were rather average. They wouldn''t even be able to take out a sea king. However, when I thought about it, it was reasonable as they had only had basic training. Only Grount who had learnt from Aokiji would have advanced training as well as Jules, although I hadn''t the system made up for this. Jules match went similarly fast. Her opponent was a buff looking, cadet, named butch. When the match started the temperature dropped as Jules transformed. The cold affecting the speed of her opponent while her speed rose. She let loose a flurry of attacks that built in intensity as she charges. The lumbering butch crossed his arms in front of his chest in an effort to block the attack. Jules the sprung to the side with a roll then kicked off the floor to attack his unguarded side. Not even a minute had passed and her opponent surrendered. It was clear he was completely overwhelmed. Soon it was my turn and I was up against a rather good-looking man. ????: You should give up. I won''t give you the win because you''re related to Garp. You don''t deserve to be here with us and you even dare to approach the goddess. When I expose your true self to everyone she will see you for who you truly are. A brat cruising by on his family connections. Then she''ll finally accept me. I decided to speak with actions rather than sink to his level. I don''t enjoy petty people like him especially when he had ideas about my woman. He seemed to think that I was scared and knew that he was right which gave him a smile. When Momonga shouted start I immediately activated tiger form and aspect of lightning. I then teleported in front of him and punched him in the chest. Teleporting into the path he was knocked to I kicked him into the air. I used a final teleport to appear in the air I then axe kicked his stomach. Raising my hands I shot lightning at him continuously. As I stopped his body continued to twitch for a while and the place the lightning struck was burnt black with arcs of electricity like scars. He could heal from this with his bodies constitution but it would take a few months at least. As I left the stage the others practically had their eyes popping out of their heads. Even Momonga didn''t know how to proceed. I climbed down from the stage and sag Jules with eyes sparkling as she stared at me. It wasn¡¯t that the guy stood no chance it was the combination I used. The teleport caught him off guard and the aspect of lightning raised my movement speed. Finally, the tiger transformation raised my strength. The combination was flawless the last lightning burst was more punishment than necessity as he wasn''t getting up from the axe kick.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! All the other cadets stared at me with a mixture of horror, fear and awe. The rest of the day was far more boring, with my ability to learn I could memorise the material easily. We had to learn battle strategy and gun handling. All was relatively simple for me. One week of training with a gun would be the equivalent of a year for others with my 50x training and learning. After that, we had ¡¯gym¡¯ class which was basically very intense physical exercise. We were sent to a gym where there were many weights and tracks to run on. I decided to opt with a dragon ball type training with weights attached to my body as I did exercise. I did pushups, squats and some dagger training. To finish up I ran for about an hour with some very heavy weights. At the end of the day, both me and Jules were tired so when we arrived home we lay down on the bed for a nap. When she was asleep on my chest I opened up the system. I decided to use my draws at this stage. My excitement was building as I saw the cards one after another but I felt slightly disappointed when they weren''t as incredible as previous times. [Haki awakening/ strengthening] [rarity: common] [description: Awakens Haki present on host body or strengthens it. The card can be purchased from the system in exchange for beast essence] The second card was the same. [technique card: serpent restriction] [rarity: rare] [description: a footwork technique that is used for close quarter combat. It also allows the user to dodge attacks at the last possible moment catching an opponent off guard.] The footwork technique would be immensely useful to me but compared to some other Skills and their rarity I couldn''t help but expect more. As I thought what beast essence was a system prompt appeared. [Beast essence is obtained from defeating beasts the stronger they are the more essence they will award. Current essence: 6] It appeared that each sea king I defeated yielded only one essence. I opened up the card shop, the haki card I had was costing 25 essences whereas the rare cards were at least a hundred. I felt like a poor man staring up at through a shop window at a mountain of treasure unable to take it. When I looked at the mythical class cards I almost had a heart attack. The price was 500,000 for the cheapest one. It would be hard to find that many let alone kill them. I needed to face stronger opponents than tier 1 sea kings if I wanted to stand a chance of getting a mythical card. I used all the cards and felt a change in my body. My mind suddenly filled with how to activate each of them. They had also been strengthened to the level of a captain except for my emperor haki which was about the strength of a rear-admiral. Jules seemed to sense something as she woke up. She then looked at me and seemed surprised. Julia: you awakened haki? I nodded then closed my eyes. Julia: don''t tell me something like that then doze off. Me: fine I¡¯ll make dinner then Julia: that wasn''t the point. I just smiled and walked to the kitchen. We had a nice meal and then read the textbooks. When it got late we then went to bed, I couldn''t help but think that life was great. It was peaceful and quiet, I had no pressing concerns and all I wanted I had. However, I wouldn''t slack as I knew that I would need to be able to hold my own against Akainu if I wanted to save Ace.