Floating Island.
Inside a chaotic and cluttered laboratory, the legendary great pirate Golden Lion Shiki and Dr.
Indigo were staring with manic eyes at a small boy whose body was connected to various instruments.
The boy was only eight or nine years old, with a frail frame standing at 1.2 meters tall, a pale face, and grayish-white hair.
Golden Lion and his associate were using this boy’s body for an experiment!
This child had suddenly fallen onto the Floating Island three days ago, clutching a sword in his arms, which piqued the interest of Golden Lion, a top-tier Great Swordsman.
During that time, Golden Lion inadvertently released his intense Conqueror’s Haki.
Not only was the boy not knocked unconscious by the Conqueror’s Haki, but under its pressure, he actually awakened an extraordinary Conqueror’s Haki of his own!
This Haki even shocked the legendary great pirate Golden Lion!
Immediately, an idea came to him.
He and his doctor, Dr.
Indigo, had been researching ‘IQ’ for two years, as well as various drugs to evolve rare beasts.
Golden Lion wanted to use these drugs to modify the boy’s body and then control his mind, so he could conquer the world for him in the future!
A fighter possessing top-tier swordsmanship talent and top-tier Conqueror’s Haki was enough to drive Golden Lion mad with excitement!
Immediately, he and Dr.
Indigo hit it off and began a three-day-long experiment!
Now, the experiment was almost complete!
Seeing the readings on the experimental instruments return to normal ranges, Golden Lion excitedly said to Dr.
Indigo: ‘Gehahahaha!
Dr.
Indigo, the kid’s not dead.
Look, he’s still breathing.
Does this mean our experiment succeeded?
Gehahahaha!’
Indigo was also thrilled at the sight and responded: ‘Kahleh kahleh!
You’re right, Boss Shiki, the kid pulled through!
Our experiment should be a success!
Kahleh kahleh!’
Three days ago, they injected an evolution drug into the boy’s body.
This drug would enhance his physique, making him stronger as he grew!
At that moment, the boy on the sickbed woke up.
He slowly opened his eyes, the blinding light of the surgical lamp overhead stimulating his nerves.
‘Am I still alive?’ he said.
‘Gehahahaha!
Kid, of course you’re not dead.
I went through a lot of trouble to complete your body modification.
From now on, you’re my subordinate!
Gehahahaha!’ Golden Lion laughed excitedly at the boy.
A few minutes later, the boy finally recovered.
He remembered: his name was Jellal.
A few days ago, he had just crossed over into the world of One Piece and even bound with the legendary system!
But before he could rejoice, the system issued a warning of depleted energy.
In the end, it only left Jellal with Nie Feng’s Six Arts of Arrogant Cold from the world of Fengyun, the snow drinker sword, five years of internal energy, and a body capable of consuming two Devil Fruits…
and then…
there was nothing more!
The moment the system vanished, Jellal fell directly from the sky onto a Floating Island!
A floating island, hovering in the air and moving—he immediately realized this was the territory of the legendary great pirate, Golden Lion!
Before he could even accept his inheritance, Golden Lion discovered him, toyed with him, and it seemed he had awakened Conqueror’s Haki before finally passing out.
Now, he had just woken up!
Jellal abruptly sat up, tearing off all the tubes and wires.
He frantically searched around himself but couldn’t find the snow drinker sword!
Panic instantly set in.
He asked Golden Lion, ‘Golden Lion Shiki, where is my sword?’
The snow drinker sword was his foundation for surviving in this world; he couldn’t afford to lose it!
Golden Lion was delighted to see Jellal regain consciousness.
He walked over and pinched Jellal’s body, but Jellal immediately swatted his hand away.
Golden Lion could feel Jellal’s body was incredibly powerful!
He didn’t mind Jellal’s rudeness and said, ‘Kid, you actually know me?
But haven’t you noticed something different about your body now?
Your body is stronger than a wild beast’s!
If you’re willing to pledge loyalty to me, I’ll even give you a Devil Fruit.
How about it!
Gehahahaha!’
With that, Golden Lion actually took out a Devil Fruit—a deep blue, pear-shaped fruit covered in strange spiral patterns!
At first glance, Jellal was captivated by the Devil Fruit, feeling a deep desire to possess it welling up inside him!
He felt as though the Devil Fruit also wanted Jellal to eat it and wield its power!
Naturally, Jellal’s reaction didn’t escape Golden Lion’s notice.
He saw the greed and thirst for power in Jellal’s eyes!
He continued to tempt him: ‘Gehahahaha, kid, have you thought it over?
If you agree to become my subordinate, this Devil Fruit is yours!’
Although Jellal looked like a nine-year-old child, his true age was far from that.
He sensed Golden Lion’s intentions were far from simple!
Jellal didn’t immediately accept the Devil Fruit.
Now that he had awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and had his body modified by these two madmen to be beast-like, he suppressed his inner desire and refused Golden Lion’s offer.
However, Jellal’s refusal darkened Golden Lion’s expression.
He felt deeply insulted, and it reminded him of the time he had invited Roger, only to be rejected again!
Holding the Devil Fruit, he approached Jellal and said in a chilling voice, ‘Kid, if you don’t agree, I’ll make you agree!
I’ll force you to eat it!’
With lightning speed, he knocked Jellal unconscious, shoved the Devil Fruit into his mouth, and roughly slapped his jaw, forcing Jellal to swallow the fruit!
Gulp gulp!
Dr.
Indigo hurried over to check Jellal’s condition, finding he had only passed out and was otherwise unharmed.
He then turned to Golden Lion and said, ‘Boss Shiki, let me try injecting him with ‘IQ.’ Since he adapted to the evolution drug, maybe he can adapt to ‘IQ’ too!’
Golden Lion had calmed down by then.
The helm on his head made him prone to rage, and Jellal’s words had easily provoked him earlier.
He paced back and forth in the laboratory.
The kid had an unyielding spirit, leaving him momentarily without a better plan, so he simply agreed to Indigo’s idea.
As long as the kid could adapt to the ‘IQ’ drug, commanding him wouldn’t be a problem!
The unfortunate Jellal was injected with ‘IQ’ while unconscious.
The intake of ‘IQ’ immediately triggered changes in his body!
Jellal looked as if he had been roasted, his entire body glowing red like magma.
The sweat on his head evaporated the moment it emerged, scalded by his intensely high body temperature!
Suddenly, Jellal woke up.
His eyes were bloodshot, and the pain from his nerves became unbearable.
He screamed, ‘Ah!!
Golden Lion!
What did you do to me?!’
Golden Lion, standing nearby, didn’t respond.
Instead, he stared at Jellal’s body with manic eyes, trembling as he said, ‘Indigo, look at this body!
How perfect!
It’s brimming with power from head to toe!’
Indigo also gazed at Jellal with crazed eyes and said, ‘Kahleh kahleh!
You’re right, Boss Shiki.
If this kid pulls through, he’ll definitely become a top-tier pacifista!’
Jellal’s consciousness was already fading.
He faintly overheard Golden Lion and Indigo’s conversation and realized they were using him for human experiments again.
Enraged, he shouted, ‘Bastards!
Golden Lion, I’ll kill you!!’
As soon as the words left his mouth, Jellal completely lost consciousness.
This left Golden Lion and Indigo dumbfounded.
Dead?
The same question flashed in both their minds.
Indigo went over to check and, finding Jellal still breathing, relaxed slightly.
‘Boss Shiki, he just passed out again, though his breathing is a bit weak.’
Golden Lion suddenly looked at Jellal on the sickbed with disappointment.
He felt this attempt had failed again and walked out of the laboratory, somewhat dejected.
Indigo couldn’t spare a thought for Jellal now—the Captain was the priority!
Sensing the Captain’s unstable mood, he hurried after him.