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Chapter 2 - The System

Darkness enveloped me.

So suffocating and heavy, pressing against me from every direction. I felt as if I were wrapped in layers of cloth. 

'Hm…? Where am I?....'

The thought surfaced weakly..... 

My arms...They feel weak. 

Then the sound came.

Muffled voices reached me, warped and distant, as though carried through water.

"Such a strong child…"

"…truly magnificent…"

"…a blessing upon the house…"

Confusion stirred.

I pushed with sheer will.

Slowly opening my eyelids.

bright gold Light flooded in.

The ceiling above me stretched impossibly high, carved from white stone and adorned with divine patterns. Crystal chandeliers gleamed shiny. The air itself was thick with incense.

And then, above me,

A floating image.

A man knelt in chains upon an execution platform.

Blood streaked from his lips as Blades stabbed through his chest.

But a smile on his face nevertheless.

A victorious one.

Beneath him, bold letters burned across the broadcast:

THE GREAT PIRATE ERA HAS BEGUN

My eyes widened.

'Don't tell me....!!'

That face.

I knew it.

I had seen it countless times by now.

Gol D. Roger.

The Pirate King.

The world snapped into place.

One Piece.

The memories flooded back as I remember the Last moments in my room...

'I died.... no, I was killed...??'

I remembered gripping the controller, having just defeated a boss in NG+ with Wukong set, then....

A truck.

A truck!!

'A Goddamn truck burst through the wall of my apartment on the Fucking Seventh floor..!!'

'How?!?'

"..."

'...sigh'

'At least I got isekaid into my favourite world....'

My thoughts run as I start to think of my future while being handed from nurse to nurse.

'This is some The Beginning After the End situation,

But the Question is, what is my starting point? a random mob or-'

"From now on, you will be called Saint George," he boldly declared. "My heir."

The weight of it struck me.

I wasn't reborn as a nobody.

I wasn't poor.

I wasn't hunted.

I was born with not silver but literal gold in my mouth.

'A Celestial Dragon!!'

One of the so called gods of this world.

My lips twitched faintly.

'A world of pirates.

Marines.

Gods.

Devils.

And beautiful women.

And I began at the very top

What are the Odds...hehehe'

But only a fool will think this is real power. 

This world is unforgiving and cruel to the weak,

To survive it,

To dominate it,

I needed power.

Not ordinary strength, like that of status and fame, but something more....

Something Undeniable. 

The kind that placed me above monsters, above legends, above fate itself.

I wanted to become the "Mazino" of this world.

A name that defined power.

Just then, a cold ring sounded in my mind,

[DING]

[BLACK MYTH: WUKONG SYSTEM ONLINE]

System? welp My cheats arrived. Thank you, Kami-sama.

To think that out of all the Gamer type system, I'll get Sun Wukong's Template.

Lucky....

A slow, satisfied smile formed within me.

'The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven,' were the only words I could use to describe this with.

One could only dream of such power.

Mary Geoise,

I am safe. For now.....

Since I can't do much in this baby form, Lets start cultivating. 

I grinned internally as I opened the Rookie package.

[CURRENT TIMELINE: 22 YEARS BEFORE THE PLOT STARTS]

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[NAME: St. George ( Luke )]

[AGE : 0 YEARS]

[LEVEL: 0 / 342]

[WILL: 0 POINTS]

[TITLE: ----]

[CULTIVATION: MORTAL ]

[RACE: ???]

[BLOODLINE: ----]

[PASSIVE: WILL OF THE MONKEY ]

[WORLD: ONE PIECE]

[SHOP: (LOCKED)]

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