Three days later.
After Zaki escaped from the pursuit of the Celestial Dragon, he hid inside a small, broken-down house. His right arm was wrapped in a dirty bandage, and blood was slowly seeping through. He had been shot, but thankfully, the bullet only grazed his arm.
Beside him were three children—his current companions—a tall boy, a lively yet gentle girl, and a child whose gender was hard to tell at first glance.
They were Bartholomew Kuma, Ginny, and Ivankov.
In the original One Piece storyline, the three of them successfully escaped. After meeting them, Zaki had naturally formed a small team with them.
Now that Zaki had mastered the Reputation Entry System, he could also read other people's entries:
Bartholomew Kuma: Paw-Paw (Gold) [Unique, Unawakened], Buccaneer Bloodline (Light Gold)
Paw-Paw (Gold): If you have the ability to eject pain, why suffer for the rest of your life? If you have the ability to travel, why lose your freedom? Are you searching for the fruit—or is the fruit searching for you?
Buccaneer Bloodline (Light Gold): The blood of Buccaneer curses you with a painful fate but also grants a strong physique and an indomitable will.
Emporio Ivankov: Newkama Ambition (Light Purple), Newkama Kenpo (Light Blue), Optimist (Light Blue)
Newkama Ambition (Light Purple): You have the ambition to become the greatest Newkama. Perhaps one day, you will be the king admired by all.
Newkama Kenpo (Light Blue): From a young age, you created the prototype of Newkama Kenpo, giving you a unique fighting style and extraordinary understanding of it.
Optimist (Light Blue): No matter the challenge, you can always face it with a smile, often adding an inappropriate joke or two.
Ginny: Big Eater (Purple), Tragic Fate (Purple), Intelligence Expert (Blue)
Big Eater (Purple): You have an amazing appetite and can quickly convert food into energy for your body.
Tragic Fate (Purple): Fate watches you, but unfortunately, it is a tragic one.
Intelligence Expert (Dark Blue): You've been smart since childhood, always noticing clues and gathering intelligence that others overlook.
As a child around the same age, Zaki was quickly accepted by them. During their escape, he made a few key decisions that earned him some reputation points.
Through contact with them, Zaki copied all the entries he could. After all, these were rare opportunities.
Aside from Optimist and Intelligence Expert, which he considered situational, the others were worth keeping.
For the past few days, Zaki had checked other slaves' entries—most only had one or two white entries, with blue ones being extremely rare.
But Kuma, Ginny, and Ivankov's entries were simply luxurious—worthy of characters with major roles! Ivankov's entries, in particular, looked like they could evolve. Would he really become the Newkama King one day? Zaki wasn't going to copy that, though.
[— Reputation Entry System —]
[Host: Zaki]
[Reputation Points: 11]
[Solidified Entries: 1]
[Entries: Strong Physique, Newkama Kenpo, Big Eater]
[Entry Slots: 3/5]
Strong Physique was a purple-tier entry Zaki obtained when copying the Bacchina Bloodline, though he couldn't fully replicate it.
Newkama Kenpo gave him some basic fighting skills and a better understanding of martial arts.
But copying Big Eater was a mistake.
Normally, Big Eater would allow someone to absorb more food and rapidly convert it into energy—a great physical talent.
It sounded great, but the problem was there wasn't much food here. As a result, Zaki was constantly starving. Deleting an entry cost 10 reputation points, and he had just enough, but he didn't want to waste them.
After all, a purple entry was still valuable.
The group caught a rabbit and shared it to the last bite.
"Kuma, you eat more!" Ginny said with a gentle smile, handing the final piece of meat to him.
"I'm fine, I'm not hungry!"
"You haven't eaten anything! Eat it!" Ginny forced the piece into Kuma's mouth with a grin and patted her thin arms.
"See? I barely eat, I'm not hungry at all."
Kuma and Ivankov both believed her. After all, Ginny didn't look like she could eat a lot.
But Zaki watched her carefully, knowing just how hungry she truly was—because he felt the same gnawing hunger.
The presence of these three finally reassured Zaki.
Their existence confirmed this was the God Valley Incident from the original story.
He just didn't know when Rocks, Roger, and the others would arrive. Only in the chaos of that battle would Zaki and his group have a chance to escape.
And the key to survival was the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi (Paw-Paw Fruit).
No matter how powerful the Azure Dragon Fruit was, it couldn't guarantee an escape from this battlefield.
But the Paw-Paw Fruit could.
Kuma's unique entry being bound to the Paw-Paw Fruit also reassured Zaki—it meant the fruit was essentially destined for him.
"Let's rest for now… we'll survive," Zaki said firmly.
Ding! Reputation +2.
On the coastline of God Valley, the Rocks Pirates' ship slowly dropped anchor.
Rocks D. Xebec, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, John, Shiki, Bakkin, Kaido…
Every single one of them was a fearsome pirate. Now they stood united under Rocks' banner, aiming to topple the world.
The World Government had already been alerted of Rocks' arrival. The God's Knights, led by Ancient Saint Green, were moving toward God Valley.
Saint Saturn himself led the team. His massive frame, thick white beard, and curly hair partially covered his half-closed eyes, where ruthless calculations flashed from time to time.
With him present, no one could easily overturn this world ruled by the Celestial Dragons.
"Sora! Is there anyone near God Valley who can provide reinforcements?"
Saturn barked through a Den Den Mushi, contacting Fleet Admiral Kong (Sora).
At the same time, Saturn looked toward the advancing Rocks Pirates with a grim expression, sensing this war was going to spiral out of control.
"What? Only Garp? Get that man here immediately! All navy reinforcements—move, now!"
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