In the One Piece world, East Blue—Cocoyasi Village.
I sat on the beach, staring at the calm, peaceful sea, blankly watching a small pebble floating above my palm. I felt kind of lost.
"Cocoyasi Village… Isn't that Nami's hometown? So my first target is Nami? And Fishman Arlong is a massive headache too. Better head into the village and gather some intel first."
I tossed the pebble aside, got my bearings, and started walking toward the village…
It's a long story. My name is Lin Xiu, 22 years old, fresh graduate turned unemployed slacker. Yeah, I transmigrated. No warning whatsoever—I just woke up in a place that felt like heaven. Right in front of me was this old guy dressed like some immortal sage, but looking ridiculously sleazy, grinning ear to ear.
"Uh… where am I? And who are you…?"
"You're awake, young man. Hehe, this is the Main God Space. Me? I'm the Main God who oversees the Three Thousand Worlds."
"Umm… so I'm dead? In heaven?"
"No, no, you're still alive. I know you've got a million questions—don't rush. Just listen to me first."
The old man pointed to a marble table and benches nearby, gesturing for me to sit.
"The reason you're here is because I summoned you. In each of the Three Thousand Worlds I manage, there's one of my representatives—an Emissary, or God's Envoy. But a couple days ago, the Emissary of one world suddenly vanished. So I need you to go investigate what happened. If they're confirmed dead, you'll inherit the position."
I stared at him, completely dumbfounded.
"In simple terms: I'm sending you to a world called One Piece. You'll adventure there, uncover the secrets of the legendary pirate treasure known as One Piece."
"Nani?! One Piece? Finally something I get! So I just need to cross over to the One Piece world and become the Pirate King, right?"
"Exactly. Once you reach the end of that world and uncover the secret of One Piece, you'll qualify as a true Emissary. Alright, explanation done—I'm sending you down now. Stay alive and get strong, okay?"
"Wait, wait, wait—I haven't even agreed! You're sending me off to die without any peerless technique, supreme weapon, or anything?!"
"Oh, shoot, almost forgot. Since it's the One Piece world, I'll give you some Devil Fruits. What kind do you want? But don't get too greedy now."
After that, the old man and I launched into a fierce, drawn-out negotiation.
In the end, thanks to my relentless pushing and bargaining, I scored three Devil Fruits:
Mind-Mind Fruit
Whoever eats this gains insanely powerful mental energy. They can project it outside their body to scan and sense the surrounding environment (like divine sense or spiritual perception). They can also solidify this mental energy and use it to control objects with pure thought (telekinesis). Best part: this mental power has no upper limit—keep training, and it grows forever.
Rumble-Rumble Fruit
The legendary one eaten by Enel, the self-proclaimed "God" of Skypiea—the fruit I've been drooling over for years. The user's body becomes lightning itself. Physical attacks do basically zero damage. They can unleash massive high-voltage lightning blasts at will, move at lightning speed, and have terrifying destructive power. They can also use electricity for healing and electro-therapy.
Horm-Horm Fruit
Allows the user to create special hormones and inject them into people (fingertips turn into syringe-like needles). This lets them freely remodel a person's body from the inside out, controlling things like body temperature, skin/hair pigmentation and color, growth rate and body size (enlarge/shrink parts or features), emotional state/mood, stamina/adrenaline bursts, endurance, gender traits and secondary sexual characteristics, immune system, healing speed, resistance to poison/injury, and basically any other hormone-influenced physiological trait. (I probably chose this one because I was secretly hoping for… certain perks.)
Through my hard bargaining, I also got two extra abilities:
The power to identify Devil Fruits at a glance.
Immunity to the Devil Fruit curse (no suppression from seawater or Seastone, and I can eat as many Devil Fruits as I want without limit).
The old man waved his hand, and in a flash, three ordinary-looking fruits appeared on the table—each covered in strange black swirling patterns.
"Devil Fruits." I grabbed one and bit down hard.
Ugh… just as legendary—tastes absolutely disgusting.
I forced all three down with great effort. Before I could even savor the power surging through me, the old man spoke up: "Alright, with all these perks, if you can't complete the mission, don't bother coming back to see me. Remember, I'm giving you zero restrictions. Just get One Piece and return to me."
Then he tossed me out of the Main God Space, and I blacked out.
… "Ah… my head hurts so bad. Did I land head-first or something? That damn old man pissed me off. Wait—where the hell am I?"
I looked around: pitch-black sky, cracked dark-red ground, rivers glowing yellowish everywhere, scorching hot air… "Holy crap! Is this hell?!"
"Oh ho ho ho, yes it is~" A seductive figure appeared in front of me.
I focused—and damn, a total babe! Long straight dark-purple hair, clear yet mysterious dark-purple eyes, seductive gaze, plump sexy lips oozing charm from every angle. She wore nothing but a thin black veil; a pair of at-least-H-cup massive breasts barely covered by heart-shaped pasties over the nipples, and down below, a skimpy black thong that made my blood rush. Small devil wings on her back, a long black tail wrapped around her flawless thigh.
"Eh? A succubus?"
"Ehe~ How rude! I'm Lilith, not just some succubus—I'm one of the Seven Demon Kings of the Demon Realm." Every move Lilith made felt like pure temptation.
Heaven, then hell—what the actual hell is going on? My brain short-circuited.
By now, succubus Lilith had stepped right up to me. "You're the new Emissary that old geezer sent to the One Piece world, right? Sorry to say, but this world has already been taken over by us demons. Your predecessor—that stubborn old Emissary—got erased by me because he wouldn't cooperate."
"Er… erased? Sorry to bother you, I'll be going now." I turned to run, but after two steps, I lost all control of my body and froze in the most embarrassing pose imaginable.
"Hehe, don't be scared, little brother~ I won't kill you—as long as you cooperate. Take your time, just hear me out, okay?"
I instinctively tried to nod, but I couldn't move at all except my eyes. This can't be happening—barely transmigrated and already done for? That damn old man screwed me over!
Lilith stepped back into view, murmuring to herself: "Desire is the source of power for us demons. We took over this world to harvest the desires of every living being here. But demons can't directly interfere with lower realms, so we have to work through proxies—like sending you here to…"