Chapter 2: Mistakenly Boarded a Warship
Staring at the guy in front of him who's fit looked like he was covered in toilet paper and a fish bowl on top Lin Hai could barely suppress his laughter.
'how does he not feel hot in that... Spacesuit?'
That face was definitely asking for a slap no doubt just look at it. Dude had a thick beard and a snot trail running down his nose fucking Disgusting.
Is he mentally challenged…?
'Right right it's a celestial dragon i almost forgot, silly me.'
Actually, that man was Saint Charlos, one of the Celestial Dragons — descendants of the so-called gods of the world, with absolute authority. This was the same idiot who would get punched into oblivion by Luffy a year later.
Charlos locked eyes with Lin Hai. He was stunned. This man… he was just standing there? No kneeling, No groveling. Worse the look Lin Hai was giving him made him feel insulted.
Charlos's disbelief turned into fury.
"You… you lowly mongrel! You dare stand before me and not kneel?! I'll feed you to the fishman I bought at auction yesterday!"
'The fuck is wrong with this guy?'Lin Hai scowled, not in the mood for this lunatic.
"Dude if you wanna use the toilet, fine by me but don't yell." Lin rolled his eyes before bowing down and gesturing the celestial dragon to use the toilet.
But just as he passed Lin by, a hideous idea came into his mind.
"Why in such a hurry? Don't tell me an inbred bastard like you can't hold it in for even an hour without having to crap his pants."
'heh. I've always wanted to do this. Besides I have the space-space fruit, what's the wooooorst that could happen?'
The celestial dragon's body twitched as his body slowly turned around.
Lin's eyes turned into crescents as a wide smile was plastered on his face as if he didn't just say the most outrageous thing ever. The celestial dragon looked at him in disbelief.
"Y-you! What did you just say?!?!! Do you know who i a-"
As he heard his annoying loud voice Lin's hand moved involuntarily.
Without hesitation, he slapped Charlos across the face.
DUANG! The guy flew back, smashed into the edge of the toilet seat, and passed out cold.
As the blood slipped down the edge of the toilet seat from the celestial dragon's neck Lin finally realised what he just did.
Then it hit Lin Hai — this wasn't just a rich fool. This wasn't just a normal person. It was a Celestial Dragon.
And in the world of One Piece… hitting one of them was basically signing your own death warrant. Soon, a Marine Admiral would be on his way.
Gotta fucking run. NOW.
Lin Hai turned to leave, but paused. Surely Charlos had guards nearby.
Luckily, no one else had seen his face. He could still escape.
Wait — the Space-Space Fruit!
He turned back, spat on Charlos's unconscious face, and muttered, "You deserved that."
Then he closed his eyes and focused on getting a feel of his devil fruit ability.
[Spatial Field]
A spherical distortion expanded from his palm, enclosing the restroom's walls. He triggered a spatial swap and in the blink of an eye, he teleported outside the building.
'huh, smoother than i expected. Maybe it isn't as useless as i thought it was.'
No time to waste at all.
Lin Hai bolted toward the sandy coast. The Marines would be alerted soon, and once the island got locked down, escaping would be a nightmare. If Charlos remembered his face, he was screwed.
As he ran, he spotted someone walking toward the island — tall, regal, flanked by two younger women. Among the crowd they stood out as the civilians made way and wouldn't dare to get close to them.
Wait…what the? that's Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress.
Known as the most beautiful woman in the world, and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Hancock's strength was only matched by her pride.
Lin Hai recalled her backstory and personality. If the Marines sealed off the island, she'd never submit to a search, she'd rather go down in a all out fight.
But... This doesn't match cannon at all? At this point in time she should still be holed up in Amazon lily. Too scared to leave the outside world.
Maybe she's leaving to accept her warlord title? No no that too wouldn't match the timeline. Fuck it what matters more right now is my life.
As he ran and finally reached the edge of the sea. He stopped in his tracks.
He had to warn her.
Running up,he broke through the crowd of civilians standing around them.
His slow yet confident steps as he stared boa right into her eyes surprised her as he spoke in a calm and unbothered voice.
" Boa Hancock of the kuja pirates, bounty: 80 million. A Celestial Dragon was just knocked out. If you wish to live, I would recommend leaving The island NOW. The island's gonna get locked down soon. You should leave while you can."
He turned his back from them and slowly walked to the crowd before stopping in between.
"Knowing your past, I don't wish harm to befall you Boa."
Just before the two twin sisters moved to catch him his figure dissapared in blue smoke.
'hmmm that should leave a good and mysterious impression don't you think system? Ehehe maybe even give me a place in her heart.' A grin grew on Lin's face.
He found himself back to where he was just a bit away from the shore.
.....
Hancock and her sisters froze.
Did… that man just say a Celestial Dragon got attacked?
They looked at each other stunned. Was that even possible? By elimination other than the three of them, having done their research they know there was no one nearby powerful enough to go up against a celestial dragon.Currently he was the most likely suspect to attack a celestial dragon.
"Why would someone do something this reckless? Even if they possess a space related devil fruit.' Boa found herself stunned as her mind ran through the possibilities.
Sandersonia, the green-haired sister cursed under her breath, snapped out of it first.
"Sister, we need to leave. We can visit sabaody another time!"
Still dazed, Hancock let her sisters pull her away.
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Lin Hai reached the coastline and quickly scanned for a way out. He saw a large ship just beginning to leave port.
No hesitation. He activated his fruit again and teleported onto the ship.
But as his feet touched the deck, his heart sank.
This wasn't just any ship. It was a Marine warship. A very distinct one, one that any average viewer of one piece would immediately recognise.
with a giant dog head emblem flying from its mast, there was no doubt in his heart this ship could only belong to,
Monkey D. Garp
On board, Vice Admiral Garp stood with a bag of rice crackers in his hand he ate them unbothered by aokiji who was yelling at him.
"Why did you decide to come to sabaody??? That too for a celestial dragon escort have you finally lost it?"
At Aokiji's words Garp scoffed before speaking.
"Hmpf, I don't need to listen to some brat before deciding what I want to do. My gut told me that coming here would be a good decision."
Aokiji looked at him in disbelief as his forehead blackened.
"Have you finally LOST it? Y-
*This*
As Lin Hai landed, both of them looked over.
Garp raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Kid, who are you? How'd you get on my ship?"
Feeling the aura of the two admiral level fighters infront of him his body twitched as sweat ran down his neck.
He recognized Garp instantly. This man was a beast Luffy's grandfather, and someone who could punch mountains into dust.
'Nevermind. God or whoever the fuck brought me here, fuck you.'
At least Garp didn't know him. That was.... Good?
And Garp wasn't unreasonable or bloodthirsty. That was better.
Lin Hai exhaled slowly, then put on his best innocent face.
"Me? Oh… uh, name's Lin, Sleep God. I was being chased by human traffickers, so I panicked and snuck onto this ship. Didn't mean to cause trouble." (1)
As he got up from the ground he dusted his clothes before walking away from them and preparing to jump off the ship as if it was the most natural thing to do.
At the same time he felt a large hand grab him by the shoulder.
"Your name's Lin, right?" Garp muttered, narrowing his eyes.
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(1)
(Shuìshén) literally means "Sleep God"
Basically it's a common gaming nickname or troll username — used by players who pretend to be chill, sleepy, basically nonchalant? or overconfident in their "lazy" power. Bad meme I know right?