Putting aside the matter of transmigrating into the One Piece world, this world is actually quite interesting.
It's called the Pirate King, yet after the Marineford War ended, people all over the world were cheering and celebrating the Marine's victory.
Because on this sea, pirates are bloody, visible disasters.
In other words, civilians are full of fear and hatred for pirates.
But Seven didn't care.
So, he lived his life.
Wherever the wind blows, wherever the waves hit, whoever the World Government portrays as a hero or a demon—let it be.
Seven only cared about holding his own helm tightly, living freely on this ocean where truths and lies are equally turbulent, guided by the compass in his heart.
South Blue, the east blue emperor.
After entering Reverse Mountain from the West Blue, the Morning Star Pirates sped along the currents to the South Blue sea, seeking to find a new companion as quickly as possible.
By the helm, Fujitora Issho and Mihawk sat on Seven's left and right sides respectively.
Regarding the goal of this trip, both were curious: what kind of man was worth Beelzebul driving at five times speed across half the world.
"Captain, what kind of person is the companion we're looking for this time?"
While Seven held the helm with one hand, memories from long ago yet still clear flashed in his eyes.
"Mr. Issho, his name is Bartholomew Kuma. He is a man with love in his heart, very much like you."
"Sixteen years ago, the Celestial Dragons held a hunting competition in God Valley in the West Blue. The targets were slaves like Kuma, as well as the civilians of God Valley."
"In God Valley, Kuma saved over 500 civilians under the pressure of the Celestial Dragons, the God's Knights, the Marine, the Rocks Pirates, and the Roger Pirates."
Seven paused.
"You might not know much about the Rocks Pirates... Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, Kaido, Captain John... these were all members of the Rocks Pirates. Kaido was just an apprentice back then."
"It was on such a battlefield."
"While some were rescuing their wives and children and others were looting treasure, Kuma saved over 500 civilians relying on the Paw-Paw Fruit he had just eaten... He was only nine years old then."
As his voice fell, Fujitora Issho sighed with emotion.
"I didn't expect the battle of God Valley back then to have such a twisty and unbelievable truth, with so many great pirates gathered in one crew..."
"Mr. Kuma is a hero worthy of respect."
"Yeah," Seven sighed.
Kuma deserved the title of hero by any standard, but just as Luffy said: I don't want to be a hero, I want to eat meat.
For the same piece of meat, a pirate would use it for a banquet.
While a hero would give the meat to those in need.
Seven sincerely and wholeheartedly admired heroes. If he could, he was willing to lend them a hand, but he didn't want to become one himself.
Being a hero is too tiring.
A life not bound by too much morality while retaining a necessary conscience is the way Seven wanted to live.
"Oi, News Coo."
Seven waved at a passing News Coo and took three coins from his pocket.
"Three newspapers."
One of the benefits of the Morning Star Pirates: every crew member enjoys the freedom of newspapers, whether official or apprentice.
They had been traveling for the past few days and hadn't had a good look at how much the bounties of the crew members had increased.
When Seven saw his own bounty, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch: "Three billion... emperor of the sea..."
In the future, this would only be at the level of little Kid, but in this current era, the value of three billion is absolutely immense, approaching the three legendary pirates.
This time, the Marine didn't disregard the facts.
As for the emperor of the sea, it's just an empty title.
He'd rather have something practical, like the Bari Bari no Mi, Gold-Gold Fruit, Teleportation Fruit... and treasures like Captain John's treasure.
Thinking of Devil Fruits made Seven's head ache. He couldn't find suitable people to eat the Gate-Gate Fruit and the Mythical Zoan Kuma Kuma no Mi in his hands.
The system mall didn't refresh the items that allow a person to eat several Devil Fruits at once.
Forget it, better tease Mihawk first.
"Hey, Mihawk, why are you only at two billion?"
Mihawk raised his eyes: "I'm not like someone who barely gets three billion after working so hard. I only made a slight move and reached a bounty of two billion."
"As expected of you, Mihawk."
In this exchange, Seven was completely defeated.
Looking at the vast sea, Seven could already predict that in the future, they would inevitably encounter countless pirate rookies who wanted to step on the Morning Star Pirates to make a name for themselves.
In this sea, the fastest way to become famous is undoubtedly to step on the pirate predecessors, gaining fame while absorbing all their wealth and influence.
This is the finest tradition of pirates—overthrowing superiors, very much in line with Japanese characteristics.
Not far away, Fujitora Issho was sitting on the sofa, quietly listening to Robin read the newspaper.
"Fujitora Issho, Zushi Zushi no Mi user, Great Swordsman, possesses one of the supreme grade swords, gamblers fireline, bounty of two billion, dead or alive."
"Uncle, you're at two billion."
The next second, Robin's dark little face turned significantly paler for some reason, and her hands couldn't stop trembling.
"Devil Child... Nico Robin... bounty of 100 million berries... dead... or alive."
Life is not easy, Robin sighed: at such a young age, she already carried a bounty of 100 million berries.
It's too hard!
Sensing the fear in little Robin's heart, Fujitora gently patted Robin's thin shoulder: "Don't be afraid, we are all here."
Robin nodded heavily: "Mm."
Yeah, so what if it's a Marine Buster Call? With Captain Beelzebul, Mr. Mihawk, and Uncle Issho here, what's there to be afraid of?
At worst, they'd just defeat the Buster Call fleet again.
Nightmares only become nightmares because of a fear of insufficient firepower; under saturated firepower coverage, even a nightmare can become a little angel.
Little black girl Robin secretly made up her mind: she must become an apprentice of the Morning Star Pirates and follow the Captain to every corner of the sea.
At least looking back on this life in her old age, she could proudly say to her descendants—
[Back then, during the Ohara Buster Call, facing two Marine Admiral fleets, the Captain and I went on a rampage]
By the helm, Seven stretched.
"Mihawk, you take the helm for a while. Call me when we reach the southern port of the Sorbet Kingdom."
Actually, both Mihawk and Fujitora had noticed the abnormality on the east blue emperor. Less than four hours of sleep after boarding the ship was better than eight hours before.
The two tacitly pretended nothing had happened.
They couldn't help but feel emotional: boarding this ship was definitely the greatest choice they had ever made in their lives.
Returning to the Captain's quarters, Seven lay in the bathtub and opened the system mall he hadn't browsed in a long time.
"Eh? You can even buy this thing?"
[Lunarian Bloodline: 50,000 points. A part of your body will burst into flames. Defense +100% when the flames are Burning, speed +100% when the flames are extinguished. Gain the ability to generate and control flames...]
Sure enough, even dogs wouldn't eat the Mera Mera no Mi.