Chapter 95: Thou Art Most Brazen
This was Ryū's first time encountering a plagiarist-type transmigrator. Granted, the total number of transmigrators he knew about was exactly three—one of whom, Meiyu Yinjing, was already dead.
The second was the person Whitebeard had just told him about—the one drawing ONE PIEE inside the One Piece world.
And the third transmigrator was, quite obviously, himself.
A perfectly legitimate transmigrator, at that.
Come to think of it—what exactly made a transmigrator "legitimate"?
Were there actual laws governing transmigration and reincarnation? Some kind of interdimensional legal code?
Ryū genuinely had no idea. And nobody had ever briefed him on the subject.
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He continued flipping through ONE PIEE.
Certain minor plot points—small details, really—did differ from the original.
Probably because the transmigrator hadn't received any kind of cheat system and was working purely from memory to reproduce the manga.
Which was impressive in its own right. At the very least, it proved that before transmigrating, this person had been a reasonably dedicated One Piece fan—not some casual viewer who'd skimmed a few arcs.
The execution was just… a bit reckless. Drawing a manga about a world's own future, inside that same world? The sheer audacity. If anyone caught wind of what was really going on—the World Government, or worse, a particularly ruthless pirate crew—the consequences would be dire.
Even if the transmigrator's movements were shrouded in secrecy, it wouldn't matter in the long run.
With that many factions combined, actually finding one person wasn't all that hard.
Maybe not in a month. But two months? Six months? A year?
They'd be found eventually. And if it was the World Government's people who found them first, or some particularly vicious pirate crew—
Ryū could only offer a few preemptive seconds of silence for this junior transmigrator.
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"Shame they're not the kill-for-rewards type like Meiyu Yinjing," Ryū sighed. "If another one of those showed up and I could take them out for even just 10,000 Points… that'd be a massive upgrade."
He wasn't sure if it was because of the previous quest, but the moment he'd realized this person was likely a transmigrator, he'd felt a surge of excitement—only to be let down.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: This is just an ordinary transmigrator. No system, probably doesn't even have a basic cheat ability.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: Based on the chat group's classification, they're a legitimate transmigrator.
[PM] Edward Newgate: A legitimate transmigrator, huh? I see…
[PM] Edward Newgate: Admin-dono, if this old man were to take a transmigrator in as a son—that wouldn't cause any problems, would it?
[PM] RawrSoFierce: …Hmm, that's probably fine.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: But what if they turn out to be a woman?
[PM] Edward Newgate: Gurararara! Then this old man takes her as a daughter!
[PM] Edward Newgate: That transmigrator is ridiculously bold—drawing this world's future in this world. Without someone protecting them, the moment any other faction figures it out, they're dead meat!
Ryū wasn't going to comment on Whitebeard's particular brand of entertainment.
Adopting a transmigrator as a son—or daughter… that was the kind of gloriously unhinged move only Whitebeard would pull.
Though come to think of it—why was it always Whitebeard's One Piece world causing trouble? First an illegal reincarnator in Blackbeard, now a legitimate transmigrator. Was it because One Piece was too mainstream, so transmigrators and reincarnators just kept piling in?
And wasn't Naruto also pretty mainstream? What if one day a transmigrator popped up in the Naruto world too?
Would he adopt them as a daughter? A son? Pfft… that'd be a bit too brazen. He didn't have that kind of quirky taste.
* * *
Switching from the PM interface back to the group chat, Ryū found that Whitebeard had already shared the transmigrator news with everyone.
Not that it was a secret. Sharing it was perfectly fine.
Edward Newgate: Just checked with Admin-dono—turns out there's a transmigrator in my world. Suddenly feel like adopting them as a son or daughter.
Kaguya-sama: Huh… Adopting a transmigrator as… as a son or daughter???
Edward Newgate: Gurararara! Doesn't that sound exciting?
Kaguya-sama: No, wait—chotto matte! Old Man Whitebeard, aren't transmigrators supposed to be the chat group's public enemy? And you want to ADOPT one?
Crazy Diamond: Yeah! So does this mean there's another quest?
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Ara… the One Piece world again?
Edward Newgate: Gurararara! You've got it wrong!
Edward Newgate: Admin-dono confirmed this one's a legitimate transmigrator. That means no Group Quest has been triggered.
Edward Newgate: That's WHY this old man wants to adopt them. Otherwise, I'd have already pummeled them to paste.
Kaguya-sama: Them? So you haven't confirmed the transmigrator's gender yet?
RawrSoFierce: Correct. The transmigrator is being pretty sneaky—staying completely hidden. If they hadn't been drawing One Piece inside the One Piece world, Whitebeard would never have known they existed.
Kaguya-sama: Drawing One Piece… inside the One Piece world?! What kind of move is that?
Crazy Diamond: Hssss… To borrow Admin-dono's words—that's wearing someone else's clothes and pretending they're yours.
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: This is beyond wearing the clothes—they've stolen the entire wardrobe!
We, Ying Zheng: Thou art most brazen…
RawrSoFierce: …You all pick up memes really fast, I'll give you that.
* * *
Although this particular transmigrator hadn't triggered a Group Quest—
Their audacious stunt had still left everyone in the group stunned.
A move this outrageously brazen… what was that transmigrator even thinking?!
In a situation like this, the moment anyone caught on that something was off, it wouldn't matter how deeply the transmigrator was hiding. They'd be hunted down eventually.
Not to mention the One Piece world had all manner of bizarre Devil Fruits.
Who was to say there wasn't one specifically suited for tracking people down?
Did that transmigrator really think they were that much smarter than everyone else?
Did they honestly believe the people of the One Piece world were as one-dimensional as their anime counterparts?
Thinking like that was a guaranteed recipe for a brutal death.
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[Ding! "Little Sakura of the Tōsaka Household" has joined the Dimensional Chat Group!]
While everyone was still processing the transmigrator news—
A new-member notification suddenly popped up.
Ryū: "??!"
What? Little Sakura of the… Tōsaka household? Tōsaka Sakura? That name sounded awfully familiar.
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