Chapter 1 Nine-Tailed Fox
After the Marineford War.
In the Pirate World, New World, at the new Marineford.
Inside Admiral Kizaru's office.
Kizaru Borsalino was leisurely lying on his office chair, watching the infinitely beautiful, fiery red sunset outside the window.
"Another wonderful day of clocking in for work~"
Kizaru stretched, making himself more comfortable in the recliner.
His feet naturally rested on the desk, letting the sunset outside the window bathe his entire body, and his thoughts began to drift… Ever since the Marineford War, the pirates had become increasingly rampant, and it was getting harder and harder for him to clock in for work; he was constantly being called into action~
What he couldn't stand the most was… there were no travel expenses, no overtime pay!
His salary wasn't even up to par~
Maybe… he could use his experience of slacking off and acting during the Marineford War to try out for the Revolutionary Army… Kizaru's mind wandered, his focus gradually relaxing, becoming a little hazy~
The sunset outside the window still shone on Kizaru, but it began to change ever so slightly.
A bright yellow light, following the direction of the sunset, drilled into Kizaru's body.
As Kizaru's mind relaxed, his soul was squeezed out of his body.
Kizaru's soul gradually rose, and he looked at his own body, still lying in the office chair, with some surprise.
"Am I… dead? That's so inexplicable…"
Suddenly, he saw his body move, very stiffly.
???
Kizaru's soul was full of question marks. Wasn't he dead?
He watched as the body, somewhat uncoordinated, walked to the full-length mirror and carefully examined the body in the mirror, its expression first shocked, then ecstatic.
His own body then muttered a sentence:
"I actually transmigrated to the Pirate World, but thankfully, I transmigrated into Kizaru's body, so my strength is still guaranteed!"
Hearing this, Kizaru felt a sense of realization, yet also some confusion.
The realization was that he understood his own situation; someone must have forcibly occupied his body… The confusion was what Devil Fruit ability the other party possessed, and how they managed to do it?
And also, what did he mean by transmigration?
He didn't understand, didn't understand.
But… whether he understood or not didn't matter. All Kizaru needed was to reclaim control of his body!
How dare he forcibly occupy my body!
Kizaru's soul was just about to rush into his body to reclaim control and give that insidious fellow a lesson.
At that moment, his body suddenly struck out a palm towards the location of his soul: "Dimensional Palm!"
A black passage appeared, pulling Kizaru's body to enter.
"I already noticed there was a soul here. Watch me banish you to another dimension! My System is truly awesome!"
Kizaru could no longer control his soul; it was sucked into the spatial black hole, and his consciousness began to blur.
Taking advantage of his last shred of clarity, Kizaru's soul cursed silently.
Holy crap!
Shouldn't we be fighting for control of the body inside the body?
Young man, you lack martial virtue! I advise you to be careful!
Also, what the hell is a System?
… "Hmm, I feel like someone was just cursing me…"
"Kizaru" paced around, adapting to his new body, a slight smile on his lips. "But never mind, reborn in a new life, I will make my name resound throughout this Pirate World!"
… After an unknown amount of time~
Kizaru's soul gradually regained consciousness.
He opened his eyes~
It was a somewhat steampunk-style space, with metal pipes everywhere.
Where was this?
Was it one of Vegapunk's laboratories?
No, that wasn't right.
There was no experimental equipment.
There were also many water stains on the floor.
Vegapunk, that germ-phobic scientist who loved to wear a white coat, would not tolerate water stains on his laboratory floor.
Kizaru began to float around this space.
He slowly drifted into a large, open area.
Before him was a giant cage.
There were also talismans on the cage that he couldn't understand.
The inside of the cage was quite dark, and nothing could be seen clearly.
Only the faintly audible heavy breathing made Kizaru a little curious.
Kizaru's soul floated closer to the talismans, observing them carefully and gently touching them with his hand.
These talismans seemed to possess mysterious power, but… he couldn't figure them out~
At this moment, the soul of a young boy with bright yellow hair, green goggles on his forehead, three whiskers on each cheek, and wearing an orange top and orange pants, also arrived in this space.
The boy was full of confusion, "Where is this place~"
Roar!
The boy's arrival triggered a change.
A sky-shattering beast roar came from the cage!
Kizaru suddenly turned his head… It was a fiery-red fox with sharp fangs and claws, and nine tails… Its body seemed to accumulate all the anger, resentment, and evil in the world… Its body was as massive as a mountain, and the wagging of its tails created a violent gale… At this moment, it was ferociously baring its fangs at Kizaru.
Nine-Tailed Fox?
Isn't that a creature from myths and legends?
How could it appear here?
Kizaru was momentarily stunned.
Clang!
One of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's sharp claws suddenly extended, its several-meter-long demon fox nail piercing directly towards Kizaru's soul.
Kizaru was startled.
What's wrong with this fox!
Kizaru quickly retreated, and the hand that had been touching the talisman, took the talisman off!
Whoosh!
The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's eyes stared intently at Kizaru's hand, looking at the sealing talisman on it. In its huge pupils, there was first disbelief, and then wild joy.
Roar!
The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox opened its bloody maw, spewing out a foul-smelling gust of wind that blew open the cage, now devoid of its sealing talisman~
Its massive body lunged out, and its bloody maw swallowed the stunned boy!
Crack, crack… It bit off more than half of the yellow-haired boy's soul, leaving only half a skull.
Then it chewed vigorously, as if only this could vent the anger in its heart!
"Beast! How dare you eat a human!"
Kizaru roared in anger.
"Beast, give me back my son's life!"
A golden-haired young man's phantom and a fiery-red-haired woman's phantom appeared together, both with grim expressions.
Things happened too suddenly; they had no time to react.
Several thick, incredibly powerful energy chains rapidly emerged from the woman's body, the ends of the chains tipped with terrifying spikes~
Swish, swish, swish~
The spikes of these energy chains all pierced into the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's body, restricting its movements.
Roar!
The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox roared, "Kushina!"
"Hand over the soul you devoured!"
Kushina's brows were tightly furrowed, her fiery red hair standing on end, like an angry red chili pepper.
"Hmph, evil human! How foolish. What I devour naturally turns to dust. That little brat only has half a skull's worth of soul left~"
The other golden-haired young man quickly formed several hand seals.
A huge pulling force emanated from the cage, and with Kushina's energy chain seal, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was pulled back into the cage step by step!
"Seal!"
The golden-haired young man, Minato, lightly shouted.
The cage door locked once more.
From inside the cage came the Nine-Tailed's angry roar: "Minato~"
"Kushina, I have reinforced the seal once again!"
The golden-haired young man, Minato, finished speaking and suddenly turned to look at Kizaru's soul.
The red-haired Kushina also directed her needle-sharp gaze towards Kizaru.
This… "…"