Chapter 1 Ah~ The Breath of Freedom~
"Action Kamen ~ The Justice Kamen!!!"
"GO~GO~GO~"
"Come here, you damn dog!"
The sky was clear and blue, white clouds drifted by, and the boundless blue sea shimmered like countless golden scales under the sunlight.
"...They all dare to surpass...their arrogance in competing for first place—buzz, buzz buzz buzz—!"
"Damn it! ...It's flooded again!"
V, who had a tough-guy look, suddenly choked on a mouthful of seawater, making a muffled bubbling sound in his throat.
He patted his throat hard, and salty liquid slid down his jawline, glistening disheveled in the sunlight.
"I can't take it anymore." He panted heavily, patting the limp straw-hatted boy beneath him. "I need to switch with you."
"Huh?" The straw-hatted boy who had just been singing loudly looked pale.
"What do you mean, 'huh'?" V didn't care at all, and even wanted to stand on the moral high ground and point fingers:
"You don't want to watch my body rust, do you?"
"Young people should be able to endure more hardship. They should be able to overcome any side effects and just bear with it."
"…hesitatingly…"
The boy in the straw hat was already so hungry that his eyes were blurry, but he still resignedly started to move.
After some effort, the two finally managed to switch places.
The "small boat" pieced together from broken planks creaked and groaned in the waves, each rocking sounding like a cry.
V looked down and suddenly laughed, a laugh tinged with an indescribable pallor.
"It's G."
"I've lived my whole life on thin ice, Luffy, do you think I can reach the other side?"
That's right.
At this moment, the seemingly silly, starving, straw-hatted boy beneath V was none other than...
The chosen one who will soon stir up the world's affairs—Monkey D. Luffy.
As for V?
He is certainly no ordinary person, capable of defying predetermined fate and appearing here in an unconventional form.
Listen carefully!
He is a graduate of a vocational high school girls' restroom, a disciple of the Thunder and Lightning King, the champion of free escape in Southeast Asia, and the designated partner of Guochao Takeaway.
His eventful life experiences never made him feel superior to others.
His incredible luck is his strongest asset in surviving to this day!
Yes.
V is invincible!
The events of the past life are no longer important.
Now, he just wants to experience life with a completely new identity.
Just hours ago, he was making his dreams come true with his own hands.
Abbreviation: Using one's hands to pretend to be cool.
Unexpectedly, disaster struck!
Fully loaded with cargo, it leaps into the air and flies into the homes of ordinary people.
When V opened his eyes again, he found himself in the body of a character from Cyberpunk 2077, in this strange and dangerous world.
(The process is too dangerous; please do not attempt to imitate it.)
However, just as Stand users are attracted to each other.
He, who was born extraordinary, appeared beside Luffy, who was equally extraordinary.
This day is destined to be recorded in history.
The only regret is that V's time travel posture is slightly problematic.
V-Zen descended from the sky and rushed straight into Luffy's arms like a delicate flower.
The scene at that time can be described in two words:
Whoosh—Boom!
The body, contaminated with excessive heavy metals, instantly pierced through Luffy's dream ship.
The two of them thus began their life of wandering at sea, relying on each other for survival.
"The other side?" Luffy turned around weakly, as if he had been completely exhausted. "You mean the island?"
"Hmm...you could understand it that way."
V leaned back and collapsed onto Luffy's soft, rubbery body.
Surprisingly, this rubber body perfectly accommodated his prosthetic body.
The unusual comfort even made V forget the threat of death for a time.
Ah, the breath of freedom!
V took a deep breath.
Even though all he could smell was the salty, fishy odor of the sea, a look of pure bliss still appeared on his face.
No need to struggle for a living, no need to worry about work.
He hadn't felt this relaxed in a long time.
"Hello, V."
At that moment, Luffy stretched his neck like a turtle turning its head and looked at V.
"Don't you really want to join my pirate crew and go on adventures with me?"
"You idiot, you're about to die and you're still thinking about this kind of thing?"
V glanced at Luffy unexpectedly upon hearing Luffy's invitation again.
As expected of a veteran anime character, he's terrifyingly single-minded.
But after a moment of silence, V gently shook his head:
"Forget it, Luffy."
"We're not on the same wavelength; you can't force a relationship."
"Forcing each other to be together will only cause pain for both parties."
Although V hadn't figured out what to do after transmigrating, he didn't dare to mess around with Luffy without too many cheat codes.
My life is more important.
Forget about dominating the world.
But with this gaming body, living a comfortable life and marrying a few anime beauties shouldn't be too difficult.
"Tch~ What kind of reason is that!" Luffy muttered unhappily.
However, having sensed V's true feelings, he did not continue to pester V as he did in the original story.
Don't let Luffy's seemingly silly demeanor fool you; he's actually quite cunning behind the scenes.
Beneath its seemingly simple-minded exterior lies a hidden ability to understand people's hearts and "listen to the voice of all things."
Definitely the configuration of a chosen one!
However, at that moment, Luffy, who was about to give up inviting V, suddenly paused.
In that instant, his childlike heart keenly sensed that V's emotions were undergoing a violent fluctuation.
"V?" Luffy turned around in confusion.
V reached out to stop him: "Wait a minute! Let me have some peace and quiet!"
"Don't ask me who Jingjing is."
As soon as he finished speaking, V closed his eyes.
He then discovered that a completely new interface had suddenly appeared in addition to the brain-computer interface he had become accustomed to.
Sizzle—
A faint, electronic sound, accompanied by electrical noise, suddenly exploded in V's ears without warning.
[The prosthetic doctor system has finished loading.]
A dark interface suddenly appeared in V's mind.
The interface is dark red overall, covered with a large number of fine black lines, while the corners have some blue-purple noise flickering.
In the very center of the interface, a few lines of text are framed by a magenta border:
[Patient Information], [Operating Room], [Prosthetics Shop], [Black Market]
"This is... my cheat code!?"
V was deeply shocked.
My gaze naturally drifted to the small text flowing in the lower right corner of the interface:
The prosthetic doctor system is now in use.
Current Level: Tier 1
Current experience points: 0/1000
[Trading Points: 0]
[Information regarding Prosthetic Doctor (Tier 1) has been loaded.]
[Operating Room Permissions Activated: Basic Surgical Instruments Unlocked; Wards Unlocked, Current Quantity: 1]
[Cybernetic Shop Opens: Purchase Permissions for Tier 1 Basic Cybernetic Bodies, Materials, and Weapons are Now Unlocked]
[Black Market Open: Black market trading and material conversion functions are now unlocked.]
In an instant, a flood of information rushed into V's mind.
With the help of the 5th-order brain-computer interface, this information did not give him a headache; on the contrary, it allowed V to instantly master how to use the system.
"I, V Zhentian, am back!?"
V looked up in surprise, and a faint blue light inadvertently shone from the prosthetic eye in its socket.
"What happened?"
Seeing that V hadn't spoken for a long time, Luffy couldn't help but ask a question.
V, on the other hand, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a mysterious and unpredictable smile.
"Luffy, your invitation..."
"I accept!!!"
"What!?"
Luffy's eyes widened instantly, and his face under his straw hat shone with surprise.
"You're willing to become my partner!?"
"That's right!"
V smiled brightly.
When he first arrived in the world of One Piece, his original plan was to lay low for a while and then figure things out later.
But after understanding how to use the system...
What a joke!
Fuck it!
I'm going to amaze the whole world!
At this moment, even V's gaze towards Luffy underwent a significant change.
He chuckled and placed his hand on Luffy's straw hat:
"Don't worry, Luffy!"
"Whether you become the Pirate King or some other king, I will do my best to assist you!"
"So, Captain..."
"From now on, give me everything you have!"
"You really are fickle!"
Luffy was completely taken aback by V's change in attitude.
But soon, the joy of gaining a partner took over his entire being.
"Well, I don't know why, but I finally have a partner to go on an adventure with!"
"I'm going to be the Pirate King!!!"
End of this chapter...