The moment I stepped through the portal, it immediately vanished. ‘So, no going back now.’

  What greeted my sight was the orange colored setting sun. And I was standing on a cliff right in front of the Ocean. I could hear the sound of waves crashing against the rocks below, and feel the fresh sea breeze all over my body.

  ‘Wait a minute…’ I looked down at myself and found myself to be completely naked.

  ‘Oh right, of course I'd start my adventure naked. Couldn't have that God been a bit more considerate?’

  I started looking around for something to cover myself with. And it wasn't bad, but being naked in such a pce was pretty weird to be honest. After searching around to no avail, I walked down the cliff and then to the sandy shore.

  ‘What's that?’

  It was a ship wreckage. Not really a ship, more like a boat. After going near it, it looked pretty old. ‘This wrecked boat should have been here for about 5 months to look like this…’

  I walked into the boat and found it to be quite empty, except for a couple chests, and rummaged through them. After a few minutes, I fortunately found a wearable blue shirt, bck shorts and a pair of worn down slippers in the 2nd chest.

  Both of them sported multiple holes and tears.

  ‘I look like a beggar… but not like I have a choice.’ I thought, looking at my reflection in the sea water.

  Now, only half the sun was visible above the surface of the sea and it was starting to get dark. ‘That God said there is a vilge across the isnd. I'll have to find it now. But it'll be night soon, won't the wild animals attack me? I don't even have a weapon… ah yes, I have that Gashadokuro devil fruit powers! I almost forgot about it while looking for clothes.’

  I almost simultaneously noticed some foreign knowledge appear in my head.

  Mythical Zoan: Human Human fruit, Model: Gashadokuro. It allows me to create a yer of bone appear on my body, and this bone armour will be much tougher than normal bones, almost on par with steel. And despite being a hard material, it won't hinder my movement, mostly at least, by one piece logic.

  I imagined it and the next moment, my right arm was covered in a yer of bone. I tried opening and closing my fist, and it was a bit uncomfortable but fine nonetheless. And now I won't have to worry about wild animals attacking me.

  ‘And if I can coat this with armament haki, it'll be even more amazing. Though I'll have to learn it first…’

  Besides that, I can shoot bone bullets out of my finger tips. I can also rip out the bones inside me and use them as my weapons, as all the bones in my body are now extremely tough thanks to the devil fruit. And new bones will appear in pce of the bone I rip out, and the flesh that gets torn apart during the process will quickly heal. So this fruit also gives me high regeneration and healing abilities. Sweet.

  ‘Ugh that sounds gory and painful. But now I have almost infinite weapons if I put up with that pain. I'll try that ter, I'll have to mentally prepare myself for it.’

  And the st but not least is, bone manipution. It will let me manipute the bones inside my body, shape, size and such stuff. ‘I can also manipute the bones of other's but I'm not sure how. I'll have to experiment.’

  ‘But isn't mine a Zoan fruit? Shouldn't I be able to transform in this Gashadokuro creature? I'm not sure how it even looks. Anyway, let's go and look for the vilge, it's almost night now.’

  I chose and random direction and started walking towards it. I really wanted to find the vilge as soon as possible. Not because I was scared of wild animals on the Isnd, I had my reliable bone armour, but because I was getting hungry.

  And I couldn't just hunt a wild animals and cook it, I don't know how. I wasn't even a survival enthusiast, but a corporate portfolio manager.

  ‘Heh. I feel like Steve. Is this what real life Minecraft would feel like? But how many years has it been since I even touched that game? Should be about 5 years.’

  The moon and Stars hanging in the sky dimly illuminated the forest I was walking in. It had been a few hours since I started finding the vilge.

  But I wasn't really tired. Yeah I'm fit and used to go to gym regurly but still, my endurance and stamina shouldn't be this high. My fruit is a zoan, so it probably increased my endurance and stamina. That's good.

  I kept walking. Yet no signs of any vilge. I haven't even seen any wild animals except insects and snakes yet.

  ‘Did that damn God lie to me about the vilge? But I'm really hungry…

  Oh but what will I say to the vilgers if I find them? A God sent me to this world? Yeah like anyone will buy that. I have to cook up a story…’

  After only God knows how long, I finally noticed a flickering orange light far away. A torch!

  ‘Finally!’ I enthusiastically ran towards the source of light, and soon reached it.

  It was a tall wall made of wood, with a gate carved on it. On each side of the gate was a fme torch.

  And right in front of the gate, a guard was sitting on a chair, sleeping, with a spear as support.

  I cleared my throat and spoke, “Excuse me?”

  No response. He was still asleep.

  “Hello?”

  Nothing.

  “Hey!!!”

  “Huagh?!” The damn guard finally woke up. “Huh? What? Who the hell are you?”

  “I'm Hugo.”

  “Hugo?” In the flickering torch light, he studied my face for a minute and then looked down and saw the terrible clothes I was wearing.

  Then he looked up again at my blonde hair, then at my emerald eyes, which were reflecting his face and the flickering fmes of the torch behind him.

  “You don't look like you're from around here, are you a foreigner?”. Then he looked at my clothes again and continued, “Were you washed ashore?”

  “Yeah. My ship was attacked by some pirates. And I don't even know if there are any survivors other than me.”

  “I see… that's unfortunate. Are you wounded?”

  “Not really. I was just unconscious and brought here by the waves. Just woke up a few hours ago…”

  “Hmm so that's how it is. Where were you going?”

  “Windmill Vilge.” This is the only vilge name I remember from the show. I really should have made some time to continue watching One Piece… only if I knew something like this was going to happen…

  “Windmill… Ah the one in Goa Kingdom?”

  “That's right. Was going there to meet a few friends. Which Isnd is this?”

  “This is Lane Vilge of Cownro Isnd.”

  The guard looked up and down at me again, as if judging for something. Then extended his hand toward me. “I'm Munro. Nice to meet ya, Hugo! You seem like a nice man. Unfortunate what happened to you but don't stop looking forward!” He said with a smile.

  I shook his hand. “Likewise, Munro. Thank you.”

  “You must be hungry and tired, brother. Come follow me. I live alone, you can stay the night at my pce since it'll be empty because I have night duty.” He picked up his spear and opened the wooden gate behind him and walked through it.

  “Oh you are a lifesaver, Munro. I'm really hungry right now.” I followed behind him.

  Now that I notice, he is really tall, easily above 6 feet. Right, One Piece had really big and tall characters. Damn it… I feel even shorter now. Can't my devil fruit increase my height?

  We chatted along the way to his house, and soon enough, we reached his humble abode. It was pretty small, but still looked cozy for some reason.

  Entering his house, Munro turned to me and said, “Go ahead and take a bath. I'll prepare spare clothes, some food and bed for you in the meantime. I'll go back to my duty then, you go to sleep, you must be exhausted. Then tomorrow I'll take you to the vilge Chief. You can discuss what you want to do further, with him.”

  “Alright, thanks very much again.”

  “No problem!” He said with a smile while patting my shoulder.

  “Bathroom is that way.”

  I went to the direction he pointed at.

  After taking a refreshing bath and wearing the clothes he had given me, they were pretty loose. Then found the kitchen and are the food he had prepared for me. It was simple curry rice I had often seen in a few anime I had watched, but never tasted. It was pretty good. I should ask him for the recipe tomorrow. Then I finally went to sleep.

  Next morning, Munro woke me up.

  Then we left to meet the Vilge Chief of Lane.

  “So, how is the Chief? Is he old?” I asked along the way with the intent of making small talk.

  “Hahaha!” Munro burst out ughing.

  “What's so funny?” I raised an eyebrow at him.

  “Oh no nothing. But our Chief isn't some stuck up oldie with one leg in a grave!”

  “What do you mean?”

  “Chief Yuhon used to be a marine! And he will 48 this year.”

  “A marine?”

  “A pirate took his left leg, so Chief Yuhon decided to retire. It happened about 4 years ago.”

  “Oh… that's unfortunate.”

  “It is. Anyway, here we are! That's Chief Yuhon. I don't know who the one beside him is though. Never seen that guy before.” Munro said while pointing towards a fishing deck.

  Chief Yuhon is a very tall man, almost 7 feet tall, and built like a bull. His bald head perfectly reflecting the rays of the Sun. A jagged scar running down his forehead, over his right eye. He also had a wooden prosthetic left leg. The Chief was talking and ughing with an almost equally tall and we'll built, but older man, with hairs greying due to old age.

  My eyes widened as I took in the appearance of the man that Yuhon was talking to.

  I know who this man is. I know him very well, but…

  “Why is he here!?”

  “What do you mean?” Munro asked with a strange expression. “Do you know him?”

  Of course I know him!

  That man is the Marine Hero. The Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp!