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Chapter 66: World Of Pirates: Part 04

Disclaimer: I own nothing. This story has no interest in offending any party. Having the sole objective of only entertaining the readers. Enjoy~

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"Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other."

-Eric Burdon

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Recap: In the last chapter, Hector copied discreetly many powers, took Law under his tutelage and went on a little questo to meet the Strawhats.

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A little note to clarify some things:

Some people mistakenly believe that Hector knows nothing about Wano. Nope, he stopped a little before the "rooftop battle". So he knows about Oden... I will make a little list.

He doesn't know:

- Nika Nika no mi

- The Seraphim

- Admiral Rokugyou

- King being a Lunarian(But he can guess)

- He wouldn't know about Advanced Conqueror's Haki either, but he assimilated Roger and Oden, so he learned from them.

- Vegapunk

- Sanji upgrade(If not he would go to Germa earlier)

- The fact that the Dragon fruit that Momonosuke ate is not defective(If not he would go retrieve it)

And everything after that like Mother Flame, Nefertari D. Lily etc.

Now to the chapter, enjoy.

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Third Person P.O.V.

" "That's what we do with a drunken sailor♫

♫Early in the morning! ♫" "

Hector and Brook end their duet with a big laugh

Hector takes a breath and stands up "Well, the company is good, but I have things to do, Brook. By the way, what are your thoughts on going to see Laboon right now?" Hector eyes the skeleton.

Brook pauses his fingers that are playing on the chords of the guitar

"I can make it happen and bring you back here..." Hector adds.

"I'm grateful for the offer, Hector-san." Brook says seriously after a long pause "But I promised that I would meet him after going around the world..."

"..."

"If you asked me while I was alone in the Florian Triangle, I would have accepted." Another pause, and then Brook looks up at Hector and says with a tone that shows that he is smiling even if his skull face has no lips "But now I have good friends that will help me accomplish my promise."

"...Heh. I expected that much..." Hector chuckles "Don't worry that I plan to visit the Twin Cape, so I will pass the news that you're alive to Laboon and Crocus. I will check Laboon's health too... So don't worry and focus on your travel." Hector gives Brook a thumbs-up

"Yohohoho! I would appreciate it very much, Hector-san!" Brook laughs happily.

Hector then turns to the other three people close by.

"I hope you all take good care of my pal here. Are we understood?" Hector glares at the three members of the Long Arm tribe.

They are the ones that helped Brook become the famous singer Soul King, but are only after profit, after all, so Hector needs to put them in their places

After they all shakily nod while hugging each other, too scared of his reputation to even speak, Hector relaxes and gives them a disarming smile

"Now, the start of anything is always the hardest part, so let me fund you guys a little..." He pulls a sack of gold from his storage and drops it in front of them.

The three long-armed people's eyes go wide seeing that development.

Hector remembers in some cover story from the manga, Brook singing in the rain as a street performer. This much money can afford some good clothes and travel. Maybe even the recording of a disc if they are smart. He doesn't want Brook to go hungry.

'Hm... Are discs here? Maybe vinyl...' Hector thinks

After one last thank you from Brook, Hector goes away.

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Sea Floor

'Finally found you...' Hector thinks when he finally spots the last Strawhat to visit...

...Going Merry.

He needed to calculate the ocean currents to find Merry's sheep figurehead.

'Your spirit should be on the Sunny, but let me preserve your a little." Hector says in his mind.

Using his powers he creates a makeshift shrine where Merry can rest, he even uses [Crazy Diamond] power to restore any damage on the figurehead.

With effort, maybe he can even restore the ship from cinders.

But now he knows that some endings shouldn't be touched.

"..." Hector gives Merry a last complicated look before going away.

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Baltigo, Revolutionary Army Base

"I wish I could trust people like you trust this top..." Hector comments on Bello Betty's attire.

Right now the situation in the Revolutionary Army hideout is a little tense.

Hector, who is now disputing with Monkey D Dragon the title of most dangerous man in the world, and Cassandra are sitting lazily and relaxed at a table in this office. Around him, Dragon, Sabo, Koala, Belo Betty, and many other people from the Revolutionary Army are looking at him cautiously.

"Iva told me that you would come." Dragon is the one that broke the silence from the other party

Hector eyes the man, he has a non-friendly face, very different from Garp and Luffy.

'But he is not antagonizing me, he is just like that normally...' Hector thinks while trying to feel if Dragon has a Devil Fruit.

Hector raises his hand and throws something, a green marble that shines, and suddenly Bartholomew Kuma is there, kneeling on the ground. Tied by some metal bindings in a way that gives him no free movement.

"Kuma-san!!" Sabo, Koala, and some others shout and approach the huge guy.

Dragon, different from the others, doesn't move from his spot. Instead, he frowns and looks at Hector

"You just put us at great risk..."

Hector once again raises his hand "I'm the last person that you need to talk about this..." He lets the broken pieces of a tracker fall on the ground "I'm very cautious."

Obviously, he checked Kuma through and through before.

"I couldn't help but notice that his... transformation into a cyborg was very unusual." Hector stares at Dragon's eyes "Do you guys know or have ties with Vegapunk?" He asks

"..." Dragon keeps his silence

Hector snorts "Sorry if I messed with some of your plans... And it appears Kuma will stay as a cyborg with no free will for some time." He comments more to himself.

'I will visit Vegapunk sooner than later...' Hector decided before turning to Sabo "Did you recover your memories?"

"Hm?" The blonde in question turns to him confused

"Oh, so you needed the trauma of Ace dying? Makes sense... Ace was famous before after all and it didn't trigger you..." Hector smiles predatorily "Do you want the manual or the wi-fi recovery?" He asks out of the blue

"What?"

"The wi-fi then...I will not be stabbing my finger in your limbic system." Hector's eyes then glare hard at Sabo. Telepathy used.

"Aargh!!" Sabo clutches his head in pain and falls to his knees.

"Sabo-kun!!

"Sabo!"

"What did you do?"

Hector ignores everyone and doesn't move or explain.

'In the past, I was always annoyed by people that pulls this shit. Why not explain beforehand? For drama? Now I know that is more convenient and fast... And fun too.' He smirks

"What did you do to him?" Hack, a fishman, shouts at him while holding the, now in shock, Sabo.

"Just recovering his memories. Relax... He will explain it to you all later. I'm lazy." Hector says dismissively with a shooing hand motion "So, Belo Betty... Did you use your power in me? I can feel my 'spirit' rising with your presence." Hector gives her a half-flirtatious smile.

"..." Belo Betty pauses "You're weird, you bastard." She says rudely, his flirting with her while Sabo has a breakdown is really weird "But I don't dislike it." She smiles back

"Oho~"

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"So you're the sworn brother of Ace and Luffy? Dragon-san's son??" Koala asks, shocked by the twist.

Not only her, but pretty much everyone on this base is surprised by the revelation.

Sabo is sitting with a somewhat lost expression, his elbows supported on his knees "I almost lost my brother... I would have done nothing..." He says while burying his face in his hands, shoulders trembling

"You didn't know, Sabo-kun." Koala tries to comfort him while giving pats on his shoulder.

"That's right, you can't blame yourself. If you knew, you would be there. We too." Hack confirms on his side.

Sabo takes a deep breath and raises his head to look at Hector "Thank you... Thank you for helping me now and saving my brothers in Marineford." He says seriously and, like Ace, bows his head.

"...so what would be my reward if I bring the head of one of the Five Elders to you- Eh? No need... I was doing what I wanted..." Hector who was flirting with Belo Betty while holding her hand turns him disinterestedly "Luffy will train with Rayleigh for some years, so no use looking for him. But you can go reunite with Ace." Hector says

"Heh~ I think that I don't need to search for him. We will meet eventually." Sabo says with a smile

"..." Hector gives him a look before shrugging "Maybe. Destiny works in mysterious ways here after all." Then he suddenly stands up and talks to Sabo and Koala "We need to go, but what about you two spar with my sidekick here." Hector pulls Cassandra by the back of her neck like a cat "I'm very curious about your Dragon Fist Style and the Fishman Karate..." He smiles

The two have no problem in sparing. Hector observed the two fighting styles from the sidelines with great attention, easily engraving them in his mind.

It's a spar with only techniques, Cassandra is equalizing her speed.

Cassandra won relatively easily against Koala. And against Sabo was a draw, because Hector interrupted. If not, the two would go for a long time learning from each other.

Then Hector gives his goodbyes promising to visit his dear Belo Betty and promising retribution if they hurt Robin in some way while she was in their care.

'A little friendship to visit them in the future and copy the rest of the Devil Fruits...' Hector plans before disappearing.

He still needs to confirm if Dragon really has something like the Storm Fruit.

"Belo Betty's Devil Fruit is very similar to that quirk of that guy on the Meta Liberation Army in the Hero Academia World..." He thinks out loud, remembering the guy who can hype people with his voice "But better. It's a trend apparently... I need to work in fusions later."

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"..." Right now Cassandra is observing a strange scene.

After Hector visited Laboon and Crocus at the entrance of the Grand Line he coincidentally met an interesting Character crossing the Reverse Mountain.

So right now he and Cassandra are embarking on their ship.

But... The strange situation is...

"Pfft! You?! Their biggest fan? Keep dreaming!" Hector rolls around the deck, Fighting multiple people in a storm of limbs and attacks

"Shut Up, you bastard!! Don't look down on me!!" Bartolomeo, the Strawhats fanboy and user of the Barrier fruits answers while he fights against Hector.

"..." Cassandra is starting to get used to it. And she doesn't know if is a good thing.

"You shut up! I carry on my back the Inherited Will of millions of fans... You simply can't compare!" Hector continues to fight Bartolomeo's crew through the deck.

He is not only fooling around. He is copying Bartolomeo's power too.

"I will eternally thank you for helping Luffy-senpai and Ace-senpai in Marineford!! But on this, I will not step back!" Bartolomeo shouts while delivering a storm of punches.

"Enough!" Hector stops the fight and makes all of them move away with a telekinetic blast "It appears that I need to get serious..." Hector looks down on the Barto's Club crew

"Bring it on, you bastard!" Bartolomeo shouts while putting on a fight stance

Hector smirks. A smirk full of superiority. The smugness is palpable. To Bartolomeo, his face is very punchable right now.

But at the same time, a feeling of uneasiness creeps into Bartolomeo's heart.

Hector starts talking "You accompanied the Strawhat's adventures through the Newspapers... But what about their other adventures???" Hector asks suddenly

"!!!!" It looks like lightning hit every one of the members of the ship

"You... you... You are lying! It can't be... You can't possibly know..." Bartolomeo shouts, full of uncertainty,

"Heeeh~" Hector crosses his arms and the smug smile widens "So you guys don't know about Skypiea and the Florian Triangle? Well, well... And you guys call yourselves fans... Tsk tsk."

"Skypiea?"

"Florian Triangle?"

The crew look at each other

"Could it be...?" One asks with doubt

"The Florian Triangle is said to be very mysterious and no one knows what is inside... If they entered there... Maybe... Not even the government would know what they did." A smarter member says his piece

"~~~~~~" Bartolomeo grits his teeth while looking at Hector's smug expression.

"Skypiea is a sky island...." Hector starts

"An island... In the sky??"

"Something like this really exists??"

Hector chuckles at them "A good part of the people on this part of the Grand Line also doesn't believe in it. So what do you guys think Luffy would do if he caught wind of these News?" Hector asks

"..."

"He would go."

"He would absolutely go."

Bartolomeo looks like he is physically in pain seeing how right Hector can be.

"Well, taking pity you guys let me tell the story..." Hector starts

Everyone on the crew perks their ears with great attention.

"In the Florian triangle there is a Warlord, Gecko Moria..." Hector starts, using some powers to make holo-images of his memories. Showing the most important points.

"He wants to make an army of shadow soldiers..." Hector explains showing images.

"..." Cassandra observes the crew of Bartolomeo sitting on their knees like obedient children while listening. A minute ago they were trying to kill Hector...

"You guys still don't know of the new member of the crew, right? Brook... He is a skeleton because..." And he goes on explaining.

"Had his shadow stolen..."

"Then negatives ghosts... Sogeking..."

"Ancient Giant Oars... Luffy shadow was stolen..."

"They put a lot of shadows in Luffy's body..."

"Big fight... Just before the Dawn!"

Hector told the story like a professional storyteller.

Bartolomeo's crew expression changes with each moment, listening and seeing the scenes without losing anything. Completely transfixed.

"Then Kuma appears! Another warlord just after defeating Moria!!!" Hector pauses dramatically

"!!! No!"

"Then what?"

"How did they escape??"

The crew asks anxiously

"Kuma makes a proposition... 'Deliver Mugiwara and the rest can go' " Hector imitates Kuma's voice

Everyone gasps and shows outraged expressions

"But at that moment, instead of even considering it, the crew shows resolve and stands in the way to protect Luffy!"

"Buuuaaahhh!" They cry loudly

"Best crew in the world!!"

"This is what means to be a Strawhat!"

Hector can see their apprehension while he explains how Kuma easily defeats the Strawhats.

At this moment he pauses. The next is one of the best scenes scenes of One Piece, but is something personal to Zoro.

"I need you guys to promise to never tell anyone about what happened next..." Hector looks at them seriously

All of them nod like chickens pecking the ground.

Hector slowly and dramatically explains everything... The Damage on Luffy... Zoro certain demise... The tension in the air is palpable

"...nothing happened." Hector finishes the story

Silence falls on them before is broken by their boiled emotions

"Wuaaahhh! Zoro-senpai!!!!"

"You're the coolest!!!"

They cry to the sky and in each other's arms

Hector also explains Brook's backstory to the,

"So that Whale!!"

"That's why she has those scars and that drawing of the strawhats jolly roger!!"

"Brook-senpai had it rough too!"

At this moment Bartolomeo fell on his knees. Tears and snot streaming down his face.

"I... I admit..." He starts saying but a hand stops him.

He looks up to see Hector on one knee close to him

"Barto-kun... Stop it. We are wrong from the start. Fandom fights are awful and unnecessary. No need to Petty squabbles..." Hector says with a smile while extending his hand.

The sun on his back gives him a holy halo, Barto's crew's view of him it's like of a merciful Buddha.

"Let's enjoy their adventures together... Like friends." Hector says to them, touching their hearts.

They can't contain their tears.

"Hector-senpai!!!!" Their eyes blur with tears, they almost can't look at his brilliance directly

In the next moment, they are hugging each other and celebrating.

"Skypiea is even more epic... Wait till I tell you guys of MontBlanc Noland. He is like a Roger that comes too early." Hector says while his ar mis wrapped around Bartolomeo's shoulder;

Everyone cheers together.

"..." Cassandra continues to stare at them confused. Her arms crossed around her chest and her head tilted, thinking "...boys are weird." She nods to herself like she just realized something big.

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Somewhere on the Calm Bet

A fleet of Marines ships slowly drifted on the still sea.

"I should've been already in the New World, helping to quench the chaos there... But here I am!" Not for the first time, Commodore Smoker complains about his situation. Grumbling and pursing his lips that are holding three cigars.

"Calm down, Commodore. This mission is an easy one and merely a formality so that you can be 'promoted' to the Leader of Unit 01 in the G-5." Vice-Admiral Tsuru comments calmly while sipping some tea.

The old lady called Smoker and the other marine partnering up on this mission to a relaxing tea party.

"Hina understands the bureaucracy, but Hina also agrees with Smoker-kun that there are more important things to do in these turbulent times." The third person, Hina, seated at the table comments in her characteristic way of talking.

The pink-haired marine looks calmer than Smoker who lets his grievances get out of his mouth unrestrained, but she is also frowning at the decision of the Headquarters.

"If this mission is so easy, only one of us should be enough to complete it... No need to waste so much Manpower." Hina says.

Around them, subordinates of the three high-rank marines surround the table located on the Tsuru's ship deck. Tashigi, Jango, Fullbody, and the many girls who are under Tsuru's tutelage hear the conversation.

Tsuru sighs, showing a little tiredness in her elderly face. "We all know why so many of us are here..."

"..." Yes, everyone knows.

The reason can be attributed to the existence of a single man

"...Would be a heavy blow on the marines face if something happens to them again." Tsuru completes

"Do you think he was serious?" Hina asks frowning

"Who knows?" Tsuru shrugs "But if we lose more credibility, more people will think that we are ineffective. Pirates scum will grow bold and innocent people will suffer." Tsuru explains

"Fucking World Nobles..." Smoker grumbles again. His dislike of the Tenryuubito is evident in his voice.

"Be careful with your mouth, Commodore. You're not Garp." Tsusu admonishes making the man grumble to himself again.

"Do we have any idea of where he is? The Devil..." Hina asks to change the topic a little

"The last was heard, he was with the Whitebeard Pirates." Tsuru says

"Do you think he will take command of the Whitebeard group?" Smoker asks seriously

"Hina is thinking that maybe Marineford was for nothing..." The pink-haired woman sighs

"..."

"Maybe, maybe not... But he can be in any place around the world. We all saw his flying ship. Hence the reason why we are here." Tsuru says after a sigh

"Is that really Pluton?" Hina asks

"We don't know. There's no recording that says that Pluton can fly, but we don't know much about the Ancient Weapons either... Nonetheless, I don't know what option I would prefer. If he has Pluton or if exists something like that, that still is not Pluton." Tsuru says and takes a sip of her tea.

"Do you know nothing about this guy?" Smoker hits the table with his fist frustrated.

"If you ask nicely, I can answer any doubt... *Sluurp*" Suddenly they hear a voice impossibly close to them.

A voice that they can't forget that easily.

"Speaking of the Devil..." Hector jokes, amusement evident in his eyes as he smirks at their shocked faces.

There he is, sitting at the table with the three marines and already helping himself with some tea. Cassandra standing at his side with her impassive face.

The situation was so absurd to these people, who trust so much in their senses, that they were shocked for a full second. Someone really sneaked so close to them.

Suddenly all marines on deck are in a battle-ready stance, and they instinctively attack the intruder.

"Wait..." Tsuru tries to stop them but is too late.

Hina attacks arrives first, her arm elongated and whips around Hector, locking his arms and torso together.

"Oh..." Hector acts like he didn't even notice the attack and let it happen.

Smoker's fist is already approaching his face at high speed, being launched by his smoke powers.

Hector eyes the incoming fist "Not in the face, please..." And then he sucked some air and blows in the direction of the incoming attack.

Much like Air Cannon, a huge blast of air is exhaled by him, dissipating Smoker's attack into nothingness. Luckily he didn't use Haki, if not Smoker would have lost his arm.

"See, Cassandra? These 'gaseous-type's may look invincible at first glance but wind was their great weakness." Hector turns to instruct his sidekick without caring about the others "Poisonous gas and others, even Isabella's powers that come from mist... All you need is a good blast of wind."

"..." She nods silently

Hector turns again to the Marines, especially to Hina.

"So~~ Kinky, huh? If it's you I can let myself be caught for one night~" He teases her with a smile.

And despite being used to these types of comments in her career, Hina's heart skips a bit, not that she will show in her face. She shakes her head and schools her features even more, frowning at herself and at Hector.

"Hina will take you in. Don't resist." She says

"Hector is not resisting. But Hector can't be captured right now, Hector has things to do. But Hector only wants to talk and not fight." Hector says calmly, he really is not trying to escape from Hina's cuff-like attack

His arms are still locked so he calmly extends his feet from under the table.

His bare feet start to move around with great dexterity, putting more tea to himself and even grabbing a little spoon between his toes and mixing it.

Then he grabs the tea cup and saucer between the toes of his two feet and drinks it like he is using his hands.

"*Slurp* Bloody hell! I'll tell you what tho folks, that's bloody nice! That's really... *Slurp* That's bloody lovely!" Hector exclaims in his best British accent "Where did you get this tea, mate? One of my people likes tea..."

"..."

The Marines don't know if Hector is messing with them or if he is that weird. Strong people tend to have some quirks in this world.

Hector puts the tea set back on the table with his feet, still gracious, and talks.

"I have to praise you two to have the guts to attack at least, very commendable. Even if futile..."

This is not empty praise. If one looks closely at the rest of the ship, one would notice the situation of the other marines.

With a few exceptions, Every other marine couldn't even put a proper battle stance. They're trembling nervously and gulping down in fear at Hector's mere presence.

All this is because they are exposed to his Conqueror's Haki, Ren, and bloodlust during the war in Marineford.

They're traumatized.

And not everyone is a main character that can bounce back from these setbacks stronger. They subconsciously already accepted Hector's superiority, their broken will will never allow them to muster strength or battle intense against the guy.

And that's why Hector praised Smoker and Tashigi.

'A pity the guy became a cannon fodder after the time-skip.' Hector thinks regrettably. He likes Smoker.

"I will cheer on you becoming an Admiral in the future, Smoker-kun. Ganbare!" Hector says

"Don't mess with me." A vein in Smoker's forehead pops and his teeth crush his cigars.

"Believe it or not, I'm not messing with you... Hector is the type of guy that knows how to separate individuals from the group. So Hector can like people like you, Garp, and others and dislike the Navy and the World Government." Hector says lightly, still tied by Hina and imitating her.

Remembering it when he moves a little, he starts to use her way of talking again.

"..." Smoker stays silent at Hector's declaration. It's true that the guy appears to have no intention of attacking them now.

"Hina doesn't like being mocked." Hina frowns

"Hector is not mocking Hina. Hector is the type of guy who likes to experiment with all sorts of things, so Hector thought of trying to speak like Hina. Hector is finding it weirdly enjoyable." He smiles at her innocently

"..."

"Hina, release him." Tsuru finally intervenes. "The Headquarters still hasn't decided, but he is practically a Yonkou. We can't attack them lightly." She says with a sigh

"..." Smoker and Hina look at her almost incredulously

"Oho~ So Hector is na Empe- Ugh" Hector shakes his head, like to dispel something "Damn, this way of talk sticks... *Ahem* So I am an Emperor of the Sea now?"

Hector makes fun of the situation while he casually breaks his restraints with a flex of his arms "I always thought that was funny how you guys job is to arrest pirates, but do nothing against the biggest threats... Society in a nutshell." He smirks while he mixes his tea with a little spoon

"..."

"Why did you stop here?" Tsuru asks "If you're not looking for a fight, you can go away." She huffs

"..." Hector looks at her and smiles mysteriously "I saw you guys here and decided to stop to say hello. Have a little philosophical talk... An enlightening."

"A philosofical talk?"

"Yep! I heard that your power can wash away people's evil... So I was thinking of giving it a try." Hector extends his hand "Go on. Do it." His smirk widens

"..."

The marines look at him strangely, cautious of any trick that he can pull over them.

"Please... I don't need to resort to trickery. You guys are weak, after all." He continues to smile innocently at them

Even someone as serene as Tsuru gets ticked off by Hector's provocation.

"All right, you brat! Let's see what you're made of!" Tsuru says removing her gloves and advancing fast to use her Devil Fruits powers on him

"Now I'm a brat again... You guys need to decide." It's all he can say before he suffers from the attack.

Tsuru's Wash Wash Fruit can make her interact with people and objects like they are clothes. Allowing her to "Wash and hang out to dry" them. In the process, she can even "Wash away the evil" of people.

A very overpowered ability to use in someone weaker than her, but loses a lot of efficiency in someone strong. Like Law's Op Op no Mi. She is not expecting it to work properly right now.

But it works.

Hector doesn't resist when he is engulfed by her powers, his body becomes thin like a tissue. He falls over the table slowly, his head hanging out of it, a silly smile on his face.

"Aaah~ I see~ I really lost my will to fight~" He comments lightly

The marines around them can't make heads or tails of the situation.

That's it? Is he defeated just like that?

As if...

"..." Cassandra eyes the situation attentively, her fingers twitching, ready to strike at Tsuru at any moment.

High in the air, a clone eyes curiously the situation too.

Hector wouldn't test an enemy's power on himself without countermeasure.

But is all unnecessary overreaction.

His silly and innocent face suddenly frowns in effort and then *Pop*...

Using full-body Haki, Hector cancels Tsuru's power and inflates again and he is back to normal.

"..." He slowly sits down "A very scary ability... Taking someone's will to fight, or will from conflict really would make it impossible to use Haki. A power that can one-shot anyone weaker than you."

Hector finally sits down. Gulps are heard around the marines when they see his face. He is now showing a stone-cold expression. Sending chill on their bodies, there's no shadow of his carefree attitude anywhere.

"Disgusting..." He spat, his voice showing visible distaste " 'Washing away someone evil'... Truly disgusting. Everyone has at least a little of evil in them. Taking it from them is erasing a part of them. It's maybe worse than erasing someone's memories." Hector comments

He slowly turns his head to the Marines, his face makes even Tsuru give a step back unconsciously.

Seeing the effect that he has on these people Hector does a good job shooling his facial features and smiles relaxedly at them.

"Sorry for the trouble. I wanted to know how it feel... As someone who crosses the line between good and evil on a daily base... I was curious." He says and hops off the table.

He stretches his back a little in a carefree way "By the way, taking the opportunity that we are talking about evil..." His carefree smile turns into a smirk while looking at Tsuru

He stretches his hand at the horizon and makes a grasp and pull motion.

"This is what you don't want me to see, right Tsuru?" Hector asks.

In the Horizon something big starts to approach them at a high speed, almost uncontrollably

A humongous ship is being pulled at Hector towards them.

With a motion of his hand, the ship suddenly brusquely brakes, and sea waves are raised by the sudden motion. The ship even crashes a little against Tsuru's one, staying half-tilted to one side, almost turning but ending up stabilizing itself, raising more waves as it does so.

"Sorry... I'm still getting the gist of magic. It's harder than telekinesis." Hector says while stopping his control over the ocean

He looks up to the pole of the big ship.

Tsuru's face fell seeing his smirk increasing.

"Didn't you guys hear my warning?" He asks while looking with amusement at the flags of the World government and the Tenryuubito on the pole of the ship.

...

'That's the worst-case scenario...' It's what Vice Admiral Tsuru thinks while she watches Hector eye the big ship from the Tenryuubito.

She doesn't know what is worse. Seeing his toothy grin of a predator ready to play with his victim or what happened next...

Once again his face fell. Going back to an expressionless mask. His eyes narrow while he looks at the ship, almost as if he is seeing through it.

Hector raises his palm and lowers it, the ship starts sinking together with his movement. The big Tenryuubito ship lowers itself till the deck is on the same level as them.

Now is possible to see the people on the deck.

Beyond the many guards, Cipher Pol agents, and some marines, there are two people who catch the eyes because of their astronaut-like suits.

"You know... I'm evil." Hector declares "But even if the world becomes a fucking dystopian anarchy, we need to keep a minimum of humanity." Hector says hard, glaring at the World Nobles.

People around him have only a vague idea of what made him so angry all of a sudden.

He then raises his index finger and slowly traces a line in the air.

*Ziiiinn*

With the exception of the two World Nobles, everyone else on that huge ship explodes in tiny bit pieces of meat. An ugly rain of gore dirts the deck.

Hector is getting used to the powers, from his new assimilations. Magic Sword Aura.

Seeing the sudden slaughter, Smoker and Hina can't keep themselves still.

Together they attack again.

But this time, Hector is not in the mood to play.

They didn't even notice when he appeared behind them, grabbed the back of their head, and... Slammed them on the floor.

"That's a nice word there... that you two are carrying on your back. 'Justice' " Hector says coldly "I heard that there's many types of justice... Even the Admirals represent them. Thorough Justice... Lazy Justice... Unclear Justice... Heh~ You guys really like those fancy words."

Hector raises them and starts floating. Holding their neck he forces them to look at the World's Nobles

"But I think all of you guys should just go with... Convenient Justice..." He says slowly

The deck of the huge ship explodes, and some people start flying from the interior.

Men, women, children... Hector grabbed all of them telekinetically and put them on the marine ship.

All of them are in bad condition. Signs of abuse, torture, and rape are evident... Some small children even have bite marks on them.

"...!" The eyes of the marines widen seeing that

"I thought that you guys were sworn to protect the innocents... But here we are! Not fighting the Yonkos, enabling these little shits..." Hector points to the Tenryuubito with his face "What type of Justice do you guys employ, if not the 'Convenient' one?"

No one can say a thing against what he just did.

After being a little forceful in copying Smoker and Hina Powers, Hector throws them away. 'It's so much easier simply antagonize everyone... The evil path is really the easy way' He thinks to himself

His eyes have a laser focus on the Tenryuubitos.

"Vice-Admiral Tsuru... Unfortunately, during your mission of retrieving the Tenryuubito, you met Hector. You're outclassed and can only watch helplessly while he massacred the Noble's ship." Hector says slowly as a matter of fact "No survivors."

"..." Tsuru eyes Hector back for a long time. Conflict is visible on her face.

It's her duty and mission to stop what is about to happen, but the aura emanating from Hector is saying that he will kill them if she does so much of saying a word in protest.

"All force away... Move." She says to her crew.

Some look at her in disbelief but she only glares at them and shakes her head.

Hector and Cassandra jump on the deck of the Noble's ship.

Tsuru observes his back for a while before deciding that is better to take care of the slaves, instead of seeing what he is about to do.

On the Noble's ship, Hector gives Cassandra a fleeting glance, almost telling her to go away for a bit, but decides against it.

She has already shown that she is growing. And Hector will not go that far with these shits...

His attention turns to the World Nobles again.

"Hiih~ What are you thinking of doing?!? Guards!! Guards!! Kill him!" The two Tenryuubito can't comprehend the bad situation that they're in and shout for their now useless guards.

More of the ship crew starts pouring into the deck, but they barely appear before being grabbed telekinetically and squeezed like a fruit.

"I always liked to talk with different people... Increase experience in life. Acquiring wisdom..." Hector says approaching "But I only need one of you guys."

Hector raises his hand to the Old Tenryuubito "Monkey Steal Peaches..." He says with an evil laugh

The space above the crotch of the Tenryuubito twists and the man screams like a pig. His White astronaut-like suit is stained with blood, piss, and feces while he contorts himself on the ground.

He just used the same quirk that a High-end nomu used to take Mirko's arm in the Hero Academia story. It's too weak to give damage to people that really matters, and he can replicate the same effect with telekinesis. But sometimes is good to use different powers to stretch them a little. And there's no need to think too much.

"Even criminals in prison despise rapists and pedophiles... It's the basic dude. Even if you throw away most of your humanity, this much could still last."

"You guys are an interesting bunch. A prime example of nurturing trumping nature and what decadency does to someone. You guys can't barely comprehend the world around you, like you're a two-year-old kid. Piaget would love studying you all..." He says approaching the fallen old man slowly

"Deep down, I know that you guys can have some redemption and become a proper human being... There's an example of that, but... I don't have that good of heart and motivation right now." Hector says with a sigh before stepping on the old man's head, making it explode like a watermelon. "Not everyone is Otohime..."

He then turns to the woman. She crawls backwards seeing his attention on her.

"Now you..." He walks at her "Let me ask something." He even uses some powers to force her to speak.

"As a human being... Most of us are bound to have empathy for our fellow humans..." Hector crouches down to talk with her "Didn't you feel anything seeing the fate of those women? They are being raped and all... Like, I would feel a dude's pain if someone kicked his balls. It's the basic!" He asks curiously

"W-why should I fe-eel for them?" It's the simple answer

"..." Hector's eyes bore into hers.

That's the real and raw answer. That's what she truly feels. Nothing more, nothing less.

"Damn... Conditioning of a person can be scary." Hector whistles "You're not even seeing us as the same species anymore."

He pauses a little to reflect. People are really malleable. Especially from a young age.

The man is born good and society corrupts them? No, maybe no one is born good or evil. A blank slate that can be filled by anything... From good morals to the more of vile teachings.

But there are examples of nature winning against nurturing.

Hector turns to look at the closer example... Cassandra.

Taught from an early age to be an emotionless killer, but she escaped that fate.

'What is the rule? What is the exception?' Hector reflects

After some time, he turns his focus to the woman Tenryuubito again

"You know, I'm not one that endorses rape..." He starts "But considering that is only another type of torture... Meh" He shrugs

The woman looks at him without understanding

"I mean, I wouldn't do it personally... But I can imagine myself taking vengeance on a particularly evil woman by throwing her in a pit filled with lust-filled animals or demons as a punishment. It would need to be a very evil Woman and to really get on my nerves... But I can't exclude the possibility that I will do this in the future. I can go that far." Hector comments while standing up "In truth, don't ever need to be a Woman, I can see myself doing the same to a man. A rapist or a pedophile..."

"But I would feel bad, even if I am a man... I had a mom, and a grandma after all... But damn, you feel nothing, huh?" Hector asks again

"..."

Then he extends his hand and a metal cylinder is formed from his palm. He grabs it with one hand and ignites a blue fire in the other.

He heats one end of the cylinder and looks at the female Tenryuubito

"If I shove this in your pussy right now, would teach you a little of empathy?" He asks, while glaring at her. Waving the cylinder close to her face, the heat hurting her eyes.

"Hiiiih! You can't do that!! I'm a world noble!! You can't touch me!!" She shouts and continues to crawl backward.

Hector watches her move around the dirt ground of the remains of people that he just killed, and she still hasn't accepted reality.

It's almost sad...

He shakes his head and says "Lucky to you, I recently discovered that I do not enjoy torturing people. And you haven't enraged me enough..." He throws the metal cylinder.

Hitting her in the chest, killing her slowly.

He then extends his hand, his palm facing backward

...

At a distance, Tsuru and the others watch the Noble's ship be engulfed in a giant Explosion. Nothing remains.

No survivors.

.....

Law's Training Island

"Well, you guys didn't run away at least..." Hector comments while watching the Heart Pirates crew gasp for breath on the ground.

They are in bad shape, but they follow his instructions even if Hector isn't keeping an eye on them.

"Now, Law and you two. Follow me..." Hector points to the Bepo and a huge man from Law's crew, a previous slave that Law saved in Sabaody.

After walking for a bit Hector sits on a rock, Cassandra at his side, while Law's trio sits close.

"Let's go directly to the point... Do you all know about Haki?"

"I heard about it." Law answers

"Me too." The giant man answers

"I know nothing." Bepo says without any shame.

"Hm~ Okay... Let me explain briefly the importance of Haki." Hector starts "I, myself, divide this world into three areas." He raises three fingers

"The Four Seas out of the Grand Line; Paradise, the first part of the Grand Line; and the New World the final part of the Grand Line."

"On the four seas, any Devil Fruit can help you be a big shot. A powerful devil fruit can help you in Paradise. A logia can make you invincible, really... But in the New World, if you're aiming to be more than a cannon fodder... You need to know Haki." Hector says seriously

"Someone without a devil fruit can beat someone that has it. But someone without Haki can't beat someone that knows it... Well, unless there's a miracle."

"..."

"Haki gives many advantages in a fight, the most important is the ability to defend and attack the, previously invincible, devil fruits. Someone with a strong Haki will never be cut by your devil fruit powers, Law."

Law grows serious hearing that.

"There's three types of Haki, with many variations and advanced ways to use..." Hector briefly explains the whole Haki System to them.

"...I didn't make you guys run around in this dangerous forest and punch metal because I am mean." Hector continues after making sure that they understand the basics of Haki "To go through the forest you need to be aware of the many animals ambushing you, and to punch that metal wall, you all are hardening your resolve and will."

"You haven't noticed, but you guys started using snippets of Haki to complete the task." Hector says to their shock

"Continuing like that, by going to these extremes, you three can grasp the basics in six months more or less."

Law appears shocked "Six months?"

"Don't look down on Haki. People train for years to simply be capable of using in battle. This method of brute forcing your train is what Raylegh probably is doing with Luffy right now." Hector says "He is the type to learn with his body..."

"I will use my own method to skip this 'awakening'. Shortening these six months in one night."

"!"

"How you will do that?" Law asks

Hector gives them a toothy grin "I will force myself in your guy's mind. Give you the experience and the feeling of Haki." Hector put his index finger on the side of his skull "Then you will repeat the training of today, running around this dangerous forest and punching metal to hone your mastery of Haki. Then I will heal your body and mind... 30 minutes of sleep should be enough. And repeat... And repeat... And repeat... I will also stimulate your muscle tissues to create artificial muscle memory during your sleep. I will also attack and kill you and restore your body before your soul leaves your body. Over and over again... The death experience will sharpen your mind and strengthen your will." Hector says

"..."

"..."

"That's what you said about our minds breaking?" Law asks with a heavy tone

"Yes. I can guarantee that you won't die, but this method is not to anyone."

The two stare at each other

"How strong I will get?" Law asks the important question.

"If you don't break... In your month, you should achieve what Luffy will achieve in two years." Hector says seriously "But..."

"But?"

"I'm only saying regarding Haki. I will not train your devil fruit, so your mastery should stagnate. But with a strong body and mind, you will find yourself capable of doing more."

"..."

"People have limited time, Law. Rare is the people that master everything... The need to master the three types of haki, a weapon, their Devil fruit... You may find a Random guy on the New World with an Observation Haki stronger than that of a Yonko. Because this Yonko focused in training his Devil fruit or something like that..." Hector explains

"One month, huh?" Law asks

"Yes... One month. Will not be enough to defeat Doflamingo." Hector says truthfully "But will be capable of making your powers work in someone like... Vergo." Hector says eyeing him carefully

Vergo is one of the people that Law hates the most in this world.

"Vergo is a rare Armament Haki user that can cover his whole body... Even some Yonko Commanders can't do it. He is the definition of a brute. If you Haki can cut him... Few people in this world you will not be capable of cutting."

Law pauses

"If you accept, I will not let you quit even if you beg me." Hector adds

"I can't have it in any other way... let's do it." Law says determinedly

Hector smiles "Hehe~ Now officially, you're my Outer Disciple." Hector jokes "Welcome to Hell." He says before making the three of them blackout.

.....

After leaving Cassandra to train on the same island with Gigantomachia, Law and the others, Hector flies high.

Breaking the sound barrier, he arrives at the clouds and starts to look around.

"This should be good enough..." He disappears before reappearing above a vast White field.

He lands on the clouds and tests their resistance. These are a special type of solid clouds present in this world.

"A desert sky island. It's perfect." He comments before taking a huge cube from his inventory. The cube is as big as a trailer and he positions it on the clouds.

Then another. And Another. And dozens of others...

B.B.C... It's how Hector jokingly calls these Big Buildings Cubes.

Like a Lego, each one can connect with the other to make a bigger building or facility.

One cube can be a bathroom, another a living room, the generator room and many other sections of a big laboratory.

Maybe is more like Minecraft, really.

Hector arranges the cubes to recreate a research facility with everything that is needed.

He starts walking towards the big building, a door open in the previous smooth wall.

"I had my fun. Time to work." He cracks his fingers before putting on a lab coat.

....

Hector P.O.V.

As I walk in the inside of the B.B.C. Hehe. I need to change this name.

Better than the BBC inside me. Hehe. Damn! The fifth grade never left me!

Anyway, I was thinking about Cassandra.

The initial plan was to let Cassandra to her own devices.

Saeko and Tsukasa have good places to train and hone their crafts.

Machia can stay in any place.

And while I will be here, holed inside this lab. Let Cassandra do her own thing around the world.

Stretch the wings, socialize, see good and bad people on her own...

But there's a problem... I underestimated(something that rarely happens) the Grand Line climate.

It's completely bullshit!!

The magnetic fields are all over the place, winds change directions and originate from nothing, gravity changes slightly, and temperatures fluctuate without reason.

It's like a god is pressing the Random Climmate Button all the time.

Even I need to go to the stratosphere to check where I'm going sometimes. Mostly because I'm new to this world, but even so...

Cassandra Little Adventure died in the crib.

Now, I feel bad.

I planned some nice places to visit with her and the others, like Fishman Island, Skypiea, The Florian Triangle, Zunesha...

But I really wanted her to go on her own too.

Tch. Hmm~ Now, what to do? What to do?

She didn't have that simple mind of Machia, or great interest in something like Tsukasa and Saeko.

Maybe let her in Amazon Lily... Or should I let her roam the other four seas? They should be interesting enough.

But wouldn't have anything new compared with our world.

As I enter in the big space full of empty capsules, where I will put the bodies of the future experiments, I have an idea.

Maybe give her a pet...

This is also something that makes people grow in many ways.

I made a test in the past, during my visit to the BNHA/MHA world, to see what would happen if I summoned someone during my Travel.

Apparently nothing. No problem.

When I go back to my own world, the Character will be brought with me too.

The only downside is that I would be incapable of using a Background Customization Card on the Character to Marvel. So the Character would be only a "Drop-In".

After all, Background Cards can only be used at the moment of the summon.

So I can't summon someone and leave him/her here to dominate this world or something like that.

But I have some summons that don't need a background.

I pull the card from the Inventory. So many steps that need to be done, I hope to gain a remote control function soon.

"Summon...No background... And no, no genderbend..."

Without further ado, the card becomes motes of light and slowly forms a huge figure in my front.

"Heh~ You're cool..." I smile at him

"Woof!"

[Overgrown Rover

Relationship Loyalty: (0/10)

Assimilation:

-Empty ]

The huge Dragon-Level Threat monster dog from the One Punch Man world is in my front. He has black fur and six Ruby-colored eyes that glow slightly in this dim place.

"Sit." I command and he obeys. "Can you get smaller? In the Web Comic you can..."

And he also obeys.

"Convenient..."

Then I can't resist... I'm a dog person after all.

"Who is a good mass destruction weapon? You are?" I rub his neck and he rolls over excitedly, presenting his belly.

Obviously, I need to rub his belly too.

"Good boy~"

*Ding*

[Relationship Loyalty: (10/10)]

Heh~ Dogs, right?

....

With a mental nudge of my Technopathy the whole facility lights up and starts for real.

"Sorry for the wait, Cortana. Must have been suffocating..." I say while feeling her connecting with the Building.

The low technological level of this world suppress her.

For some reason, she sighs even without a real body "A little... Thankfully I'm connected with your senses, Master." She says

I hum in agreement "This world is really strange, especially the grand line. Radiowaves can't travel far..." I remove something from my pocket

A Den Den Mushi. I acquired one when I stopped on an island.

A hologram of Cortana's torso appears on the armrest of the central chair.

I go sit there while holding the little snail.

"A strange animal..." She comments

"Indeed... It appears that their whole species, the ones used as telephones really, are connected in a hivemind, the telepathic waves can travel in this crazy atmosphere." I say "And Every one of them has a unique frequency. Hence people can call each other."

"Really interesting. An animal that works as a phone. It almost looks like it's artificially made." Cortana says

"..." Yeah...

"Will you add this world species to the Noah's Ark?" Cortana asks while she adjusts the lab.

"Hm~ It's a good idea..."

Project Neo Noah's Ark is a little something that I thought of some time ago.

The name gives away what is about... It's just me taking samples of Every species of animal and plant on Earth and keeping them safe on a moon-shaped satellite somewhere in the Solar System. And on my inventory too.

In the case of Earth's destruction

Not only animals and plants. Keep records of our history, copies of books, arts, and many other things. Basically downloaded everything on the internet. There's a lot of porn there, by the way. But I need to protect the R34 art.

Who knows right? Maybe Earth will explode like Krypton.

But seeing that I can travel to other universes, maybe is not a bad idea to create branches of this Project and collect samples of the many species in other worlds.

Maybe one day I will make a Megaworld with them.

"I will make this a sidequest." I decided "I have Oars Jr. Ancient Giant blood. And there are a lot of other interesting species here. Zunesha... Mink... Three-eyed people... Heck, even the plants here may hold the cure to deceases of my world. I will visit Drum Island, Chopper's Home Kingdom, later and learn their knowledge."

I recline on my chair, caressing Rover's head, and sigh

"I fucking need some biokinetic powers." If Power Manipulation can help me with powers, biokinesis will make me capable of acquiring race physiologies.

It's important to a certain Project of mine...

Overhaul, Cell Activation, and other powers are holding on, but they can't be compared with real Biokinesis.

Joshua Fowley(Elixir), Panacea, Alex Mercer, Kerrigan... If I couplet them with Rogue powers and an Osmosian Physiology...

I wanted their power. I need it.

Damn, my power hunger is showing again.

"If I don't gain any of them on the Gacha and Elixir doesn't awaken till the end of the year, I will visit Worm-verse." I say making plans

...

"What ya gon' do wit us???" A filthy man shouts while he and twenty other people are thrown unceremoniously into a white room by me.

By the attire, it's obvious that they're pirates. 23 males and 6 females.

"Hm~ I doubt that you guys would understand even if I explain..." I say while observing them squirm nervously from a glass wall with a high point of view "But you all are guinea pigs. I will poke you guys with needles and stuff like that." I say lightly while pressing a button on the wall.

The ceiling of the white room opens, and water starts showering on the prisoners at high pressure.

They shout in protest, annoyed by the water before noticing something weird.

"Kyaah! My clothes!!" A woman crouches down to hide her body when she notices her clothes falling apart.

"Don't worry, this liquid only compromises the integrity of clothes... And your hair a little." I explain to them

I look at them without pity even while curses fly from the mouths of these guys. I could've gone away and not listened to anything, but I wanted to be there.

"Ya monster! Ya can't do that!!" The leader of this group shouts at me

"I would feel bad if I didn't see you guys pillaging a small town, and you craving your sword in a three-year-old boy that was throwing small rocks at you to defend his mother and sister from being raped." I say emotionless

My eyes should be very scary, because I can see all of them flinching while looking at me. Not even caring about their modesty "You're all cattle now..." I say.

Then some start to cry, some start to beg. All sorts of pathetic actions

Pride is the first thing discarded in these situations.

"Tch! This is giving me Concentration Camp vibes..." I comment in distaste while the sleeping gas acts and my Shadowkhan take the prisoners away "That's fucked up in some way... I'm really evil, huh?" I comment to myself.

If take out the context and other nuances, there's no difference between what I'm doing to what horrible villains do.

The only thing I can say in my defense is that... Everything is relative.  And Every case is a different case.

"I do not think you're that bad, Master." Cortana says to me "I think you have a too low opinion of yourself."

"..." She wouldn't understand... But even so... "Cortana... You are probably the one that is closer to understanding me. We share a lot. And maybe you're the one I trust the most." I say seriously

"..."

"But even you can't privy in the deepest and darkest corners of my mind... It's not like I enjoy being a ball of angsty. It's just some important self-reflection that I need to do from time to time. Only I know that I can stoop very low... And this can be dangerous."

"It can't be that bad..." She tries to comfort me

I give her a look before opening my mouth again "Once I thought in capturing some thousands of people like that and throwing them in an empty world or universe..." I start

"I would modify their brain and minds so that only their animalistic instincts remain. Giving them powers and letting them breed like cattle so that I can harvest the new, more complex, and stronger powers of their offspring." I say with a deadpan face

"..." Now I can feel that she is shocked "All right, I understand what you're talking about now."

Despite myself, I release a chuckle

"It's on the Black Archives, the plan, if you want to check. I would even transform some people and mindless cyborgs with limited versions of Power Manipulation so that they can harvest the powers for me and keep them in check. Like shepherds."

I shake my head, talking it out loud the absurdity becomes even more evident "In the end I didn't go forward with it for many reasons, but morals and ethics are on the end of the line of these reasons." I confess "It's more like a lack of failsafes in case of something going bad. I'm paranoid after all..."

"..." Cortana keeps her silence for a time before talking again "Well... The fact that you can police yourself is a good sign. You're better than these one-dimensional villains."

"That's the thing! I need to police myself like that. A good person wouldn't even have these thoughts. A true hero like Spider-man, Superman, All Might, and others would do, and be, good naturally. I need to put a a conscious effort for god's sake! For the basics!" I release a sigh after I notice my voice gaining some heat.

" 'Comparison is the thief of joy'..." It's what she says after a pause

Heh, even she is imitating me in quoting people.

"Yeah, yeah... I know. But it's good to admire some people's traits and aim to surpass them." I say "And relax... I'm learning to like my evil side."

She looks at me confused

"During this trip, in truth since some time ago, I reached the conclusion that being a little evil is essential to living a good life. My talk with Blackbeard, experiencing Tsuru's power... It helped me get on terms with it a little."

I continue my explanation "It's obvious, but... A true good person suffers." I declare "If Peter was a little more...Bully Maguire. Heh. Things would go better for him. You would be surprised how much your life could go better if you act a little like a asshole."

"My Brazilian grandfather said that a man needs to have some malice. To not be taken advantage AND take advantage."

"I can impact a lot of people in good and bad ways. But I don't want to sacrifice my own happiness doing that. I can go cracked and help people 24/7, don't sleep, have no social life... But that would be bad for me. And I can prioritize myself, go around stealing the powers that I want, antagonizing everyone to achieve my goals... That would be bad for the world."

"I can't be on the extremes, of prioritizing one over the another."

"There's a thin line that's between the two." I say "I just need to keep an eye open to not go too far... In any of the sides."

"That's my path!"

.....

Some days passed, and my other bodies were copying Devil Fruit powers out of the Grand Line, mapping the world and training law. Hehe~

Beyond helping Law, he is also an interesting subject to see if this crazy training method is effective.

.....

Law's Hellish Training

"Gah!" Law coughs blood when Hector's arm goes through his heart, his eyes bloodshot.

Hector then unceremoniously takes off his arm and the hole in Law's chest closes.

"*Huff* *Huff*" Law pants loudly while clutching his chest, but he has no time to rest.

Law's eyes widen... He moves a little out of the way, dodging to the side, but not enough.

Hector appeared behind him and chops him down, his arm going through his shoulder till his navel.

"Dead again... But at least you saw this coming a little." Hector says lightly before removing his arm again, the huge wound closes like it never happened.

And this is only him training Observation haki.

...

Back to Hector in his Lab

First Person P.O.V.

Well, you can't say that he doesn't have willpower. He didn't complain one time.

It's fun training people.

Now back to my work... I look at the huge medical capsule in front.

I check the vitals of the body inside and nod to myself "Good enough... Using [Gold experience] really accelerates the process. But with Bonney's Devil Fruit will be even faster..." I comment "Open the capsule Cortana" I order

The golden liquid of the capsule is drained. The capsule moves from its vertical position to a horizontal one, and the body inside is deposited in front of me on a table by robotic arms.

"Hello, handsome." I say to myself.

Yes, myself. This is my clone.

A brain-dead clone of mine to be exact. Alive, but soulless.

I remove the oxygen mask on his face and check him again.

Yep, a perfect clone. The only problem... He is completely normal.

No powers, no mutations, nothing... This is me if I never had the essence. I even removed his meta-gene.

Well... I look at his body.

This is a very fit for me if I never had the Essence. The body is at peak human performance at least.

"This will be a game changer..." I say before taking an item from inventory.

The Stone Mask from Jojo.

I put on my clone face, and make a small cut on my palm before smearing the mask with my blood.

*Kachik*

As expected, spikes protrude from the mask immediately and stab my clone skull.

The body jerks a little on the table, before going still.

I check the vitals on the machines... All normal. Good.

I remove the Stone Mask and put it on my inventory again.

Moving the lips away with my finger I see the fangs of the my now Vampire Clone.

"Good..." I say again and take a step back.

And then I propel my soul out of my body.

Yes... Dark Danny power. It's not my complete soul, I notice. But is enough to possess a weak-willed target.

My own soulless clone then...

I delve into him without a problem.

....

I blink...

I'm staring at the ceiling.

Hm~ Yes... This is not my body. Well, it is... But not exactly.

My senses are different. It's weird to not have that many powers.

I sit on the steel bed. I looked at my side and saw my true body resting with his eyes closed. I can feel the connection still... Good.

[Your soul is inhabiting a new body. Do you want to transfer the Character Assimilations to this new body?

Obs.: The assimilation process will restart. You will lose the assimilation progression in any other body.]

Interesting...

I click "No". I will look into it in more detail in the future.

But apparently, if my body was completely destroyed with only my soul surviving, I could recreate my body again.

It's like a game "Continue". But losing my progress... I'm playing a Souls game.

I have Brook Devil Fruit power too... Heh~

I will not die even if I am killed.

"How are you feeling, master?" Cortana hologram appears and looks at me worriedly

"Weak..." I say and hop off the metal bed.

Ugh... So weak. My legs are wobbling a little. I'm not used to this body. 

"It will take time to get used to it." I say

"But it's a success." Cortana smiles

"Yes. Now I can create other personas without a problem..." I say

I then move my arm, and make some tests. Haki covers my arm without a problem.

So even if I lose my physical powers, I keep my spiritual ones...

Well, when Sanji changed bodies with Nami he could've used Haki.

This is good too.

"Now... The last test. Light up." I say to Cortana

"Are you sure, Master?" She asks unsure

"Go for it... Full force." I say and prepare myself

A wall opens and a robotic arm moves close to me. In its edge... A UV lantern.

"Starting..." Cortana warns me.

The next second, The UV lights hit my full body.

Immese pain... To my credit, I didn't scream even while my body was disintegrated.

.....

"Master! Master!"

I open my arms again, I'm back to my body.

"I'm okay." I say, a little out of it by the death experience but otherwise completely fine.

I can hear Cortana sighing in relief while I check my body and spirit.

Yep, no damage to my spirit or soul. My stand, Haki, magic... All of it is working at 100%.

Yone's [Soul Anchoring] works just fine

"Heh~ Hehehe. Hahahahaaha" I allow myself to have a full-blown laugh.

I'm becoming even more of a monster.

.....

Time for some training.

I sat down in the training room, I acquired too many powers recently and didn't test them appropriately.

For the first time in a long time, my control is lacking.

I always had flawless control over my body and powers. So good that even if I gained a new power, would not impact me too much and I would be capable of using said power expertly right away.

But right now... It slipped.

Time to fix that.

My projects are moving nicely. I had a lot of "Blank Slate" bodies ready to receive a certain set of powers and become another persona.

Now I can make a street-level antihero person without a problem.

I can also create bodies of different races. I still had Thor blood... I will not clone him, but maybe I can make Aesir!Hector and see how it goes.

Put different "Builds" of powers in different bodies.

And there's no need for the body to look like me.

Right now, in the capsules, there are bodies with different powersets being developed. A spider-man, a ninja that with luck will have mokuton(After I try to isolate the Senju genes of Tsunade. Trying to force Atavism), a totally "normal human" body but having the Hanma bloodline and developed by the Hercules Method of Luther Strode.

And this is only the beginning...Even without the Essence, I will create the Ultimate Lifeform!

One day... Kars from Jojo, Cell from Dragon Ball, Meruem from Hunter x Hunter. I will have all!

I will start small... I didn't choose the One Piece world casually and only to have fun.

I chose this world because is full of strong races too. A Lunarian!Hector can be cool too.

Haah~ I really fucking need Biokinesis.

Well, let's forget about physiologies for now and focus on powers.

I close my eyes to take a look at my inner world.

As always, I can see the huge pillar of light on the Horizon. The sky is full of stars, in different shapes, sizes, and colors. Each one represents a power.

My focus is on the new additions.

The many stand powers and the many Devil Fruits powers.

I will revise each one of them thoroughly and... Hm?

A certain star attracts my attention. I willed so, and a purple star floats to my front.

"Why the Gomu Gomu no Mi is so big?"

And is pulsing strangely.

Every power has different characteristics that only a Power Manipulator like me could tell.

It's a feeling you know? The taste, how it shines, how it feels when I Touch it... I can say the category of a power this way. The disgustingly slimy feeling of the Master powers, the strong way that brute powers perpetually Shine and others...

This rubber power is weird. It's pulsing, like it's a purple egg and there's a living thing inside, ready to burst out... I can hear it heartbeat.

I saw powers like that... I look around, most of the transformation powers are like that. With the feeling of something alive. Beast Boy's Animal Transformation, Zoan Devil Fruits and animal mutations in Marvel and Hero Academia.

So Luffy really has a Hidden trump card...

I inspect the Gomu Gomu no Mi powers, but it's like it has some lock on it. There are conditions to activation... Like Nen.

This feeling is a little similar to... I pull a golden star to my hand. Sengoku Buddha Devil Fruit.

Yep... I pull an azure flame too. Yes...

The Gomu Gomu no Mi gives the same "vibe" of the Buddha and the Phoenix powers.

It's a fucking Mythical Zoan. Oda kept this a secret for all this time?

I sent Sengoku and Marco's power to the sky again and kept holding Luffy's power.

A Mythical Zoan, huh? The worst part is that makes sense...

Luffy Rubber power doesn't work like how rubber or elastic power should work. Anyone with a little knowledge of physics must understand that Luffy throwing his arm back to Punch forward is useless.

If in a line, someone made of rubber is at point Zero, and throws his arm to the point -10 to hit the point +10, it will not add any force doing that... When the arm passes by the point Zero will lose any momentum again.

That's why Elastigirl and Reed only punch forward. Without Luffy's theatrics...

I always ignored it, attributing that to Oda's lack of knowledge and because is cool.

But Luffy's power is never rubber. So it should be... Some sort of body transformation from the Mythical Zoan.

And I have a guess of what type of Mythical Zoan is... Would be cool if is the Hito Hito no mi, Model: Sun Wukong

Everything would make sense.

His body stretches like the staff of Sun Wukong.

The gear fourth is like animal transformations... Snakeman, Kong... Sun Wukong can transform himself.

MONKEY D. Luffy... Oda also was a fan of Dragon Ball. The clear similarities with Goku.

Sun Wukong was sealed by Buddha's five fingers. Five Elders suppressing the world. He made a Journey around the world...

The more I think about it, the more makes sense.

And damn, that would be cool... Sun Wukong in all media is a menace. There's a Sun Wukong in Marvel? Should be scary.

I stop guessing and focus on the power in my hands. It should reach its potential in an awakening. But my Power Manipulation allows me to notice that there are conditions to it...

And if I force... I can force, by the way. Would be a loss and maybe the power will not work properly.

What is the condition? The anime cliche says that should be a moment of pure rage. It's a classic... Luffy's rage should be a cool moment to watch.

Haah~ So let it be. It's like my Nen power... I can't force it.

If I really need it in the future, it should awaken on its own. No problem.

I allow the purple power to go back to its place on the night sky, now I need to focus.

There's a little problem with Devil Fruit's powers.

The curses, the limitations...

Weakness to the sea, to seastone and the limitation to only one person.

It's not a problem for me.

My stronger-than-most body and soul, coupled with Power Manipulation allows me to bypass these restrictions.

But the same can't be said about others, about my subordinates.

So now... Time for some modifications.

My [Power Manipulation] can do much more than steal, copy, and give powers.

I can modificate to a certain extent and cultivate these powers.

As an example is Bakugou's Explosion quirk. It was fairly easy for me to modify a little so that the explosions could be emitted by the sole of my feet too.

The idea that I will apply now came when I compared Devil Fruits powers with Quirks.

Quirks are basic... Most of them are very uni-directional power. Todoroki and Kaminari can create their respective elements, but only that. They can't control it.

Let's use Ace's Fire Fruit as an example... If I would "dissect" the power, would be like that.

Fire Fruit:

- Fire Generation

- Fire Control

- Fire Immunity

- Fire Body Transformation

- Fire Constructs

- Weakness To the Sea

- Weakness to Seastone

- One Power Limitation

That would be a very simplified version...

Any of these could be a Quirk on its own.

So, I would "break" this power... Unravel it in smaller powers. Like quirks.

Remove the weakness and the one Devil fruit limitation. (That's more of a curse, by the way...) and reassemble it.

If I accomplish it, I will finally be capable of fusion powers of the same type. Till now, I was just using them together. This is an increase in quality.

I could Stack Jean's, Emma's, Xavier's, and many other people's Telepathy and create an even stronger power. (It's possible because every telepathy has a certain frequency and signature. I can't Stack two "Jean's" to double the power that easily)

I could isolate the "power" [Weakness to the Sea] and curse people by giving to them.

Heh~ Imagining myself giving it to Namor makes me chuckle.

Now, time to put in some work... I already made many repeated copies of the Devil Fruits because I can predict that I will destroy a lot of them practicing.

This will be an arduous process.

But what I don't do for my cute subordinates, right?

.....

Marine Headquarters

"So Big Mom finally made her move?" Garp asks Sengoku

"Her children did, but they wouldn't move without her orders." Sengoku massages the bridge of his nose

"How it is going?" Garps asks while eating

"The Whitebeard pirates are still fending off their attacks. But Big Mom hasn't made a move personally yet... If she did..." Sengoku says

"They have no chance unless..." Garp trails off.

"Ugh... The Devil Steps in..." Sengoku groans "We are seeing the beginning of a second war like Marineford. And I don't know if the world is ready yet..."

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A.N.: Ahoy

Hector is smart enough to figure out some things about the Gomu Gomu no Mi, too bad he lacks knowledge. He is wrong in two things... It's not Sun Wukong, but a inside world myth and it does not need a "rage moment".

Too bad. Meta knowledge is such a cheat.

If the last chapters there a lot about the world around Hector(You guys can notice a certain lack of his P.O.V.s), now this chapter we focused on his progress.

The Multiple body is a big thing and his increased mastery with Power Manipulation too.

I believe this chapter can be enjoyed even if you don't watch One Piece.

I will not say much more, there will be even more growth on his means and character on this arc.

Till next time.


Chapter 67: World Of Pirates: Part 05

Disclaimer: I own nothing. This story has no interest in offending any party. Having the sole objective of only entertaining the readers. Enjoy~

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"I think self discovery is the greatest achievement in life, because once you discover yourself and accept what you are, then you can fulfill your true potential and be happy."

- Marco Pierre White

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Recap: In the last chapter Hector continues to travel and have a little fun in the One Piece while collecting powers. He finally creates a base to research and starts his project of creating multiple bodies and personas. And decided to work with Power Manipulation to recreate the Devil Fruit powers in more convenient tools to his plans.

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"Aargh! I give up!" I say, falling on my back from my sitting position on the ground. My arms outstretched to each side while I look at the ceiling.

Huff, I rub my eyebrows, and my hand comes back a little wet.

It has been a long time since I didn't sweat.

Rover, who was at my side, turns to me in askance and puts his head on my belly, my hand goes to Scratch behind his ear.

I'm not really giving up, but I think I reached the limit of what I can do now. I'm almost, almost... succeeding in disassembling the Devil Fruits' powers.

But when I'm on the final step... Puf, everything turns to nothingness.

I already lost 86 of the copies that I created to do that. I only have 12 more.

I feel that I can do that, you know the feeling when there's a boss on a game that you die a lot, but you have a good feeling and know that next time will be a success? Yep, like that.

I'm losing on the details... And I know the reason.

"I need to fuse again." I say looking at the ceiling.

I'm currently divided into four, thanks to Dark Danny's ghostly bio-fission. Right now, I'm only with 50% of my original performance.

50% of my mental power, 50% of my concentration, 50% of my dexterity...

During all those 86 tries, I believe I discovered the recipe/path to disassemble. Already reverse-engineered the whole thing.

It was like the last time when I started to create nerfed versions of strong powers, I know I can do it now. But I need to fuse again...

Or use Power Boost cars on my [Power Manipulation]... But nah, let's stretch to the limit before using Power Boost cards again. Maximize growth efficiency.

The thing is that my other bodies are doing important things now.

And disassembling dozens of Devil Fruits powers will take time.

I slowly stand up from the ground. Rover stands up with me.

"Well, I can go practice some magic while my other bodies don't arrive..." I say to myself while start walking away.

"..." I slowly turn around to watch Rover following me.

I stop and he stops too.

His head tilted to look up at me.

I start walking again and he starts following me again. Keeping up with my speed.

I stop one more time and he stops too...

"..."

"?" He looks at me confused.

I can't resist...

In an instant I lowered myself exactly 0.2 centimeters, threatening to run away at high speed.

My sudden movement triggers something in the dog.

He lowers himself too and starts to run, but he can't get out of the place because of the slippery ground and inertia. His paws, and nails, make a *tac tac* sound on the ground while he makes a good impression of how people run in their dreams.

Then, the inertia can't stop him anymore.

With a *swoosh* he zooms away from me, moving dozens of meters in an instant.

At some point, he must have noticed that I'm not running behind him because he pauses and tries to turn back, but inertia makes him keep going and he makes a drift and comes back at high speed again.

But he doesn't stop, he passes by me at high speed and some dozens of meters away he repeats the drift.

This is gonna take a while if I leave him alone.

"Pfft.. Haha Okay, Okay" I moved fast and caught him by the sides when he was going to pass by me again. His legs kick the air like he is still running "Be careful when you catch the 'zoomies', you concentrated calamity in a furball." I put him over my shoulders while he pants with his tongue out of his mouth.

Walking him in the future will be a challenge... Heh. I will pass this responsibility to Cassandra.

At this moment, a piece of information arrives in my mind. One of my other bodies becomes aware of a little dispute between the Whitebeard pirates and Big Mom.

I can feel a grin being formed on my face.

"Change of plans, we can do 'abracadabra' later... let's go throw some hands, Rover." I say

"*Woof*" He answers animatedly.

His eyes glowing eerily, his teeth bare to the world. It's remember me of that pitbull meme...

"Hmmm... Maybe I should change your name to Cupcake. Or Princess..." I joke "Just don't eat the children in the park...

"*Whine*" He makes a pitiful sound

....

Third Person P.O.V.

Beyond the "main Hector", that was in the Lab on the sky, the other three bodies are around the world. Two of them are covering the huge area of the four seas, one in each hemisphere.

The lack of knowledge about the other oceans beyond the East Blue, the hard connection between countries in this world full of islands, makes it easy for him to overlook something.

And he doesn't want to miss a secretly overpowered Devil Fruit that maybe was eaten by a goon-level pirate for example.

"I hope we are on the same page, my dear." One of Hector's bodies smiles "gently" at a somewhat beautiful woman with colorful hair.

He is on the North Blue, in an underground auction place, holding the woman in charge by the neck.

It's not a coincidence that he stopped here, when he was flying over he saw a smiley face with a line cutting it on a wall. The Symbol of the Joker, Doflamingo's underworld broker persona.

It's expected that the guy has an incredible criminal network around the world. Hector is here to spare effort some effort.

The woman looks at Hector in fear. She recognizes him from the newspapers and the wanted posters.

"Hiiiih Y-es, yes... I will do it! Pl-please don't kill m-me!" The woman nods like a chicken and says with a shaky voice.

"Good girl..." Hector says slowly while entering the woman's mind and stealing information, noticing that the woman also plans to contact Doflamingo about what is happening now, Hector's eyes narrow "I just need you to inform me of anything related to Devil Fruits and Devil Fruits users, don't matter how small..."

Hector releases the woman on the ground

"I-I will do it!! No p-problem!"

"Good, good... But as a token of your sincerity..." Hector lowers himself and his hand goes to the woman's chest.

His fingers start to sink on the woman before he slowly pulls. The woman can clearly see how Hector takes off her still beating heart from her chest.

The criminal face falls even further, and her mind almost breaks from the scene.

"Aaargh!" Hector gives the heart a squeeze, making the woman wince in pain.

"Now... You know to whom your life belongs, right?" He stares at the woman dead in the eye.

Once again the woman nods fast, her hand over her chest, above the hole of her heart that already disappeared.

'What bullshit ability...' Hector thinks.

"T-that will be everything, sir?" The Woman asks fearfully, but trying to act seductively. Her experience tells that men tend to be merciful to the 'woman that belongs to them' "There's anything more I can do f-for you?" She tries to stick her big chest out, to flaunt her asserts

Hector squeezes her heart again without pity

"Aargh!" She bends over in pain

"Is your name Robin, Vivi, or Yamato? Then don't try to make a fool of me.." Hector says in a cold tone

She nods again and doesn't dare to open her mouth.

"Three months of you giving me information and I will give your heart back. If I dream that our talk here has leaked..." Hector squeezes the heart again to punctuate how serious he is.

The woman winces again and understands the message

"Don't worry, I just want the information, it's not like I'm asking for money. No one will know if you don't tell." Hector smiles good-naturedly and gives the woman a pat on her shoulder "Work hard!"

He disappears, already flying to the other bases of the Doflamingo underworld criminal empire.

'After I take their information to myself, I will fuse again...' He thinks before accelerating.

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On a certain deserted island

"Such overpowered fruit... In your hands..." Another Hector sighs while he crouches down on the rails of a pirate ship.

Everyone, including the captain, is passed out after a blast of his Haki.

Hector jumps and walks to the fallen Devil Fruit User, he doesn't even lower himself to copy the power, making Mr. Blue Sky do it for him.

"The Slow-Slow fruit... Will make me invincible against brutes..." Hector comments, Looking down at the waste of such good fruit, Foxy.

The Noro Noro no Mi(Slow-Slow Fruit), it's one of the many Devil Fruits on Hector's list of underrated Devil Fruits that he needs to remember himself to go after.

There are a lot of Devil Fruit powers that wouldn't be the first option to anyone, like the Slow-Slow Fruit, but now that Hector can have all...

"Hm~ There's Alvida Slip-Slip Fruit too... Will make me even more invincible against brutes... I let Buggy go away last time, didn't even copy his power so that he can meet Alvida and the rest of his crew without an intervention of some butterfly effect, so that I can get Alvida's fruit without a problem." Hector says to himself while he checks his list on his mind.

With a finger pressed on his temple, he starts floating away, flying over the deserted island., while choosing his next step.

"That mirror and book fruit are interesting too... But the users are Big Mom's children. So I can take later all at once. Viola's fruit too... But It's the same thing, I can go there when I decide to deal with Doflamingo... There's that Door Fruit of Blueno... Maybe I should go for the ex-Baroque Works and non-important marines now...hm?"  He plans before something attracts his attention.

"This Hector" is the one tasked with going after people who appeared in Canon, especially in the first part of the Grandline. He is moving from one place to another without stopping and investigating every nook and cranny... but now something made him stop.

The Sky Poison Pearl is shining.

Because he is acting mostly on the first part of the Grandline, he is bound to find all types of animals, materials, and plants... So this Hector is collecting them and putting them in the safe environment of the Sky Poison Pearl.

Hector never expected that a forgotten feature of the Sky Poison Pearl would show itself now.

The Pearl can locate and inform the user of any high-quality plant nearby.

This was used one time by the Main Character of Against the Gods to find a rare herb.

But it never happened with Hector. He is not in a cultivation world... It's not like he will find precious plants and herbs in New York.

But now the Pearl is flashing in a green light and directing him to the island. Below him.

"Could be...?" Hector eyes the light carefully.

A thought passed through his mind... In this world. There's a type of plant of great importance. The Devil Fruits...

In the next instant, Hector's En assaults the entire island. His aura scans the whole place, feeling everything.

And there it is.

Hector teleports and appears under a tree, his eyes move to the strange fruit resting between the roots of the tree.

The tree fruits appear to be some sort of Orange, the Devil Fruit is much bigger than a normal Orange. Must be the reason that it is on the ground, when the normal Orange turned into the Devil Fruit, its weight made it fall.

Beyond being three times bigger than a normal Orange, it has strange patterns and is brown.

Hector grabs it and inspects it.

"No clue..." He can't identify this fruit.

It's very unassuming, isn't like some fruits that easily can tell that give fire powers or something like that.

Hector puts the fruit away and looks at his left hand, the Pearl finally stops flashing in a green light.

"Convenient Synergy... As expected from the Essence." He comments, impressed. He mistakenly assumed that only 'cultivation resources' would be registered by the Pearl ability "Well, I will not complain... Let's invade some Marine Base and steal a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia." He says before flying away at high speed.

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In another part of the Grandline

"Where the fuck is this place??" Another Hector shouts to the sky, stopping his flight, his frustration apparent by the release of powers, making even the clouds be dispersed some kilometers away.

"If the other people from the movies like Douglas Bullet and Byrnndi World exist here, then there's no reason for the rest to not exist too." He exclaims

He found these people on Impel Down, these guys that are the main antagonists of some One Piece Movies, but now he is not finding another antagonist, Gild Tesoro and his Casino.

"Could be only semi-canon characters? There's a distinction to that?" He sighs and starts to think.

He wants the Devil fruits that appeared in that movie, especially the one that steals Luck, even if he feels that will not be as useful as he thinks to the Gacha.

"I should have watched that movie... How did the Strawhats end up in that Casino?" He flies away, he doesn't know the plot of the movie.

He only knows about it because one day he was scrolling through the non-canon Devil Fruits page of the One Piece wiki after reading a fanfic that featured some movie characters.

"It's like Thriller Bark? A casino-ship-siland?" He decided to use the Doflamingo network to confirm if the Casino exists here in this world.

But suddenly he feels something with his senses "Another sky island? Whatever let's stop by..." He changes course and moves to where he is feeling the presence of a lot of living beings in the sky.

When he arrives at the place he is surprised yet again.

It's not a sky island... It's a floating island. There's a difference...

He frowns, his senses scanning the place and suddenly he busts on laughs

"I was looking for Gold and I found Float!" He exclaims before breaking the sound barrier and going directly at his target.

Shiki, the Golden Lion.

"This world timeline is all messed up! Fillers, right?" He shouts to announce his presence to his opponent, before starting the duel that he knows that he is gonna win.

The man already felt him because of his haki.

Haki that Shiki never used in the movie, even if he should've had... Only because he appeared pre timeskip.

The famous case of suffering a nerf from "appearing too early"... Like Crocodile. Hence, Hector's exclamation.

Luffy shouldn't have met this guy in this world. His story would end at that moment.

Now Hector has a clue to discover how the movies impact this world.

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New World

There's a small war happening in a certain archipelago between the remnants of the Whitebeard pirates and the Big Mom pirates.

An azure flame zooms from high in the sky, Marco appears amidst the flames and kicks Charlotte Snack directly in the face. One of Big Mom's Sweet Commanders was defeated just like that, being sent flying through the battlefield.

The battlefield in question is incredibly chaotic. Not on the level of Marineford, but on each small island of this archipelago is the stage of a big battle.

Skirmishes between low-level members of each crew also happen everywhere, on the beach, on decks of ships, and in minor stretches of land.

Marco pants slightly after defeating one of the Sweet Commanders, he surveys the battlefield, checking the important duels happening.

But he doesn't have time to help others because he was not fighting only against Snack, if not he wouldn't be this tired against someone on this level. Officers like Daifuku and others are also ganging up against the actual strongest of the Whitebeard pirates.

All over the other archipelagos, the high-level pirates clash too.

The Swordsman Vista against another Sweet Commander, Charlotte Smoothie.

Diamond Juzo against Cracker in a duel of durability.

Ace against Oven, in a heated battle.

And many others.

Ace shouts while his fire-clad fist meets Oven's heated one. The clash creates a huge shockwave, the air distorts because of the heat, and no one can get closer.

But Ace follows with another punch in the gut while Oven is recovering, in the end, his Devil Fruit and fighting abilities are superior.

This last attack makes Oven stumble on his feet and fall to his knees. Ace doesn't waste time and moves around to help another someone, after all, they're Fighting to defend Whitebeard's territory and legacy.

The small war continues for hours and hours, and with time it becomes clear that the Whitebeard pirate's side is achieving Victory...

Till they hear a lullaby...

Some paused to look where the song was coming from, but the more experienced ones immediately identified the source.

"Ship~ Ship~ Ship~ "At a distance, a huge ship slowly approaches them.

The ship is the one singing. It's alive because the ship is the Queen Mama Chanter, Big Mom's personal ship and a homie created by her powers.

"This could be bad-yoi..." Marco frowns while trying to check who is on board the ship.

That ship only moves when Big Mom orders and few can ride it.

In the worst-case scenario...

"Mamama! Newgate's little runts are very loyal, huh?"

The worst-case scenario happens.

The iconic laugh is the prelude to the appearance of the woman herself. Big Mom slowly walks to the bow of the ship, her huge figure easily recognized by her pink dress and characteristic pirate hat, cloud, and sun, all alive and talking with her.

Her simple appearance is enough to demoralize a good part of the Whitebeard pirates.

"Pero~ This is a good opportunity, we can end the Whitebeard pirates right now." Perospero comments on Big Mom's side.

So not only her came, but another good fighter too.

Luckily, it appears that Katakuri was left behind to protect her territory. At least one saving grace.

With a show of unexpected agility, considering her huge body, Big Mom leaps from her ship and lands on a small island. Dozens of meters away. Her homies followed closely behind.

She lands together with a blast of Conqueror's Haki, the pressure and shockwave are enough to filter the weak fighters.

Marco himself hurried to meet and stop her.

"Big Mom..." He says seriously, going back to his human form.

"Marco.... Mama! What about you all stop resisting and become part of my crew? I also treat everyone like my sons..." She says with a smile.

"..." Marco sweats slightly by the pressure, but he doesn't back down "I think I will have to refuse and ask you to leave Oyaji territory."

"Mamama!" Big mom laughs uproariously "Newgate is dead. The world is for the living."

With this, she didn't try to talk anymore. Who is she? She is Big Mom, the strongest woman pirate in the world. She takes what she wants, people need to accommodate to her whims.

She pulls her arm and punches Marco suddenly.

To stop this attack, Marco turns on his Phoenix form and meets it head-on like an azure laser.

*Booom*

The shockwaves spread through the battlefield. They compete in strength, seemingly like in equal foot.

"Mama!" Big Mom laughs causally before putting in more strength and finally overwhelming Marco.

Marco flies away a little, his Phoenix form lacking one wing and a claw.

He stabilizes himself and coughs, before the missing limbs slowly start to grow again.

"Marco!!" Some of the members of the Whitebeard pirates shout at their Division Commander.

"I really don't want to kill you, Marco." Big Mom says while walking toward him

Big Mom still wants to recruit the user of the rare Mythical Zoan, but her words are stopped when another flash of light enters her vision.

She puts her arm covered with Armament Haki in front of her face to stop the attack.

After enduring the barrage for a while she opens her arm to dispel the fire.

Yes, Ace stops the attack and moves close to Marco using his fruit powers.

"Are you okay, Marco?" Ace asks

"Ace... I think we need to retreat." Marco says, looking extremely tired. He fought a lot of opponents and recovering from an attack on Big Mom took a lot of his stamina.

"We can't." Ace says, not from simple stubbornness. In this situation, they can't retreat without leaving things behind. The territory, their people, crew... That is not a sacrifice that he likes to do.

"Well, well~ If isn't Roger's brat? Just by looking at you, I'm getting angry." Big Mom says, her eyes glowing dangerously.

"I only have one father! Whitebeard!" Ace shouts before attacking again with a Fire Fist.

"Mama! You're years too early, boy. Even your father avoided fighting me when he cowardly sneaked to steal my Road Poneglyph." Big Mom says with equal parts amusement and resentment.

Amusement in seeing Ace's futile efforts and resentment for Roger getting the better of her.

She slaps Ace's attack away and punches him. The attack hits him squarely on the chest, nailing him to the ground.

Big Mom is rarely a merciful person. She raises her foot to step on Ace.

But she stopped her actions by suddenly looking up.

"Someone is coming..." She says eyeing the cloudy sky

A red light shines far away, like a star. Her eyes widen in surprise and she puts her arms across her chest, barely fast enough to stop the attack that hit her.

A ball of energy, almost as big as her, hits her arms covered in Armament Haki, the impact doesn't hurt her much, but it sends her sliding away a dozen meters and she needs to put a lot of effort into deflecting it away

"Oy Ace, why do you always end up fighting people out of your league?" A male voice asks beside the fallen fire user "Don't you know that you're living through extra time and without plot armor?" Hector appears with a 'tsk tsk' and kicks Ace, but restoring him with [Crazy Diamon] powers.

Hector in casual clothes is now standing between Big Mom and Ace.

Rover is in his giant size a few feet away behind him.

He came Riding the huge monster dog that now has [Air Walk]. He was inspired by those cultivation novels where people have mounts and all that.

"Oh, if isn't the newest sensation? The problem child of the so-called Worst Generation..." Big Mom says eyeing Hector up and down.

In this world, instead of Blackbeard being the 12th member of the Worst Generation, Hector took his place. With the rest of his crew completing 15 members.  And his ridiculous feats only cemented this group of pirates as the worst and most dangerous rookies in history.

"And you must be Big Mom." Hector says in the same tone that she used

"Mama! Aren't you a cutepie?" She says looking down on him like a grandma would look at her grandchildren. But there's a hint of mockery behind her tone

"Well, I pity that I can't say the same. You really let yourself go, huh?" Hector shakes his head and 'tsks' again "Decadency and an unhealthy lifestyle really impact people's appearance in this world." He says with a smirk

"Oh~ Now looking closely, I'm noticing some similarities too... This annoying smile... Are you Roger's son too? Two Rogers sons must be enough to quell my anger from years ago." She says dangerously

"Sorry, I'm not. But you can say that we are related slightly." Hector comments "And why all this anger, Old Hag? Don't you know that boiled resentment is bad for your health?" Hector acts like a worried grandson, but with mockery in his tone too.

"That damned Roger, stole my poneglyph, reached the Last Island, started this era full of runts like your running around and died..." She says in anger

"Gigachad..." Hector nods to himself

"We are the ones that need to clean his mess! And that bastard doesn't have the balls to fight me head-on back then." She says with clenched fists

"Hm~" Hector rubs his chin with his index finger and thumb "That doesn't sound right..."

"What, boy?"

"Him? Running from a fight? Don't sound like him..." Hector says 'But I know that he really sneaked to steal the Red Poneglygh. Why didn't he defeat her? Just for fun?' He thinks

Hector looks around a little. The two strongest on this battlefield are talking casually like there's no war. Their presence alone stopped all fights, and that was only a small demonstration of the difference in level from Yonkos to all the rest.

Then suddenly something clicked in Hector's mind. Maybe it's a part of Roger's memories and intentions, maybe is a theory that was made by his own mind, but when he looked around at all those children of Big Mom he asks

"Are you pregnant when Roger stole the Poneglyph?"

Big Mom narrows her eyes hearing that question.

Big Mom has 85 sons and daughters. In normal circumstances, this would make a total of almost 64 years only pregnant. Thankfully Big Mom had a lot of quintuplets, and maybe in this world and thanks to her strong constitution, her pregnancies maybe lasted much less than the normal 9 months

But even so, it's expected that she spent some good decades pregnant.

So maybe, Roger avoided the fight because he didn't want to fight with a pregnant lady.

"Are you saying that he looked down on me just because I was carrying a child?" But Big Mom doesn't like this new perspective not even a little. She is an extremely prideful individual after all.

"Well, he was also dying... maybe he doesn't want to waste some time of his life by getting hurt by you... He still needed to find Laugh Tale, after all." Hector says with a shrug.

"That damn, Roger!!!" Big Mom's eyes turn red in anger. Conqueror's Haki shook the Archipelago "Does he think that I'm like any other fragile Woman? I would have killed him even while giving birth!!"

"Gross..." Hector comments while looking at his nails disinterestedly

"You really have his talent for getting under people's skin! I was ready to offer an alliance but you wouldn't accept, right boy?" Big Mom turns to look down on Hector.

"Nah. You can't offer me anything that I can't simply take." He says casually.

His eyes gain a predatory glint while he looks at Big Mom and her crew.

Her fruit is on Hector's Top 5 paramecias of priority to get.

"So it's clear what we're about to do..." She starts saying and Napoleon, her pirate hat, jumps from her head and becomes a sword on her hand.

Prometheus and Zeus also go into battle mode.

"How do you wish to die?" She asks trying to intimidate him. Trying to use her Devil Fruit powers to take his soul away.

But Hector is not afraid of her

"Well, my second option would die with my head being crushed by a powerful woman's thighs." Hector says with a pensive and serious expression.

"..." His casual, but serious reply makes some people look at him strangely

"If you're younger, I wouldn't mind giving you the opportunity to try." He smiles roguishly at Big Mom;

"Pfft Mamamama!" Big Mom guffaws after getting shocked for a second, resting the blade of her sword on her shoulder "Aren't you charming? Mama!"

"Every man rizz with Grandmas is out of the charts... "Hector comments while passing his hand through his hair." He says with a laugh.

The two laugh together for some time...

*BOOM* *CLANK*

...Before Big Mom attacked him mercilessly with her sword.

Obviously, Hector saw that coming seconds ago.

Hi raises his arm and meets her attack with his left fist.

The clash shook the whole battlefield. The sky was split in the characteristic way that only the ones in the top of this world can do when they fight each other.

"Sudden movements can be bad to your back, Old Hag." Hector smirks at her

Hector decides to give the Woman so fright, that some trolling is concocted on his mind.

While blocking her sword with his left first, he raises his right hand and starts to use [Twice].

Twice's quirk allows the user to replicate anyone that he knows the measurements and it's not limited to self-replication.

Hector never used it in a real battle, but if he wants he can replicate other people.

Like he is planning to do right now...

Bring Roger and Whitebeard to one last stand to defend their children and legacy. To scare the shit out of Big Mom. To create a legend and a new layer of protection for the now Yonko-less crew. A deterrent against enemies...

Now, a small explanation about the works of this seemingly overpowered quirk.

The main reason that Hector doesn't use to clone people like the Hulk or Thor, it's that he wouldn't have any control over them. If don't use telepathy to brainwash the clones.

It's also not that useful when cloning strong people. The clones have low durability and would not even resist their own powerful attacks.

The mind of the user is also important in a certain way. Hector needs to Always know the actualized measurements of the people that he will clone.

If something happens with the person and Hector knows without details, or the person dies. Hector can't clone them. He can't clone people he knows are already dead.

....

Flashback

Months Before in the Hero Academia World.

Hector finds himself sitting in his secret lab.

His upper body was supported by his elbows resting on his knees, his palms turned upwards.

"..." His eyes are vacant while a seemingly infinite amount of the mud-like liquid of the [Twice] quirk is emitted by his palms.

The ground was already covered a hand deep in mud.

"I can't..." He murmurs to himself while slowly clenching his fists "I can't because I know they're dead." He continues.

He can't even pathetically recreate his own parents to a last goodbye with his power. He can't even lie to himself to have some seconds of comfort. To escape reality a little...

He opens his right palm again, and this time he succeeds.

He creates a perfect duplicate of Nana Shimura.

Another duplicate of someone he knows who is dead.

"..." The implications run over his mind.

Without giving the opportunity to the clone say anything he destroys it with a swift motion of his hand.

"..." He looks at his hands again "That's fucked up..." He sighs

....

Back to the present

That episode is one of the reasons that makes Hector always be careful in keeping in touch with reality.

He unconsciously doesn't see the people that he meets as real people. But as characters.

And all his powers... Everything he can do... Everything he knows because of the meta-knowledge.

He is like a higher being.

A reader.

Did the Character die in this chapter of the manga? Okay, if I read the previous chapter he will be alive again.

That's the power of a reader.

Every reader has the power to simply turn the page and make the character alive again in his mind. To him and at that time.

There's a theory that if The One Above All and the Fulcrum are incarnations of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the main creators of the characters of this multiverse Marvel.

Maybe the Beyonders are the readers.

They can do whatever they want with the comic in their hands.

Colorize differently, tear apart, write whatever they want... Even fanfics. Create headcanons.

Hector was like that, maybe he still has this "Higher quality" inherent in his being.

Useful to bypass these mental blocks and limitations in using some powers.

Powers that normally would be hard to people use because they're scared,or whatever reason, Hector can use them easily. The only limits are the ones that he puts on himself.

Is Jean afraid of going all out and turning people on vegetables and because of that she can't tap her full potential?

Hector simply chooses to not do it.

He can use her power better than her because of that.

He is a special existence in his own right.

But... Did he like it?

Seeing people as characters banalizes their existence and their value.

He thinks is too early... Some things are being taken away from him. Only because he is strong and special like that.

A certain fear of never experiencing normal things brews in his heart and keeps him awake at night.

One time he even thought by himself if he was incredibly lucky one day and gained something OP like a Dr. Manhattan card he wouldn't assimilate it instantly, even if it was a dumb decision.

The way these strong characters, that can see everything at once, go anywhere, go back in time, kill and reassemble people, run away from their mistakes by simply jumping from one reality to another... The way they think and see the world and people around them...

It's not something he wants for himself.

The growth in strength must be gradual.

But he is afraid it is too late.

Except that at this moment something happened that changed everything...

Hector's eyes widen slowly while he looks at his right hand...

"It's not forming..." He murmurs, shocked.

He can't create the duplicates,

He is paralyzed seeing his failure.

"You're distracted!" Big Mom shouts removing her sword from the stand-off.

Giving a step back, she pulls the sword back and prepares to cleave, the still unmoving, Hector in two with a horizontal slash.

"Ikoku Sovereignty!" Big Mom exclaims while swinging her sword at Hector.

The attack creates an invisible wave of destruction that makes everything in its path disappear. Even Hector is nowhere to be seen.

"Hector!" Ace shouts worriedly at the scene.

Everyone thinks that the fight was decided like that.

"Did you get him?" Big Mom hears Hector's voice ask beside her.

She looks up to see Hector lying on his side on the flat of her sword. His hand above his eyes, to shield them from the sun, while he looks at the destruction caused by the attack.

"You..." Big Mom starts but doesn't finish before Zeus tries to attack Hector with a bolt of lightning.

Hector disappears again in a swift movement, reappearing in front of Big Mom again.

A carefree smile on his lips. "Hahahaha." He simply can't contain his laugh "I'm so happy right now." He laughs at the sky

"..." Big Mom looks at him strangely

"Hahahaha. I never thought that I would be happy having performance issues... That Rudeus card is dangerous." He jokes to himself, making a reference only he knows.

"Are you crazy?" Big Mon asks with a raised eyebrow

Hector who was laughing while covering his eyes stops and gives a long sigh, rubbing his eyes to clear some tears he turns to look at her.

"Haaah~ Sorry, sorry... It's just that..." He chuckles again "It's not too late, Big Mom! There's still time for me!" He shouts with his arms open to the world

"..." She continues to look at him without understanding a thing "Whatever, you're not the first crazy bastard that I have to deal with in my life." She stops thinking too hard about it.

"Heh~ I'm in such a good mood that I will not even kill you." He smiles at her

"Bold words." She smirks at him

"It's that so?~" Hector matches her smirk with a bigger one on his own.

Then he slowly moves to make a certain stance... A very familiar stance to all the people present.

He separates his feet in a horse stance, he brings his right hand above his left shoulder.

Big Mom's eyes widen, and she prepares her sword.

Marco and the other pirates of the Whitebeard crew's mouths fall.

"That..."

"Is this for real..?"

Their suspicions are confirmed when a semi-transparent sphere covers Hector's fist.

"Oyaji's power!!"

Hector disappears from his spot.

Before even Big Mom could put up a defense, Hector appeared close to her and side-punches her midsection.

*CRACK*

The air breaks where he punches, and White cracks spread around the two.

The shockwave of this attack is unnaturally big. Cracks appear on the ground, the trees are pushed by the wind, and waves suddenly are raised from the sea.

After the crash, Big Mom was sent flying, and blood was spilled from the orifices on her head.

She hits the ground sometime later, creating a huge crater. Coughing up she slowly starts standing up.

When the wind blows the Dust away she looks up to see Hector floating above her. His two fists are covered by the semi-transparent spheres signaling the Tremor Fruit.

"Aren't you a durable old hag? Let me try some of my new powers on you..." Hector smiles at her, even Big Mom feels shivers Looking at him now.

Cortana: "Eidolon beats an old lady with dementia... This would be a hot topic in our world." She says sarcastically

Hector almost stumbles on the air hearing her.

"This is why context is important." He argues

He moves his hand, still covered by the Tremor powers, and claps one time in Big Mom Direction.

The moment the two semi-transparent spheres on his hand meet, a Loud sound of breaking glass is heard throughout all the battlefield.

Whitebeard never used his power like that.

The clap creates a vacuum, the air being pushed in Big Mom's Direction. The shockwave hits her like a mini-nuke.

*Boooom*

Hector observes his groundwork for some time.

"Disgustingly durable..." He laughs while seeing that Big Mom is still alive

Hector looks up to see that Prometheus and Zeus moved around him in unison.

The cloud and the sun prepare themselves for a huge attack.

"A super move?" Hector asks casually "I can create them on a whim too..." He says before raising his hand.

Another semi-transparent sphere appears above his hand.

"Operation + Darkness..." He slowly said.

The semi-transparent sphere slowly becomes pitch black, then it expands to cover Hector and the two homies circling him.

"...Dark Room." Hector's ominous voice is heard before he locks himself with Prometheus and Zeus.

The pitch-black sphere floats in the air, no sound comes out of it, and is impossible to see the insides of the huge sphere.

A second later the Dark Room shrinks and disappears.

Hector reappears for everyone to see and people can see the last moments of the two homies.

A wisp of cloud and a wisp of fire disappear together into nothingness.

Big Mom clutches her chest in pain.

"Prometheus! Zeus!" She shouts "What did you do with them??"

"Simply dispersed them... Or the word used should be erased?" Hector comments seriously "Nullifying your power separates your soul from them, making them a simple cloud and fire again."

Hector's eyes change to the All Seeing Eyes, and he looks at Big Mom.

"Well, you lost a little of your soul, but not that much... You're taking it back slowly. I didn't destroy it..." He comments

"You bastard!" Big Mom shouts at him

"Look who is talking..." Hector rolls his eyes

He drops in an axe kick at Big Mom's head, but she crosses her arms to defend herself.

"Whoa, you are really durable. Very ridiculous, I would say." Hector comments before spinning to kick her away.

Even if he is only at 50% of his power, Big Mom's durability is really incredible.

"Are you really human?" He asks pointing his finger at her. A piercing white light glows on the tip of his finger and he shoots it at her.

The laser literally bounces off her body.

"Pfft... Ridiculous. Let's see the truth." Hector says and his eyes change again to the All Seeing Eyes of God.

He analyzes Big Mom's body while casually Fighting her, not going all out to not hurt the people nearby.

'Hm~ Some sort of this world variant of the Hercules Syndrome? There are muscles there and her metabolism is ridiculous... This would explain why she thinned out in her adult years, when she was more active. And grew fat again when she rarely gets in a fight nowadays... Continued eating the same amount but is not working out anymore.' He thinks while dodging some Earth-shattering sky-spittling attacks.

"Well, I need to end this... Big Mom's crew has a looooot of Devil Fruits to copy." Hector murmurs before starting to attack.

He meets her attack with his own, changing their course, moving closer before using a dragon claw grip on her forearm.

"Only One Piece to make a fight with a morbidly obese old woman in a pink dress to be epic!" He exclaims before he twists, the attack makes guge wounds appear all over Big Mom's arm, gushing blood.

"Surprise on seeing your blood? These people that are born strong are really different." Hector says before spinning on himself and doing a karate chop on her shoulder, during her moment of negligence.

"Ugh!" Big Mom groans in pain from Hector's attack, but they are not as bad as she expected.

"Big Mom... I said that I wouldn't kill you, but I can still traumatize you." She hears Hector's voice beside him.

But she can't turn fast enough to avoid the punch on her ribs.

"That should be enough..." Hector says to himself after throwing her around a little "Time to learn the truth... [Heaven's Door]"

Suddenly, the places where Hector hit pages of a book unfurl.

'It took some effort... Did Haki work as a protection against [Heaven's Door] ability?' Hector frowns while looking at the confused Big Mom.

"Do you want to know to where Mother Carmel went, Big Mom?" Hector asks attracting her attention.

Mother Carmel was the previous user of the Soul Fruit and Big Mom mother figure after she was abandoned by her biological parents.

Big Mom who was looking at the pages on her body was suddenly hit on her forehead.

Hector makes her lie down and holds her telekinetically.

"Tsk Tsk... So accustomed to being the big fish that is not in your muscle memory to dodge." Hector shakes his head looking down at her. You made it too easy with all those years of self-indulgence."

"Grrr." She tries to stand up, but Hector glares back, increasing the pressure on her.

"Stays still while I rock your world... In a bad way, I mean." He says, also discreetly copying her power. "Look at this..." He points to a page that is opened on her chest.

It shows a Picture of Mother Carmel and tells her relationship with Linlin, Big Mom.

"You don't know it but your dear Mother Carmel orphanage didn't exist because of the goodness of her heart. She sells her children to the World Government..." Hector says

"Lies!!" Big Mom shouts before being silenced by an invisible Punch in her mouth, Mr. Blue Sky makes her mouth a zipper and shuts her up.

  "Sh sh sh. Hear me out, we didn't even get on the worst part... Oh! Ah yes, you have a whole lot of maternal instinct, huh?" Hector eyes her in sudden realization "You probably got that from her... Well, you got that from your idealized version of her. Must be a shock to discover that everything is a lie."

Hector shakes her head and lets Big Mom with her thoughts for some time before she continues.

"All the Giants of the Marines came from Mother Carmel. She was a child trafficker, I would kill her if she was alive." Hector looks at Big Mom with a malicious glint "But you already took care of it..."

"...?" Big Mom looks at him confused

Hector gives a big regretful sigh "Haah~ Do you know, when we are children we can't separate our senses of self from the world. Only at a certain point, do we start to draw the line... 'This is me, that is the world/another person'." Hector explains "And that's is where the problem lies... You're a big kid, huh? Always childish..."

Hector turns some pages slowly, and slowly.

"There it is..." He says in a happy mood before turning the page to Linlin see.

A very gory scene, which was even not shown in the manga is explicitly Illustrated on the page.

Big Mom's eyes widen seeing that

Hector whistles "Damn, Heaven's Door really doesn't censor anything... Well, look at the bright side, this saved you from becoming a marine."

"You're totally in your own world, huh?" Hector comments "Someone that was born as strong as you can go anywhere, do anything... Ah!" Hector crouches down to whisper at her "You must have noticed, that's why you have the Soru Soru no Mi. If you eat the heart of a user, it works just like the fruit... The heart is where a good part of our soul stays, you know? And the Devil's fruit latches on your soul, that's why only one is allowed." He says conspiratorily, even winking to mock her.

He discovered studying Blackbeard. This and many other secrets...

"Mpphf !! Grr! Ughhh!" Big Mom trashes around mightly, but Hector holds her firmly.

She starts crying like a kid, tears running out of her eyes like a river.

"..." Hector stares at her without pity "A fitting punishment to her tyranny." He comments noticing the effects of the truth.

He removes his powers from her and hops off.

Big Mom doesn't attack him or anything, she simply sits down and continues crying, even suckling on her thumb like a two-year-old.

"Another one... What I am? Peter Pan?" Hector shakes his head in exasperation after making another villain suffer from mental regression.

...

After some time of silence, people finally reunite the courage to approach the place where the battle between Big Mom and Hector happened.

The pirates of the two crews approach together, there's no need to fight, the winner of the duel will decide the winner of this war anyway.

"Perospero, right?" Hector's voice can be heard even before they see the two Yonkos.

Everyone tenses, and the winner of the fight is revealed.

"Y-yes...?" The man in question asks with some trepidation in his voice

There's Hector calmly sitting on a rock, while Big Mom acts like an oblivious kid Looking at the sky and suckling on her thumb.

"I won. Lead me to your Poneglyph." Hector says flatly

For some time, no one answers anything

"You think we will follow your com- Gah!" Charlotte Cracker starts to act bellicose.

*Boom*

But Hector silences him, by suddenly appearing above him and punching him on a crater on the ground.

The person with one of the best durabilities in the world was one-shotted just like that.

Hector doesn't turn to look at the rest of the pirates.

"I'm ordering... I really don't want to kill anyone today..." He says, killing intent flooding the air around them, his fingers cracking and promising aggression to anyone that the next words are not a 'Yes, sir'.

Perospero nods while sweating.

"You guys must have some questions, but go back first. I'm going sightseeing in Whole Cake Island." Hector says to the Whitebeard pirates before jumping on Big Mom's ship.

"Don't make me erase you too..." He intimidates the ship to follow his orders

"Ship, ship..." Queen Mama whimpers

"What are you? A Pokemon?"

.....

"We are almost arriving..." Perospero says in a strange tone to Hector.

"Is that so? Did you make sure that no one will attack me?" Hector asks, his voice muffled from where he is.

"Yes..." Perospero says slowly

"Is this really necessary?" Charlotte Smoothie asks from her sitting position on the floor, looking down at Hector

"To the winners, the spoils..." Hector says, his voice muffled by her tighs "So you will give me a lap pillow if I want." He says like is obvious

She and her legs are big enough to accommodate his whole body.

It's not even a lap pillow anymore, is a lap mattress.

"..." She is more confused than freaked out "But shouldn't you be facing upwars in a lap pillow?" She points to the ceiling to illustrate

Hector now is lying on her long and smooth legs without any shame.

"Nope~ This Is how they do it in my hometown." He says as a matter of fact.

Obviously, he is not (only) being a pervy. He is copying her power and that of many others close by.

Strangely, to him, the people around him are taking it too well.

Apparently is expected of these strong guys to have strange personalities. And is better for him to be a little goofy than a murderous bastard.

His empathic powers don't even feel resentment from Smoothie in practically sexually harassing her.

This world's morals are a little lax with this apparently.

"By the way, I normally don't do this... but seriously... Your power literally is squeezing people dry. I really couldn't waste the opportunity in flirting a little." Hector says like it's an obvious thing again

Smoothie only sighs in exasperation and starts stroking Hector's hair.

In truth, when he flirted with her early, she almost became stone because of the Mero Mero powers of Boa Hancock.

Some other female members are not that lucky, but Hector reverted them back after copying the powers.

"By the way, Perospero..." Hector's muffled voice travels to their ears

"Yes? Pero."

"Without Big Mom, you are all in a bad spot. But at the same time is a good opportunity. Try to not be an asshole to everyone in the future. Like killing people for ingredients..." He says

"..."

"You can take care of her or use her as a guard dog... I don't care, I'm a peace-loving guy after all." Hector says

"..." No one believes him

"But relax, if Kaido, Shanks, or the Marines attack you guys I will help repel them at least... I like balance. And there's no such thing as eternal enemies, after all." He says.

"..." Perospero narrows his eyes at Hector. It's true that he is not that childish to hold resentment over Hector.

They fought and he lost. That's it. No one important to him died too.

'Does he want to slowly swallow the Big Mom pirates like that?' He thinks

"Alright, pero. We will trust in your kindness." Perospero says politically.

Already starts thinking about ways to use Hector.

Hector just gives him a thumbs-up.

Giddy about the new powers that he is about to acquire.

Big Mom crew has so many Devil Fruit users and so many races. It's practically a treasure trove to Hector.

'Should I give these powers that can produce food to Tsukasa? Maybe a nerfed version? Or that one that can cook anything...' He thinks without a care in being on the enemy territory, enjoying Smoothie legs.

...

Hector P.O.V.

Days later after the Battle between the Big Mom pirates

"I'm really photogenic, and I didn't even assimilate Barney Stinson yet." I comment seeing the Newspapers.

The main article is about my victory against Big Mom. My bounty doubled, now it is 3 Billion.

And there's a cool picture of me holding the incredibly heavy Red Poneglygh by the edge with my index finger, equilibrating it like it means nothing.

"I think they put this to make me a target of Shanks and Kaido... The World government is not stupid." I comment

"Making the enemy fight against themselves is an old tactic." Saeko says behind me flatly.

Right now we are on a Sky Island, most precisely in Skypiea.

"Oooh~ So the Strawhats came here??" Barto-kun shouts at a distance, his crew follows him excitedly like children

"Search for a girl named Conis! She helped them!" I shout at them

They follow my lead and start running around the city shouting for Conis.

"Heh~ They only have one brain cell." I say while I continue to walk around the city with Saeko.

The winged people are interesting, I ask myself if those useless wings are a product of Evolution because they don't use anymore.

I planned to visit this place for a long time, so I brought Barto-kun and his crew to them to hear about the Skypiea arc.

  I also brought Saeko to her to take a break from her training.

"So, how is the training?" I ask

"Good... It's fun to talk about people who share an interest in swords." She says in an even tone of voice

"I can imagine..." I say "Hm~? I'm really getting some weird stares from these girls..." I comment looking around.

Most females around are looking at me and blushing.

Oh! This is an anime world. It's the Sasuke effect! People here have no restraint in being fangirls...

"But... It's not to this extent, right?" I comment after some girls turn away in embarrassment when I look at them

"..." Saeko looks at me strangely

"What?"

"Are you serious? Do you really are not aware of your own appearance?" She asks with a raised eyebrow

"What do you mean?" I conjure a mirror in front of myself "Black hair and blue eyes, very generic..." I say looking at myself.

"You're ridiculously handsome, Master," Cortana warns me in my mind

"Seriously?" I look again.

I still find myself very generic.

Like, I start messing with my hair, making it shorter on the sides.

Look at this, I look like Superboy. So generic... I look like every comic book character with these features.

If I make my hair white I look like every other edgy anime character... Killua, Toshiro... I just need to comb my hair a little and I can be their perfect cosplayer.

Hmm~ If I mess it up a little... Damn, I look like Gojo, but with black hair.

Wait a minute, Helltaker glasses are circular too. I take them and put them on my face.

Yep, Gojo... But... I flex my muscles.

With Toji's body.

"Yes, Baby..." I say while posing "Look at this! So aesthetic! The V-shape... The size of these bíceps... Size... Sai... Sai... SAIDO CHESTOO!!" I flex on my best impression of Machio-san.

My shirt explodes, revealing my incredibly chiseled body.

"..." Saeko looks uninpressed

But I hear dome "Kyahs" at a distance and I look around to see a bunch of girls that turned on stone statues.

"Oh shit!" I go to them to revert them back to normal.

It appears that Hancock fruits create an allure aura around the person, that work better the more pretty the person is. Like a multiply of the Charm stat.

I think that's why someone as professional as Hina was flustered with some simple cheesy words.

I will keep it deactivated too.

....

After restoring the girls, we continued walking to the sacred city of Shandoria.

I want to see the Golden Bell.

"Okay, what is?" I bite the bullet and ask Saeko

"...what?"

"You're strange today. What happened? C'mon talk..." I say nudging her.

She is... quieter than usual.

"Nothing..." She says and turns her face away

I roll my eyes at her.

"Don't 'nothing' me... Go on. Let's hear it..." I say

"You didn't call me to the battle..." She finally says in a quiet voice

"..." I pause

Mad because I didn't get her to kick some ass?

"Pffft. Hahaha." I laugh out loud and go to hug her "Is my Saeko pouting because I didn't call her to cut some people?" I tease her like she is a kid

"Stop it! I knew that you would make fun of me!" She huffs in my embrace, a pink hue coloring her cheeks.

I didn't let her go, Moving from my position behind her to get her in a princess carry.

"Don't be mad, my cute murderous samurai. Next time I will allow you to have your fun." I say while I start walking while carrying her "We are gonna commit some war crimes together. Geneva Convention? More like 'Geneva Suggestion', am I right?" I joke with her.

Seeing her chuckle makes me smile.

"Put me down... I can walk." She says shyly, her voice barely a whisper.

"Nope!" I said popping the "P".

She didn't fight back when I started flying to the place where the Golden Bell was, carrying her through the night sky.

"The moon is beautiful, isn't it?" I say to her signaling the full moon in the sky, looking directly into her eyes, a small and relaxed smile on my lips

"..." She looks at me for a moment "Yes... Yes, very beautiful" She agrees while we don't break eye contact

....

We arrive at the Golden Bell, funny how no one is guarding it.

Well, it's very inaccessible by normal means.

The Bell is on a small solid cloud even higher in the sky.

"It's pretty." Saeko says, her mood is much better now.

"Yes, very nice. "And I take some pictures as recordation

"Are you gonna take it?" Saeko asks.

She knows that I have the soul of a collector, and I am really tempted to take it. It and the rare swords and other cool things from this world.

Like it's some sort of side quest.

"Hey, this is the cultural propriety of another race. Do you think I would have the face to do something like that?" I ask in fake outrage "Who do you think I am? The British Museum?"

She laughs in her hand at my joke. Haah~ She is pretty...

"Saeko..." I call her, making her look at me, my serious expression. Made her pay attention.

I slowly extend my hand in her direction and smile

"I like you. Please go out with me." I say with a straight face

"..." She looks at me shocked before bursting into giggles. "Pfft. Fufufu."

"Arrgh! And they said that the worst she can say is 'no'." I shout to the sky and dramatically fall on my back.

"Fufu. Sorry... Hehe~ But seriously? A standard Japanese confession?" She asks, amusement in her eyes.

I sit down on the ground and shrug my shoulders "I found it fitting." I say with a smile "So... What is your answer? If you're gonna reject me, please be fast and merciless. Cut my heart like you would do with your sword, I can take it." I say righteously, with a hand covering my heart

"Fufu." She giggles and sits down on the solid cloud in front of me in a seiza position "Please take care of me." She bows her head, accepting my feelings with the standard and cliche answer.

I laugh and watch her laugh too, before I pull her over to my lap, and make her sit on it. I rest my chin on the top of her head.

Her yelp is cute and I can't help but hug her tightly against my chest.

"You and I know that there will be some hardships in this... complex relationship." I say slowly

"Other girls, right?" She says, her voice betrays nothing

"Right. There are many things I can't promise you, Saeko. I can't give you all of my attention and heart... But I will protect and provide for you with everything I have." I promise seriously

"I believe in you..." She says softly "When we first met, you promised me to show me wonders. Make me capable of doing things that would be possible only in fantasies... And you kept your world."

"..."

She turns her head to look at me

"It's even better than what I imagined." She says looking at my eyes "Thank you, Hector. For bringing me here."

"...I'm the one that should say thanks. It's great to have you by my side." I smile "Seeing you grow makes me very happy and proud. I never thought that I would feel something like that for another person. You presented me with a new side of myself that I didn't know that existed." I say

After this words aren't necessary anymore.

With the clouds as the mattress and the night sky as the covers, I approach my face and kiss her.

And much more.

...

Three days later

I sigh after one of those stretches where your soul leaves your body for some seconds.

I already left Saeko to train again yesterday, after our... time together.

Second Harem Member Get! Hehe

It's working just fine for now... During the honeymoon phase.

Anyway, let's focus on what is important now...

I walk to a training ground and whistle.

I can hear it coming from a distance after my calling.

I turn my head to spy it flying at high speed to me, reaching my back it opens like a pair of wings and settles on my shoulders slowly.

"Hello, girl..." I greet my mantle, which now is alive thanks to the Soul Fruit.

And obviously is a girl, I don't want a male to hug me constantly...

Jokes aside, this is my first and only special homie, and probably will stay like this for a long time. I don't plan on splitting my soul a lot.

But my manttle is special.

I watch it create another cover for my front, making the characteristics two front slits that everyone knows. My mantle is made from the Shaed.

Created from some bullshit ancient fae magic where Ferule(from the Kingkiller Chronicles) sewed the darkest shadows of the deepest part of a magic forest using starlight as a thread.

It's super cool.

I walk to some training dummies and say to it "Show me..."

At my command, the mantle reaches at two dummies and twists their necks, then the edge of one side rolls on itself making a pointy end and stabs another dummy. The other edge becomes flat and slices three dummies easily.

"Oho~" I laugh.

I didn't use only the Cloak of Levitation as inspiration... Spawn's Cape, Agony was also in my mind when decided to give life to my mantle "Good Job." I praise and it vibrates in happiness.

One thing to notice is that my homie, different from Big Mom's one, didn't have the cartoonish faces as a characteristic. I believe that this happened to hers because of her Peter Pan Syndrome.

I can probably make it, but is not my style. Too childish.

And I can "communicate" with them just fine.

Now, the other important part...

I didn't use only the Soul Fruit.

Heh~ I recently gained another interesting power that has a GREEEEAAATTT Synergy with the Soul Fruit.

The Dauntless Power Shard.

Dauntless can charge objects with power, applying certain properties to them. It has a limited number of charges each day, but if I remember well, they said that in Worm-verse that his potential is limitless.

And now is where things got interesting... Different from Dauntless, I have other powers... Hehe. So I can charge them not only with this "energy" but also with the powers that I have.

It's the meta-power equivalent of enchanting items with magic.

Imbue my mantle with the Barrier fruit power? I can do it. Gigantification so that it can stretch a lot? Can do that too. Imbue with that Pocket fruit so that the manttle has an Inventory? Yes. Hiper-regeneration for self-repairing? Yes.

And much more!

Oh boy, the possibilities are infinite!

But I need to do some tests too... For example, if I imbue some helmet with [Telepathy], the helmet will defend the user from telepathy? Or give the power of [Telepathy] to the user?

Can I give those powers that can create food like butter, mochi, and candy to a piece of metal and create infinite food?

Will a defensive item always have defensive properties?

If I make a suit imbued with Light Fruit powers, did the person wearing it have the same powers as Kizaru?

Can I do it with accessories like rings?

It's more like a game mechanic? Can an item break if imbued with a too-strong power?

I'm excited to play with these two powers.

After all, there's no such a thing as Overgeared!

...

After doing some tests, I sit down on the ground.

My mantle slips off me and goes around playing a little. It's a new life, am curious about the world even if has some knowledge imbued in it for being made by me.

I think that with practice I can even customize the personality of my creations. But I think the main factor would be the item by itself... A sword should like battles, a cloud would be an air-head and a fire would be hot-headed, or something like that.

Anyway, another important thing needs to be addressed.

After copying the Soul Fruit power, I can Interact with souls and I finally had a better understanding of my own soul.

In the past, I tried to see my own soul using the All Seeing Eyes, but nothing looked much different.

I mean, I notice something weird, but externally... nothing.

As I'm not crazy enough to try to mess with my own soul, I waited, and with the Soul Fruit powers, I know what it felt weird before.

My soul is... unbelievably fucking strong.

When I went to separate a small portion of my soul to give life to my mantle is when I noticed it. Even if it looks the same size outwardly, my soul looks more... dense.

In truth, the soul has mass. 21 Grams normally. Mine is much more heavy and dense.

Like if a normal soul is a sun and mine is a supernova about to burst.

The quality of my soul compared to that of the other people is completely ridiculous.

This reminds me of my talk with the Ancient One. Magic comes from the soul... That's why I'm so talented with Magic.

Now... Why?

The obvious explanation is the Assimilation Process.

I do not gain only powers, talents... Hidden things like my soul power should increase with each assimilation. A +1 every time I assimilate a character.

But even so, my soul looks like is a hundred times stronger... I didn't assimilate that much of characters.

The second theory... I'm as special as myself. The whole "A higher being from a higher universe". Everywhere was simply fiction in my previous universe.

A 3-D Character in a 2-D world... No, a 4-D Character in a now 3-D world.

The third theory combines with the previous one...

It's... How did I transmigrate in Marvel?

To my perception, I simply woke on Marvel in another version of myself, but now I know that can't be that simple.

The Ancient One also explained the intricacy of space-time relativity in different dimensions. How the Multiverse moves and how things like time and other concepts act based on how close one dimension is to another.

Time in Limbo can pass pretty similar to the time in Marvel if the dimension is "close", and vice-versa.

Now... What if my soul came to Marvel from my previous world-traveling... It can't be a simple swap of places, right?

To me was only an instant, but to my soul... Maybe...

My soul probably traveled across dimensions, multiverses, voids...

During uncountable years... During eons...

Slowly drifting through the Infinity...

Challenging cosmic storms, nothingness, being swallowed and spit by outerversal horrors, breaking through dimensional barriers...

Slowly passing through all types of environments... Being tempered and strengthened slowly, like a diamond that was created under incredible pressure...

Til it reaches my body in Marvel.

An incredibly robust soul...

The perfect vessel to the Essence...

"..." That was obviously not natural...

Someone guided my soul, protected it... Protected just enough to it not dissipate into nothingness...

Someone or something did that...

I'm grateful really...

But the question is... Why?

...

A.N.: Ahoy.

This chapter has a little of everything. 

Small character growth, teasing of his origin... Sincerely, this part you can ignore a little for now. It's a big thing to Hector from the future to discover.

In a fanfic, the important is the journey, not the ending or how it started.

If you guys can enjoy each chapter, I'm happy.

Should've been bigger with a little info dump about Hector's understanding of how certain powers work outside their home reality. But I will leave it to the next chapter. There's a reform happening in my home. It's hard to think with all this noise.

Finally the second harem member, now I can put the Harem tag.

Sorry for not having the lemon, same reason as above. Not in the mood to write their important first time. Just imagine that was romantic.

We will see them getting kinky anyway in the future. Saeko has... a kink side. She is from an ecchi world after all.

Anyway, till next time.

Soru Soru no Mi + Dauntless Shard is Op.

Bye, bye.


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