Chapter 4: CHAPTER 4
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CHAPTER 4
Kreegan opened his eyes and was in his room at the dojo. He felt very different. He had all the memory and emotions of Kreegan but also all the memories and emotions of Darius. He had become someone new. He still had the desire to become a cop and protect people, but Kreegan's childlike feelings had given way to a young man who matured through his bitter experiences. But the Kreegan did not perish. His deep hatred of the pirates and the unfathomable sadness of his loss were still there.
He wanted to be happy to be in the One-Piece world, but this loss was so familiar to him. Darius was also very young when he lost his parents, and their consciousness merged to reveal a new one. From now on, he was Kreegan Darius Wucrane. AR(Akashic Records) told him there was going to be a system for him.
"How do I activate it?"
"System, status..."
nothing for a moment, but then he heard a sound in his mind.
-the system is activated-
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Name: Kreegan Darius Wucrane
Age: 6
Level:0 Sword Saint
Stats
STR:1
DEX:1
INT:10
WIS:10
Skills: none
Feats: none
Abilities: none
Spells: none
System note: 5 is an average male stat
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-Scanning the body for optimal use of the system-
-Liver and kidney damage detected.-
-One-time-only body repair and modification are starting.-
A severe pain pierced through my body as if they were excavating inside my body. It lasted around 10 minutes, but finally, it ended. It felt like hours.
-Repairs are successful-
The status window wasn't something he could touch. It was more like a transparent hologram. If he wanted to learn about something in the window, all he had to do was think about it. The sword saint part was grayed out. So, he thought about it, and info about it started flowing into his head. The class properties were not open yet, as he did not meet the requirements. When he tried to find out the conditions, he was getting the message that he had not yet reached the appropriate age.
After he collected himself, he went out of the room, and many children were practicing swordsmanship in a large courtyard. One of the children was very noisy, and it was as if Kreegan's ears were bleeding from his shouting. That green-headed boy was Zoro. He was swinging the little twig in his hand like a sword and imitating the other big boys and Kuina. Zoro looks one year old, and Kuina looks Kreegan's age.
There was an enormous rage inside Kreegan. Thanks to Darius' memory, he now knew who the pirates were who killed his family. Because Darius knew what the tattoo on those pirates' arms was. He hadn't clearly seen those silhouettes in the dark, and he didn't know they were fishmen, but he could never forget that tattoo. It was Arlong Pirates who killed his family.
Kreegan didn't even have the strength to beat the ax-hand Morgan, let alone the Arlong Pirates. He had to train and get stronger. AR said this body had great talent in the sword, and he has the sword saint system too. So, he will start with training in the sword.
Kreegan wandered inside the dojo and tried to find Kuishirou, and he was not in the dojo. He asked the people and learned that Kuishirou was in the tavern. When Kreegan went there, he saw something very strange. Some weird ass bean stall of a man was drinking tea at a tavern while chatting with others. He approached Kuishirou and bowed down in front of him. Kuishirou was a little taken aback, but he took another sip of his tea, and Kreegan said.
"Please teach me the way of the sword."
"My ears didn't play me a trick the other day. He really talks." he started laughing and then said.
"Why do you want to learn how to use a sword?"
"I don't want to lie to you, so I will just tell the truth for revenge and justice."
"How do you know you will be on the side of justice?"
"What would you call people who kill 14 years old girls? My mother didn't even hurt a fly in her life, and my father worked day and night to make East Blue a safe place. What would you call people who kill tens of people like them? I will call them nothing but evil. Pirates are nothing but evil. So, I will hunt them and bring justice to my dead family. Please train me!"
He took one more sip from his tea and said:
"Okay, follow me."
they were back at the dojo's courtyard, and he gave Kreegan a wooden sword and told him.
"Use this wooden sword to do a ten thousand vertical slash."
"Ten thousand!"
"Why is it too hard? Don't do it, then. If you don't want to."
"No, I will do it."
After that, Kuishirou showed him how to stand and how to swing the sword. That day Kreegan could only swing the sword 100 times. After that, he fell to the ground in exhaustion. The next day Kreegan did 150 swings, the day after that, 200, and the day after that, 250 swings. This was his limit. It took him close to 2 months to finish all of it. During this time, Kuishirou would sit on the engawa and eat watermelons while watching his students. Once in a while, he would shout at Kreegan for not holding a proper form.
Every day while swinging the sword, Kreegan would think about the best way to swing it. In the least resistant way, he would try to make the swing as smooth and fluid as water. After two months of swinging it, he felt his swing had more power and speed, and he was right. His dex and str got up. Now he had 1.1 str and 1.1 dex.
This time Kuishirou brought a horizontal bamboo stand and told him to strike this stand ten thousand times. This was much harder because it would hurt his hand so much that his hands started to bleed after a week of training.
Watching this, Kuishirou was a bit astonished by his mettle. Kuishirou was doing this to break his obsession with revenge. A sword forged by dark thoughts such as revenge always consumes the wielder. If he could break his obsession for revenge or shift that obsession to something else, at least he won't be consumed by it.
Weekly Power Status
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