Capítulo 233: Chapter 233
Just as Charlotte was about to recount Dak's illustrious deeds, Dak raised his hand to stop her. Although he was curious about how Alliance City had transformed in the future, he felt it was better not to know too much about what was to come.
"Lord First Alliance Leader, you haven't given me your autograph yet," Charlotte said with a hint of disappointment.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot. You're the first person to ask me for one," Dak replied.
Many admired Dak, but no one had ever asked him for an autograph. It wasn't that people didn't want one; it simply hadn't occurred to anyone as a form of memorabilia. In this era, the culture of asking for autographs or taking photos with idols hadn't really taken root.
"Really?! That's awesome! Wahaha, then you'll definitely remember me, right, Lord First Alliance Leader?" Charlotte beamed.
"Yes, I will," Dak assured her.
The first fan to ask for his autograph—Dak figured he wouldn't forget this moment for at least the next ten years.
Charlotte giggled but remained in place, fidgeting nervously, seemingly unable to relax in Dak's presence.
"Where do you want me to sign?" Dak asked. His office was equipped with marker pens, as Robin had purchased all kinds of office supplies.
"Here," Charlotte said, pointing to her smooth, white thigh.
Dak was taken aback. He hadn't expected that in just a hundred years, kids would have become so... open.
"Alright," Dak said, not feeling particularly embarrassed.
He just hoped Sanji wouldn't find out, or else the cook would surely be green with envy.
Charlotte moved to stand in front of Dak, sitting down on his desk and placing one leg on his chair.
"Please, Lord First Alliance Leader," she invited.
"..."
Dak considered himself a man who had weathered many storms, but he had to admit that girls from a century later were something else. This one, in particular, seemed born to be a secretary.
Shaking his head to clear away errant thoughts, Dak carefully signed his name on Charlotte's thigh, trying to avoid any unnecessary contact.
'Dak.'
Click.
As he finished writing the first character, the office door swung open.
Both Charlotte and Dak turned to look at the doorway, where none other than Robin stood—the very person who had purchased the marker pens.
Technically, Robin was Dak's actual secretary.
"..."
Dressed in a business suit, Robin glanced at the scene before her. Her mind instantly provided a narration: Pervert.
"Uh, well..."
Before Dak could finish his sentence, Robin had already shut the door.
"..."
Dak and Charlotte exchanged silent glances.
"My autograph~," Charlotte reminded, still intent on getting Dak's signature.
Left with no choice, Dak finished writing the rest of his name. He was beginning to realize that Charlotte might be the kind of obsessive fan who would attend his hypothetical concert in a wedding dress.
"I never knew Nico Robin was so beautiful in her younger years," Charlotte said with a giggle, admiring the autograph on her leg. She pointed to her shirt, adding, "Could you sign here too?"
"Huh?"
"This one will wash off after a bath, so I want one on my clothes too."
"Alright."
You're something else, kid.
Dak signed his name on Charlotte's shirt, choosing the shoulder area.
"How do you know about Robin?" Dak asked, surprised to find that Robin's name was still known a century into the future.
"The Nico family are the official historians of the Pokémon Alliance. They've been record-keepers for generations, starting with Olivia and continuing through..."
"Alright, I get it," Dak cut her off, uninterested in hearing the names of Robin's descendants.
However, the mention of a "historian" position did give Dak an idea. How could the Alliance not have its own official historian? He'd have Robin take on this role as well.
"Lord First Alliance Leader, do you have any other questions?" Charlotte asked eagerly, her eyes bright with excitement. She seemed ready to divulge all sorts of information about the future.
"Hmm..." Dak looked at the girl. It seemed that if he didn't let her talk herself out today, she'd likely go around blabbing to others later. He decided to ask something that wouldn't impact the future too much.
"In your time, what generation of Alliance Leader is it? Don't tell me the current Leader's name," Dak inquired. Since Charlotte called him the First Alliance Leader, there must at least be a Second Alliance Leader.
"We're up to the Fourth Alliance Leader now," Charlotte replied, still sitting on Dak's desk, her legs swinging slightly.
The girl was wearing shorts, so almost her entire leg was exposed, shining white under the light.
"In just a hundred years, you're already up to the fourth generation?!"
Dak's eyes widened. He hadn't expected that.
On average, each Alliance Leader only held the position for about 25 years. This would have stunned Hiruzen if he heard it.
When Hiruzen passed the mantle to the Fourth Hokage, Minato, he had already served as the Third Hokage for 30 years. After Minato's death, Sarutobi took up the role again for another 12 years.
In total, Hiruzen held the title of Hokage for 42 years. During Minato's tenure, he was effectively a puppet, with Sarutobi still wielding actual power.
"Yep, that's right. The Second and Third Alliance Leaders didn't serve very long because they were ousted by the other high-ranking members of the Alliance. They were too incompetent to handle the Alliance's affairs. Stability only returned when the Fourth Leader took over."
"..."
Dak was taken aback.
Would he really have chosen such fools to be the Second and Third Alliance Leaders?
No, that was unlikely. From what he knew, it wouldn't make sense for him to appoint someone incompetent.
Alliance Leaders were elected through votes by the high-ranking members of the Alliance. It must have been Robin, Monet, Garp, and the others who made a short-sighted choice.
"By the way... what are your parents' names?" Dak asked, looking at the blonde girl in front of him. His curiosity was piqued.
He wondered what interesting circumstances had led to the creation of a name like Uzumaki D. Charlotte.
Knowing this shouldn't affect the future—he just needed to keep it to himself.
"My father is Uzumaki Boruto, and my mother is Portgas D. Aoi," Charlotte replied.
"???"
Dak's mind suddenly went blank. He felt he shouldn't have asked.
What?
Boruto and Aoi ended up together?
Aaaaaah!
Also, that Portgas... If Dak remembered correctly, wasn't there only one person with the surname Portgas across the three worlds?
Wait, no, this was a hundred years later. Charlotte would be Naruto's great-granddaughter and Ace's great-granddaughter, right?
"Hehe, I'm pretty amazing, you know, Lord First Alliance Leader."
"Huh?"
Dak hadn't fully recovered, and he instinctively responded in confusion.
"Although I can't do much on Pokémon Island, I possess the Byakugan, the Sharingan, and even Conqueror's Haki in other worlds. I also know Shadow Jutsu and can transform into a mermaid."
"???"
Dak's mouth fell open as he stared at the sweet, innocent-looking girl in front of him. He had no idea what kind of anomaly he was dealing with.
Uzumaki bloodline, Hyuga bloodline, Uchiha bloodline, Portgas bloodline, Nara bloodline, mermaid bloodline.
Holy...
"Stop, stop, let's not go down this path," Dak said, waving his hand.
He vaguely remembered Magellan mentioning that this girl's Pokémon had been provided by the Alliance.
He had initially thought Charlotte was just an ordinary Alliance member's child, but he hadn't anticipated this...
This had nothing to do with ordinary people.
"Is there anything else you want to ask me, Lord First Alliance Leader?"
"Uh... In your era, can Pokémon Mega Evolve?"
"Of course! It was you who had the Life God and Destruction God create Mega Stones and Key Stones for Mega Evolution, wasn't it?"
"..."
Dak was silent for a moment. He did have such an idea, but he hadn't planned to implement it in the short term. "Are you planning to use Mega Evolution in this tournament?"
"No, I'm not capable of that yet..."
Charlotte shook her head in disappointment.
It left her feeling downcast. Even though she could participate in the first Pokémon Tournament, she felt it was a regret that she couldn't compete in a stronger form.
"Oh, it's fine. The trainers of this era have relatively simple command skills and battle tactics. With your strategies from a hundred years in the future, you shouldn't find it too difficult."
Dak waved his hand, feeling a slight sense of relief.
If Charlotte could Mega Evolve her Pokémon, she would be a disruptive force in the first Pokémon Battle Tournament.
"Lord First Alliance Leader~" Charlotte suddenly called out, twisting her body slightly.
"Hmm?"
A question mark appeared over Dak's head.
"Would you like to go out with me?" she asked.
"... We're over a hundred years apart. Why would you even think of such a thing?" Dak exclaimed.
This was insane.
Dak sighed, waving his hand dismissively. Charlotte clearly had a "face fetish + fangirl + love-struck" problem.
It was strange enough that she wasn't panicking about time travel but rather wanted to enjoy herself more in the past.
"Hehe, just kidding. I already have a boyfriend."
"What's his name?"
"Kirigaya Kazuto."
"... Oh."
Dak paused, feeling like he had stumbled upon something monumental.
Then again, maybe not. Perhaps there were people with the surname Kirigaya in both the maritime and Naruto worlds.
"Lord First Alliance Leader, could you show me around Alliance City as it was a hundred years ago?"
"Umm... sure," Dak agreed after some thought, nodding.
He was curious to hear more about what Alliance City would become a century later.
"Yay, hehe~"
"Shall we go? By the way, which starter Pokémon did you choose?"
"A Charmander! It's already evolved into a Charizard!"
(End of Chapter)
Capítulo 234: Chapter 234
"Shodai-sama, do you know how I managed to travel through time?"
Walking down the streets of Alliance City, Charlotte was puzzled about how she had crossed time. "Could it be that the Time God saved me?"
"Highly unlikely."
Dak shook his head, denying that possibility.
A hundred years is enough time for some Pokémon to become indifferent or even cold-blooded, especially those crowned with the title of 'God.'
Dialga nowadays is the type that wouldn't meddle in others' affairs. The chance of it proactively saving someone a century from now is very, very low.
Unless, during this hundred years, Charlotte's elders had done some great favor to Dialga.
"Then what could it be?"
"Perhaps, a user of the Toki Toki no Mi from the One Piece world saved you."
Dak suggested a possibility but didn't forget another one. "In the shrine at the back, have you seen a statue of a Pokémon called Celebi?"
"Celebi?"
Charlotte furrowed her brows and thought carefully. "There's no such statue in the shrine, but I remember hearing when I was young that someone had seen an unknown Pokémon in the Alliance Forest, one not recorded in the Pokédex. Someone brought a picture to the Fourth Alliance Leader, who said it was a Pokémon called Celebi."
"Celebi can also take people through time. However, its control over time isn't as precise as Dialga's, which can measure time down to seconds. When Celebi time travels, it can only do so in yearly increments."
Dak explained Celebi's existence to Charlotte.
Based on his guess, that Celebi must have been born in the Alliance Forest without his knowledge.
It's similar to how the Viridian Forest gave birth to the Viridian Celebi. For a Celebi to exist, the Alliance Forest in a hundred years must have grown significantly.
This would explain why there is no statue of Celebi in the shrine.
If Dak himself had summoned Celebi from the mystical mall, he would definitely have erected a statue in the shrine.
As for how Celebi ended up in the One Piece world, that's unclear. Perhaps Celebi had been silently following Charlotte from the beginning.
Or maybe, a Celebi had been born in the One Piece world.
Celebi, unlike Dialga, is not a unique deity. It's possible for Celebi, a mythical Pokémon, to appear naturally due to environmental factors. Whether there is a forest capable of producing Celebi in the One Piece world a hundred years later is uncertain.
"So, either a Toki Toki no Mi user saved me, or Celebi did?"
"That possibility is more likely."
Dak nodded, but he didn't speak with absolute certainty.
Who knows, maybe Dialga had a hand in it.
In fact, he could summon Dialga now and ask. Dialga could use its power to see if it saved Charlotte in the future.
However, Dak didn't want to do that. He had always forbidden Dialga from using its time powers to see the future and the past.
Abusing time's power might cause the newly born Dialga to lose the joy and process of its own growth and quickly turn into a numb and indifferent 'god.'
"I wonder who the Toki Toki no Mi user a hundred years from now will be..."
Charlotte began pondering this question.
Dak glanced at her before looking away.
The identity of the Toki Toki no Mi user a hundred years from now is unknown. For now, there isn't such a user in this world because Kozuki Toki hasn't crossed over yet.
In a way, this world is currently without the Toki Toki no Mi.
"Good morning, Dak-oniisan~"
Walking down the street, Dak suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him, feeling a sense of unease.
He glanced at Charlotte beside him.
She had already turned around and was staring blankly at the little boy who had just called out to Dak.
"Ah, good morning."
Dak turned around with a stiff smile and greeted Naruto, careful not to call him by name.
He was gambling, hoping Charlotte wouldn't recognize Naruto.
"Hahaha, Dak-oniisan, is that your girlfriend?"
"No. By the way, Naruto, are you planning to start raising Pokémon?"
That's probably your great-granddaughter.
Dak pointed to the crimson-colored Pokémon egg in Naruto's arms.
"Yeah, I plan to enroll in the Pokémon Academy, so Grandpa said it would be good to start raising a Pokémon now. That way, we can go to school together."
Naruto couldn't help but glance at Charlotte, who had been staring at him silently from the start. Feeling a bit scared, he quickly found an excuse to leave.
"Was that just now... my great-grandfather?"
Charlotte looked at Dak excitedly and asked, "Uzumaki Naruto?!"
"So you recognized him. Thank goodness you didn't shout it out."
Dak breathed a sigh of relief, fearing she would call it out then and there.
"Wow, I never expected my great-grandfather to be so cute when he was young, hahaha."
The girl burst into laughter, not knowing what she was on about.
Dak then led Charlotte toward the Founding Hall. Currently, he was the only one in the Founding Hall.
Mainly because, apart from him, there didn't seem to be anyone who had made significant contributions to the entire Alliance or had become a champion yet.
"So many changes in a hundred years."
"I remember the roads here weren't this narrow, and there used to be so many cars."
"And that Didi Pokémon Company over there, I've never heard of it in my time. It must have gone out of business."
"But some things haven't changed, like this museum. It's impressive that it's been preserved for a hundred years!"
"I plan to visit all these places in the next few days, then check them out again when I return a hundred years later. I'll tell my cousin everything that's different."
"Shodai-sama, my cousin Boa Seira is an incredible martial artist. I heard she could maintain her Byakugan for an hour at just six years old, and she's mastered both Haki and Aura. Now that she's eighteen, she can even control Conqueror's Haki with ease. I can't do that yet..."
"Oh, and she's never been in a relationship. She says she'll only marry a man as strong as Shodai-sama, and if she can't find one, she'll stay single for life."
"…"
The girl rambled on, inadvertently revealing all sorts of astonishing information to Dak.
"Alright, we're almost there. See if you can spot the differences between the Founding Hall now and in the future."
Dak quickly interrupted Charlotte.
If he let this girl keep chattering, he feared she might disappear suddenly.
Speaking of which, with the future generations being so mixed in blood, it's likely that each child of the Alliance will be a little prodigy or genius.
Given this, the future Alliance may have people strong enough to rival legendary Pokémon.
Dak had once thought he would be the strongest Alliance leader, but it now seemed that wasn't necessarily true.
Charlotte's generation, a hundred years from now, might be the golden age, with children of high talent and strong bloodlines.
After that, these ancient bloodlines might become increasingly diluted. Charlotte's children, for example, might not have much of the Uzumaki or Portgas bloodlines left.
"Eh?! There's only one statue of Shodai-sama here?!"
When Charlotte stepped into the Founding Hall, she was utterly shocked, looking around in disbelief. "What a small Founding Hall."
"What's the matter? Is it very different from a hundred years later?"
Seeing Charlotte's reaction, Dak knew that the Founding Hall must have changed significantly over time.
If that's the case, then the same might apply to the Initial Shrine.
"Of course, it's a huge difference! In my memory, the Founding Hall is almost as big as the Alliance's headquarters. How could it be this small?"
Charlotte walked toward the deepest part of the Founding Hall, continuing to explain to Dak, "The Founding Hall is one of Alliance City's landmark buildings. Even people from small worlds know its name. Every year, people from countless worlds come here during the New Year to pay their respects, hoping for a peaceful year."
"Oh? The Founding Hall is that big? Then it must be filled with many statues?"
Dak grinned. It seems there were many outstanding individuals in the Alliance's future.
"Yes, there are quite a few. From Shodai-sama's era, there were... Nico Robin, Vegapunk, Gild Tesoro, Bellamy, um... and others, but I forgot."
Charlotte giggled, revealing she hadn't paid much attention in history class. "The reason the Founding Hall expanded is that champions changed too frequently. Every time a new champion was crowned, a new statue was erected. By my time, there had been dozens of champions."
"What? That many?!"
Dak was taken aback. This was completely unexpected.
The champion title isn't for winning the Pokémon battle tournament; it's the title for the strongest trainer in the Alliance.
Winning the tournament just earns you a ticket to challenge the Elite Four and the Champion, so it shouldn't be easy to change champions frequently.
"Yes! Too many people are eyeing the champion position. Imagine the competition when people from dozens of worlds are vying for it."
Charlotte nodded matter-of-factly, but also encouraged herself. "But I won't give up! I must become a champion! Then, I'll strive to become the Fifth Alliance Leader! That's how the Fourth Leader did it."
"Is there only one champion position? That's way too competitive."
Dak muttered with a frown.
With such intense competition, some negative incidents might occur.
Dak was already considering whether to establish lower-ranking champions and Elite Four positions.
(End of Chapter)
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