บท 2: Six wishs

I started to wake up and my first thoughts were 'I didn't die?' and I look around to find out I am in an office and I am seated in a chair, in front of me is a smiling old man that looks like a kind principle. He has white hair and grey eyes and a slight smile on his face. He starts speaking "Such an interesting boy, for one so young to have such great merit to not only be reincarnated, but to also have not one, but six wishes in his next life!"

He picks up a sheet on his text and gives it a once over, then flips it around and places it in front of me. I see a list that looks like a large family tree chart, at the top are around 500 names, some I recognize as children I helped through my charity, and under about 70 of them are branching golden paths leading to either one or more people and then those people have some under them, as the paths go further down they become dimmer until there is no more.

The old man starts speaking again "Karmic merit, is based on how much you helped a person out of kindness, and then how much that person helps other out of kindness because of you also gives karmic merit, but less and less depending on how connected. Through this you accumulated truly a large amount of merit. Enough for reincarnation and six wishes for the next life, so make your choice!"

I am still in a state of slight shock because all of this is slightly bizarre but my time of reading reincarnation novels allow me to come back really quick and I start asking the important questions "Do I keep my memories from my past life? Do I get to choose the world I am reincarnated into? Are there limits to the wishes?" The old man's smile gets lightly bigger as he responds "Hmm, truly good questions, Yes you will keep your memories, but it will cost a wish to choose a specific world, and the wishes don't allow for instant gratification wishes. For example no 'I want to be the strongest in the world!' No, you have to work for it, but you can be given a head start or special items to achieve that goal. Any further questions?"

I shake my head to indicate that I have none then I begin to think of what I want. I start thinking of worlds like the Douluo Dalu, Naruto, and many more. After a while I settle on one that I liked the best because it had many shared universes I liked. "My first wish is to be reincarnated into the One Piece World three years before Monkey D. Luffy." The old man nods

I start thinking of more ideas "My second wish is to be able to have as many devil fruit powers as I want." To this the old man thinks and then shakes his head, "Not possible, There is a reason people typically cannot have more than one devil fruit power, but I can do it in a different way, but it will be limited to Logia fruits." I nod that that is acceptable and think of a third wish.

"For my third wish, I want a perfect physique and amazing comprehensive abilities." The old man smiles a little at this, because he knows as well as I about how much strength is respected in One Piece. I start to think of my fourth and fifth wishes, and here I come up with many ideas that I am not sure which to choose from. I finally think of an idea for my fourth wish that will save me a lot of trouble.

"Since you said that I cannot have instant gratification wishes, but I must earn it, I choose for my Fourth wish, to be a trial grounds where I can earn Logia devil fruits." The old man's eyes shine at the moment in appreciation, for someone to be able to see through the requirements and get a truly great wish, he nods his head.

For my fifth wish it is the most simple and needed one there is, "I wish for that when I gain devil fruit powers, I am not affected by the Sea water or Sea stone as most devil fruit users are." The old man nods his head at my good choice. As I ponder for my last wish I get struck with a truly great idea.

"For my sixth, and final wish I wish for a circulation technique that best suits me, and for it to help my body, soul, and devil fruit powers." The man's eyes turn sharp as he realizes that this wish is conjoined with my third wish, making it have scary potential, He then calms down and nods anyways.

He gives me a big smile and says, "Well now it is time for you to go on to your next life!" He then snaps his fingers and everything goes dark.