“Ugh, so painful. Where is this?”
“Hey, kid, don’t lie here blocking the way. If you’re going to die, die somewhere else, don’t get in the way!”
The sudden voice made the just-awakened boy look up.
He saw a burly man, two meters tall, with a scar covering half his face, staring at him.
The boy suppressed the fear in his heart and quickly scrambled on all fours to a corner of the wall.
He got past, but the look of terror on his face had been seen by the big man.
The man chuckled, “Hahaha, kid, next time don’t block the way, got it? Grandpa’s in a good mood today, so I won’t bother with you.” The big man laughed and walked away.
Most of the passersby also showed expressions of watching a good show, and seeing that there was nothing more to see, they all left.
At this moment, an old woman nearby walked over, took a piece of bread from her basket, and handed it to him, “Here, child, eat.”
The boy took it with trembling hands, “Thank you, Grandma.”
The old woman glanced at the boy, smiled, shook her head, and walked away.
“Phew~” The boy sighed.
He bit into the bread. Hmm, it was sour and a bit smelly.
He figured it was something someone else didn’t want and gave it to him because they didn’t want to waste it. The boy wasn’t angry; it was good enough that someone gave him food when he was hungry.
While eating, he observed himself: ragged clothes, a scrawny body. He recalled the original owner’s memories. His name was Darth Bai Gui, and his memories seemed to start from when he was five years old.
His parents had died in a shipwreck during a sea voyage, leaving behind only the original owner, who was five at the time. After his parents were gone, the original owner’s tragic childhood began.
His house and family property were stolen by his uncle, and all the businesses his parents had run were also taken.
The original owner was confined to the house, forced to sign over the property.
At the time, they tricked him, saying that if he signed his name, they would take care of him until he grew up.
How old was the original owner then? He didn’t understand anything, so he foolishly wrote his name. A week later, the tragedy began.
He was beaten and scolded daily, only allowed to do laundry and mop floors at home, even lower in status than a servant.
The original owner’s uncle’s family also had a son and a daughter, who would beat and scold him whenever they pleased.
If he didn’t do his work well, he wouldn’t get food. He ate once every two days, and it was always leftover scraps that had been thrown away.
Later, the boy ran away, becoming a street wanderer. When hungry, he’d rummage through trash cans for food; when tired, he’d find a place to sleep.
The people in town all called him 'little rascal.' Just like that, the original owner lived a bewildered life until he was 12 years old.
Just today, the original owner was walking down the street when he suddenly collapsed from hunger, right at the feet of that man from earlier.
Now he finally understood why those people earlier had such expressions of watching a good show.
Wasn’t he basically pulling a scam? That big man probably wanted to beat him up.
So, the original owner starved to death?
And he just transmigrated here?
Good heavens, is this the beginning of a story with nothing but a bowl?
Well, he didn’t even have a bowl.
It was now confirmed that this was the world of Pirates, he just didn’t know what year it was in the Pirate Calendar.
Just then, two people, about his age, suddenly ran past him.
One with red hair, one with a red nose, they rushed past him! Behind them, a person in a chef’s uniform was chasing, constantly cursing at them.
Bai Gui’s mouth dropped open: “Holy crap, isn’t that Shanks and Buggy?
So, this is the year 1498 of the Pirate Calendar?”
Watching Shanks and Buggy run off into the distance, it turned out this year was the year Pirate King Roger was executed.
Then he could soon see Pirate King Roger, and since he was also a fan of Pirates, he would also get to see Hawkeye, Moriah, and Doflamingo in their younger days.
Heh heh, it’s not a loss. Since transmigration has happened, then calling out a system should be reasonable, right?
“Come out, System…”
Bai Gui froze, no response? Could it be the wrong way?
“Come out, System Daddy…”
“System Son? Dog System?”
“Oh ho ho!” It was a loss after all.
Damn it, that means he started with nothing but rags, and his survival depended entirely on robbing?
Holy crap, what a huge loss!
Bai Gui struggled to get up from the ground and walked aimlessly down the street, hoping to stumble upon something to eat. He was too hungry to be angry.
As he walked, Bai Gui froze.
The back of the person in front of him looked more and more like a character from his memories: Monkey D. Dragon!
“Holy crap, a rich guy is here!” Bai Gui was delighted and quickly ran up behind Dragon, shouting,
“Handsome sir, do you have anything to eat? Could you spare some?”
Dragon turned around in confusion, looking at the scrawny, approximately 1.3-meter-tall boy in front of him.
When Dragon saw the boy’s eyes, he suddenly froze:
“You know me?”
Bai Gui shook his head: “No, I don’t know you. This is my first time seeing you!”
Dragon’s eyes beneath his green cloak stared intently at him: “But I see confusion in your eyes.
Is it the CP organization? Have they found me, a renegade Marine, so quickly?
Heh heh, well, the World Government indeed cannot be underestimated.”
Bai Gui felt a chill down his spine at this moment. Dragon’s gaze was like looking at a dead man.
“Holy crap, big brother, don’t talk nonsense!
I’m not from any CP, nor am I from the World Government.
Look at my ragged clothes, could I be one of those people? It’s too scary, I’d better leave. Your gaze is making me scared.”
Bai Gui finished speaking and ran. If he didn’t leave now, someone would die.
Now he realized!
This was a man-eat-man world, a world where whoever had the biggest fist was the boss. How could he have courted death just now?
After running for a while, Bai Gui finally ran out of strength and found a corner to sit down.
He gasped for breath, and his face slowly calmed down.
Bai Gui secretly swore, “Damn it, I must lay low, or I won’t even survive three episodes!”
Bai Gui didn’t notice that Dragon was on the wall right behind him.
Looking at the boy muttering to himself, Dragon found it amusing!
In fact, Dragon had already analyzed it; such a scrawny, ragged person couldn’t possibly be those people.
He didn’t even need Observation Haki; he could tell with his naked eye how weak this guy was. If he gave him one swipe, this kid would ascend to heaven.
“Hey, kid!” Dragon said, then jumped down in front of Bai Gui.
Bai Gui looked at Dragon, who had suddenly appeared in front of him: “Holy crap, big brother, you’re trying to scare me to death!”
Dragon didn’t mind the guy’s tone: “Hey kid, you’re hungry, aren’t you? Do you want to come with me? I’ll give you food.”
Go with him? Go with him to overthrow the World Government, to overturn this sky?
Bai Gui shook his head vigorously: “No, big brother, please let me go. I’m afraid of death!”
Dragon’s lips curved upwards: “Heh heh, you really do know me. Interesting fellow. You’re a person who’s almost starving to death, yet when you hear someone offering you food, you refuse?
And, the way you look at me, it’s as if you’ve known me for a long time!”
Dragon: “Can you tell me why?”
Bai Gui deflated immediately and said bluntly, “Mr. Dragon, I’m not a person who does great things.
I’m very afraid of death, the kind that’s as timid as a mouse, and I have no great ambitions. Please just let me go!”
Dragon looked at him for a while and asked, “Do you want to become stronger?”
Bai Gui nodded vigorously.
Dragon: “Then come with me!”
Bai Gui shook his head vigorously: “I’m afraid of death!”
Dragon gave him a strange look: “You’re afraid of death yet you want to become stronger?”
“Yes.” Bai Gui nodded vigorously.
Dragon smiled, shook his head, threw a stack of Berries to Bai Gui, and left. Faintly, Bai Gui heard a voice say, “Interesting little fellow.”
Bai Gui stared blankly at the stack of money in front of him. He had money? He could fill his stomach? Damn, was this a case of great fortune after surviving a great disaster?
Bai Gui picked up the money, preparing to get up and buy something to eat, but as soon as he moved, he felt something stuck to his back.
He turned around and found it was a small notebook. He opened it and saw it was densely filled with writing. Uh…
Holy crap, I’m illiterate, I can only write my own name. What a huge loss. This must be a cultivation method Dragon left behind when he left. Damn it.
No choice, he could only put it away for now and deal with it later.
Bai Gui took the money and found a bakery, buying some bread to fill his stomach.
After eating and drinking his fill, he let out a big breath. Bai Gui felt like he was alive again.
Bai Gui lay on the ground, looking at the sky.
What should he do after arriving in this world? Become a Pirate?
Uh, why did he think of Pirates first…
A Marine? Or follow in Dragon’s footsteps and overturn this world?
As he pondered, he grew sleepy. It was easy to get drowsy after eating and drinking to his fill, and he drifted off to sleep.
The next day, Bai Gui woke up, rubbed his eyes, and felt much better.
He suddenly remembered how careless he had been yesterday, falling asleep without even realizing it!
But then he thought about how the original owner had also slept like that for several years, so Bai Gui didn’t pay it any mind.
He patted his body; the money was still there, and the notebook Dragon left behind was also there.
He got up, found water to wash up, and quickly walked onto the street.
He saw many people on the street, Marines, Pirates, all sorts of people, and their clothing styles were bizarre.
Bai Gui remembered that he had vaguely heard yesterday that today was Pirate King Roger’s execution date. Seeing so many people heading towards the plaza, he guessed it was about to begin.
Bai Gui followed the crowd, going to witness the end of a legend and the rise of an era.