Chapter 14

[T/N]~ Yo! Almost forgot to update today 😅.

Anyway do enjoy the chapter and if you find some kind of mistake then do point it out I'll fix it as soon as possible.

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After the person in charge negotiated the price with the Celestial, Arata and the others were taken aboard the ship in piles.

Although the Chambordian Islands were not too far away from the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, they would still have to sail at the sea for at least a day or two.

This also made Arata overjoyed because in the past two days, the effect of the medicine on his body had faded a lot.

Now he had at least recovered more than half of his strength.

While on the way, Arata who was really bored, suddenly remembered that he still had another "Card Drawing Opportunity" that he hadn't used yet.

After he had killed the Brain and Brawn Brothers alongside Saitama, He had received quite a reward but before he could get the chance to extract them he was transported to the One Piece world.

Thinking of this, Arata quickly settled down, ready to check his reward. If he was lucky then he might be able to get out of his current predicament directly.

However, it turned out that his bad luck would never fade away and no matter which world he was in, it was an unchanging law.

Arata looked at the glittering cards in the space, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Item Card: Customized Personal Tattoo X5 (from System Space)

Effect: You can design a "tattoo" with custom colors and custom shapes. The duration is determined by the user, and it can be destroyed when canceled.

Ps: Peppa Pig has tattoos on his body and is given applause by the public.

"Tattoos? I don't want to be a gangster. Why do you give me these useless things?" And he even got 5 instead of just one.

"Arata, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling sick again?"

Hancock looked at Arata worriedly and after several days of contact, Hancock had a good impression of the boy who was about her age but was a little weak.

Sonia and Mary also liked this rather humorous little brother.

Therefore, when Arata suddenly reacted with enthusiasm at this time, It caused the three of them to put their eyes on him.

"This..., nothing, but I suddenly feel like my body is getting better. Maybe in a few days, I will be able to fully recover."

Arata shook his arm. Although he couldn't get anything that could be used, he was not too disappointed. He didn't have any expectations anyway.

"That's great, it's a pity though... Even if your health becomes better, You still can't get rid of the status of a [Slave], maybe we still have to suffer more."

Hancock first showed a happy expression, but when she thought of their situation at the moment, her expression suddenly became sad.

Hancock didn't know what "Celestials" were. But judging from what the people in the slave market said before, it should be quite horrifying to be bought by "Celestials".

Hancock's words reminded Arata that although he could regain his strength in just a few days, with the unruly personality of the "Celestials", it was hard to say whether he could survive the past few days safely.

"Hancock, Sonia, and Mary listen to me, when we get to the house of the Celestial, Pretend to be near death."

"As long as I can survive a few days, I'm sure I can sneak you away."

Arata knew that the "Celestials" were usually interested in those "rare" and "strong" races, such as "Mermaid" and "Fishmen".

For ordinary people, unless they were "strong" or "beautiful", Celestials wouldn't pay attention to them and treat them as "collectibles" to compare and show off.

As long as a few of them were inconspicuous and weak, they should be fine for a few days. After all, the number of slaves a Celestial has was so large that it would take a few days to be selected.

Hancock hadn't eaten the "Love-Love Fruit" yet, her appearance can only be considered good, but definitely not stunning.

And although Arata looked good, but his sickly appearance made it seem like he would die at any moment, This would make the Celestial look down on him.

As Arata expected, after they arrived at the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, the Celestials didn't care about their slaves at all. After all, for them, the existence of slaves was for their entertainment.

A whole ship of slaves entered the Mary Geoise. The slaves were then separated and divided into three categories.

First were the "Rare" races and the strong ones. After that, the second ones were some beautiful and strong.

The third category was for some old, weak, sick, or disabled slaves. Slaves of this rank didn't interest the Celestials, and sometimes even died because of starvation.

Because of Arata's dying state, he was honorably ranked in the third category.

It was a pity because of Hancock's delicate face and the acting skills of Mary and Sonia they were assigned to the second category of slaves, unlike Arata.

And the slaves who had been assigned their ranks were still being caught one by one by the workers of the Celestials, leaving the "Slave Mark" on them.

The slaves were being treated very brutally, the "Slave Mark" was printed on their body with a red soldering iron, and this made Arata shudder.

It was okay for Arata to stay low-key for a while but if his buttons were pushed, it wasn't sure what he would do.

If he was engraved with the "Slave Mark", how would he be able to roam freely and proudly in the world of the One Piece in the future?

Seeing that the slaves in front of him were engraved with the "Slave Mark" one by one, Arata also decided to fight back.

There were some things that were worth protecting with life, and maybe they could successfully escape later. The "Slave Mark" was just like any ordinary tattoo but it held quite a bit of significance.

But Arata still didn't want to compromise because of this. It was still the same thing, but it was impossible for him to accept being marked as a slave.

"Hey, Wait! Did I just say tattoos?" Arata slapped his forehead as if suddenly he remembered something.

"By the way, didn't I get some [custom tattoos] before?"

He thought he got something useless again, but it seemed to be very useful now.

Arata glanced at the location where someone else was branded the "Slave Mark", and took out the [Tattoo] from the system space.

After setting the color and shape, Arata lifted up his clothes and slapped it on his back.

As soon as the sticker touched his skin, the sticker, like a tattoo, stuck tightly to his skin.

The system said that the tattoo had no expiration date and would only be destroyed if he wished for it.

Seeing the [Tattoo] work well, he looked at the other side where the three sisters who were feeling a little timid were. Arata slowly moved over to them...

"Sister, I'm so scared... they're going to scald us with hot red iron."

Sonia and Mary used to just be ordinary little girls who had never seen a scene similar to this before. Just seeing a person who fainted due to the pain of the burning iron horrified the two little girls who were scared to tears.