1 Chapter 01 - Kuki-Kuki no Mi

I am currently silent seeing the only house I ever had home to burn in blazing flames.

In this world I came to be alone after my mother's death from a respiratory illness. Always taking care of me, your little son, let your health deteriorate over the years.

My name is Sandres D. Targo, a 15-year-old who lived with his mother in a small house on some island in this vast ocean (South Blue).

Since I remember being able to move and exercise my body has always been tougher than the other children in the village.

Our family was comfortable and living peacefully until my mother became ill for a few months until she could no longer resist even with medicines.

Now after her death I have decided to go my way and make her proud of my actions, to be strong one who protects those in need. My mother always told me how my father was a great sailor who eventually lost his life in the war against pirates in this great age of chaos we are in.

Before she died, once again just thinking about my happiness she presented me with a strange-shaped fruit, full of spirals all over her body.

She explained to me how this was what my father left for me before leaving for his last battle. Unmatched powers, strength to be above all, and the ability to protect loved ones.

This fruit was blue in color with mixed green and was shaped like an orange. The taste after biting her was horrible as I vomit, after that I felt my already strong body fill with energy.

In my happiness now having the power to be strong I saw my mother's beautiful smile for the last time before she closed her eyes forever.

The air around my body swirled around me as if to comfort me and respond to my emotions.

I decided to leave all that was left behind after burying my only remaining family and heading to the nearest marine base to apply.

My mother was always fascinated by the honor of the navy because of my father, but I knew that the navy was also rotten and black in some parts. Where pirates plundered villages for fear of paying part of the looting to corrupt and rogue officials.

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After sorting out some good-bye and saying good-bye to some of the good people in the village, I drove to the island's beach to climb a small wooden boat to the nearest town with a navy base. Which was a two-day trip away.

Putting all the necessary supplies into the boat, I jumped aboard and began sailing across this great sea.

In my hands are two small swirls of wind that make the sail sway and bring the boat in the right direction.

The Akuma no Mi I ate is called Kūki-Kūki no Mi, the fruit of the Air, so my mother told me from my father's stories that elementary fruits are considered the strongest.

I sigh bored as I improve my handling of the air in my hands and try to turn parts of my body into air. "It will be a long way to the navy"