Chapter 2: Marine

My body could quite literally not produce any more tears as I fell to the floor once again and began screaming, failing to notice the marine ship that was getting closer to my destination, I let it out once more, the anger I felt toward the pirates blown out into the surroundings, crimson red, burning the night sky, I got up and walked towards each of the corpses of the pirates, picking up the fallen gun and shot them in their heads repeatedly, loading bullets over and over again. 

Finally, the exhaustion and pain took over my mind and I tumbled, hitting an upturned floorboard, onto my knees, tears once more resuming their known path as I blacked out completely...

<Marine Ship POV> 

"Vice Admiral Garp, we had made sure that all operatives of the lust pirates are dead, so who let out that potent burst of Haki?" 

"Wahahahaha, this is interesting Bogard, it seems to come from a child, he is now unconscious I think, Bogard, have him picked up and put in the infirmary, I need to talk with him!"

The old-grey-haired marine left and Bogard jumped into the air relying on geppo and landing on the pirate ship, kicking open the door to the cellar, and jumping downwards he saw the bloody and gruesome events, everyone was dead except for the boy. The problem was that the boy didn't look like a boy, lying there unconsciously, he was already 9 feet in height, what was this kid's bone structure?

Bogard heaved and pulled the boy into a standing position and kicked hard to propel them across the gap between ships, landing on the deck of Vice Admiral Garp's warship. Bogard entrusted three cadets to take the boy to the infirmary, they called in another one when three wasn't enough to hold the muscular boy up...

<End Marine POV>

I groaned as something was pressed into my mouth, a thermometer was my guess and it was. It took a while once again, to get adjusted to the light, I was injured heavily in the head, and my body had permanent scars, including the one on my cheek, a deep gash where the captain had slashed at me. 

I asked the doctors where I was, they told me I was on a marine ship, when I questioned more, they said they were not authorized to give any further details. I was soon allowed to take off my bandages and the only real lasting thing I had was the gash on my cheek, I walked freely on the ship, occasionally completing chores effortlessly. 

We were about to cross the seas into the Grand Line, when a black-haired marine, who looked like a very high-up person came and talked to me, for the first time since I arrived. 

"What's your name boy?"

"Regulus D Newgate sir."

"Another D, that makes you my family anyway Gyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"What do you mean sir?"

"Ever wanted to be a marine kid?" 

I thought about this for a moment, being a pirate was the most logical option for my evil-doing plans but being a Marine meant that being corrupt would be a normal concept, I would just fit in with the rest, and I could kill countless pests, look like a hero but be the villain.

"Yes sir, it is my dream to crush the lives of all the pirates in the world that mean harm!"

"Well then, my name is Vice Admiral Garp and you respond to me, since you can do chores pretty easily, that role isn't good for you, how about Seaman First Class?" 

"YES SIR!" 

"Get to work Seaman, we leave the Cadets and Chore Boys in your direct command."

"Sire yes sir!" 

I walked off to my little office in the corner of the ship, this would be temporary, I would rise through the ranks, quicker than anyone has before, I don't think I can begin my evil-doing yet, not under Garp, but when I am left to my own devices, the world will change. 

I walked out and was met with a chore boy on the floor, tired from cleaning, I picked up a broomstick, whacked him in the belly, and told him to get to work, he glared at me before running off. I went into my office again, I had forgotten something, I spoke into my mind...

<Hey System, what should I call you?>

<Call me anything> 

<I'll call you Mellissa>

<Nice name> 

<Mellissa can you pull up my stats, is that a thing?>

<Sure, here it comes>

Regulus D Newgate

Status: Recovered, Refreshed, and ready

Role: Marine

Rank: Seaman FC

Body Potential: Whitebeard

Body completion: 10% (past consciousness did training)

Devil Fruit: Gura Gura no mi, tremor tremor fruit.

Devil Fruit rating: 10/10

Devil Fruit User Ability: 25/500

Devil Fruit Mastery: Weak

Moves Df: Ground Shatter, Quake, Erupt, Primal Pressure, basic air shatter

Haki: Conquerors (weak), Armament (very weak), Observation (Unsure).

Comparison Level: Could take on paradise-level pirates

Strength: Strong

Speed: Average

Stamina: Average

Stealth: Low

Techniques/Notable Characteristics: Rokushicki (locked), Will of D, Weird Laugh, Fast recovery, Fast Evolvement, Body Absorption

<Hey Mellissa, What's Body Absorption?>

<Hey Regulus, Whoever you kill, can absorb them, not their abilities, but skills and mastery, which will be transferred to you.>

I walked out of my office and was once again met with Vice Admiral Garp,

"Hello Brat, your training starts now!"

The man came down on me with a huge black fist, Haki already? Damn, Old man...

I raised my hands and the deck shattered where I stood, letting me fall, I reappeared behind Garp and sent my own Haki-clad fist down, combined with the basic knowledge of Whit Beard's air shatter, blue cracks formed in the air, now mixed with black Jaki, Garps fist met with mine, I was sent ten meters back, while Garp only moved four meters back, in my eyes this was still an accomplishment. 

"Hehehe Brat, get ready for years of this torture!"