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The Painter Of the Straw Hats

In a world where dreams can crumble as easily as paper in a storm, a talented artist finds himself on the precipice of despair. Rejected and ridiculed, his aspirations shattered, he unwittingly steps into the path of an oncoming bus, his life extinguished in an instant. But death is not the end. Awakening in a realm beyond mortal comprehension, he encounters the enigmatic Random Omnipotent Being (R.O.B), who offers him a chance at redemption. Transported to the vibrant world of One Piece, he is granted a new life and a new purpose. As he navigates the treacherous seas alongside the legendary Straw Hat Pirates, he discovers the transformative power of his art. With each stroke of his brush, he brings color to a world ravaged by chaos, his paintings imbued with a magic that defies explanation. Driven by a desire to become the greatest artist in history, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery and adventure. From battling fearsome foes to forging unbreakable bonds of friendship, he learns that true greatness lies not in fame or fortune, but in the passion that fuels his soul. As he paints his way across the vast expanse of the Grand Line, he faces countless trials and tribulations. But with the support of his newfound comrades, he rises to meet every challenge, his spirit unyielding in the face of adversity. The Painter of The Straw Hats is a tale of hope, resilience, and the enduring power of art. Join our hero as he charts a course through the stormy seas of destiny, his brush poised to leave an indelible mark upon the world. -------------------------------------------

The_Legit_Writer · Anime & Comics
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7 Chs

Rematch

"Looks like we're having a rematch, huh, Cat head?" Neve teases as he twirls his staff in front of Mohji, who was holding a giant mace while standing beside Richie, who looked at Fenrir warily.

"Shut up, stop acting all high and mighty. I know that move you did earlier took out almost all your energy, so you better run now," Mohji says with a sneer on his face, not buying Neve's confident attitude.

But to his annoyance, Neve didn't pay attention to him and was busy rubbing Fenrir's head while making funny faces with its mouth.

"Oh my, you are so cute. I'm gonna draw a picture of you like this later," Neve says as he quickly sketches Fenrir on the notebook he took from under his hoodie.

"You keep the wolf busy; I will deal with this fool," Mohji says to Richie as he runs towards Neve, while Richie looks at him as if he were a devil for asking him to fight such a monster.

Neve, seeing Richie dash towards him with his mace raised high, just sighs and effortlessly dodges the attack, causing the mace to strike the ground, making cracks where Neve was standing before.

"Phew…that was close, or else I would have been crushed," Neve says, wiping the fake sweat from his forehead, further infuriating Mohji.

Mohji, not wasting any time, charges at Neve, wanting to end him immediately. Neve, seeing this, decides to take it a little seriously and blocks the attack with the body of his staff, deflecting it to the side.

Mohji, not giving up his pursuit, swings his mace at Neve's legs, aiming to disable him. Neve, seeing this, smashes his staff to the ground, uses it to support himself off the ground, and lands a wide kick on Mohji's chin, sending him flying.

Neve, not wanting to give Mohji time to think, rushes at him and swings his staff at the arm that was holding the mace, wanting to disable him as well. But Mohji, seeing this, jumps backward, hoping to get out of the attack range of the spear, but to his dismay, the staff extends, slashing him at the midsection.

Neve grabs the chain holding the staff together and starts spinning it while looking at Mohji with a bored look, wondering why he lost to someone like this before.

Mohji, seeing the bored look on Neve's face, was further enraged and called out to Richie to help him. But he didn't receive any response, causing him to find out that Richie had fainted with foam coming out of its mouth, while Fenrir was sleeping on Richie's passed-out body.

"It seems you're out of tricks to use, how disappointing," Neve says as he looks at Fenrir, while mentally noting to take a drawing of this later.

"It seems you underestimated me too much. They wouldn't call me the best tamer, Mohji, if I only had one beast," Mohji says right before taking a whistle from his pocket and blowing it, making a loud noise.

Not thirty seconds after the whistle was blown, two new animals came into the scene. One was a big ape with white fur and bulky muscles, and the other was a bull with long horns and steam coming out of its nose.

Fenrir, seeing that his master was outnumbered, was prepared to jump in, but Neve stopped him and said he would use them for training, causing Fenrir to sleep back as it trusts its master.

"Looks like I've found the meat that the captain wanted to eat," Neve says, referring to the bull.

After Neve says the words, the bull charges straight at him in a straight line, hoping to smash Neve away. But Neve just sidesteps the bull, causing it to smash into the building behind him.

Before Neve could rush at the bull, the gorilla puts him in a bear hug, choking Neve in the process, while Mohji rushes at the restrained Neve with a grin, bringing his mace up, preparing to swing it at Neve's head.

With a desperate attempt to break free, Neve stabs the gorilla in the foot, causing the gorilla to yelp in pain, releasing Neve in the process, while receiving a mace attack to his chest from Mohji, who couldn't stop in time. Neve then jumps back, revealing a charging bull who originally wanted to attack Neve from the back but then ended up running into Buggy and the gorilla, sending them hurtling into the building in front.

Neve, seeing this opportunity, jumps high enough from the ground and reaches twenty meters off the ground while bringing the arm holding the staff back, assuming the position used to throw a javelin.

"Snow Spearmanship: first form; lightning strike," Neve says as he throws the staff so fast that it could hardly be seen with the naked eye.

When the staff reaches the bull, it immediately puts a hole through it and lands on the floor, making a thunderous sound and causing dust to rise from the ground, hiding what happened to the bull.

As the dust settles, it shows the bull on the floor in a small crater with a large hole in its belly and the staff in the middle of the crater with one of its ends stuck in the ground.

Neve lands in the crater with a perfect landing and removes the staff from the ground while his arms and legs are shaking heavily.

"It seems I've almost reached my limit. Seems it's time to finish this," Neve says as he de-summons Fenrir and summons two identical ravens, but with one having red eyes while the other had blue eyes. These ravens were Huginn and Muninn, the second creation of Neve with powers of illusion and multiplication respectively. Huginn can put people in illusions but has to touch them to do that, while Muginn can multiply himself and those selves each have his own consciousness in them, so if the original body dies he can use the body of the clone as the main body.

"What did you summon us for, master? We were already having a nice time resting. What else do you want from us?" Huginn complains as he actually speaks human language, surprising people who heard.

When making Huginn and Muginn, because of putting their traits of wisdom and knowledge, they were able to pick up on human language almost immediately they heard it, and throughout the months of training Neve went through, they traveled across the Grand Line and New World, gaining knowledge and understanding of the world. But no matter how they tried, they still couldn't find the One Piece and had to return as they had finished their journey.

"Sorry, guys, but I will need you this time as I don't have enough energy to summon the rest," Neve says weakly as he fights back his exhaustion.

Huginn, seeing this, just humphs while Muginn just laughs at his brother's antics.

By the time they were done talking, Mohji had already woken up, and when he saw his situation, he could only describe it as bad. All his animals were out of commission, one being dead and the others unconscious and unable to fight, while he also had some injuries.

Seeing that he was going to lose, he picks up his mace and runs to Neve, hoping to at least injure him before he loses.

When he is about 5 meters away from Neve, Muginn starts multiplying himself, and his clones start scattering everywhere, obscuring Mohji's view.

Mohji, not minding the ravens, passes through them and reaches the other end where he sees Neve breathing heavily with his hands on his knees.

Mohji, not wasting time, swings his mace at Neve, and to his surprise, his attack connects, sending Neve hurtling through the sky.

Just as Mohji was celebrating, he feels a sharp pain on his body, causing him to look down to see a big slash mark that wasn't there before.

When he looks up, he sees Neve standing in front, perfectly fine without any marks of the attack Mohji just landed.

"How...?" 

Was all Mohji could ask as he faints on the floor due to the blood loss and the pain.

Neve then weakly gets out of the crater and slumps on the ground, de-summoning Huginn and Muginn while watching the battle between Buggy and Luffy.

"It seems we won this fight," Neve says with a smile as he watches Luffy sending Buggy flying with his punch.