Chapter 4: SURGERIES, STORING, SHRINKING, SOLVING, SUCCESS

-(3rd POV)-

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=LOCATION: Dungeon=

An underground complex labyrinth located under Babel of Orario. The place where adventurers with different races and backgrounds explore the Dungeon. But exploring is a lot difficult as the dungeon is seemingly alive, repairing itself everyday.

The Dungeon has too many floors that ranging from small forest to a large town. One of the floors is titled 'Large Tree Labyrinth' because the walls, ground, and ceiling are made out of wood making it seem like the floor is inside of a giant tree.

In an unknown cave within the 20th floor, there's a gigantic naked man sitting in an indian sitting pose with his gigantic head curled down because he can't raise his head as this cave is too short for him. He is surrounded by books and strangely pattern fruits, also known as devil fruits.

The giant is specifically eating selected devil fruits, leaving the other devil for later and then eating the selected fruits.

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp* *crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp* *crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp* *crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp* *crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

*BURPPPP!*

They tastes like fruits and vegetables. But I think I maybe need more to eat more to fulfill this stomach because this body consists of One Piece's DNA.

He thinks and saw that the lights are bright enough to proceed on his plan.

Thank goodness there's light in this cave. Let's start this surgery!

Alex formed his hands circularly, holding position, in front of his belly.

*ZZRDD!* *ZZRDD!* *ZZRDD!!*

A white light instantly appears between the hands, which makes hands move away as if holding a large object. The light turns into a circular gigantic mirror with a wooden frame that's 5 meters in length, enough to see his head. He repeated this process and created 3 other mirrors with stands.

He laid one mirror down the ground to see his reflection and then placed 3 other mirrors with stands to his front, to his left and then to his right side.

He ate the Mirror-Mirror Fruit or Mira Mira no Mi

With mirrors set to different places and angles, he can now see his face, grey eyes, tattoo encircling around his left eye, facial sharp features, gigantic forehead, his third eye in the middle of his gigantic forehead, his strong jawline, his faraway eyebrows connected with long nose bridge, his gills tattoo behind the ears, his two large white horns found far above the ears, his tattoos except the back and his naked body.

He continued with the next step. He raised his hand and conjured a blue-transparent spherical space.

*SWISH!* *FWOOSH!* *ZOOM!!*

"Room!!"

From his hand, the blue-transparent sphere enlarges surpassing his whole body.

He ate the Op-Op Fruit or Ope Ope no Mi.

I'm doing it haha! This is awesome! I'm doing these things that I have only watched since childhood. Amazing but let's continue.

He thought while changing his fingers into blades instantly, from eating the Supa Supa no Mi or Dice-Dice Fruit.

*SLICE!* *SLICE!* *SLICE!* *SLICE!!*

He sliced his forehead four times horizontally without feeling any resistance, smooth like butter. The first was a slice 1 cm below the Hairline. The second slice is 3 inches of forehead above the Eyebrows. The third slice is 2 cm below the Eyebrows. The fourth slice is 5 mm above the eyes.

He grabbed the rest of his forehead, the between part of the hairline to eyebrows, where the third eye and 2 large white horns are found and the between part of eyebrows to eyes.

I'm still alive haha! I permanently took out the gigantic head containing my large brain without harm. I can still think, feel both my head, see with my third eye and feel my horns. I can see the blood circulation. It's Success! Let's store them in Pocket-Pocket Fruit along with these devil fruits and these books. Next it should be sutures.

As he quickly stored the rest of his gigantic head, his third eye, uneaten devil fruits and other books into the recently manifested white pockets with yellow buttons on each of his side's thighs from eating Pocket-Pocket fruit or Poke Poke no Mi.

Done storing the sliced head parts and all of the books, He looked to the mirror again.

While the field is activated, He grabbed his top hairline head part and the eyebrows then reattached the separate parts to his head that made him uncomfortable with the hairline part.

The eyebrows part really fit well in the head making it normal, especially the nose ridge connected. The top hairline part is slightly wider than his head, like a slightly larger bottle cap that's large for the mouth of the small bottle.

The surgery didn't draw nor spill blood, and didn't hurt Alex because of the Op-Op Fruit or Ope Ope no Mi. He then deactivates the blue-transparent sphere.

Alex moved on to another step. Using the Op-Op Fruit or Ope Ope no Mi the reattached head part won't fall off just like the anime but he still wanna do this to his top head and thought of this just a precautions. He raised his hands to feel the hole he made to the cave's ceiling. He put down his hands and gathered them after finally locating the hole.

*ZZRDD!!*

He created 5 meters round mirror that will perfectly fit the circle hole to the ceiling of the cave so that he can see his back head. A moment passed by and he placed the newly created mirror to the hole which perfectly fit and wouldn't fall nor move. Placing the mirror in the spot, he is able to see the back of his head, and his back tattoo. After cheering his small success, he then moved on to the next step.

*vub* *vub* *vub* *vub* *vub..*

He sprouts transparent clear strings from his left hand and grabbed those strings with his right.

Without even hesitating, he used the strings to directly puncture the below the hairline part into the eyebrows repeatedly and following the hand. Then he grabbed another stings and punctured the below the eyebrows into the above the eyes repeatedly and following the hand.

*SEW* *SEW* *SEW* *SEW* *SEW* *SEW!!*

He had a difficult time because he's surgically suturing his heads with his hands and alone but he doesn't stop and continued stitching. He ate the String String Fruit or Ito Ito no mi and the Sew-Sew Fruit or Nui Nui no Mi.

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=TIMESKIP: 10 MINUTES=

After 10 minutes, he completed the two stitching surgeries.

Sutures complete! This made me feel like Frankenstein haha! The good news is I don't have my third eye anymore but I can open them inside the Pocket dimension, all I could see in there is darkness, better close that eye until it's useful. My top head is slightly big but the Eyebrows fit very well. The two sutures are transparent but still need to hide them as precaution again. I think Seimei Kikan should solve these.

As he thought, he looked in the mirror and started concentrating while inhaling lots of air.

*ZM* *ZM* *ZM* *ZM* *ZM!!*

Seimei Kikan!!(Life Return)

He thought.

As these noises are present, something happens to his head. His slightly large top head starts shrinking at a fast rate and making it similar in size to his head while the sutures get loosen but he didn't mind them and continued concentrating on adjusting his top head to exactly match the size of the rest of his head and be normal again. The adjustment is now done within a minute, feeling happy but he's not done yet.

Next, he continuously used Seimei Kikan to change his hair and his haircut or hair style.

First, he elongates the length of his top hair reaching below his eyes that it completely covers the two stitches.

Second, he parted his top hair 80 right and 20 left, making the right side have more hair that covers the stitches and the forehead's right side too. He covers his left forehead a bit too.

Third, he changes his straight hair type into a slightly curly hair type that is swept to the ears' directions and far away from eyesight.

Fourth, He changes his hairstyle into a fade haircut that tapers the hair so it eventually "fades" into the skin. It is longer on top and gradually shortened closer down the sides and back.

This hairstyle is the same one he used in his past life, even in his military days. His appearance is different from his past life but he chose to have the same haircut as he loves this hairstyle and this hairstyle compliments his face very well.

Finishing his hairstyle, He adjusted the loose transparent stitches and tightened it, enough to hide among his new hair. The process took minutes to make it sure the stitches and the hair completely mixed together.

The surgery of using threads and suturing didn't hurt nor spilled blood because of the nature of Sew-Sew Fruit or Nui Nui no Mi and it's under his control.

*SQUEEEP!!* *BANG!*

He looks at himself to the mirror admiring his work.

My head is normal again, problem solved! It's not gigantic and has no two horns anymore. Look! The stitch between my eyebrows and eyes made me have thin double eyelids. With these tight and strong stitches, I'm confident to do different actions and my top head won't fall. The haircut or hairstyle is short, not emo, not anime protagonist hair, not h*nt** protagonist hair, nor has long sides. This hairstyle suits me perfectly!---

---I lengthened my top hair to cover my stitches, shortened the lower sides to the back of my head. My hair is slightly wavy for style and to prevent my hair from blocking my eyes. I can't say the operation is great but it successfully covered the stitches. That's a success for me!

Alex smiled at the wonderful result of his operation of turning back his head to normal.

With the big head problem out of the way. What height should I choose? The ideal solution is probably to make it just like my previous height, 6'5 ft(196 cm), to get more familiar in this body. Let's do that then!

Alex thought as he started using one devil fruit.

*FSSSSSSS*

Hearing the Mini-Mini Fruit or Mini Mini no Mi works is like hearing the air escaping from small tires but he didn't mind as this part of the process. Alex in his gigantic form with newly turned normal head, who cannot sit properly, had to curl down his head and look down, began to shrink down.

Alex's eyes saw in the mirror the shrinking giant that once needed to curl down to fit in the cave began seeing everything as if they were large.

The boulders that seem like a normal rock that he can wrap with his two fingers once, they become large enough to see it as giant boulders.

*FSSssssss*

The process took minutes before finally achieving the desired height. The 5 meters mirrors that once seemed small to see his head, it became gigantic that he seemed like an ant and he needed to look up.

The cave was so narrow that he couldn't sit, stand nor move, it now became a large cave that he can now move, walk and run. With the desired result and process complete, he smiles.

"I've been shrunken! It's a success! based from the encyclopedia, the fruit can shrink me between my gigantic height and new true height(5millimeters/0.5cm) but I prefer 6'5 ft(196 cm). I'm glad this fruit doesn't lessen my strength and can choose my height freely. It's all done! NO MORE GIANT HEAD AND HEIGHT! BIG SUCCESS FOR ME!" He joyfully cheered after successfully pulling off both surgeries and his body shrunken.

From gigantic body and head, he turns into 6'3 ft(192.5 cm) tall with a normal head guy. But he's still naked though.

He stood up and looked in the mirror and saw he's tiny self and began adoring his newly gained right leg, his tattoos(especially the tattoo in his right calf) and new body. In the first minutes of reincarnation, he can't walk nor move freely but now he's excited to do those things right now. He wiggled all toes.

Done adoring himself, he stored all of the mirrors.

Next, he walks awkwardly for a few moments before getting a grasp of walking with his new fleshy legs. After walking, he quickly moves, walks, back flips, front flips, somersaults and sprints inside the cave.

He felt the same but different. Same in the familiar motion of walking, running, moving your legs but different since both of his arms and legs pack

massive,

a lot,

a lot,

and a lot of firepower, strength and power that he can't attain even in his years of service and training and he couldn't imagine in his past world.

Trying his new strength, he stopped sprinting and began to do all of the hand-to-hand combat martial arts written on one of the books and based from his memories watching One Piece. He started from his hands, then used his feet, then moved from his place to another around the cave.

His surroundings aren't affected at first but as he does more, the terrain of the cave changes. From producing simple blows of winds that shakes small rocks to becoming gusts of winds into a hurricane dragging all of the boulders inside the cave and the trees surrounding the cave while he's in the center of hurricane repeating Zoro's No Sword Style Tatsu maki/ Dragon Twister many times.

*KRACK* *TREMBLE* *EARTHQUAKE*

The ground kept shaking inside and outside the cave. The ground around him shakes violently.

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=TIMESKIP: MANY MINUTES=

Minutes passed by and without feeling exhausted. The scene was now free from dust smoke and no flying boulders. Now, he wants to know how durable his new body is. He looked the 2 boulders near him and walked towards the humongous boulders.

He lifted the boulders with his hands and raised them over the head with ease and without hesitation, he crushed the 2 boulders by closing his palms with ease while also closing his eyes to prevent dirt into his eyes. The crushed boulders turned into pebbles, different sizes of cobbles, and menacing smaller boulders. Everything fell and rolled to other directions but some fell heavily onto Alex's head, hair, his shoulders, his crotch and his foot but he didn't flinch, didn't move, nor felt pain and kept his eyes closed while waiting for it to be finished.

*cough* *cough* *cough*

It's really great to move again but this cave is really dusty, I wanna go out! The Martial Art book is a cheat. I can use all martial arts already after opening the book but not to a mastered degree like the One piece's characters. In the future and with training, I think I can use them more faster and better.

He positively thought as he is dusting off the dust and dirt on his face and body.

I can't test my physical strength fully in this cave, I should test them to my limits outside this Dungeon. Based on the dead adventurer's memories, It took him more than 1 week to reach this place since they took their time eating, sleeping, breaks, hiding from crowd of Monsters. Speaking of the dead guy, He has a magic spell and he uses it against monsters and his killers. Do I have his magic too? since R.o.b. used the dead adventurer's body to me. Let's find out!

He thought before walking towards another batch of boulders while thinking of the dead adventurer's magic spell.

Alex forms his left hand into a holding position. Instantly, clumps of white light gather to his palm forming a white ball. There's a white magic circle beneath his feet. The ball continues enlarging as the magic circle glows brighter.

He's now interested.

Wow! Is this magic? I have mana? It is magic! every magic spell needs mana and magic spells in this world needs to speak incantations first before it activates but I don't need to speak the incantations, I just need to think of the spell to activate it instantly! is the strong body wish responsible for it?...Sweet! for the sake of anime logic let's say the name of the spell!

"Mana Blast."

After saying the name, the mana ball fires off towards where the left hand of Alex is pointing at the boulders in front.

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom!!*

The spell managed to break boulders in front and made a lot of debris flying and smoke everywhere, which he instinctively covered his eyes. Once the dust smoke clears out, he places down his hands to see that the place he targeted was now boulder-free and the result made him slightly confused.

Amazing! It's more destructive compared when the dead adventurer uses it. When the dead adventurer uses the spell it would crush half of a boulder only but I managed to crushed all boulders.---

---This is interesting but why do I have the dead guy magic?....Do I have Mind down too? Let's test them later. It's interesting since One Piece doesn't have a magic system, as most One Piece's magic uses Devil fruits and others. I can think of two possibilities. One of them is the work of the strong body wish. If it is then this wish is worth it. The wish made it possible to use Mana Blast and it's more destructive that the dead guy could do.---

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---The second possibility is the dead adventurer's soul still resides inside this body, watching and waiting to take over. It might sound crazy but I watched and read multiple fictions that have these similar developments. Mostly, those have good and bad endings. I'm hoping for the good ending kinda like Kurama living inside of Naruto and having great bond. I won't disprove both possibilities and I must prepare, I won't let my second life go to waste.' All of these thoughts are present in Alex's mind and kept him interested in his new body, capabilities, magic and his future before another thought formed in his mind.

Having magic is great and all but do I really need it? I have devil fruits that are more versatile, supportive, destructive and more useful than Mana Blast. Also, I can use Devil Fruit's abilities more than the Mana Blast that will probably give me 'Mind down' after limited uses.

He questions the future of his magic wielding.

I'll probably won't use the Mana Blast for combat but I'm sure I can use them in other ways. F**k It's breezy in here! I should create clothes and armor for me. Luckily, there's a certain devil fruit to fix this problem.

Alex is still thinking of these and sudden breeze of air flew and made him shivered.

He immediately picked the needed devil fruit, The Garb-Grab Fruit or Fuku Fuku no mi.

*crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

He ate the whole devil fruit.

After that, he picked a pebble and it placed on his forehead and then closed his eyes and imagined the desired clothing with armor. After the visualisation, he formed his hands into a Hijitsu/Ram hand sign.

*POOF!*

Smokes appear and disappear instantly, with Alex's new clothes on display. He is now wearing the coat, heavy armor and clothing he imagined. After examining at it for a minute, he said to himself.

The Coat is too long. Also, the armor and clothes are too much extravagant and eye-catching for people. I wanna blend in with the crowd, I should remove the coat and engravings, lessen the armor, make a helmet, replace the gloves with something simple but durable and probably choose 4 colors only for the whole clothing, That should do it!

He decided to change the outfit and did the Ram hand sign again.

*PUF~~~FFF!!*

Smokes appear and disappear instantly, with Alex's changed clothes and less armor on display.

For the helmet, he made that all are covered but his eyes and cheeks are seen only.

For the top, he's wearing an unpolished chest plate armor on top of the Navy Blue fit sportswear long-sleeve shirt.

For the arms, he's wearing Metal medieval pauldrons with dark cotton padding, Metal medieval elbow guards with dark cotton padding and Brown leather gauntlets with dark cotton padding while the smartwatch is under the left gauntlet but it change position to upside down, where pulse could be felt.

For the bottom, he's wearing Brown viking leather war belt, Brown viking pants, Metal medieval knee guards with dark cotton padding, Black leather medieval shin guards and Black Tactical combat buckle knee high boots.

The Brown viking leather war belt that has a handed viking axe, 2 set viking knives with leather scabbard and pouch.

'This is it! light, durable, useful and not extravagant. Both cotton padding on armor and guards are warm and comfortable to wear. It's like wearing the beginner's Clothes and Armor in most MMORPG games. The Garb-Grab Fruit can create armor, axe and knives that are durable, sharp and useful. Now I have to be careful since this will disappear when I tear or undress...Still it's a success!' Alex complimented his clothing and armor after looking them for a while.

'Let's test if this clothes will or will not slow down my movements' He thought as he begins stretching his whole body, moving different places and repeat practicing martial arts, which the cave suffer again and the ground kept quaking.

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=LOCATION: Unknown=

A dark room, where quietness and darkness surrounds besides the center. In the center, there is a high and tall platform surpassing a human height. In the platform are four wooden tall torches lit up that are shining bright and illuminating the throne made of stone and the cloaked man sitting on the throne.

*crackle* *crackle*

Two burning torches crackles, which gives more lighting than the others and makes the face of the man sitting be revealed. An old man with eyes closed for a while and long white hair reaching to his chest. He wears a white robe with a black hooded cloak and sandals. He's sitting on the stone throne while his hands are both placed on the arm stumps.

The old man finally opened his eyes after many minutes passed and he looked in front with his now revealed blue eyes.

"Fels." He then spoke not loudly but enough to reach the room. The tone of his voice holds seriousness, order, wisdom and pride.

Within the shadows,

"What is it, Ouranos?" courteously replied by the newly appearing tall full black robe individual named Fels.

"Something was born in the dungeon anew. It is different from normal monsters." Ouranos told with uneasiness.

"Do you suspect that it's an Irregular or another Xenos? Do you want the matter to be investigated?" Fels asked with curiosity.

"If I'm correct, It's something new and gigantic. It spawned from the dungeon but it was born differently than the monsters' rebirth. I'm certain its different from the Irregulars and the Xenos. Go fourth and covertly investigate the matter. Return once you've gathered enough informations." Ouranos ordered Fels.

Fels accepted his order,

walked towards the darkness and magically left the room leaving the deity alone.

The room was quiet once more as Ouranos closed his eyes again and continued his prayers again hoping to know more about the spawned individual.

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{Anti-Monsters Barrier Remaining Time; 11 Months : 30 Days : 22 Hours : 02 Minutes}

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