Chapter 4- Punishment

<p>Three years passed since I met Luffy, From that day onwards Luffy and I become inseparable. <br/>I realized that strangely, Luffy is smart. In the series they described him, as dumb, but in reality, he is quite intelligent<br/><br/>he is also more aware of strangers which explains why he was so careful around me for the first month that we played.<br/><br/>My observation haki is awakened, this happened when I was Blindfolded and Luffy ruthlessly was trying to hit me with a thick stick, I can feel things 50 meters around me to the littlest detail. <br/><br/>Baki also began teaching me swordsmanship, but I'd rather use daggers than swords, dual daggers I prefer to any other weapon.<br/><br/>My hellish training for my body has started. Like might gai or rock lee from Naruto: If I don't do my requirements for the day, I'll increase the amount, even more, the next day, until I can do them.<br/><br/>Anyway, Luffy and I were currently out in the village and on our way to the Forest.<br/><br/>"Do you want to become a Marine or Pirate" Luffy suddenly said.<br/><br/>"I think I know", I said and he looked at me.<br/><br/>"Then what?", he asked slowly. I signed him to stay quiet until we reached the Forest.<br/><br/>"So?", he asked as we were seated.<br/><br/>"I'll become a Pirate, The strongest, it doesn't matter what despicable methods I use to get to the top" I couldn't help, but get excited thinking about the future.<br/><br/>"Why?" <br/><br/>"There Is a saying 'The strong become stronger while the weak stay weak' I do not want to be trampled upon, I want ABSOLUTE STRENGTH."<br/><br/>..<br/><br/>..<br/><br/>..<br/><br/>After an awkward silence, Luffy said:<br/><br/>"Well if you want to be a pirate then I'll become the pirate king. I'll explore the seas. I'll assemble a crew that will be with me until I'll become the king of the pirates!!" <br/><br/>".." <br/><br/>"Yale, do you want to be my first crewmate?" Luffy asked his eyes glittering in excitement.<br/><br/>"No thanks Luffy, Like you I also want to be a captain!" I refused, luffy looked saddened, but it instantly changed when I said <br/><br/>"Luffy, our crew can be allies if you want?" <br/><br/>"What's 'allies' thing you said?" <br/><br/>"That means that our crews are friends," I explained in the simplest way I could. We both started to laugh.<br/><br/>There are still two years left before the red hair pirates will arrive, and Luffy eats the devil fruit.<br/>I'm contemplating on stealing Luffy's devil fruit or not.<br/><br/>I've three years to make Luffy as loyal to me as possible. I know that Mt Colubo is close to the village, but, it'll at least take a couple of precious hours to get there.<br/><br/>I could ask both my parents and garp if I could go with Luffy, but I don't think Haku is going to accept it. There is a chance if I completely ignore Haku, it's not like I see her as my real mother anyways, but still...<br/><br/>I see Haku and Baki more as siblings rather than parents. my real parents who are in my previous world can never be replaced. I do care about both Haku and Baki, but if I don't leave now I'll never reach my dream! <br/><br/>I didn't go after my dream in my previous life because I just couldn't, I cared way too much for my siblings and parents, but I won't repeat this here too.<br/><br/>After playing with Luffy, I heard <br/><br/>[- Congratulations on becoming a [Player]<br/><br/>[Daily Quest is now available.]<br/>A voice of a young female resounded within my head, I could even see the quest window floating in mid-air, too.<br/><br/>'Could it be...?" I thought becoming excited.<br/><br/>While praying in my head, I cautiously opened the information window.<br/><br/>[Daily Quest: Preparations to become strong]<br/><br/>Press-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)<br/><br/>Sit-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)<br/><br/>Squat, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)<br/><br/>Running, 10 km: Incomplete (0/10)<br/><br/>※Warning: Incompletion of Daily Quests will result in appropriate levels of punishment.<br/><br/><br/>My overall strength was almost the same as an asana Adult human being. Except for being a bit weaker, I can't do 100 pushups, what if it hinders my growth and become even shorter than Luffy?<br/><br/>"Fine let's try!" I thought<br/><br/>After I stretched myself for a bit, I slowly performed the 'press-up'.<br/><br/>"One, two, three....."<br/><br/>The count started from 'one' and quickly climbed upwards.<br/><br/>".....97, 98, 99, 100."<br/><br/><br/><br/>The sky outside the window was already dyed in the colors of the sunset.<br/><br/>"It's already this late, huh." I thought as I went home. When I arrived I immediately went upstairs to my room.<br/><br/>my eyelids slowly closed shut. And I drifted away into a deep slumber.<br/><br/><br/>[You've failed to complete the Daily Quest. You'll be transferred to the 'Penalty Zone' for a set period.]<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>RUMBLE!!!<br/><br/>My eyes shot right open from the violent tremor that shook my entire body.<br/><br/>"An earthquake?!"<br/><br/>I sat right up and grabbed the edges of the bed. The shaking was so bad that I couldn't maintain My balance.<br/><br/>RUMBLE!!<br/><br/>The shaking got progressively worse as the seconds ticked by. It happened then.<br/><br/>One of the steel bars on the bed I held onto for dear life suddenly broke. No, it didn't break simply 'disappeared'. I hurriedly looked at my palm. No steel bar there, just grains of sand.<br/><br/>'Sand?!'<br/><br/>The other steel bar also transformed into the and as well.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the 'earthquake' became even more violent.<br/><br/>RUUUUMBLE!!!<br/><br/>"Uwaaahk!!"<br/><br/>In the end, I was thrown off the bed. I bounced around all over the room and screamed out. Even when that was happening, items within the room were turned into sand one at a. I felt something soft against my fingertips. They happened to be ultra-fine grains of sand.<br/><br/>And the accursed earthquake had stopped.<br/><br/>I spat out the sand in my mouth and hurriedly raised my heap.<br/><br/>"....?!"<br/><br/>my eyes caught the sight of an endless plain of nothing but sand.<br/><br/>I frowned heavily and got up. All the sand that found its way inside his clothes poured out. I dusted the sand caked on my chest while taking a look around.</p>