I expected better

"Hello, Rayleigh-san. We meet again," Nami said, and everyone greeted him. He was just sipping his whiskey when they barged into the bar. Luffy, as usual, went straight for the fridge while Chopper was provided with a cotton candy.

Nami and the others mingled well, while Rayleigh looked at Ken and Luffy with interest.

"Spill out whatever you want to say," Rayleigh said. Ken and the others looked at each other and then both nodded. Together, they said, "We want you to train us."

This made Rayleigh, who was casually drinking, stop mid-sip and look at Ken and Aoto. Even Sanji and Zoro were regarding him with seriousness.

"You both wreaked havoc at Marineford, and you need training from an old guy like me? Hahahaha..." Rayleigh laughed as he said that. While he laughed, the others didn't. They simply looked at him with expectations.

"I can teach you, but I can't do the things you both did, or even the things Sanji and Zoro did," Rayleigh continued.

"We just want to learn Haki and make ourselves stronger," Sanji said.

"Alright," Rayleigh said. "But before that, I think you have someone to deal with, right?"

"Yes. I will face them alone," Ken replied. He nodded.

"I'm just curious. How does your Devil Fruit ability negate Haki?" Rayleigh asked, as he had seen how no attack was able to touch him.

"It's simple. It's not that they can't touch me, it's that they can never touch me. Haki can only influence what it can touch. They can never touch me in the first place. My body is just in another dimension, and thus no matter what level of Haki anyone uses, it will be useless," Ken explained. Rayleigh was surprised that Ken had the power to shift part of his body into another dimension.

This was a remarkable ability and one that probably had no equal.

They discussed a bit more about where they would train. Not all of them could train in Haki, so they decided to contact the Revolutionary Army and get information about islands around the world. They would travel to those places while training along the way. They also planned to let the other members of the crew gather more knowledge and abilities.

While they discussed with Nami what they would have to do, Ken walked out. He started walking alone through the mangrove islands. Garp had already contacted him, so he knew that it would be a trap.

For that reason, he had asked the Straw Hats crew to leave and wait for him on the ship. Since he had boarded the ship, he was almost never alone and had always been with friends. But now, as he walked alone, he remembered his previous life.

He never thought that he would be able to live out his fantasy in reality, and that too with such a huge impact. Just like the others, he was dying to see where the end of his journey would lead. But before all of that, he needed to make himself much stronger.

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Choosing...

Simulating a character for the host...

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Ken found himself in a new world. A world that seemed to be under constant conflict and battles. He noticed that he had a sword in his hand, and he was one of the guys who was more brutal than anyone he had seen around. These battles went on.

They went on for years. In those years, he wasn't alone, but actually got himself some colleagues in the war that was happening around. More specifically, 13 people joined him, and thus after a long and tough war against the one who was leading the conflict, they won. With their victory, peace was ushered in for the first time.

And this peace gave rise to a proper society, or as they called it, Soul Society. He became the Commander, and the others became Captains, each taking in subordinates. Yes, Ken, for his third one, got himself a swordsman.

One of the most powerful swordsmen in the Bleach world.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto

Though Ken was happy about the character, he had probably gained enough power to dominate the New World with this new identity. He expected something different from the system, maybe Stars and Stripes from MHA or something along those lines.

But it was fine. He had gained that power and he would have to be content with it. The story continued as the young Commander grew old as the years went by.

He saw the deaths of his former colleagues, and by the end, only one of them remained. He witnessed the rise and fall of many geniuses.

Aizen, Zaraki, Kyoroku, Toshiro...

Then he saw how Aizen strayed and turned out to be a dangerous villain in the end. Thankfully, another genius named Urahara was there to save them all. But the real threat came out of nowhere one day, and the one he had defeated long ago returned to haunt everything he had built in those thousands of years.

And in that battle, he died. But before he did, he burned violently and flickered. That was the last ever flicker for him and his sword, which also got destroyed. Thus, with that, the legacy of the famous Commander ended.

Ken was back again in the real world, on the side of the street. Only a few minutes had passed in the real world, but a thousand years had passed for him. He had almost lost himself living that life, but now that he was back, everything came flooding back to him.

Zoro must have really suffered a lot, Ken thought as he continued walking. Only this time, he had a sword at his waist. One of the most powerful swords of fire origin. Ryūjin Jakka.

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Character completion: 50%

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Ken could feel that he wasn't far away from bankai, but even then, considering the character completion, he could tell that bankai was a whole new level. His 50% completion was because he had the body to handle all the kido, sword techniques, and the fastest shunpo. It was only because he was the master of all that the completion rate was at 50%.

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