Rock D Xebec

After estimating his time of arrival, Sora began to ponder whether he should destroy the One Piece plot from the beginning or let it run until the canon story began.

After some time, Sora decided to just play along and let the story proceed normally.

If necessary, he wouldn't mind occasionally appearing and participating in shaping the story.

Sora then returned to the beach where he first appeared, created a simple house, and began training again to master all his powers perfectly.

Starting with his time manipulation abilities, he tried to create a static domain where Sora stopped the time of all creatures or objects except himself.

Once he was satisfied, he continued to train his reality manipulation abilities, which he had combined with the Arc of Embodiment.

Although Sora could currently create living beings, he decided to use this ability only to create livestock that could be consumed.

To him, creating humans or other intelligent beings was not interesting. It was better to buy them directly from the shop with gacha because there was a certain thrill in not knowing who he would get from the gacha.

Sora also did not forget to train abilities related to the One Piece world, such as his Ryu-Ryu no Mi, Model Bahamut, and the three types of Haki he also possessed.

After three days of training, Sora detected a ship sailing toward him using his Kenbunshoku Haki, which could detect over a vast distance.

After waiting for some time, Sora could now clearly see the small ship and a person standing at the front of the ship with his hands on his hips.

As if realizing Sora was waiting, the person waved his hand towards Sora.

After the ship docked and the ship owner approached him, Sora could now clearly see the person.

An adult man with dreadlocks, a large and very tall body that would be extremely abnormal if Sora were in his old world. The man wore a maroon red shirt and a black cloak, carrying a sword at his waist.

"Yo! Island dweller, my name is Xebec, Rocks D. Xebec, the future world ruler. Do you want to join and become a member of my pirate crew?"

Hearing that name, Sora was very surprised because he didn't expect the overlord of the One Piece world to meet him and ask him to join his crew.

Additionally, the fact that Xebec was currently just a novice inviting him to join.

The reason Sora knew Xebec was a novice was because the ship was too small, the sword was ordinary and perhaps even fake, and his strength was still quite weak.

Knowing that fate seemed to have decided to involve him, Sora had no other choice but to play along.

However, before that, he wanted to know about Rocks D. Xebec, known as the overlord.

"I don't care why you sought me out, but there's one thing I want to ask. And remember! Lying to me is pointless, and I guarantee you'll regret it, Rocks D. Xebec-san."

Hearing Sora's rather odd statement, because people usually asked why, Xebec decided to consider him an interesting weirdo and smiled, allowing Sora to ask anything.

"What is your reason for declaring yourself the world ruler?"

The question posed by Sora made Xebec lose momentum, and his face suddenly became serious.

"Sigh... you know, my life won't last long because I live three times longer than an ordinary person. And if I'm going to die, why not do something big? Become the world ruler!! Isn't that great and very cool as a life finale? And the fastest way, of course, is to become a pirate... Kahahahaha!"

If Xebec didn't know about Haki, maybe he would have lied, but since they were in the New World, knowledge about Haki was common, and a strong enough Kenbunshoku Haki could even read a bit into the future, let alone simply detect a very simple lie.

For this reason, he decided to tell Sora the truth.

Sora himself, hearing that answer, did not expect that Xebec, often described as power, wealth, and authority-hungry, was just a dying man.

Remembering a condition very similar to someone he knew, Sora then asked Xebec if he could eat more than one Devil Fruit.

And the answer given was something Sora had expected, where Xebec could indeed eat more than one Devil Fruit because he showed the abilities of the two Devil Fruits he already had.

The first was the Contract Fruit, with the ability to make an unbreakable contract where the bound parties must follow the contract's terms until completion.

The second was the famously known Devil Fruit in the One Piece animation, the Yami-Yami no Mi, which eventually fell into the hands of Marshal D. Teach. However, due to Xebec's skill, the dark fruit's visual effects were not clearly visible.

'Maybe that's why the Yonkos were very obedient to Xebec, and Whitebeard was also slightly surprised when his attack was blocked by Teach.'

Unfortunately, Xebec never found a third Devil Fruit that suited him, so he had to stick with two types of powers.

Seeing Xebec's seriousness, Sora accepted his offer, and of course, they used Xebec's Contract Fruit power, where Sora only needed to be a member of the Rocks pirate crew as long as Xebec was alive.

After completing the contract, Sora left with Xebec, leaving his small house to head into the New World seas for fun.