Chapter 46

Corazon or Donquixote Rosinante POV

"Uugh, what happened?" muttered Corazon as he opened his eyes and noticed that he wasin unfamiliar surroundings. "Where am I?"

From the side came a grasp: "Cora, yo are awake!"

It was Trafalgar Law, sitting under a blanket on a wooden chair beside the bed Corazon was lying in.

"You lost consciousness while we were talking. But your wounds are fine now." Harry had entered through the only door in the room, as if he had known Corazon had woken up.

"What happened at Minion Island? Where are we?" Corazon asked again while eyeing Harry with suspicion.

"Your brother arrived. He anhilated the island with his bird cage. I send you and Law here to my own world, so you can recover." Harry explained honestly, before pointing at a few girls that had been standing behind him and looking into the room, "I took the opportunity while you were out to recruit a few people in need at the North Blue. I really need capable people after all."

One was a light green-haired girl with glasses; she was around Harry's age. Beside her was another girl younger than even Law; she had aquamarine hair and dark blue eyes. Lastly, right beside Harry stood Baby 5 with her long black hair tied by a red bow tie and her white apron above her black dress. She was heavily blushing from the moment Harry said that he needed capable people, probably only having heard 'needed her'.

Corazon looked at Harry with a dead pan. "You said you have foreknowledge of some future events? Let me guess, including my brother."

"Yep." Harry smirked, popping the 'P'.

That bastard had abused his information on Baby 5 to recruit her, right from his Brothers Crew. He knew she desperately wanted to be needed and would do anything for a person who said he needed her.

"Sigh. And the other two?"

"Oh, these are Monet and her younger sister, Sugar." He introduced, "After I invited Baby 5 to help me, She was a bit away from the other Donquixote Pirates scouting the inside of the bird cage, so I decided to try a few tests on the bird cage itself. Unfortunately, your brother noticed me when I burned a hole through his cage. Right now, I am far too weak to face him in a one-on-one battle, so I had to flee for a few hours away from him. He persisted. I believe he thought I had something to do with the disappearance of the Ope Ope no Mi."

"You did. Did Law eat it? And this doesn't explain how you meet these two girls. Corazon pointed this out.

"I did, Corazon. See! Room." A small circular sphere appeared around Law, being around 1 m into each direction, with Law in its center.

"Nice that you figured out how to activate it properly. But you will need to train more to make it even bigger." Harry said as he unfolded the sphere around Law before he returned to his explanation, "Well, while I was fleeing from your brother, I flew in a random direction. That guy is really persistent. I even tried to kill him, but his hands just turned black, and he slapped everything away. He gave me no time to open a door. Well, luckily, he couldn't follow me once the sky cleared up, and he no longer had any clouds to put a string on and fly after me. I went to the next best island I found to return here. Coincidentally, Sugar and Monet lived on that island. They hated Monet because she ate a devil fruit and chased them away into the wilderness. I am quite familiar with unreasonable discrimination for something that isn't your fault, so I offered them a new home, and they accepted."

Corazon looked at the girls for a moment; it didn't seem as if they were here against their own free will. The world was full of bad fates and evil. Often, even the Marines were responsible for it.

At the same time, the Marines were the only thing keeping piracy in check. It was a balanced act that Corazon had chosen. He had chosen the gray to keep the majority safe and accepted that a few would suffer.

"What about my intelligence report?"

"Here, I still have it. You gave it to me while you were in fewer." Law said to pull a small capsule with the Marine logo out of a pocket.

"It needs to be delivered; my brother is planning to take over the country of Dressrosa."

"How Ironic."

"What?"

Harry starred at Corazon and puzzled, "Ah, you don't know? Dressrosa was the kingdom that was ruled by the Donquixote family until the end of the Void Century, before they became Celestial Dragons. But your report won't change anything."

"Why wouldn't it change anything? The Marines will stop them. Dressrosa is a country belonging to the World Government!"

"The so-called World Government is more interested in keeping the world in balance. The thread of the so-called Pirate Empereors has risen so much that they recently introduced the System of the Seven Warlords of the Sea to restore balance. Did you hear of them?"

"Yes?"

"Well, your brother has received the invitation from the World Government personally. And while he couldn't rejoin the Celestial Dragons, he still has connections and support within them, combined with his right to legal plunder. There is nothing the Fleet Admiral can do to stop him. His higher-ups won't allow it." This was a punch directly into the face of Corazon.

"But the Marines..."

"I admit many Marines have the right heart, but most of them won't reach high positions. Only if they throw away their own justice and accept the justice of the world government will they gain influence. Your whole system is flawed and corrupted. Why do you think Monkey D. Garp is the Hero of the Marines, probably the strongest Marine there is, only a Vize Admiral?" Harry crushed Corazon directly.

"So he doesn't have to follow the Orders of the Celestial Dragons?"

"Exactly, but the system is even more corrupted and evil than you know. You passed out before we could talk about it. I didn't recruit Law yet; I wanted to talk with you first. Did you know that most of the world has been flooded?

The islands you know of are simply the peak of the old world. It happened during the Void Century.

And Harry told them about what he knew of the Void Century, Joy Boy, the betrayal and destruction of the whole world with the ancient weapons, and the theory that the masterminds are still alive today in the form of the Five Elders and Imu, who have been immortalized with the Ope Ope no Mi.

Part of it was still theory, but a convincing one. It was the most actual state of his knowledge of One Piece before he died.

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Harry Potter POV

These last few days have been really profitable. And if he meant really, then he meant really, really. Not only did he manage to collect eight different Devil Fruits, he also recruited some capable personnel to expand his household and organization, which includes four Devil Fruit users.

Bringing the total amount of Devil Fruit Powers in his possession to 14, including Robin. While he never tried, he was sure that with his Power of Contracts, he could actually transfer Devil Fruit Powers, probably even their weaknesses. Maybe he should just do that?

After all, the Devil Fruit Weakness to Water had carried over in between worlds. Robin had trusted him enough to try this with him, just to confirm it and debunk one of his theories about the mechanics behind Devil Fruits.

Law had eaten the Ope Ope no mi, making him one of the best doctors in his world already, with a bit of training in the multiverse. He had been ready to join him from the beginning, but Harry had wanted to wait for Corazon to wake up.

Corazon, or rather, Rosinante, was a different matter; he had been suspicious from the start. Which was natural since he had been living as a double agent for years.

But after revealing what he knew about the One Piece World and its world government, the man agreed to join him under the condition that Harry would stand against the world government in the future.

Right now, he is probably the strongest member of his organization. At least physically. Combined with his Silencing Devil Fruit Powers, he was quite a powerhouse in Westeros. But not that strong in the One Piece World.

Then there were the sisters Monet and Sugar; they had been starving and alone, thrown out of their homes because Monet had accidentally eaten a devil fruit, branding her as a devil in the eyes of her home town.

Unfortunately, he didn't gain one of the most broken Devil Fruits in the whole of One Piece, Sugar's original one, the Hobi Hobi no Mi, which could take out a foe with a touch and turn them into a toy.

Harry had confirmed that Doflamingo possessed it. There was no easy way to get it.

Doflamingo, with his Devil Fruit, and Haki were vastly stronger than Harry. And he had tried to fight him.

That guy simply punched a killing curse to the side and resisted it.

There was no way for Harry to face him at his current level.

Lastly, he recruited Baby 5, which had been easy. She craved being needed by someone. And Harry would give her just that.

Was it a bit scummy? Sure, sue him. But as a beggar, he wouldn't let such an opportunity go.

Even after recruiting them, he was still on the lower strength level of One Piece. None of the characters, besides Law, had become a top powerhouse in that world.

And then there were the Devil Fruits he had collected while abusing his magic. He was sure they were worth a lot if he sold them in his store, but for now he would keep them. If he desperately needed funds, he could sell one, something like the Zuo Zuo no mi (Elephant Fruit) or the Mogu Mogu no mi (Mole Fruit).

He had gained fruits from all categories.

The other Zoan he gained was one that was owned in the future by a Tobiroppo of the Beast Pirates, the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Spinosaurus. Probably one of the best he had, but not the best.

From the Paramecia Category, he got Bari Bari no mi (barrier fruit), Sube Sube no mi (smooth fruit), and Bomu Bomu no mi (bomb fruit).

And even two Logias, while getting the Goro Goro no mi (Thunder Fruit), managed to kill a young Enel before he could kill a ton of people and destroy a whole Sky Island.

The last Logia fruit was the one he always knew the location of for sure, the Mera Mera no Mi (Fire Fruit), sorry Ace.

Did he care that his looting trip had changed the future of the one-piece world drastically? Maybe, but it would have happened either way with his existence.

All of these fruits were involved in the story; the changes they were missing could be even more beneficial. After all, maybe without a Devil Fruit, Ace would learn Haki properly, become stronger in the end, and survive.

Surprisingly, he managed to gather one other fruit. One that hadn't appeared in the One Piece Story.

Harry found it in the South Blue in a chest together with the Bomu Bomu no Mi. What happened in the story to it, he had no idea. Maybe Gem from Baroque Works sold it after eating the Bomu Bomu no Mi; it was just speculation.

Probably because the people in the One Piece World lacked the ability to appraise Devil Fruits without the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, or Gem would have definitely eaten this mythical Zoan.

[ Hito Hito no mi: Model Seraph (Legendary): A mythical Zoan Devil Fruit that turns its eater into a seraph. The user gains all the abilities of an angel of the highest level, and his body gets strengthened. It's affiliated with the light and holy elements.

Warning! A devil fruit initiates a partial race change. Under normal circumstances, only one can be eaten. Changing it afterwards may not be possible. ]

That fruit was an amazing find.

And there were still a ton of fruits that had their original owners or were out there since he didn't dare to fly into the Grand Line.

Something just felt wrong about doing that. Also, there are probably thousands of more fruits that didn't appear in the story either.

After all, every devil fruit is a possibility for human evolution that someone desires. At least according to Vegapunk.

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