Fortune

"Thank you for shopping, please come again."

The shop owner escorted the customer to the door, a wide smile on his face. After all, the customer had bought a lot of coffee beans from his shop.

On the other hand, carrying large bags of coffee beans in both hands, Eiji walked away from the coffee bean shop.

He had been staying on the Sabaody Archipelago for a week. He could only wait for Rayleigh to reunite with Shakky.

To fill his free time, Eiji tried to brew coffee with the coffee beans in this world. He found there were several types of coffee beans that were not available in his original world.

He really liked coffee and preferred to make it from beans rather than using pre-made ones.

"Oh no, there's a Tenryuubito, run quickly!"

On his way to the inn, Eiji ran into people fleeing in the opposite direction.

Their expressions were panicked as if being chased by something dangerous.

"Tenryuubito... Let's avoid them."

Like the others, Eiji hurried away.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the Tenryuubito. After all, he had killed them in the holy land of Mary Geoise. It was just that he didn't want to reveal his presence and attract the arrival of an Admiral or even the Knights of God.

Eiji wasn't a stubborn person; if he could avoid trouble, he would.

Hiding behind a building, he saw the Tenryuubito dressed ridiculously, holding a chain that bound the neck of a beautiful woman.

Those who were late in escaping prostrated on the ground, praying that the Tenryuubito would leave without noticing them.

"Slavery, huh... Very disgusting."

As someone who valued freedom, Eiji despised slavery.

"I see. Now I understand why there are no new Marine recruits in Sabaody. The higher-ups don't want to let them see this kind of thing. Many people join the Marines with justice in their hearts. Unfortunately, the Marines aren't a true justice organization but a tool used by the World Government."

"If they knew the Marines turned a blind eye to the slavery carried out by the Tenryuubito, it would shake the sense of justice of the new Marine officers and make them question themselves."

"As for the senior Marines who know about this, they can only compromise because they realize they can't do anything."

Eiji's doubts were now answered.

When he roamed the lawless area, it wasn't strange to see Marines. But what puzzled him was that they seemed senior and there were no new members.

"In some aspects, the life of ordinary people without power in the One Piece world is more miserable than in the medieval Isekai world."

Having seen dozens of worlds, Eiji considered the One Piece World one of those with the worst governments.

"Forget it, changing the world isn't something done by one person alone."

Seeing the Tenryuubito entourage move away, he walked out of his hiding place.

For him, it was a trivial matter to save slaves in Sabaody.

Even so, he didn't take any action.

Eiji wasn't afraid of facing the consequences of his actions, but the freed slaves would bear the consequences.

In his opinion, if can't be responsible until the end, don't do anything.

Those who receive kindness don't always end up well.

"Even without me, Luffy is the Son of Destiny in this world, it's only a matter of time before the Tenryuubito and the World Government are overthrown from power."

Eiji shook his head, no longer thinking about the matter, and walked to the inn.

❀❀❀

Afternoon.

Sitting on a mangrove tree, Eiji was fishing.

Next to him was a bucket containing five fish he had already caught.

"Got one."

Feeling a tug on the fishing line, he quickly reeled it in.

Under his physical strength, he ignored the resistance of the sea creature that bit his bait.

A shrimp about five meters in size emerged from the water.

"Very big. The size of animals in this world is very illogical."

Although slightly surprised, Eiji spoke calmly.

"Wow, you caught a pretty big shrimp."

After Eiji managed to pull the shrimp in front of him, he heard Rayleigh's voice behind him.

"What's up, Rayleigh? It's unusual for you to meet me. Don't you want to spend a lot of time with Shakky before leaving again?"

Because the bucket was small, Eiji placed the shrimp on the ground after tying it with a rope.

"Shakky told me not to delay any longer."

Sitting next to Eiji, Rayleigh drank the beer he brought.

"..."

Throwing the hook into the sea, Eiji said nothing.

In the distance, he could see ships coming and going.

"Rest assured, Rayleigh, I won't train as long as you think. At most, three to five months is more than enough for me to master Haki."

"Oh, you're very confident?"

Rayleigh almost choked hearing Eiji's arrogant statement.

Even Luffy, the most talented person he had ever seen, needed almost a year to master Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki to a level suitable for actual combat.

"I am very talented." Answered Eiji briefly.

"Ha Ha Ha... You are an interesting person, Eiji. Either you're narcissistic or very confident."

Rayleigh laughed heartily.

"Hopefully your statement isn't just empty talk. That way, I can return to my usual routine."

"..."

Eiji knew that words alone wouldn't convince Rayleigh. Therefore, he didn't say many useless words, he would prove it with his actions!

"I caught another one."

Feeling a tug on the fishing line, he started reeling it in. However, this time it felt lighter than the fish he caught before.

"PFTTT—..."

Rayleigh, who was enjoying his drink, couldn't help but spit out his beer when he saw what was caught.

"This is the first time I've seen someone fishing not catch fish, but a Devil Fruit."

That's right, what was hooked was not a fish or other sea species, but a Devil Fruit!

"Your luck is very good."

"Really? I consider my luck quite bad."

Compared to Rayleigh's enthusiasm, Eiji was not at all pleased to have caught a Devil Fruit.

Within seconds, he recalled the Devil Fruit encyclopedia and knew the name of the Devil Fruit in front of him.

A Zoan-type Devil Fruit, Tori Tori no Mi model Emu.

"You don't seem happy at all."

"It's just a Zoan, no need to make a fuss."

With this, Eiji now had ten Devil Fruits, but five had already been given to Rayleigh as the cost of Haki training.

"Whoa, if Kaido heard your dismissive words, he would be very angry."

Rayleigh was speaking the truth.

One of the Yonko, Kaido, founded the Beast Pirates consisting only of Zoan Devil Fruit users.

"When are we leaving?" Eiji asked while continuing to fish.

"In two days. Prepare your supplies, we will train on an island near Amazon Lily. The journey will take about five days."

"Understood."

Then, Eiji and Rayleigh only returned after sunset.