Reincarnated Into The One Piece World With The Zushi - Zushi No Mi

Another two months passed by quickly…

In the center of Alubarna Palace, inside the throne room, a large ceremony was taking place. All kinds of people were present including the Royal family, Royal Guards, and the Palace staff.

"Approach the king, Magnus and accept the honor!"

I walked towards Nefertari Cobra, the 12th king of Alabasta, with proper etiquette and a rigid expression.

He was sitting in his throne seat with green robe and waiting to receive me.

Today was the day I was officially joining the ranks of the Royal Guards… Everyone here was present to witness the honorable moment.

Clink…! All of a sudden, a vase was thrown that interrupted the ceremony.

Everyone turned their glance in shock towards Vivi, who was baring her teeth angrily at everyone. She was the one who had broken the vase.

"What're you all doing?! The country is dying… and now Koza has become the leader of the rebellion! How can we be wasting time here in this stupid ceremony?!"

At her words, everyone developed a sad smile on their face. The conditions in Alabasta were worsening upon the day.

News about Koza, Vivi's important childhood friend, had just been delivered to the royal palace too.

"Stand down and apologize, Vivi!" A thundering loud yell came from the king. With a red face, he turned towards me and continued, "I'm sorry young warrior… my daughter has been too emotional these days… Please accept her apology!"

He turned towards Vivi with an icy stare, expecting her to apologize any moment.

"I…I…" Vivi bit her lips and was about to apologize when…

"No need, your highness!" I kneeled and continued, "We all feel her pain today… The fact that this daring young princess had the guts to yell at us means that she loves her country, and I feel very proud of her… Please heed to my request king and forgive her your highness… and maybe even donate the food in this ceremony to the poor!"

The next moment, a bright smile emerged in the face of everyone in the room including the king.

At the same time, Vivi's face had tilted down in a little shame. She seemed to be feeling remorse for interrupting my 'special ceremony.'

"Okay, Magnus… Your words are accepted! All food will be given to the poor!"

To be honest, I didn't expect to be engaged in such throne room drama today. But I meant a lot of my words I said, since I could only respect Vivi's genuine compassion.

Growl…! My cheeks went a little pale with regret though. Maybe I shouldn't have said the food thing. I was looking forward towards eating it….

"Now, everyone, leave the throne room so that we can continue!"

Step-Step-

Everyone began to leave the room except for the king and me.

The last part of the ceremony required the King to exchange a few words of encouragement with the Royal Guard recruit. Only after doing so could I officially become part of the guard ranks.

Cobra examined me carefully and then said, "My daughter's a feisty one…. She is beautiful like her mother though. What do you think?"

'Eh…? Was Cobra asking me to rate his daughter?' I swallowed loudly.

"I'll get back to your daughter… There's something I need you to know that concerns the fate of Alabasta!"

I began to whisper a few words to Cobra. The more I did so, the more his eyes widened, and his expression became grimmer.

**

My time in the royal guard passed very quickly.

Apart from guarding the royal family on a few occasions, most of my time would be spent on training with Pell or by myself.

In addition, I would also have to contact a Baroque Works spy from time to time. I would hand information on the royal army every single time.

…

Another two months later…

Swoosh…!

At the lush rooftop garden on the Alubarna Palace, I was practicing my fighting technique taught to me by Pell. In secret, I was also learning how to imbue my Devil-Fruit gravitation powers in my punches.

Step-Step-

From the entrance of the garden, Nefertari Vivi walked into the park and noticed me.

She approached me and asked, "Magnus, why do you train so much every day?"

At her question, I struck the coolest pose I could and began to stroke my non-existent beard. "Mhm, so that I can become strong enough to protect you, your highness…!"

This answer wasn't even technically false, even though I was just a spy.

Vivi's ears grew a little red as she replied, "Hmph, isn't that your job…? I mean, no! I don't need saving; I'm strong!"

A little offended at my words for some reason, she began to dash out of the garden.

"Wait, your highness!"

"What is it…?"

I took a deep breath and continued, "Don't try to infiltrate Baroque Works! You may meet your end…"

Vivi's body froze, and her face went pale at my words. "How did you know…?"

It wasn't too hard to see the traces of Vivi trying to establish contact with Baroque Works, especially because I knew it was coming.

Of course, I couldn't tell her exactly how I got to know this.

"Your hair color, Vivi… It's blue, right? And my hair color's blue too! That means I can tell what you do!"

"Oh, that makes sense…! B-But wait, what?!"

Vivi's eyes widened in realization for a second before confusion entered her mind again. She tilted her head to the side and began to think about the connection between our hair.

After a few moments, a loud chuckle escaped my mouth that made Vivi realize I was kidding.

"You, stu… stupid… stupi-"

"Meet me at midnight here to know more about Baroque Works."

With these words. -Whoosh- I used Soru to rush out of Vivi's sight.

Vivi clenched her fists and decided to meet upon our agreed time later.

…

At midnight, I gave her a brief explanation of the structure of Baroque Works and its goal. I gave special attention in warning Vivi to stay away from the group.

However, all of it was in vain. She escaped with Igaram about a month later anyway.

I was a little annoyed at her Chunibyo behavior. Does this girl really think she can save the kingdom by herself?

The only thing left for me to do was keep this hush and not report this to Baroque Works for now.

**

More than two years later, about one month before the initiation of Project Utopia…

Inside my quarters, I was checking my stats with a slight frown on my face.

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Name: Magnus

Stats:

{Strength-64}

{Constitution- 62}

{Dexterity- 65}

{Perception-66}

{Willpower-67}

Current Stat Points Available: 0

Devil-Fruit Power:

{Zushi-Zushi no Mi}

Skills:

{Rokushiki}

{Haki}

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I had improved heavily in the past two years. My body had also become leaner and grown tall to about 6-foot 1 inch.

Even though I had improved this much, I wasn't enthusiastic. My training was no longer increasing my stats, meaning they had hit a plateau.

Worst of all, I wasn't 100% sure I could win against Crocodile yet.

Thud…!

Suddenly, I got up from my chair and with my lips curled upwards. "I guess we'll find out soon enough anyway." I muttered.