Within the Jambudvipa Fruit Realm of the One Piece world, the World Portal rippled outward.
An arm covered in coarse hairs kept stirring inside the portal, basking in the warm sunlight on his palm.
Neptune hesitated for a moment before finally pulling his arm back.
Seeing her husband's arm emerge unscathed, Princess Otohime could no longer hold back her eagerness. With a flick of her tail, she shot straight under his arm and into the portal.
"Otohime!"
Startled, King Neptune shouted, but it was too late—she had already gone in. He rushed after her.
"Mother!"
Shirahoshi, Shark Star, Royal Star, Cartwheel Star, and the others also panicked, rushing forward all at once.
Minister Left, Minister Right, and several guards immediately grabbed them!
The royal children were the future of Fishman Island.
If something happened to the king and queen, these children would have to carry on the legacy of Fishman Island—they mustn't risk their lives like that!
"We cannot allow His Majesty and the Queen to go alone into danger," the head guard growled lowly.
After the nearby ministers and guards held back the princes and princesses, one of them raised his hand, leading over a hundred loyal soldiers willing to face death, who plunged headfirst through the World Portal.
Earlier, the king had refused to let them risk their lives, personally testing the portal's legitimacy despite his royal status.
But how could they allow their beloved monarchs to face such peril?
"Mother~!"
Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi's eyes welled up with tears. As time passed with no one returning, she was on the verge of tears when—
King Neptune's head suddenly emerged from the base of the mirror-like World Portal.
Though seeing a head suddenly emerge from the base of what looked like a mirrored surface was unnerving,
the ecstatic look on Neptune's face said everything.
"Minister Left, bring some bubble coral! This is solid ground! Ground! Hahaha—She was right! It really is land!"
"Shirahoshi~ There are towering trees here, birds soaring above, and the crisp chirps of insects~ The Eternal Lord is real! We've received divine blessings! Waaahhh~"
Princess Otohime's head appeared above Neptune's.
She hadn't even finished speaking before tears streamed down her face.
"Your Majesty! Your Highness!"
Minister Left and Minister Right hurried forward with bubble corals in hand.
Together with Shirahoshi, Shark Star, and the others, they plunged headfirst through the waiting World Portal.
Warm sunlight enveloped them all.
Shirahoshi, Shark Star, and the rest gazed in stunned silence at the scene before them—just like the guards who had entered earlier.
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In the Marvel Realm.
Kei Yamanaka sensed a faint pulse of destiny power radiating from the rift between worlds, a faint smile tugging at his lips.
Even across dimensional gaps, that power clearly resonated with his Fate Precognition ability.
There's an 80% chance the world's Chosen One is on the other side.
He had already drawn Sword Art Online and then One Piece today—what world would this one lead to?
Using the power of [Soaring Through All Heavens], he forcefully tore open another dimensional gateway.
As soon as the gateway opened,
Scalding streams of water erupted from the portal.
"Hot springs?"
Kei Yamanaka slightly raised his eyebrows in surprise, about to add another waterproof barrier to the World Portal, just as he had done previously.
Then a large skeletal figure coated in shampoo foam was carried out by the steaming water.
Right behind followed a young man with elf-like ears and heterochromatic eyes, resembling a young boy—at second glance, more like an adorable teenage boy.
"Boiling a giant skeleton for soup?"
Looking at the giant skeleton whose eyes glowed blood-red and who had a red energy sphere in his abdomen, Kei's lips twitched in irritation.
Well, even without reading the Dark Communication Data, he already knew exactly what these two were.
Ainz Ooal Gown. And Mare.
"Lord Ainz~"
"Oh~ My Ainz..."
Two panicked cries rang out.
Albedo, horned and stunningly proportioned, and Shalltear, dressed entirely in black, nearly half their bodies had already burst through the World Portal.
They were about to throw themselves straight into Kei's arms.
Kei's eyes flickered.
The two figures lunged forward but were frozen mid-air in an instant.
Clearly, these two shameless perverts had definitely hidden where Ainz couldn't see and peeked while he was bathing!
He couldn't understand what was so fascinating about watching a skeleton bathe. Were they scared the soup didn't turn out well?
What weird taste...
Seeing Mare covering his private parts nervously after Shalltear and Albedo appeared, and Ainz Ooal Gown strangely blushing, Kei could only sigh inwardly.
The people from Nazarick Underground Tomb...
Seriously, corrupting public morality!
With a flick of his hand, he sent an explanatory message composed of dark energy into the minds of the four confused individuals.
Then, Kei tossed them all straight into the newly-formed Jambudvipa Fruit.
Nonsense, Weakness Incarnate, Succubus Shame, Love-Crazed Lamprey.
An oddly mismatched group like this.
Better to save further interaction for later.
Thinking to himself, Kei instantly conjured up a Magical Spatial Portal sparking with golden light and immediately arrived before the nearest World Rift.
"Definitely stronger than the Bone King..."
Up close,
Sensing the power of this world rift, Kei smirked. Activating the Quantum Engine, he resumed [Dimensional Roaming] once again, beginning to open this world's gate.
Moments later.
The World Gate took shape.
Noticing that this time the portal didn't erupt with seawater or hot spring water,
Kei was about to step inside when a small stone the size of a palm flew out from the portal, passing right by his feet.
Seeing someone—or something—at the other side of the portal,
Kei glanced around at the vacuum environment of space, quickly relocating the World Portal into one of the Jambudvipa fruits.
And following the thrown stone,
A branch, a stream of water, a fishing rod, a bicycle...
One after another, various probing objects flew through the portal.
It took quite some time—after countless probing attempts.
A girl with a petite frame, her orange short hair tied to one side, carefully stepped out of the World Portal, cradling a grotesque Hitode in her arms.
Kei Yamanaka, who had already begun opening the next World Portal, detected the first visitor to this unknown realm within the Eternal Divine Realm. He instantly deduced the girl's identity and the world she hailed from.
Pokémon, Viridian City Gym's youngest sister, Kasumi.
"Hitode, this doesn't look like any ancient ruins~"
Kasumi stared blankly at the sudden appearance of an explanatory page before her eyes, as well as her own Personal Panel. Without hesitation, she rushed back through the World Portal behind her.
This needs to be reported to the League right away!
A crucial gateway connecting other worlds wasn't something a rookie trainer like herself could involve herself in!
"Tch… Another weird realm added to the list!"
Kei Yamanaka smirked slightly.
He shifted his gaze toward the World Barrier ahead of him.
Without an existing World Rift, forcefully opening a World Portal was clearly far more difficult than tearing through a rift.
[Soaring Through All Heavens] reached full power.
As the World Barrier slowly stretched and warped, it finally coalesced into a World Portal.
At that moment, the system notification coldly chimed in.
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