🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
The laughter dies down.The humiliation settles.Baby Zoro is still pouting in his welded metal baby chair.
Time to end the punishment.
Alex kneels, his faceless avatar inches from Zoro's tiny face.
Calm.Patient.Almost parental.
"Now then… Zoro.Did we learn our lesson?"
Zoro freezes.
His tiny fists clench.
His baby teeth grind.
His anger radiates like a miniature sun.
He inhales…
🔶 POV: Zoro (First-Person)
This is the worst moment of my entire life.
I want to shout "NO."I want to scream.I want to break free.I want to swordfight God.
But I can't.
I can't risk being stuck like this.
I whisper, through the deepest shame imaginable:
"…yes."
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
Alex nods.
"Good boy."
A snap.
Light swirls.
Zoro re-expands back into adult size.
The baby clothes vanish.
The chair becomes normal wood again.
The weld melts and disappears.
Zoro breathes in—and receives a gently folded bib in his hands.
Decorated with three little swords crossed together.
A souvenir.
Zoro stares at it in soul-shattering horror.
The Straw Hats burst into new waves of laughter.
🔶 POV: Robin (First-Person)
A keepsake.A memento.A historical artifact.
Beautiful.
🔶 POV: Nami (First-Person)
I'm going to hang this up in my room.
He'll never recover.
🔶 POV: Smart Characters (Kakashi, Bulma, Robin, Piccolo)
They speak almost at the same time.
"Are the rules final?Or can they change?"
Everyone quiets down.Even the idiots look over, curious.
Alex folds his hands.
"The rules are stable for now.But if people become too annoying…"
He pauses.
"…I will add new ones."
Collective unease rises.
Everyone glances at Zoro.
Zoro glares at them all.
🔶 POV: Luffy (First-Person)
"Rules are weird.I don't like annoying rules."
🔶 POV: Goku (First-Person)
"Don't be annoying. Got it!"
🔶 POV: Naruto (First-Person)
"…I feel personally attacked."
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
Alex dusts off his hands.
"Now then…Would you like rooms to sleep in?"
Instant refusal:
"No thanks.""We really should go.""We have missions.""We have responsibilities.""We have crew duties.""We have training.""We have work.""We have villages.""We have families.""We have—"
Alex raises a finger.
"This hotel is outside the Omniverse.Time does not pass here.If you leave after a week of rest… you return home five seconds later."
Silence.
Alex continues:
"Or ten thousand years later, if you want.Though I'm not sure why anyone would choose that."
The room freezes.
This sinks in.
Slowly.
Deeply.
Profoundly.
🔶 POV: Bulma (First-Person)
WAIT.NO TIME PASSES AT HOME!?
I can REST!?
ACTUALLY REST!?
🔶 POV: Kakashi (First-Person)
I could…finally…sleep.
A week of sleep.
A month of sleep.
Oh my god.
🔶 POV: Nami (First-Person)
A vacation.A REAL vacation.
Without pirates.Without storms.Without Zoro getting lost.
Incredible.
🔶 POV: Sakura (First-Person)
A bed.
A shower.
A day where Naruto doesn't stress me.
Yes.
🔶 POV: Vegeta (First-Person)
I can train here indefinitelyand return home instantly?
This is…a Saiyan's dream.
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
They look at each other.
They think about their lives.
Their exhaustion.
Their stress.
Their near-death experiences.
Their idiot trio.
Their insane responsibilities.
One by one—they nod.
"Yeah…we deserve a rest."
Alex smiles.
He produces a ring of brass keys.
Each key glows with gentle golden light.
"Simply point your key in front of you.A door will appear.It leads to your personal room."
They each take a key.
They point.
FOOM.
Floating doors manifest:
Wooden doors for the Straw Hats
Paper sliding doors for the shinobi
Sleek capsule doors for the DB characters
A fancy inn-style door for Jiraiya
A pink, sparkly one for Majin Buu
A practical, silent one for Kakashi
A royal one for Vegeta
A cloud-white one for Goku
A bold orange one for Naruto
A dark stone one for Piccolo
They open their doors.
Inside:
Amazingly soft beds—like cloudsAND the concept of cloudsmerged with perfect comfort.
A personal bathroom.Hot showers.Warm lighting.Zero stress.Zero noise.Infinite peace.
They step forward.
All at once.
The doors close.
Alex stands alone in the hall.
Satisfied.
The Infinite Hotel rests.