Grand Line sea calendar 1518
10000 meters above sea level
Sky Island
Takumi sat on a soft island cloud
enjoying an apple while feeling the flowing wind passing across his face
" Raki you really shouldn't be wasting your time like this ,don't you have training right now "
He took a bite savouring the sweetness
" After all you're all pretty close to mastering the first application of armament haki and slacking off now will dampen your spirit "
He looked at the beautiful black haired woman beside him fanning him while holding an umbrella over his head and said sincerely
" After all you all know what it feels like to be powerless against a logia though they are rare there is always a chance another will come better to be prepared after all I won't always be here"
At those final lines the womans other peaceful expression stiffened slightly and a small frown formed on her small mouth
it was missed by Takumi who didn't bother with being vigilant against her and had his attention attracted back to the apple in his hand
" I know ...but I can't just let you sit in the sun without any protection you might feel uncomfortable under the strong heat and everyone would be heartbroken if that happened !"
Takumi's lips twitched
' Me be uncomfortable under the sun?!'
' If nami hears you she'd give you a mouthful'
Takumi sighs and rubs at his white bangs in sudden exhaustion
This exhaustion was not from fighting or training but from these people and their so called gratitude
He understood that he may have helped by
First by defeating Enel the thunder logia user
Second by resolving the fight for land between the skypians and shandians
Third by Gave them the methods to getting stronger
Fourth by warning them of the dangers below their Island at what they call the blue sea
Takumi paused suddenly realising just how much he gave these people
when he started to think about all he asked for was for the opportunity to collect gold which the didn't even feel was valuable anytime he swung by
which to them felt like they were down right robbing him
" This is really troublesome"
Takumi mumbled
" Takumi-sama ...you said you'd be leaving...when .. exactly is that"
Raki asked in low tone
Takumi slumped even more
Sometimes he felt like he indeed gained a system when he was reborn here
Not his outrageous swordsmanship talent no that still felt within the range of possibilities however low it was
The real miracle or nightmare depending on a personal viewpoint was why his luck with women was so outrageous
Takumi entered this world 25 years ago and the amount of heroines and female antagonists he met couldn't be counted in two hands
In just this year he met
Nami
Nojiko
Conis
Raki
In the past 24...well let's just say his influence reaches dolfamingos family hmph
Takumi really wondered what dolfamingo would do when he realised that sugar and Monet were his women or how shanks would feel if he knew that he was supposed to have a daughter
Welp he didn't meet her so he wouldn't miss her
Uta was fine a little bratty and clingy but fine
Monet and sugar were another story though
he had ahem educated them
Cough brainwashed cough when he just met
Well it couldn't be brainwashing when they basically did that themselves ,right?
Takumi thought back to those years when he was still a brat himself
" Hey you're Monet the older one right"
He said looking at the almost adult who looked to be around 15 to 16
" Mhm"
" You said you wanted to repay me for the favour I did"
" That's right I'll do anything!"
Looking at the young woman who looked like she'd cry if he didn't believe her he decided to just roll with it he was planning on leaving anyway
..
" Ok I don't really know what to say so ...
just do what you want from now on ok"
" ...huh?"
Takumi who had turned to leave looked back at her a little annoyed
" I'm saying enjoy you're life whether it's going to sea
or whatever "
Turn back and start to walk forward
"before you couldn't because you were weak
but since you ate Yuki Yuki fruit a logia you're fine
Well as long as you stay low and get stronger"
Takumi slowed down and looked at the little green Bundle who was called sugar
" That's the best you could do for yourself and little sister"
But when he looked at the girl he was talking too only to see her looking at him with a strange almost creepy and slightly hot expression
" Do anything?"
" Yes anything"
" Then can I follow you?!"
...."say what now"
Yeah that wasn't the only one and he had somehow gotten numb to how these girls seem to see him in some kind of Knight in shining armour filter
He did help them yes but mostly for his own peace of mind and benefit
Like how he helped Monet and sugar from the streets because they looked miserable in the cold winter
Though Monet did eat the devil fruit he had obtained which coincidently was the one she ate in the original he didn't dwell on it
Those two however saw it differently
Takumi rubbed his temple remembering just how hard he had to try to get rid of the 2 even when sugar had literally clung to him
It seemed that these girls loyalty was very simple to obtain just a bit of kindness and they'd clung onto his cough thighs cough
Since they didn't want to leave him heck the reason they were in dolfamingo family was because he had made an excuse to get rid of them and said he wanted Intel on dolfamingo but needed someone he could trust for the job
The 2 jumped at the chance and infiltrated the donquite family in order to repay Takumi-sama's graceful kindness
He sighed and looked up to the heaven's and prayed for a sign that showed that this really wasn't the otherworldly talent he was gifted with
Boom!!
Crash!
"Takumi-sama!?"
Takumi who had fallen off his cloud cushion groaned as raki asked him questions frantically
He rolled onto her lap and looked up
Raki unlike other women didn't blush or shy away but looked at his face for bruises in hard detail and Takumi didn't look at her beautiful worried face but looked at the sky where a golden curtain seemed to spread across the Blue ocean like sky
Bold words were written on the curtain
[The beginning to the pirate world's first golden list !]
[This list is dedicated to showing the world strongest in different fields and rewarding them for their efforts]
[ The first list that will be shown is the swordsmanship list]
[ This list will show the strongest swordsman and the strongest swordsmanship respectively]
[100th place in the swordsmanship list]
[Pirate Hunter : Roronoa Zoro]
[Swordsmanship : Three sword style!]
Takumi looked at the golden list and felt his lips curl
" Heh guess I really didn't get such an outrageous talent for nothing after all"
East blue random island
A green haired young man looked at the sky in astonishment
" What the hell is this!?"
Zoro stared at the sky in confusion and a bit of excitement
He was confused as to why such a thing appeared and excited because of what was written on it
" A swordsmanship list?"
" Is this some kind of ranking"
" Wait!!"
" The hell is this nonsense!"
"How the hell am I only in the 100th place !?"
This realisation struck him like a drum he wanted to find the greatest swordsman for a duel when there were 98 people with better qualifications
"Hmph?!"
Zoro was stunned at the text that appeared next on the list
Not just him everyone world wide was especially swordsman
[ People on the list can request to challenge any on the list in order to get higher rankings]
[Higher rankings cannot challenge lower rankings]
[Rewards will be distributed after 10 days with rarity and value increasing with each 10 rankings!]
[ Chat function is opened and all who appeared on the list can chat freely on the list from now on]
On top of the red line
Mary geoise
Chamber of power
Saint Peter looked at the sky with a frown and turned to nusjuro
" Fellow elders do you feel this is the work of someone on these seas "
Nusjuro the only elder in the room shook his head
" This curtain has the ability to appear across Mary geoise without our notice and its spread seems endless though hard to believe this thing may be that of a higher being maybe eve-"
" Hush Nusjuro do you think you've lived long enough! There is no being of higher stature than Imu-sama and I don't want to remind again"
Saint Saturn said but as he was about to continue a line of text in the golden list caught his attention
[Takumi : My my~ isn't this interesting can this really cover the whole world ? Hey~ hawk-chan say Hi if you see this]
[ Hawkeye : ...Takumi the next time I see you I'll make sure to leave you in peaces]
[Takumi : Oops you're actually there hawk-cha ahem hawkeye do you find this list interesting~ And why say such scary things ~ Leaving me in pieces ~ How scary~]
[ Shanks : Hohoho hawkeye you seem to have a unique relationship with this fellow named Takumi]
[ Takumi : The one armed emperor I almost forgot that this monster was a swordsman too]
[ Shanks : hahaha someone as bold as you actually exists I really want to meet you now ]
[ Takumi : Hiss ~ Is the Four emperor Red haired actually threatening me with my life~ how scary~ I guess I'll just stay hidden I can't survive even a stray attack from this world's monsters~]
[Hawkeye : Hmph the real monster here is you Takumi ]
[Takumi : Stop with the slander you if you do I don't mind telling others-]
[ Swordsman Hawkeye mihawk challenges swordsman Takumi]
[ Reminder swordsman ranked high cannot challenge those lower than their rank]
The world stirred
Looking at the words that kept appearing many people were stunned
[ Gion : Takumi you bastard, where the hell are you!]
[ Takumi : huh is this the newly promoted Vice Admiral Momousagi~ Strange why do you seem to have a feud with me ~ Is there some misunderstanding perhaps]
[ Gion : you damn b***h , who the hell do you think I am when I find you I'll **** you then make you ********* your **** with s*** stains on it]
[ Kizaru : Takumi-kun I'm honestly surprised you're still without a bounty after how many things you did~]
[ Takumi : Oh why do you say that senior kizaru~]
[ Kizaru : Oh my ~ have you forgotten you're call with the world government ~]
[ Gion : Admiral kizaru watch your words ]
[ Takumi : That's advice that should be taken by you instead gion-chan~]
[ Gion : *** **** ****** *****]
[ Takumi : hehe how amusing though you're words seem to stir my memory senior kizaru ]
[ Takumi : Are you talking about my conversation with the five old hag's oops I mean five esteemed elder~]
[Takumi : If so then you can take the same advice I gave them ]
[Takumi : I fear no one in these seas and if you got a problem with that then go eat shit~]
Bang!
"Bastard !"
Saint warcury's face was red with anger his fist smashed on the desk leaving spiderwebs
" We've tolerated this bastards arrogance long enough he has crossed a line this time!"
Warcury turned to nusjuro
" Elder Nusjuro this mortals arrogance has been tolerated long enough I propose he be wanted immediately"
" The matter of his strength or influence is of no importance before the world government's dignity!"
Nusjuro nodded his hands gripping the sandai kitetsu with anger
" No need for voting this is the thought of all present is it not"
The other elders nodded indicating the agreed aswell
" Then what bounty should we give Takumi ,last we checked he toy with vice Admiral gion and though he was still far from Admiral level before we can't be sure now "
Saint Peter said cooly
The other elders debated before coming up with the amount
[ Saint Nusjuro : Takumi you're arrogance is even worse than the last time we spoke ]
[ Takumi : Hoho~ One the grandma's actually spoke up guess that sword you carried wasn't used to cut you're nails as I thought I apologise for the misunderstanding ~]
[ Saint Nusjuro : Hmph you think this is funny let's see if you'll be laughing in a while
[ Takumi : what you gonna do, slap a bounty on me?
Haha do it and see what I think]
[ Saint Nusjuro : It seems you have considerable confidence in your strength of you are so calm ]
[ Takumi : Hahaha Who among the strong actually see a bounty as troublesome ~]
[ Shanks : Mhm mhm I agree with my junior after a certain point bounties just stop creating problems in fact it might give you opportunities hahaha]
[Rayleigh : Eh shanks you're really bold saying that to the world governments face not scared they'll be knocking at your door]
[ Shanks : Hahahaha they can try if the want to the seas have been very quiet recently]
[ Takumi : hey speaking of which ,nusgranny what's my bounty you were sidejacked]
[ Saint Nusjuro : 1 billion berries dead or alive , I wish to see if you'll still be dancing around like a monkey when time comes ]
[ Takumi : Aw ~ damnit so low ~ not even 1.5 billion whats wrong the pigs you call nobles started eating the heavenly gold now or something or is the dignity of the world as cheap as what I earn in 2 months]
Boom!
That sentence once again left the world speechless this was the second time Takumi had insulted the world governments elders if you ignore the disrespectful way he addresses them
it can be said that while most people have distain for the world government and its people few actually dare say such brazen words aloud and even fewer are bold enough to say it while the whole world is watching
Every one was speechless
Who the hell was this guy !?
And what gave him such enviable courage !?
Before the people could react they noticed the golden list flash again and realised that while they were focused on the heated discussion the golden list had already reached the 15 place and the name that appeared suprised many
[ Swordsmanship rank 15 : Kizaru ]
[ Swordsmanship type : Sword of light]
[Description using the powers of the pika pika Nomi to create a sword of light the relying on lights high speed movements to despatch enemies though the swordsmanship has not reached its zenith it's speed and power is enough to land him in the top 20!]
[ Takumi : Senior Kizaru is awesome!! He entered the swordsmanship list without high swordsmanship ]
[Takumi : Yellow monkey supremacy!! ]
[Kizaru :Oh my ~ Being praised like this by a criminal is unpleasant]
[Gion : I'm surprised you made it this far Takumi ]
[ Takumi : Gion-chan to be honest besides hawk-chan don't think I'm below anyone in this world in swordsmanship ]
[Gion : Arrogant little punk! The hell you think you are some kind of sword Saint ]
[ Shanks : Ho newcomers really fear nothing these days ]
[ Rayleigh : Don't act like you were any different back then if anything this one has spunk you on the other hand were all bark and no bite ]
[ Shanks : Vice - captain don't reveal my dark history!]
[ Rayleigh : Hahahaha]
[ Vista : I take offence to what you say newcomer ,are you saying you have swordsmanship higher than my own ]
[ Saint Nusjuro : You truly have no rivals in arrogance you filthy bug ]
[ Ain : Shut up Takumi-sama is the best in the world! ]
Takumi raised a brow he didn't think he was being arrogant but it seems his casual remark made the entire group excited
" Those bastards how dare they look down on Takumi-sama!"
Below his head Raki who was still giving him a lap pillow trembled from anger at the comments
At how the disrespected takumi and at how they looked down on him
Takumi just smiled exasperated
" Do the opinions of strangers affect you that much Raki?"
Takumi asked curiously this didn't seem to align with her indifferent attitude unless-
" I don't care if it's about me but they're talking about takumi-sama , how could I remain unmoved"
...' They're hopeless'
Takumi gave up on these girls
Wasn't it the Amazons of daughter island that should be lovesick not these girls how come all the girls he meets end up the same
" Hmm?"
Takumi looked at the list in surprise
[Swordsman Vista challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank ]
[ Swordsman Gion challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank ]
[ Swordsman Rayleigh challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank ]
[ Swordsman Roronoa Zoro challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank ]
[ Swordsman Takumi is required to select one of the following challengers in 5 minutes]
[ Failure to do so will be met with punishment]
[ Takumi : hey hey hey hey are you serious? You guys would actually challenge me because of one comment?!]
[ Vista: of course what did you expect that we'd just denounce you no I need to give you and the other arrogant newcomers a lesson ]
[ Gion : You seem to look down on me so I need to see if you have the capital as the " higher rank "]
[ Rayleigh : To be honest I just wanted to stretch my legs and decided you would be an interesting person to meet and exchange blades ]
[ Ain : Hmph even if you went together Takumi-sama would still win ]
[ Takumi : Hey hey Ain you're not helping right now ]
[ Saint Nusjuro : it's seems you've lost you're spine now , what did you kick a steel wall this time hahaha]
[ Takumi : I'm not like you who needs glasses to even grip a sword I'm just enjoying a lap pillow right now leaving would be troublesome ]
[Swordsman golden lion challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank]
[Swordsman Charlotte smoothie challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank]
[Swordsman Cavendish challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank]
[ Swordsman Shanks challenges swordsman Takumi for a duel for higher rank]
Suddenly a spike of challenges comes flooding the screen making Takumi, the swordsmen of the list and the viewers numb for two different reasons
Takumi was numb from how the words he used to appease others seemed to make them more provoked instead
The viewers were numb by how many enemies this Takumi could make in a couple of minutes using a couple of sentences
And the swordsmen were numb from one part of the challenge notification that kept appearing with every challenge
[Challenges for a duel for higher rank]
That part of the sentence made every one realise that Takumi wasn't lying when he said his swordsmanship was higher than every swordsman beside hawkeye
This became especially true when even Rayleigh and shanks were dubbed as lower ranked than him
This trend went through the whole list until the 100th rank
[ Takumi : The hell!?Why the hell did you suddenly challenge me !?]
[ Gion : Are you seriously not seeing what's going on you bastard how the hell did you become this strong in swordsmanship !]
Takumi frowned confused
Though he did get stronger in swordsmanship since the last he saw gion how the hell did see thT he was stronger
Wasn't she saying he was angry as he was pondering this he saw a familiar name sending a message on the list
[Ain : Takumi-sama they're simply unable to process that out of nearly the 100 people who challenged you none had swordsmanship judged to be higher than yours ]
[ Ain : Though I knew this from the start after all you're the strongest!]
Takumi suddenly felt enlightenment had descended towards him as he understood why every one challenged him
They had seem that the golden list insisted on the weaker parties being able the ones to challenge stronger swordsman
[ Takumi : Soooo~ who's challenge should I accept now~]
End of chapter