Bai Feng—that was the child's name.
He was a transmigrator. More precisely, a transmigrator who had crossed worlds twice.
In his previous life, he had traveled from Earth into the world of Monster Hunter.
He had no extra cheat abilities, no system—relying solely on his physical talent and learning aptitude to rise step by step until he became the famed Sapphire Star.
The strongest ace of the Fifth Fleet, the Sapphire Star who guides the way, Bai Feng of the New World, the hunter who saved the world—every one of those titles referred to him.
And his achievements were worthy of those names.
He had solo hunted Xeno'jiiva, the chosen one with the potential to become the King of Elder Dragons.
He had single-handedly slain Safi'jiiva, an adult Xeno'jiiva possessing Forbidden-level combat power.
He had led the Fifth Fleet to repel the ultimate Forbidden monster, Alatreon, which had come to hunt Safi'jiiva.
He had led the Fifth Fleet alongside the armies of the human kingdom to drive back Fatalis, the Endbringer—an Anti-Human Forbidden born solely to destroy human civilization.
Truly, with a human body, he had achieved the status of a humanoid Forbidden.
Thus, he was chosen by the will of the Monster Hunter world to become its vanguard in invading other worlds—or, more precisely, its executor.
In this life, he had transmigrated into the world of One Piece for that very purpose: to invade it.
His core mission was to reshape the natural environment of the One Piece world into something akin to the Monster Hunter world, thereby allowing the latter to devour and assimilate it.
To facilitate this mission, the will of the Monster Hunter world naturally granted him corresponding support.
First, on a personal level.
In this life, Bai Feng's body had been reconstructed with a Xeno'jiiva egg as its core.
Simply put, aside from retaining a human appearance, he was essentially equivalent to a juvenile—or rather, an unhatched—Xeno'jiiva.
Second, in terms of environmental transformation and mission assistance.
For every region he transformed to 10%, the world's will would send him a corresponding-tier Ancient Tree Seed along with a Fusion Material.
The Ancient Tree Seed, once planted, could nurture Monster Hunter world-exclusive flora and use them as a foundation to alter the surrounding ecosystem—essentially accelerating the assimilation of the transformed land.
The Fusion Material, on the other hand, could merge with native Devil Fruits of the One Piece world, allowing monsters from the Monster Hunter world to manifest in the form of Devil Fruit abilities. Their daily activities would, in turn, influence the natural environment of the One Piece world.
Moreover, those who consumed the fused fruits would have their lives completely under Bai Feng's control and would naturally feel an innate closeness toward him.
In short, in this second transmigration to the world of One Piece, Bai Feng finally counted as a transmigrator with a system.
To better accomplish his mission, he chose Wano Country as his landing point after transmigrating.
It wasn't that he held any special feelings for Wano. It was purely because transforming nature required vast quantities of life energy.
And aside from extracting ley line energy directly from the earth and converting it, life energy could only be harvested from living beings.
Coincidentally, Bai Feng felt absolutely no psychological burden about slaughtering the people of Wano.
Coupled with the presence of Kaido—an ideal collaborator in Bai Feng's eyes—Wano became his chosen beginner village.
What he hadn't expected, however, was that his new body would be shaped by the world's will into a two-year-old toddler.
When he first landed, Bai Feng had nearly cursed out loud.
Fortunately, his new body had been remodeled from a Xeno'jiiva egg and could directly absorb ley line energy to sustain life and growth.
Otherwise, he might truly have "spawned and died" on the spot.
Now, two years have passed.
For two full years, he had survived alone in the wilds of Wano.
Because he continuously absorbed ley line energy to maintain the life state and growth of his Xeno'jiiva egg core, the land within several kilometers around him had turned into a barren Land of Deathly Silence.
From time to time, meddlesome Wano citizens came to investigate—only to be killed by him.
Over time, a folk legend began circulating in Wano about a being known as the "Aragami."
Through the words of those busybodies before they died, Bai Feng had more or less confirmed that he himself was this so-called Aragami.
But he didn't care in the slightest.
In fact, he wished the legend would spread farther and louder.
Due to the nature of the Xeno'jiiva egg, he had to absorb vast quantities of ley line and life energy to maintain his vital signs and accumulate growth potential.
This meant he could not leave his current location of his own accord.
—This place was where he had first landed upon transmigration, and it was also a crucial ley line energy node in Wano Country.
If he left this node and failed to reach the next in time, his intake of ley line energy would fall short of expenditure.
If that persisted for a while, the upper limit of his growth as a Xeno'jiiva egg would decline. If it went on longer, he might even become a dead egg.
Thus, he could only remain here passively, waiting for Kaido to eventually hear the legend of the Aragami and come looking for him.
Or, after absorbing a few more years of ley line energy and accumulating enough reserves, he would seek Kaido out himself.
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Bai Feng propped his chubby little face on one hand, elbow resting on his thigh, gazing at the wasteland he had created in the distance while calculating how long such days would continue.
Just then, the skies abruptly shifted.
Clouds from afar rapidly gathered overhead, forming a dense, pitch-black mass.
The bright sunlight was swallowed by the clouds, and thunder roared across the heavens.
Brilliant lightning illuminated the cloud cover, and within it, the faint silhouette of a massive beast could be seen.
Bai Feng's eyes gradually sharpened. He fixed his gaze on the clouds.
Sure enough, before long, a massive dragon's head thrust out from within.
With its appearance, the long and colossal dragon body no longer concealed itself, weaving through the clouds and stirring heavenly phenomena.
"Wororororo…"
A thunderous laugh rolled from the dragon's maw before it spoke in human language.
"I wondered what kind of being this so-called Aragami was. Turns out it's just a lucky little brat!"
"Kaido…"
Bai Feng softly murmured the name of the enormous azure dragon in the sky.
There was no overwhelming joy on his face, nor any shock at the storm-tossed spectacle Kaido had stirred. He simply watched calmly.
Yet it was precisely this excessive calm that piqued Kaido's curiosity.
His immense dragon body rapidly shrank midair, finally transforming into a still towering and powerfully built human figure descending from the sky.
Boom!!
The heavy body slammed into the earth. The already dead land responded only with a deep crater and swirling dust.
Smack!
With a sweep of his massive hand, gale-force winds howled, scattering the smoke and debris.
Kaido's towering 7.1-meter frame rose from the crater, looking down from above at Bai Feng, who had remained composed from start to finish.
"Worororo… you've got some guts, brat!"
"What's your name?"