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East Blue, Goa Kingdom, Foosha Village.
"Makino, I'm back!"
In the small tavern, a plain yet sturdy figure pushed open the door and shouted boisterously. A boy, only about fifteen or sixteen years old, nearly 1.8 meters tall, wearing a white tank top, was carrying a stunned wild boar on his shoulder... The wild boar was huge, at least two to three hundred kilograms, yet in the boy's hands, it seemed weightless.
"Little Jia, you're back!" Makino, with her dark green hair, gentle, lovely, and graceful, was tidying up tables. Seeing the boy, she looked up and responded with a smile.
"Get me a mug of beer, the strongest kind!" Ye Jia threw the wild boar onto the ground with a loud thud, then sat down at the bar and asked Makino for a beer.
"It's already ready for you!" Makino smiled, took a beer from the fridge, and placed it in front of Ye Jia.
"Thanks, Makino!" Ye Jia grabbed the beer and gulped it down, a good amount of beer flowing down the corners of his mouth, wetting his shoulders and chest, soaking his tank top.
"Ah! So refreshing!" Ye Jia put down the beer mug and said contentedly, "Makino, your bartending skills are getting better and better!"
"Just got back from hunting, tired, aren't you? Take a rest," Makino said gently with a smile.
"Okay!"
Lying on the sofa, Ye Jia calmed his mind, and a colorful progress bar immediately appeared in his head.
"Progress: 99%."
It was very strange, very incredible. Even though Ye Jia was an Earthling in his previous life, accustomed to all sorts of strange things, he had never seen such a bizarre phenomenon! A colorful progress bar had appeared in his mind, persistent, unforgettable, visible at all times as if real... Could there be anything stranger than this?
Oh, right, there really was! The other thing stranger than this was—he was currently in the world of One Piece!
At first, Ye Jia didn't believe he had actually come to the world of One Piece. But when he saw Marines and pirates, heard news about "Monkey D. Luffy," and learned about various events concerning the Grand Line and the New World, he had no choice but to believe it.
Especially upon seeing the familiar Makino and Foosha Village, Ye Jia finally understood that he had transmigrated to the village where Luffy was born. It was also here that Red-Haired Shanks gave his hat to Luffy, beginning Luffy's legendary life!
It had been over three months since Ye Jia awakened in the world of One Piece. Strictly speaking, today was exactly the hundredth day. According to Ye Jia's knowledge of One Piece from his previous life, the current timeline he was in was precisely when Luffy had just caused a commotion at Enies Lobby, making headlines. After this event would be the duel between Blackbeard and Ace.
Fire Fist Ace, having been defeated, would be imprisoned in the deepest level of Marine Headquarters, awaiting execution. Blackbeard, for his功 in capturing Ace, would become a new Warlord of the Sea. Gecko Moria, Celestial Dragons, Empress Hancock... Ye Jia remembered the subsequent series of events with crystal clarity!
...
Ye Jia, who had been in this world for three months, from the initial discomfort of having no internet or mobile phone to now being numbly accustomed, had fully caught up with the life trajectory of the people in this world. He didn't find it that difficult anymore.
"What exactly is this progress bar in my head?" Ye Jia thought about this question almost every day. The progress bar increased by 1% each day. Today, it had been exactly one hundred days, meaning the progress bar was about to reach 100%. "What will happen if the progress bar fills up?" Ye Jia kept imagining.
However, his thoughts leaned more towards the negative. What if this progress bar represented his lifespan? Wouldn't that mean he would die today? Or did the progress bar represent his time spent in this world, and once the time was up, he could return to Earth, to his original world? Ye Jia thought about the possible outcomes every day.
Just then—
"Hey! Bartender, give us a dozen beers!" The bar door was roughly pushed open, and several burly, fierce-looking men swaggered in. Ye Jia's eyes immediately darkened.
"It's them again." Ye Jia knew this group of people; they were the thugs of Foosha Village. These guys were uneducated and only knew how to bully the villagers of Foosha Village every day. If anyone disobeyed, they would immediately resort to violence, ranging from severe injuries and spitting blood to disability and death, having long become the tyrants of Foosha Village.
Ye Jia had only heard of their infamous reputation before and hadn't encountered them much. They didn't frequent this bar often; business was slow, and there weren't many people, making it less interesting than other bars in the village. But Ye Jia hadn't expected them to come knocking today.
"Bartender, hurry up with the beer! My throat's so dry it's practically smoking!" The thugs, a group of eight, sat down, crossed their legs, and smoked cigarettes. Some even put their feet on the table. The other customers in the bar, seeing this, quietly left, not daring to linger. In the blink of an eye, the entire bar had only this table of customers left.
"Customers, your beer is here!" Makino immediately brought the beer.
The thugs chatted and laughed as they drank, their voices so noisy that Ye Jia couldn't sleep at all. "These guys..." Ye Jia felt a surge of anger. He had finally managed to get some rest, only to be disturbed by these thugs. But Ye Jia was helpless. Although he had a sturdy physique, and after three months of training, could hunt large wild boars alone, he was no match for these skilled thugs.
Ye Jia had heard from others that they used to be pirates, but after encountering a particularly formidable pirate crew, their captain was killed, and the crew either died or fled, leaving these few stranded in Foosha Village. The hunters in Foosha Village were not as skilled as them, so no one dared to provoke them.
"If only I could get a Devil Fruit and become a Devil Fruit user, I'd punch them all flying!" Ye Jia said resentfully. Devil Fruits were a unique feature of One Piece; once consumed, one immediately gained special abilities. The only drawbacks were fear of seawater and susceptibility to Seastone. If he had a Devil Fruit, these thugs in front of him, hmph! They'd be nothing!
Just as Ye Jia was thinking this, suddenly, the colorful progress bar in his mind reached its completion.
100%
"Zzzzz—"
A silent current exploded in Ye Jia's mind. Ye Jia felt as if he had been electrocuted, his entire body trembling.
"System bound successfully! Welcome to the Synthesis System! Wondering which system is the strongest? My Synthesis System is the strongest!" A sweet, robotic female voice sounded in Ye Jia's mind, startling him.
"Ah!" "Who's talking?" Ye Jia quickly looked around in fright. Then his pupils suddenly constricted as he saw something in his mind. "This... what's with this cauldron?"