"Ugh... why is the sunlight so blinding?"
A very beautiful girl, looking full of youth and vitality, was wearing a standard female sailor uniform.
She was currently lying on a beach, the scorching sun beating down on her.
The girl looked as if she had just woken up, murmuring as she opened her beautiful eyes.
"Huh?!" Suddenly, the girl seemed startled awake, immediately sitting upright and looking at the distant ocean and the constantly crashing waves, the sound of the sea echoing in her ears.
She turned her head again and saw the beach beside her, surrounded by a few coconut trees.
She... was stunned instantly, unconsciously speaking aloud.
"What's going on? Wasn't I sleeping soundly in my bed? Why did I suddenly end up on this small island?"
If the girl remembered correctly, she had been sleeping soundly at home last night, having just finished watching her favorite anime, the Pirate King's Wano Country arc, for the second time, watching it from start to finish until eleven o'clock.
Drowsiness had set in, so she had obediently gone to bed.
But now, who could tell her why, after just one sleep, she had traveled from her home to this isolated island in the sea, especially since her home was in an inland city.
"Wait, that's not right. I remember wearing pajamas before I slept. Why am I now wearing a sailor uniform?"
The girl stood up, realizing that the clothes she was wearing were also wrong. She clearly remembered changing into pajamas before bed, and she had never owned a sailor uniform.
"Ah ah..." But suddenly, the girl cried out in pain, clutching her head with both hands and collapsing to her knees.
Because a flood of memories suddenly appeared in her mind, and soon, the expression on the girl's face changed from initial agony to stupefaction and disbelief.
Finally, the girl slowly stood up, looked at the vast sea before her, and slightly pouted her beautiful little lips.
She spoke: "So, I transmigrated? And I even came to the Pirate King's world."
It turned out that the girl's previous painful cries were due to the sudden recall of her past life's memories. That's right, she was not the owner of this girl's body.
The girl was originally a transmigrator from Blue Star, who, for reasons still unclear, had suddenly transmigrated into this body.
And most importantly, the original owner of this body was also named Lu Yue.
Just like the sailor uniform she was currently wearing, this former girl was a sailor.
However, after encountering a shipwreck at sea, her boat was capsized by the waves, she fell into the ocean, and quickly drowned.
Her body was eventually washed ashore onto this Desolate Island by the waves, and that was exactly when she transmigrated into this body.
"Although I like the Pirate King, that doesn't mean I actually want to come here." Lu Yue said with a bitter smile.
Because Lu Yue knew very well that the place she had transmigrated to was, after all, a real Pirate World.
And what this world truly displayed was not just the simple, happy adventures like those of the protagonist group.
Instead, under the oppression of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, coupled with the hollow justice and inaction of the 'big bad dog' Marine, most people here lived in misery, with chaos everywhere.
It was nothing like her country in her previous life, which advocated for equality and valued life above all else.
Here, life was cheap; weakness was sorrow. Only the strong could survive, and they could even use their power to seize territory and rule.
In such a world, how was she, a beautiful girl who in her past life only knew how to eat well and be lazy, disliked exercise, and rarely left the house, supposed to survive?
And most importantly, after reviewing the memories of the former body, she could only smile bitterly.
That was because, although the former owner of this body shared her name, Lu Yue, that was not her full name.
The original owner of this body's name was Rocks D. Luyue!
And that former overlord of the seas, Rocks D. Gibeck.
Was her grandfather!
According to the former body's memories, her 'convenient' grandfather already had a girlfriend before the God Valley Incident, and this girlfriend had conceived his child.
However, unlike the wife of the later Pirate King Gol D. Roger, Rocks D. Gibeck's girlfriend-turned-wife.
She was hidden extremely well by him. The World Government and the Marine, and even other pirates and his old subordinates, had no idea that he had a wife, a wife who was carrying his child, and that she was still alive.
Unlike Roger's wife, she did not need Roger to specifically entrust Garp with her care; she did not need to hide everywhere; she did not need to be pregnant for up to 20 months, ultimately dying of exhaustion even after successfully giving birth.
Instead, she found a safe place, gave birth to the child—a boy—in just nine months, and did not have to worry about being hunted by the Marine and the World Government.
After all, if those people had known at the time that Rocks D. Gibeck had left behind a bloodline.
It would certainly have caused a greater uproar on the seas than the pursuit of Roger's wife back then.
After all, in terms of influence, this former overlord of the seas was far stronger than the so-called Pirate King; the oppression and threat he brought to the seas back then were incomparable to Roger's.
But this wife who became a mother eventually died of illness, just a few years after giving birth to the child.
And her child, hidden by his mother, although inheriting Rocks' talents, remained a mere commoner throughout his life.
He became an ordinary merchant ship Captain, and since he inherited half of his mother's appearance, he did not attract the attention of the Marine or the World Government, who genuinely believed he was just a regular citizen.
They never connected him to the former overlord of the seas.
Later, this man fell in love with a woman and eventually gave birth to her.
Which was the former body. As for how the former body knew this piece of memory, it was told to her by her parents.
But good times did not last; the former body's parents encountered an attack by Sea Kings during a merchant ship voyage and were ultimately lost to the sea.
The former body thus became an orphan and grieved for a long time after receiving this news.
After recovering, the former body chose to follow her father's path, planning to continue as a merchant ship Captain, starting from the basic position of a sailor.
The first few years were fine, until she encountered this shipwreck, which led to everything that followed, including the transmigrator Lu Yue entering her body.
After reviewing this memory, even Lu Yue had to admit that this family had a truly tragic fate.
If her 'convenient' grandfather knew all this—that his bloodline only lasted two generations, and that three generations of his descendants were all so short-lived and died such pathetic deaths—she wondered if he would be so angry he'd crawl out from underground.
"But it's a good thing it hasn't been exposed yet, otherwise I would have met my end right here." Lu Yue said with a bitter smile.
Because she knew very well that if the fact that she possessed Rocks' bloodline got out.
It would definitely trigger a hunt by the Marine and the World Government, and even the former members of the Rocks Pirates.
But at the same time, through the former body's memories, Lu Yue also knew what era it was.
It was the year 1520 of the Sea Calendar, the same year that Luffy, the protagonist of the Pirate King anime, set sail.
It really was a good time for her to transmigrate, but there was one thing she wasn't sure about: what was the exact timing?
Was it the barrel start of Luffy's East Blue arc, or had the initial five members of the Straw Hat Pirates already formed and entered the Grand Line?
"Wait, do I need to be thinking about this right now? I'm completely useless! I probably couldn't even beat the very first Koby, and how am I supposed to leave this Desolate Island? Without fresh water and food, I'll starve to death here in less than three days."
The more Lu Yue spoke, the paler she became, her beautiful face looking utterly miserable, until finally, her legs couldn't support her anymore and she fell to her knees.
Her fair, beautiful legs sank into the sand.
At this moment, Lu Yue felt as if she saw death waving at her; she might become the most miserable transmigrator in all pirate novels.
Although the former body she transmigrated into had decent strength, at least slightly stronger than the average Marine Soldiers.
But she was truly just an ordinary girl in her past life, seventeen years old, not yet an adult, and she hadn't even started university.
She was just a weak, ordinary beauty who usually disliked going out and preferred ordering takeout and watching anime!
At least the soul currently inhabiting this body was. Now, she had nothing. Forget about adventuring in the Pirate World, whether she could even survive on this Desolate Island was a serious question.
But she failed to consider: as a transmigrator, how could she not have a cheat ability?
"Ding, host identity verified, system binding in progress..."
A very mature, sisterly electronic voice suddenly appeared in Lu Yue's mind, causing her to freeze, but after realizing what happened, she immediately recovered completely from her despair.
She stood up, feeling excited and thrilled, lightly brushing the sand off her clothes.
While thinking internally: A system? I have a system? Haha, that's great, I guess I'm not destined to die yet.
Of course, how could my Pirate World adventure end so quickly? That would be too embarrassing for all the transmigrator seniors.
"Ding, system binding complete. World Queen Cultivation System activated." The system's mature, sisterly voice sounded in Lu Yue's mind once again.
"System, tell me what your functions are." Lu Yue asked directly.
At the same time, she was asking this as a test, though she needed to ask a few more questions.
"The System will assign missions based on the actual situation the host encounters, including long-term, short-term, timed, and so on. As long as the host completes the mission, she will receive corresponding rewards. There are many types of rewards, ranging from items and abilities from the Pirate World to those from other worlds."
The System replied, answering Lu Yue's question.
"Completing missions for rewards, huh? If they correspond to the Pirate World, that sounds quite interesting, hahaha."