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One Piece: The Accidental Emperor

Recently, a reporter from the World Economic Journal risked their life to secure an exclusive interview with the pirate who had just risen to the rank of one of the Four Emperors—Louis Bardell. Now known across the seas as “Pirate Commodore Bardell,” he carries a reputation unlike any other. Every captain he had ever sworn loyalty to was dead. Capone “Gang” Bege. Gecko Moria. Shiki the Golden Lion. Charlotte Linlin. One after another, the giants of the era fell. And yet Bardell alone climbed higher. From subordinate… to survivor… to Emperor of the Sea. To the world at large, Bardell is the most cunning fraud of the Great Pirate Era—a master schemer, a manipulator of grand designs, an ambitious mind said to rival even Blackbeard himself. But when confronted by the reporter, the newly crowned Emperor nearly burst into tears. “They’ve completely lost their minds with these theories!” Bardell complained bitterly. “They keep saying I betrayed my captains from the shadows. Tell me—does anyone honestly think I’m smart enough to pull that off?” He looked genuinely aggrieved. “Every captain I ever joined died in some kind of accident. I don’t even know what’s going on anymore!” He threw his hands in the air. “And becoming one of the Four Emperors? That wasn’t even my idea! Big Mom was terrifyingly strong, and then—bam!—she was just gone! The next thing I know, everyone pushes me forward and says I’m the new Emperor!” He leaned toward the reporter urgently. “You’re journalists. Report the truth! Clear my name! Print more papers if you have to, alright?!” The reporter merely adjusted their glasses and calmly finished their notes. Observe closely. Even at the pinnacle of success, the great fraud remains flawless—careful, airtight, never leaving a single crack in his story.
Verse_Domain · 3.5k Views

Star Wars Rebels: A Gray Tale

SW Legends + Canon AU ____ Alex was a software dev by day and a gamer by night, until he woke up in a galaxy far, far away. He was stuck in the scrawny seven-year-old body of Ezra Bridger, right after the Empire arrested his parents for being rebels. Talk about terrible respawn timing. Now he's trapped on Lothal, starving, powerless, and eight long years away from the Ghost crew ever showing up. Meanwhile, Darth Sidious and Vader are out there collecting skulls, and Alex knows exactly how short the average lifespan of Force-sensitives can be. Running for the rest of his life? No thanks. He refuses to be just another street rat scrambling to survive in his second chance. If he was going to be a space wizard, he was going to be the strongest one. Period. His pursuit of power led him to a single, forbidden question: one that the Jedi and Sith alike would kill to bury forever. What if midi-chlorians (the very things that connect everyone to the Force) could be extracted, stolen, ripped from another's body and made your own? Some people call that heresy. He calls it survival, and maybe, if he plays this right, something a whole lot more. Because why settle for your birthright when you can absorb someone else's. ____ VOLUME 1: The Prequel is completed. Tags: Slice-of-Life, Character-Driven, Slow-Start, R18+, Ecchi, Original Characters. VOLUME 2: Tales of Gray is ongoing. Tags: Dark, Action, Adventure, Pyschological, R18+ (Tags would be added as story progresses. Reader's are open to suggest tags as author's braincells are busy working on writing chapter's for them.) ------- Join discord to gain access to exclusive character images, in-story illustrations, and early announcements: https://discord.gg/Um8NDAJ35u Join in on patreon for advanced chapters(please check latest chapters for current situation of advanced chapters) https://www.patreon.com/AbstractoX ___ Author's Heart-to-Heart Rant: I noticed an utter fucking lack of star wars rebel fanfic on this site, which is honestly so utterly dissappointing. I wanted to really read one fanfic where Ezra is the MC, and so I ended up writing one instead. Please give it a try and tell me your thoughts The plan sit to have this book be a part of the saga that would go on covering the best of star wars from all media chronologically viable to be involved in the fanfic, including but not limited to web series, games, comics and movies. The world is an mix of OG Star Wars, Disney Continuity (Other than those god-forsaken sequels I refuse to accept as canon) and LEGEND Continuity. The weak-to-strong tag is for the whole story, not just this prequel volume. Adios!
Abstracto · 2m Views

Naruto : Tsunade, You're Really Drunk

Reborn into the Uchiha clan, Hikaru was never just another shinobi. No prophecy. No chosen-one cliché. Just a man with memories from another world… and a dangerous mind built for more than playing nice. At first, he hid it. He smiled when they expected him to smile. He trained like the perfect little prodigy. He let the elders, the clan, and the Hokage think they understood him. But all the while, he was restraining his true self—waiting for the right moment. That moment is now. His System has awakened. Its rules are simple: the more he shocks others, the greater the rewards. [System Prompt: Uchiha Fugaku is shocked — Reward: Mangekyō Sharingan.] [System Prompt: Third Hokage is speechless — Reward: Forbidden Jutsu.] The mask is gone. The real Hikaru is moving. While the rest of the shinobi world chases shadows of power, he’s already building something unshakable. From deep inside the Uchiha clan, he will unify his people, bend the village to his vision, and break anyone who dares stand in his way. Obito? Just another pawn broken by the system. The corrupt elders, the endless cycle of war, the fragile peace? Finished. This isn’t about starting a war—it’s about ending the old era with overwhelming force. The ninja world is changing. And those who can’t keep up with Uchiha Hikaru? They’ll be left behind… or buried. --------------------- Join my Patreon and get access to 50+ early chapters before anyone else! https://www.patreon.com/UK21 (I know the synopsis is weak. Dive in for the real story.)
Uzumaki_Kushina_21 · 4.3m Views

Limitless - The Unchained

In the beginning, there was only the Primordial Mind, and from this mind sprang of all existence; from the stars to the planets, the cosmos and even Life and Death... But in time, it became divided against itself, two fragments; Thought (The Mysterious), and Action, (The Chaotic) warring over existence with irreconcilable ferocity, forcing their source into slumber, and leaving creation in precariously delicate balance... Millennia later, that balance shatters. Marduk— the God-Eater, seeking absolute supremacy, destroys the Fate Well, the cosmic anchor of karmic flow its plane of existence, and then, the Chaos of the Infinite ensued... The Dimensions fractured, Realms spilled into each other. Gods fell. Deities descended. Magic and energy souped into chaos... The living begins to die, the dead begins to rise, and the laws of reality warp, making oblivion loom over all creation... Kings - Queens - Gods - Monsters; they all sought chances from the scattered remnants of the Fate well, and power from its ineffable madness... And right at the center of this Chaos, Valen— God of Riddles gazed into the madness and found truth; Valen found the Primordial Idea; fuse Thought and Action, consume the Primordial Mind and remake creation in his own Image... But in the heart of a crumbling tribe, a boy stands on the execution altar, labeled a failure, a “Void Soul” in the eyes of shamans, public, and even his own kindred; Soren, the Third Heir, and the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son—the universe’s final mortal anchor... His death was meant to be ordinary, but fate had other plans; The blade struck just as the Fate Well shattered, and the Primordial Mind stirred, gazed into the cosmic mess and found its answer; the perfect avenue to accelerate its reawakening... Soren reawakens into his seven-year-old body, now as the universe’s blank canvas, only tainted by the will of the primordial mind. Alone, yet unstoppable, about to face the chaotic madness tending towards oblivion with nothing but the golden finger of all golden fingers... Accompanied by twelve, He must navigate betrayal, war, love, and ambition on His journey of vengeance, ascension, and cosmic reckoning... For Soren, survival is only the beginning; To prevent the looming oblivion, he must transcend mortal and divine limits and become the Herald of the Primordial Mind, a force seeking to bring Absolution or Oblivion to the world it felt betrayed it... This is a 2,000-chapter epic biography of the fall of a child prince, to the rise of a universe-defining god, it is a tale of survival, mastery, and the staggering cost of destiny...
A_Thousand_Cubits · 2k Views