One Piece Dragon King - Chapter 16
The group arrived at a small river.
This was the river with crocodiles.
Beside the river sat a boy holding a pipe, wearing a black top hat, with blonde hair and a missing tooth — it was Sabo.
Sabo was sitting on a crocodile’s head, looking at the group. The crocodile had an “XX” over its eyes, indicating it had passed out.
“You guys are so slow. I’ve already dealt with the croc… Who are you?”
Sabo looked at the group, confused.
“I-I’m Hals, a subordinate of Emperor Whitebeard, the 2nd division commander.”
Hals made up a story.
“Hals is amazing.”
Luffy, not knowing what was going on but feeling impressed, had stars in his eyes.
“Really? You’re a subordinate of Emperor Whitebeard? No wonder you know so much.”
Ace also looked surprised.
Sabo: “…”
Why does this seem fake?
“You two are idiots! He’s definitely lying.”
Sabo yelled.
“But Sabo, he really is called Hals.”
Luffy looked at Sabo with a sad face.
“Sabo, Hals knows a lot of things.”
At this point, Ace had also switched sides.
Sabo: “…”
Ah—two idiots, you’ve been fooled for sure.
There’s no way someone so young could be a subordinate of someone as powerful as an Emperor.
Sabo, being a noble’s son, knew about the Four Emperors.
They were famous, and only someone like Luffy would be unaware due to living in the forest and missing out on news and information.
“Okay, I’m not really a subordinate of Whitebeard. That guy says to everyone he likes, ‘Come be my son.’ His crew calls him ‘Pops.’ I’m definitely not under someone as weird as Whitebeard. If he wasn’t strong, he would’ve been killed already.”
“Ah—” x2
Ace and Luffy looked disappointed that Hals wasn’t really under Whitebeard.
“But, I’m the grandson of the equally powerful naval hero, Garp. I’m a Zoan-type Mythical Dragon fruit user, Hals.”
Garp and Sengoku certainly had the strength of an Emperor.
How could the Navy hold its own against the world with only three Admirals? If any day, an Emperor got bored and attacked, Marineford would be half destroyed.
Three Admirals could barely handle one Emperor. If another Emperor showed up, the Navy would be in trouble.
Also, Garp and Sengoku were old rivals of Whitebeard and Roger.
Having the power of an Emperor was natural.
Garp had two types of Haki, and Sengoku had all three.
Vivre Cards say so.
In a distant land…
The New World.
“Ah, ah, ah, achoo.”
A huge man sneezed into his sake bowl.
The man was extremely tall, standing at 666 centimeters.
That number…
Very six.
The man wore a strange black headscarf and had an odd crescent-shaped mustache.
In his left hand, he held a massive naginata named Murakumogiri, one of the twelve Supreme Grade Blades.
This man was known as the Strongest Man in the World — Whitebeard.
Whitebeard frowned.
He had sneezed.
At first, he thought someone was thinking about him, then he noticed ripples in his sake bowl.
He had sneezed into his sake bowl.
Heartbreaking.
Whitebeard loved drinking sake, especially a lot.
But his illness meant he couldn’t drink much.
If he did, he’d be scolded by his son, Marco, the 1st division commander and ship’s doctor.
Even though he knew his son cared, it was still hard.
He wanted to drink the sake, despite sneezing into it.
Better to drink it secretly.
After all, he didn’t sneeze out anything gross.
Right, nothing gross.
Just something sticky in the water.
Whitebeard prepared to drink it secretly.
“Pops~”
A familiar voice called out. Whitebeard looked bitter, seeing a man with strange hair.
In One Piece’s world, people’s hairlines were generally high.
But this man had just a tuft of hair.
Yes, a tuft.
His whole head looked like a pineapple.
Whitebeard looked at his son, Marco.
“Marco, are you here to stop your beloved Pops from drinking?”
“Pops, I’ve told you many times, you can’t drink much. And… didn’t you sneeze into that sake?”
Marco’s expression was complicated.
Whitebeard stiffened.
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +50000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +60000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +70000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +80000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +90000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +100000”
…
Hals: “…”
What happened? How did I offend Whitebeard?
Hals was confused.
Sudden fear.jpg
The problem was…
I think I’ve angered Whitebeard.
I don’t know how.
I just lied, saying I’m Whitebeard’s 2nd division commander, and now I’m getting his negative emotions.
And a lot of them.
Does he have a system or can he hear me?
Not surprising for an Emperor.
Wait, that’s not the point. No Emperor can hear a kid talking in a forest in East Blue from the New World.
But I seem to have offended an Emperor.
I’m doomed, Whitebeard will kill me.
I’m just a poor kid.
Grandpa, you’ll have to bury me.
Hals thought he was a mighty dragon.
Heartbroken.
No, I don’t want to die. I haven’t fought dragons, crocs, or Moria. I haven’t wooed Hancock or Shirahoshi. I haven’t fought Doflamingo or Big Mom. I haven’t wooed Hiyori…
(Those are stages with potential for romance.)
Heartbroken.
Is my dream of having a harem in One Piece going to be shattered?
No.
Whitebeard, I’ll remember this.
…
“M-Marco, you didn’t see anything, right?”
Whitebeard looked sheepish and embarrassed, holding the sake bowl, then walked to the ship’s edge, sadly watching the sake before pouring it into the sea.
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +100000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +110000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +120000”
“Negative Emotion from Whitebeard +130000”
…
Hals: “…”
What now?
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