Dark King Luffy, Who Had Lost Everything

Bai Cangshu sensed the fragility of Roland’s spirit body. Standing once more atop the Tower of Yin Spirits, he touched the Throne of the Heart and discovered that, even without sitting upon it, he could now control his body to a certain extent.

This made him realize that Roland’s spirit body was already on the verge of shattering. This Special Reincarnator, who might once have been incredibly powerful, had reached the end of the road under the corruption.

In the Consciousness Space, he had cut away the part of himself, leaving behind only the pure God Hand. He had erupted with terrifying power and suppressed Bai Cangshu, Satoru Gojo, and Corey. Yet now, before the three of them had even made a move, he was already close to death.

There was no doubt that Roland possessed an exceedingly resolute heart. But Bai Cangshu could see clearly that this fellow had plainly been deceived by the Abyss God.

Perhaps Roland’s true body had long since truly died. The reason his spirit body had been able to remain in the mission world for two whole years was itself due to the Abyss God’s power.

The God Hand was the Abyss God’s means of interfering with worlds. That being, who dwelled deep within the Netherworld’s Sea of Nen—a place ordinary means could never reach—could only create God Hands to manifest Its will in various worlds.

Whether it was the human world of Berserk or the current One Piece World.

God Hands like Roland were merely products created to carry out Its will.

Bai Cangshu was preparing to reclaim control of his body, but the chaos outside surprised even someone like him.

Tch. In a sense, the Abyss God really is the one who best embodies a Reincarnator’s style.

It actually wanted to extend its claws completely into this world, deploying vast numbers of Behelits and even Eggs of the King. The power of Causality Law would also reappear in the One Piece World.

Human free will would be imprisoned by the power known as Causality Law, ultimately steering the world toward a tragic ending.

Even the strongest Reincarnators would find it difficult to accomplish such a thing, yet the Abyss God had achieved its goal through a single Special Reincarnator.

Bai Cangshu even suspected that Guts, who had appeared in the One Piece World and might have become a Reincarnator, was perhaps also part of the Abyss God’s plan.

Crack!

Pitch-black lightning pierced through the Netherworld in an instant.

The three God Hands sensed something at once and turned toward a corner of the Netherworld.

There, a pitch-black figure had somehow appeared at the edge of the Netherworld. It was as if he had torn open a breach in it, and the light from outside shone within like a light pillar.

"This guy is…"

Archangel Boyd stared at the newcomer, sensing a tremendous anomaly. It could not see any possibility whatsoever upon him.

Or rather, all possibilities surrounding this person had been completely severed.

Ubik possessed abilities related to time and space. It could see events from humanity’s past, present, and future. Upon noticing the newcomer’s anomaly, it pointed with a finger, and a patch of light appeared in the sky. Images flickered within it continuously, showing what this person had experienced in the past.

Bai Cangshu had also regained partial sensation in his body. Following God Hand: Roland’s gaze, he too looked toward the images in the sky.

In the images, Foosha Village had been reduced to ashes. Dadan’s family lay in pools of blood, while several hooded Reincarnators complained that the reward points were too low and even stomped on Dadan a few times.

Meanwhile, in the village at the foot of the mountain, the beautiful Makino had been stripped naked, forcibly shackled, and knocked unconscious. Mayor Woop Slap had all four limbs broken, while several people toyed with him and made him crawl.

The image shifted. Usopp lay on the shore of his hometown with vacant eyes, his chest completely pierced through by something. A group of people casually set fires around him…

The image shifted again, showing the Straw Hat Pirates’ ship docked beside Alabasta’s harbor, which resembled a sea of flames. The straw-hatted youth stared at Vivi’s corpse with a livid face…

With every flicker, scenes of living hell appeared. The timeline was chaotic, the settings were jumbled, and even the people were in disarray. Sometimes, someone seen dead in one scene would appear in the next, only to die again.

Ubik watched these images. Even it, which had nearly completely buried the emotions it once possessed as a human, stopped drifting.

"You…"

Just as it was about to speak, a laser flashed, and the pitch-black figure had already appeared before it.

Only then did Ubik see the man’s appearance clearly. Long black hair fell down his back, and his body was covered in all manner of scars. His face was the most intact part of him, with only a single scar beneath one eye.

"How was it? Quite the spectacle, wasn’t it? My past."

The man’s voice was hoarse and cold. Ubik suddenly sensed immense danger. Though it could isolate the effects of space, at this moment, it felt threatened.

A transparent force field instantly spread outward. The next moment, the newcomer reached out and plucked something away.

Ubik stared blankly down at itself. It touched its chest, its face filled with shock.

"My heart… is gone…"

The newcomer looked at the heart in his hand. It no longer resembled a human heart at all. It was larger, its blood thick and viscous, and it even bore something resembling a human face.

Thud!

Ubik fell from the sky without making a sound.

Slan and Boyd both lowered their bodies. They realized that this newly appeared fellow was completely unlike a human. The pitch-black aura surrounding him was cutting off the special nature of their God Hand existence.

How could the mighty God Hand: Ubik die merely because its heart had been removed? The only explanation was that, in that instant, Ubik had lost the special nature of a God Hand and been killed like an ordinary mortal.

On the ground, even from thousands of meters away, Bai Cangshu clearly saw the newcomer’s appearance. Though his hair and temperament were completely different, he still recognized him. The newcomer was the Child of the World from One Piece and its Derivative Worlds—Monkey D. Luffy.

But this man, who was missing his left arm, was clearly not the Straw Hat Kid who always laughed heartily in Bai Cangshu’s memory. He was the king of the world who had fallen into darkness after suffering countless losses!

Just as Bai Cangshu saw Dark King Luffy, the latter happened to turn around as well. Their eyes met, and Bai Cangshu was struck by overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki.

That Conqueror’s Haki, filled with despair, hatred, and killing intent, was far more terrifying than Garp’s presence.

Dark King Luffy swiped a hand through the air, and a door appeared at the edge of space. He stepped inside, then appeared before Bai Cangshu the next instant.

Bai Cangshu’s pupils shrank. That ability was… the power of the Door-Door Fruit?!

And that move he had just displayed resembled the Op-Op Fruit’s ROOM, while the beam of light used to move earlier was the Glint-Glint Fruit’s power.

Dark King Luffy possessed the abilities of every Devil Fruit?!

Bai Cangshu vaguely sensed the truth behind Dark King Luffy’s abilities.

But as Dark King Luffy looked at Bai Cangshu, his gaze did not focus upon Bai Cangshu’s consciousness.

"You’ve appeared again. Heh, didn’t expect it, did you? I’m not dead yet."

Bai Cangshu’s mouth opened and closed, producing a voice that did not belong to him. Roland’s spirit had not yet vanished, and he was attempting to communicate with Dark King Luffy.

At that moment, Bai Cangshu and Roland each controlled half of the face.

Behind them, countless Netherworld demons roared, seeking to devour everything. But golden light appeared before Luffy’s right hand, slowing everything down.

This was the ability of Foxy the Silver Fox’s Slow-Slow Fruit…

Dark King Luffy looked at Bai Cangshu’s body before him, yet he could still faintly sense a familiar aura.

There seemed to be a trace of nostalgia in his eyes, but in the end, he merely let out a long sigh.

"Roland…"

"You’re already dead. Why cling to such attachments and let that kind of being use you?"

At that moment, the Conqueror’s Haki around him seemed to weaken, but he immediately raised his hand. A massive palm appeared in an instant, and Bai Cangshu’s body flew backward out of control, while an illusory black spirit body remained where it was.

You have been affected by Dark King's ability. You have removed the corruption of God Hand: Roland.

Bai Cangshu froze. He had not expected the Paw-Paw Fruit’s ability to be capable of even this.

He guessed that it might not be merely the power of a Devil Fruit, but something deeper. For now, however, he had no way of knowing.

Regardless, he had completely freed himself from Roland’s spirit body’s interference, earlier than expected.

Bai Cangshu’s gaze swept around. When the space had announced Dark King Luffy’s entry into this world and told the Reincarnators to evacuate, his body had been occupied by Roland, so he had not noticed that prompt. He was still following his previous plan, intending to complete the team battle mission and leave this world.

Therefore, he searched for Moon Demon and the others from Critical Point.

Theoretically, there should have been many Reincarnators in this world. After the first batch of Reincarnators who entered with him had died, he had been assigned a score of negative seven. This meant that, according to the space’s assessment, his batch of Reincarnators had the potential to change their score from negative seven to zero through fighting one another.

This was because the Reincarnators who began entering in the second batch were, in the space’s ranking, inevitably stronger than those of the first batch. Judging by the later situation, the second batch not only had more elite Reincarnators, but all of them possessed their own teams.

The first batch, including Bai Cangshu, had mostly been scattered individuals. Thus, Bai Cangshu guessed that, just as Silverlight had appeared alongside CP9, Reincarnators should also exist among other factions and camps.

As long as he killed those people, he could still earn positive points and leave.

Bai Cangshu broke into motion, rushing toward the Marine warship. At that moment, nearly everyone else had been struck by Dark King Luffy’s slowing rays, their movements reduced to slow motion.

Light flashed in Bai Cangshu’s left hand, and the pitch-black Dragon Slayer appeared.

He possessed no swordsmanship to speak of. He relied entirely on his terrifying strength, swinging his sword and hacking away.

Slash!

Blood gushed and severed limbs flew, but both the blood and the limbs remained slowed by the slowing rays, suspended sluggishly in the air.

Bai Cangshu gave a cruel smile and sprinted toward the Marine warship.

Dark King Luffy, who was having his final conversation with Roland’s corrupted spirit body, sensed the thick bloody aura behind him and frowned. Killing intent rose within him unconsciously.

Bai Cangshu’s cruel manner reminded Dark King Luffy of those Reincarnators. The way Bai Cangshu acted was almost exactly the same as theirs.

At that moment, Roland’s final trace of consciousness returned to his body. Following Dark King Luffy’s gaze, he turned and saw the one wielding Guts’s Dragon Slayer, wantonly slaughtering the Netherworld demons. He suddenly understood what possibility he had seen.

"So that’s it. That is the ending."