1 Chapter 1: Edward Newgate's Arrival in Konoha
"THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!" accompanied by a furious roar, Whitebeard's vitality completely faded away.
His mind flashed with scenes of his life, like a rapidly rewinding film.
If he were given another chance, he wouldn't change his mind or his dreams.
He wanted a family.
Even more, he wanted to protect his loved ones.
"Roger, I'm coming to visit you... My foolish sons, let's meet again in a few decades!" Whitebeard closed his eyes, but the expected loss of consciousness didn't happen.
The battlefield's gun smoke and the smell of blood were gone.
The surrounding commotion had disappeared.
No, it hadn't!
Whitebeard suddenly opened his eyes. The scene before him was no longer the Marines' headquarters in Marineford. Whether it was Teach, Garp, Sengoku, or Marco... they had all disappeared.
The Marines, the pirates—
everything was gone!
Whitebeard touched his chest and found that the gaping hole caused by the magma devil fruit's attack had disappeared. He then touched his cheek, and the half of his face obliterated by the magma devil fruit's attack had also recovered.
Gunshot wounds, cuts, and explosions—all traces of injury had disappeared, and he was in the same condition as before the Summit War!
If it weren't for the discomfort he felt from a hidden illness inside him,
he would have thought he had somehow become younger.
"The Murakumogiri is still here..." Whitebeard tightened his grip on the Murakumogiri, the supreme great sword that had been with him for decades.
He then attempted to use his Quake-Quake Fruit abilities and the Three types of Haki, finding that all of these powers were still within him.
What kind of special fruit power had brought him to this place?
Or is this heaven?
"Ah!!!!"
Suddenly, a distant scream caught his attention, causing Whitebeard to turn his head slightly. "Is it another soul from this heaven like me?"
I'll find out!
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A turbulent river washed over moss-covered rocks, and Uzumaki Naruto, who had accidentally fallen into the river, was terrified.
His self-made fishing rod drifted away with the current.
But he didn't have time to mourn the loss of his fishing rod. He was struggling desperately, but it felt like water plants were entangling his feet,
making it difficult for him to surface.
"Help! Help! Gurglegurgle—" Naruto had already lost count of how much river water he involuntarily swallowed. His strength was rapidly depleting as he struggled. In his despair, he even began to consider whether he should stop struggling.
What difference would it make if he survived? In the village, he was still shunned and treated as the "Demon Fox"
Maybe I shouldn't continue to live?
Everyone in the village...
They all wish I were dead, don't they?
Five-year-old Naruto harbored these pessimistic yet realistic thoughts.
At the same time,
The Anbu who had been monitoring Naruto suddenly panicked. He hadn't expected this "Demon Fox brat" to fall into the river while fishing. He was on the verge of drowning.
Just as he was about to rush over and rescue Naruto...
The Anbu's body suddenly froze.
It was an instinctual stiffness!
"What is that?" The eyes hidden behind the Anbu mask widened as he stared at the massive figure on the opposite bank. "Summoned beast? Giant? How can there be someone so tall in the wilderness around Konoha?!" !!
The towering figure in the Anbu's vision was none other than Whitebeard! Standing at 6.66 meters, his height was unparalleled in the ninja world.
Whitebeard glanced at the yellow-haired child who was gradually losing consciousness in the river.
Then, he glanced across the river at the masked individual.
He reached his hand into the water and grabbed Naruto's clothes as if he were picking up a small kitten.
He pulled Naruto out of the water.
"Cough! Cough, cough—"
Naruto didn't understand why he could suddenly breathe again. He coughed repeatedly, expelling the water from his belly. His blurred consciousness slowly began to recover in this moment of despair.
"Is it... is it the Grandpa Hokage?" Naruto struggled to open his eyes but was horrified to find himself suspended in mid-air.
The ground beneath him was at least several meters away!
It would be terrible to fall down!
"What's that?" Naruto suddenly noticed a pair of huge shoes on the ground, so large that he could probably fit inside them. And if he wasn't mistaken, he thought he saw two legs?
Soaking wet and stiff, Naruto reluctantly turned his head... Only to discover a giant face behind him!
It's like a giant!
"Can spirits drown in heaven?" Whitebeard said in a deep voice, holding Naruto and questioning him, "Yellow-haired kid, who are you? Where is this?"
"Gulp!"
Naruto secretly swallowed and his fear made him speak instinctively: "I, my name is Uzumaki Naruto. Th-this is Konohagakure,"
Uzumaki Naruto ? Konohagakure?
He had never heard of them!
Furrowing his brow, Whitebeard asked again, "Which country does Konoha belong to? Is it in the first half of the Grand Line " or in the New World?"
Huh?" Naruto was puzzled. "Konohagakure is in the Land of Fire!"
What Grand Line? What New World? He couldn't understand any of it.
"Hey! You, the weirdo over there! Release the Demon Fox... no, release Uzumaki Naruto!" The Anbu on the side of the river sensed something was amiss.
He didn't know what the two were talking about, but he knew that the "giant" was definitely no pushover.
Hokage-sama ordered him to watch over Uzumaki Naruto, this "Demon Fox"
Even if he doesn't want to.
He had to do the mission.
And he knew what kind of creature was inside Naruto. If that creature were released, it would be a repeat of the Nine-Tails' tragedy!
Dragon-Ox-Hare!
The Anbu ninja didn't have time to think further.
He quickly formed hand seals.
"Water Release: Water Torrent!" !!
A large amount of chakra gathered in his mouth as he expelled a stream of ancient water from his mouth, creating a waterfall-like water gun that stretched across the ten-meter-wide river, heading straight for Whitebeard.
"Water?" Whitebeard raised an eyebrow, sensing something out of the ordinary. "Is this a Devil Fruit power that controls water? I've never seen anything like it on the seas. Is there such a Devil Fruit power?"
Whitebeard made no attempt to dodge or evade. His Observation Haki didn't sense any threat.
The large amount of water washed over his body, but he didn't feel weakened at all.
Whitebeard furrowed his brow.
Water had always been the nemesis of Devil Fruit users. If a Devil Fruit user's entire body was submerged in water, they would become completely powerless. But just now, he felt no loss of strength, as if the water were fake.
"What? How is this possible?" On the other side, the Anbu was horrified. "He just withstood a ninjutsu with his own body?!" !!
"Hey!" Whitebeard spoke again to the masked ninja.
"Do you know about the World Government? Do you know about the Marines Headquarters? Do you know about the Whitebeard Pirates? Do you know about the Grand Line? Do you know about the New World? Do you know about Devil Fruits? Do you know about the Celestial Dragons?"
One unfamiliar term after another left the Anbu silent.
He didn't understand any of the words!
And his silence made Whitebeard realize the gravity of the situation.
Whitebeard realized that this world was not the one he was familiar with. He had been transported to another world.
Here, there was no World Government, no Marines Headquarters.
There was no Yonko, no Shichibukai.
He, Whitebeard.
Had crossed over!
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