Rolling My Way to Pirate King (One Piece Chaos Gacha) (Patreon)

Chapter 23: Secrets Shared

Sometime Later — At Sea

It had been about two weeks since we left the Baratie, and we had been at sea since then, mostly training.

Sanji, being new to the crew, had been introduced to our training methods and explained what Haki and Total Concentration Breathing were. With him here, Zoro now had a training buddy and rival close to his level that would help push both of them to new heights.

Since neither of them went easy on each other whatsoever, Sanji quickly unlocked Observation, probably out of pure self-preservation, as the first few days were completely brutal for him. I ended up healing him from repeated concussions to the head more than once.

As Sanji refused to use his hands for fighting and only relied on his legs, he had started training them, finding interest in some of the Rokushiki techniques, especially Soru and Geppo after seeing me demonstrate them. Because of Zoro constantly mocking him, he had also taken an interest in Tekkai, having mocked him back by saying he would train his body to the point that Zoro’s swords would break on him.

I decided to stay out of it, of course, since I figured their rivalry was good for both of them. They would end up being two of my strongest fighters in the future, up there with Jinbe.

Usopp at first was extremely relieved at this change, since it meant Zoro would no longer beat him black and blue when it was his turn to train. I was all too happy to inform him that I would be taking up the slack, unable to hold back the laugh that escaped me at seeing his soul almost leave his body.

Out of curiosity, I had lent Usopp my Malorian Overture, since there was always the possibility of acquiring another modern gun from the Gacha. The guy had been curious at first and, to my surprise, didn’t immediately reject the idea as he tried it out.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t yet strong enough to handle the recoil from such a powerful gun — the people from where it originated had to use cybernetics just to handle it properly — and ended up breaking his wrist.

Disappointed, he tried again using Total Concentration Breathing and was just able to fire it without the same backlash. As it currently stood, though, Usopp wouldn’t be ready to handle it during a real battle. Then there was the fact that once he saw the power it packed as it blew a hole straight through a metal sheet…

I had never seen a guy turn green so quickly. He shakily handed me back my gun and hadn’t asked to see it again since.

Nami had also been making great progress in her training with Tiche, enough that she had actually already surpassed Usopp.

During one session, Tiche had let slip without meaning to how her body, especially her legs and behind, had become bigger and more shapely after consistent training. Since then, I had noticed Nami start working more on her legs, doing various exercises related to them.

It was definitely working too. Compared to the Nami I had met back in Shells Town more than two months ago, her thighs and butt had definitely become bigger.

There was just one tiny problem that had happened during that time, and it came from none other than Sanji. Due to his past and how he was raised to never hurt a girl, Sanji had been really against both Nami and Tiche getting hurt during training.

The first time he had seen it, he had been shocked and caused a scene, asking both of them if they were alright and then declaring that they didn’t need to train as he would protect them.

Tiche had immediately become offended at the idea and scoffed at the guy to his shock, stating she needed no one’s protection, least of all someone currently weaker than her. Nami had been more mellow in her response, but I could tell she was a little annoyed too.

The guy even took it a step further after that. Every time either myself or Zoro would try to train with the girls, Sanji would end up jumping in front of the pellets or taking the hits for them, which only served to piss them off as he was intruding on their training.

After the third day of Sanji doing that, Nami and especially Tiche had had enough, and the former had firmly but seriously talked to him. Nami had brought up great points, that as pirates, the best way for her to be safe was if she learned to defend herself, as neither he nor anybody else would always be there to protect them.

Sanji, while understanding, still seemed extremely reluctant to accept, so I had to step in to settle the issue since Nami had a great point after all.

In order to not completely stomp over Sanji’s feelings, even if he was being foolish, I suggested that if he would be fine with Tiche and Nami training together since they were both girls. Sanji eventually ended up agreeing, as everyone was of the same opinion, even Usopp, that Nami needed to learn to defend herself, and this was the safest way to do so.

The problem seemed to be solved after that, and everyone returned to their training earnestly.

During that time, I had also been training of course, getting the hang of my new Iaijutsu skill while always making sure to keep Daily Grind active at all times, passively increasing my strength and endurance as the days passed.

Thanks to Peak Specimen, I had also managed to grow a further 6 cm, putting me at 193 cm tall and making me the tallest in the crew, as well as the most muscular. With the increase in strength naturally came an increase in muscle tone, but thankfully, like before, it was all proportional to my body. I was neither grotesquely big nor — God, or Nika, forbid — had gained a weird body like some people here.

I had been extremely worried, if I’m being honest, about getting a misshapen body once I started growing taller. I had nightmares once or twice about growing really tall and having a huge upper body but sticks for legs. There were too many people I could name off the top of my head that looked like they didn’t do leg day for my comfort, and I didn’t want to become another one.

Moving on from that potential nightmare that I was glad I had avoided, I had also taken it upon myself to store a bunch of fruits and vegetables every day into my Inventory from my latest pull, Cornucopia, which provided an unlimited number of fruits, vegetables, and seeds.

So far I had managed to keep it a secret from the rest of the crew, and from Johnny and Yosaku who were still traveling with us, but for days now I had been debating if I should come clean with it. As the journey progressed I would undoubtedly get more powers, abilities, or items to the point that it would become extremely obvious that something was going on.

I had no plan whatsoever on explaining the Gacha and my reincarnation of course, and was just thinking more along the lines of me having been born with a weird power that gave me things sometimes. With all the ridiculousness of the One Piece world, I was pretty confident about being able to pull it off too.

With us so close to the Conomi Islands and our confrontation with Arlong, I wanted to let Nami borrow my Ring of the Sun Princess as a measure to keep her safe, as it provided good regeneration augmented by sunlight.

I was a bit leery about just giving Nami the ring without explaining anything, as I was worried that either she would sell it, as it looked valuable, or take it the wrong way.

As I was deep in my thoughts while sitting on Merry’s figurehead at the front of the ship, I heard steps approaching.

“It’s rare to see you so pensive. Anything worrying you?” Nami’s soft voice came next as she stopped at the bow of the ship.

Turning around in my seat, I grinned at Nami in greeting and got a smile back in return. “Hey Nami, nothing too serious. Just thinking about some things.”

Raising an eyebrow while cocking her hip to the side, Nami crossed her arms under her breasts and looked at me intently. “Such as?”

I did my best to keep my eyes on her face but couldn’t help taking a quick peek and appreciating her sexy body and huge breasts, which drew most of my attention with her current position.

Looking back at her face, I saw that she was smirking a bit smugly, letting me know she had caught my look and causing me to cough into my fist for a moment.

“Well, being as smart and curious as you are, I have no doubt that by now you’re probably wondering how I’m not exactly normal, right?” I asked tentatively and with a relaxed face, having come to a decision to come clean.

“The thought did cross my mind, yes.” Nami said calmly with a nod of her head but not elaborating further, her expression not changing.

Looking closely at her face and the amused look she was sending me, I couldn’t help but roll my eyes fondly, catching on that she was doing that on purpose.

“What I mean is, there’s a reason for that.” I admitted with a small grin and then stopped talking, wanting a bit of payback on Nami.

It didn’t take long for Nami to cave in as she started tapping her foot impatiently, making my grin grow. Seeing that, her eyebrow started twitching before she couldn’t help herself and caved in first.

“…Well? Get on with it already!” She barked cutely, abruptly uncrossing her arms and holding her hips, causing her breasts to swing in place for a few moments.

Watching them hypnotically for a few moments, I shook my head a second later as I saw her scowl and did as she asked.

“The truth is, around two years ago I suddenly awakened a mysterious power that has nothing to do with my Devil Fruit.” I finally revealed calmly but with serious eyes.

Nami wasn’t expecting that and blinked confusedly a few times as a frown marred her beautiful face. “What do you mean?”

“Hah, it’s hard to explain.” I admitted while letting out a sigh. “All I really know is that sometimes, randomly, my power activates and the next thing I know I’m suddenly able to do something I wasn’t able to before, or it summons strange things.”

There was silence for a while as Nami took in what I said with blank eyes, not even blinking, before a frown once more grew on her face.

“…What!? Explain yourself properly! That makes no sense at all!” Nami demanded in annoyance.

“Well for example, you already know that my Devil Fruit turns me into a rubber man, right?” I asked patiently, but not making her wait, as an annoyed Nami was a Nami that liked punching things.

“Yes.” She said simply, confused about where I was going with this.

“If that is the case, then I shouldn’t be able to do things like this.” I said calmly before slotting in my Sunlight Spear ability. In the next moment a spear of lightning appeared in my left hand.

Nami yelped in a startled manner and stumbled backwards, almost losing her balance if it wasn’t for my hand stretching and holding her own to keep her steady.

“Easy there.”

Nami took a moment to get herself together, all the while her gaze never left my left hand where I held the steadily crackling yellow and gold lightning spear.

“L-Lightning! Is that real lightning!?” Nami asked incredulously as she observed it warily.

“Yep.” I said calmly, popping my mouth before turning around a bit and launching it into the distance at blitzing speeds. The sound of thunder startled her again.

“Whoa!” Nami exclaimed as she jumped back once more and stared with wide eyes at where I had thrown it before slowly turning to me. Seeing the amused smile on my face though, a scowl quickly replaced her shock, and the next moment she had whacked me over the head.

“Warn me before you do something like that, idiot!”

Holding my head in slight shock at feeling the slight sting from her blow, I slowly looked at her with amazement, confusing her.

‘Did she just unlock Armament by accident?’ I thought incredulously.

I unfortunately stared at her for too long as a blush grew on her cheeks before I had my cheeks pinched and stretched.

“Why are you looking at me like that!? You’re the idiot randomly summoning and throwing lightning like it was nothing!” Nami demanded with an embarrassed look.

“S-Sowwy.” I mumbled, my words coming out warbled.

Nami huffed cutely before finally letting me go and crossing her arms once more. “Now, you were saying.”

“Right. Along with doing things like that, I also gained the ability to heal before heading out to sea along with getting this awesome ring.” I continued like nothing had happened, deciding to keep the fact of her awakening Armament for later, and then signaled to my ornate golden ring.

“A ring? What’s so special about it?” Nami asked somewhat skeptically as she eyed it more carefully but curiously, a look of realization entering her eyes when I mentioned my healing.

“Why don’t I demonstrate.” I smiled and suddenly unsheathed Muramasa, further confusing Nami, but nonetheless she watched me more closely now.

Bringing the blade to my palm, I saw the look of realization on Nami’s face about what I was about to do, but she was too late to do anything as I sliced my palm open, letting it bleed on the deck before sheathing my blade back.

“Are you stupid!? Why would you cut yourself!?” Nami exclaimed, suddenly grabbing my bloody hand and making me make a fist to stem the bleeding.

“It’s alright, just watch.” I said softly as I gently removed her hand and slowly uncurled my fist, displaying my palm again.

Thanks to it being the middle of the day, the sun was at its highest point, and so I wasn’t surprised when the cut was barely visible now.

Under Nami’s shocked and awed gaze, my wound quickly healed up before our very eyes until only soft skin was left behind. Then, wiping the blood with my thumb, I showed it to her.

“See? That ring has a mild regeneration.” I stated calmly.

Nami took my hand in her own and inspected it closely for a few moments before letting it down and looking at me with wide eyes.

“…How?”

“I honestly have no idea.” I shook my head honestly, since I was still stumped at that. “One day I just woke up, my power activated, and the next thing I knew, I could heal others.”

Nami became silent after that as she looked at me in the eyes closely without blinking, and I stared back with the same intensity. Eventually Nami seemed to find what she was looking for and let out a tired sigh as she held her forehead.

“This is crazy.” She muttered quietly.

“Tell me about it.” I snorted in amusement.

“Who else knows?” Nami asked after another bout of silence.

“Other than Tiche, only you.” I replied immediately, causing her to look immensely pleased for a moment. “I was planning to tell the others soon, but was having a hard time thinking how since this is not something that can be easily explained.”

“You can say that again.” Nami muttered with a roll of her eyes before letting out a breath and giving me a small smile. “Thanks for trusting me with this.”

“You’re my nakama. I already trust you with my life, so this seemed like an easy decision.” I said simply with a shrug.

“…Tsk, idiot.” Nami muttered softly as she turned her head away with her cheeks a bit red, to my confusion.

“Ahem, anyway, whatever you decide to do, I guess you have my support.” Nami said after taking several deep breaths and looking at me again.

“Thanks, Nami.” I smiled at her and gave her shoulder a small pat.

“Whatever,” Nami said a bit dismissively before her eyes turned curious again. “So what else can you do?” she asked excitedly.

Grinning at her excitement, I suddenly thought of my Inventory and couldn’t help the huge grin that grew on my lips.

“Shishishi~ Oh boy, do I have something to show you that will make you extremely happy.” I stated confidently, causing Nami to blink cutely.

“Well? Spit it out already! I’ll be the judge of that!” Nami demanded, but couldn’t help the anticipation in her eyes.

‘Oh yeah, time to blow her mind.’ I thought in amusement.

Moments later, the whole ship became startled at the huge girly squeal that was released from Nami’s lips, followed by happy, almost deranged laughter.

“YOU’RE THE BEST CAPTAIN, EVEEEERRRRR~”

“Ack! Breathe! Can’t breathe!”