One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 1 Kim Caesar

Grand Route, New World, Sleeping Ancient Town.

Rusty and weathered anchors were inserted obliquely into the cracked docks, crows were croaking hoarsely on the dead beech trees, and weathered broken bones could occasionally be seen on the deserted and dilapidated streets.

Caesar, dressed in a suit and tie, walked on the streets of the small town. His high-end leather shoes made the gravel under his feet creak, and his exquisite and expensive clothes seemed a little out of place with the surrounding environment.

Following behind him were a man and a woman. The woman was tall, with healthy wheat-colored skin, and was wearing a black dress. She was looking around with an inquiring look.

The man had a blond punk hairstyle and a tattoo on his chest, and looked a bit ruffian-like.

The woman's name is Nico Robin, a historian, and the bounty on her head is 7900 million berries.

The man's name is Marco. He is the captain and doctor of the Whitebeard Pirates. He is also the de facto second-in-command of the pirate group, and his bounty is in the billions.

According to the original plot of the story, at this time, one of the two should be following Whitebeard to roam the New World, while the other should be struggling to survive under the pursuit of the World Government.

And Caesar...

There shouldn't have been a Caesar in this world.

But like most stories - he is a time traveler.

After traveling through eighteen years, from a lonely orphan to a business tycoon who is as wealthy as a country, he did not put in any effort at all, but relied on the cheating of the golden finger.

Caesar's cheat code is called the Collection System. As the name suggests, it allows you to collect things, and Caesar can also get various rewards by achieving some collection achievements.

With the help of his golden finger, Caesar quickly completed the primitive accumulation of capital.

He can even say to anyone: I am so poor that all I have left is money!
This may sound a bit pretentious, but it is indeed the truth.

After all, this is the world of pirates. For those who live in this world, nothing is more precious than power.

Unfortunately, Caesar was just an ordinary mortal compared to those monsters who swam alone through the doldrums and traveled the Grand Line in a small boat.

Even if he put in two hundred times the effort, even if he trained crazily day and night, he could only barely reach the level of a major in the Marine Headquarters. Converted into a pirate bounty, it would be only tens of millions. If he really faced those monsters that roamed the world, he would probably not be able to survive even a single encounter.

Even the golden finger that came with it could not directly give him power.

If I have to say what is outstanding about her, her appearance is the only thing that can be considered outstanding...

As a time traveler, Caesar has no ambitions. He has no interest in things like One Piece or the Navy King conquering the world.

After traveling through life, Caesar only wants to live forever, live a carefree and comfortable life, and by the way, complete the main task of the system - to collect the whole world.

However, in this turbulent and chaotic sea, sometimes being alive is a luxury. Without the support of strength, no matter how much wealth you have, it is just a castle in the air.

Therefore, Caesar, who was born with deficiencies, set his sights on the devil fruit.

Among the currently known fruits, the Thunder Fruit is on the Sky Island, and he cannot go up there. Even if he did, Caesar has no idea whether Enel has eaten the fruit at this time.

It doesn't matter if you make a wasted trip, but it would be too unfair if you end up dying after traveling thousands of miles.

Moreover, judging from his own conditions, the Thunder Fruit is not suitable for him. Although it can greatly increase the lower limit of his combat power, considering Caesar's current physical fitness, it is still unknown to what extent he can exert the power of this fruit.

In comparison, the improvement in physical fitness brought about by the animal-type fruit is real.

But Caesar doesn't think highly of ordinary animal-type creatures, and he feels that the ancient species are not so good. The mythical beast species are pretty good, but of the currently known mythical beast species, except for Luffy and the little brother Pony behind him, the others are basically in the hands of Wano Country and the World Government.

There are one or two exceptions though...

For example, in the official game "One Piece Unlimited World R", there is the Animal-type Bat Fruit, Mythical Beast-type Vampire Fruit that was sleeping in the Sleeping Town and was eventually eaten by the Red Earl.

A fruit that only appears in games because its power is so abnormal...

It is said that the existence of this fruit in the main storyline extra game is still unknown, but Caesar asked around with the idea of ​​trying his luck and found that there is indeed a place called Shuigu Town in the New World.

And regarding this ancient town, there are indeed rumors of mysterious relics and treasures...

After receiving the news, Caesar did not hesitate at all. He used Berry to lead the way and contacted the Whitebeard Pirates. He specifically asked for Marco to escort them. After investing 3 billion berries, Whitebeard readily sent his eldest son Marco.

Xiao Ma Ge is a down-to-earth person. Under Caesar's massive money-throwing offensive, he patted his chest and said that he would follow him for the next few months.

With the support of Marco, Caesar did not rush to act. Instead, he went to the West Sea again and contacted Nicole Robin through the black market. He coaxed the woman onto the ship with the original text of history as a reward, and then set off for the New World.

After more than a month's sailing, Caesar finally set foot on the island.

"It's a complete ruin..."

Marco glanced around the deserted town. "Caesar, you've come all this way here. Are you planning on doing some construction?"

"of course not."

Caesar smiled. The two of them got along pretty well along the way, but for safety reasons, he did not tell anyone about the vampire fruit. He only said that they were going to explore a ruin.

"Marco, how far can your observation Haki cover?"

Marco understood what Caesar meant and sensed it. "Given the size of this island, it's no problem to occupy the entire island. We can be sure that there are only three of us on this island."

The three of them came on Marco's ship, with the flag of the Whitebeard Pirates, which could help them avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble in this new world.

Before getting off the boat, Caesar specifically told Marco not to let anyone else follow him. Marco naturally wouldn't go against money.

"follow me…"

Caesar didn't say much, just waved his hand to signal the two to follow, and walked towards the depths of the island with big strides.

Looking out from the three people's position, there is a towering abandoned church in the center of the island. Judging from the plot in the game, if nothing unexpected happens, the vampire fruit should be in the area of ​​that church.

Passing through a dark and dense forest, there were some ghostly bat shadows flickering in the forest, and occasionally a red light flashed in the darkness.

"Lots of vampire bats."

Marco sensed the surrounding movements with his Observation Haki. "You two should be careful. These vampire bats carry a lot of viruses. If you get scratched, you're bound to get infected."

Thumping...

Just as he finished speaking, a huge bat suddenly rushed out of the dense forest and circled above the three people's heads.

Marco subconsciously raised his hand to drive it away, but saw the bat flapping its wings and landing in front of Caesar with a rustling sound.

The little claws on its wings scratched the ground, and it circled around Caesar. It raised its head, which looked like a puppy, sniffed at Caesar, and made a low growl, as if to express some kind of closeness.

"It seems to like you."

Robin crossed his arms and said abruptly, "Of course, it could also be that he likes your blood."

"Don't say such dangerous words so calmly..."

Caesar twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the little guy in front of him, with a sense of excitement inexplicably rising in his heart.

It was mentioned in the original drama that the devil fruit seems to intentionally choose its host. So does this vampire bat in front of us also represent the will of the vampire fruit?
After thinking for a moment, Caesar tentatively asked, his tone polite and gentle: "Can you lead the way?"

Marco said in a teasing tone, "Hey, don't be silly. You don't really want this bat to lead you to what you want, do you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bat actually fluttered up and flew up. After circling over the three people's heads, it flew towards the church.

"what?"

Marco's eyes widened when he saw this: "Is this reasonable?"

"Follow up quickly!"

Caesar hurriedly followed, and Marco and Robin followed closely behind, chasing the bat all the way.

Soon, after crossing a mottled cobblestone road, a dilapidated church appeared in front of the three people.

The church was completely empty, without even a statue. Black bats hung upside down on the old chandelier above, the paint on which was almost peeling off, licking their wings.

Caesar looked around and landed on the mottled murals on the wall. He turned to look at Robin and said, "Miss Robin, I'll trouble you here."

Robin nodded and looked at the mural on the wall.

In the mural, a figure with bat wings is particularly eye-catching. Although the wall is weathered, mottled and cracked, one can still make out the story it tells.

"I see. So, what Mr. Caesar is looking for should be the legendary vampire fruit, right?"

"Yes, what does the mural say?" Caesar asked curiously.

"Nothing much, just a story that happened here in the past," Robin explained. "Once upon a time, the town of Shuigu was plagued by pirates due to its remote location and small territory. Later, a vampire fruit user came to protect the people. Because his fruit ability allowed him to maintain eternal youth by sucking blood, he was revered and worshipped by the locals."

Robin's expression suddenly grew heavy as he spoke. "Later, because their immortality abilities violated the divine realm, a group of angels in white attacked the vampires..."

"Angels in white? They're probably those CP0 guys, right?"

Marco scoffed, "It seems even the Celestial Dragons can't resist the allure of eternal youth."

Robin nodded. Her guess was the same as Marco's. "At the end of the story, the fruit was reborn on this island and hidden by a priest who had received a favor from the previous esper. He then built this church to prevent the World Government from finding the fruit."

Marco was puzzled: "But if the World Government sees this mural, won't it be directly exposed?"

"No, the information about the fruit's location is not directly recorded on it, but hidden in the mural..."

Robin shook his head. "These characters are constructed using the lines of a picture. They use a very ancient hieroglyphic script. The records are very obscure. Even if I had some knowledge of this kind of script, I would have almost overlooked it."

"These characters are: sun and moon, rotation, house, and earth. Ancient people used the movement of the sun and moon to describe the passage of time, so the translated meaning is - underground of the bell tower."

The three people who found the clue came to the clock tower and searched for a long time before they found the mechanism leading to the underground.

Rumble…

As the mechanism was triggered, the floor tiles rumbled and a dark tunnel appeared in front of the three people.

Caesar threw a torch into the tunnel, and the two people next to him immediately looked at him in surprise.

"Is it normal for me to carry a torch with me when I come to explore the ruins?"

Xiao Ma Ge: “That makes sense!”

"..."

The question is where did you get the torch?

Robin looked at Caesar deeply.

Kim Caesar.

Male, 18 years old, from Luoge Town, Donghai. He is the big boss of Caesar Group. He owns many industries, with resource extraction as his pillar industry. He rose like a comet two years ago and was praised by the World Economic Herald as: a man who controls endless resources.

Such a person, without enjoying his wealth, took the risk to go to a place like the New World to pursue an illusory devil fruit.

Although the two did not interact much along the way, it was still obvious that this was a man who had a clear understanding of the world and had certain ambitions.

Caesar stepped into the tunnel holding a torch. The firelight flickered in the narrow passage, illuminating the mottled marks on the wall.

The tunnel is not long, but the air is filled with a damp and musty smell, brewing the decadent atmosphere of time.

"In this kind of environment, I wouldn't be surprised if a skeleton jumped out the next second."

Marco's fingertips were burning with blue flames. He walked in front carelessly, with a hint of ridicule in his tone.

Caesar did not respond. His attention was completely focused on the front and he was already impatient.

Over the years, he had tried many methods to break his own limits, such as food and medicine, or hiring a naval general to teach him the Six Styles and Haki...

But given his innate conditions, even if he spent a lot of money and effort, and trained every day until he almost fainted, he ultimately only learned the shave among the six styles, and there was not even a hint of domineering power.

The only reward is lighting up the hidden achievements of the six styles. When all six styles are mastered, you will be rewarded with the secret of the six styles - life return.

Caesar felt that if he could master the return of life, he might be able to break through his own limits.

But judging from his progress in cultivation, even at the most ideal speed, it would probably take at least ten years.

ten years…

How many decades are there in life?
It is now the 1516th year of the Haiyuan calendar, four years before Luffy goes to sea, and one year before Ace goes to sea.

Judging from the plot, the next ten years will definitely be turbulent, and it is unknown what the world will be like by then.

Do we have to go with the flow of the times like everyone else?

Stop kidding me!
After all, I'm a time traveler. Even if I can't claim the throne, I should at least have the power to control my own destiny, right? Otherwise, I might as well just hang myself with a pair of stockings!
At the end of the tunnel is a heavy stone door with a huge bat relief carved on it. Two blood-red gems are inlaid in the place of the bat's eyes, which flicker strangely in the firelight.

Robin stepped forward and looked at it carefully for a while, then reached out and felt around carefully. Finally, he pushed the stone door hard, but found that it would not move, so he slowly stepped back two steps.

"There's a doorstone behind the door, so it can only be dismantled with force. I'm not sure if there's a mechanism behind it, but I suspect there's probably not. After all, it's just a secret room built by an ordinary person..."

"Leave it to me, and step back."

Marco took a step forward, green flames swirling around his body. His arms turned into green flame wings to shield the two people behind him, and his legs turned into huge bird claws, one of which kicked the stone door!
boom--

With a loud bang, the stone door shattered and collapsed, and the tunnel was filled with smoke and dust.

Fortunately, there was no mechanism behind the door, only an empty stone chamber, and in the empty stone chamber there was only a lonely stone platform.

On the stone platform stood an exquisite wooden box, the surface of which was carved with intricate patterns and inlaid with several gleaming gems.

"Is that the vampire fruit?" Marco folded his wings and looked at the stone platform in the center, his eyes full of curiosity.

Caesar did not answer, but threw a stone next to the stone platform. Seeing that it did not trigger any mechanism, he quickly walked to the stone platform and carefully opened the wooden box.

Inside the box lay a strange fruit, its surface covered with spiral arabesque patterns. The fruit was purple-black in color with a hint of blood-red at the bottom. The heavy hue seemed to contain endless power.

The moment he saw the fruit, Caesar's heart suddenly started beating wildly, his blood was boiling, and his eardrums were beating violently.

"System! Collect the vampire fruit!"

Caesar grabbed the fruit in his hand and called out urgently in his heart.

The next moment, the fruit in Caesar's hand disappeared out of thin air, and was replaced by a golden card the size of a playing card!
[Collection Item: Devil Fruit (Animal, Bat Fruit, Mythical Beast, Vampire Form)]

[Rarity: S]

【Collection value: SS】

[Comment: Double-A in strength and speed. More like a vampire bat than a vampire. Can you accept wings growing on your arms?]

[Achievement: Collect a Mythical Beast Devil Fruit]

[Achievement Reward: Masterpiece Upgrade]

【Masterpiece Upgrade: Can be used on an object to fully upgrade it.】

[Note: This does not work on the system and cannot make the fruit user immune to seawater. The Devil Fruit's Drowning Curse is an external factor, and requires 30% progress in the main storyline to become immune.]

[Main Mission: Collect the World]

[Task progress: 9%]

"Use Masterpiece Upgrade on the Vampire Fruit!"

hum-

The fruit card in Caesar's hand flashed with brilliance, and the next second, a circle of luxurious gold edges appeared around the card.

[Collection Item: Bright Vampire Fruit (Zoo-type·Human-Human Fruit·Mythical Beast·Vampire Form)]

[Comment: Powerful and beautiful! Not afraid of sunlight or mithril, you're more sinister than a vampire, but you're no match for Varudo!]

"Use the Vampire Fruit!"

As Caesar gave the order, the golden card suddenly shattered and turned into a streak of light that sank into his body.

Because of their positions, the two people at the door of the stone chamber did not see this scene.

The two men only saw Caesar open the treasure chest containing the fruit and then stand there in a daze. Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and a pair of broad and black bat wings pierced his expensive custom-made suit.

In the darkness, the person in front of him slowly turned around. Before the joy in his scarlet eyes faded, a faint sense of oppression swept over him!

Feeling the aura that was still immature but undoubtedly symbolized the qualities of a king, Marco took a step forward and stood in front of Robin, his eyes full of astonishment.

"Is this... Domineering Haki?! Hey, hey! Are you kidding me?"

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