Simultaneous Transmigration: Why is it all One Piece world?

Nock watched this scene, his lips twitching slightly.

They were fighting to the death just now, and now they're going to drink together?

These two...

He took a deep breath and stepped out of the shadows.

"Count me in."

Two pairs of eyes shot over at the same time.

Ace instantly entered battle mode, his fists bursting into flames, while Yamato gripped his spiked club tightly, his eyes wary.

"Who?!"

Nock gave a French military salute to indicate that he had no hostile intentions.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not a member of the Beasts Pirates."

He pointed to the second-generation Onikiri at his waist, and then to the night clothes he was wearing.

Yamato squinted at him, then suddenly asked, "A samurai from Wano Country?"

"Not a samurai," Nock paused, "but close enough."

Yamato's eyes lit up immediately.

She practically jumped over, circling Nock twice, her excitement barely concealed.

"A samurai! It really is a samurai! Do you know Oden? Do you admire Oden too? Was Oden really like the heroes described in the stories, a truly great and upright hero?!"

Nock: "..."

Looking at the long white-haired girl in front of him, three words popped into his mind—naive and innocent.

He was imprisoned on Onigashima from a young age and raised under Kaido's harsh discipline, where he was often hungry. Relying on a few tattered notebooks and the spiritual indoctrination of a few samurai, he idolized that idiot Oden and shouted crazy things like "I am Oden" every day.

A child abused by his father and yearning for freedom finds solace in a legendary figure.

Really...

"Oden?" Nok asked expressionlessly. "A complete idiot."

Yamato's smile froze.

"What...what did you say?"

"I said, Kozuki Oden was an idiot."

Yamato's face flushed red, and he gripped his spiked club, ready to unleash his fury.

Ace, however, became interested. He extinguished his flames and leaned closer to ask, "Hey, I heard Oden was quite a remarkable figure. He served on Whitebeard's ship back in the day, and after returning to his country..." He paused, "...it seems his ending was rather tragic?"

Nock glanced at him.

"Have you heard of him?"

"Of course I've heard of him." Ace scratched his head. "The people of Wano Country all say he's a hero who endures countless hardships without losing his heroic spirit. How come you call him a fool?"

Nock sneered.

"Simmering and boiling it for ages? What a waste of Kaido's pot of good oil!"

"He was a crewmate of Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King. Do you think he would be a hero?"

"Then he's definitely not a hero," Ace changed his mind without hesitation.

Yamato was anxious.

"How could you say such a thing! Oden is clearly a hero! He's from the stories, he's what the samurai said, he..."

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, and finally she simply sat down on the ground and started rolling around.

"Oden is a hero! A true hero!"

Nock shook his head helplessly.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't care; whatever you say goes.

But the fact that Oden, that idiot, was considered a hero really annoyed him.

Nock looked at Yamato.

"You idolize him, don't you? Then do you even know how Kaido and Orochi conquered Wano Country?"

Yamato opened her mouth, but couldn't speak. She only knew that Oden was a hero, and that he died a heroic death, but the specific details weren't written in those stories.

"Bring me some wine," Knok said. "I have some free time today, so I'll tell you the story of that 'hero'."

......

The wine has arrived.

The three sat on the ruins, around a small fire. Yamato held a wine jug, Ace sat cross-legged, and Noc leaned against a rock, and began to speak.

They were saying that Oden lacked public morality by burning other people's family members' corpses as firewood.

They were talking about why Oden wouldn't listen to advice and insisted on going into business.

It tells the story of how Oden was completely fooled by Orochi's few words after returning to Japan.

When Moria, an outsider, was fighting desperately for Wano Country, Oden somehow stripped naked and danced a nude dance to amuse Lord Moria, thus causing him to lose the battle.

It tells the story of how Oden held up his retainer in a cauldron of boiling oil for an hour before being shot dead by Kaido.

It tells the story of how Wano Country fell into Orochi's hands after Oden's death, how the people were exploited, and how they died in the factory.

......

After embellishing the story, he finished speaking.

Ace's expression grew increasingly grim.

After Knok finished speaking, he slammed his fist on the ground, sending flames flying.

"Idiot! A idiot who should be hung in a museum!" he cursed. "Five years! He danced naked for five years?! Just because of Orochi and Kaido's insincere threats?! Is he out of his mind?!"

Yamato remained silent, his hands trembling slightly as he held the sake flask.

"But..." her voice was soft, "But that's not how it's written in the storybooks. Uncle Fengyue and the others all say that Oden was a hero..."

Nock looked at her.

"The one you admire is not Oden."

Yamato raised his head.

"What you admire is the 'samurai spirit' that has been glorified by those samurai. It's the embellished stories written in those novels. The real Oden was just a fool who caused the deaths of countless people."

Yamato bit his lip, unable to speak.

Nock took a sip of his drink and suddenly said, "How about this, I'll tell you another story."

"What story?"

"Nezha - making havoc in the sea".

......

The fire crackled and popped.

Nok's voice drifted in the night wind as he told the story of Nezha's battle with the sea in the 79 TV series.

It tells the story of Li Jing forcing his son, the Dragon King bullying people, and Nezha rebelling against patriarchal authority, cutting off his flesh to return to his father and his bones to his mother, and being reborn in a lotus flower.

Yamato's eyes widened even more.

After Knok finished speaking, she suddenly stood up, her eyes red-rimmed.

"Nezha...Nezha is amazing!"

She clenched her fists, her whole body trembling.

"The Dragon King forced him, so he slew the dragon! His father forced him, so he gave his life! He was worthy of everyone except himself!"

Nock looked at her.

"So, who do you think is the hero?"

Yamato did not hesitate.

"Nezha is a hero!"

Nock's lips curled up slightly.

Yamato suddenly squatted down, hugged his head, and his voice was trembling with sobs.

"I...I also want to slay a dragon..."

She didn't say who the dragon was.

But everyone knows it.

Ace remained silent, looking at the girl with a complex expression in his eyes.

The night wind blew, and the firelight flickered.

......

After a long while, Ace stood up.

"Alright, it's almost dawn, I have to go."

He looked at Nok.

"What you just said, is it true?"

Nock nodded without hesitation, his words carrying a strong personal sentiment, but they were absolutely true!

Ace was silent for two seconds, then grinned.

"You're quite interesting, aren't you? Want to board my ship?"

Nock paused for a moment.

So direct?

"I just want a ride," he said. "I'm not joining your pirate crew."

Ace waved his hand.

"It's all the same, let's talk about it once we're on board!"

He looked at Yamato again, a hint of regret in his eyes.

"What about you? Want to come along?"

Yamato lowered his head and slowly raised his hands.

The moonlight shone on her wrists—thick, dark shackles.

"It will explode whenever I try to leave Ghost Island, or try to open it..." she whispered.