Starting with two Kamui, they raised the flag of rebellion in One Piece.

After the two leading bandits with high bounties were defeated, the remaining bandits, either out of fear of Li Mingyuan standing by, or because they were no better than the villagers without their leader, ultimately did not last long even though Li Mingyuan did not intervene. They were all beaten to the ground by the vengeful villagers and tied up with the two bandit brothers.

Soon, the villagers, busy moving the stolen goods and the bandits together, gradually dispersed from Li Mingyuan's side and began to run around.

Only Li Mingyuan remained, still observing the situation from his spot.

According to what was later revealed by someone who seemed to be the village chief, a banquet was to be held tonight to thank him for his help.

He doesn't need to worry about the rest.

The villagers will escort the two wanted criminals directly to the navy to collect their rewards. If he needs anything else, such as inconvenience in finding a place to stay or if his clothes are unsuitable, he can ask for help. In short, his task now is to rest here and wait for the banquet tonight.

This actually helped Li Ming a lot.

Of course, I'm not referring to things like where clothes should be left, and he's not interested in banquets or anything like that.

The key point is that Li Mingyuan doesn't want to show his face in the navy for the time being.

Although he hasn't planned his future actions or decided on the main mission yet, Li Mingyuan has some initial thoughts on his future identity. If the Navy finds out about his existence too early, it will be inconvenient for him to do anything in the future.

He had no reason to refuse if someone could help him collect the seed money for the future.

That's just what they say.

After Zhen accepted the village chief's arrangement, all subsequent matters were handled by others, leaving him somewhat idle.

At this moment, Li Mingyuan was leaning against the warehouse fence, looking at Joseph and Johnny who were still unconscious beside him.

Compared to the original story, the two were beaten even more severely and miserably. If they were only disfigured in the original story, they were now almost unrecognizable, with dried bloodstains on their faces that could not be wiped clean. Even though the villagers did some emergency treatment, they showed no signs of waking up.

Looking at the two of them, Li Mingyuan felt a little apologetic.

Even though he had never met the two people before, he not only did not wrong them, but also saved their lives.

But human emotions cannot be controlled by reason alone.

As supporting characters with some screen time in the original work, Joseph and Johnny were people he liked. When Li Mingyuan was young, he watched the early episodes of One Piece countless times. It wasn't until after the Fishman Island arc that he started watching the series intermittently. As a result, the characters that left the deepest impression on him were always those from the early episodes.

Now, because they acted a little too late, both of them are almost at the kill line.

If he had been any slower, he might have been kicked in the head and left in a vegetative state.

If he had acted about thirty seconds earlier, not only would their injuries have been much less severe, but they wouldn't have been lying here like corpses for so long, unable to utter a single word.

"I must have lost my mind."

"I never thought that after so many years in the Naruto world, I would still be so hot-blooded. My anticipation for my favorite character's upcoming appearance slightly overshadowed my rational thinking about the situation, leading me to make the wrong choice."

Li Mingyuan sighed and reflected to himself, "I need to be more rational next time."

Such a basic mistake should never have happened to me.

Could it be that he was overjoyed because he had transmigrated to another world and had a better start than in the previous one? Or is it because the system returned his body to the age of 24, causing his mentality to become younger as well?

Regardless of the reason, as a figure who once led an era and the first nominal leader of a unified country, Li Mingyuan had to set higher standards for himself. At the very least, he had to ensure that Madara and Hashirama, who chose him as their leader, would not regret it.

This kind of problem should be avoided as much as possible in the future.

"Speaking of time travel... I almost forgot about what happened just now."

Thinking of this, Li Mingyuan suddenly seemed to have made a connection to something.

He had only just begun to think about the main storyline of this world's future when he was interrupted by the bandits' cannon.

Now that things have finally settled down, it seems like I can reconsider what happened before.

"Main quest."

"When I actually fought against the local natives, I felt that it was not too bad. Maybe the Sharingan was too overpowered, or maybe the system attached to it was too strong. But no matter which factor it was, it didn't seem to be as much pressure as I had expected."

"And that's it, I haven't even used Kamui yet."

"If we use this level of strength to tackle the main quest, the success rate should be much higher than we imagine, so it's definitely worth doing."

Li Mingyuan stroked his chin, pondering for a moment.

When he was inside the house, his first thought was about the situation of the task itself and how to complete it.

However, in reality...

Actually, besides how to complete the task, there is a hidden second option to choose.

That means abandoning the mission.

Abandon the mission, find a random place in this world to settle down, and live a peaceful life until the end of your natural lifespan, relying on your abilities.

Each time he dies, he will travel to the next world, but the prerequisite is that he must complete the mission. If he ever gets tired of the endless journey, he can simply stop doing the mission, die in that world, and the system will automatically unbind him and transfer to the person closest to him.

That's how he obtained the system.

Although this is only his second world, he should have a long time before he's had enough of living. It would be more reasonable for him to explore dozens more worlds before choosing a place to die.

However, in everything, you should always be prepared for the worst.

After all, who said that the next world would definitely be better than the last?

It's fine now that he's been transported to the One Piece world, but what if the next world is Warhammer 40? Or even the Cthulhu universe?

It's hard to say for sure.

Perhaps he painstakingly completes his mission in this world and travels to the next, only to find that his new rewards are completely uncompetitive in the next world, and he dies like cannon fodder right from the start. It's not entirely impossible that he would regret not enjoying life in the previous world before he dies.

And besides that...

In the world of One Piece, there is an option to become immortal.

Regardless of how the Five Elders and Im have survived to this day, even the most obvious method is the option of immortality through the Op-Op Fruit.

Surprisingly, he has far more options in this world.

So in fact, before the cannon fire interrupted his train of thought, Li Mingyuan, who was slightly stumped by the main quest of the One Piece world, was already considering whether to find a place to live in seclusion and fulfill his wish of getting married and having children that he couldn't fulfill in the previous world until he died of old age.

Until now.

Only after experiencing firsthand the power of his own abilities did he develop the idea of ​​completing the main quest.

"If you think about it carefully, the main quest in the One Piece world isn't entirely impossible. Spatial abilities are quite rare in the One Piece world, and speed-type ability users like Kamui are even more limited... The most crucial point is, what's the difference between me and the local natives? It's Kamui's ability, which even Haki can't detect! I can definitely achieve a suppressive force similar to the elemental transformation that couldn't be broken in the early stages of One Piece."

"The only thing I need to consider is probably how long my eyes will last."

"However, I can try to find a way to compensate for my physical condition and indirectly avoid blindness by differentiating between the two worldviews in the future."

After deep thought, Li Mingyuan gradually came to a conclusion.

Yes, you can do the main storyline quests in the One Piece world!

Moreover, not only can he complete tasks, but he can also seek the opportunity to achieve immortality along the way while completing tasks in this world. Perhaps he can achieve a longer-lasting happiness in this world without even having to travel to the next unknown world.

"Phew! That settles it..."

"As expected, the true mission of a transmigrator is to complete system tasks."

Having made up his mind, Li Mingyuan felt a great sense of relief.

At least with a goal in mind, putting aside matters of belief and conviction, he no longer needs to be confused about what he wants to do in the future.

For a transmigrator who has no relatives or friends, it's not bad.

Let's turn our attention back to our surroundings.

Having changed his mindset, Li Mingyuan looked at Joseph and Johnny, who were still lying dead beside him, and squatted down to observe them. He was no longer annoyed that he hadn't saved them in time, but instead began to marvel at them from time to time.

"Speaking of which, they really got beaten up pretty badly."

"I didn't think about it that much before, but now that I think about it, these two really dared to charge in. Their physical abilities are only slightly better than mine when I woke up without chakra. How could they dare to draw their swords in front of a burly man whose arms are thicker than their waists?"

The 1000 million bounty on the bandit Dick is still quite substantial.

In the anime, this bandit with 1000 million Berries almost defeated the inexperienced Zoro in an instant.

In the brief moment that Zoro was distracted, his opponent seized the opportunity and shoved a cannon directly into his face. If it weren't for the brave little boy in the village suddenly pouring a bucket of water on him and extinguishing the cannon's fuse, Zoro's journey to the East Blue might have ended on the spot.

This was even evident in his battle with the opponent just now.

After his younger brother was killed on the spot, he was able to seize the opportunity immediately and bombard both his brother and the enemy with cannons without hesitation. Even when he was under the illusion and unaware of it, he dared to pick up his sword and decisively cut off the enemy's head.

Li Mingyuan knew that if he were in their shoes and faced the bandit Dick, he would never have stood up for him.

Even now, if he hadn't transmigrated to the second world, but instead transmigrated to the first world without any rewards at the start, then besides watching like those 'cowardly' villagers nearby, he wouldn't have done anything at all, at most just grumbling about the injustice of the world.

Oh.

Perhaps, besides that, one could also complain about the incompetent navy, unable to protect the safety of the people?

"Looking back now, it's pretty absurd. I had only been awake for a short time when I had to use my newly acquired abilities to deal with bandits. Luckily, this was my second time transmigrating, and I had a reward at the start: I exchanged for the dual Kamui with a chakra system. Otherwise, with my poor-looking physique from One Piece, that bandit might have been able to crush my head with one hand."

"It's good to have power, at least you have the right to make choices."

After a moment of reflection, Li Mingyuan moved closer to the two lying corpses and lay down as well.

Compared to talking to villagers I don't know, it feels much more relaxed to be near people I know.

He gazed at the sunlight streaming through the eaves, whiling away his leisure time with divergent thoughts. Sometimes he would recall the original content of One Piece, pondering his current situation and circumstances, and other times he would yawn listlessly, lost in thought about the aftermath of his past lives.

And so, time flew by.

Before I knew it, the sun in the sky, which had been high in the sky, gradually began to set.

The small village, which wasn't very big, once again welcomed the night.

This time, however, was different from the past. The streets, which should have been pitch black as night fell, were now brightly lit, with villagers eating and drinking everywhere, chatting and laughing around the firelight.

The banquet began.

As the main character of the banquet, Li Mingyuan was naturally present and received the most attention.

Feeling the novel atmosphere, Li Mingyuan, though indifferent to the banquet, didn't feel tense when he could enjoy it. He simply followed local customs, drinking the most fine wine and eating the biggest pieces of meat, acting like a local and accepting the villagers' thanks with a clear conscience.

However, there was one thing that surprised Li Mingyuan.

The food here was much tastier than he had expected.

One of the main reasons Li Mingyuan was indifferent to the banquet was that he had no idea what was so special about this kind of banquet that was worth enjoying for a transmigrator like him. The things he had eaten in modern society would hardly be considered delicacies in the One Piece world, and would probably only be enjoyed by royalty and nobility from all over the world every day.

While it's undeniable that the One Piece world features many unique and delicious foods, such as the meat of Sea Kings, the meat of various exotic beasts, and even high-level chefs who specialize in these delicacies, an amazing food island even appeared during the arc in which Usopp trained for two years.

However, naturally, these things have nothing to do with a banquet in a small village.

Therefore, he initially had absolutely no expectations about attending the banquet.

But now, after actually eating the feast prepared by the villagers, Li Mingyuan discovered that things were not as he had imagined—the food was truly more delicious than he had expected!

Rather than attributing the dish to the chef's exceptional skill, it's more accurate to say that the ingredients themselves were simply delicious.

Now that he's actually tasted the food from the One Piece world, he's somewhat enlightened. No wonder the characters in the manga exaggerate their eating habits when they see delicious food; it really is delicious!

If the food in this small village tastes like this, then what must the food in high-end restaurants or made by sea monsters and other exotic creatures be like...?

Don't dare to think. Don't dare to think.

Sipping fine wine, Li Mingyuan, slightly tipsy, was immersed in the atmosphere.

I feel more and more looking forward to the future.