One Piece Gunslinger

"Hmm..." Hancock leaned against Leon, saying nothing. There was nothing left to fear now; it was all over.

Well, just as Li Ang was fantasizing about announcing his retirement and dumping all the work on Koala, he felt Hancock's breathing stop beside him.

"Huh?!" Not only did breathing stop, but blood circulation also stopped. No, the air itself completely froze, and the dust particles in the air remained firmly in place, motionless.

Li Ang also discovered that, like Hancock, he couldn't move or speak; only his thoughts were still functioning. "Has time stopped?"

“Yes, that’s right, that’s it.” Just then, a blurry human figure appeared in front of Li Ang. It seemed to have no physical form and was composed entirely of a faint golden light.

"Hello, Li Ang. Thank you for your help!"

This opening sentence left Li Ang somewhat confused. "What's going on? Wait a minute, I can't speak right now."

"It's okay, I know what you're thinking even if you don't say anything. Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. I am the planet beneath your feet. Since I'm completely surrounded by oceans, you can call me Azure. You were sent here by my good friend Earth to help me deal with my current problems. Well, thank you for your help. The problem that has troubled me for eight hundred years is finally going to be solved."

Well, Li Ang understood everything now. He'd seen plenty of movies and comics on Earth, plus his own time-travel experience.

"So I was doing just fine on Earth, but then Earth discovered the problem with its friend Azure, and the era was delayed by eight hundred years, so it sent me here to do this. Xi Ba, that 'True Destiny: Invincible Ultimate HD Remastered Resident Evil 4' was your doing, wasn't it?"

"Uh, the previous part is correct, but that 'Resident Evil 4: Ultimate HD Remaster' really has nothing to do with us. It just so happens that you opened the game when you were sent here." Wow, this is really Capcom reheating old leftovers.

"However, I was a little dizzy when you were sent here. I had entrusted this matter to a newborn child (Luffy) a few years ago. I had prepared a savior and put in a lot of effort. But it was not very useful and could not help you much. So a year later, when Earth found that you had not done anything, it customized a help system for you according to your preferences. It was sent over from a distance, and I also secretly guided the dragon to meet you."

Good grief, so Earth is quite the reckless youth after all. Everyone else was ready to be their savior, but it didn't even understand the situation before sending Li Ang over. Then, upon arriving, it realized that Azure had chosen Luffy. Temporarily out of energy, it sent over a system from afar.

"So now? My mission is complete, are you going to send me back?"

"Um... that's how it should be according to common sense..."

"Wait a minute, even though there are no computers, no game consoles, no fancy websites, nothing here, I have a girlfriend. I have everything over there, but no girlfriend. The point is, I just swore two seconds ago that I would never leave, so why do I always end up breaking my promise so quickly?"

“You want to hear me out? I mean, normally we should send it back, but now… one of our other friends, Deep Green, is also in quite a bit of trouble, and the situation is rather bad. Just maintaining the balance among the intelligent beings and preventing them from destroying themselves is already a huge challenge. So we’re planning to send you there to help it, since you already have experience. But if you’d like, we can also send Hancock with you.”

Well, hearing this made Li Ang feel a little better. To be honest, humans are just perverse creatures. Just now he was thinking that he could finally rest. But resting made him feel that life was unmotivating and meaningless. Now that he saw that there was work to do and he could take Hancock with him, he was a little excited.

"What about the other friends?"

"I'm sorry, this is too difficult. Transporting two people is already our limit. This kind of interdimensional and inter-universe teleportation is very strenuous. It will send one, I will send one, and we can't send any more."

"Really? Although I'm a very helpful person and can't sit still, I'd be eager to help without anyone asking. Could I leave a letter?"

……

"Hey, Leon." Sabo barged in, not caring whether Leon was doing anything intimate with Hancock.

"Huh? Where is he? Why is he gone? Is this a letter?"

"Something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened..."

Seeing Sabo rushing over, shouting that something bad had happened, everyone's hearts jumped into their throats. At this critical juncture, they desperately hoped nothing serious would occur.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?" Long asked.

“Li Ang, Li Ang is missing, but he left this behind.” Sabo said, handing over the letter.

Upon looking at it, Long Yi realized that it was Li Ang's farewell letter.

He wrote quite a bit, but in essence, he and Hancock went to a place they could never find, and he left the rest to them. Whether they would meet again was up to fate.

Don't worry about it.

“With Li Ang and his companion’s abilities, it’s clearly impossible for them to slip out of the revolutionary army unnoticed,” Long thought silently. He had also just felt a strange sensation, a feeling he’d only experienced once before, when his son was born. “Perhaps things aren’t that simple, but it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

"See you again if fate allows. Then see you again if fate allows." Long was carefree, and although he didn't know the reason, he had some guesses in his heart.

"Pass on my order: commission a colossal bronze statue of Li Ang. Inscribe it with..."

After pondering for a while, Long said, "Write it on it: 'Throughout history, who can compare with him?'"

"Isn't this... a bit too high a rating? Since the beginning of time, who can compare to it?" someone immediately asked.

“If he had written it like this, he could have even replaced me, but he didn’t. Instead, he chose to leave after achieving success. Considering his previous contributions, he deserves this evaluation.”

……

Regardless of how the people on the Azure Planet recorded his story, Li Ang and Hancock have now arrived on a planet called Deep Green.

"Hmm, it's really deep green. We've arrived in a huge forest, and we've been walking for ages without finding our way out," Li Ang complained. "I should have brought some more water and food. Are we supposed to follow Bear Grylls' example in this lousy forest? Couldn't we have been taken to a populated area? It's not my problem that I'm suffering, but you're suffering."

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can be together, I don't care about these things."

I can't stand it anymore! They even have to show off their love in the forest. If this happened in the city, it would be unbearable.

"Hancock, look! That village of yours is finally out of sight. Let's go find something to eat."

……

Then Li Ang was dumbfounded. Neither Bailey nor the RMB discovered by the Revolutionary Army could be used in this godforsaken place. But now that they had already eaten, were they supposed to drag Hancock away and dine and dash?

Just as Li Ang was worrying about money for food, two more guests walked into the inn. It was peak season, and there were no seats available, so Li Ang and his companion were the only ones who could sit together comfortably. They ended up at Li Ang's table, sitting opposite Li Ang and Hancock.

Then Li Ang looked up and saw a man and a woman.

"Huh? Huh?!!" This outfit, this face... so this dark green planet is a place I'm familiar with!

“Xiao Nan, I’ve observed that everyone here is an ordinary person,” the man said in a low voice. However, Li Ang and Hancock were not ordinary people, and they overheard him.

"Okay, then, Nagato, let's rest here for a while." After saying that, the woman casually ordered two dishes.

Holy crap, this is the Hokage! And judging by the looks of it, Akatsuki must have just been established.

Leon pressed down on Hancock's hand, calming her down a bit. He then asked, "You two are dressed quite differently from the people in this village. May I ask where you come from?"

"Uh." The two didn't expect anyone to come back and talk to them, but they quickly realized what was going on and replied, "We're from Amegakure, so we're just travelers."

"Oh? Then may I ask which places the two of you have visited?"

"I've been to quite a few places, practically all over the world," Nagato replied casually.

"Oh? You've traveled all over the world? You must have met or heard of many heroic figures. I'm most curious about that. Could you tell me about them?"

……

This is the familiar pattern. It seems that Li Ang is preparing to join Xiaolai this time and use Xiaolai's power to promote the revolution.

It seems that Xiao, whom everyone fears from now on, will become the birthplace of revolutionary thought.

The End.

Finish this testimonial

Warning: The following may contain minor spoilers. Please read the main text first.

Where should I begin? I feel like there's so much to say, but right now it's a bit difficult to bring myself to say it.

Okay, as is customary, let me first thank all the readers who have made it this far. Thank you so much!

However, to be honest, the success of this book is entirely due to everyone's encouragement.

I'm not referring to subscriptions or collections, but rather a sentence or two that people say while reading a book.

Although there aren't always direct compliments, like "This is the best One Piece fanfiction I've ever read," direct praise is rare. But as long as it's not something like "goodbye" or "toxic," it's already encouraging. At least it lets me know that there are still many people reading my book, and that there are still people who like this story.

The book's sales were consistently poor, but with everyone's encouragement, I fulfilled my promise made when it was first published: two chapters a day, three thousand words per chapter, six thousand words a day. From its publication to its completion, it took exactly four months, without a single day of missed updates, without a single day of missing updates, and without taking a single day off.

Looking back now, I find it a bit unbelievable. I can't believe I could do something like this. It really changes my perception of myself.

Of course, I also have to apologize. I did keep my promise, but I never updated a lot. My update speed has always been the same, so I couldn't give back to everyone.

Now that I've expressed my gratitude, what should I say next? How about we talk about this book?

Actually, when I first started writing this book, I had a very simple idea, which I've mentioned before: to have a lively discussion about heroes in the One Piece world, evaluating the various characters. Of course, in the author's eyes, the ultimate heroes are the Revolutionary Army.

After the hero-themed episode ended, I received a contract offer. At the time, I thought, "This storyline seems like it'll be quite popular." However, reality proved otherwise, and it quickly fizzled out.

It's fair to say that those who like it will really like it, and those who don't will really dislike it; this is how the book's polarized reviews came about.

At the very beginning of this book, you all didn't know that the actual title should be "One Piece: The Holy Knight." The image of a holy knight is self-evident, making revolution a logical next step, and the concept of heroism is also quite righteous.

Then, when a Paladin encounters a battle, they unleash a bunch of overpowered skills, and if they can't win, they can use their invincibility and Hearthstone.

However, when this guy typed "SQS Paladin" once, he accidentally typed "Gunner." He thought, "That's not bad. If it were a Paladin, stirring up revolution, that would be too 'righteous.' A Gunner is about strategy." (Later it turned out this guy wasn't quite right; it would have been much better if he had just written "Paladin.")

One more thing, the name Li Ang wasn't chosen randomly. It's because the character "liang" is in the name of a certain actor. So, it's actually a matter of voice acting; the actor simply named the protagonist Li Ang.

Then let's talk about how brief the initial outline of this book was. Just how brief? Basically, Chapter 377 – Revealing the Answer – was the outline.

All the groundwork laid beforehand, the plot developments, were all for this chapter. So, if you haven't finished the book and have read the author's notes directly, you might be getting spoilers.

Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, there shouldn't be any problems (except for a few mischievous people).

And then, there's not much more to say. I've come this far in obscurity. It's truly remarkable that you people could find this book in the vast sea of ​​books and even read this far. Regardless of who other readers are, my readers are definitely bored people—the kind who can spend half a day browsing online and several days searching for a book to read. I must say, I admire them.

Alright, it's time to say goodbye. A book is a journey, and although the journey I've constructed may not have been particularly exciting, we've all spent some time together, so we can be considered kindred spirits.

Now it's time to part ways, but there are still thousands of books waiting for you to read.

As for whether we'll ever meet again, well, that depends. I'm not making any promises, but maybe we will. If we do, consider it a small moment of happiness in life; if not, there's no need to be sad or wait.

That's it for now, the end!