"It seems this is the One Piece World!"
The pillar of light that pierced the heavens slowly disappeared. The sea beneath their feet was violently pushed aside, exposing the ocean floor as an overwhelming shockwave swept outward like a Category 10 typhoon, stirring the surrounding seas into chaos.
Nana floated calmly in mid-air, identical to how she stood within the Main God Space. She wore a fitted shirt on her upper body and a pleated skirt below, her fair and delicate feet resting inside blue low-heeled shoes.
Her shoulder-length black hair fluttered in the wind. Combined with her refined and youthful face, she appeared no older than a lively teenage girl.
In reality, she was twenty-six years old.
A light screen unfolded before her eyes.
Nana
Female
Age: 26
Alias: Apollo, Sun's Daughter, Sin of Pride
Main God Space: Reincarnator No. 911
Level: Classified
Remaining Exchange Points: Classified
Ability: Sun, Sin of Pride
The power originating from Escanor of The Seven Deadly Sins. As the sun rises, her strength continuously increases every second, reaching absolute peak power at noon. For one minute at that time, she transforms into an invincible state known as The One, an embodiment of overwhelming power.
At night, however, she becomes no stronger than an ordinary girl.
Weapon: Divine Axe, Rhitta
A massive single-handed divine axe capable of absorbing, storing, and releasing immense solar heat at will.
Equipment: Sun Armor
Golden armor engraved with solar patterns that continuously absorbs sunlight and converts it into power.
The information screen shifted again.
"World Background: Pirate King Gol D. Roger left behind his legendary treasure, the One Piece, igniting competition across the seas. Pirates, Marines, and countless forces clashed as the world entered the chaotic Great Pirate Era."
"Mission: Hunt the Darkness. Reward, 100,000 exchange points."
"Note: Darkness are viruses born from fragmented worlds. They hunt Sons of Destiny, Reincarnators, and Transmigrators."
"One year in this world equals one day in the Main God Space."
"Warning: Due to the emergence of the Darkness virus, the Pirate World has undergone drastic alteration. Original top-tier powerhouses have been eliminated."
"The will of the Pirate World is restarting and returning to its origin state. Estimated completion time, five days."
"Eliminate the Darkness and return within five days, or escape using the World Shuttle Tracking Talisman. Failure will result in erasure by the world's will."
"Five days… that's more than enough."
Nana closed the screen and looked toward the sky.
It was roughly an hour before noon.
Her strength continued rising every second.
She slowly closed her eyes.
The world around her faded into gray as countless points of light appeared within her perception. Moments later, one presence shone brighter than all others, like a blazing sun within darkness.
Vast.
Violent.
Impossible to ignore.
"Found you."
The air beneath her feet shattered.
With a thunderous explosion, Nana transformed into a blazing rainbow of fire, accelerating at supersonic speed toward the strongest aura.
At the same moment, far away across the Grand Line, Lucien turned toward her approaching direction. The terrifying aura continued climbing endlessly, causing even his heartbeat to quicken slightly.
Boom.
A violent storm swept across the island. The cliff beneath Lucien collapsed instantly as wind pressure tore through the surroundings.
His black hair whipped wildly while his amethyst eyes narrowed.
Before him now floated a young girl.
Her appearance seemed harmless and delicate, yet the pressure radiating from her made even Lucien feel cautious.
"Darkness."
Nana scanned Lucien from head to toe without restraint or respect.
Within thousands of kilometers, his presence was unquestionably the strongest.
"Reincarnator."
Lucien spoke calmly. The moment she appeared, he already understood her origin.
Transmigrators acted independently. Only the organized Main God Space hunted something called Darkness.
A faint sense of danger rose within him.
The Main God Space might truly be targeting him.
Emma and Ethan had already died in this world. Logically, new Reincarnators should only appear after he traveled elsewhere. Yet before he even left the Pirate World, replacements had arrived.
And they were clearly hunting him.
Stronger ones.
Could the Main God Space track his location?
If that were true, opposing an organized force like that would be troublesome even for him.
Lucien quickly dismissed the thought.
If the Main God truly wanted him dead, they could simply dispatch monsters capable of destroying worlds outright. Such existences definitely existed.
So why send her?
Another question surfaced.
Were there other Darkness besides him?
Organization changed everything. If multiple targets existed, then attention would be divided. That scenario suited Lucien far better.
"I didn't expect this mission to be this easy."
Nana lifted her chin proudly, looking down at Lucien as if observing an insect. Disdain filled her eyes.
Arrogance radiated from every movement.
Her JK uniform vanished instantly.
Golden Sun Armor materialized piece by piece across her body, glowing brilliantly. At the same time, the enormous Divine Axe Rhitta appeared in her right hand, nearly matching her 1.63-meter height.
She looked heroic, radiant, and dangerously confident.
"I'm not some Darkness," Lucien began, intending to mislead her.
She did not listen.
Without hesitation, Nana swung her axe downward from afar.
Rumble.
The island split cleanly in half.
A massive abyss stretched across the land, its interior burning with temperatures capable of melting steel.
Lucien reappeared fifty meters away using geppo, his expression turning colder as he stared at the endless molten chasm.
"I am Apollo, Sun's Daughter, Sin of Pride. In the name of the sun, all Darkness shall be judged."
Nana raised Rhitta high.
Scarlet-white flames erupted skyward, expanding rapidly from hundreds of meters into thousands, forming something resembling a miniature sun. The surrounding atmosphere trembled violently while seawater below evaporated at terrifying speed.
Without witnessing the destruction firsthand, her declaration might have sounded childish.
Now it represented absolute power.
"Cruel Sun."
The blazing sun descended.
Where it passed, the sky burned and the ocean boiled as it crashed toward Lucien.
Crack.
Golden lightning burst from Lucien's body while white flames ignited around him. His overwhelming aura spread outward, shaking the Grand Line itself.
His arm transformed into crystal-like hardness reinforced with Armament Haki.
Lucien clenched his fist and punched forward.
The atmosphere shattered.
A devastating shockwave tore through the descending sun, blowing it apart into scattered flames across the sky.
Nana tilted her head slightly, surprise flashing within her golden eyes as wind tossed her short hair.
"Swish."
Lucien appeared beside her instantly.
His massive crystal-reinforced leg descended like a falling mountain, brutal and merciless.
Boom.
A deafening collision erupted.
Hurricane force winds exploded outward.
Lucien's amethyst eyes turned cold and violent.
"It's useless."
Nana casually raised one slender arm and blocked the attack effortlessly.
Her aura did not weaken.
Instead, it continued rising.
Higher.
Heavier.
Dangerous enough to make even Lucien feel pressure.
"Cruel Sun."
She lifted Rhitta once more.
This time, the fireball forming above her was no longer merely thousands of meters wide.
It expanded past ten thousand meters.
Compared to the previous attack, the difference was overwhelming.