South Blue

It was a partially clouded, bright, and sunny day. In a quiet corner of the building, a 15-year old kid was gazing at the sky through the window in a daze.

The young kid had short, unkempt, dark-colored hair and blue eyes. He looked handsome standing close to 175 centimeters in height, with a well-toned slim body and tanned skin.

He wore a standard Marine uniform, consisting of a white short-sleeved shirt emblazoned with the Marine emblem and a simplified seagull with "MARINE" underneath it on the back; a blue neckerchief; dark blue trousers.

Just a while before, he mystically arrived at the One Piece world and occupied this fifteen-year-old kid's body who had the same name as him.

Even till now, he couldn't believe that he's really in the One Piece world since he is a very big fan of it.

His name is Rey Silver and he is basically not from this world but from the earth. He couldn't even remember how he appeared here since he has no memories of dying.

The last thing he remembers is, going out for shopping with his friends. And the next thing he remembers is waking up in the One Piece world.

Since he inherited the memory of the previous owner, Rey figured out, the original owner of the body died due to receiving a heavy injury on his head during a fight.

The previous owner of the body is a shy and timid chore boy in the marine base of south blue. So he was often bullied by the other chore boys and seaman recruits who is one rank higher than him.

But the bullying advanced to the next step when a new chore girl, Mia, joined and showed, care and concern for Rey.

It's because, only Rey looked like a regular human, compared to other monster resembling humans of the One Piece world.

Last time, when two seaman recruits were bullying him, an accident happened and he was heavily injured in the process by falling from the second floor of the building.

And so, the original owner of the body died and Rey occupied the place.

Rey, who was quietly watching the sky suddenly heard the sound of footsteps. Soon the entrance of medical room opened, revealing a young girl as tall as him.

The young girl is no one but Mia. Even though it's not her fault that he is in this situation, but she is the reason that previous Rey died.

She had a silky smooth, shoulder-length light blue hair and wore a marine uniform; Overall, she looked beautiful and slender.

"Rey, why did you get up from your bed? Your injuries haven't completely healed yet." Mia spoke with slight anger.

"I am okay, you don't need to worry," Rey said. Mia was stupified because this is the first time that Rey spoke more than two words to her.

"Rey, are you okay?" She came before him and touched his forehead to check for any fever since he was not his usual self.

Rey was speechless by Mia's action; he shook his head and said nothing.

"Don't worry, I already complained to the petty officer and she suspended the two seaman recruits who hurt you."

"Here, I brought you some of the meats prepared in the kitchen. Eat it and take rest so that you can recover fast." Mia kept the food she brought in the table and left the room.

Thanks to the newspaper he got in the morning, he knows at which timeline he got transported. The current year in the One Piece world is 1516 which Eight years before the current Timeline.

The entire newspaper is filled about various Kings who safely returned to their homeland finishing the Reverie which happens every four years. Apart from that, there was some news about Marines, World government and some pirates.

Actually, Rey doesn't have a good opinion about the world government or Marine and wanted to leave the marines. But the reason for the previous owner of the body joined the marine is because of the deep resentment in his heart as his family was destroyed by the pirates.

Even though, he didn't have any intentions for revenge; he wanted justice. There is a lingering will in the depth of his soul that wanted him to continue as marine and complete his final wish.

So Rey decided to stay in the marine to fulfill the last wish of the previous owner.

He knows, if he wants to become someone powerful there are only two ways; First way is, eating a devil fruit and gaining a special ability.

The second way is, training his physical body and learning haki.

He can forget about eating the devil fruit as it's considered something very valuable and can only be obtained by chance and luck.

He also knows Haki originates from an individual's spirit and not from their physical body strength, so if he naturally awakens the haki, it will be for the best but he knows it's nearly impossible.

So, the only option Rey has is, training his body to become powerful and raise in ranks among the marines. Once he reaches a certain rank, he will be able to learn from the marines how to awaken or train in haki.

'If I stay as a chore boy, I won't be able to achieve anything. Is there any other way to become stronger?' Rey pondered and searched the previous owner's memories for any information.

He soon discovered something, due to the death of Pirate King Gold.D.Roger and his speech about One Piece, many pirates began to emerge on the Grand Line and four seas.

The world becomes chaotic; so recently, Marine Headquarters published a surprising announcement among the marine circle that they planned to conduct an assessment for a training camp.

The Marines who are under 30 years of age are eligible for the assessment. Whoever passes the assessment can be eligible to attend the training camp and at the end of the training camp, they will be promoted according to their individual strength.

In two months, every branch office will conduct this assessment and pick talented soldiers qualified for training camp.

But the requirements of the assessment are very strict; There's physical strength exam, combat exam, firearm exam, etc.

Unlike most of the people on the One Piece world who all possess superior physical strength and special abilities, Rey doesn't have any special qualities or abilities.

Hell, he doesn't even possess half the strength of ordinary people in this world.

If he wants to become stronger, then he can only train like a madman. When he was frustrated and pressured by how he was going to survive in the cruel world, an astonishing thing happened.

His consciousness was suddenly drawn by some sort of mysterious power inside his body, without any ability to resist, Rey's consciousness appeared in what seemed like small space.

An illusionary figure of the old man materialized in front of him, scaring the hell out, even though he couldn't see the old man's features.

"Brat, you sure were lucky to be chosen by me." The old man gloatingly said.

Rey's mouth twitched, he was now sure the reason he arrived in the One Piece world was due to this old man before him.

"Old man, are you the one who killed me?" Rey asked.

"What? Who said I killed you? I saved you from death!" The old man enraged as someone as mighty as he was suspected by a half-grown brat.