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The next day

Leo's Pov

"Ughhh, what the hell happened." thought Leo as he wakes up in a mysterious room

"Augggh, my head, it hurts like hell man." said Leo as he holds his head in pain

"Hey system, can you tell me what happened yesterday." said Leo to the system

[Yesterday, you were unconscious due to exhaustion. Luckily for you, you didn't get injured, partner.] said the system

"Okay, that explains everything, but I have another question though...where the hell am I?" said Leo as he starts to inspect the room he is in

The room was a bit small with wooden wall and floors. There are a wooden table and a chair right next to the bed. There's also a bed under the window. Right now, Leo is resting on the bed.

"But more importantly, where the hell is my hoodie at?" said Leo as he tries to find his hoodie

"Whatever I'll find it later, for now, I should check on my quest." said Leo as he opened up the quest

[Ding! You have completed a quest]

[Quest completed]

Go to the auction house and steal the devil fruit in the vault

Reward:500,000 SP, one new skill and unlocked 'Master Thief' title

[Ding! You have learned a new skill]

Killing intent(level 1)

Desc: You can now feel and release killing intent to people.10% enemies defence goes down

"Huh, sweet I got a new skill out of it and speaking skills, didn't I get a new skill yesterday." thought Leo as he was scrolling to find the skill he got yesterday

The Darkness(level 1)

Desc: An element force of Chaos and Creation that bestows his host with nearly limitless powers as well as allows them access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the veritable legion of Darklings who dwell there.

-Tendrils: The Darkness can form tentacles or tendrils of various shape and sizes to do their will. These tentacles are strong enough to tear enemies apart or destroy obstacles.

-Demon Heads: The Darkness manifests itself in the form of eel-like demon heads that can devour enemies or rip them apart.

Heightened senses: Certain senses are heightened; such as the ability to literally feel a person's footsteps from several yards away, even while underground.

Regeneration: The Darkness endows his host with regenerative abilities. These healing abilities are advanced enough to regrow damaged or lost internal organs in mere minutes.

-Locked(Reach level 20)

-Locked(Reach level 40)

-Locked(Reach level 50)

-Locked(Reach level 65)

-Locked(Reach level 80)

-Locked(Reach level 90)

-Locked(Reach level 100)

Weakness:

Strong light: The power of Darkness depends on Darkness, as they are banished away by strong light. The host is rendered mortal in light of a day. Anything that is created by the Darkness is burned away by strong light. The darkness host can become more tolerant of light with time, experience and training. Weapon of light such as flashlight, flashbangs or light cannons can harm a wielder of the Darkness. To combat the weakness, the host can destroy light source(turning off lights in a room, smokes grenades, etc) or stick to the shadows

Copulation: If a host impregnated a woman, the spirit of the Darkness is passed to the newly conceived child and the host dies at the moment of his birth

"Wait the Darkness, as in The Darkness from the game." thought Leo

"Hmmm, the problem is that I've only played the sequel of the game though, I do know the capabilities of the power." thought Leo

"Either way, it's no wonder that I can practically hear everything, although it's kind of...weird and strange." thought Leo a bit weirded out by his heightened senses

"But wait...if The Darkness is here...then does that mean...Angelus is also here?" thought Leo

"I hope she's not here, cuz I don't want some angelic god spying on me all the time." shivered Leo

"And speaking about powers, I should be careful using The Darkness, last time someone tried resisting the power is now trapped in hell." said Leo

"OH YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME POSSESSING YOU." said a familiar mysterious distorted voice.

"Wait who said that...wait...it couldn't be...are you...The Darkness." said Leo to the mysterious distorted voice who has now been revealed as The Darkness

"YESSS...I AM THE DARKNESS...BUT THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT NOW...THE IMPORTANT THING HERE...IS THAT YOU ARE NOW MY HOST...UNTIL THE DAY YOU DIE." said The Darkness

"Okay then...what do you want...and why did you choose me as your host...I'm just a kid." said Leo a bit frightened by The Darkness

"OH DON'T ACT LIKE AN IDIOT...YOU KNOW WHY I CHOSE YOU AS MY HOST...AND DON'T EVEN TRY TO LIE TO ME...I HAVE ALREADY SEEN YOU AND THE KIDS PAST...I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A REINCARNATED PERSON...AND YOU ALSO HAVE BEEN GRANTED WITH THE POWER OF...THE SYSTEM" said The Darkness

"Shit...its knows...its knows about my past and The System...fuck how am I gonna respond to that." thought Leo as he was now frightened

"OH YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF ME LEO...AS LONG AS YOU AND I WORK TOGETHER...WE CAN BE UNSTOPPABLE." said The Darkness

"Wait...how did you-" said Leo only to be interrupted by The Darkness

"HOW DID I KNOW?...WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE I CAN READ YOUR MIND LEO... AS I SAID AGAIN

...YOU CAN NEVER HIDE FROM ME...I AM APART OF YOU NOW." said The Darkness

"Ok...that sounds very creepy." thought Leo

"Ok then...how about this...we make a deal." said Leo a bit confidently

"OHHH...A DEAL YOU SAY." said The Darkness a bit interested

"Yes, a deal, how about this, I will still use your powers but in exchange...is that you don't manipulate and turn me into one of your so-called puppets." said Leo making a deal with The Darkness

"OH...THAT'S AN INTERESTING DEAL THERE...VERY WELL I SHALL ACCEPT IT...AS LONG AS WE GET TO KILL...THEN I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT." said The Darkness accepting Leo's deal

[Ding! You have gained a new daily quest]

[Daily Quest]

Kill 5 people for a day

Reward: 400 SP

"Welp...I fucked up...guess I can't turn back for what I did now can I." thought Leo

"OH...IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE IS COMING...OH WELL, I GUESS WE SHALL MEET AGAIN IN ANOTHER TIME...BUT REMEMBER...DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO DEFY ME." said The Darkness as it's started to fade away

"Well, that's not disturbing and scary at all." thought Leo sarcastically

The door then suddenly opens and a young woman enters the room

The woman has brown eyes and dark green hair that goes just above her shoulder. She is wearing a blue shirt with sleeves and a long light blue skirt and orange sneaker with white soles. She also seems to wear a yellow bandana around her head.

"Oh, you already wake up, I'm so happy and relieved to know that you're okay." said the young woman relieved by Leo state

"Wait, is that Makino...so you're telling me that I'm in her house now...which is a bar...you know I always kinda wondered why she worked at a bar in the first place." thought Leo

"So how are you feeling, are you okay, are you still injured or are you perhaps feeling hungry." said Makino as she got closer and started to inspect Leo for any more injuries

"Ok, I get it she's trying to be nice and all but...this is kind of freaking me out a little bit." thought Leo

"Uhhhhh...I'm okay miss..." said Leo

"Oh, I'm sorry where are my manners, my name is Makino and right now you are in my house." greeted Makino

"Geez, thank for the unnecessary information there Makino." thought Leo sarcastically

"Yeah, thank you Makino, but I got a question to ask." said Leo

"Hmmm, what is it?" said Makino

"Why did you save me and treat my injuries even though you don't even know anything about me?" questioned Leo

"Well, I know this might sound funny and weird but to me it's the right thing to do, even though you're just a stranger to me, I just can't ignore someone who's injured especially an injured child, so I just did what I think what's right." said Makino with a closed eye smile

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"...Oh my God, she is too pure and wholesome for this world." thought Leo as he was awed mesmerized by Makino word

"Enough of my ramblings though, let's talk about you." said Makino

"M...m...mee, what do you want to know about me?". said Leo

"Well...to start things off, where do you live and where's your family at, they must be worried sick about you right now." said Makino

After those words left her mouth, I suddenly flinch and started to remembered what happened to my family...safe to say it wasn't a pleasant one at all.

"Hmm, is something the matter, did I say anything wrong." said Makino a bit concerned

"Shit, what should I tell her, do I tell her the truth or do I just tell her a half-truth." thought Leo

After a bit of thinking, I finally was able to make a decision and answered her

"W...w...well you see Makino...I...my family is...well...they're...dead." said Leo with a sad expression

"What!?" said Makino shocked by Leo's answer

"Yep just what I was expecting, there's really no point in lying to her anyway, one day or another she's gonna find out." thought Leo

"Yeah, you heard me...my family is dead...they're not here anymore...I...just one day we were a happy family...and the next thing I know...I...I am all alone now." said Leo with tear leaking down his cheek

"Damn it, why am I crying now, I don't even know my family in this world and yet, why do I feel so sad and miserable now...maybe it's because that I just started thinking about them now." thought Leo

Suddenly, Makino then hugs Leo as tight as she could while Leo was a bit shocked by her action

"Shhhh, there, there, let it all out, I know that your still bottling up all that tears in your eyes, don't worry you can let it all out now." said Makino with a soothing and motherly voice

After those words left her mouth, tears started to flow through my eyes like a waterfall and by instinct I hug back Makino back while she hugs me tighter and pats my head while saying 'it's okay, you can let it all out now' and 'don't worry I'm here for you'.

After a few minutes later, I finally was able to calm down a bit, even though there was still a bit of tear left in my eyes. Makino was still hugging me and patting my head.

"There, are you all better now." said Makino as she looks at Leo

"Y...yeah, thank you, Makino...I needed that." said Leo

"Your welcome...uhhhh what's your name, I forgot to ask?" said Makino

"My name is Leo, it's nice to meet you." said Leo

"Nice to meet you, Leo." said Makino

Makino then got up from her chair and stretch her hand.

"All right, I finally made my decision." said Makino

"Huh, what are you talking about, Makino?" questioned Leo a bit confused

"After lots and lots of thinking, I have finally decided to adopt you." said Makino with a cheerful voice

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"Wait...what did she say again?" thought Leo

"Ummm, excuse me, Makino...but...care to repeat what you just said again." said Leo with his head tilted

"I said, that from now, I'm gonna start adopting you as my little brother, how does that sound to you." said Makino still with a cheerful voice

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"WHAAAAAAATTT?!" thought Leo as he was shocked by Makino

"W...w...why would you want to a...a...adopt me, I mean, don't get me wrong, but you barely even know me at all." said Leo

"Oh, don't be like that, I may not know you at all, but I know that deep down you're a good kid plus you got nowhere to go right, so all the more reason for me to adopt you." said Makino

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"...Wow...just wow...I got...I honestly got nothing to say anymore...she really is the sweetest person I could have ever met." thought Leo

"Alright then, since it's decided, let go downstairs," said Makino as she grabs my hand

"Wait! Where are we going?" questioned Leo

"Well, we're gonna meet with Mayor Wood Slap of course to get the adoption papers. Oh! If you're wondering where your hoodie is, well I cleaned it up for you because there was a lot of bloodstains on it, I was worried that you might be bleeding, but when I checked for any injuries, I didn't see any bleeding, weird huh." said Makino

"Well, that's probably because that blood wasn't mine and it might have been oh I don't know, everyone that I killed back at the auction house yesterday." thought Leo sarcastically

"Well, whatever it is, it's probably nothing important." said Makino

"Oh! You must be hungry right now aren't you, I still have some meat, if you want I can cook it for you." said Makino

"Don't worry Makino, you don't have to cook me anything, I'm not hungry at-" said Leo only to get interrupted by a sound

"Rumbling noises"

"...R...really, I mean...really...out of all the time... you gotta do me like this now." thought Leo a bit embarrassed

" 'Muffled laughter', alright then I guess I can cook you some meat." said Makino as she goes downstairs to the kitchen

"Haa...well I guess I can't complain anymore now can I, you know, now that I think about it...I guess it is nice to have someplace where I can call home." said Leo as he goes downstairs

"Well, I guess this is the start of my new life again huh." said Leo as he goes downstairs

Somewhere in the New World

3rd Pov

In a dim-lighted office, there is an office table with a person sitting on a chair. The said person can't be seen due to almost not having any lights in the room. Although, the person is wearing a white eerie smiling mask and a golden crown with a red gem on the middle, a blue gem on the right and a green gem on the left of the crown. Right now, let's just call him, Mask

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK

"Yes, who is it?" said the Mask with a calm voice

"I'm sorry sir, but can I come in, it's an emergency." said a muffled male voice

"An emergency huh...alright then, you can come in." said Mask

The door opens and a guy comes into the office. The guy was wearing a red hoodie with long blue pants and white shoes. His face can't be seen due to his hoodie hiding his face, although he does appear to have red eyes shining brightly in the room

"I'm very sorry if I was interrupting you, sir." said the guy with an apologetic voice

"Oh, don't be sorry I wasn't doing anything at all...so...what is this emergency that you wanted me to know?" said Mask

"Well sir, one of our bird scouts was able to record something while it was doing it's routine, apparently one of our Auction house at East Blue was...well...it wasn't destroyed, to say the least, but everyone that worked there died." said the guy

"Ohh, and how does this concern me of whatsoever, we have lots of Auction house in East Blue, hell we have lots of Auction houses at North Blue, West Blue, South Blue, The Grand Line and the New World, what makes this so special than the rest." said Mask

"Well sir...that's because the scout was able to record the person who was doing it, the problem is...the person was a child." said the guy

"Oh! What does this 'child' look like?" said Mask a bit intrigued and interested by thin information

"Well, unfortunately, we couldn't really see his face though, but what we do know is that he was wearing a black hoodie and black pants. He also seems to have this...' tendrils' on his back and two of those tendrils have this...demonic-looking head." said the guy

"Tendrils and demonic-looking head huh...go on I'm actually quite interested." said Mask as he leans his head forward a bit

"Ok, so yeah, he started to kill them using those tendrils on his back by piercing them while those demonic-looking head started to either ripped out their heart or just eat their heads. Hell, it wasn't even a fight at this point, it was just a straight-up massacre" said the guy

"Hmmm, interesting...very interesting If I do say so myself," said Mask as he was stroking his chin.

"Sir, do you possibly think that he might be one of us though?" questioned the guy

"Hmmm...I don't know, but what I do know right now is that he will be a threat to us in the future if this keeps happening." said Mask

"What should we do now, sir? Should we use one of our scout birds to spy on him." said the guy

"Yes, send one of our scout bird to spy on him and make sure to keep an eye on him at all times. Also, can you send me the video of the batt- I mean massacre, I want to see it for myself." said Mask

"Okay, I can do that sir...can I go now?" said the guy

"Yes, you may now go and thank you for the information." said Mask

"Alright, see you later sir." said the guy as he goes out of the office

"So...it would seem like things are starting to get a little bit interesting...now then 'child', let see how capable you are for you to survive in the New World and in the future maybe...just maybe we can meet." said Mask as his eyes started to turn red and is shining very brightly inside the office.