CHAPTER 5
Chapter 5: Summoning Red Eyes
"Congratulations on the successful summoning."
For the summoned character, the system will directly upload host and One Piece world information into the character's consciousness.
"Character: Akame (Chi Tong)"
"Combat Style: Advanced Acrobatics"
"Class: Supreme Swordswoman"
"Weapon: Imperial Arms – One-Cut Killer: Murasame | Support Blade: Tongyi"
"Skill: Absolute Burial – Instantaneous kill with fatal precision"
"Favorability: MAX"
"Combat Power: Base Admiral Level once basic Haki is mastered, reaches Mid-Admiral Tier once advanced Haki is trained, ascends to High-Admiral Class, comparable to a Yonko."
(In this system, three maxed combat disciplines = Admiral strength. Chi Tong's dual-blade synergy makes her an outlier an exception to the formula.)
Chi Tong looked at the boy in front of her. "Are you Lord Moran?"
"Uh... yes. Chi Tong, welcome you can consider this your home from now on." (Moran glanced at his system screen Chi Tong had reached directly into his soul with her gaze.)
"Home... it feels good to finally have a home."
"Yes it's your home now, and I'm your family. I'll treat you as one of my own. Forget the sadness of the past live your new life freely."
"Really, Lord Moran?"
Chi Tong looked at Moran with hope in her eyes.
"Of course it's true."
"Well... thank you, Lord Moran. From now on, I'll protect this little home of ours and stop dwelling on what came before."
"Acedes is here too go meet her and catch up!"
"I'll go make you lunch."
"It's okay, Master Moran—do you need my help?"
"No need."
Acedes is here too?
I thought about going out
Just as Moran finished preparing lunch, outside, the sound of weapons clashing echoed across the deck.
Moran stepped out and saw that the sea around them was freezing again.
Good grief, did the ocean provoke you two?
On the ice, Acedes and Chi Tong were clashing swords their movements so fast, it was like teleportation. One moment they were dueling on the frozen sea, the next they were clashing mid-air.
"Acedes, Chi Tong what are you two doing?"
How did this even start?
"Lord Moran, we're just sparring Acedes is helping me learn how to channel Haki," Chi Tong replied calmly, not even pausing.
Only then did Moran notice the black gleam on Chi Tong's blade it was coated in Armament Haki.
Okay, wow...
Moran was already used to absurd growth rates but watching her unlock Haki so quickly made him retreat to a corner and start drawing circles in silent protest.
"Stop fighting, you two come eat. Acedes, dispel the ice—we're stuck here."
"Master Moran x2."
"From now on, let the past stay in the past. We're family now—no more formality or grudges, understood?"
"Got it, Master Moran x2."
"Good. That's better."
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After eating
Acedes and Chi Tong sat side by side on the railing, watching as Moran practiced sword forms with measured focus.
Acedes: "From now on, I'll be the sword that strikes."
Chi Tong: "From now on, I'll be the shield that protects."
The two women looked at each other and smiled.
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(Near Jaya Island – a few days later)
Moran had stayed anchored near Jaya Island for two days. In that time, only one pirate crew had shown up and Chi Tong had taken them down alone with a few slashes.
Moran was in full lazy mode today not even practicing. He lounged on a deck chair, soaking up the sun and flipping through the World Economy News Paper. Occasionally, a small hand popped into view to feed him grapes. (Life goals achieved.)
Acedes sat on the ship's railing watching the scene grinding her teeth.
No way—I need to follow my instincts again. This man is too carefree... Acedes muttered under her breath.
Just then
Both Chi Tong's and Acedes' eyes glinted red.
In the next instant, Acedes had drawn her blade blocking a golden beam of energy hurtling directly toward Moran.
Acedes stood on the railing holding her western longsword, staring at the Marine warship that had silently appeared not far away.
A tall man in a red-and-yellow striped suit and a white Justice-emblazoned Marine coat stood confidently at the ship's prow, one hand raised lazily as he stared toward them with a half-smirk curling his lips.
"It's blocked—how scary~"
It turned out that Moran and his crew had remained near Jaya Island too long, and Marine Intelligence had intercepted their location. As a result, Marine Headquarters dispatched Admiral Borsalino, better known as Kizaru, to apprehend Moran and Acedes. Despite Moran not officially hoisting a Jolly Roger yet, his violent actions and association with rogue elements had already marked him as a pirate in the eyes of the World Government.
"It was Lord Moran who blocked that last strike,"
Chi Tong said casually, feeding Moran another grape.
Why is it that whenever I'm living a peaceful life, some light-speed monkey shows up to ruin the mood? The longer Moran thought about it, the more irritated he became…
But the enemy was a Marine Admiral one of the most powerful forces under the World Government. It wasn't the time to lose his temper.
Endure... Endure... Endure… Endure like your life depends on it.
"Acedes, Chi Tong copycat him into the dirt!"
That man standing before them was Admiral Kizaru, user of the Pika Pika no Mi, a Logia-type Devil Fruit that allowed him to become, move, and attack as light. He was also a master of Armament and Observation Haki, making him nearly untouchable.
"Master Moran x2."
Acedes glanced at Kizaru's glowing form her heartbeat quickened. With her newly awakened Observation Haki, she could sense the enormous pressure radiating from him like an ocean wave.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
Kizaru's body split into beams of golden light as he soared high into the sky. Hovering midair like a miniature sun, he emitted a blinding radiance that illuminated the entire sky.
Whoosh!
Thousands of light projectiles rained down like meteors his signature Yasakani no Magatama, a light-based wide-range attack that could pierce steel and vaporize stone.
"Frozen World."
With a graceful gesture, Acedes summoned towering glaciers from the sea itself. Icebergs erupted outward in a perfect ring around the ship, rising high enough to shield them from the falling beams.
Kizaru's entire barrage was swallowed up by a ring of shimmering blue walls.
(Several of Acedes' abilities remain unnamed in canon—so all large-scale area freezes will henceforth be referred to as "Frozen World.")
The Marine soldiers on Kizaru's ship looked visibly shaken. Some even began to doubt whether their Admiral could win this time.
"This isn't like anything Vice Admiral Aokiji ever did—this is far beyond that!"
muttered one veteran soldier who had once witnessed Kuzan freeze the ocean.
"Is this woman the Ice Queen...?"
"Turn the ship around! Pull us back immediately!"
shouted a Marine officer with the rank of Rear Admiral, ducking as a jagged peak of ice narrowly missed his head. Their warship was less than 10 meters from slamming into the icebergs.
"It's Rear Admiral Shunda, sir x300."
Meanwhile, Kizaru had descended and was now standing atop one of the tallest icebergs, peering down at Acedes with a lazy grin and tilted head.
"What a scary ability you've got there~ frightening~"
Acedes licked her lips and locked eyes with him—her excitement barely contained. (Don't misunderstand—it's just been far too long since she had a worthy opponent.)
Finally... someone interesting enough to test me.
"The Admiral's mine. Chi Tong—you take the Marines on the ship."
"I don't mind at all."
Acedes leapt lightly onto the iceberg opposite Kizaru, her sword arm steady.
"People like you—abusing your strength for a corrupt cause should be chained up and buried beneath ice."
"White Ice Shards."
Thousands of razor-sharp icicles burst from her sword, slicing through the air toward Kizaru. But as expected of a Logia user most attacks passed straight through his intangible light body.
She struck the ice below him
"Ice Spear—Pierce!"
Giant icy spikes erupted upward from the ground beneath Kizaru's feet, attempting to skewer him from below.
"It's so scary~"
Kizaru muttered again, mocking the threat even as the attack closed in.
"Photon Blade: Amatsumegari."
With a lazy gesture, he clapped his palms together and materialized a gleaming golden sword made of condensed light a signature weapon unique to his fighting style. He swung it with frightening precision, slicing the incoming icicles before they could land a fatal blow.
Most of them shattered into ice dust midair but one managed to skewer him from behind, erupting from his back and pinning him to the spike like a butterfly on display.
Kizaru's eyes widened slightly but even so, his crooked smile didn't leave.
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