Chapter 3: Future plans

' What's up'- Thoughts

"What's up"- Speech

*What's up*- Sounds

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*step*

*step*

"Hmm? Did he fall asleep? That's why he didn't come down when I called him," said a slightly older man who appeared to be in his 50s.

The man had long grey hair. He had brown eyes, thick long eyebrows, and a full grey beard. He was about 1.90 meters in height. He was also rather well-built for his age.

Several hours had passed. Still, Pride lay on his bed, haunted by the memories that swirled within him.

►The next morning◄

The sun was moving across the island. The bright light of the crystal clear sun shone into the boy's room, where he was still asleep.

"Mhmm," he said, slowly regaining his composure. He held his head tightly with his right hand.

"Shit, that was a lot of pain."

He straightened up. He sat on the edge of his bed before drifting off into his own thoughts.

'I have obtained the Zushi Zushi no Mi! This is by far one of the most powerful Devil Fruits known to exist! I suppose that once awakened, the said fruit can affect time and space. However, this remains a hypothesis for the time being. Until I reach this particular level.

In addition, the first memories of Shanks began to surface in me. The ones he used for his beginners' training days. Essentially, exercises for the body and swordsmanship. Most likely arranged by Gol D. Roger himself in order to achieve the most effective results.'

At the thought of the devil fruit, it appeared right in the palms of his hands. The above-mentioned fruit had a great deal of visual similarity to the shape of a pineapple, with spirals that ran along the sides of it. The only difference was that the color of the devil fruit was purple.

"I'm not going to dodge this one, let's see if it's really as disgusting as rumor has it."

*bite*

*bite*

*blergh*

"It's the truth." Even though the devil fruit tasted terrible, Pride ate it all. Of course, an occasional bite is enough, but he instinctively felt that if he left any leftovers, something would be wrong.

He gritted his teeth and took bite after bite until the Devil Fruit had completely dissipated from his hands.

He then began to learn about the type of Devil Fruit he possessed and how to use it, albeit in the most basic of ways.

*stdtdt*

Pride tried his hand at manipulating the gravitational forces in his room. Despite his miserable failure, he was able to levitate a number of objects for a couple of centimeters.

'My opinion is that I am still too weak as an individual. However, I am sure that if a person is already strong enough, the use of the fruit can be different. During the Dressrosa Arc, Sabo was able to control the Devil Fruit of Ace almost perfectly. Even though moments passed before he consumed it. From this, I conclude that in order to achieve a superior effect, the person in question must be already strong.'

As the system left, Pride was told to visualize it, and after doing so, a screen of his information appeared.

[Info:↓]

[Name: Pride]

[Age: 10 years old]

You are reading story One Piece: The Template at novel35.com

[The template "Shanks" extraction 0%]

[Abilities:]

[Devil Fruit: Zushi Zushi no Mi, progress 0%]

'This is definitely a great thing. Step by step I can see the progress I'll be making. I am wondering what I am going to do in the future. Do I want to be a pirate? Or join the Marines?

In the current era, only abominations exist. The pirates of today are far more powerful than the pirates that will rise up in the distant future. There's not much known about One Piece's past. I have no idea where to find crew members with enough potential to advance. Besides, I don't want to join any other crew.

Shanks's template with Fujitora's Devil Fruit definitely sounds badass. With both of these things, I'll turn into a monster sooner or later. I might even be able to combine the two abilities into one. Probably at a later stage, I will discover from Shanks's memories that he also developed some rokushiki techniques of his own, but that would be rather far in the future, as I only have his first practices in my memory. Perhaps it would be better for me to join the Marines for the time being. I could make faster progress with Shanks's template.'

"Pride, are you up? Breakfast is served. Are you coming or not?"

"I'll be right there," was Pride's reply to the call of his Grandfather.

Pride responded by taking off his pajamas and putting on black trousers and a grey t-shirt.

*step*

*step*

"Go ahead and take a seat," Grandpa Rey said as he continued to cover the table with food.

A simple breakfast appeared on the table. It consisted of some meat and eggs.

*munch*

*munch*

"I came to wake you yesterday, but you were sleeping, and it was rather early?" he asked wryly.

"Grandfather, I was very tired last night. I don't know why, but I suddenly fell asleep," he replied, his mouth half full.

"From what, though?"

There was not much else that was said at the table, and the former Pride might not have noticed it at the time, but after the two of them had merged, Pride could definitely tell that his grandfather seemed to be quite strong.

"Grandpa, you look pretty strong for your age. Were...-"

*bong*

A punch landed on his head before Pride could finish his sentence.

"What do you mean by that, at my age? I'm still in my prime," the older man said with a wide grin.

"Yes, yes, Grandpa. You are still young and tender."

"Don't overdo it."

"Hehe, all right. What I wanted to ask you is, since it seems that you are strong, and you have certainly gained a lot of experience in your life in terms of combat, could you pretty please train me? I would like to increase my strength!"

Pride felt rather uncomfortable making such childish demands with the intellect he possessed as a 20-year-old man. However, he could recall from his memories that the former Pride had always spoken to his grandfather in such an affectionate and childish manner.

Grandpa Rey weighed the pros and cons and replied, "It wouldn't do you any harm to gain some experience in combat techniques. We'll start the training this afternoon, but before we do that, you'll have to go to the town to buy some fruit and vegetables.

'I did it.'

"I'll handle this, Grandpa."

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