Two Realms: Hunters and Pirates

Cold, shivering...

When Zain slowly opened his eyes from the cold floor, what came into view was the dimly lit cabin and the cell where he was imprisoned.

"Looks like he survived..."

After a brief moment of confusion, Zane's eyes regained focus.

He struggled to sit up, his body wrapped in bandages.

Looking down at the shackles on his hands, Zain showed no concern for his current situation. Instead, he covered his face with his right hand, lowered his head slightly, and smiled happily.

Only by experiencing death can one understand the beauty of life.

At this moment, the joy on Zain's face stemmed not only from surviving the shipwreck, but also from the joy of being reborn twice.

That's right.

Zain is a time traveler.

He had only just learned of this situation himself.

Like many who yearn for the sea, Zain chose to go to sea at the age of 17.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky and encountered a super strong storm not long after setting sail.

The small boat he was on didn't last long before it was destroyed, and in the end, he could only rely on his body, which he had trained for many years, to hold on tightly to the broken mast.

I don't know how long I held on, until I fell into a coma.

The time has come to this moment.

Perhaps it was the thrill of life and death that caused Zain to awaken his innate wisdom before he was reborn. This not only made him understand his situation of being born twice, but also made him realize that he had actually traveled to the world of One Piece.

Inside the dimly lit cabin, kerosene lamps hung intermittently on the wooden walls, allowing one to barely see their surroundings.

After calming himself down, Zain began to carefully examine his surroundings.

In the dimly lit cabin, there was not just one cage holding him, but more than a dozen others.

These cages, ranging from one to several, each house a disheveled man and woman.

"kindness?!"

Suddenly, Zain realized that something was wrong with his vision.

He subconsciously raised his hand to touch his forehead.

He frowned.

Sure enough, what he got was not the familiar headband, but the third eye located right in the center of his forehead, which he had always hidden under the headband.

"It's like escaping one tiger's den only to fall into another!"

Zain exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling rather helpless.

This world is not populated by humans alone, but by many other races of different kinds.

For example, the merfolk, the long-armed race, the giants, and so on.

As a time traveler, it is obviously not inevitable that one will be reincarnated as a human.

Zain was reincarnated as a member of an alien race called the Three-Eyed.

The Three-Eyed Race is an extremely rare race, comparable in rarity to the legendary Lunarians.

Through his loose black bangs, one could clearly see an eye in the center of Zain's forehead.

Zain didn't know whether to call himself lucky or unlucky.

Surviving a shipwreck is certainly a stroke of luck.

But based on the environment he observed, he almost immediately concluded that the people who had saved him were probably a group of slave traders.

"Well... just being alive is good enough."

Zain tried to console himself.

If he hadn't been rescued, even if he had survived the storm by clinging to the broken mast, his dire condition would have inevitably led him to become a floating corpse at sea.

Not to mention that he also unexpectedly awakened his innate wisdom during this life-or-death crisis.

Zain looked down at the bandages wrapped around his body, then raised his hand to touch his forehead.

It has to be said that the allure of the three-eyed tribe is quite strong.

The slave trader who saved him clearly knew his stuff.

After discovering his three-eyed identity, even though he was imprisoned, he was given very good treatment.

After all, the value of a dead Three-Eyed Clan member is far less than that of a living one.

The price of the Three-Eyed Clan in the slave market... well, according to the old man, even beautiful mermaid girls have to take a backseat.

Only the Lunaria race can rival them.

After assessing his physical condition, Zane turned his gaze to the entrance and exit of the cabin.

"I'm not bragging, but last time those guys caused trouble in town, I single-handedly killed five of them!"

"Hahaha, do you think I wasn't there at that time? You were so scared that you fell flat on your face, and I heard your pants even got wet."

"Bullshit, I didn't fall anywhere, and the blood on my pants is from the enemy."

"You make it sound so real, but who knows if you actually wet your pants and then secretly smeared enemy blood on them?"

"Damn it, First Mate, I challenge this guy to a duel!"

"A one-on-one fight it is! We're not afraid of you. First mate, you can be our referee!"

"......."

With a group of slaves imprisoned in the ship's hold, it was impossible to leave them unattended.

At the entrance to the cabin, three people were eating meat, drinking wine, and chatting and boasting.

The two who spoke the loudest not only looked menacing, but each also had a rifle beside them.

The remaining person had his chest exposed, wore a white fur coat, and had a kukri hanging from his waist.

This person was completely watching the show, and was also addressed as the first mate by the other two.

"Okay... alright?"

The man in the plush coat was about to agree to a duel with his two henchmen, who were already bored, when he suddenly seemed to sense something and abruptly turned to look at Zain, who was staring at him.

"Oh, isn't this our precious three-eyed friend? Hahahaha... It's good that you're awake, otherwise we really wouldn't know how to explain it to that person when we get to Sabaody Archipelago!"

When the man in the plush coat saw Zain sitting up in the cage, who had somehow woken up, he burst into laughter.

Through the fence, Zane, staring at the other person, suddenly spoke: "You're the Bellamy Pirates?"

The man in the plush coat raised an eyebrow, his laughter becoming even more flamboyant: "I didn't expect you, this three-eyed fellow, to be so knowledgeable. That's right, we are the Bellamy Pirates."

The two menacing-looking men beside them also stopped their fight, both revealing smug expressions.

"Our pirate crew is becoming more and more famous; even this three-eyed monster has heard of us."

"Isn't that obvious? You have to understand, Captain Bellamy is a notorious pirate with a bounty of 5500 million Berries!"

Ignoring the three men's boasting, Zain, having received confirmation, became thoughtful.

He asked the question suddenly because he recognized the man in the wool coat.

After awakening his innate wisdom, perhaps as a side benefit, his memories became exceptionally vivid for no apparent reason.

The man in the plush coat, upon seeing the other person's appearance, immediately recalled his past life, allowing him to quickly recognize that the other person had appeared in the original story's Demon Valley Town.

That is, Sakis, the vice-captain of the Bellamy Pirates.

Upon hearing the other party mention that the destination was the Sabaody Archipelago.

Zane roughly deduced the situation.

Bellamy is a follower of Doflamingo.

The slave auction house in the Sabaody Archipelago is also owned by Doflamingo.

So it's not surprising that the other party would also be a slave trader.