One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

A terrifying explosion suddenly erupted from the direction of the main gate of the Dragon Palace.

Just as everyone in the square was stunned and thrown into chaos by the sudden loud noise.

The "Royal Kitchen," which was originally heavily guarded behind the Dragon Palace, was also significantly affected.

The violent shockwave from the explosion spread along the foundation, causing the towering mountain of roasted meat in the kitchen to collapse and smashing the surrounding kitchen utensils into a mess.

"Splash—"

Accompanied by the sound of rubble being cleared away.

A figure with a round belly like a big ball and two huge bone-in steaks clutched tightly in its hands staggered out of the greasy ruins.

Luffy stuffed the juicy, tender steak into his mouth while yelling and shouting in frustration:

"Who is it!"

"Who's making such a racket while others are eating!"

"That's incredibly rude!"

He stormed out of the kitchen down the wide passageway, determined to settle scores with the culprit who had interrupted his meal.

However, just as Luffy turned a corner, he ran right into a group of menacing intruders.

Leading the charge was the very same leader who had just used brute force to destroy the giant bubble defenses surrounding Ryugu Castle and led the New Fishman Pirates army to storm in.

Hody Jones.

Hody immediately spotted a human figure appearing at the front of the passage.

His eyes, which had turned bloodshot and violent from an overdose of the "drug," widened instantly.

His inherent arrogance and hatred of humanity made him hesitate without any hesitation.

"Why is there a human in the way here!"

"Die, you inferior race!"

Hody roared, his thick arm suddenly exerting force as he swung the sharp trident in his hand.

Accompanied by a violent current of water that was forcibly pulled in, he stabbed mercilessly toward Luffy's head.

Faced with this fierce and deadly attack.

Luffy simply stood there, blinking his clear eyes.

He didn't even activate his dark Armament Haki; his left hand was still tightly gripping the large, bone-in steak.

Just as the trident was about to pierce him, Luffy casually tilted his head and easily dodged the fierce attack by the slightest mistake.

Immediately afterwards, he clenched his right fist and, as if shooing away an annoying fly, lightly swung it forward.

"Bang!"

A dull thud of flesh hitting flesh echoed in the passageway.

Hody Jones, who had just been incredibly arrogant and proclaimed himself the savior of the fish-men, suddenly felt an irresistible, terrifying force surge through his chest.

He was sent flying backwards like a heavy cannonball!

"Boom! Boom!"

With two loud crashes, Hody's strong body smashed through the two thick coral walls behind him, falling to the ground in a mess of rubble and dust.

Luffy stood still, swallowed the piece of chewed roasted meat in his mouth, and tilted his head slightly.

He looked at Hody, covered in blood and struggling to his feet amidst the ruins in the distance, and asked with a bewildered expression:

"Uncle, who are you?"

Hody, who had been knocked to the ground, stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.

As the supreme leader of the New Fishman Pirates, he had consumed so many potent drugs that his strength had already surpassed that of ordinary people.

At this moment, he was actually knocked away by an unknown nobody who just walked out with a simple punch!

This was an indelible disgrace for him!

Hody wiped the blood from his forehead, pointed at Luffy in a fit of rage, and roared furiously at his subordinates behind him:

"What are you all standing there for!"

"Charge him! Kill him! Chop him into mincemeat!"

Upon hearing their leader's command, dozens of merman officers, their eyes equally bloodshot, let out a series of beast-like roars.

Wielding swords and hammers, they surged towards the lone Luffy like a tidal wave.

Despite facing this pack of ferocious enemies, Luffy remained calm and composed.

He chewed on a large steak with one hand while nimbly weaving through the frenzied fishmen as if taking a leisurely stroll.

"Too slow."

Luffy throws punches and kicks casually, but every seemingly ordinary punch and kick contains a heart-stopping force.

With screams of agony, the group of ferocious fishman executives were easily knocked into the air like bowling balls, crashing heavily against the wall and losing consciousness.

Just as Luffy clapped his hands, preparing to step forward and finish off Hody, the leader of the group.

A roaring sound of rushing water suddenly came from the outside.

It turns out that because Hody had violently destroyed the bubble shield surrounding the Dragon Palace, the gap was getting bigger and bigger.

At this moment, a large amount of cold, heavy deep-sea water, like a waterfall bursting its banks, poured completely into the corridors of the Dragon Palace.

The icy seawater surged in, instantly covering Luffy's knees and rapidly engulfing him up to his waist.

"what……"

As a Devil Fruit user, the curse of the sea immediately takes effect upon contact with such a large amount of seawater.

Luffy's strength vanished without a trace, like a deflated balloon that had been punctured in an instant.

Luffy's legs buckled, and with a "plop," he knelt weakly in the cold water.

But he stubbornly pressed his straw hat against his head with one hand, raised his head, and, facing Hody who had just regained his footing not far away, asked that question again in a soft voice:

"I already said..."

"Uncle... who exactly are you?"

Hody was still shaken by the terrifying strength Luffy had just displayed.

But at this moment, looking at the human in front of him who was clearly weak and collapsed, yet still completely ignored his identity.

Hody's twisted sense of pride completely took this as a great humiliation to the highest leader of the merfolk.

He gripped the trident tightly again and strode up to Luffy.

Looking down at Luffy, who was rendered helpless by the seawater, Hody let out a mocking laugh:

"Hmph! As expected of a hypocrite, disgusting inferior human being!"

"Weren't you very arrogant just now?"

"Once it is submerged by the seawater on which our fish-men depend for survival."

"You bunch of ability users are only fit to lie pathetically on the ground like dead dogs!"

Just as a cruel killing intent flashed in Hody's eyes, and he raised his trident high, preparing to step forward and finish off the human.

A fishman officer who rushed in alongside him had his eyes fixed on the straw hat on Luffy's head.

The subordinate seemed to recall some horrifying scene, trembling with fear, and pointed at Luffy in the water, shouting:

"Ho...Hody, boss! Wait, wait a minute!"

"I recognize him! That iconic straw hat!"

"He's Luffy!"

"Two years ago, the Worst Generation who wreaked havoc at Marineford—Straw Hat Luffy!!!"

As seawater continued to pour in, the icy water had completely submerged Luffy's chest.

The curse of the sea completely robbed him of his last shred of the ability to resist.

He weakly exhaled a few bubbles in the water, his eyes gradually becoming unfocused, yet he still proclaimed his unwavering dream in that soft voice:

"what……"

"I am Monkey D. Luffy..."

"He's destined to become the Pirate King..."

"Gurgle gurgle..."

After saying that, Luffy's eyes rolled back, and he completely fainted in the seawater that submerged his body.

Upon hearing the resounding name "Straw Hat Luffy," Hody's trident-raising gesture abruptly halted mid-air.

He lowered his head and stared intently at the young human who had completely lost consciousness in the water.

His brain, severely eroded by the potent drug and already somewhat controlled by madness, was instantly filled with an unprecedented arrogance and ambition after a brief moment of astonishment.

Hody's mouth, full of sharp teeth, turned up wildly, stretching all the way to his ears.

He immediately realized that God had presented him with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

If today, he had simply succeeded in executing King Neptune here.

From the outside, it could only be considered a coup within Fishman Island, and wouldn't cause much of a stir.

but!

If he could publicly execute this representative of the "Worst Generation" who is a headache for the World Government and the Marine Headquarters, here!

This would be like a bombshell, causing a huge sensation around the world!

This will be a demonstration of Hody Jones' terrifying power to all of humanity.

To prove that the fish-men are the supreme race in this world, the perfect stepping stone!

Hody stepped forward, stretched out his thick hand, grabbed Luffy's collar tightly, and roughly lifted the unconscious rubber man up.

He turned around, facing all the members of the new Fishman Pirates who were in a frenzy behind him, and let out an extremely arrogant and maniacal laugh:

Hahaha! It was him!

"It's like searching high and low without finding it!"

"So-called most notorious pirates are nothing but trouble in the face of the sea!"

Hody lifted the unconscious Luffy high with one hand, as if displaying a rare trophy, and roared at all his comrades:

Straw Hat Luffy!!

"Since you were willing to risk your life to save your brother who was about to be executed during the Marineford War two years ago!"

"Then today, you'll take his place and experience what it's like to be executed!"

"I will be on the entire Fishman Island! No! The whole world!!"

"I will publicly execute you in front of the whole world!"

"I will use your head, from this generation of the most wicked, as the bloody prelude to our noble fish-men's all-out war against hypocritical humans!"

"Cheer for me! Cheer for Hody Jones!"

"Long live the fish-men!"

Hearing Hody's inflammatory and violent declaration...

The fish-men and pirates around them, blinded by hatred, were suddenly given a shot of adrenaline.

They frantically raised their bloodstained weapons, erupting in deafening cheers:

"Oh!!! Boss Hody is brilliant!"

"Public execution! Long live the fishmen!"

"Let all of humanity tremble beneath our feet!"