"Welcome, Mr. Shanks."
Inside the spacious and bright Game House, it was very quiet, with incense burning in the censer, bringing peace to one's mind.
It was as if this place was another world, completely unrelated to the battles and skirmishes happening in the East Blue.
Shanks stared blankly at the exquisitely crafted censer.
"A type of incense that aids in internal cultivation, two hundred reward points."
From behind the counter, a gentle voice interrupted his wild thoughts.
"Hello, esteemed Mr. Fang Yi."
Although Shanks appeared carefree, he was actually very insightful, understanding that different situations called for different attitudes and clear about every decision he made.
Therefore, even though he knew that the Game Merchant was the cause of the chaos in the sea and the change in destiny, he still maintained his respect.
Fang Yi, with a polite smile, got straight to the point: "Don't be so formal. Players who come to the Game House can all find items they are interested in. What kind of item do you want?"
"To be honest, I'm not sure either."
Shanks smiled, but it was a bitter smile.
He had a vague feeling that he couldn't hide his thoughts from the mysterious Game Merchant, so he decided to just let loose.
Fang Yi asked, knowing the answer: "As the only Four Emperors internally rated by Navy Headquarters as the most harmless and permissible, isn't your greatest desire freedom?"
"Freedom… what a luxurious thought."
Shanks's gaze was filled with melancholy, as if recalling the time he traveled with Captain Roger.
In his memory, that period should have been the freest, right?
Unfortunately, they were still pursued by the Navy, hated by the World Government, and saw countless kingdoms oppressed, commoners starving, and people who couldn't pay the Heavenly Tribute being taken as slaves…
The entire world was not free, so how could the Pirate King be free?
Therefore,
Shanks gave up on landing at Laugh Tale, the final destination that all pirates dreamed of.
He inherited Captain Roger's last wish, willingly becoming an inheritor, waiting for someone who could bring freedom to the world to appear.
After a moment of silence, Shanks asked, "I want this sea to return to how it was before the Reincarnation Game appeared. Is that possible?"
If other players heard this,
Especially those players whose destinies had been changed and wishes fulfilled by the Reincarnation Game, they would definitely be astonished and furious.
But Fang Yi, who knew Shanks's inner thoughts, was not surprised at all.
"Return to the starting point?"
Fang Yi looked at Shanks and nodded, "This kind of wish can certainly be fulfilled, but you don't have the reward points to fulfill it."
A transparent, rhomboid cone-shaped crystal appeared on the counter.
[Philosopher's Stone (Heart of the Demon King)]: A Philosopher's Stone blessed by [Hero of Healing], possessing the power to restart the world. Price: 5 million reward points.
"There really is such a thing?"
Shanks's eyes widened. He hadn't expected the Game Merchant to respond at all; he had just said it casually.
How could something like restarting the world exist?
"Of course it exists. That Hero of Healing changed his destiny through the Philosopher's Stone, transmigrated to become the Hero of the Rod, and started a new life."
Fang Yi regretfully said, "However, this stone can only restart a world whose destiny is fixed. Because of my appearance, the Pirate World has already broken its fixed destiny, so the Philosopher's Stone alone cannot do it."
"Unless you can pay for all the reward points spent by players on exchanges."
In other words, he would first have to pay for all the reward points consumed by players to exchange for game abilities, and then purchase the Philosopher's Stone to activate it.
All the reward points players spent on game abilities?
An astronomical figure.
Shanks didn't even need to consider it, because with his abilities, he absolutely couldn't do it; that would be equivalent to becoming an enemy of the whole world.
He gritted his teeth and asked, "Is there any other way?"
It was originally a self-deprecating question, but he didn't expect there to actually be a way to restart the world. He was like a drowning man grasping at a straw.
"A second-best solution, it's quite easy."
The Philosopher's Stone disappeared, replaced by a stack of special tickets that appeared on the counter.
[Pirate World Ticket (East Blue Arc)], [Pirate World Ticket (Rocks Arc)], [Pirate World Ticket (Void Century Arc)]…
Fang Yi spread out the tickets and said, "If you are willing, the Red Hair Pirates' reward points should be enough to buy a ticket to another timeline in the Pirate World."
"Timeline?"
Red Hair couldn't understand that sentence.
Fang Yi looked at his confused gaze, and his palm gently swept across the counter, revealing a river of time with countless stars.
"Every world has a river of time that runs through it."
As the perspective zoomed in, the river of time reflected Shanks's childhood, when he was still on Roger's Pirate Crew's ship.
Shanks's gaze was solemn, and he thought, "The ability to peer into and know history?"
No wonder the Game Merchant could clearly know all the forces in the Pirate World; he actually possessed such terrifying ability.
"Everyone's destiny slowly moves along this river of time."
As his words fell,
The river of time became turbulent, and countless scenes flashed continuously.
Buggy accidentally eating a Devil Fruit and falling into the water, Captain Roger reaching Laugh Tale, Captain Roger's execution, him and Buggy going their separate ways, meeting Hawkeye, becoming a Four Emperors…
Shanks held his breath, watching the increasingly familiar history.
If the river of time continued to advance, perhaps even the future could be glimpsed?
Thinking of this,
Shanks was extremely shocked.
The abilities displayed by the Game Merchant were not like the fragmented, elusive glimpses of the future from Fish-Man Island, but a real and detailed future.
Before he could speak,
Fang Yi extended his index finger and placed it on a certain spot in the river of time,
Which happened to be the time when Buggy accidentally ate the Devil Fruit.
"Mr. Fang Yi, what are you trying to do…"
Shanks couldn't understand the Game Merchant's actions.
Madam Shyarly of Fish-Man Island had a very powerful fortune-telling ability, and the future she predicted would definitely happen, without error.
But no matter how powerful, the river of time was just an illusion.
Is he trying to shatter the river of time now, to prevent me from knowing the future?
Shanks thought this,
But he saw that as the Game Merchant's index finger moved,
In the scene reflected by the river of time, the calm sea suddenly became turbulent, causing the Oro Jackson to sway from side to side.
Buggy, who should have hidden the Devil Fruit in his mouth because Shanks greeted him, didn't hold onto the fruit tightly and it was directly knocked into Shanks's mouth by the waves.
"Hiss… Is it an illusion?"
Shanks didn't expect that the scene in the river of time could be changed.
But then he felt a bit dumbfounded.
Although the scene could be changed, they had long since left that history; that was something that had already happened.
He remembered now. Back then, Buggy wanted to sell that Devil Fruit for money, so he secretly hid it, but later he became a Devil Fruit user.
No wonder he resented him so much; it was because Shanks's greeting back then caused him to accidentally eat the Devil Fruit.
Shanks still remembered, it should have been the [Chop-Chop] ability, right?
Suddenly,
His expression froze, because when he recalled it a second time, this memory suddenly began to blur.
Then, as he recalled it more and more, the memory in his mind actually changed to the state after the Game Merchant altered it.
He ate the Devil Fruit?
Impossible!
Shanks had personally witnessed his good friend Buggy's Chop-Chop Fruit ability; there was no way he could be mistaken.
But…
He felt his body become strange, and his head suddenly separated from his neck.
It landed on the counter.
Chop-Chop Fruit!
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