Chapter 24
The Passageway Opens

Three days passed quickly.

Fang Ming Jing used the excuse of closed-door cultivation to hide in his quiet room. After confirming everything was ready, he activated the chat group’s cross-world function.

【Group Module - Cross-World Function Activated】

【Target World: “World’s Strongest Swordsman” - One Piece】

【Number of Travelers: 1】

【Required Points: 3000】

【Group Owner Permission Activated, Discount Applied. Required Points Reduced to: 1500】

【Confirm/Deny】

Group owner permissions even had a 50% discount?

This was a pleasant surprise for Fang Ming Jing. Without hesitation, he chose to confirm.

【Cross-World Channel Opening】

There were no flashy special effects, nor any earth-shattering sound. Fang Ming Jing only saw a continuously rotating blue channel, which swallowed him in the blink of an eye.

Sky, grass.

When he felt the pleasant sunshine and gentle breeze caress his cheek, and regained his senses, Fang Ming Jing discovered he had left that dark quiet room and successfully completed the cross-world travel.

Before him was a boundless ocean.

The azure sky held no hint of gloom, the beautiful coastline overflowed with the charm of the south under the sun. This shallow, dreamlike coastal scenery was therapeutic just to look at.

“…Group owner?”

A figure looked at him in awe.

It was the chat group member known as “World’s Strongest Swordsman,” the Hawkeye swordsman, Dracule Mihawk.

“Oh, Mihawk.”

Fang Ming Jing greeted him with a smile.

Hawkeye had to press the brim of his top hat to conceal his shock.

Before Fang Ming Jing’s arrival, he had imagined the group owner of the chat group as a powerful and imposing figure, but what appeared before him was unexpected:

Under the near-shore sunlight, that small figure seemed to become the center of the world.

Jet-black hair and eyes, wearing a white robe, a youthful face that surpassed perfect beauty…

A beauty with overwhelming power.

Anyone who didn't know him, seeing him, seeing this child of only ten years old, would not believe he was human like everyone else, right?

Was he a fairy?

Or a beautiful elf?

In any case, he possessed such an overly perfect, extraordinary appearance.

God’s Tongue: “Huh? Is the group livestream already started?”

Hestia: “Wow, we can see Little Group Owner again!”

Aizen Sosuke: “…”

Seventeen-Year-Old Girl: “Ah, it seems even Aizen is surprised to see Little Group Owner. But I’m more curious about how it feels to travel between worlds? @Stinky Sprout”

Stinky Sprout: “Nothing strange, it’s like walking from one door into a room.”

Aizen Sosuke: “…Is it so easy to cross the barriers of worlds?”

Sword God Soderros: “Unbelievable. I’ve entered dimensional rifts that exist on the Aracde continent, but those channels were extremely unstable and dangerous.”

The matter of cross-world travel sparked a discussion in the chat group.

But Fang Ming Jing didn’t participate much. He glanced around and felt a sense of familiarity with this place.

“Sabaody Archipelago?”

“Correct.”

Hawkeye Mihawk nodded. “This is the middle section of the Grand Line. From here, it’s convenient to go to the New World or the Four Blues.”

“What’s the current time period?”

Fang Ming Jing’s question wasn’t about the time of day, but about the progress of the original story.

“The Straw Hat crew has just landed on this island. Maybe soon they’ll cause a commotion on this island.”

“Then it will be lively later.”

Fang Ming Jing couldn’t help but smile.

The Straw Hat Pirates’ first landing on Sabaody Archipelago had many explosive points.

They had punched a Celestial Dragon, a World Noble, during an auction, leading to Navy Admiral Kizaru pursuing them. At the critical moment, the Revolutionary Army’s undercover agent “Tyrant” Bear used his ability to send them flying away, prompting the Straw Hat Pirates to embark on two years of training.

But this was the world of the chat group members after all. To be safe, Fang Ming Jing still asked.

“Would you mind if I intervene? Mihawk.”

“I have no objections.”

“That’s great.” Fang Ming Jing seemed quite pleased. “But don’t worry, I won’t do anything too out of line. Where should we go now?”

“Area 24, the restaurant there has decent food.”

Fang Ming Jing nodded.

Maybe because of uploading the group data and then reading it again, his memory of the One Piece anime was particularly clear now.

He remembered that areas numbered 1-29 on the Sabaody Archipelago were mainly for illegal businesses like human trafficking and human auctions…

In other words, those places would probably be more interesting.

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