One Piece: Hashirama Template

"Ring it! Straw Hat boy, light the fire of Shandora!"

"Golden Rifle! Let the sound of the bell be heard!"

Ten thousand meters high in the White-White Sea, on the other half of Jaya Island that was sent up by the Knock Up Stream centuries ago, now known as God's Island, Upper Yard, a duel between gods came to a close above the Giant Jack.

Above the clouds, a Wood Clone sat on the Giant Jack, personally witnessing the moment Luffy struck the bell, sending both himself and it ringing.

The beautiful sound of the bell spread throughout Upper Yard and Angel Island, and also reached Jaya Island ten thousand meters below.

Luffy's leaping figure was also projected into the sky above Jaya Island, bringing tears to the eyes of Noland's descendants.

As the battle of gods ended, Luffy, Enel, and the Golden Bell all plummeted towards the ground below.

The Wood Clone ignored Luffy, who was immune to any physical attack other than sharp weapons, and formed hand seals. Its arms transformed into a seemingly infinitely extending tree branch, catching the falling Enel and wrapping him up like a dumpling.

The moment the branches coiled around him, they instantly drained all of Enel's remaining stamina, causing him to fall completely unconscious.

Then, the Wood Clone used a Body Flicker to appear in mid-air, grabbing a handle specially made with Wood Style, and vanished with Enel in tow.

A few days later, Link arrived at Jaya Island in his sailboat and received the sealed Enel from the Wood Clone that had been waiting for him.

After handing Enel over to Link, the Wood Clone immediately jumped into the sea, using its Water Style nature transformation to quickly dive into the depths.

Immediately, the Wood Clone transformed into a giant, towering tree.

Unlike a Shadow Clone which turns into a puff of smoke, or other clones that revert to their element, a Wood Clone turns into a tree upon being dispelled.

The more chakra a Wood Clone has, the larger the tree it becomes when dispelled.

For a towering tree to suddenly appear on Jaya Island, anyone with a bit of knowledge would recognize it as the ability of the Woods-Woods Fruit.

Link couldn't risk exposing his position at such a critical time.

One of the three Wood Clones was dispelled, leaving the remaining two distributed in the first and second halves of the Grand Line.

After throwing Enel into a cell and sealing him with the Deep Forest Emergence, Link sailed his ship to rendezvous with the Wood Clone that was monitoring the Blackbeard Pirates.

Another two weeks passed.

The Straw Hat Pirates, having descended from Skypiea, experienced a few more fast-paced adventures before finally arriving at Water 7 from Long Ring Long Land.

The Enies Lobby incident officially began.

Only this time, the main character wasn't Robin, but Franky, who had become acquainted with the Straw Hat Pirates through a fight.

Usopp also didn't leave the crew, and the Going Merry was not damaged.

In the original story, the reason the Going Merry couldn't be repaired was that Bellamy had split the ship in two, causing irreparable damage to its keel.

Now, Bellamy had long been taken care of by Link's Wood Clone, so the Going Merry did not suffer irreparable damage at Jaya Island.

Naturally, the Straw Hat Pirates didn't need to change ships.

However, after exchanging their gold for Beri, the Straw Hat Pirates were robbed by the Franky Family, only for the robbers to be soundly beaten.

Franky, seeking revenge for his subordinates, fought with Luffy, and in the end, they somehow started talking about their dreams.

Hearing that Franky wanted to buy the Treasure Tree Adam, a type of wood impervious to blades and bullets, Luffy, who was originally going to the Galley-La Company to repair his ship, impulsively gave all the money to Franky. He asked him to buy the Treasure Tree Adam to realize his dream, and in return, Franky would use the Treasure Tree Adam to help modify the Going Merry.

Franky was immediately moved by Luffy's generosity, and the two shook hands and made peace.

Afterward, during the Iceburg incident, CP9 discovered Franky's true identity and, certain that the Pluton blueprints were with him, captured Franky.

The entire Franky Family mobilized, preparing to storm Enies Lobby to rescue their boss.

Luffy, seeing the injustice, suddenly decided to join in, using the excuse that he wanted to recruit Franky as his shipwright.

Link, who hadn't sent a Wood Clone to monitor the Straw Hat Pirates, was of course completely unaware of all this.

If he had known, he would surely have been dumbfounded.

It seemed that unless a transmigrator intervened, it was difficult for anyone related to the protagonist to escape their destiny.

I wonder if Brook will be able to escape his?!

While the Enies Lobby incident was unfolding, on a certain uninhabited island in the Grand Line, Teach was finally waiting for Ace.

Without much small talk, Ace attacked Teach, the traitor who had murdered a crewmate.

An orange-red flame shot into the sky.

Link, carrying Enel and walking towards the battlefield, witnessed this scene firsthand.

The flame was not dancing alone; soon, a thick black mist also shot into the sky.

On the battlefield, Link watched a one-sided fight.

As a top-tier Logia user, Ace possessed the arrogance and carelessness common to all Logia users.

The power of elementalization and pre-emptive elementalization was so great that in the New World, only those skilled in Haki could accurately locate their real bodies.

Ace, who had barely been injured in three years, had long been immersed in the power of his Logia fruit, severely neglecting the Haki talent he inherited from the Pirate King.

Yamato, who had also awakened Conqueror's Haki at a young age, should have mastered its advanced application by now, yet Ace never asked Whitebeard for guidance.

Teach, on the other hand, although he also had the arrogance of a Logia user after eating the Dark-Dark Fruit, was thirty-eight years old and had hidden his true strength for decades.

After following Whitebeard on so many campaigns for so many years, Teach had not a single scar on his body.

He had the feat of leaving three scars on Shanks's face.

Possessing a special lineage and a mutated human physique, Teach not only had astonishing stamina but also powerful physical techniques and Haki.

With just one surprise attack using Dark Water, Teach severely injured Ace's fragile body, and the outcome was almost decided.

Although Ace managed to hit Teach a few times with his fruit's ability during the fight, causing Teach to suffer double the pain.

However, as long as the damage did not exceed Teach's endurance limit, it couldn't truly harm him, because the gravitational pull of the Dark-Dark Fruit's black hole could absorb the damage.

His abilities couldn't truly harm Teach, while every one of Teach's attacks could injure him.

Soon, Ace reached his limit.

But he still didn't choose to flee. He converted his remaining stamina into flames, forming a super-massive fireball, and launched a final attack at Teach.

Teach also chose to counter head-on, releasing a large amount of black mist to form a giant black sphere that collided with the fireball.

The collision of the sun and darkness created a massive, two-colored energy sphere in the sky above the uninhabited island.

One half was orange-red, the other black.

The clash of top-tier elements forced Laffitte and the others to flee far away to watch, completely unqualified to participate.

Link, however, witnessed this scene up close.

The giant energy sphere lasted for several minutes before it slowly shrank and disappeared.

When both colored elements had completely dissipated, the ground was left scorched black, radiating an astonishingly high temperature.

On the ground, there were two figures, one large and one small, one standing and one lying down.

"Zehahahaha... It seems that in the clash between the sun and darkness, darkness was victorious."

Looking at the unconscious Ace on the ground, the unscathed Teach let out his unique laugh.

Afterward, Teach turned his head to a certain direction and said, "I've kept you waiting, Link."

"You truly didn't disappoint me, Teach."

As Teach's words fell, Link appeared with a Body Flicker, carrying Enel.

At the same time, Laffitte and the others ran back from a distance.

Teach looked at Link and asked, "Link, since Commander Ace is Monkey D. Garp's grandson, should I hand him over to the Marines, or to the World Government?"

"It's best to hand him over to the World Government. After all, the Seven Warlords of the Sea is an organization under the World Government, nominally on the same level as the Marine Headquarters."

Link suggested, "You can send someone bold to enter the Holy Land, Mary Geoise, and secretly reveal Ace's identity. I believe that when the Five Elders find out, they will be happy to accept this deal."

"Zehahahaha... A good idea, that's what I was thinking too."

Teach laughed heartily and nodded, then looked at Enel in Link's hands and asked, "Is that your new prey?"

"Yes."

Link nodded. "I'll have to trouble you again this time, Teach."

Almost as soon as Link's words fell, four figures of different appearances and heights appeared out of thin air at the north, south, east, and west positions of the Blackbeard Pirates, shouting in unison, "Ninja Art: Four Violet Flames Formation!"

Four transparent purple barriers rose up, quickly forming a rectangular prism barrier that enveloped Link and the others.

At the same time, branches grew from the ground, binding the members of the Blackbeard Pirates and rapidly draining their stamina.

This scene happened so suddenly that the Blackbeard Pirates had no time to react.

Teach struggled, his face filled with terror, "Link, what are you doing?"

"Don't struggle. If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it last time."

Link said, "Teach, it's not that I don't trust you, but this time's prey is rather special. I must take safety precautions."

Hearing this, Teach, sensing with his Observation Haki that Link was not lying, stopped struggling and allowed the branches to drain his stamina.

At the same time, he was secretly sizing up the four people in the distance.

The Barrier-Barrier Fruit?

No, a barrier maintained by four people shouldn't be a Devil Fruit.

A special talent?

Is this one of Link's trump cards?

To deploy four people at once, what kind of fruit ability does that guy in his hands possess?

Looking at Enel in Link's hands, Teach's mind was filled with questions.

Soon, Teach's stamina was nearly depleted.

So, Link released the branches from Teach's body and walked over, carrying Enel.

After taking out a fruit and handing it to the weakened Teach, Link shot a wooden spike from his palm, which directly entered Enel's head.

The God of Skypiea was killed instantly.

Ding! An enemy has been killed, gaining 5.97% experience!

As the notification sounded, Link's stored experience instantly broke through 10%, and the difficulty of future acquisition would enter the fourth stage.

When Link removed the branches from Enel's body, Teach, realizing how much Link valued this Devil Fruit, wisely said nothing. He held the fruit and released a large amount of black mist, beginning the extraction process with practiced ease.

After a short while, the black mist dissipated.

When Teach reappeared, the ordinary fruit in his hand had transformed into a Devil Fruit that was entirely golden, its skin covered with special spiral patterns and some lightning bolt symbols.

Gulp...

Looking at the Devil Fruit in his hand, Teach and the well-traveled Laffitte and his companions couldn't help but swallow hard.

At this moment, they finally understood why Link had done what he did.

Forget allies; even comrades might have thoughts of seizing such a treasure.

Because the Devil Fruit in Teach's hand was worth it.

Even Teach was filled with regret. Why couldn't his fruit's ability tell him what power a Devil Fruit held when he was extracting it?

If he had known, he would have taken this ability for himself.

If he had this ability, that barrier wouldn't have been able to stop him at all.

If he had this ability, sacrificing Laffitte and the others would have been worth it.

If he had this ability, he wouldn't need to risk infiltrating Impel Down. He would have the power to quickly accumulate capital, build one of the most powerful forces on the sea, and then challenge his old man.

Teach never imagined that the Devil Fruit from this prey was one that hadn't appeared for several eras, one that had become a legend... the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit!

"Good work, Teach."

As Teach was filled with regret and his heart ached.

A hand suddenly rested on his shoulder, and a magical power instantly stole control of his body.

Another hand took the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit from Teach's grasp.

After taking the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Link released the Four Limbs Heavy Sealing Jutsu, returning control of his body to Teach.

At the same time, the four Wood Clones using the Wood Transformation also dispelled the Four Violet Flames Formation and vanished with a Body Flicker.

"Zeh... Zehahahaha, it was nothing."

Teach snapped back to his senses and immediately let out a hearty laugh.

But no matter how hearty he appeared on the surface, Teach's heart was in agony.

Three! Link had him extract three of the most top-tier Devil Fruits!

If he weren't unable to beat Link, Teach would have torn him to shreds!

If those three Devil Fruits were his, even if he didn't eat them himself, he could cultivate three super-powerful subordinates. Not only would his crew's strength soar, but he would also have an invincible sanctuary.

Now, they all belonged to Link.

With these three Devil Fruits, the foundation of Link's crew would surely experience an astonishing surge.

Even if his plan succeeded and he obtained the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit, he might still not be a threat to Link.

Thinking this, he knew he couldn't afford to have a falling out with Link.

Therefore, Teach could only endure the heartache and feign heartiness.

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