One Piece: Copy Talents Starting from Elbaf

Although the woman standing before Roy, Kouzuki Toki, appeared somewhat different in age from the version he had seen in the original anime, he still recognized her.

Her cyan-colored hair was draped over her shoulders, with a hair ornament on the right side. She wore a pink dress similar to Wano's traditional clothing, paired with yellow boots. Her samurai sword was currently held by a human trafficker.

It seemed that Kouzuki Toki had been captured by these traffickers.

Roy, however, was curious about a few things.

Her destination should be the future Wano, at the time of the Onigashima raid. How did she suddenly end up in this time period? Moreover, she seemed younger than when she appeared in the anime.

If Roy remembered correctly, Kouzuki Toki was a user of the Time-Time Fruit, which allowed her to travel through time with herself or a designated target. Why didn't she just use her ability to escape this time period and avoid the traffickers? From what Roy could tell, she was only bound by regular iron chains, not Seastone chains.

At the same time, Kouzuki Toki noticed the strange combination outside—the huge giant and the small boy, along with a talking flame. They were blocking the transport cart, attempting to hijack it.

When she saw the towering, intimidating giant, she couldn't help but feel as though being taken by pirates was no different from being sold by traffickers.

However, her gaze softened when she saw the red-haired, cute little boy. Despite standing with the terrifying giant, the boy had a unique aura that made her unable to feel the same kind of disdain she might for the giant's pirate companion.

When she also noticed his youthful and charming features, she couldn't help but think, This boy's actually quite nice?

She was losing it. She must be going crazy.

Kouzuki Toki sighed internally. She had already been tricked by human traffickers once, so how could she still naïvely trust first impressions?

"Hey, hey, hey, are you even listening?!" the leader of the traffickers shouted angrily. "We're—"

"You're talking too much!" Pandora flew in front of the trafficker, opened its mouth, and spewed flames. The searing sparks danced in the air, instantly turning the man into a human torch.

"Ahhhh—!"

The trafficker screamed, struggling wildly, but within moments, he fell silent, collapsing to the ground, burnt to death.

Clink, clink, clink!

One by one, the other traffickers unsheathed their swords, nervously watching Roy, the giant, and Pandora.

"We warn you! Don't... don't make any moves!"

"Scram." The giant flicked his finger, sending the traffickers flying. They crashed to the ground with broken bones, blood splattering, and their screams echoed through the muddy streets.

Roy didn't even glance at the traffickers. He grabbed the erratically flying Pandora, gave it a few playful squeezes, and walked up to the cart holding the iron cage.

As Roy got closer, the women in the cage raised their heads, their eyes filled with longing, hoping he would free them.

Most of these women were quite attractive, and they would likely fetch a good price at the auction house, where the noblemen would surely enjoy buying them for their own amusement.

Such low, vulgar tastes.

Roy extended his hand, grasped one of the iron bars, and with a slight exertion, bent it with a loud creak. The harsh metallic sound echoed as he bent two bars outward.

With each forceful push, the adjacent bars also began to bend, producing more ear-piercing sounds.

The slave women inside the cage were ecstatic, watching Roy with gratitude.

Of course, some women were fearful. They worried that Roy wasn't there to save them, but to take them for some other grim purpose, perhaps to sell them elsewhere.

As for Kouzuki Toki, she stared at the boy in shock.

Her bright, beautiful eyes widened as she focused on his small, pale hands, which seemed a bit too delicate. She was amazed that such a young child could bend so many iron bars.

"Alright, you're free," Roy said to the women in the cage.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!"

The women, one by one, scrambled out through the gaps, standing before Roy and expressing their deep gratitude.

Roy simply reached into the trafficker's body and pulled out the key, unlocking the chains of each woman.

"Go quickly, ladies. If you're caught again, it won't be good."

Roy waved them off, urging them to leave as quickly as possible.

He wasn't afraid of the auction house. Worst case, he could smash the place and have a chat with the masterminds behind it (a violent one).

But these defenseless women would never be able to handle the people behind the auction.

"Thank you, kind little brother." The women, excited, wanted to hug or kiss the handsome and cute boy to express their thanks.

But Roy politely rejected each one.

Roy admitted that he was S, but he reserved that kindness for his future wives. For women outside of that circle, he kept his distance.

Even though he intended to become a "sea king," he believed this didn't conflict with his principles.

At the very least, he had principles, or else he would truly be a scumbag in every sense of the word.

These older women, seeing his strength, immediately began imagining that he was a short, youthful, yet strong adult dwarf.

What a joke! The way they looked at him wasn't quite right!

"Alright, alright, sis, hurry up and leave. No kissing, though—those are for my future wives!" Roy hurriedly pushed the last older woman away, letting out a deep breath. Doing good deeds was exhausting, and now he smelled like women.

"Thank you. My name is Kouzuki Toki."

Kouzuki Toki, now freed from the iron chains, stood before the shorter child, gazing at him curiously with her head lowered.

This boy was truly strange. He had claimed to be a pirate at first, but then he had rescued so many poor women.

However, Kouzuki Toki could tell that this child had a kind heart.

"It's nothing," Roy said with a smile. "My name's Harold Roy. Aren't you going to leave? Be careful, you might get caught again."

"If I leave, I don't know where to go..." Kouzuki Toki couldn't help but recall her sorrowful past. Her gaze grew distant. Since arriving in this time period of the New World, her old home had long been lost to history. Her family had passed away hundreds of years ago.

It seemed that going to Wano was her only remaining goal.

But she had very little strength. After being captured by the traffickers, she realized that it would be very difficult for her to make it to Wano on her own.

And there was one more serious problem that had been bothering her.

Since arriving in this new time period, she hadn't been able to activate her Devil Fruit ability even once.

It was as though some more terrifying force was suppressing her powers!

"Is it that you have nowhere else to go, sister?" Roy asked tentatively.

He was curious as to why Kouzuki Toki didn't use her Devil Fruit power to leave this time period, though he wasn't aware of her struggles.

At the same time, Roy couldn't help but feel a slight urge.

Judging by her age, Kouzuki Toki was quite a bit older than him. Maybe he could... build some rapport with her?

After all, she was the first Toki he had met. There was still a chance.

It wouldn't be easy, but he didn't think it would be too difficult either!

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𝙥𝗮𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙣(.)𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙊𝙛𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧

✨ • 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝟲𝟬+ 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚.