One Piece: Fate's Unyielding Marine

Hearing Im's words, Dylan was a bit surprised and felt like, "It's true."

"So many things were arranged by you, and some of the things I changed were also forcibly reversed by you?"

He altered Nami's original fate, but Nami still ended up in the Kingdom of Goa and met Straw Hat Luffy.

He took Mansherry to cure Nami's disease, so the Straw Hats didn't need to go to the witch's castle, but they still went and brought Tony Tony Chopper along.

Over a year ago, he searched for a long time to find the moving Sky Island Weatheria, but when he got there, Nami wasn't there at all.

"Yes," the butterfly flew to Im's side. She raised her fingers and let the butterfly rest on her fingertips.

"But the Destiny-Destiny Fruit is not invincible, especially not against you."

"Oh?"

Im looked at Dylan, who was sitting across from her.

"The main power of the Destiny-Destiny Fruit is to see and touch 'destiny.' It's easy to see, but very difficult to touch. This is an ability that can only be possessed after being 'fully awakened'."

"While waiting for Joyboy, I took the Destiny-Destiny Fruit from the treasure house. It took me a long time to fully master it. I have to admit..."

Im shook her head with a bit of self-deprecation: "Compared to you, I am really far behind. It only took Joyboy five years to completely merge with Nika. You..."

Looking at the man in front of her with a calm and restrained aura, Im sighed.

"I'm afraid it took you even less time, and you actually broke the double bond between the Garden of Eden and this world, completely freeing yourself from the 'shackles of nature.'

Compared to you, I am truly mediocre.

It took me two hundred years to get the Destiny-Destiny Fruit, and another five hundred years to fully master it."

Im sighed; she had been observing the sea for a long time.

Joyboy chose to surrender shortly after he secretly sent her to Mariejois.

The huge kingdom collapsed.

To avoid a recurrence of war and the fate of the Lunaria tribe, the Twenty Kings decided to move to Mariejois on the Red Line.

Before the relocation, the Nefertari family of Alabasta chose to stay behind.

They said they were humans, not "gods," and humans should live where humans live.

Although the other nineteen royal families were puzzled and embarrassed, they had to let them stay in Alabasta due to an ancestral agreement.

"So, are you from the Nefertari family?"

"No, I am from the Soria family. But... I have a distant connection with them. After they poisoned my father, they supported my cousin to succeed to the throne to maintain the agreement."

"After Joyboy sent me here, the affinity between me and Eden shocked them and also gave them confidence. As the bloodline thins, opening Eden and maintaining Eden will become more demanding. They fear me, they need me."

"But I don't want to be just a mere nutrient, so over the years, I have had them raise side branches to provide nutrients for the Garden of Eden. And I... only exist as a last resort."

"To this day, except for me, even if I sacrificed all the 'Celestial Dragons', I wouldn't be able to activate the final national treasure."

Im picked a petal from behind and put it into her teacup, then picked up the teacup and gently sniffed it.

"The fate of this world... has been violently shaken and divided since twenty-six years ago."

"You... came at that time, right?"

Dylan looked at Im with some confusion. Does the Destiny-Destiny Fruit really have so many incredible uses?

Sensing Dylan's doubts, Im took a sip of her scented tea and continued:

"In the past hundred years, I have seen everything in the world. The destiny of everyone is very clear. For some beings who are not very strong, I can even modify their destiny at will. But starting from twenty-six years ago, everything in the world became unclear. The fate of the people began to change, something that had never happened before."

"It took me nearly 10 years to find the source, which is you - Adams Dylan."

Im's expression showed a hint of fatigue: "When I saw you, I was surprised, because I can only see your destiny before you were 7 years old, and I can't pry into it after you turned 7. As for your future, it is even darker."

Although the fate of the world had fluctuated, some plans had been in motion for 800 years. She couldn't forcefully pry into Dylan's fate. She could get a glimpse of the fate of other things, but...

Joyboy...

Im remembered Joyboy's foolish smile before he died and cried on the beach, but decided to continue executing the plan.

To ensure that Joyboy could return smoothly, Im selected Monkey D. Garp as early as 40 years ago. 

Twenty-five years ago, she arranged an "accident" after Gol D. Roger surrendered, transferring Monkey D. Dragon to Mariejois, using the "accident" to escape, and then seizing Garp's bloodline.

Although the fate of the world had been unstable and fragmented in the following ten years, Joyboy's fate had never fluctuated significantly. 

Until 10 years ago, when Dylan emerged from East Blue.

Im was surprised to find that many of the people and things she had arranged for Joyboy had changed dramatically. The fate of the girl named Nami, a descendant of Calia, was completely twisted. 

At that time, Dylan was already extremely powerful, and the fate of everyone who had direct contact with him became blurred.

Im spent a lot of effort to correct Nami's fate.

Krieg's death also greatly affected the fate of the descendants of Ryuma. She had to take matters into her own hands to lure "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk back to East Blue.

As Dylan entered the Grand Line, the fortunes of more and more people changed. She was very busy, but she soon discovered something else.

Although as she originally saw, her own destiny would be disrupted this year. But the fate of the world was becoming increasingly clear.

A world emerged that she had never imagined. She was consumed with anxiety and doubt.

Nika and Joyboy...

Although they could bring laughter to the world, it was always so short-lived. 

In East Blue, she saw a more rational and long-term peace.

She began to struggle. She was tired of 800 years of waiting and observing.

Joyboy might be able to defeat the monsters when he returns. But what happens after that? Have a party?

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