"UGHH! MY HEAD HURTS!"
Luffy grabbed both sides of his head.
His face was turning red.
Steam practically looked ready to burst out of him.
For one horrifying second, Roma stared at him in shock.
Roma's Mind: Wait.
Is he about to unlock Gear Second this early?!
Roma leaned closer.
Then he realized the truth.
No.
Luffy wasn't awakening some incredible new technique.
His brain just hurt.
A lot.
Roma had spent the last several minutes explaining the concept of a void using words that probably shouldn't have been used anywhere near Monkey D. Luffy.
As far as Roma was concerned, Luffy's formal education couldn't have been much higher than first-grade level.
And after Roma's legal explanation of what a "void" meant?
Luffy's brain was practically boiling.
Roma sighed.
"Okay. Simple version."
Luffy looked at him desperately.
"Well, it means you can't escape this place—"
"WHAT?!?!"
Luffy's scream exploded through the darkness.
"You mean I can't see my crew anymore?!"
Before Roma could answer—
DING!
Both of them froze.
Two glowing screens suddenly appeared in front of them.
Roma stared.
Luffy stared.
Words appeared across both screens.
DING!
Welcome, Players!
You have been lucky enough to be selected for this adventure.
Two wheels will determine your journey.
The first wheel will select the world you will enter.
The second wheel will select your objective within that world.
Roma slowly turned his head.
Luffy did the exact same thing.
They looked at each other.
Then back at the screens.
Then at each other again.
"Eh?"
For several seconds, neither moved.
Roma recovered first.
His mind immediately started racing.
This was...
Familiar.
Not literally, obviously.
Roma had never died, been trapped in a void, met Monkey D. Luffy, and received glowing floating screens before.
But he'd read stories like this.
Novels.
Fanfiction.
System stories.
World-travel stories.
Stories where some unlucky—or ridiculously lucky—idiot got handed a system and immediately became absurdly powerful.
Roma's Mind: No way.
Luffy, meanwhile, understood absolutely none of that.
He poked the screen.
His finger passed through the glowing image.
"What's happening?"
Roma looked at him.
He had to think carefully about how to explain this.
Complex explanations had already nearly murdered Luffy's brain once.
What did Luffy understand?
Pirates.
Fighting.
Food.
Friends.
And—
Adventure.
Roma pointed at the screen.
"Basically, we're going on an adventure—"
"AN ADVENTURE?!"
Luffy's entire expression changed.
The fear from thirty seconds ago practically vanished beneath a massive grin.
"COUNT ME IN!"
Roma blinked.
Luffy threw both fists into the air.
"I'll focus on the One Piece later!"
Roma's mouth fell slightly open.
Roma's Mind: What?
That was the surprising part.
Not Luffy being excited about danger.
Roma expected that.
But putting the One Piece aside temporarily?
Roma hadn't expected Luffy to say that so quickly.
Luffy suddenly pointed at him.
"Anyway, what's your name?"
Roma answered almost on instinct.
"Roma."
Silence.
Luffy's cheeks puffed.
Roma narrowed his eyes.
"Don't."
Luffy burst out laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Roma's eye twitched.
"What's so funny?!"
Luffy continued laughing so hard that he had to hold his stomach.
"Your name sounds like a girl's name!"
A vein appeared on Roma's forehead.
That insult hit somewhere deep.
People had said similar things when he was younger.
It hadn't lasted very long.
But Roma still hated it.
BONK!
Roma punched Luffy directly on the head.
A giant bump immediately appeared.
"OW!"
Luffy grabbed his head.
Then froze.
His eyes widened.
"HOW?!"
Roma raised an eyebrow.
"I'm made of rubber!"
Roma stared at him.
Then—
BONK!
He hit him again.
A second bump formed directly on top of the first.
Luffy stared upward at the ridiculous tower growing from his skull.
Roma stared at it too.
Neither spoke.
Luffy finally muttered:
"...How?"
Roma didn't have an answer.
And honestly?
That bothered him.
Because he knew how Luffy's body worked.
Normal punches weren't supposed to do that.
Unless Haki was involved.
And Roma definitely didn't know Haki.
At least...
He didn't think he did.
Before either could question it—
DING!
Another notification appeared.
Custom Role-Playing System Activated!
Would the host like to draw their first Custom Character?
YES / NO
Roma's eyes widened.
Roma's Mind: Golden finger.
There it was.
The legendary system cheat.
He didn't hesitate.
Yes.
The screen flashed.
DING!
You have unlocked Custom Character: DIMO.
Roma blinked.
"Dimo?"
Then—
Power.
Roma's entire body stiffened.
It wasn't painful.
There was no explosion.
No screaming.
No sensation of bones breaking or muscles tearing.
Instead...
It felt like something endless had suddenly entered him.
Strength.
Defense.
Vitality.
Speed.
And something else.
Something strange.
Heavy.
Cold.
Hot.
Unbreakable.
For a moment, Roma couldn't even understand what he was feeling.
Then another screen appeared.
STATUS
Name: Roma
Custom Character: Dimo
Custom Character Degree: 1%
Strength: 999,999
Normal Creature/Human: 5
Speed: 875,000
Normal Creature/Human: 5
Defense: 1,650,000
Normal Creature/Human: 1
Health: 330,000,000,000
Normal Creature/Human: 100
Powers
Diamond Body
The user's entire body possesses the properties of Dimo's diamond form—the hardest material within the Boundless Area.
Perfect Diamond Control
Diamond Shapeshifting
Frozen Diamond: -500°C
Heatwave Diamond: 1000°F
Roma stopped breathing.
Or at least he thought he did.
Maybe he didn't even need to anymore.
He stared at the numbers.
Then looked at them again.
Then a third time.
Roma's Mind: ONE PERCENT?!
Luffy suddenly stopped messing with the bumps on his head.
His entire expression changed.
He looked directly at Roma.
No smile.
No laughter.
Just focus.
"You're strong."
Roma slowly looked at him.
"...Seriously?"
Luffy nodded.
Roma stared.
Roma's Mind: It took you THIS LONG?!
He had just received enough power that comparing himself to normal humans was basically insulting mathematics, and Luffy had only now realized something was different.
Roma's eyebrow twitched.
Then he remembered.
This was Luffy.
Of course this was how it worked.
Roma punched him again.
BONK!
The bump got even bigger.
Luffy stumbled backward.
"OW!"
Roma froze.
That shouldn't have happened.
Not the punch itself.
The bump.
Luffy was rubber.
Yet Roma could apparently hurt him through pure physical contact.
Roma's Mind: Wait...
Is this some protagonist logic?!
He looked at his fist.
Then at Luffy.
Then back at his fist.
Roma's Mind: That's broken!
The difference in raw power between them was already ridiculous.
Comparing his new Dimo-enhanced body to East Blue Luffy felt less like comparing two fighters and more like comparing an entire universe to an ant.
Then another sound interrupted them.
DING!
World selection complete.
Main Quest issued.
Side Quests and Hidden Quests are optional.
Players must complete all required Main Quests before traveling to the next world.
Luffy leaned toward the screen with sparkling eyes.
Roma did the same, although for a completely different reason.
Luffy was excited because—
Adventure.
Roma was excited because he wanted to know exactly what universe they'd been thrown into.
Two new screens appeared.
ROMA & LUFFY — MAIN QUESTMain Quest 1
Kill or defeat 100 Skibidi Toilets and Cameramen.
Description
You must establish a foothold within this world.
Defeat enough future enemies to establish your reputation.
Even machines will learn your names.
Progress
0 / 100
Roma stared.
His expression slowly changed.
"Oh."
He knew.
He knew exactly where they were going.
Luffy scratched his cheek.
"What?"
He read the screen again.
Then looked at Roma.
"Did the toilets eat Devil Fruits?"
A tic appeared on Roma's forehead.
He wanted to punch Luffy.
Very badly.
Roma inhaled.
Exhaled.
Inhaled again.
Roma's Mind: Don't kill him.
Don't kill the future Pirate King.
That would probably cause problems.
He forced himself to answer as simply as humanly possible.
"No, Luffy."
Luffy listened carefully.
"The toilets didn't eat Devil Fruits."
"Oh."
"They're just..."
Roma paused.
Even saying it aloud sounded stupid.
"...toilets with heads coming out of them."
Luffy tilted his head.
His face twisted.
Roma could practically hear the gears inside his skull grinding against each other.
"EHHHHHHHH?!?!"
Luffy grabbed his straw hat.
"HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!"
"I don't know!"
"DO THEY POOP OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS THEN?!"
Roma stopped.
His soul left his body.
He slowly covered his face with one hand.
"I want to die."
Then he paused.
His hand felt strange.
Hard.
Smooth.
Roma lowered it.
His eyes widened.
His fingers were changing.
His skin slowly transformed into a brilliant crystal-like material.
Diamond.
The transformation spread across his arm.
Then his shoulder.
Then his chest.
His entire body gradually became something beautiful and terrifying.
Light reflected from him like sunlight striking a perfectly cut jewel.
Yet Roma could still move normally.
He could feel.
He could breathe.
His joints weren't stiff.
His body somehow felt like living flesh and diamond at the same time.
Luffy immediately forgot the toilet question.
"WOAH!"
Roma stared at his own hand.
He clenched his fist.
The diamond fingers moved effortlessly.
Roma's Mind: So this is Dimo's body at 1%...
He looked back at his status.
One percent.
Just.
One.
Percent.
Roma's Mind: If THIS is 1%...
His face slowly became serious.
Roma's Mind: What the hell is 100%?
DING!
Transportation to selected world begins in 10 seconds.
Please prepare.
"Oi, Luffy."
Luffy turned.
"We're about to go."
Luffy grinned.
The giant bumps were somehow already disappearing.
"SHISHISHISHI!"
He punched the air several times.
"Finally!"
Roma stared at him.
"I can't wait to beat up the toilets!"
Roma sighed.
At least one of them was enthusiastic.
10...
9...
8...
Luffy suddenly looked thoughtful.
"Hey, Roma?"
"What?"
"Do you think the toilets taste good?"
Roma slowly turned toward him.
Luffy continued.
"'Cause if Sanji was here, he'd probably—"
"SHUT UP, LUFFY!"
3...
2...
1...
DING!
Transportation Complete.
A blinding white light swallowed them.
Then—
Roma's feet hit pavement.
His eyes snapped open.
The void was gone.
He stood in the middle of a destroyed city.
Buildings had collapsed across entire streets.
Smoke rose into the sky.
Cars were overturned.
Windows were shattered.
Chunks of concrete covered the roads.
Roma took one breath.
Immediately regretted it.
"UGH!"
He covered his nose.
The smell was horrific.
Like sewer water, burning metal, smoke, and something Roma desperately didn't want identified.
Luffy didn't seem bothered.
Of course he didn't.
His eyes sparkled as he spun around.
"WOOOAAAH!"
Roma looked at him.
"This city is cool!"
Roma raised his fist.
Roma's Mind: I can hit him one more time.
Before he could—
THOOM.
Roma stopped.
Luffy stopped.
THOOM.
The ground shook.
Loose pieces of rubble jumped across the pavement.
THOOM.
Something large was approaching.
Roma slowly turned his head.
Then saw it.
A toilet.
A giant toilet.
Not a normal bathroom toilet.
A massive moving toilet nearly ten feet tall, with a bald human head extending from the bowl.
Its mouth opened.
"Skibidi dop dop dop yes yes~"
Roma's eye twitched.
Luffy stared.
The Skibidi Toilet kept singing.
"Skibidi dop dop—"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Luffy doubled over.
He pointed directly at it.
"ROMA! LOOK!"
"I see it."
"THE TOILET IS SINGING!"
"I KNOW!"
"THIS IS SO FUNNY!"
The Skibidi Toilet stopped.
Its head slowly turned.
Its eyes locked onto them.
They began glowing.
Its mouth opened unnaturally wide.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
The scream shook nearby windows.
Then it charged.
Fast.
Way too fast for something shaped like a toilet.
DING!
First Enemy Detected
Small Skibidi Toilet
Threat Level: EXTREMELY LOW
Roma looked from the system screen to the ten-foot monster rushing toward them.
"...Small?"
The Skibidi Toilet smashed through an abandoned car.
Roma stared.
"THAT'S SMALL?!"
Then he remembered.
Titans existed in this universe.
Titan Cameraman.
Titan Speakerman.
Titan TV Man.
G-Toilet.
Compared to those monsters...
Yeah.
This thing basically was small.
"Luffy, wait—"
Too late.
Luffy was already charging.
"GUM-GUM—!"
His right arm stretched far behind him.
The Skibidi Toilet opened its mouth.
"PISTOL!!!"
Luffy's fist shot forward.
BOOM!
It smashed directly into the creature's bald head.
The toilet exploded.
Ceramic shattered across the road.
Blood sprayed outward.
The severed head launched backward and slammed into a building hard enough to crack the wall.
Luffy's arm snapped back.
He landed.
"SHISHISHISHI!"
He grinned.
"That was easy!"
DING!
1 / 100 enemies defeated.
Roma looked at the counter.
"Ninety-nine more."
He sighed.
Then glanced at Luffy.
At least this might go quickly.
A sewer grate suddenly flew into the air.
Roma turned.
Another toilet emerged.
Then another.
And another.
The ground cracked.
Toilets burst from alleys.
From sewers.
From ruined buildings.
Dozens.
Roma stared.
"...You've gotta be kidding me."
Nearly fifty Skibidi Toilets surrounded them.
Then—
"Skibidi dop dop dop yes yes~"
Another joined.
"Skibidi dop dop dop yes yes~"
Then another.
"Skibidi dop dop dop yes yes~"
Roma's eye twitched.
The chorus grew louder.
"Skibidi dop dop dop—"
"SHUT UP ALREADY!!!"
Roma snapped.
His diamond body suddenly blazed with reflected light.
He thrust one hand forward.
Something happened.
Roma didn't understand how.
He didn't need to.
His body simply knew.
His arm transformed.
Diamond spread outward.
His hand sharpened.
Lengthened.
Expanded.
Until Roma was holding something that shouldn't physically have been possible.
A gigantic diamond spear.
It kept growing.
Ten feet.
Twenty.
Thirty.
Soon it was nearly the size of a small building.
Roma stared at it.
"...Oh."
The army of toilets charged.
Roma looked at his spear.
Then at them.
Roma's Mind: Diamond Shapeshifting is THIS powerful?!
His mouth slowly curved upward.
Roma's Mind: Oh, this is busted.
Roma swung.
WHOOOOOOOM!
The gigantic diamond spear tore through the street.
One toilet shattered.
Then five.
Ten.
Twenty.
Thirty.
Ceramic exploded everywhere.
Diamond fragments ripped outward like shrapnel, tearing through the toilets Roma had missed with the initial swing.
For one second, everything became silent.
Then—
DING!
31 / 100 enemies defeated.
Luffy's eyes became enormous.
"WOAAAAAAAH!"
He ran toward Roma.
"ROMA!"
"What?"
"THAT WAS AWESOME!"
Roma blinked.
"TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT!"
Roma stared at him.
"...Luffy."
"Yeah?"
"You're made of rubber."
"Yeah!"
"You can't do diamond stuff."
Luffy's mouth dropped open.
"EHHHHHH?!"
"You idiot!"
"WHY NOT?!"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE RUBBER!"
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!"
Roma's fist twitched.
He really wanted to hit him again.
Unfortunately—
More toilets were coming.
"Fine! Just fight!"
"Okay!"
The two charged.
And then the city became complete chaos.
"GUM-GUM PISTOL!"
BOOM!
A toilet exploded.
Roma's arm transformed into a diamond blade.
SLASH!
Three more were cut apart.
"GUM-GUM WHIP!"
Luffy spun, stretching his leg through several enemies.
Roma launched dozens of diamond spikes.
The toilets fell one after another.
The system counter climbed rapidly.
DING!
50 / 100
More arrived.
Luffy punched one through a wall.
Roma crushed another underneath a diamond hammer.
DING!
65 / 100
The fight continued.
DING!
80 / 100
Roma looked at the floating number.
"Twenty left!"
Luffy raised both fists.
"LET'S GO!"
Then—
BOOOOOOM.
They both froze.
That wasn't a toilet exploding.
The ground began shaking.
Hard.
A nearby car bounced against the pavement.
Windows shattered.
Part of an already damaged building collapsed into the street.
THOOM.
Something huge was walking toward them.
Roma slowly looked upward.
His mouth dropped open.
A gigantic humanoid figure approached.
Black clothing.
Massive limbs.
A camera for a head.
Roma stared.
A Large Cameraman.
And it was enormous.
Far larger than Roma expected.
Its lens locked directly onto them.
DING!
New Enemy Detected
Large Cameraman
Threat Level: LOW
Roma pointed upward.
"LOW?!"
The system did not respond.
"THAT THING IS LIKE A BUILDING!"
Luffy cracked his knuckles.
A grin spread across his face.
Roma looked at him.
"Luffy?"
"I got this one!"
"What?"
"You handle the small ones!"
Before Roma could argue, Luffy crouched.
Something changed.
His body tightened.
His blood began moving faster.
Steam rose from his skin.
Roma's eyes widened.
No.
No way.
Luffy's skin reddened.
Steam poured from his body.
Then Luffy grinned.
"Gear..."
Roma's jaw dropped.
"...SECOND!"
FWOOSH!
Luffy vanished.
Roma stood completely still.
Roma's Mind: WHAT?!
His eyes darted around.
Roma's Mind: HE ACTUALLY UNLOCKED GEAR SECOND?!
Roma suddenly remembered Luffy's head steaming back in the void.
His headache.
The strange overheating.
The ridiculous pressure his body had been under.
Roma's Mind: NO WAY!
Roma's Mind: DID THE VOID ACTUALLY PUSH HIM INTO FIGURING IT OUT EARLY?!
A red blur shot upward.
Roma barely had time to process what he was seeing.
Luffy appeared above the Cameraman.
"GUM-GUM—!"
His leg stretched backward.
Steam spiraled around him.
"JET BATTLE AXE!!!"
Luffy's leg came crashing down.
BOOOOOOM!!!
The attack smashed directly into the Cameraman's head.
A shockwave exploded through the street.
Windows burst.
Dust blasted outward.
The giant's head slammed into the pavement.
Concrete shattered beneath it.
Roma shielded his face from the debris.
When the dust cleared—
The Cameraman moved.
Luffy's eyes widened.
"Eh?"
One huge hand reached toward him.
"It's still moving?!"
Roma sighed.
"Of course it is."
His legs bent.
Then—
BOOM!
The pavement shattered beneath Roma.
With 875,000 Speed, his diamond body became a shining blur.
He crossed the distance almost instantly.
Roma jumped.
His right fist transformed.
Expanded.
Changed.
Within seconds, his arm had become an enormous diamond hammer.
Roma raised it over his head.
"HEY, CAMERA!"
The Cameraman looked up.
Roma grinned.
"TAKE THIS, YOU STUPID CAMERA!"
BAAAAAAAM!!!
The diamond hammer crashed into its chest.
The entire body shattered.
Metal ripped apart.
Glass exploded.
Wires scattered across the street.
The giant camera head crashed onto its side.
Its lens flickered.
Once.
Twice.
Then died.
Silence.
DING!
81 / 100 Skibidi Toilets and Cameramen defeated.
Note: Large Cameraman counts as ONE enemy.
Roma stared at the screen.
"...One?"
Silence.
Roma's face twisted.
"ONE?!"
The screen remained unchanged.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"
Luffy landed beside him.
Steam still rolled off his body.
Roma pointed furiously toward the destroyed Cameraman.
"THAT THING WAS THE SIZE OF A BUILDING!"
Luffy laughed.
"Shishishishi!"
"AND IT COUNTS AS ONE?!"
"That was fun!"
Roma slowly turned toward him.
Luffy grinned.
Roma sighed.
"...Nineteen more."
Luffy punched his palm.
"Easy!"
For once...
Roma agreed.
The two looked at each other.
Then nodded.
Nineteen enemies.
Compared to what they'd just fought?
This shouldn't be difficult.
Then—
A sound echoed from farther down the street.
Roma froze.
Luffy tilted his head.
It wasn't the normal song.
This one was deeper.
Louder.
The voice shook the air.
"Skibidi dop dop dop..."
Roma slowly looked toward the end of the road.
"No."
"YES..."
Something moved behind the ruined buildings.
Roma's eyes widened.
"YES..."
A colossal shape emerged.
"...YES~!"
Roma's face went pale.
Roma's Mind: Oh no.
The creature towered above the city.
A gigantic Skibidi Toilet.
Far larger than anything they'd fought so far.
Multiple heads emerged from its enormous bowl.
Its eyes glowed with strange purple energy.
The ground trembled beneath its weight.
Roma slowly looked upward.
And upward.
And upward.
The thing had to be nearly two hundred feet tall.
Luffy's grin became enormous.
Roma's did not.
Roma's Mind: Please don't tell me...
DING!
New Enemy Detected
TITAN SKIBIDI TOILET
Threat Level: MODERATE
Roma stared at the word.
"Moderate."
Luffy looked at him.
Roma looked at Luffy.
Then both looked back at the Titan.
The Titan roared.
Buildings shook.
Roma's diamond fingers slowly curled into fists.
"Luffy."
"Yeah?"
"You ready?"
Luffy pulled his straw hat down firmly over his head.
Then he grinned.
"SHISHISHISHI!"
Steam curled around his body.
"LET'S DO IT, ROMA!"
The Titan screamed.
Roma's diamond body began glowing.
And for the first time since entering this world...
Roma wasn't completely sure the next fight would be easy.