"What do you mean with 'hunter'? What would I need to do if I were to become one?"
{After signing the contract, ordinary people will become contractors, perform missions for the Reincarnation Paradise, and get rewarded after the successful completion.}
{Hunters are contractors with special talents or inherent abilities more suited for combat.}
{Hunters will receive the same missions as contractors and, simultaneously, a special mission to clean up offenders.}
{Offenders are contractors who violated their contracts.}
{No more free inquiries are left.}
{Reincarnation Paradise will no longer answer questions. Please sign the contract or wait for death.}
All Lights faded, and the surroundings became dark again.
A quaint parchment popped up in the void and hung in the air.
Su Xiao struggled to stand up and walked slowly to the parchment.
The parchment was covered in weird symbols and had a blank space at the bottom.
'Should I sign the contract?'
Su Xiao felt that his life would undergo earth-shaking changes if he signed the contract. But what other choices does he have - only death awaits him if he doesn't sign it.
He has too many things left to do. He would rather jump into a bottomless abyss than leave things unfinished.
"I agree."
{You may press your thumb on the contract to complete the signing process.}
He lifted his hand and pressed his thumb on the blank space on the parchment.
A stinging pain came from his fingertip, a drop of blood fell on the parchment, and the parchment became pale red with a faint bloody odour.
{The contract is established! Healing the hunter's injuries.}
A soft green light appeared around Su Xiao and covered his body. His injuries were healed in a few seconds.
{Recovery complete, waking up the hunter's dormant talents forcibly.}
Without waiting for him to speak, severe pain came from all over his body.
The sudden pain sent Su Xiao's heart rate soaring.
However, Su Xiao's pain tolerance was beyond ordinary people's, so he just groaned and fell to his knees instead of passing out.
The pain disappeared as quickly as it came. Su Xiao felt that something in his body had changed.
{Starting Hunter Trial.}
As Su Xiao read those words in front of him, he felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
{Starting transmission.}
When Su Xiao woke up again, he was in a run-down house.
The word house is too luxurious to describe it. It's more like a shack. This shack is only a dozen square meters big; the roof was half-collapsed, and sunlight entered the room through holes in the wall.
There were a lot of spider webs covered in dust. The only sign of life was the vast piles of trash that could be seen.
When Su Xiao prepared to leave, a black tattoo shaped like a sword appeared on his arm.
The pale blue texts appeared again.
This time, it appeared directly in his head instead of floating in the air. Though he moved his eyes, those words stayed static, as if they were printed on his lens.
e/n: Schema of an eye.
The content of those words was as follows:
{World: One Piece}
{World Difficulty: LV.6 Nightmare (This is the difficulty of the hunter's exclusive trial.)}
{Lorefragments: 0% (Interacting with the characters in this world will help you gain Lorefragments. These, along with the performance in your mission, will be used to calculate your final reward.)}
{World Camps: Marine; Revolutionary Army; Pirates; World Government}
{Mission: Kill the King of the Goa Kingdom}
{Warning: Please do not mention anything related to Reincarnation Paradise. The hunter will be flagged as an offender if the warning is ignored.}
{Notice: This world's size is medium large. It is recommended to stay in the area of the Goa Kingdom}
{Notice: Because you entered this world for the first time, you can automatically utilize this world's language.}
{Notice: You may use your status now.}
{Time Remaining: 72:00:00}
{Good luck!}
e/n: I added some links in the text. I hope it works. (For those who want to know more.)
As those texts disappeared, Su Xiao sorted out the information he received.
First, he was now part of the Reincarnation Paradise. He did not know its purpose or goal.
The second thing is his current situation. He came to the world of One Piece. Though he wanted revenge, he still read and watched some animes to relax in his sparse free time. People cannot always be working, sleeping or eating.
One Piece's world is perilous. Some people can destroy an island or annihilate a country alone, not because they press a red button and launch a nuke, but because they have that much strength in their bodies.
Although he knew some combat skills, Su Xiao was only slightly stronger than an ordinary adult.
You can tell how tough this world is from the word nightmare in 'World Difficulty'.
As for the task, it is easy to understand but hard to accomplish.
Su Xiao had a headache.
However, the last part about his status seemed intriguing.
'How can I see my status?' wondered Su Xiao
*ping*
{Opening User Menu}
{Notice: You may select one of the following options by thinking about doing so. You may turn off this notification by thinking about doing so.}
{Status}
{Mission}
This was all because his level was too low to unlock the other functions.
He was eager to know about the specific content of the mission. He felt the reincarnation paradise would not tolerate any failure.
He didn't want to be lowered to an ordinary contractor or marked as an offender. Su Xiao acutely perceived the cruelty of Reincarnation Paradise, though he only signed the contract with Reincarnation Paradise shortly before.
{Mission: Kill the King of the Goa Kingdom}
{Difficulty: LV.3}
{Description: The Goa Kingdom is a country located on Dawn Island, in the East Blue. It rules the nearby cities and villages. It is near Foosha Village and Mt. Colubo.}
{Information: Kill the King of the Goa Kingdom, Phillips Herbert, who stays in the Royal Palace.}
{Time Remaining: 71:59:23}
{Reward: Depending on performance}
e/n: Here is a picture of the Goa Kingdom (Mt. Corvo = Mt. Colubo), and here is a picture of East Blue (upper right is Dawn Island).
With this information, Su Xiao finally understood who he would need to kill and where he could find him.
Su Xiao is probably near the Gray Terminal; no wonder there is a lot of trash surrounding this shack. It was Goa's junkyard. Eventually, the kingdom decided to burn down the Gray Terminal to impress an approaching World Noble and increase their social status. The World Nobles, also known as the Celestial Dragons, are the aristocratic descendants of nineteen of the First Twenty who established what is now known as the World Government.
The main character, Monkey D. Luffy, and the important side characters, Ace and Sabo, stayed in Mt. Colubo during their childhood. There is also a group of pirates living inside the mountain.
He was unsure whether the three sworn brothers had already left or if they were even born yet.
While Su Xiao thought about those things, he decided not to leave the shack yet. He wanted to think of the following steps after understanding the situation. Su Xiao closed the mission window and opened his status.
e/n: Should I keep it up with the links to the important parts or incorporate the essential information into the story and add links at the end of each chapter? Send a DM on Discord: Gr4nc3.