"Where am I?"
Fang Yi slowly opened his eyes and looked around. The surroundings were all made of wood, looking somewhat like the cabin of a ship.
"Where am I?" Sitting up from the only bed, Fang Yi touched his own body in disbelief.
He should have been sleeping on the sofa after getting tired from playing games, so why did he wake up in this strange place?
"What's wrong with me?" Looking at his own hands, Fang Yi was sure that this wasn't his own body. He was clearly a successful middle - aged man in his thirties, but these hands and this body clearly belonged to an eight or nine - year - old child.
"Creak~~"
Just when Fang Yi was feeling kinda confused, the wooden door suddenly opened, and a man wearing a straw hat, with two small moustaches on his lips and looking about thirty years old, walked in with a smile.
"Yo~ Kid, you're awake?" The man casually greeted and said with a smile.
The man's smile was really contagious. Even Fang Yi, who was meeting him for the first time, thought he couldn't be a bad guy.
"Um... Who are you? And... Where is this?" Fang Yi hesitated for a moment and asked.
"I'm Roger! A man who wants to become the Pirate King! As for here... It's on my ship!" The man, Roger, grinned and said with a smile.
Fang Yi felt like laughing. A man who wants to become the Pirate King? Does he think he's that Luffy?
Fang Yi naturally knew one of the most famous lines in *One Piece*.
He was a successful middle - aged man. In his free time, he also liked to watch anime and play games to relax himself. And *One Piece*, being one of the three major shonen anime, he had naturally watched it.
Moreover, he also knew that some people these days liked to imitate the characters in anime when speaking. It seems this guy is also a person with second - year syndrome.
"By the way, um... Why am I here?" Fang Yi took a sip of the water Roger handed him and asked curiously.
"Huh? Don't you remember?" Roger seemed even more surprised than him and said, "Three days ago, you were floating on the sea, and we fished you out. We thought you were a goner for sure, but unexpectedly, you came back to life on your own!"
"So it was you who saved me?" Fang Yi frowned slightly and said.
It wasn't that he was dissatisfied, but he felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, or rather, overlooked something.
"Saved you? Sort of! It was mainly up to you!" Roger somehow got an apple and waved his hand while taking a bite, saying nonchalantly.
"Creak~~"
Just as the two were chatting, the wooden door opened again, and a man with short golden hair walked in.
"Yo~ Little guy, you're awake?" The man greeted Fang Yi first, then said to Roger, "Captain, there are Navy ships ahead. Should we go around them?"
"Navy? They caught up so fast? Could it be that bastard Garp again?
Hearing this, Roger immediately replied with a gloomy face.
"Navy? Garp?" Fang Yi felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning. He stared blankly at the two men in front of him, and the more he looked, the more familiar they seemed.
"Gulp..." Fang Yi swallowed hard. He looked at the blond - haired man, then at Roger, and asked with a slight tremor in his voice, "You... What did you say your name was just now?"
Roger looked at Fang Yi in surprise. He thought he had already told the guy that he was a pirate.
"Roger, Gol D. Roger!" Roger introduced himself again, then pointed to Rayleigh beside him and said, "He's my companion, Rayleigh! We're all pirates!"
Fang Yi forced a smile that looked worse than crying and said, "It's really you!"
Now he was finally sure of his inner guess. Gol D. Roger, the future Pirate King!
Why is he called the future Pirate King? It's simple. The Roger in front of him is obviously much younger than the Roger who became the Pirate King in the original story, so he hadn't recognized him at first.
"Wowahaha... Don't worry! Once we reach the next island, we'll let you off the ship!" Roger grinned and said.
He thought Fang Yi didn't want to have anything to do with them pirates.
Fang Yi naturally knew that Roger had misunderstood him. But before he could explain, there was an explosion outside.
"Looks like those guys have caught up. Kid, just rest here in peace! Don't worry, it'll be okay!" Roger said as he patted Fang Yi on the shoulder, then walked out of the cabin with Rayleigh, smiling.
But the moment Roger touched Fang Yi, a mechanically synthesized voice rang out:
"Successfully checked in (a Chinese term meaning to mark one's presence or achievement in a virtual context) with Gol D. Roger. The system is activated!"
"Congratulations to the host for successfully activating the system. The Backpack Interface and The Lottery Interface have been activated..."
"The Newbie Gift Pack has been sent to the backpack. Please check!"
"Congratulations to the host for successfully checking in with Gol D. Roger. You've been awarded one chance to spin the roulette!"
The continuous mechanically synthesized voices left Fang Yi stunned.
"Sure enough, the cheat code after time - traveling will come eventually, even if it's late!" Fang Yi let out a bitter laugh and plopped back down on the bed.
After forcing himself to calm down, Fang Yi decided to study his [b]system[/b] first.
First, he noticed that once the system was activated, there were always three icons in the lower - right corner of his vision. The first one was in the shape of a little man. When Fang Yi opened it, there was nothing except his own name.
The second one was in the shape of a small backpack. It should be the backpack function mentioned in the [b]system[/b] prompt just now. The other one was in the shape of a roulette, presumably the lottery interface.
When he opened the backpack, a transparent item bar appeared in front of him. In the 6 * 6 grid, there was only a small gift - like thing in the first slot.
Without hesitation, Fang Yi directly chose to open it.
"You have used The Newbie Gift Pack and obtained the item: Ten - draw exchange ticket!"
"Ten draws?"
Hearing the system's prompt, Fang Yi was stunned for a moment. It gave him the feeling of playing a game, but he knew that this was not a game but the real world.
After suppressing the wild thoughts in his heart and exiting the backpack interface, he directly opened the lottery interface.
The entire interface was very simple, just a large turntable. Below the turntable was a countdown of more than two hours. Calculating by the time, the countdown would reach zero at midnight.
There were dense prizes on the turntable. After taking a rough look, Fang Yi took a deep breath and directly clicked to draw a prize.
"Congratulations, host! You've won a bottle of purified water!"
"Whew! It's okay, it's okay. No one can hit the jackpot on their first try! Whew! Stay calm and give it another shot!" Although he didn't win anything good on the turntable, he still had a ten - draw lottery ticket in hand, so Fang Yi wasn't too panicked.
With his hands clasped together and mumbling something, Fang Yi directly used the ten - draw lottery ticket.
"Congratulations, host! You've won a common weapon exchange voucher!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a bottle of purified water!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a small piece of bread!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a standard long sword!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a monocular telescope!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a skill (Precision)!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a small piece of bread!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a set of casual wear!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a bottle of purified water!"
"Congratulations, host! You've won a substitute doll!"
After using the ten - draw lottery ticket all at once, he won ten items directly. Among them, there was actually a skill, which made Fang Yi's heart skip a beat, and he immediately looked over.
Dodge LV1: You have a 10% chance of dodging any attack!
Looking at the skill description, Fang Yi was a bit stunned.
Just like the natural - type ability users in the Pirate King world, before the appearance of Armament Haki, ordinary people had no way to really hit them.
Fang Yi didn't know what kind of dodge ability was meant in the skill description. No matter what, there was no denying that this was definitely a god - level ability that no one could refuse.
Apart from the skill, there was also something called a substitute doll that Fang Yi didn't quite understand at first, but after reading the description, he immediately understood.
"Substitute Doll: When the host suffers a fatal blow, it will take the blow for the host! (Effective when stored in the backpack)"
This thing was for saving one's life!
After getting his lucky break, Fang Yi finally felt a bit more at ease. At least he now had the ability to survive here.
At this time, he just remembered that when he activated the system earlier, it seemed to be when Roger patted him on the shoulder.
"Can I successfully complete a check - in by contacting someone in the Pirate King world? Or does it have to be a celebrity?" Fang Yi was thinking about how to successfully complete a check - in, as it was related to whether he could get lottery tickets.
Just then, the shouts of battle outside pulled him back to reality. So Fang Yi decided to go out and see this real world.
"Creak~~" He quietly pushed open the wooden door of the cabin. The shouts of battle outside became even louder. However, Fang Yi also noticed that the fighting was mainly happening on a naval warship beside them. As for this ship, there were only scattered battles in a few places.
After looking around, he found a mop in the corner. Then, Fang Yi summoned up his courage and went directly behind a naval soldier, pushing him into the sea off the ship.
But he used so much strength that the mop also fell into the sea. If he hadn't let go quickly, he might have fallen in too.
"Hahaha... Kid, are you the guy the captain saved?" a pirate with a turban asked with a big laugh.
"Yeah! Although I still don't know what's going on, you guys are my saviors, so I'm definitely on your side!" Fang Yi grinned and said with a smile.
Leaving aside the past, now that he had a cheat, staying on the future Pirate King's ship was also a good choice. So now Fang Yi had basically chosen his side in advance.