In the spring of the 1515th year of the Circular Calendar, on Beast Island, located fifty nautical miles north of the Revolutionary Army headquarters on the island of Baltigo in the New World.
"Hee-yah! Hee-yah!"
"Up and down, up and down!"
……
"Ninety-six!"
"Ninety-seven!"
"Ninety-eight!"
"Ninety-nine!"
"One hundred!"
"Phew, that feels amazing, finally done!"
Accompanied by a heartfelt groan, a black-haired youth lay flat on his back in an outstretched star shape, spreading his limbs toward the sky. In the sunlight, his handsome face radiated a brilliant glow, making people feel an irresistible urge to draw close.
"Yaya, I'm exhausted!"
Lying beside him was a fat, black-and-white giant panda, also sprawled in a star shape with its head tilted and tongue hanging out, wearing an expression that suggested life had lost all meaning.
All around the youth and the panda, a massive tiger with striped brow and fierce eyes was desperately training its combat skills, swinging its claws with a howling wind. On the ground lay a picture book titled *Dragon-Subduing and Tiger-Taming Fist*. On the other side, a strong golden monkey was diligently practicing swordsmanship, wielding a man-sized saber with great proficiency. Beside it lay another book, with four large characters reading *The Orphan Sword*.
The youth's name was Xia, full name Monkey D. Summer. He was the son of Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army and the world's worst criminal; the grandson of Garp the Fist, the Hero of the Marines; and the biological older brother of Luffy, the future King of the Pirates. He was currently sixteen years old. When Luffy was three, Summer—then only seven—was taken away by Dragon to join the Revolutionary Army. Ever since then, he had operated while wearing a golden mask; apart from a few key figures within the Revolutionary Army, no one else knew his true identity.
The world called him: The Golden Lightning of the Revolutionary Army!
That was because Summer was extremely fast! Incredibly fast!
It was also around that time that a book called the "Revolutionary Analects" burst onto the scene, its ideology becoming the core of the Revolutionary Army and spreading to every corner of the globe.
Concepts such as peace, freedom, equality, democracy, and harmony became the aspirations of people everywhere. Deep within the hearts of the world's populace, sparks of thought arose to resist tyranny and the unjust Celestial Dragons, causing the World Government to constantly seek to eliminate this force known as the Revolutionary Army.
However, they had never succeeded!
Luffy was currently just twelve years old. According to the original course of events, he would have already met the person who changed his fate—Red-Haired Shanks—and consumed a special, god-tier Devil Fruit, the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit, which could also be called the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan: Model - Nika. Right now, he should be working hard on his training alongside Ace.
"Before I knew it, sixteen years have passed since I came to this world! Time flies so fast," Summer mused as he sat up cross-legged, tightly clenching his strength-filled fists. A panel appeared in his mind. That's right, Summer was an innate transmigrator equipped with a golden finger. The giant panda beside him was the reward he chose for completing his very first mission—to hold onto something familiar and soothe his homesickness.
[Name: Monkey D. Summer]
[Gender: Male]
[Skills: Normal Punch Lv5, Serious Punch Lv4, Tai Chi Lv4, Super Speed Movement Lv5, Qimen Dunjia Art Lv5]
[Haki: Basic Observation Haki (65%), Intermediate Armament Haki (10%), Basic Conqueror's Haki (30%)]
[Passive Skill: Invincible Armor Lv5: Resists 40% of enemy attack damage]
[Talent: Voice of All Things, Beast Taming]
[Equipment: Overlord Fist Wraps, Counter-Spike Armor Set]
[Mission Points: 0]
[Spatial Inventory: Beli, a set of Analects quotes used as debate weapons, Golden Bricks (one of only two), Bird-Bird Fruit: Mythical Zoan - Jiuchong (Jiufeng) Model Devil Fruit, Bird-Bird Fruit: Mythical Zoan - Qingluan Model Devil Fruit, a golden pet egg (incubating at 56%), Overlord's Golden Hammer, the Smiling pirate ship, various food items...]
[Daily Quests: 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, a 10-kilometer run; today's completion rate 100%]
*Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host for completing the daily quests with double effort, matching the "Analects rule of survival: 'I examine myself three times a day!'" for ten whole years. You have obtained one chance at a lucky draw! Mission points +10.*
The ethereal voice of the system rang out in his mind, and Summer broke into a satisfied smile. *As expected of me, truly awesome!*
Summer could not help but praise himself. For ten whole years, he had persevered. Starting at age six, Summer practiced using the Saitama Demon King workout routine, day in and day out with unyielding effort. Thoroughly well-versed in the Analects survival rules from his past life, he fully embodied the good habits of diligence, hard work, morality, and virtue.
"I examine myself three times a day"—by diligently training himself three times every single day and exceeding the system's requirements, he had attained his current reliable strength and become a man with an eight-pack of abs.
Summer checked the eight accumulated lucky draws in his mind and felt a surge of great joy. He only needed two more chances to trigger a tenfold draw. Based on years of accumulated experience, a tenfold draw was guaranteed to yield good items—at least a named blade, a powerful skill, a Devil Fruit, or other items and abilities of equal value.
"Gurgle, gurgle~"
"Boss, I'm hungry~"
Tuantuan the giant panda abruptly sat up, rubbed its round belly, and looked pitifully at Summer.
"Alright, I'm hungry too. Let's go check out the coast. Come to think of it, we haven't tasted the Lord of the Coast yet!"
Summer executed a carp kipping motion to spring to his feet, the corners of his mouth curving upward into a happy smile. Ever since Summer arrived on this island, with his growing strength and eventual rise to undisputed dominance, the island's creatures had basically all been eaten a round over; there was hardly any challenge left here.
Only the boundless ocean before them made for a truly interesting journey!
"Xiaojin, Xiaobai, let's go eat first and resume training later."
Because Summer had acquired the Beast Taming talent, and because Xiaojin and Xiaobai were the most talented beasts on the island, after many rounds of "reasoning" with them—ah, no, of "reasoning" them into submission—they had become Summer's tamed beasts. Whenever Summer was away executing Revolutionary Army missions, Tuantuan would act as the boss of this trio of beasts, running amok on the island in utter lawlessness, looking very much like Heaven was number one and it was number two.
Yet in front of Summer, they all put on the most obedient, good-child faces.
Summer called out to the two ferocious beasts, who were still training hard, and then his figure flashed, vanishing on the spot with a speed that left onlookers tongue-tied.
As for why he ran so fast, out of politeness, Summer often said: "He likes to hear the sound of the wind."
Following closely behind was Tuantuan's bulky figure—a remarkably agile fat panda that had also mastered the technique of super speed movement.
"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—"
The sea breeze howled, and surging waves rose higher and higher, crashing violently against the shoreline. Summer and Tuantuan stood quietly at the water's edge, pushing their Observation Haki to the maximum to constantly scan for targets in the ocean.
"Hehe, found it!"
Finally, Xia's gaze locked onto a certain direction, and his body directly propelled itself into the air, plunging into the ocean like a streak of light.
"Bang! Boom!"
Accompanied by the massive sound of combat and collision beneath the waves, a patch of blood appeared on the sea surface, staining the surrounding hundred meters of seawater red. Immediately after, bubbles began to surface one after another, growing more and more numerous. As the seawater churned endlessly, a colossal dark shadow broke the water's surface, swaying unsteadily. One of its eyes was completely blurred, with blood continuously pouring out.
"Drip! Drip! Drip!"
"Yaya, it's huge! Is this the Lord of the Coast?!"
"It must taste delicious."
Tuantuan let out an exclamation of wonder, its eyes wide as saucers while unbothered drool streamed from the corners of its mouth.
Out on the water, a nearly hundred-meter-long sea beast with the head of a bull and the tail of a fish glared with lantern-sized eyes, eyeing Summer menacingly. It was this human brat right here who had nearly beaten it to death with a single punch.
"Roar!"
"Such thick skin, a single punch didn't finish it off!" Summer licked his lips with a slight smile, bringing his fists together to loosen them up before looking excitedly at the enormous sea beast before him.
"Boss, boss! Beat it, beat it! Eat meat! Eat meat!"
On the shore, Tuantuan waved its fists and shouted excitedly, cheering Summer on. It lived for meat; aside from its native bamboo, savory meat was its absolute favorite food.
"Tai Chi: Collapsing Force!"
Summer threw a punch, the terrifying force whipping up the sea breeze to kick up layers of waves. The surrounding space trembled as the formidable power slammed directly into the sea beast's body.
"Crack! Swish!"
The sea surface shook once more. With a piercing whistle of displaced air, the massive figure flew out of the ocean and crashed heavily onto the island. The imposing Lord of the Coast had already lost its life—killed in a single move.
Lord of the Coast: "I just went out for a meal, whose toes did I step on?"
Summer: "Little beastie, we were simply meant to be!"
An hour later, an appetizing aroma drifted along the coastline. Summer, Tuantuan, and the other beasts directly deployed phantom hands, rapidly diminishing the mountain-sized pile of roasted meat before them while a towering heap of bones piled up beside them.
At the Revolutionary Army headquarters on Baltigo Island:
"Ivankov, our operation has begun. We'll need to trouble you this time!"
"A new era is coming! This is our chance, and the world's chance as well!"
Dragon gazed in the direction of the East Blue, a faint smile quietly tugging at the corner of his mouth as he stood with his back to Ivankov.
"Hm, of course no problem, Dragon! I'll go get ready right away. This time, we're definitely going to give the World Government a huge surprise. Hee-haw!"
With that, Ivankov quietly slipped away from the Revolutionary Army base. Aside from Dragon, no one knew where she had gone.