Rope looked at the strong man in front of him, his body bulging with muscle mass, his face a cross-section of flesh, and a scar at the corner of his mouth that measured two inches long.
Hene was also looking at Rope, a relatively well known figure within the company.
After all, he was also the only Savior to be selected over the years due to a work-related mistake, and it was hard to know whether to call the man lucky or unlucky. To say lucky. In fact, Saviors generally didn't reappear in the main world.
Most of them tend to be traveling.
After all, traveling between two worlds wasn't that simple. Because each world has its own will. They would ostracize the alien like a bug.
And those worlds the Saviors go to tend to have their own crises going on, so that they will accept the aid given by the company. And then pay the company.
That's right, the company is directly employed by the world.
"The boss asked me to give you a little newcomer counseling this time. Is there anything you'd like to ask? We'll start with your questions."
Hene, a rugged looking man, said in a relatively gentle tone.
But Rope still felt like he was having a conversation with a big stereo.
That being said, how in the world did he manage to talk in their ears at that moment? Force the sound into a line?
Also, it did seem rather unscientific to be talking about science yourself in this situation.
"I want to know about the main world."
Rope was not polite, and simply asked about things that had not been made clear by Shiba Kugo before.
Hene, who was asked this question, wiped a handful of his short, steel-needled black hair and had some egg on his face...
"You're asking this question..."
He pondered for a while, then said, "Actually, many times you guys won't touch the main world at all. Because the barriers between worlds are too thick. Sending you guys in is a legitimate procedure with consent. But once you guys have settled in the current world and resolved the extinction crisis of this world. The will of the world will return to its original state. It's hard to get out and hard to get in."
"What I can tell you about the main world is that there is a very close connection with your original home, which is Earth. There are a lot of bigwigs in the main world that you've heard of. For example, the Heavenly Court's Buddha and Dao Ancestor..."
Good lord, the opening king bomb... how is this flood flow again?
"Generally speaking as long as you reach level eight you can freely enter and exit the world, because by this time the secondary worlds can no longer block your entry and exit. The barrier between the main world and the secondary world basically ceases to exist."
"But even so... there are still very few saviors who can reach level eight. Of the people you saw earlier, Shiba Kugo is the only one who's close to level eight. Hata is only level six. The others are usually a bit lower than Hata."
"Does this have anything to do with the world itself?"
Rope asked, frowning as he opened his mouth.
Hene instead gave Rope a rather surprised look. Though it was guessed that Rope would think of this, it was indeed surprising to see it so soon.
"It's okay, because the source of your power is the 'Seed of Power' Although it's still connected to the cultivation system of the secondary world, it's still essentially independent."
Hene explained to Rope seriously.
Seriously, it had been a really long time since Rope had felt this sensation of being a white person. After all, if one were hard to say, as a Pokémon Professor in the world of Pokémon, he himself was one of the synonyms for knowledge.
Sure enough, exploring infinite worlds was the real productivity!
Rope's eyes glowed. Looking at Hene with some emotion.
"So what level am I now?"
"0."
Rope: ????
Rope cocked his head with a 'are you kidding me face?'.
Hene shook her head and said, "No teasing, the power seed inside you hasn't really awakened yet. You can't really let the seed germinate until after you've completed your salvation mission, when the world's power is infused and you get your first 'reward'."
Speaking of this, Hene's tone was a bit sour.
"You think the seed is some crappy thing? That stuff is only found in the Void. It doesn't even exist on medium-sized planets."
Rope still didn't quite understand the ins and outs of it, but it did sound as if seeds weren't an unusual resource.
"That's pretty much it for the main world. About the internal affairs of the company actually the boss has basically told you everything. I'm here to mainly give you some common sense. After all, I'm not really sure if the mission you're going to carry out is going to be in the main world or some other secondary world!"
Hene said with a still serious look.
That said, Rope suddenly understood why Shiba Kugo had said earlier that Year was taking himself seriously by sending Hene on this guide.
This seemingly gruff hulk of a man actually had a really fine and patient heart...and more to the point...a broken mouth...
Year probably knew their minds pretty well. It's hard for a bunch of guys who are alone in a foreign land to open up to others. They preferred what they surmised than what was explicitly stated in other people's mouths.
That's why this kind of information that trickled out consciously or unconsciously was the most valuable.
"That said, your kid is also unlucky enough. I haven't really seen any of them come here because of someone else's operational errors."
Hene was also puzzled.
Rope was also helpless. Can we not do this?
It's too heartbreaking.
"Forget that, you're telling me about the mission."
Rope was still more concerned about the situation he was going to face next.
He had just heard it all, comparing this to a game. Salvation with a one-week objective, then Cultivation is a two-week objective, and hard to say, as long as there is an idea-, then the main world salvation after level eight is a three-week objective...if there is one.
One such as himself, who hadn't even finished the one-week program yet, would be better off honestly caring about the nature of the side quests...
Then he saw Hene with a 'I'm not sleepy if you're going to talk about this' look on his face.
Is this quest that interesting?
"Things like quests are really still essentially you guys working for a living."
Rope: ...
The ugly face of a capitalist is exposed, Year!!!!
"But it's the equivalent of temporary labor. After all, the problems that occur in these worlds are just minor ones. Generally speaking it only takes a few days more or a few hours less to fix. The first mission will be simpler, essentially just trying to give you a taste of the not so smooth, workaday nature of time travel."
Hene looked expectant.
Rope had probably guessed that wouldn't make for a very good experience.
After all, what he saw in Hene's eyes wasn't anticipation for time travel.
Rather, it was anticipation for watching his own jokes.
"I see they were pretty relaxed before, huh?"
Rope recalled Shiba Kugo's expression on their faces and thought for a moment that there wasn't anything wrong with it.
"Meh, show up in front of people and suffer afterwards. It's not like we don't have screenshots of one and all throwing up at their destination on their first shuttle."
Hene had a look of disdain on her face.
It always feels like you guys aren't serious company...
Rope wiped a non-existent cold sweat from his head and said so.
"Moving on, crooked."
Hene shook his head, thinking that he couldn't talk to this kid much longer, he was going to be flirting with the mountains for a while longer.
"Every mission is uncertain. It's there 'Dubhe' randomly assigns them. Incidentally, don't mess with Dubhe. that Hata guy keeps thinking that he got his shoes worn because he messed with me, when in reality it was because he said bad things about Dubhe."
[This day...]
"Dubhe can sense what you're thinking oh~ Even though you can't read minds directly, there's no difference between micro-expressions and reading minds if you combine them with basic emotional perception."
[The weather is really good!]
Rope lifted his head and glanced at the sunlight pouring through the canopy.
That said, the sky in this space was really blue!
Hene had a look on his face that said you boys are really super sensible.
"Come on, you don't really need to say anything to more than one person, you've basically been here once and you know everything. I think with how fast you just reacted, Dubhe should find you a suitable quest and the reward should be good."
Rope tugged at the corner of his mouth.
That's quite a lot to say...
"So I go?"
Rope asked.
"Go, stay here for what? Wait for the fruit to ripen? I've been waiting for 3,000 void years, and I haven't waited for the fruit to ripen. Thanks to the boss who keeps tempting us with fruit!"
So Rope got another news that the fruit here is very important.
Rope really loved the habit of being a chatterbox.
"Just pick a pose you like, and then say in your mind, the task begins."
Rope thought for a moment, made a thinking pose, then asked, "Will this work?"
Hene nodded at him.
"Why the favorite pose?"
At the time of asking this, Rope had silently chanted 'Mission Begin.'
"Because you won't be able to choose your own pose in a bit."
Rope: ???
But then there was a flash of white light, and Rope felt like she was being loaded into an upright washing machine. Still in dump mode.
What's different is that there's also this pressure underfoot that he can feel, a touch of pressure in...
It's like a spring that's been pushed to its limit and is about to pop next. It's like a volcano that's ready to erupt.
And then there was the boom in his ears.
Rope truly felt what it meant to explode in place, what it meant to spiral upwards.
The key is... can't use elemental transformation!!!
Watching the white light in front of his eyes fade away, and Rope's silhouette gradually disappeared, Hene clasped his hands on his chest, nodded his head slightly, and muttered to himself, ''What a vibrant new member of the group. I just don't know if I'll come to the main world to work together..."
Hene got a headache just thinking about it, the Saviors were just too lazy. Just die in their own acre of land, do not call not move, a poke a call. What can't be done, touching the fish first place...
Shaking his head helplessly, Hene slipped from his bracelet and dialed someone.
"Hey, boss! The teenager you've been watching has gone on a mission!"
In the office. Year's ears hurt from Hene's loud, thick voice.
"You damn... keep your voice down! How many times have I told you!"
Year took a heartbreaking look at the shattered cup on his desk.
This was what he had 'asked' for from that old stingy man, Dao Ancestor, at least.
"No boss, dependable or not, the world Rope boy is in should be important, that's why you're so concerned. Wouldn't it be better if you came yourself? Isn't your specialty lifting tables!"
"Hey hey hey how to talk! What do you mean my specialty is lifting tables! I'm a civilized person, don't you fucking insult me!"
Hene: ...
"I'm asking you!"
Hene doesn't look like she's being polite to the boss either...
"Geez, how long has it been since we've heard from the Thousand Arm God[1]. Do you think there are still less people keeping an eye on his acreage?"
"If I say boss, we shouldn't get involved in this mess. It's not like the Thousand Arm God was much supportive of our actions before."
"But there's no enmity either, so I don't need to come down on him while he's sleeping. And... tsk, that world gives too much!"
"No, boss, tell me honestly? Was Rope really an accident???"
"Look at what you're saying! When has your brother Year ever lied to you!"
Hene: ...
I can nag you for a void year if you want to say that...
"Then let's talk about the time 300 years ago..."
"You're quite idle... Dubhe, double Hene's workload!"
"Yes boss!"
And then the call was hung up...
He also received an additional work schedule. As well as a bright red 'reminder' to deduct his bonus if he doesn't finish the job.
Year! The ugly face of your black-hearted capitalist is really exposed!
Hene's heart was on fire and he had nowhere to vent it, so he wanted to kick the tree beside him with a boot.
So thought, also ready to kick.
Before he kicked, his heart was in a state of shock...
Damn it, am I crazy?
He looked up at the age-old Tree of Creation, then winced.
This one isn't even a bigot anymore...
This one was an ancestor...
A feeling of humility at the bottom of the biological chain just came to the bottom of his heart ah...
"Return!"
Go back to work and drink afterward...
Hene thought with a sad face.
Then with a flash of white light, Hene disappeared under the tree.
The breeze blew vaguely and a light and cool female voice could be heard saying in a voice that gave a sigh of relief.
"It's finally clear. year that black hearted, not even let a person sleep well!"
I don't know if it was a hallucination. The space was still peaceful and quiet. It was as if it had been like this since the beginning of time.
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"Holy shit... what the hell is going on here? I'm still back in this world?"
Rope was dumbfounded, looking at this ocean in front of him, as well as the lone island beneath him, and the naval warships not far away...with a dumbfounded look on his face.
How the hell is this the world of One Piece again?
He can't run away by himself, right!!!
He now wanted to hit the ground on the spot, and then vent his heart's depression.
As a result, he realized that he didn't even have the strength to move his fingers.
More crucially...he couldn't feel the Pokémon's breath anymore...
[Welcome to the world of One Piece. I am Dubhe, your logistical assistant for this mission.]
[Do you have any problems?]
Why can't I move?
[You're in the midst of the energy disorder of the first time travel, it's normal to have no strength!]
No, if I don't move... I'll get into serious trouble.
Rope looked at the bloody mouth in front of him and thought sadly...
[1] Avalokiteshvara - a tenth-level bodhisattva associated with great compassion, in this case he's in the form of 'Sahasrabhuja', which has a thousand arms and hands