[Welcome Smoker.]
Smoker moved around his white avatar, getting used to it.
He couldn't help but feel how magical this was. In a different body, in a different world, yet there wasn't a single discomfort.
"Is the shop owner really not related to Vegapunk? I can see only Vegapunk achieving this level of technology."
After a while, he walked around exploring every part.
Since Sakura hadn't the time to decorate the world, the world was still empty, only displaying two attractions, Super Smash Bros. Universes and Fruit Ninja.
At this moment, a fairy popped out of nowhere.
"Howdy! I am, bwuh-!!"
Without time to talk, Frill's small body was sent flying by Smoker's fist.
If you see a weird creature, punch it first, then question it. Such was Smoker's philosophy. Although it's questionable for someone like that to be in the Marines, Smoker made it to captain.
"Hey! Hey! Lemme talk firs-," Frill said angrily.
'What!? This weird creature isn't down even after punching it with all my strength?! It must be something that causes great harm to citizens!'
With such thoughts, Smoker began beating up the small fairy.
"Yo-you!! I'll remember this! I hate this you waah~," Frill sobbed and flew away.
Only after that Smoker calmed down and found his objective to do. To enter the Super Smash Bros. Universe attraction.
…
After entering the Super Smash Bros. Universe, Smoker's surroundings faded to black. The next thing he knew, he was free-falling through a boundless void.
A singular eldritch being standing not far away.
Then, the same cutscene replayed—purple lights consumed the warriors who challenged the entity, leaving behind only a single pink creature.
But Smoker paid no attention to that pink creature. Instead, he was looking at Evnything, his face grim. "Ho-… how am I supposed to defeat that thing…!"
Smoker instinctively reached out for his weapon only to find out it wasn't there. He had hoped for the tiny weapon in his hand to bring some sense of security but he was disappointed.
Realizing his weapon was gone, Smoker shifted his stance, preparing to face any incoming attacks from Evnything.
His hand slightly trembling, but his sharp gaze was stuck to the 'black square', never leaving away.
Rebellious as he may be, Smoker carried the weight of justice.
Never once in his life did he make light of his justice, and he intended to uphold his justice, whoever the opponent may be, no matter how terrified he may be.
Yes. That is… even if his opponent was a terrifying being that could destroy the entire universe.
The purple light chases Smoker, and Smoker faces it directly.
Then…
Once he noticed it, Smoker found his view going up in acceleration, faster than even the light—he was thrown away to the endlessly vast universe.
Light embraced his body as his body traveled at lightning speed, eventually crashing onto one of the planets.
…
It was trees. Wherever he looked, endless greens covered his vision as Smoker wondered what kind of place this was.
"I thought I was going to be sent to a technologically advanced world like that customer but isn't this a jungle?"
Smoker touched one of the nearby trees but yikes! A leech had attached itself to his hand, causing him to shove it away without changing his expression.
'What is my objective here in this jungle? Can I attain Conqueror's Haki if I stayed here?'
While Smoker was looking around, he began hearing a cry from not far ahead.
"Uho- Uho—!!" Using the vines extending from the tree, a gorilla with a 'DK' necktie swung around the forest.
[Corruption detected! Main Quest is being generated!]
[Main Quest has been generated: Defeat Donkey Kong!]
Your strength has been greatly dispersed due to the landing! Consume ten bananas to regain your strength and defeat the corrupted Donkey Kong!
Complete Condition: Defeat Donkey Kong.
Failure Condition: Death.
At this instance, Smoker could feel his body slowly being overwhelmed with a sense of weakness as his hearing, touching, and smelling had entirely disappeared.
The sound of leaves, the sweet breeze passing through him, and the natural odor emitted by the jungle had disappeared from Smoker's perception.
Luckily, Donkey Kong—too busy chasing a female gorilla—hadn't noticed Smoker yet. But if he caught someone stealing his precious bananas, he'd definitely go berserk.
"This sensation is familiar! It's as if I was locked by Seastone's handcuff," Smoker gripped his hand weakly and released.
He repeated the motion, estimating that about 70% of his strength was being suppressed. On top of that, three of his senses were sealed. There was no way he could beat Donkey Kong in this condition.
Or is it?
'Don't you underestimate me—' Smoker sucked the cigarette tightly and found a random stick as an alternative to his original weapon.
Then he called. "Donkey Kong! Instead of chasing for a woman's butt, fight me like a man!"
As he could see it, Donkey Kong was an existence controlled by corruption. In short, it was requesting for his help. How could he, a marine nonchalantly collect a banana and leave the person he should be helping alone?
"Uho?" Landing on a tree branch, Donkey Kong rubbed his head confused.
'Heh, fortunately, beating up someone is what of the thing I'm good at the most,' smoke escaped from Smoker's cigarette as he threw the stick on his hand—the only way he could reach Donkey Kong as he lost his Smoke Smoke Devil Fruit abilities.
The stick accurately hit Donkey Kong's head causing a dent on it, enraging the gorilla.
"Uho! Uho!"
The enraged gorilla took out the DK necktie and then threw it away as if it bothered him all this time.
Then, threw barrels that had spawned out of nowhere behind him.
"What is this weird attack.! A barrel-barrel fruit?"
Smoker attempted dodging the barrel thrown his way, but losing his sense of touch proved it difficult for him, as he tripped on a single branch stick.
*bang*
The barrel hits Smoker, reddening his face.
"You-…. You damn monkey!!"
The enraged Smoker climbed up the trees intensely while dodging barrels. Although it proved hard for him to multitask with just a sense of sight and touch, a tiny progression was being created as he got closer to Donkey Kong.
But it was all in naught eventually as a single barrel hit his head causing him to lose all his progression.
"Uho! Uho!"
Donkey Kong held his stomach while pointing his finger at the meager human's clumsy failure.
"This monk-…" anger flared up Smoker's head, but he attempted to calm himself. His opponent was just a mere gorilla.
Since he couldn't forcefully climb up with just his strength, Smoker searched for a way to climb up, and then 'ding!' a discovery lit up.
It was the same with Roja's world and the father-daughter duo.
Betting on this plan, Smoker let himself purposely hit by a barrel. Digging his leg deep into the dirt.
"Uho?" Donkey Kong rubbed his head as if to say 'Have this human gone crazy?'
Unfortunately for Donkey Kong, Smoker wasn't. Innately feeling the accumulated damage on his body, Smoker extracted out his leg submerged in dirt and faced his body upward, toward Donkey Kong.
The instance another barrel hits Smoker, his body launches up, verifying Smoker's analyses about this world.
'It's just as I predicted! If 'scoring goal' in that customer's world meant 'accumulating damage,' then that explains why his opponents soared to the sky the moment he (Roja) shot a winning goal.'
That was the simplest rule of Super Smash Bros: more accumulated damage meant the stronger the force player would be launched off. Player's objective is too survive by not falling off the screen.
In Universe's case, to not be sent off the playable boundary—the tree Donkey Kong was on was within that boundary.
"Uho, uho?" Looking at the Smoker that had been launched up to his level, Donkey Kong tilted his head.
Then…
*CLAP*
Donkey Kong clapped Smoker between giant palms, causing him to launch further up—beyond the playable boundary.
Smoker's flying body could then be seen in the background, screaming. "Donkey Kong~~!!"
It was the first time, aside from his training with Zephyr did Smoker suffered such a humiliating defeat.
…
"Hahaha! That's hilarious. The fearsome Marine Captain, defeated by a gorilla." Outside the screen, Sakura was holding his stomach, pointing at the screen.
*gulp* *gulp*
Behind him, Ralts was drinking Meta-Cola holding it with her tiny hand.
"I wonder why he didn't just quietly collect a banana," Roja who felt curious was also observing Smoker's gameplay.
"Ah, I don't know. But sometimes, the most efficient way to get stronger is to put a restriction on yourself so it could be that," Sakura guessed Smoker's behavior.
"I see… I just need to blind myself to attain Observation Haki and disable myself to obtain Armament Haki…" Roja noted.
"Not that far! Not that far!" Sakura said hurriedly wiping off the cola on Ralts' mouth.
He was scared that Roja may come tomorrow blind like a certain meteor-summoning admiral.
Sakura stretched himself then added and leveled up the [Law Of Programs] with the additional allocatable point he just gained today.
In that moment, he understood the truth of the world, as his mind rotated at an accelerated speed. He could now understand what caused the explosion of his body and be able to prevent it from happening with enough time—approximately 3 months.
Not to misunderstand however is, no matter how fast an idiot's mind spun, an idiot was an idiot, with extra time to think further.
In short, leveling up Law Of Programs didn't increase his intelligence.
"Now then…, should I make food for Ralts," stretching his body, Sakura said.
The robot was about done. The only reason he leveled up Law Of Programs is to decrease the chance of creating 'Ultron' in One Piece world, though unlikely as Sakura had intended to use Ralts' personality as a base.
"Ah, Boss, can I buy a few Meta Cola and take it outside with me?"
"Are you sure? If it's warms up, it's not as delicious,"
"It's fine, Boss. I intend to use it to recover my fatigue," Roja said, saying the amount of cola he wanted to purchase.
"If you say so. That'd be—"
Just as the two were to complete their transaction, a feminine voice sounded from outside as she entered, followed by multiple men.
"This is Marine! Hands off Captain Smoker and release him from your strange machinery!"
A marine swordswoman who fixed her glasses shouted at Sakura. Behind her were men with 'MARINE' drawn on their caps, pointing their guns toward him.
Sakura: "???"
Roja: "???"
Ralts: "Ralts?"