Canon Fodder

CHAPTER 324 BUSINESS AND PLEASURE

Our first robbery had simply been sloppy. With transformation jutsus our identities were safe at least. But I had relied on my Chikyugi Necklace too much in the past. A simple look would knock people out. 

When Hancock and I walked into a bank the first time it was chaos because we didn’t have guns. More than 1 person tried to stop us.

Granted one chakra or nen powered hit later and they were down, but it had been annoying. We got some money and were on our way. Joining a crowd to disappear into. Hancock showed me a much better way. Her Irresistible Beauty somehow still worked with her transformation jutsu. Making herself a beautiful blonde that was hardly wearing anything, robberies became much easier.  

Having eaten the Love Devil Fruit she could turn anyone that was attracted to her into stone. Men, women, children, no one was safe. I found her gorgeous of course, but a mix of my Conqueror’s Haki and mindset of focusing on our first meeting helped me not turn into stone. 

Once everyone was petrified we had our run of the place. Hancock would turn everyone back and we were out the door. After a day we had more than enough money for what we needed, at least I hoped we did. 

We met with the information broker Mr. Kim had so graciously told us about. After dealing with the ambush Mr. Kim had called in, we were led to someone else, then another person, and after some conflicting information I felt like we were finally getting down to someone that knew about the Tower. 

From what I understood, barely anyone knew about the Tower in Second Life Ranker. People could leave the tower of course, but I guessed the Tower kept you from talking about it if you had been there before. Most of what we had found were rumors so I was excited to get a real lead. 

Hancock and I walked into a bar together. Only a couple of days after we set out on our journey it was finally time to take the next step for our quest. Not only was our reward exciting, but I couldn’t wait to get cheat chances to grow stronger like all the Manhwa protagonists had. 

The bar was a little busier than I expected. Mostly men inside, they gave Hancock more than a few looks. 

“I think that’s him,” Hancock said, pointing to a booth in the back. He was an older man, perhaps in his 30s. Short black hair he stared at his drink instead of Hancock. What gave him away was the red jacket he was wearing. Apparently his look, that was all we really needed to know. Walking to him we stopped outside of the booth. 

“Mr. Jin,” I said. The man jumped and looked up. Giving us the once over he appeared a little nervous. 

“You them?” He asked. We nodded and sat as he waved opposite him in the booth. Motioning at a waitress for a new drink, he chugged his current one. “So what do you want to know?” 

“Everything,” I said. I set a stack of bills on the table. “What can you tell us about the Tower?”

Jin eyed the money and me. I could feel his greed from his Spiritual Energy. “I’ll need more than that for everything.” 

“Start talking, I’ll judge if it’s worth it,” I said confidently. I had been running and dieting meticulously. I was still very overweight but was down 6 pounds. Quite happy with being able to use Kame Mode to replenish my strength, the skill was proving invaluable in the weightloss department. 

“Fine,” Jin said. A new drink in his hand Hancock ordered the fruitiest drink they had. The woman had been living it up with all the interesting tastes. I didn’t mind. We would be working hard soon enough. 

“I went to the Tower about 14 years ago,” Jin admitted. “It’s also called the Obelisk, but most people refer to it as the Tower.”

“How did you get there?” I asked. 

“Invitation,” he said with a sigh. Studying the ice in his drink for a moment he eventually locked eyes with me and began to spill the real information. “From what I know there are 3 ways to get to the Tower. 1 is an invitation. The Tower doesn’t bother inviting people that will surely fail. They stick to young people too. I don’t think I ever met anyone over 23 in the lower levels. If you’re someone of note, or someone you know recommends you, you can expect an invitation. The other way is to be born in the Tower.”

“Are there a lot of those? People born in the Tower?” I really couldn’t remember. I knew there were clans that lived in the tower, but that was it. 

“Yeah, you can expect a few dozen a season.”

“Season?” I asked, reminded of the seasons the challenges went through. 

“That’s the name for when rookies are invited. You go there, take a tutorial that lasts 30 days. From there you can leave to come back here, or continue on up to the actual 1st floor of the Tower.”

“So the tutorial isn’t the first floor?” 

“No, they call it Floor 0,” Jin said. He paused for a moment as he took another swig. 

“You said there were 3 ways to get to the Tower?” Hancock asked, sipping happily on her drink.

“Yeah, the last and most common way to get to the Tower is to happen upon it,” Jin said. “For 30 days there is an invisible entrance to the Tower. Invitations list where it is and when the season starts. You go there. A lot of people will tell friends about it. Make a team. They are allowed in because you don’t need an invitation to join.” 

“But you were invited?” I asked. 

“Yeah, I was pretty fit back in the day,” Jin said. “Not sure how I got invited, but someone noticed me, I guess. Probably during my enlistment.” I nodded, understanding a little better. 

“What happens in the Tower?” Hancock couldn’t help but ask. 

“Death,” Jin admitted. “I nearly died so many times during the tutorial. But as you pass more and more tests, the stronger you get.” He flicked the corner of the tabletop. The simple flick broke the corner off the hardwood. “You get to keep the strength, but you are warned that showing too much can get you in trouble.” 

“Trouble how?” I asked, nervous that we might have been showing too much strength lately. 

“No idea. The executives in the Tower implied that they watch everything. There are Tower entrances all over the world. And not all entrances are in this world. I walked in with a group of about 50, but there were already hundreds of people there. Not all appeared to be fully human either.” 

“How come you can talk about it?” I asked. “I would think showing strength isn’t the only thing they restrict. We had a hell of a time finding any information.”

“Lots of people know, they just don’t talk about it,” Jin said. “It’s frowned upon. But I bought plenty of protection before I left. I’m not too worried. They don’t exactly use Won as currency in the Tower, hence my current predicament.” He eyed the stack of money. I slid it over. 

“When and where is the next tutorial?” I asked. 

Jin flipped through the bills. “I’ll need double this,” he said.

Hancock pulled more than double what we gave him and set it on the table. The man’s eyes bulged. About $100,000 in won, it was simple enough for us to make the money. His mouth watering, Hancock slid half over. 

Jin looked up to us then the rest of the money. “3 days. Midnight. Hyeuk-chin Park across town.” He reached for the money but Hancock stopped him. 

“And this information can be trusted?” I asked. Flicking the corner of the table it burst into dust from my focused Tremor. “You’re not the only one with strength.”  

“Yeah,” Jin said. A little surprised by my move, but not intimidated. “I help recruit for a guild in the Tower. They put me in touch with prospective members and I lean them toward the right people when they get there.”

“Good,” I said. Scooting out of the bench Hancock frowned at the money, but slid it over. 

“You both going there?” Jin asked as we moved to walk away. 

“Of course,” I said.

“I recommend you bring lots of weapons. And don’t trust anyone,” he said. 

“Not gonna try to recruit us to your guild?” I asked. 

“No,” he said. He eyed Hancock. “Maybe you. If you’re-”

“No thanks,” Hancock said, waving him off. Extending my elbow out she grabbed on and we walked out. 

“Think we can believe him?” Hancock asked as we left the bar. Our rented car out front we got in. 

“Probably,” I said. “His information sounded right. If not…he will regret it.”

“Good. What now?” She asked. 

“I was going to workout-” I said. 

“No, boo,” she said, frowning as I pulled us into traffic. 

“What?”

“That’s all you’ve been doing is running and lifting,” Hancock whined. 

“I’m not sure if you noticed, but everyone gives me a death glare when I’m seen with you,” I said. “This is the whole point, anyway. We have to get stronger.”

“I know. But we should be having fun too. How do you seduce all these women, and you don’t go on dates?”

“So I need to seduce you now?” I asked, giving her my best side smirk. 

“Damn right you do,” she said. “This body is a virgin, Weston. And I’m guessing yours is too. I don’t know if you noticed, but we haven’t been having sex. Where last time you were in my pants after a simple conversation. This time I want you to woo me.” 

She wasn’t wrong, my current body was a virgin. Studying her she was as gorgeous as ever, but far younger than the woman I married. 

“You’re right,” I said, changing directions. “A real date. We have 3 days. How many of these dates will it take me to get in your pants?” 

“Who knows? At least 3 days worth,” she said, her face flush as excitement leaked from her Haki. 

“Hell, you’re worth 6 days worth,” I noted. 

“And they say chivalry is dead,” Hancock said. “Now, I expect to be given real dates. Husband or not, I don’t plan to give in to you easily.” 

“Okay,” I said. “But we get enough glares in public places. Let’s go somewhere different.” 

“Where?”

“Sorry, it’s a secret,” I said and drove us on. Our first, last, and only date had been on the Sabaody Archipelago. A magical place with large bubbles that leaked from the ground and plenty of shops and people, Seoul would have to do. 

After grabbing some takeout food I took her to a less populated part of town. A tourist trap just around the corner I parked us close by and opened Hancock’s door. 

“Where are we?” She asked, studying the older gate next to us. 

“We are at the Gyeongbokgung Palace,” I said. “Old me was a sort of history buff. This used to be some seat of a long dead dynasty.”

“Weston, I wanted the night life. Dancing and drinking.”

“We can do that tomorrow, I promise,” I assured. “Come on, we shouldn’t be here. At least it will be fun to break the rules.” She frowned but grabbed the bag of food. She and I climbed up the old gate. Sticking to the wall with chakra. Once on top of the wall we studied the area. Stone slab floors led to a palace with 2 tiers. Not overly large it was somewhere my old self had gone to many times before locking himself away in his room. 

Hand in hand we ran across the open courtyard to the palace. A security guard doing his rounds, it was easy enough to dodge him and jump up to the roof of the centuries old building. Sitting at the peak we stared out onto the alive city. Lights all around us we passed food around and began digging in. 

“Why did you want to come here?” She asked, taking a bite of my chicken. 

“Thought it was a good spot for a picnic,” I admitted. “Not sure I’ve ever been on one.”

“I haven’t,” she said. Much happier as her stomach stopped growling at her. “This is nice.”

“Good,” I said. “I like it too.” We focused on our food. When she was full I stopped eating. I was on a diet anyway. Wrapping the food up we sat there watching the city for a while. 

Eventually she asked, “What do you think?”

“About what?”

“Me joining you?” She asked, a little nervous as she admitted what had been building up over the last few days. 

“To be honest, it’s kind of nice,” I admitted. “I usually talked to myself about my plans. I took breaks of course, but never in the Red Room. I would game plan. Never sure if I was making the right decision. It’s nice to have a second opinion.”

“That’s good to know,” she said. “But not what I was asking…”

“What are you asking?” 

“Am I…ruining it for you?” She asked. “From what you have told me about your other worlds, you are always finding someone and I-”

“Hancock, I am a simple man. I lived a normal life with a wife and kids. But when I started challenging the worlds, I focused on getting stronger. The only time I ever took time off was…seducing women around me that I had only read about in my old life. I knew of you long before I met you.” 

“These other worlds. There are gorgeous women. I’m not sure about this one. But I kind of let the plot lead me to them. I don’t think I ever used my Lust Aura to…trick them. No wait, there was Mei, and probably Tayuya, but I think that was it. I tried to let it happen naturally. Like you and I. Hell, I really thought you hated me while I dragged your boat.”

“I did,” she mumbled. 

“See,” I said. “I…love you. I do. We have 2 kids which kind of spurred me on to ask you to marry me. But I would have asked you to be my wife eventually. Everything was always so rushed there. So I might have rushed it. I,” I let out a sigh, “don’t know.” 

“Yes, I get that now. It’s expected of men in this world to marry who they impregnate.”

“Sounds weird when you say it like that. It’s more than that. I feel myself around you. I look at you and think I could be happy with just you…” 

“But?” She asked, chewing her lip as she focused on me. 

“But…I think my Chikyugi will awaken if we have sex,” I admitted. “We are virgins. And my chakra is the same as it was in Naruto World. I think maybe you’re right. I become a different person with my Chikyugi. I don’t think about sex near as much as I used to. I don’t see a girl and wonder what she would look like naked. Well I do. But it’s not all I think about. Maybe it’s because I’m fatter and I have lower confidence. Or memories from this world’s Weston being scared of girls being a little too prominent. But I’m starting to think that the Chikyugi might change me in a way that old me wouldn’t like.”

“Like how?” She asked, no longer as scared about what I was going to say. More intrigued than anything. 

“I was happy having 1 wife before,” I said. “But in Manga…” I began to count. “There are at least 10 women I have said I love you to.”

“Did you mean it?” 

“I did-do,” I corrected. “Right now I look back and think, ‘why do I love them so much?’ It sounds exhausting. I would say the words and mean them. I would give my life up for you or any of them. Obliterate anyone that tried to hurt you.” 

The conversation lulled for a little bit. Hancock was a cascade of emotions, and I wasn’t much different. At the moment I felt like the floodgates of my lust were being held back easily. Though no chakra was going to my dick I still mentally held it back because that was what I had trained to do for years. Right then I could take or leave sex. My body was exhausted from all the times I had worked out that day. I was getting stronger bit by bit, but I had a long way to go. 

“Who do you love more?” Hancock risked asking. 

“I’m not going to play that,” I said without hesitation. “No favorites.”

“But you picked me to travel with you,” she said.

“Yes,” I said. “You were my first wife. And you are strong. You’ve killed before. I was focused on my Challenges and chose you because I felt that you were my best option.”

“To what?”

“To help me,” I said, my eyes turning to her own. They glittered in the nightlife of the city ahead of us. “Hancock, I want to make it to the end of this whole thing. I want my wish. I want-”

“What is that wish?” She asked, cutting me off. 

“I don’t know exactly,” I admitted. “But I know I want it to include all of you. Whether I keep things as they are, I don’t know. I want to be able to tell all of you my secrets. Live our lives in our worlds. Go beyond. Take over each world. The World Government in One Piece? Fuck them. Luffy wants to become the pirate king. Good for him. I will kill every single one of those Tenryuubito that hurt you-”

“Don’t,” Hancock said, grabbing my arm to make me focus on her.

“What? Why?”

“Because, that vengeance is mine to give out if I choose to,” Hancock admitted. “You have given me an option here. A chance to become stronger than I imagined. Nen? Chakra? Now I know it’s not something from our world. It’s something that no one else has. You gave that to me. When I met you I did not have those nightmares anymore. And every day since then has only given me more hope. Hope that no one else will have to live through what I did. I will get my own revenge.”

“I at least want to help,” I said. 

“That, I can allow,” she said, wiping a tear from her eye. Her Haki leaking joy, this wasn’t the way I expected this conversation to go. “Tell me about them. Your other women.” 

I let out a sigh. “There is Reina. I told you about her. Toru too. She is this girl that can turn invisible. She likes to…actually I shouldn’t give up her secret.” 

“What? Why not?” 

“Because I promised her that I wouldn’t tell people. You wouldn’t want me to give your secret's up would you?” I asked. She frowned but shook her head. “Then in One Punch Man, there is Aiko, Setsuko, and Jun. We were experimented on by this scientist. He psychically linked the 3 of us.”

“How does that work?”

“No idea. But we used to get all weird if we were far apart. Now that I’m far away I don’t feel it as bad,” I said. “I think you’d like them. Especially Aiko.”

“Why’s that?” 

“She’s super hot. Dark hair. Large tits.”

“You really have a type.”

“I do,” I admitted. “But she’s bi. Gets all pissed when the other girls don’t want to do anything.” 

“She does sound like my type,” Hancock said. I couldn’t help but picture them together and was feeling my libido coming back. “Anyone else?”

“A few. Hina, Hinata, Shinju, Mei, other Mei, Nejire-”

“You sleep with a phone book?” 

“There about.”

“Okay, fine, I will meet them,” she said. 

“Oh yeah?”

“Yes. We will get back to the Manga Hall and I will meet them all.”

“And?” 

“And, I will learn what you see in them.”

“And here?”

“Here…and all the worlds, we will be young, together,” she said.

“What does that mean?” 

“I like women as well,” she said, resting her chin on her knees. “I’m currently 10 years younger than my original body. I have so much more time now. To do things. Experiment. I loved our sex life. It made me feel alive. But watching you do to me to those other girls…I don’t know. It awoke something in me.”  

“So you don’t mind if I keep living the life?” I asked. 

“I told you a long time ago, I would happily watch you have sex with any woman,” Hancock said. “I had thought it was a boast, but then I watched what you did to your crewmates.” I felt her shiver next to me. 

“Nami and Robin?” 

“Yes, they are so pretty. That Robin…” Hancock bit her lip. “You can control your Fertility. So let’s hold off any children for now. But let's also have fun.” 

“What kind of fun?” 

“Must I say it?” She asked, blushing. 

“Yes. I want words so that there are no questions when the time comes,” I said. 

“If your wish will be that you are able to live in all of these worlds, then let’s make our lives worth living. Your Chikyugi is strong. You have no idea how much I struggled to keep up with you. Let’s you and I work on us. And once we get to that point, you can bring others to us. You may get more of these summons, like you have done to me. You can awaken chakra and Nen in the women and we can make my Amazon Lily the strongest pirate crew in the world. No more fearing Blackbeard or the Marine’s on our doorstep.”

“You…have a point there. I don’t see why it couldn’t work. But it would take a lot of effort.” A question popped up in my mind that I had been meaning to ask. “How many of the women on your island have you slept with?” I asked. 

“Many,” she said. “None since I met you. But I’ve been thinking about it. Bringing more to our bed. The women in these worlds are strong?” 

“Yes,” I said. “I kind of have a thing for strong women.”

“I guessed.”

“There’s a lot of possibilities in the worlds I think I chose. There’s Wonder Woman,” I said. 

“You chose that universe as one of your worlds? Who else?” She asked. I could actually feel her grow hornier. 

I thought back to the World Choice and the worlds I saw there. “Supergirl from there. Heck Raven. Marvel there is boatloads. Black Widow. Mary Jane Watson. That’s just comics. In Manhwa there are a few but the protagonists are mainly focused on growth. Not fun. In the Books Hall there are a lot. There’s this one world. Wheel of Time. Place is run by strong women that have their own city and this magic power.”

“Sounds exciting,” Hancock said, and meant it. “Weston, let’s take these worlds on together. Take me with you to see everything. And I will love only you. You want to go to a place filled with sex crazed women? Let me be one of those women. You are my husband. The father of my children. I want your wish to come true. I want you to win this. Bring us women to join in our bedroom. We are young. I want to make lives in these worlds as well. All of them. We can take them over together. I will be by your side for all of it. Going on adventures. Fighting. Taking them all on.”

“I love you,” I couldn’t help but say. Leaning in, I kissed her cheek. “It does sound exciting, and honestly is a weight off my mind. I’d also like you to help reign me in.”

“When?”

“If I try to bite off more than I can chew. There’s uh this one world. My Hero Academia. I fell in love with this girl Toru. I had no secrets from her, I told her everything I could. But then I think I messed up. I got involved with this…villain.”

“And? Honey, I am a pirate. You have to be more specific.”

“And she’s crazy. Like kill’s people because she can’t help it. I got involved with her and kept it from Toru because they are on different sides of a fight. I think my Lust took over a little too much.”

“We will figure it out,” Hancock assured. “I will help you. Yes, I want more in our bedroom. But not if they cause drama.”

“Good,” I said, feeling a little better having admitted to it. A solution was far from decided on. “Sex?”

“No,” Hancock said without hesitation. “This was a terrible date. We’ve spent most of it talking about other women.”

“But-but you got me all horny talking about seeing girls going down on you,” I whined. 

“Yes, I’m leaking quite a bit as well,” she said. Giggling as she shifted her legs. “But this is my virginity. I want to lose it how I want to this time.” As a woman that was raped for her first time, I wasn’t too surprised by her response.

“Fair enough. It’s mine too. I want to make it special,” I lied. 

“Good. We will continue our dates. And you may proceed to woo me,” Hancock said, resting her cheek on her chin she studied me with love in her eyes. 

“Yes, my love,” I said. “Anything for you.”

“Good. Now I feel like we should go dancing,” she said standing up. Suddenly a flashlight shined on her. 

“Hey!” A voice yelled from behind the light. 

“Shit!” Hancock and I said as one. Standing up, we ran across the roof and away from the security guard. Laughing as we kept our date going. Over the night as we stuck together I got a new quest, one that Hancock did not receive. 

Second Life Ranker Quest 1.1: Repeated

Lay with a virgin.

Reward:

Chikyugi