Chapter 3: Star Chart and Star Gate!
"Phew—"
Returning to his own private top-floor space, Lord Imu subconsciously let out a breath.
Immediately, under the endless starlight and moonlight above, he walked towards the strange, large tree not far away. This place had a name, called 'Moon Chamber'.
The overall environment was completely consistent with the surface of the Moon. At a glance, it was all silver-gray ground and craters of various sizes. And the Milky Way and Bright Moon in the sky were actually real. However, during the day, it would simulate the night sky of that night, so it was always night here. In this way, the lush, verdant tree appeared extremely out of place.
However, as Lord Imu approached the tree, he noticed a door and two windows on the trunk. When he pulled open the wooden door and walked in, he discovered that the inside was actually a complete suite. Bedroom, Restaurant, Living Room, a separated Bathroom, a bathtub, and various furniture, Telephone Bug, everything was complete.
It turned out that this was a large Treehouse, and there were even stairs leading upstairs! Honestly, he was satisfied with all of this. After all, he couldn't afford such a good house before transmigrating.
Since he had returned to his Treehouse and there was no one else present, the coldness and aloofness on Lord Imu's face relaxed a lot as he plopped down onto the soft sofa. He leaned back on the sofa, looked up at the Ceiling of the Treehouse, and began to space out.
Thinking about it, it had been almost a year since he transmigrated to this World, replacing this body and identity. From the initial shock, excitement, and thrill to calmness, it was actually less than three days. After all, no matter how surging a person's emotions were, they couldn't last long.
After calming down, he didn't immediately start taking action, but first understood the timeline. Then, like the original Imu, he silently stayed in this Moon Chamber. The Purpose was to familiarize himself with and master the Ability he possessed, and of course, his Memory.
First, in terms of Ability. Before transmigrating, he was just an ordinary person, and it was impossible for him to immediately adapt to this body's Strength. So he secretly practiced for a period of time. In the eyes of the maids who were responsible for serving his daily life, Lord Imu had just become a bit more active recently, often performing Sword Dance under the Moon outside.
Memory was equally important. This Imu had lived for over eight hundred years now, and even if the brain automatically filtered out those useless and trivial memories, the total amount of information was far beyond that of ordinary people. Moreover, familiarizing himself with Memory was actually a process of understanding himself. He had to understand what the original owner's Personality and Habit were like. Otherwise, he was very likely to be exposed when facing the Five Elders. He could slowly change later.
For these two points, even though Roger had become the Pirate King outside, he had not taken a single step out of the Moon Chamber. Because he was very clear that at this stage, nothing was more important than fully mastering his own Strength! It wasn't until a few days ago that he could be considered to have successfully completed his seclusion.
He revealed Roger's place of seclusion to the Five Elders, letting them Order the Navy to go and arrest him. Although that Roger guy would take the initiative to surrender in a few days, surrendering and being arrested were actually two different things. Although even if he surrendered, the World Government could still publicly announce it as an arrest. But Lord Imu felt it was better to arrest him as soon as possible.
At the same time, he also had the intention of letting Sengoku, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan gain some Merit. As for garp, it was just for an extra layer of insurance. Even if Roger was suffering from an Incurable Disease, he was still Pirate King Roger. Who knew if he would choose to resist without proactively surrendering?
Just in case Roger really fought back. Then Sengoku alone might not be able to hold on, and might even implicate the 'chicken, dog, monkey' trio. Their Strength had not yet reached its peak. If one or two of them were really ruined, he would cry to death! Now it was good, everything was going smoothly.
"No matter what, preventing the emergence of the Great Pirate Era first is definitely the right thing to do," Lord Imu thought silently in his heart.
"Star Chart." Immediately after, he once again called out the Golden Finger that had accompanied him through transmigration to this World. Yes, Golden Finger, in this day and age, as a Transmigrator, especially transmigrating to such a high-risk World like One Piece, how could he survive without a Golden Finger?
Although he actually felt that his current identity, status, Strength, wealth, and lifespan were already quite overpowered. Compared to those Transmigrators who transmigrated into Slaves, Pirates, or Civilians, his own situation could be completely described as a heavenly start, an Emperor-level opening.
Even according to the original plot development, there was a high probability that he would be overthrown and killed twenty-four years later. Just as Lord Imu called out in his heart, a magnificent virtual image of the Spiral Galaxy Disk appeared out of thin air in his vision. Every Star in it was shining brightly.
At the same time, the line of prompts in the lower left corner was still quietly waiting for his response there. [A random small Star Gate can be opened]
Regarding this Golden Finger, he had basically understood everything he could understand during this period. He had read the built-in manual over and over again. After all, it was very likely to be his reliance for survival in the future. But he was wrong. Terribly wrong.
It's not that this Golden Finger was useless. But temporarily speaking, it was useless for his current situation. According to the description, it was not a System. But a Star Chart that recorded all the Galaxies, Stars, Planets, and Satellites in the Universe, and it was also the kind that would automatically update in real-time, which looked particularly awesome!
At the same time, it came with a function called 'Star Gate'. Every year, it would randomly open a small Star Gate leading to another Planet. It was said to be three meters high and two meters wide, not too small, not too big.
According to the manual, the Planet connected by this Star Gate, although it could not be guaranteed to be a Planet with civilization, it must be a solid and stable Planet. So there was no need to worry about stepping through and finding that the other side was actually a mass of inexplicable gas.
And once he chose to open this Star Gate, the Star Chart would simultaneously highlight the exact location of that Planet in this Universe. In other words, as long as Lord Imu had the Ability, he could completely go there in a spaceship. Although this seemed a bit idiotic, since there was a Star Gate that could instantly transport him there.
Eh, but what if it was the other way around? In other words, if he arrived at a certain Planet in a spaceship one day, then this Planet would also be highlighted on the Star Chart, and the Star Gate permission would be automatically activated at the same time. He would be able to instantly return to Sea Star (Pirate Planet), or instantly go to other Planets where Star Gates had already been opened.
Wouldn't this be much more useful then? But then again, this Star Chart and Star Gate were not of much use to his current situation. As the saying goes, to resist foreign aggression, one must first pacify the internal affairs. He hadn't even completely controlled and cleaned up this Sea Star (Pirate Planet), and was even facing a huge crisis twenty-four years later. Why even think about the completely unknown Sea of Stars?
In the end, for the upcoming events, this Star Chart and Star Gate would be of little help to him. Of course, it was also possible that he hadn't thought of it yet.
"Perhaps, if he was really forced into a dead end in the Future, this Star Chart and Star Gate might become a way out," Lord Imu thought, and his heart became even more at ease.
With his terrifying Combat Power and various Abilities, he figured that as long as the Environment of the Planet was not too harsh, making a living wouldn't be a big problem.
"Now that there's a way out, then next, I'll properly clean up this World!"
(End of chapter)