Chapter 125: Borsalino
Despite his perpetually unserious demeanor, Kizaru hadn't breathed a word about the Dimensional Chat Group to anyone. Something about it felt… significant.
Whitebeard being in there was alarming enough. But the other members—people who casually addressed Whitebeard by his real name without a flicker of fear—that was the part that made Kizaru's instincts prickle.
And earlier, someone had @'d him. Told him to check something called a "Group Bulletin."
What does @ even mean? Why does my brain make a chime sound every time someone uses that symbol on me?
And where IS this "Group Bulletin"? Is this whole "Dimensional Chat Group" thing actually an illusion? Is there really no Devil Fruit user messing with me?
He'd tried letting his head go Logia—shifting to light particles to see if something foreign would fall out of his brain. Nothing had dropped.
So whatever this is, it exists inside my consciousness? There's a Devil Fruit power that can do this?
Or maybe it's not a fruit at all.
Kizaru watched Kuzan's slouching figure amble away, then tentatively typed another message.
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Admiral Kizaru: What is a Group Bulletin? Where do I find it?
Admiral Kizaru: Also, this bizarre chat group… it's inside my consciousness? What a frightening ability…
Crazy Diamond: New guy, just tap the little red dot in the upper right corner.
Crazy Diamond: Also—calling yourself 'this old man.' Are you actually elderly? Same age range as Whitebeard-ojisan?
Edward Newgate: Gurararara! This brat is a good ten or twenty years younger than me!
Crazy Diamond: Whitebeard-ojisan is 71 this year. Ten to twenty years younger puts the new guy at… fifty-something? Terrifying. And it sounds like he and Whitebeard-ojisan know each other. Definitely from the same world.
Kaguya-sama: Feels like another heavy-hitter just joined. Low-ranking members are quaking.
Wandering Little Planet: Group hierarchy: −1.
Terrible Tornado: Group hierarchy: −1.
Terrible Tornado: So is the new guy an esper? If so, let's spar! How about it?
Kaguya-sama: Since when is Tornado-neesan this eager to fight?
Terrible Tornado: I'm BORED! Haven't seen a single monster in days! Every time one shows up, that bald idiot kills it first, and I can't even compete! If I didn't think he'd beat me I'd have punched him ages ago!
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Roughly fifteen minutes later, Kizaru—following Josuke's tip—had found and read through the Group Bulletin. All two thousand-plus characters of it.
It had taken him fifteen minutes for two thousand words. Not because he was a slow reader, but because he needed to digest the content between each line.
By the end, his face showed genuine surprise. Though with Kizaru's face, every expression he made looked faintly… sketchy.
He was, by consensus, the least photogenic of the three Admirals.
He was also, by consensus, the most relaxed, most low-effort Admiral in Marine history. A man who showed up, clocked in, slacked off, and clocked out.
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Quite extraordinary… The Dimensional Chat Group—a mysterious entity connecting worlds across dimensions. The members all come from different worlds? Which means there could be powerful beings from other realities in here?
This gave Kizaru a minor headache. He'd just been forcibly placed on the same ship as one of the Four Emperors of the Sea. What was he supposed to do with that?
Online, waiting, kind of urgent.
Kizaru's acceptance threshold was, however, remarkably high. As unbelievable as this was, if Whitebeard was in here—and Whitebeard wasn't the type to lie—then the Dimensional Chat Group was genuinely real.
The Admin… "RawrSoFierce." The Moderator… "Eternally Seventeen." These two should be the strongest members? Even Whitebeard—that monster—couldn't earn a Moderator role?
Kizaru inhaled slowly, suppressing his shock.
Whitebeard is supposed to be the World's Strongest Man. And there are people in here stronger than him? How frightening…
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Crazy Diamond: Hey Admin, who IS the new guy? Seems like he's from Whitebeard-ojisan's world, and he sounds strong.
Crazy Diamond: Two people from the same world in the same chat group—what are the odds? Insane.
RawrSoFierce: …This new member is from the One Piece world—same as Whitebeard. He's one of the three Admirals of Marine Headquarters. His epithet is 'Kizaru' and his name is Borsalino.
RawrSoFierce: Strength-wise, he's not far off from Whitebeard. His Devil Fruit is the Glint-Glint Fruit—gives him the terrifying speed of light.
RawrSoFierce: He likes to play dumb and act weak, though. Every other sentence is 'oh how scary.' One kick per Supernova. Pay him enough and he'd take down an Emperor.
Kaguya-sama: A Marine Admiral… this man is terrifyingly powerful!
Eternally Seventeen: The speed of light… what a fast man~
RawrSoFierce: Coming from you, that sentence sounds… off.
Edward Newgate: Suspicious but unconfirmed.
Wandering Little Planet: Suspicious but unconfirmed.
Sakura of the Tohsaka: Suspicious but unconfirmed.
Eternally Seventeen: BREAKING THE ECHO CHAMBER!
Admiral Kizaru: …
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Watching the group members' chaotic energy, Kizaru felt his mouth twitch involuntarily. Whitebeard's whole vibe had changed, hadn't it?
And the Admin—"RawrSoFierce"—plus the Moderator—"Eternally Seventeen."
Why do both of them give off such unreliable energy?
Is this really a "Dimensional Chat Group" and not a group home for professional shitposters?
And what was that bit about "pay him enough and he'd take down an Emperor"?
Sure, I'm an Admiral. But that's a bit much, isn't it?
That's clearly a setup to get me killed!
Though… "one kick per Supernova" was accurate enough. Thinking about the actual power level of those so-called Supernovas, Kizaru figured he could probably handle two per kick.
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