When Kai was thirteen, Marines in white uniforms kicked in his family's door.
His father was forced to drink poisoned wine and died.
As his mother lunged toward the octagonal dagger, her eyes were fixed on him.
He and his unconscious little sister were shackled and thrown aboard a slave ship bound for Devil's Island.
That year marked the eighth year after Roger's execution.
Luffy was five, Ace was seven, and Shanks had yet to lose his arm.
--
On the seventh day in the slave ship's hold, the whip fell for the thirty-seventh time.
Kai spat out a mouthful of blood, and a line of garbled text appeared on his retina.
[Absolute Rationality System: Activated]
[Current Strength: 0.5 / Chief Jailer: 7.2]
[Free Attribute Points: 1]
Kai raised his head and looked at the man mocking his little sister.
He whispered three words:
"Strength. Add."
--
Three years later, at the Marines' graduation examination.
The lieutenant colonel pulled out an octagonal dagger and grinned cruelly. "This knife killed your mother."
Kai raised his hand and spent the talent point he'd just saved up.
"Conqueror's Haki: Unlocked."
The knife shattered on the spot.
--
On the day of his commission, he put on a snow-white ensign's uniform.
But in the distance outside his window, a pure-white warship had already docked.
A man with a gold monocle over his left eye traced a "3" in the air.
[Eye of Will: Countdown: 1095 days]
Kai grinned in the direction of the ship.
