Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

"An Item that points to the thing I want the most in this world is exactly what I need right now," Kai said, a touch of greed in his tone. "A visit to the Pirates of the Caribbean Random World is imminent, I guess."

Rintaro frowned at the notion, though.

"Didn't Lab Member 002, Ms. Virgin (-Meg-), say that one needs a tremendous amount of Luck to even open this Item?"

Kai laughed demonically as he heard that.

"Haha! Who said it would be I who would use it?" he intoned, making both Characters' brows jump. "Heh! Why do you think I have been bridging the gap between mine and Darcie's goals so far since my reincarnation, letting her decipher the Book's runes and search for Ancient Magical Script and Herpo the Foul, huh? Have you ever thought of it?

"Of course, it was to connect my and Darcie's desires so that when she was to hold the compass, it would point towards the thing we both want the most in the world.

"All major storyline Characters possess immeasurable natural luck. Even if I cannot use the Item, Darcie can."

"Reasonable," Petyr nodded.

"However, there's a tiny problem, my lord," he said, smiling slyly. "You need at least hundreds of thousands of Mission Credits.

"Let's not forget that you haven't even checked the Time Divergence between Harry Potter Random World and Verse Fusion Random World. If you were to go back there one day and find that my lady, Shinobu Kocho, has died of old age, now that would be truly a matter of the ugliest shame, wouldn't it?"

Kai stood up, his back straight and proud.

His gaze was traversing beyond this realm, reaching unknown destinations. Kai didn't have the greatest of patience, but he had never been indecisive.

"The path to the Peak of Absolute Power is full of sacrifices," he said, talking more to himself than to his Characters, who were gawking at the brilliant glint in his hazel pupils. "And one must always have the right attitude to know when to let go. Rintaro, pen a letter to Meg."

"Ah! Yes, yes." Rintaro hastily brought a quill over and dipped the tip into the inkpot. "I am ready."

Kai took a deep breath, his face hard, and then he worded out his command for Meg, his resolve hotter than fire.

The moment he finished, Petyr threw himself off the chair. "My lord! This?! You must not…"

Even Rintaro was having trouble believing what he had just written.

Kai lifted a hand and put an end to the matter.

"Let's contact her," he said, taking the letter off Rintaro's hands. "Then you two vanish. I have some new theories related to the Book's runes that I must calculate. Hurry."

Unknown to Kai, in a corner of London, two witches were staring at each other with a profound meaning hidden in their eyes.

…

"And?" one witch asked.

The second witch answered with only a light motion of her head in response.

It was a nod.

A nod to decide the fate of a little girl.

A nod to decide the fate of an entire world.

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Primordial Tower Trade Market,

Today, the Market was in a tremendous uproar.

A trader had just uploaded a Devil Fruit in the Market.

A Devil Fruit!

"Damn!"

"Don't know the meaning of heaven and earth… shame!"

"How extravagant?!"

"Is it a senior?"

"WHAT?! 5!!! This…"

"Someone just got lucky, and now they can't hold on to it…"

"Sigh! This is good too… Why beckon disaster on oneself, if you can just trade it for Mission Credits?"

None were worried about Devil Fruit's grade, as these weren't Items in the first place.

Devil Fruits, independent of the fact from which Mission Grade they had been unearthed, were Artifacts that one could take out from the One Piece Random World.

Not to mention, these came under the category of Consumable products.

"Which Devil Fruit is it?"

"Telepathy-Telepathy Fruit? Never heard of it…"

"It's a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. So what if you've never heard of it? Heh! Like you could get your hands on it. Haha!"

"You!!!"

"Go… Hurry… We must get that Devil Fruit. Our Organization's top talent is Comprehending Legilimency using Telepathy. Empty the vaults!"

To a few people's dismay, and almost all traders' misfortune, the Devil Fruit's Uploader wasn't looking for just Mission Credits.

The Systems had valued the Telepathy-Telepathy Devil Fruit at 100 Million Mission Credits!

Even so, the trader had put specific conditions for one to trade this Artifact.

"Philosopher's Stone?!"

"Why not just ask for our lives?!"

"Friend, please lower your conditions. I think you do not know what you are asking for, do you?"

"Newbie! Do you not know the difficulty of getting the Philosopher's Stone, no matter the Random World? So what if you have a Devil Fruit? Go fuck yourself!"

"Benefactor, we are willing to trade this Devil Fruit at twice the value."

The trader rejected all. There was only one demand — Philosopher's Stone!

"Junior who doesn't know life from death! Let your Devil Fruit rot then. Don't let me hear that someone has gained Telepathy-Telepathy Powers recently. Or this old man will directly pay a visit to that Contestant. Humph!"

The trader ignored everything.

After thousands of threats and even more pleadings, someone noticeable contacted the holder of the Devil Fruit.

…

Kai looked at the silhouette on the screen.

[Where did you obtain the Devil Fruit?] the figure asked.

"Do you have what I need or not?" Kai spat.

[…] The figure answered with actions.

In the very next moment, the holograms of three nail-sized red crystals danced in front of Kai, making him narrow his eyes.

Simultaneously, the Systems responded with assigning a value of 33 Million Credits to each one of them as a testament to their authenticity.

[Remember,] the figure warned, [these are Artifacts, not Items. And no where as potent, real, and worthy as the true Philosopher's Stone obtainable from different Random Worlds. Do you know what I mean?]

Kai could see a trap when he saw one.

The other party was trying to confirm if he was someone who had chanced upon a Devil Fruit or was strong enough to obtain one himself.

"I will let father deal with it," Kai answered slyly, beating around the bust. "Transfer the rest of the Mission Credits."

[I will be more careful about the Philosopher's Stones if I were you,] the figure warned, transferring the rest of the amount. [I am from Millennium Magical Alliance.]

If Kai had not enslaved Meg, a 13th-floor fallen Contestant, then he would have fallen for this trap easily.

What's wrong with this Contestant? Kai contemplated, frowning. His every sentence is trying to figure out my origin. Did he… recognize the Devil Fruit? No. There must be hundreds of same Fruits, if not less.

"No wonder," Kai answered. "Father told me you guys are fucking idiots."

[…]

The figure cut the channel and the screen disappeared.

Kai let out a sigh.

In the next moment, his thoughts surfaced Inventory and looked at the Artifacts which had appeared directly into his MRB.

The three, tiny Philosopher's Stones were oozing bloody light hovering in the darkness!

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