Chapter 4: Ruthless Resurrection — The Regressor's Love Burns the World
Buried in rubble. Bones shattered. Heart slowed.
But I refused to die.
My mind screamed into the void.
> "System… give me Marvel's Wolverine Healing Factor. The advanced version. Make it mine permanently. I want to regenerate faster, stronger, and harder... even from ash."
> "Affirmative, my eternal husband~ Initiating DNA Reinforcement: [Primordial Adamantine Regeneration]."
And then—rebirth.
My cells ignited. My heart exploded and instantly reformed. My spine snapped and realigned. Skin stitched itself together at the speed of thought. I coughed once and stood from the dust, fully healed. Not just healed—perfected.
> "System. Upgrade my chain. No limits. No rules."
> "Confirmed. All restrictions lifted. Creating: [Eternal Dominion Chains — Constellation Elemental Type, Soul-Linked]."
From my back erupted infinite chains—each one infused with a core element: flame, water, lightning, wind, ice, darkness, light, gravity, time, space, void, even elements born from pure emotions and celestial stars. They writhed like cosmic serpents around me.
Every chain was bound to the soul of a fallen celestial—constellations twisted into weapons of war.
> "System… new skill: A Regressor's Love (EX). Make it mine."
> "Completed. [A Regressor's Love (EX)]—you are now favored by the stars of time. If slain, your soul rewinds to a fixed point in time of your choosing. Once per battle, you may undo death itself."
I grinned.
> "Now—upgrade my speed. Ten times superhuman minimum. I want to move like a thought."
> "Speed boosted. Neural reflex delay reduced to 0.0001s. You are now 10x faster than top-tier cyborgs or enhanced humans."
> "One more gift… give me the Pure Soul Eyes."
> "Eyes unlocked."
My irises glowed white-blue, crystalline and endless. I could see the threads of fate, the flows of Haki, the ripples of Devil Fruit energies, and every atomic movement in my surroundings. I could perceive even the Limitless Technique from other realms.
I could see everything.
And now—I would burn the world.
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Battlefield: Shells Town in Ruins
Zoro lay unconscious. Marines fled. Luffy stood, bloody but burning with fury.
"You again…?!" he shouted. "You're insane!"
Chains crashed around me like thunder. I raised my hand.
"You should have killed me. Now? I'm eternal."
I vanished—faster than Luffy could blink—and reappeared behind him.
"Soul Chain Style: Heaven's Execution."
A chain of light pierced his shoulder. Another coiled around his neck. He swung wildly, but I weaved through the strikes like a ghost.
"Gomu Gomu no...!"
"You're too slow."
I appeared in front of him and delivered a chain-enhanced punch, coated in gravity, fire, and wind. It detonated like a meteor.
BOOM!
The town was obliterated.
Crater. Fire. Screams. Collapse.
A natural disaster made flesh.
Mountains in the distance shattered. Storm clouds whirled above like gods in rage. My Pure Soul Eyes saw Luffy's will flicker—and I crushed it.
> "Gomu…Gomu no…Red Roc—"
He never finished.
Chains of void and plasma wrapped around his body, dragging him into the sky. I formed a spear of pure time and hurled it.
SKRRAAAK-BOOOM!
The sky split.
A blinding explosion annihilated everything for miles.
Even Dragon—Luffy's father—felt it from across the sea. Admirals stirred. The Five Elders looked toward East Blue.
A new calamity had been born.
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Luffy fell—his hat charred, his body unconscious.
I stood above him, clothes torn, eyes still glowing like judgment itself.
> "Darling… you were glorious~ You made the heavens kneel."
> "They're not done. This world still breathes. But now… they'll fear the name Boby."
> "Let it be known. The Regressor has come. And I—AM—THE STORM."
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To Be Continued…