One Piece: Reborn as a Skypiean
Chapter 26 - Humans And Their Greed

Chapter 26

[A/N: Check Chapter comments for character pics(Kinda NSFW)]

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*Zztt* As the fax reached Amon, he stopped reading his "Advanced Biology" book.

After reincarnating here, Amon didn't have any access to these kinds of books from the tribe. However, even after he became God, that fact didn't change… nonetheless, he has found a way to acquire these books through a 'friend' from Angel Island.

Putting down the book, he picked up the two sheets of paper. Amon then started reading it silently as a smirk formed on his face. Without removing his glasses, Amon then used his [Tone Dial], trying to connect it with his friend on Angel island.

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*Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!*

*Kacha!*

"Hello?" After a few seconds of ringing, the call was picked up as a mature feminine voice came from the other side. "Who is it?"

"Hello, aunty Koin. It's me, Amon." Amon said as he picked up a batch of grapes.

"Oh, Amon?! How have you been, my dear?" The woman said from the other side.

Without any particular reaction on his face, Amon then started to slowly eat grapes from the batch. 

After that both of them exchanged greetings… The woman, Koin, decided to ask the real question.

"Anyway, Amon you don't call frequently, what happened today? Anything you need from Conis? New books perhaps?" She said. "But unfortunately, she isn't here, you can tell me what you need, I will see what I can do."

"Ahh, aunty." Amon cut her. "Why do you think I called for Conis? Can't I just have small talk with this beautiful blonde aunt of mine?" Amon said as he picked up another batch of grapes, having the previous one already finished.

"...Fufu, are you a grown-up boy now? The last time we met was a few months ago.  Who taught you sugar-coating in this short period ?" She said in an amusing tone.

"What sugar coating? I always state the facts. Haven't you heard kids don't tell lies?"

Hearing him, the woman just laughed. 

Around a year ago, when he was newly selected as God, Amon went to Angel Island to fetch some medical books in disguise. There he met the Skypiea Arc's important figure, Conis, also her father Pagaya, and her mom Koin, the one he's talking to now. He didn't recall Conis having a mother, so she was most likely dead by the time of canon. Thinking if his presence had caused any changes or not, he decided to keep an eye on Koin that day.

However, he didn't need to wait much as a few hours later on that same day, a few pirates took her hostage as they hadn't paid the entry fee and were labeled as criminals. Causing them to be chased by the White Berets. As even after the God changed, the White Berets still worked under the current God, meaning Amon. Preventing things from getting messy...

Amon was already there, so he didn't mind using this chance to show off his heroism. So he went ahead and beat up the criminals, saving the life of Koin in the process. He didn't reveal that he was the current God for specific reasons which will help him in the future.  Despite this, him being Shandian was revealed. Seeing him risking his life for a random Skypiean, the Skypieans's view on Shandia changed quite significantly after that.

For a year already,  Amon has been talking with them using a [Tone Dial] and frequents their place when he needs books. Naturally, his relationship with Conis's family became close. Their relationship with Shandia as a whole improved as well.

"Anyway, how has your health been up to?" He asked. "Want me, the doctor, to visit?"

"No… It's alright. Just say what you want, I'm not a child who will be fooled by your sugary words." She said from the other side, even though she was enjoying the praises.

"Alright, I'll be direct." Among said, making her a little disappointed. "You see, I was a little worried about you since a pirate ship has come to Skypiea again. Just wanted to warn you to stay safe, since I might not be able to save you this time." Amon said out of goodwill, as her previous disappointment vanished in thin air, and a smile involuntarily blossomed on Koin's face.

"Oh… That's so sweet of you." She said. "Well… Anything else?" Flipping on her back on the bed, she asked.

"Oh yes, if you happen to meet them, can you warn them about not stepping on the Upper-yard? The God is quite pissed these days. So not only will they lose their life, even I will go through harsh times… for a specific reason that I can't tell you." Amon said. "If they don't listen, then warn them about the 'Gold Monster'. The monster that attracts people using their greed, if you do so, they will definitely stay out of the Upper-yard." Amon said, using the UNO reverse card.  

"Huh? Alright. Didn't you call to warn me of the pirates? Now you want me to meet them?" She asked."

"Huh? Hello? I can't hear you. Hello, hello…. Hewo...hw...loo" Amon acted as if he can't hear her at all as he pressed the button to cancel the call...

*Kacha!*

"That kid… was he lying?... Sigh, whatever. He saved my life once, maybe if the God is pissed as he said, he might have to go through punishment. I will… do him a favor this time."

Even though the call was cut, he was still able to hear her words. After all, Amon had all the [Tone Dial] on Angel Island tapped.

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[A few hours later| Night time]

Stealing a small boat, two people, or more specifically, one male, and one female went to the Upper-yard through the milky road.

As the boat was now in the middle of the upper-yard forest, the female opened her mouth. "Hey… Rhanes is this a good idea?"

The addressee of the question, Rhanes just grinned. "Obviously." He confidently answered. "From what we gathered and according to that blonde woman, there is a monster named 'Gold' that attracts people using their greed." He said and chuckled. "It's quite easy to understand, that just like the God thingy, this 'Gold Monster' is also a myth." He said as the woman started to think about his words.

"Here in this place, people don't even know what rubber is, so they not knowing and valuing Gold is also normal…" He said as he nodded to himself.

"Well… your words do have a point." The woman named Raia replied. "However, we decided to settle down after this journey, so is it a good idea to steal?" She asked.

"Hahaha! Raia, you are only 21 so you still don't know the value of life." Rhanes laughed out loud, however, he quickly suppressed himself as this might alarm the nearby creatures.

"Anyway, Raia, what I'm trying to say is, our children who will be born in the future… they will need money to grow up, money so that they don't grow into pirates and criminals like us..." He said and stayed silent for the next 20 seconds. "Besides, we already know that these people don't value Gold, so instead of them keeping all of it by themselves without any use, we should rather use it to improve our lives, right?"

Raia nodded her head hearing him. Though her sailing out in the sea is mostly because of adventure, poverty also played a role… she doesn't want her children to suffer like her. She also didn't bring the other crewmates here, since the moment they stepped on the Upper-yard, they were labeled as criminals. They will run away after this, they didn't want their crewmates to also keep running for their life at the end too… 'Yes, it's because we didn't want them to risk their life… Yes.'

It didn't matter how much denial they were in, in truth, they were just greedy. 

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"Heh… humans and their greed." Amon who was in a tree near the small boat said as he looked down. 

His [Observation Haki] wasn't like Enel's who could read literal thoughts, however, it is powerful enough to feel other people's emotions more than what Fishman Queen Otohime could...

Then pulling out a tribal blowgun, he filled it with a sharpened spike. The spike being dripped with a very special type of chemical….

Then pointing it towards Rhanes, he positioned it in his mouth. *Foot!*

"Ahh!" The spike went out, but it didn't stab the target, rather, it just scratched his skin. But that was enough for Amon.

"R-Rhanes?! What happened?!" Raia asked worriedly.

"Don't worry… probably a bug bite," Rhanes said as Raia nodded.

A few minutes passed, as Rhanes stopped talking. Worried, Raia looked back, however, she suddenly felt two hands hugging her tightly.

"R-Rhanes? What happened to you?" She asked, shocked as she felt a long tongue licking her nape.

"Raia… I-I feel strange…" He said in a gruff and shaky voice. "Let's do it… Raia" Rhanes said from behind while breathing profusely.

"H-Here? Rhanes, are you out of your mind?" Raia refuted, as she looked back towards Rhanes. 

But seeing his face, her eyes almost popped out. No, he didn't change into a werewolf or anything, or at least not a full one. Currently, Rhanes had large fangs along with large nails with his skin slowly turning black.

"Kyaah!"

She screamed, and before she could think any longer, a green gas enveloped the place, as she and Rhanes lost their consciousness. And soon, a small structured boy wearing a tribal mask jumped on the boat.

"Well… The chemical work… kind of. But it made the dude horny." He said. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" The tribesman, or rather Amon said looking at the unconscious duo.

"Well, anyway time for the real thing to begin…"

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A/N: ? Fuck... Btw, this isn't the experiment that was mentioned last time...

This chapter was proofread by great @Reticulum.