“Bruh, I ain't going with you” Is Eric’s answer to the marine.

“Wha-? Fine, we will take you by force” The marine's face twists in anger as he calls his fellow marines to surround Eric.

“Ugh, I’m just tryna get clothes” Eric transforms his right arm into a blade and swings it around, all in under a second.

Eric walks past the shredded marines. The bartender screams and falls on his ass. Eric just scoffs and walks into the tailor.

“Please don’t kill me!” the tailor screams as Eric enters.

“Chill, I just want some clothes”.

“You’re not going to kill me?”

“No, I won’t. I only kill those deserving. Those marines are either incompetent or corrupt. Either way, they deserved it for letting all you villagers suffer.”

“I see… well what can I help you with?” The tailor asks Eric in a professional voice.

“I want a lot of clothes. Like as much as possible. I also have a few questions.” Eric tells the tailor.

“Ask as many as you like,”

“Where is this island located?” Eric gestures at the map.

“We’re in Sweetfish Island, in the East Blue. It’s not well known.” The tailor explains.

“Hm ok. What do you know of Straw Hat Luffy?” Eric asks.

The tailor freezes for a second before saying “The 5th emperor? He's worth 1,500,000 Beli as of right now.”

Eric raises his right eyebrow.

“My son is a bounty hunter. When he comes to visit, he tells me all about his adventure. He has a bag full of wanted posters and seen Straw Hat Luffy's bounty.” The tailor explains as he looks for clothes that fit Eric.

“Cool. Do you have a map of the east blue or..?” Eric asks.

“Yes, I do.” The tailor runs into the back.

He comes back into the room and sets a map on the counter.

“We’re here.” The tailor points at a speck on the map. “I only have a map of the world”

“Can I have this map?.” Eric asks the tailor

“Sure. I can get a new one the next time my son comes by.” The tailor tells Eric.

Eric nods and throws a handful of beli at the tailor and puts the map and the clothes in his storage and starts walking out.

“I didn't catch your name, sir,” The tailor says.

“It’s Eric. What's yours?” Eric replies.

“My name is Gus, short for Gustavo. Nice to meet you,” The tailor smiles at Eric.

“Nice to meet you.” Eric turns and walks down the street towards the docks.

Eric reaches the docks only to be surrounded by fifty marines.

“I sentence you to death for murder!” A marine captain screams at Eric. “Kill that man!”

The marines charge Eric from all sides but a few stay back and shoot at him with their rifles. Eric covers his head with his armor and takes to the sky. He makes both of his arms turn in blasters with multiple barrels.

He fires at the awestruck marines with his gatling blaster. It shreds most of the marine in seconds. He turns his fists into spiked balls and swoops down on the marines, killing them all except the captain.

“Please don’t kill me!” The marine captain begs Eric.

Eric just scoffs and kicks him in the face sending him into the marine bases wall.

“I wanna gain a rep. Can’t do that if I kill everybody” Eric thinks to himself.

He walks onto the docks and picks out a small boat with a cabin for one. He’s about to untie the rope holding to the dock when he realizes he didn’t bring any supplies, and he doesn't even know how to sail.

“Goddamnit.” Eric curses and starts walking back into town.

After reaching the middle of the town Eric yells into a crowd “I need somebody to navigate for me. I will pay you generously”.

Eric pulls out a stack of beli and waves it at the crowd. Two people walk up to him. Eric looks at the first person to approach. A boy no older than 12.

“You know how to sail?” Eric asks surprised.

The boy nods a bunch before saying “I’m really good!”

“Yeah sure. Even if you were, I wouldn't take you. You're too young.” Eric tells the kid.

The kid sniffles and walks away, rejoining the crowd. Eric looks toward the other person who walked up. A woman, probably around twenty to twenty-five. Her hair is dirty blond and cut short to her shoulders and she has dark blue eyes.

“How do you know how to sail?” Eric asks the woman.

“My father is the main fisherman of this town. He taught me how to sail before I could talk.” The woman tells Eric.

“Hmm, why do you want to leave?” Eric asks her.

“I just wanna leave this island. I’ve never been to a different island. Also, that's a lot of beli” The woman looks at the stack of beli’s in Eric's hand.

“Works for me. Just so you know, you will die if you lied to me,” Eric smiles at the woman.

“I promise I will not let you down,” The woman meets his eyes.

“Alright, you will be my navigator. My name is Eric.” Eric tells the woman.

“My name is Aiya. Nice to meet you,” Aiya nods.

“We’re going to Logue Town. I need to know how long it will take and I need the food for the trip.” Eric says as he approaches a food stand.

“Logue Towns is about a week and a half away and that's in perfect sailing conditions.” She tells Eric.

“We’ll manage.” Eric tells her “I need enough food to last two weeks.” Eric tells the person running the stand.

“I only have enough food for about five days.” The stand runner says.

“That's fine,” Eric says as he pays for the food.

He puts the food into his storage. The person running the food stand and Aiya both drop their jaws.

“Ummm… I have a devil fruit?” Eric tells them.

“I thought they were a myth!” Aiya screams.

“Well, they are,” Eric tells Aiya.

Eric turns around and goes to the nearest food stand, leaving a frozen Aiya behind. She snaps out of it and chases after Eric.

“Hey, wait up!” She screams at Eric.