Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Chain Lightning
Riding on top of the dark cloud, Josh hovered on top of everybody. His gaze landed on the three people that were sniggering at him.
On the side, Usopp and Sanji were trying to suppress their laughters. Even Zoro had an amused smile on his face.
This darkened his face even more...
'Fine...you want to laugh? We'll see whether you can still laugh after this...' With his lips sneered up, Josh commanded the cloud to fly a bit higher onto the air and pushed himself forward so that his entire visage became clear for the Fishmen to see.
Currently, Luffy was at the limits of his patience. After being slapped condescendingly by some no-name Fishman, his rage was about to burst.
Zzzt..zzzt...zzzt...zzzt
Just then, the sound resembling birds chirping and energy surging rang out in the area. With blinding light following it, the figure of the person responsible was lost within the luminescence.
"Chain Lightning!"
Even though Josh's figure was engulfed by light, his voice still rang true for all to hear. With that voice, came the nightmare for all fishmen.
From underneath the cloud, the light was transferred into it and thunder overflowed. As though it was raining, thunderbolts which were connected to each other fell through the cloud.
Zzzt...booom!
The lightning swept past everything and everyone as if a predator, looking for prey. Striking everything in the nearby vicinity into burnt ashes, the lightning was unforgiving.
Because of the sudden attack, nobody was able to react in time. Many of the Fishmen were still leisurely swimming in the pool, mocking Luffy together.
After the torrential attack, Arlong Park became silent.
"You bastard! I'll kick your face in!!" Just then, a man suddenly stood up from his spot on the ground and shouted. His hair was in a gravity defying mess and his skin, along with his black suit, was burnt brown.
"Ehh..? Was that too...shocking?" With an obliviously innocent smile on his face, Josh turned back to look at the raging Sanji.
The already bulging veins on Sanji's head almost bursted apart when he heard Josh. Everyone nearly fell over. As they were within earshot, they understood what was happening between the two blondes and tacitly decided to keep quiet.
Beside him, Usopp was in no better condition. He remained there, continuously twitching on the ground. Zoro also got up right after Sanji. None of them felt like mocking the lightning man anymore.
'Laugh at me and I'll laugh at you. Mock me and I'll mock right back. But question my sexuality? I'll electrocute you to kingdom come...'
Josh gloated in his mind at their misfortune. These comrades of his were actually questioning his sexual preference and were making fun of him. How could he possibly let that slide? With this, they would probably be careful not to do so again in the future.
The villagers of Cocoyasi all stood there dumbfounded. Glancing over at the inner structure of Arlong Park, they noticed many of the pirates passed out with rolled eyes and foaming mouths.
As many of the Fishmen were still in the water when the lightning struck, there was a bunch of people floating motionlessly on the surface of the water like dead fish.
Parts of the wall, as well as the ground was broken when the lightning lashed out, reducing Arlong Park into a scene of the aftermath of a fight between titans.
Thankfully for them, Josh made sure to avoid hitting the area surrounding them so none of them were harmed.
"God...he must be a god..." a spirited woman who was fervently religious muttered.
"He must be the thunder god...how else could he ride on a cloud and command lightning?" She continued on with her knees going softer by the second.
Finally, she was unable to take it anymore and her knees hit the ground. She was actually kneeling!
"The god of thunder has come to free us from the Fishmen! Sobs....my husband...my son...they can finally Rest In Peace." The woman cried tears of relief and her face showed that she was in solemn peace.
About a year ago, her family was unable to pay the required amount of money. As the man of the house, her husband had taken the fall for it and was executed as an example for everyone.
This left her in despair for a long time. Even worse, her young son was unable to accept the fact that his father was taken from him. He witnessed more families being separated and their desperate struggles.
Unable to endure it any further, the son picked up a sword and made his way to Arlong Park to liberate the entire island. A few hours later, news of his death was spread all over the island.
From that day, the woman truly lost all hope and only deep despair filled her. Only when faith was introduced to her by a friend, who was unable to keep watching her suffer, did the woman looked like she was alive again.
Hearing this and seeing the woman who was comparable to his mother's age actually kneeling to him with that worshipping look, Josh was left speechless.
He wasn't some god who came from heaven. Nor was he a great figure who was magnanimously saving the island.
Josh wanted to correct that woman's line of thought immediately, but he was interrupted by someone.
"Why did you do that!? What if Arlong was one of them? I wouldn't be able to kick his ass anymore.." an indignant voice complained, which drew the attention of everybody.
"Don't worry. I made sure to not use too much force. If they couldn't even withstand that, they aren't worthy to be our opponent." Josh argued back. In this attack, he didn't even use more than half of the power he could muster with that move.
Just as he was finished saying that, a loud bellow jolted everyone.
"You insolent humans!!"
From the rubble made by broken wood and concrete, the inner parts of the Park was filled with dust, thus, nobody was able to see exactly what became of Arlong.
Standing at an unreachable height, Arlong is a large, muscular, light blue saw-shark Fishman whose most distinctive trait is his saw-shaped nose. He has long, black hair with a widow's peak reaching down to his shoulders.
He has a fin on his nape, surrounded by his hair, and the gills are located on both the sides of his neck.
His Sun Pirate tattoo is on the left side of his chest, while his own Jolly Roger is on his lower left arm. Other notable features include thin, fierce light-blue eyes and a long, angular jaw.
Arlong's attire is composed of fashionable, light clothes, reflecting his rich status as well as his background as a thug. He wears a short-sleeved, unbuttoned yellow shirt decorated by many black lightning-like spots.
Bermuda shorts which are brown, as well as a purple sash around the waist and simple sandals. He also sports a lot of jewels, including, a golden chain bracelet around his left wrist and two golden bracelets around each ankle, with straw-like decorations hanging from them.
On his hands are what appears to be rings, decorated by colorful gems. Just from a single glance, one was able to deduce that Arlong was very materialistic and his desire for money did nothing to assure anyone of his character.
Looking around, Arlong found himself among many of his brethren whose current conditions were unknown. Most of them had rolled eyes and blackened skin, indicating that they probably wouldn't be getting up any time soon.
Deep rage swelled in his chest as he heaved up and down, barely maintaining his sanity.
Ignoring his current injuries, Arlong's sight landed on Josh. What he saw made him want to rip every human apart even more.
Currently, Josh was just standing on top of the cloud. He had an annoying smirk on his face that would make anyone who looked at him, instantly go mad with anger. It was as if the man was taunting Arlong to do something....if he dared.
Soon, there was some movement behind Arlong, which made him secretly sigh in relief in his mind.
Removing the rubble of a broken chair from his body, Kuroobi got up with a grunt. Chu also did the same. Their faces twisted into pained looks as they struggled to keep their balance.
"Fellas, I may not be a doctor, but I don't think it's healthy to be so angry..." Josh made a mocking comment which left everyone speechless.
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