Chapter 6: Chapter 5: Chapter's title at the end! [Second option got the most vote!]
[Vongola D. Leonidas's Point of View]
Johnny controlled the ship and followed behind Nami though I was sad that I forgot to tell Luffy to bring Don Krieg's head with him. At some point, I fell asleep and woke up to find that Yosaku had vanished without anyone noticing.
I was confused but since the breeze at sea was cool and the sun was warm, I felt like sleeping again... so I went back to sleep. When I woke up, I was tied up by ropes with Zoro tied up as well next to me.
"I told you already, we came here looking for a single woman! You half-fish mutant!"
Zoro said causing me to look in front of us. I saw a large, muscular, light blue saw-shark fish-man whose most distinctive trait is his saw-shaped nose. He has long, black hair reaching down to his shoulders and with a widow's peak. On his head, he wears a brown ushanka.
He has a fin on his nape, surrounded by his hair, and his gills are located on both sides of his neck. He has a tattoo of a red sun on the left side of his chest, while his own Jolly Roger is on his left forearm.
If I remember correctly, the red sun tattoos indicate that he was a member of the Sun Pirates. It is a shame though, I used to look up to the Sun Pirates when I was-... Anyway, that does not matter right now.
Other notable features include thin, fierce light-blue eyes and a long, angular jaw. Yep, that is Arlong the pirate who I had tried to find in my pirate hunting days, though I stopped when I learned that he was once a member of the Sun Pirates, and the guy on the wanted poster Nami was looking at when we were at the Baratie.
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 cabana shirt decorated by many black lightning-like spots, green Bermuda shorts, a purple sash around the waist, and simple sandals.
He also sports a lot of jewels: he has 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 appear to be rings, decorated by colorful gems.
Which I found odd as his hands are webbed and therefore are incapable of wearing rings. Arlong laughed at Zoro's words and spoke with a smug expression.
"Oh? An inferior human dares slight me...? I'll forgive you just this once but don't you ever call us Half-Fish again! We Fishmen are Evovled Humans who have gained the ability to breathe in the sea. With our abilities, we're beings of a higher order than you puny humans!"
I noticed Nami walking behind him as he continued his speech.
"Our innate strength which far exceeds that of humans is the very proof of that! In short, we are the Lords of Creation! Get that through your dense head! And so, a human who defies a Fishman is essentially defying the Divine Providence of Nature!"
Nami arrived next to Arlong and spoke.
"I'm sick of hearing you blab on about that stupid pet theory of yours, Arlong."
"!!? Na..."
Zoro said in a shocked tone before Arlong spoke.
"No need to make such a scary face, Nami! You're a different case, of course! You're the Arlong Pirates' prized Cartographer. You make the most accurate nautical charts!"
"Of course! My brain's of a much higher order than any of yours!"
Nami responded.
"Cartographer...!? Hey, Nami! Why the hell are you so chummy with these guys...!?"
Zoro asked causing Arlong to ask a question of his own.
"What, are you two acquaintances?"
"Don't be silly, they are just two of my victims. I was able to swindle a huge fortune from these guys during my most recent haul..."
Nami said walking towards us before pausing to look at me before continuing.
"... Though not as much as I wanted."
She crouched down to be at eye level with Zoro then resumed.
"I knew you guys were chasing after me to a certain point, but to think you'd actually make it here-"
"Is this your true self?"
Zoro interrupted her with a question before Nami responded.
"That's right. Surprised? I'm an officer of the Arlong pirates. I was already a pirate when we met."
"SHAHAHAHA! She had you two completely strung along! This girl right here would do anything for the sake of money. Even forget the death of her own parent! She's a real cold-blooded witch!"
Arlong laughed as he stated this while Nami's face turned dark as Arlong continued.
"Tricking people to swindle them is like her second nature! Moreover, she's got us as her backup!"
I thought that something did not add up here so I read her mind and discover that my intuition was right on the money.
'Calm down! Calm down! You are almost free! Ten Million Beli left, you almost got enough money to buy everyone's freedom from them, you can't get emotional now, not when the whole village's freedom is so close! Don't let eight years of hard work go into smoke.'
"Oh come now Arlong, aren't you being a little too harsh on her? My heart almost breaks for her at this point."
Someone said as I heard steps coming from my left. I turn to see someone I would not have expected to see. A very tall, muscular Fishman that looked like Kisame from Naruto. He had a distinctive shark-like appearance, complete with pale skin.
He has small, round, white eyes, three sets of curved facial markings under his eyes, gills on his shoulders, and sharp triangular teeth. He also styled his blue hair in the form of a shark fin just like the Kisame from Naruto. He wore clothes similar to Arlong.
"Oh, Kisame I don't want to hear that from the guy that killed her parent. SHAHAHA!"
Arlong said with a laugh while Nami was practically fighting against her body to not let tears run down her face.
"I see... Well, it's not like I really trusted her anyway. Wouldn't surprise me even if she turned out to be a devilish cutthroat."
Zoro said before adding on.
"Right from the very beginning, I had a feeling you were a good-for-nothing woman."
He ended his sentence with a smirk which gave me bad vibes, Luffy stupid kind of bad vibes so I also read his mind and learned that he knew Nami was putting on a poker face but wanted to test how far she would keep that poker face. This idiot was planning on jumping in the pool behind us.
"*HMPH*... Well, then that makes things easier. If you realized that I was only tricking you, then can you just give up on those fool's treasure and my navigation skills and disappear already? You're an eyesor- Huh!?"
*BONK*
Nami said before she saw me give Zoro a headbutt which caused him to pass out.
"W-Why did you do that?"
Nami asked after a dozen seconds' worth of silence where everyone was looking at me.
"Well, it seemed like he was about to do something stupid so, I knocked him out."
"Oh, you have an interesting glare for a human."
Kisame said as he looked at my eyes.
"Hey Nami, what're you gonna do with them?"
Arlong asked as he looked bored causing Kisame to lose interest in me.
"Lock them up for now! I'll put an end to them later."
They brought us to a dark empty room where we had to wait until they came back or so they thought. I already had a master plan as soon as I read Nami's mind. It is relatively obvious that Arlong has her and others she cares about captive until she pays a certain amount of money.
Knowing the kind of Pirate Arlong is, the amount of money should be high so if I beat them after she ask for help, I can get that amount of money for myself. Matter of fact, he must have quite a bit of money stored up in here, I should take that as well after all dead men have no need for money.
[*Sniff* *Teardrop* *Sniff* The System is truly proud of Host.]
It took a couple of minutes of waiting before Zoro woke up while groaning in pain. He glared at me as soon he regained his bearing and spoke.
"What was that for?!"
"You were about to do something stupid just to test Nami's resolve when you didn't even look at the whole picture."
I said as I shook my head.
"The whole picture?"
He said but before I could explain, Nami came in and freed us before leaving.
"Now both of you hurry up and get out of here before Arlong comes back!"
Nami said before Zoro muttered something in confusion.
"Hmm?"
Needless to say, I sneaked around the building and stole whatever money I could find. I made sure to return the money container, whenever there was one, where I found it. I figued since I am going to ransacked the place anyway might as well do it now. I have to say, I earned quite a lot though my search ended after I found the last Beli I could find.
{Currency: 30 999 999 Beli -> 31 000 000 Beli}
I felt an odd satisfaction of having an even amount of money. I went outside to where Zoro was, he had been beating the pirates, that were left to guard this place, left and right. I approached him just in time to hear him speak.
"Even if she tells us to leave, we don't have anything to do outside of here... After all, we promised Luffy to bring her back... Jeez... Seems like we've got ourselves tied up in a complicated mess..."
"Not really."
I say as he turns to face me while sitting in the same Beach chair that Arlong was sitting in. He raises his eyebrow, signaling me to continue and I do so as I grin.
"We can just wait here and Arlong will come back here then we beat him up and get his reward money- I mean then we talk to Nami about returning back to our crew."
"Do you think about anything else than money?"
Zoro said after a couple of seconds worth of silence had passed to which I smiled and reply while giving him a thumbs up.
"Of course, I think about getting plenty of stuff that are rare or valuable to trade them for money."
He is about to reply with an annoyed expression when we both hear trumpet noise coming from near the gates leading to the sea. Curious, we both go see what that was.
"Was that... you who blew that trumpet just now?"
Zoro asked a fishman who replied in surprise.
"NYU! W-Who are you two?! Who, me? I'm Hatchan! You can call me Hachi!"
Hatchan has eight appendages, six arms and two legs, and an octopus-like face. He has pink skin and grey hair styled into five spikes. He has a muscular build and suction cups on his six arms as well as a tattoo in the shape of a sun on his forehead.
"So you're a Fishman too?"
Zoro asked the obvious question to which Hatchan replied.
"Yup, yup! I'm a charming octopus, Fishman! I feel like I've seen both of you before... Are you with the Marines? Or are you two guests?"
"Guest?... Yeah... We're probably more of guests."
Zoro lied before Hatchan said while believing his lie.
"But you know Arlong's not here right now."
"Yeah, he's not. Where'd he go?"
I said jumping into the conversation.
"It seems that this long-nosed intruder got away from us. We already have two of his companions tied up here, but Arlong went to Cocoyashi village to go catch the other humans."
Long-nosed? Yep, that is Usopp, I wonder if he will be able to outrun a Fishman?
"How can we get to that village?"
Zoro asked.
"Get on! You two are guests, aren't you? I'll give you two a lift!"
Hatchan said as he pointed toward a large floating vase. We jumped in and Hatchan swam while pulling the vase with the rope attached on it. A couple of minutes later we arrived at our destination.
"We're here! This is Cocoyashi Village! Arlong should be here somewhere!"
Hatchan said causing Zoro and I to reply.
"Alright, thanks."
"Thanks!"
"Don't mention it! Take care! And Come visit again!"
Hatchan said as he swam away and we waved him goodbye.
"So that saw-nose is in this town too, huh... Well, whatever... let's look for our long-nose first."
Zoro suggested to which I nodded since I had nothing better to do right now. We walked around the town until we saw someone and asked him if he had seen Usopp. Turns out we came a little too late or maybe too soon.
"What?! Usopp was taken to Arlong park!?"
Zoro yelled.
"Yeah, I just saw him being taken there..."
The villager said to which I replied while slapping my forehead with my right hand.
"We just missed him."
We asked the villager for directions to Arlong Park and ran toward it. While we ran toward Arlong Park, we heard some weird sounds becoming louder.
"Hmm? What's that sound...?"
Zoro asked to which I shook my head as we were still running towards Arlong Park.
"Seriously, the hell was that noise just now? Did someone drop a bomb on this Island or something?"
Zoro asked to which I replied.
"Well, in any case, we should hurry up or Usopp will be fish foo- !!?"
I stopped midway through my sentence when I saw a small boat coming out of the forest on our left by crushing the trees that were in its path. I saw Luffy, Yosaku, and Sanji on board but I did not have time to ask questions.
"AGHHHHHHH!"
Luffy was in the middle of yelling when I jumped out of the way.
"Oh! Zoro!"
"BRO!"
Luffy said while Yosaku yelled upon noticing Zoro.
"LUFFY...!"
That was the only thing Zoro could say before the small boat rammed into him. It continued for a couple of meters before it crashed.
"The hell do you think you're doing!?"
Zoro screamed now bleeding from his head to which Luffy replied in a calm tone.
"What do you mean? We've obviously come to get Nami back. Haven't you found her yet? Where's Usopp and Johnny?"
"Hey, you alright?"
Sanji asked Yosaku who was still caught in the rubble of the destroyed small boat.
"I don't know where Johnny is but Usopp got captured by the Arlong Pirate-"
"He was already killed!"
I said before being interrupted by someone. We turned to see who it was and saw that it was Johnny who continued.
"It's too late. BROTHER USOPP WAS MURDERED BY SISTER NAMI!"
Well bummer, I guess that means we have one less member in our crew. Unlike me, the rest were shocked, Luffy ran towards Johnny and grabbed him by the collar before yelling.
"Say it one more time, and I swear I'll kick your ass!"
"Luffy, sop! It's not as if Johnny's the one at fault here!"
Zoro tried to reason with Luffy but Luffy did not want to listen as he yelled again.
"Well, he's making up Bullcrap! There's no way that Nami would kill Usopp! We're crewmates!"
"It's fine if you don't want to believe it...! But I saw it with my very own eyes...!"
Johnny said in tears while someone walked up to us.
"Nami..."
Luffy said once he noticed that Nami was in front of us.
"Just who did you call crewmates, Luffy?"
Nami replied as she stopped walking. A moment of silence passed as the others looked at Nami while I looked at her left hand which was covered in a glove. I smelled blood from her and I read her heart to be sure if Usopp was dead or not.
'Just my luck, I stabbed my hand saving that idiot Usopp now I have to deal with these idiots who don't know that Usopp is still alive.'
"What did you come to this Island for?"
Nami asked Luffy who replied while grabbing his straw hat from the ground and putting it back on his head.
"What're you talking about? Aren't we crewmates? We've come for you, of course!"
Nami crossed her arms and forced herself to not wince in pain, I managed to see through her act since I knew about her injury but not the others.
"Well, you're nothing but a nuisance."
She speaks in a cold tone before adding on.
"And crewmates? Don't make me laugh. It was nothing but a stupid little cooperation."
'Please leave this place! You are going to ruin everything I worked for the last eight years! Please just get a clue and leave while you still can. I don't want you guys to die.'
Those were her thoughts as she spoke coldly. I was about to speak but Sanji beat me to it.
"Nami! It's me! Do you remember me? Let's set sail together!❤️"
"Shut up! Can't you see you're making things more complicated by butting in!?"
Zoro yelled at Sanji for not reading the room-... the place? Yeah, let us go with the place. Still, Sanji was not one to whimper down when yelled at, he glared at Zoro before retorting.
"What was that? Don't you know love is always a hurricane!?"
Hearing that, I could not help but mutter this.
"The fuck does that have to do with the situation."
Johnny had enough of this and yelled while pointing at Nami.
"I told you so! She's a witch! If it means she can get her hands on the treasure hidden in her village, she'll gladly join the Arlong Pirates and even kill! She's a cold-blooded witch through and through! You've all been deceived right from the start! And I swear I saw her stabbing Usopp!"
Treasure? Wait, it is better to calm down for now. Johnny thinks Usopp is dead because he saw Usopp being stabbed so it is safe to say that the treasure he thinks he saw or heard about could also be fake. It is best to stick to the plan then if there is time look into that treasure.
"... So what? Would you like to try and avenge him?"
Nami taunted Johnny who replied while sweating in fear.
"!! What...!?"
'Good, I manage to scare him, I might as well scare the rest into leaving this Island. If I am lucky they will meet Usopp on their way out.'
Thinking this, Nami spoke.
"Let me tell you one thing. After the idiotic Stunt that Zoro and Leo pulled, Arlong wants to both of you and all of their companions dead. No matter how monstrously strong you may all be, you're no match at all for the real monster."
"Real monster? HAHAHAHA!"
I said before laughing so hard I fell onto my knees which caused Nami to yell at me.
"What's so funny?"
"Hahaha! It's.... *Snickering* You think that they are monster and I can't help but *Supressing laughter* to laugh when I compare them to actual monsters. Hahaha!"
I resumed laughing while they resumed the conversation though Nami seemed even more pissed, Zoro and Sanji were about to fight each other while ignoring my laughter that was dying down. When it stopped completely, I was able to hear Nami speak.
"That's right! If you are going to fight, why don't you do it somewhere other than this Island? I'd rather not have outsiders stick their noses in this Island's affairs anymore! Do you still not get it!? I only stuck around with you for the money! And now that you don't even have a cent that I can get, I couldn't care less about you!"
She looked at me while I was advancing towards her before adding on.
"If it's about the ship, I'll give it back. So go find another navigator and go search for your little One Piece or whatever!"
Her cold act faltered for a moment and she yelled.
"Now get off of this Island! You're an eyesore!"
'Please just leave this place while you still can.'
*Clap*
I clapped hard enough to gain everyone's attention, I arrived in front of her and then spoke.
"Okay, let's stop the charade already. Usopp is alive. You didn't kill him, you saved him. We both know this AND we both know that you are saying this to get us off the Island because you are worried about us getting killed by the Arlong Pirates."
I put my hand on her shoulder and than spoke in a caring tone while Sanji yelled at me.
"Hey don't touch Nami!"
"Look, we are strong enough to beat them, you don't need to worry about us dying. We are- ARGH!"
*THUD*
"LEO!"
I started having a flashback of all my life in this world. From the beginning, going through parts of my life that I would rather forget all the way till the present, my life was flashing in front of my eyes as I heard Zoro and Luffy yell my name. I also heard the sound of something hitting the ground before everything faded to black.
When I regained consciousness, we were still in the same place although Nami, Johnny, and Yosaku were gone while Usopp was here. Long story short... according to Zoro, Luffy, and a smug Sanji, Nami kicked my family jewels resulting in me passing out.
I was confused at how that managed to hurt me but above all angry because I was kicked in the nuts... and I failed to make Nami ask for my help. I stayed quiet for a while until an average-sized young woman with light blue hair and eyes, and tanned skin appeared before us.
[AN: The reason he is confuse was going to be explained in the same chapter but since it was cut in half, it will be explained in the next chapter]
Her right arm and chest are heavily tattooed. She is wearing a beige sleeveless shirt, blue trousers, and purple sandals. Furthermore, she appears to wear pink lip gloss. Usopp said that she was Nami's sister and wanted to tell us how things got this way with the Arlong Pirates in exchange for leaving quietly.
"Not interested! I got kicked in the nuts so I am going to walk my pain away. Call me when we are leaving this Island."
I said before throwing a Den Den Mushi, which I took from my inventory, towards Usopp who caught it. It is one of the things I stole from the several pirate crews I hunted down. I have the other Den Den Mushi whose number is the only one registered into the one that is resting in Usopp's hands.
I started walking around and after a good ten minutes, I did not feel any more pain while walking, damn how hard did Nami hit my family jewels? Are they okay? I checked to see if there was anything wrong earlier and I was happy to see that there was no blood or any other concerning signs.
Feeling relieved, I was about to head to the nearest town, I heard some waves of evil laughters and headed towards it. I was surprised to see Marines carrying huge bags that contained money and objects worth a lot of money.
Seeing this as a sign, I used the skill [Six Paths of Reincarnation (First Path)] to give myself the appearance of Gintoki Sakata from Gintama before I beat the crap out of them, there was one Marine that looked like a Mouse which I found funny, especially how he wailed as I left them beaten and broke.
I was not sure who they were outside of being Marines but I decided that it would be best to not let anyone know that I had stolen all of this money.
Now some might just say, kill them but that would mean that I would have to clean up after myself and erase all traces from the crime scene. I could put them in my Inventory but that still meant that I would have to eventually dispose of the bodies later, it is better to have them have a grudge against someone who does not exist... I think...
{Currency: 121 000 000 Beli}
Then again, it is everyone for themselves in this cruel world. On the off chance that someone does look like Gintoki, they might be a criminal so no harm no foul especially since I am now able to buy the item I wanted to buy, the [Limit Breaker]!
The item has no image of it but the description says that it can allow me to reach the power of the likes of Saitama and even surpass him along with obtaining the power to fight Logia Users. It was also advised in the description to get this before going to the Grand Line.
[Do you wish to purchase the item: Limit Breaker?
Yes or No]
This choice appeared after I tried to buy the item. I clicked yes and another notification appeared.
{Currency: 21 000 000 Beli}
[*Ding* Congratulations on completing the hidden requirement for updating the system! You have proven that you are serious about collecting money thus the System will now use the item Limit Breaker on itself, as it was the item's intended purpose, to gain the ability to give Host mission with rewards and make decisions on behalf of the Host when said Host is in unable to make decisions.]
... what? WHAT?!!!!
[*Ding!* System has been updated!]
[*Ding!* Skill ??? has slightly been unlocked.]
[*Ding!* Host has acquired Skill: Cosmic Dying Will Flame (Sealed State).]
{Skill:
-Cosmic Dying Will Flame (Sealed State): The Cosmic Dying Will Flame is a combination of Dying Will Flame from Katekyo Hitman Reborn and Cosmo from Saint Seiya. The Dying Will Flame is described as a high-density form of energy that is refined from one's own life force and allows its user to perform supernatural feats. There are several types of Flame and each Flame's attribute has its own special characteristic.
Meanwhile, the origins of Cosmo can be traced back to the Big Bang, which from the entirety of the universe was born. In the Saint Seiya universe, all living beings possess Cosmo deep within them. While normally unaware of it, over the millennia, beings such as humans developed the means to manipulate and harness it by means of "burning" it explodes, recreating micro-scale reproduction of the original Big Bang.
Burning one's Cosmo produces the energy needed to enable a being to perform extraordinary feats including pulverizing rocks with their bare hands, striking faster than the speed of sound, and throwing hundreds, or even thousands to millions, of blows in a second.
Beings such as Saints are humans who have been trained to awaken and attune to their Cosmo. Comparatively, even the weakest Saint can outclass even the strongest of human warriors through the awakening of their Cosmo. As their Cosmo grows, it becomes necessary for a being to practice controlling their abilities and powers.
Referencing the ranks of the Saints, a being's level of sensitivity to their Cosmo directly influences the magnitude of their abilities. Upon reaching a higher level of sensitivity to one's Cosmo exponentially increases the user's abilities. Nevertheless, Cosmo is heavily influenced by emotion.
Incredible displays of willpower or strain can allow the user to surpass their usual limits and access far greater levels of Cosmo, though such feats are brief due to the sudden surge of Cosmo being beyond the user's current level of sensitivity to maintain.
The Cosmic Dying Will Flame is at its core a symbiotic fusion of Dying Will Flame and Cosmo, resulting in a new power that has a higher potential of power and range of abilities then either of them.
It is currently unusable due to being in a Sealed State and requiring Host to pay a 300 000 000 Beli to the System to unseal it.}
Not going to lie, I was livid that I was scammed but if that [Limit Breaker] managed to unlock this ability then I think it was worth the one hundred million Beli... is what I thought, until I read the last part. This scamming system wants me to gather two hundred and seventy-nine million more Beli-
{Currency: 0 Beli}
I froze when I saw how broke I was.
[*Ding!* To prove its abilities, the System has decided to purchase two skills that Host will need.👍]
[*Ding!* Host has acquired Skills: Muscles Magic (From Mashle) & Alchemist]
{Skill:
-Muscles Magic: With this skill, the user can use muscle-based techniques to compensate for the lack of magic power. Through impressive control over one's own muscles, the user is capable of feats impressive enough to make people believe that the user is actually using magic or in this world a Devil Fruit.
The limits of what the user can accomplish with this skill depend on the user's control over their muscles as well as the training done to improve said muscles. The more the user's muscles are trained the more absurd feats, can be accomplished with this skill.
-Alchemist: The user is capable of creating all sorts of medicine or poison depending on the ingredients used as well as the user's intent. The user is also able to decipher the Dying Will Pill Recipe and find the missing ingredient that is not written in the recipe, which is the user's blood.
With this, the user is able to create a Cosmic Dying Will Pill, even while the Cosmic Dying Will Flame is still in a sealed state or modify it as the user wishes to create something such as Dying Will Bullets. The user's proficiency with this skill will determine the quality of the product created through this skill as well as its conditions of usage.
If the one who consumes a Dying Will Pill or gets shot by Dying Will Bullets is not the user then they can only use the Dying Will Flame, and not the Cosmic Dying Will Flame, for a set amount of time dictated by the product they received.
After that set amount of time is over, they will not be able to access the Dying Will Flame until they consume another Pill or get shot by another bullet. It is important to note that if the conditions put on what is created through this skill are complex the user will need to pay money to the system for the conditions to be accepted.}
Wait a moment... First skill aside... D-does that mean that even the Recipe was useless until now... I see... I had forgotten since I was happy to have gained a lot of money but... my system is not here to help me at all...
It is here to scam me first and foremost since it is a scamming system... I should have seen the signs about that [Limit Breaker] item, it had no picture on it and seemed too good to be true.
[AN:
Chapter's title: It was a fucking SCAM!!!!!
Want more? Like Thanos, I want those STONES!!!]
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