Chapter 31: Unfair battle
BOOOM!!!
RASH!!!
Chaos and destruction descended on the Leech pirate's party room once again.
FIU!
PLAMP!!
CRASH!!!
Chairs flew through the air, food fell on the floor, tables were destroyed by crashing into the walls...
SLASHHH!!
¡CRACK!
And two adults relentlessly chased a child back and forth...
"Damn!
Be still, freak!" John yelled as he ran at full speed after Fred, swinging his saber on the non-cutting end to knock out the elusive little monster instead of killing him.
"Are you a human or a cockroach?" Smith said, also chasing after Fred though with much more difficulty than his boss due to more serious injuries
"Shut up shitty limps!" Fred yelled as he ran at full speed, continually changing direction to avoid the attacks of the two pirates.
If Fred had trained anything since he came to this world, it was his speed, agility and resistance. Every day several hours a day carrying his own weight several times Fred ran at full speed on the sand of the beach in all possible absurd ways
For this reason, if Fred had confidence in something it was precisely in not being caught!
'Physical strength grows exponentially with age in this world, but that factor doesn't affect speed and agility as much
I made a good decision to train like crazy on this aspect over all others' Fred thought as he ran as if he had a rocket embedded in his ass, choosing the most annoying route for his pursuers
He was confident enough that he could stay out of range of those two pirates the same way he could out of Marlon. Maybe those pirates had two legs unlike his uncle but they were very hurt and tired after their fight with Marlon, as well as being considerably drunk, at least enough so that Fred could have run from them for three minutes without being touched.
FIU!
PLAMP!!
CRASH!!!
However, not everything was as perfect as Fred had originally hoped...
Due to a combination of circumstances he was faster than them, his small size in comparison made him more difficult to catch and his enemies were more used to fighting than running… but he was still facing two pirates who, thanks to their teamwork and using dirty tactics, managed to defeat Marlon.
Fortunately, as the scum explained to him previously, they weren't Akuma No Mi users, they weren't Haki users, they didn't use ranged weapons normally or were capable of generate cutting energy slashes with their swords. If any of those variables hadn't been met, Fred would have been captured long ago.
'Dammit...
They're fast, cunning, persevering and know how to work as a team'
There came a point where running and dodging wasn't enough to avoid being caught and knocked out as Smith and John began to coordinate very well to leave him no escape, so Fred was forced to fight back.
"STAY STILL!" John yelled as he swung the back of his saber at Fred's head.
SLASH!!
SLASH!!
And at the same time Smith from the opposite side swung his sword towards Fred in an impeccable angle and timing to not let Fred escape!
In the event that Fred dodged John's saber he would be hit by Smith's and vice versa
That's why...
FIU! FIU!
At very close range Fred threw two throwing knives at Smith, aiming at two disparate places on his body so that he would be forced to block the knives with his saber instead of using it to attack him
'Shit!'
Maybe on another occasion Smith would have chosen to move strategically to get stabbed by one of those knives in some non-vital part of his body but not miss the opportunity to hit that brat and leave him K.O. However, the possibility that those knives were filled with the instant-acting poison was extremely high, so he decided to block with his saber just as Fred predicted...
CLANK! CLAN!
In this way, just as Fred predicted, the perfect pincer they intended to do on him failed, leaving a space through which he could escape and get away from them.
"FUCKING COCKROACH!" They both cursed before going back to chasing Fred as if he were Mr Bubbles.
FIU!
PLAMP!!
CRASH!!!
PLOM!
After that skid, John and Smith continued to harass Fred relentlessly some minutes until finally, after much patience, they were about to corner him again like before.
'IN YOUR DREAMS!'
But before that was possible...
CHAF! CHAF! CHAF! CHAF! CHAF! CHAF!
Fred threw some large needles on the ground, right in the places that Smith… the slower and more injured of the two… was about to move forward to deal the final blow
"SON OF..."
And once again to avoid Fred's poisoned weapons, Smith had no choice but to change his strategy so as not to fall to the ground like the other Leech pirates, allowing Fred to escape again
"Don't get worked up Smith!
Focus!" John yelled, trying to keep his injured subordinate in a good mood as well as his usefulness.
PLAMP!!
CRASH!!!
FIU!
PLAMP!!
CRASH!!!
And once again, after a minute of chasing, they had a clear chance to catch Fred again.
"THIS TIME YOU WON'T ESCAPE!
Ouch..." Smith yelled, slightly injuring himself after so much exercise
However, the excitement of seeing that he had managed to corner Fred towards one of the corners of the room while his captain headed towards the same corner as him compensated any kind of pain right now
"YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ESCAPE!" John yelled as he saw that Fred was between the sword and a hard place.
'We'll see!' Fred thought as he accelerated despite heading hopelessly towards the junction of two walls to...
RUN THROUGH ITHE WALL LIKE A FUCKING NINJA!
"NANI!" The two pirates cried out in astonishment. They didn't even know if they were capable of something similar.
With his great speed, Fred managed to run vertically up the wall until he reached a height where he couldn't move forward due to the laws of gravity, kinetic and potential energy.
CHAF!
He then propelled himself off the wall and jumped over the two pirates, not forgetting to throw a large amount of poisonous needles at his targets with the main intention of defeating them once and for all… and as a secondary objective make them have to pause their chase for a moment to dodge, far away from him
"When I catch you, you'll wish you were never born..." John and Smith said in unison, after narrowly dodging Fred's needles.
"Stop projecting your frustrations on others, mussel abortions
HAHAHA!" Fred shouted trying to irritate his rivals more than they already were and show with his mocking laugh that he was still in control of the situation
But he was only faking that confidence, as Fred began to feel desperate with every minute...
Smith and John have managed to put him in difficult situations almost a dozen times since the chase began a few minutes ago and Fred has fewer and fewer ranged weapons with which stop or slow their movements to avoid being caught.
To make matters worse, Fred could barely pick up his belongings from the ground to replenish his arsenal. He couldn't even waste time bending down to pick them up, plus the pirates cunningly kicked everything into corners when they got the chance to make things more difficult for him.
Paradoxically, time was turning against him in this deadly game of tag where he was running out of means to defend himself.
'Damn, when is the poison going to take effect on those two?
Fuck...
I should have created the [Sleeping Beauty Mark 15] immunizer and then I shouldn't have settled for the obsolete [Sleeping Beauty Mark 10]
Damn I only have three needles left!' Fred thought as he ran for his life, dodging and outrunning John and Smith multiple times with a speed and agility that would knock Sena from Eyeshield 21 to the ground.
However, even for the legendary Running back of the Devil Bats there were times when speed and agility weren't enough to move forward, like this time
'Oh no…
Here we're again'
Being next to a wall Fred was chased by John from behind and ahead Smith tried to attack him with everything he had without losing sight of the left flank, the only place where Fred could escape
Once again Fred threw his throwing weapons at Smith, the last three poison needles he had left, expecting him to block them with his saber.
Fiu!Fiu!Fiu!
However, this time things didn't go as Fred expected...
PAM!!
Smith kicked a table lying on the floor at his feet, flipping it over and blocking the three needles!
Chaf! Chaf! Chaf!
'Shit, they've learned from their mistakes and made a wooden shield for themselves' Fred thought in alarm as he watched Smith swing his massive saber left and right in front of his face.
He was screwed!
Fred could no longer dodge head-on at full speed like he wanted to do before du to the table of Smith and Smith, fleeing slightly to the left wasn't possible since from there Smith's saber was approaching his head and making a 90 degree turn to the left was also not an option since he would lose a lot of speed and therefore he would be caught by Juan, who was hot on his heels
"WE'RE ALSO SMART BRAT!" John yelled running after Fred and brandishing his saber, almost savoring the victory, but not lowering his intensity in the least.
And Fred, finding himself with no escape, did the only thing he could do...
'I may die, but...'
Keep charging forward like a fucking real brave man!
"DIEEEEEE!!!!"
Smith swung his saber from left to right, cutting even the table that blocked Fred's path, and Fred, risking absolutely everything did something that was against his instincts, above all his survival instinct
BOIN!
Fred jumped on Smith's saber, which was still cutting through the table, stopping it by pinning it to the table and at the same time using it as a springboard to propel it back, leaving Smith and John gaping.
"What the..."
But at least John didn't have time to admire that feat and recklessness, his target was falling on him and he had to put him out of action as soon as possible, so he swung the back of his saber from the bottom up pointing towards Fred's belly
SLAH!
'NOW OR NEVER!'
SLAH!
Fred for the first time that night unsheathed his sword, gripped it with all his might with both hands and used it to attack John's saber, which was speeding towards him.
CLANNKk!
CLANNNKKK!
Both weapons collided creating a miniscule shock wave that destroyed the already broken glass vessels on the floor, an incredible feat that Fred was never able to achieve, but he didn't have time to appreciate that detail in the least, since the force of John was far superior to his
Although he had an advantage due to the potential force of his fall, John's attack was so powerful that would catapult him forward, leaving him vulnerable against Smith!
However, Fred already foresaw that possibility before he unsheathed his sword, so at the same time he swung his sword he launched the blade hanging from his ponytail towards John's head!
'Son of a...'
Like Smith, this time John was at the crossroads of choosing between receiving a probably fatal wound but finishing his job… or avoiding being wounded and probably poisoned but once again letting the enemy escape...
And obviously he chose not to die!
Fiu!
With that decision John stepped back to avoid Fred's ponytail, taking away all the force he was exerting on his saber and letting Fred land on the ground with no injuries except severe numbness in his arms and then
POM!
Fred kicked the ground hard to get away from the two of them once more, but this time with the balls embedded in his throat due to the recklessness he had been forced to commit, but that surely wouldn't work a second time.
'FUCK!
FUCK! FUCK!'
I thought I would die, I thought I would die!' Fred thought as he ran for his life trying not to slip with all the cold sweat that his body gave off after being closer than ever to death… at least in this life.
"Damn cunning snake!" John yelled as he started his chase again, feeling humiliated like never before at being defeated by an elementary school boy pigtail.
"Choose, I'm a snake or a cockroach, but I can't be both" Fred shouted as he ran looking in his pockets for something that could help him in this desperate situation
Smith and John were closer to him than ever since the manoeuvre he had been forced to perform had made him lose more seconds than he expected, time that especially Smith took advantage of to shorten the distance with him
'I don't like to depend on things I haven't conscientiously tested and practiced before, but I have no choice...
Please Broly, make it work, I don't ask for much more...' Broly thought as he grabbed a bag that he had kept in one of his pockets and poured the contents back, right where Smith and John were, chasing him almost a meter and a half away
Inside that bag there was some dense powder that didn't disperse in that room with hardly any ventilation, so Smith and John walked right through them to continue their pursuit.
And a few seconds later...
"AAHHHHHHH!!!
My eeeeyes!!!
ACHU!!!" John and Smith yelled as they rubbed their eyes. They didn't stop crying and even sneezing due to a strange and annoying irritation in their face
Before leaving home, Fred, using the acid from onions and tabasco created some powders that causes a powerful but more or less brief irritation to the eyes and nose.
Until that moment, Fred had never created or researched enough about explosives, gases, corrosive substances or other poisons that could spread through the environment due to lack of materials, means to test without endangering others and even oneself, parental veto and opportunity cost by focusing first on the safest and cheapest poisons
That's why he didn't want to use it until now for fear that it wouldn't work well or that it would work too well if by mistake he was the one affected... but his negativity was once again misplaced, his improvised poison served its purpose perfectly
'And now it's time to use the gun'
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
As he walked away in search of his utensils, Fred for the first time in his life fired a pistol, specifically the one he picked up from the village. Just like with his makeshift poison, he didn't want to rely on a resource he had no experience with unless he was out of options, just like now.
His decision was correct, some of the shots failed miserably due to his lack of practice with the pistol and the fact that the pistol wasn't very good either… but others did manage to hurt John and Smith though others were blocked by the almost blinded, but not yet deaf pirates
"AAAHHHH!!!
I don't care that you're a child anymore, I'll torture you for days!" Said John as he rubbed his reddened eyes, which forced him to look at Fred who threw the bulletless gun at him as he picked up some of his knives and needles from the ground
Full of rage they charged against Fred again, who could only recover a few throwing weapons and despite the fact that the eyes and old and new wounds ached as if they were festering sores… John and Smith, who had suffered great injuries in their life as a pirate, they kept fighting despite all that adversity.
And finally Fred was left with no more aces up his sleeve!
'Shit...
In the end I have to do what I feared the most...
But I have no other alternative' Fred thought when he saw that was about to start the most dangerous moment of his life
As before John and Smith were about to catch him and this time he had no more tricks with which to escape, his only weapons were his sword, a non-throwing knife and his strange biological whip embedded in his head.
John was approaching from one side and Smith from the other and as in the other occasions they brandished their sabers towards Fred
"DIE ALREADY!" Smith yelled being the first to attack Fred with a vertical slash. He seemed to have lost his mind and didn't remember that they should capture him alive
SLASH!
FIU!
Using his incredible agility, reflexes and the experience he gained from his training with Marlon, Fred dodged Smith's saber with just a few moves, however, as expected, John immediately attacked Fred at the exact point where he dodged.
SLASH!
Something that Fred knew would happen so before dodging Smith's attack he threw the blade at the end of his ponytail towards John's eyes and prepared to block John's attack with his sword.
CLANCK!!
POMMMMM!!!
And although John had to hurriedly dodge Fred's attack, unlike the other time, this time he was able to exert enough force to send Fred flying despite having blocked the attack
'SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!' Fred thought, gripping his sword tightly in his numb hands, trying to pin the weapon in the ground to keep his feet on the ground and not fall while being catapulted backwards
"YOU'RE DONE!"
However, Fred didn't even have time to stop his body, which was practically flying without control, when Smith charged at him again.
SLASH!
His right hand was busy holding the sword to prevent his fall, so only his left hand holding a knife and ponytail were available to defend himself... and he was forced to use everything to stay alive.
SLASH!
CLANK!
His pigtail attack that Smith narrowly dodged made his enemy exert less force with his saber
Even so...
CLANCK!
"UGH!"
Although Fred was able to block the attack, his knife was broken and his left arm was numb as well as his right. Although their direct attacks weren't as powerful as Marlon's attacks, with which parrying any of his blows meant immediate defeat and injury for Fred, the attacks of those thirty-something pirates were too much for Fred's well trained ten-year-old body.
'If I were 17 years old, you would be…'
However, he didn't get much of a chance to complete his thoughts, John's attack in tandem with Smith had managed to momentarily throw him off balance and Smith this time he didn't miss this opportunity.
"I GOT YOU!"
This time, not forgetting that the objective was to capture Fred and not kill him... at least not for now... Smith extended his left arm and grabbed Fred's face, pinning him to the wooden floor crushing him against the wooden floor and making him to drop his sword from the blow.
PLAM!
He caught him! Finally!
After so much running! After so many humiliations!
FINALLY HE HAD MANAGED TO CATCH, IMMOBILIZE AND SISARM THE DEMEMONIC DWARF!!
They had forced him to spend all his ranged weapons, broken his combat knife, separated him from his sword and now he had immobilized him by grabbing his face thus preventing him from using his annoying ponytail
They had left the trickster without any weapon with which to defend himself and get out of this situation!
Or so they thought...
Since Fred had trained every day of his life the most powerful weapon that a mammal have integrated into his body
CHOMP!
His bite!
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Smith shouted in agony as he felt and watched how Fred had just ripped off a piece of his hand with which he was holding his face with a bite
Like Zoro, Fred had trained his mouth and jaw every day, but not to hold a third sword... for that he already had his ponytail... but to cut and tear his enemies with his teeth when no other tactic worked just like his childhood hero's Goku and Jack Hanma
All that training that the 100% of the people on the island called absurd turned out to be a huge success!
"PUHH!" Fred spat out the piece of hand that he had ripped off as he jumped to grab his sword again and attack Smith with it
Nevertheless...
John was still there and while Smith immobilized him, he waited near Fred's sword to make a strong attack in case Fred escaped and tried to retrieve his weapon
'Oh...
Shit...' Fred thought as he felt time slowing down seeing how John's saber approaches inexorably and with great force towards him without being able to do anything to avoid it
He had just accelerated with all he had and he wouldn't be able to change direction before the back of John's saber hit his collarbone, surely breaking it and knocking him
In that strange moment when Fred saw everything in slow motion, whether it was due to the laws of the Shonen Jump world, an excess of adrenaline like in the movie Wanted or because he felt close to death… Fred's brain raced to find a solution, no matter how absurd and impossible they were
'This...
This is the right time to have some protagonist Plot Armor right?
Acquiring Haki and knowing how to use it effectively right now although it doesn't have sense… the awakening of hidden invented power that nobody knows… discover that I am a hybrid between powerful races with spectacular powers and that conveniently that mutation or whatever awakes right now helps me to win…
…
…
Really? Nothing?
Fuck…'
Nevertheless, nothing changed in him to turn the situation around.
All he could do was grit his teeth, brace himself to be hit, and watch how...
FeFFFFT!!!
A metal arrow pierced John's right arm he could finish his attack!
CLANK!
"NANI!" John and Smith cried out in bewilderment at this new surprise ranged attack
A moment of bewilderment that Fred took advantage of to grab his sword and return to a part of the room where someone was peeking out from behind a food cart to say
"This...
Are you going to scold me for intervening?" Stephen asked, who was able to hide his face of fear, anxiety, concern and disappointment towards himself thanks to the balaclava and hat that completely covered his face except for his eyes
"What's done is done… but a few seconds earlier and aiming for his head or testicles would have been better...
However, he couldn't complain too much...
Good job..." Fred replied snorting in relief after having been saved at the last moment from certain and painful defeat as he wiped Smith's blood that was still around his mouth 'I don't have the fucking protagonist Plot Amor on my side...
But fortunately I have the Nakama Power, a realistic and limited Nakama Power...'
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