Kapitel 46: Mock Town
A.N: Im back, finally! :D Though, to be honest, my scheldue will get tight in another 7-8 days. So I hope I can release enough chapters before I disappear again for a while. Hope you enjoy the chapter :)
[Jaya, Mock Town]
Mock Town is a place that pirates usually stop to stock, rest, gather information or just straith up fight each other to boost their reputations. This is a place where fists and money speak and nonsense like dreams shouldn't be mentioned.
Today however the usually bustling street where pirates beat each other up to raise their reputation is eerily quiet. There are many people whispering among each other and looking around as if they would be catched off guard if they were to get distracted by a second.
'' Hey, have you heard? Dark Moon's ship was seen on the beach. There are also people saying they were singing a weird chant while walking around! They say it was very unnerving!''
With the crew's poor singing skills and unenthuaism their singing was mistaken as a weird chant by the onlookers. İn the end the disastorous 'sing-along' order met it's end with Abel's scoldings.
'' What does a big-shot group like them doing here!? Aren't they pirate hunters? Are they... going to 'clean' this island just like Whiskey Peak?''
'' I don't know... But if they want to do it, there is no one here that can stop them. Even İron Body Heisuke wouldn't be Abel's match.''
As pirates were warily discussing among themselves a curious young man asked them a question.
'' Hey... Why do you think he wears a mask?''
A fat, bearded pirate with tan skin answered nonchalantly.
'' Probably because he is very ugly-''
Before he could speak more he fall to the ground on his face with a loud voice. Everyone looked at the man dumbfounded except for a black haired young man and a blond haired woman with sunglasses. The black haired man looked at the man on the floor disdainfully.
'You have such a loose mouth!'
''... Didn't you just say we shouldn't cause trouble in disguise?'' Robin who was in disguise asked puzzledly.
'' Well, my hand slipped.'' Abel answered naturally. Abel then went towards the pirate who fell to the ground and helped him to his feet sincerely. The man looked at Abel and thanked.
'' Thank you, young man. I don't know what happened a moment ago. İt is as if someone slapped the back of my head!'' Abel smiled at him warmly and spoke.
'' Well, maybe you drunk a lot. Don't worry about it. I heard someone called Cricket lives on this island. They say he is that liar Noland's descendant. İs that true?''
The fat man didn't disappoint Abel as he blabbered everything he knew. Abel specially choose him since he has a loose mouth.
'' Yeah that pitiful man lives on the southern coast. He digs dirt all the time to find 'proof' to clear his ancestors name. He thinks just because he dug some gold people will believe him. He just can't accept the reality that his ancestors were a bunch of losers-''
Abel ignored him as he took the necessary information.
' Southern coast.'
Meanwhile Robin's eyes shined with interest.
Abel smiled at the man and gave him a wallet to cut him off.
'' Thank you. Here, take this as a token of my gratitue.''
The man immediately stopped speaking and looked at the contents of the wallet. Abel and Robin left as the fat man counted the money on the wallet.
'' Hey! That's my wallet! You thief!''
Unfortunately just 10 seconds later a burly man in his thirties started beating up the poor guy without listening to his explanations.
Robin who just wanted to ask Abel something felt speechless and didn't know if she sould speak up or not. The more time she spent with Abel the more confused she felt. They disguised to gather information. Robin wasn't unfamiliar with information gathering since she was on various underground organisations in the past. But that sort of method... was a first for her.
After a few seconds Abel was bored from the silence so he broke it as they walked onwards.
'' Blond hair suits you. How about we try a different hair colour everytime? I already tried pink, so next time is your turn.''
Robin was woken up from her thoughts and just looked at Abel with a dark look.
'' I won't ever dye my hair pink.''
Abel sighed as if it was a pity and was about to continue speaking nonsense when he was interrupted by Robin.
'' You... aren't human, are you?''
Abel was stunned for a second but then became nonchalant again. He could hide it from his other crew-mates who had limited knowladge but hiding from Robin who had researched history regulary wouldn't be easy. Abel was planning to raise his relationship with Robin to a high level and then reveal it to her but it seemed like she figured it out first.
Abel just sighed as he spoke.
'' İt is no wonder you figured me out. I am very handsome after all.''
Afterwards Abel stopped for a moment as his eyes lingered on Robin. Robin also looked at him nerveusly. She trusted Abel wouldn't hurt him since he has gone all the trouble to rescue her from cp-9. Since she was leaving her dreams and fate to Abel's hands she wanted to learn more about him. Otherwise she wouldn't be at ease.
'' Can you answer a question of mine too? Why were you spying on me?''
Abel continued speaking with a smile as if chit-chatting with Robin. But Robin who looked at Abel's eyes felt danger from him for the first time. Even though his tone of voice was nonchalant Robin's insticts told her that she was in grave danger.
Robin whose heartbeat was raised started speaking with a calm voice that doesn't show her emotions.
'' I was worried about you. There were noises coming from your room. And... You were speaking to yourself. I... Don't understand what happened in that room. But, thanks for protecting us.''
Abel looked at Robin wondering if she is sincere or acting to cover herself up. Abel knew Robin is a good hearted person that wouldn't betray her comrades. But Abel didn't think that he could gain Robin's trust right after recruiting her. İn his past life there were many people that hated Abel and wanted to betray him so Abel was habitually very cautious. İf the person spied on him wasn't Robin whom Abel knew her personality and value she would already be a corpse.
' Well, acting overly suspicious would just get her further from me. Since she figured out my secret, I will use it to farm relationships from her. İf she is really acting I will figure it out with lie detector after it is off cooldown.'
Abel kept walking and kept speaking casually as if the conversation before never happened.
'' So... Did you see Ohara in your dream?''
Robin was extremely shocked and she even stopped her steps for a moment before continuing her walk.
'' You knew about it all along? Then why...''
'' Because I have nothing to lose. I will sooner or later be enemies with the government because of my race. Adding you doesn't make much difference. Our situation is same. World government won't tolerate us in any condition. Our enemies and our dreams are connected. That's why I choose you as my vice-captain. Don't disappoint me!'' Abel said relaxedly. Abel felt a little weird. Being honest to someone was something strange to him. But Abel felt that to create a bond of trust he had to be honest to her. His race being exposed was a danger but also an opportunity to form a closer relationship.
Robin nodded at Abel, deep in her thoughts.
Abel wasn't disappointed with the lack of reaction from Robin and a smile appeared on his face as he watched the system interferace.
' Relationship updated with Robin(major character). +40(Moderate Trust).'
' İf I can get it above +80, I can trust her with many things including the future underground organisation.'
Just like that they walked towards the southern coast peacefully.
Meanwhile in a forest at Jaya...
'' AHHHH!'' Nana screamed as she rolled around and battled with all kinds of insects.
Barbossa's face was also not looking good. His face was 2 times bigger than it supposed to be as he was stung by many bees. Barbossa looked at the gloating bird that was looking at them from above in fury.
'' JYUU!'' The bird teased with an amused look on it's face.
''This bastard South Bird!'' Barbossa cursed as he helped Nana up who has finally finished her battle with an insect army. Nana's face was crumbled as she spoke to Barbossa.
'' Should we give up? This bird can somehow summon forest creatures!''
Barbossa looked at her as if he was looking at an idiot.
'' We go to captain... and tell him we couldn't manage to catch a fucking bird!? What do you think will happen?''
Nana's face turned pale as a scenerio appeared on her mind.
'' You can't even catch a bird!? How emberassing! From now on train two times more every day! Also catch 10 more southern birds after your training is over!''
'' Captain we are already training for 15 hours! There are only 24 hours in a-''
'' Not my problem!''
Barbossa shooked the trembling Nana awake while motivating her.
'' Relax. All is not lost yet! We can do it.''
His mind however was already planning ahead.
' İf we fail, I will push the blame on her. Maybe I will receive a lesser punishment.'
İn a town just next to Mock Town Cavendish was walking with a dark face. People were looking at him warily and stepping away to give him way.
'' This is Cavendish from Dark Moon...''
'' T-they really are here.''
Many people looked at Cavendish with looks containing envy and admiration. Normally Cavendish would be more than happy to receive this attention and boast around arrogantly or charm young girls and make other men jealous. But today he had an extremely dark mood. That nightmare from today touched a nerve within him. Cavendish has always been convinced that he was a genius that is destined to stand at the peak sooner or later. He thought even if there were people that are stronger than him he would catch up in a very short time. Even Abel was not an exception, even if he couldn't surprass him he thought closing the gap between them wouldn't be too hard.
But the things that happened in Alabasta really crushed his pride. At that time he was still happy and nonchalant but after the dream, this feling solidified.
' I only achieved a draw against some no-name called Mr.1. Those cipher pole guy with the sword... How is he this strong? And yet Abel calls them small fries... Where is the peak then? Am I not even at the starting line!?'
Cavendish's face went darker and darker as he closed the mp-3 he borrowed from Abel. Even good music was not enough to improve his mood. His not-completely healed injuries also started to ache.
' Abel... He just asked me to look after Bernard while giving missions to others. İs he looking down on me as well?'
While Cavendish was walking in a cloudy mood he realised something was missing. His face turned pale just a second afterwards as he gritted his teeth in annoyance.
'I just looked away for 10 seconds... Where is Bernard!?'
[Jaya, Southern Coast, A Festival]
Bernard followed the smell of good food until he reached a place full of food stalls. Bernard confidently walked around and went towards a meat stall as a duck followed right after him. Bernard went to a stall and asked the owner.
'' I want to eat meat! And brother duck is hungry too!'' Bernard told the owner of the stall without forgetting about Karoo as well. Karoo looked up at Bernard with a touched look. Bernard looked at Karoo with a smile and patted it's head as he spoke.
'' You are the emergency food supply. You need to eat well and get fat.''
Karoo shivered as he realized that Bernard was just concerned about him going skinny and his touched look was replaced with teary eyes. Meanwhile the stall owner examined Bernard and Karoo duo weirdly. Even though Bernard's face was famous, this particular stall owner didn't recognize him. But he also didn't make things diffucult for them as he sincerely spoke.
'' Brother, you can sit at that empty table and eat as you wish. İron Body pirates designed this festival for the island for free. Everyone is free to eat whatever they want, except for that fool called Cricket.''
Bernard didn't bother to listen the stall owner's sincere explanation as he sat down on the table and started to eat all the meat and food on it. He also didn't forget to put Karoo next to him as he stuffed food on Karoo's mouth time to time. Karoo couldn't even protest as he was forcefully fed by Bernard with tears on his eyes.
The stall owner watched the duo in a daze. A den den mushi call awoke him from his daze a that time.
'' Hey, did she took the bait? I even gathered top quality food and prepared a festival just for her sake!'' A high pitched male voice resounded in the stall owner's ears.
The owner answered in resignation.
'' How about we just give up? Didn't she just ate some food, it shouldn't be such a big-''
'' SHUT UP! İt is our reputation that is at stake here! That woman sneaked inside our main ship and used us for travelling. Afterwards she even dared to eat all of our food stocks before leaving! She also turned our captain's wife to a child! The rumors already started spreading. Do you want us to turn into a joke!? İf she is not found because of your incompetence, prepare yourself to receive captain's fury.''
'' I know... But she really is not here-''
Just as owner was answering in resignation he heard chaos happening close to where he was.
'' CATCH HER! SHE İS HERE!'' A pirate slashed at a pink haired woman who dodged and touched the pirate's neck with her finger. The pirate was turned into a ten year old boy and screamed with a childish and shrill voice.
'' She has a devil fruit, damn it! Attack her with guns.''
Bonney who was running away with a pizza in her mouth cursed.
'' İt is just a little bit of food! You fuckers don't have anything else to do!?'' She ducked under a table and kicked it. Table fall in front of Bonney as dozens of bullets clashed with the table. Bonney saw a chicken leg that was still on it's plate and took it happily. She stood up as she ate it and was about to continue her run when she felt a chill left to her.
'' THAT WAS MİNE!'' Bonney was stunned as an indignant and furious Bernard punched at her face. Bonney had no time to dodge so she turned into a child in front of Bernard as Bernard's fist flew over her. After his fist missed Bernard was confused as he looked around and only saw a child running as pirates chased after her.
'' She can turn herself to a child as well! She is there, catch her!''
The pirates voice was cut off however as a punch made him pass out.
'' What are you doing!? Are you mad!?''
Bernard didn't listen to them as he punched all the pirates unconcious under the stunned looks of the stall owner and Bonney. They were so stunned that stall owner forgot to report to his boss and Bonney forgot to escape momentarily. They dazedly gazed at 100 unconcious pirates on the floor. The last remaining pirate shivered as he recognized Bernard's face suddenly.
'' Y-You, W-Why are you her-''
Unfortunately before he could come to his senses he was punched in the face and fall to the floor unconcious. Bernard frowned as he looked at the unconcious pirate and spoke seriously.
'' Don't bully children.''
Bernard clearly remembered Abel's words and implemented it regardless of the situation. The stall owner looked at Bernard dumbfoundedly.
' She turned into a child right in front of you... How can you be tricked this easily!?'
Bonney also looked at Bernard incredulously. Bernard crouched down and took the kid Bonney at his arms and sat down at another table. Bonney was awoken from her shock as she cursed immediately.
'' What are you doing! Fuc-''
Bernard stuffed a piece of meat in her mouth and Bonney stopped cursing as she focused on eating.
'' You must eat to grow strong! That way people can't bully you!''
Bernard sincerely advised as he fed Bonney who was sitting on his lap while eating as well. Bonney who was about to curse and escape was stunned and didn't know what to do.
' Who do fuck is this dumbass!? Whatever I will just eat a bit more then ditch him.'
Bonney demanded Bernard with a childish voice.
'' I want the pizza!''
Bernard gave a pizza plate to Bonney very generously as he ate his meat.
The stall owner watched dumbly as Bonney, Karoo and Bernard ate harmoniously in silence.
'' BASTARD! Answer me! What is going on there!?''
The owner was awoken by the shouting of his boss from den den mushi. He didn't know if he should cry or laugh at this ridiculus situation he found himself in.
'' Boss... I don't know how to explain the situation. How about you come here to take a look?''
''...?''
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