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Chapter 86: Let's Die a Little
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As my body started plummeting towards the water, just before I touched the salty liquid, someone grabbed and looked at her purple eyes. I didn't have the strength to even talk as darkness surrounded me, but knew that Raynare would know what to do now hopefully.
"Have I ever told you how amazing you are?" The words came out of my mouth before I even knew what I was saying.
"It wouldn't hurt to mention it more,"
"Damn… I love you…" having people to lean on sometimes wasn't so bad.
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-Raynare POV-
Hearing his words made my heart skip a beat, I don't even remember him ever saying those words before. So that made them even more valuable, but I decided to ignore them and think about it later.
Seeing Max's weak form as he entered unconsciousness, I understood that he had pushed himself too far, he had injuries all over his body. Damn, this is bad, but not something that I should panic about, my mind needed to concentrate on a solution.
"Negan!" I called the dumbass back, "We are getting out of here!"
He saw Max's unconscious form and nodded, normally Negan would complain, whine, and try to refuse my orders. But when it came to Max, he was like a dog who needed his master.
*BZZZZZZZT*
Suddenly I heard the loud crackling sound of electricity and saw that it was coming from Big Mom's cloud where she stood.
"Zeus, again!!" yelled out the giant ball of flame, Prometheus.
"B -But what if-" Zeus was nervous about this.
"Her heart has stopped dumbass! She will die at this rate! So do it again!" Prometheus yelled out in panic.
*bzzzzzt*
Another electric shock rang out and a cold chill ran down my spine as a bloody Big Mom rose to her feet.
"Negan!!" I yelled out again and threw Max at him. "I am staying back, take Max to the ship and sail off, you are faster and can take him there."
But Max's body was carefully thrown back as he looked at me mockingly. "Stop acting like you can hold back someone like Big Mom for even a second. Don't go sacrificing your life uselessly, Max would tell you to think clearly at a time like this. I will hold them back."
I agreed and didn't waste any more time, putting Max on my arms and flying off at my top speeds. He was right, my power wasn't good or versatile to hold them back for long.
"Like I will let you!" Perospero's voice rang out and a giant candy wall came out of the sea and was erected in front of me. "All of you will be dying here today!"
Suddenly Reiju came out of the sky and kicked the candy wall.
*Crack!*
Her powerful kick with the help of her Raid Suit destroyed the candy wall. My body instinctively clenched and got ready for a fight as this would be the perfect time for her to try and kill Max.
"Go on," unexpectedly she just pointed towards where our ship was. "I will stop anyone from coming after you."
She never had shown any affection for Max, or even that she liked him. At most Reiju always had a smirk on her face. I wasn't able to tell what he was thinking. So having her do this was surprising.
Staying behind was a clear death sentence, neither she nor Negan would be able to hold back Big Mom for long.
"Thank you," I gave her my thanks, this meant a lot to me. If she by some miracle survived I would be in her debt.
Flying past her, I wondered what she was thinking. Even now, Reiju only had a smirk on her face that showed nothing about her. "Don't worry little crow, I won't die. Max still owes me something."
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-Negan POV-
"Sheesh, you are one scary old hag," I said while looking at the terrifying figure of Big mom as she stopped up. Her eyes were crimson red and she looked like a demonic hag.
"I don't have time to deal with you," she said as she floated at me by riding on her cloud. "Death or Life?"
I knew about this ability, it was the one where if she used it against you, even the slightest trace of fear would allow her to drain my lifespan. This was the reason Raynare wouldn't be able to hold her back even a second. While the crow girl liked to act all tough, she will never be someone who can play in this field.
"Kekeke," I cackled seeing Big Mom's confused look as her ability didn't work on me. "Sadly, I am the kind of psycho who isn't afraid of something lame like death, you dìck-faced old hag."
Her nose and cheekbones made her face seem like it had a badly drawn dìck on it.
"Like captain, like subordinate," complained Big Mom as she picked her giant sword and got ready to swing it.
I got ready to dodge but stopped, as suddenly she stopped mid-swing and dropped to her knees. "Ugh!" Big Mom moaned in pain and she clutched at her heart.
"Mama!" Yelled out Prometheus in worry. "Your heart is still in bad condition, so please don't exert yourself too much."
*whistle* "Damn, seems like Boss-man put you through the wringer," I couldn't help myself and commented.
*Bzzzzt*
In an instant I was above her, my hand crackling with electricity. A pillar of flame shot at me, creating a wall around Big Mom.
"Someone like you can't even touch Mama!" Prometheus said arrogantly.
I only smirked at him and put my hand through the flames, though it burned my skin as Haki was infused with the flames. This didn't hurt that much, today was the day I died, worrying about injuries would be silly.
*Bzzzzzt*
Big Mom's body shook as 300 million volts traveled and I aimed for her heart. Boss-Max seemed to have injured her heart and probably even stopped it for some time.
Now, I wasn't a doctor but this sure as hell would make her heart a weak point, unlike Max I didn't know the critical points of a body, so I just go along with what he does. He knew what he was doing when he hit her heart.
Big Mom breathed heavily and had shortness of breath. Now, this was something I knew about, my grandma had a heart attack after this happened, meaning that... if I just increase the voltage.
Baaam!
Suddenly, a knee landed on my face, making my body push back, while the knee still dug into my face.
I looked up and saw Katakuri with a panicked look on his face and blood gushing out of his head from the injury Max had initially inflicted on him.
"Katakuri, I heard that you were terrifyingly strong," murdering those words I gathered electricity in my body. In comparison to Max's hits… "These are nothing!"
I grabbed his foot and my body turned into electricity, the shock traveled through his body, knocking him out.
"What made you so panicked?" my smirk got wilder when I asked him that. "Tell me, you saw something that if I use my power on Big Mom… hehehehe~"
Katakuri's reaction gave me a hint and he did all of this just so he could stop the attack. His reaction was enough to show that if Big Mom got another hit in by me, then this will be over.
Sorry Max, but I am gonna kill-steal here.
I sensed an attack from behind me and saw that one of Big Mom's kids was ready to get involved.
Oven jumped at me. "Die!" he yelled while
punching me in the face.
Baam!
I let the hit land, but the shocked look on his face when his heat did nothing against me was delightful.
"Dumbass, lightning can become hotter than your cookie baking heat," those were the last words he heard as electricity traveled through him, knocking out the man.
As he dropped, my jaw got stuck and dislocated. While the heat hadn't done any damage, the punch did hurt a bit.
*crack*
I put that baby in place and looked at Big Mom. Those couple of seconds her kids bought her had been enough for her to recover.
I was resolved to die today, so with that in mind, none of these guys were any longer a challenge. Why? Because none of them wanted to die, no one would let a hit land on them without knowing how strong the attack would be at first. But I don't care about that and will use the chance to become a human stun gun.
"C'mon you, bastards!" I yelled out, yet none of them approached me.
Big Mom was charging at me and didn't think I would survive. Well, that is where they are wrong…
I am not gonna die until I take down at least half of the Big Mom Pirates!
My golden bat morphed into two golden spears, and I threw them at the unconscious Katakuri and Oven. But my attack didn't land as a pillar of the fire melted the gold midway. I looked at Prometheus with an annoyed look on my face. "You are my least favorite guy here. Trust me, there are a lot of people here I don't like, but you are at the top."
My body started turning into electricity to dodge Big Mom's attack when suddenly Zeus took a deep breath and I started getting dragged toward him.
Shìt, this is bad!
I turned back into my human form, stopping myself from getting closer to danger. This was a bad matchup, like a Lava Devil Fruit user fighting against the Fire Devil Fruit user.
Big Mom's cloud could eat and suck in lightning. So for any of my attacks to hit Big Mom, I needed to have skin contact with her.
But now it was too late as I saw a huge fist covered in Haki coming at me I tried blocking by crossing my arms.
Baam!
*CRACK!*
My arms broke, my rib cage caved in, I felt a lot of my ribs pierce my lungs. Blood rushed in them and gave me a strange feeling like I was drowning. What a painful way to die, wish she had tried decapitation.
I noticed that she didn't pick Napoleon and tried the movements which wouldn't stress her heart too hard.
Heh, I wanted to try and do one more attack on Big Mom before death. But I have to make sure to die underwater so these guys don't get my fruit and have the Lightning-Lightning Fruit reincarnate in some strange fruits under the sea where it won't be found.
Damn, when the hell did I start planning things so much? Max has a lot to answer for, my whole thing is supposed to be low brain capacity and only know how to smash heads. That was my job and I loved it.
Will Max be sad when I die? Will he cry for me? Nah, crying is for bitches, he won't do that.
Wish I had been there for the rest of the journey, welp, this is the end for me.
One last thought went to my head as I felt life pass me by…
When do blind people know when to stop wiping?
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A/N: Negan doesn't mind dying and isn't really afraid of death. To him everyone will one day die, and he would hate to die an old man.
P.S: I thought really hard about what Negan would be thinking in a a scenario where this was his last moment in life. Didn't come up with anything good, and that was when I was enlightened... its Negan bro, he isn't gonna be having some profound thought.
A/N: Chapters in advance in Patreòn
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Chapter 87
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As Negan's body slumped towards the water and he lost consciousness, unlike Max he didn't have the endurance to take on Big Mom and her attacks.
The Yonko was on her knees on Zeus and clutched her heart again, sweat rolled down her forehead and blood came out of her mouth. "Max…" she muttered in a hateful tone. Big Mom's heart clenched once again and the pain traveled all through her body.
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At the same time because of that, no one amongst Big Mom's children paid attention to Negan as he fell on water. They were more worried about their mother who seemed to have heart problems.
Negan's eyes went dull underwater, signifying that his brain functions had stopped.
That was when the blue-haired mermaid, Mero, the one who had traveled with Negan through the seas stopped and looked at the person she loved and picked him up.
"You can't die yet, we haven't even gotten married!" Mero cried out.
Suddenly, out of the darkness of the ocean, three figures came… they were three submarines and they surrounded her and their lights shone on them. Mero didn't know if they were friendly or not, so she hugged Negan and tried to give him some of her air. But it didn't work.
In the end, she only hugged him even tighter, the least she could do was use her body to protect him.
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-Max POV-
Opening my eyes I saw a familiar ceiling greet me, it was the same one that I had on my ship. Wait, why did I even bother remembering a useless detail like this?
"So you are up?" Asked Raynare calmly. She seemed very tranquil and that told me she had taken care of everything already.
I saw the book in her hand and smirked. "Didn't know you were a book reader."
"Always have been. Though these last years I didn't have the time due to training to become stronger," she answered. "So make sure you live long enough to learn more things about me."
"Reading… it does sound like something you would do," I said, if she read between the lines it would be seen as a compliment on her intelligence.
Raynare smiled, seemingly getting the hint. She was quite intelligent, and her wisdom will also grow with age.
She suddenly pinched my cheek a little too harshly and said. "Don't do something so stupid again."
I smirked and grabbed Raynare's hand, dragging her on the bed with me. "Did you take care of things while I wasn't around?"
Her face was close to mine and she looked into my eyes. I liked her purple eyes, they looked like gems.
Unlike usual, she wasn't flustered which I gave credit to her for. After all, by now we had gotten quite close, we were way long past the way of getting flustered in each other's presence.
"Of course," Raynare nodded reassuringly as a small smile adorned her face. "Thankfully there haven't been any problems and even Negan lived somehow. He tried giving his life to buy time, and Big Mom and her crew didn't chase us anymore. So he did a good job, except for the dying part."
Giving her a peck on the lips I chuckled. "Cmon now, don't be so cruel, Negan might be a little annoying. But he is a trustworthy guy. So the submarines saved him right?"
"Yeah, you had the best doctors in there and Kureha was on a live call to the submarine too," she muttered, bringing her hands around my body and digging her head in my chest. "I am glad you were okay, your heartbeat was so weak. The doctors said that you had entered a form of hibernation to recover and your body was starving for some strange reason."
True, the Awakened Emperor Form had enormous energy consumption. Essentially it is just normal Awakening and usage of Life Return to increase the power, bone structure, muscle power, and skin density.
I needed to find a way to go past that energy consumption hurdle. By now I was confident in fighting against a Yonko and with my Future Sight, I had a good chance at winning the fight against any Yonko.
Can't say with certainty that I would win against a Yonko as fights have a lot of outside factors involved. Plus I needed to change my fighting style to defeat them fast, as long-drawn-out fights weren't good for me.
Well, this problem can be solved, I just needed a way to store more energy in my body. Or maybe a pill that has all the necessary nutrients to offer the necessary energy? Kureha was the best doctor I knew, so she could come up with something like this.
Finally, I had reached a level where I could feel safe in the world. Now… I must do nothing during this time and wait for some things to play out. My moves can start playing at a higher level.
A smirk unconsciously made its way into my face.
Admirals were still a problem for me, they were mostly technique fighters and the same fighting style that worked on Big Mom wouldn't work on them. Each of the Admirals was very familiar with the Rokushiki Techniques. But that didn't mean that they were something I had to be worried about, now a chance existed for me to defeat them. After all, while people like Akainu were around Big Mom's level. Most Admirals weren't able to fight a Yonko head-on for long.
Though this was all speculation as I hadn't seen any of the Admirals fight all out and use their Awakening while fighting. But they weren't a big problem anymore, and as long as I wasn't outnumbered…
Everyone who wasn't Negan or Raynare was my enemy. So I needed to plan a strategy to defeat them.
"By the way, having those submarines underwater was a good idea," commented Raynare. "Mayne if I knew about it would have been better, since we wouldn't have had to try and get back to our ship."
I could feel the skepticism in her voice. "Well, if you had gone for the submarines, both of us would have boiled alive due to Oven."
That was the truth, underwater we would be weakened and on top of my exhausted state. I wouldn't have been able to handle that and probably died. "By the way, for how long was I unconscious?"
"Two weeks."
Yeah, and my body still felt weak, so I needed more rest and not exert myself for a little while more. Welp, time to go and annoy a bedridden Negan, I have so many new philosophical sayings.
At heart I was still a philosopher who just knew how to hit hard… at least that was what Negan called me.
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Two months passed, and news of Kizaru fighting Rayleigh on Sabaody Archipelago came from the higher-ups. The orders were to not engage against the Dark King Rayleigh.
So thinks had played somewhat similarly to canon in Sabaody.
During these times, I just rested and ate a lot, like so much that even Luffy wouldn't be able to eat so much normally. Most of the boredom went by teaching Negan chess and boring the hell out of him with some physiological idioms.
.
Another big thing was the news of my fight with Big Mom spread out. The Yonko had suffered quite a lot. The titles of most of the newspapers read 'The New Hero of the Marines?' or 'The Second Coming of Garp?'.
Well, any publicity was good publicity and a lot of new Marines were recruited. I could see that the World Government had no choice but to do this as Whitebeard had been getting quite dangerous lately.
Just a couple of weeks ago the Red Line, the giant mountain separating the first part of the Grand Line with the New World... that unmovable structure shook.
A couple of Celestial Dragons had died as their houses on top of the mountain had collapsed, killing them on impact. Yeah, he was way more dangerous this way than in a face-to-face confrontation.
Whitebeard's ability to destroy was top notch, no other Yonko could match it… no… no one else in the world could match it.
Some World Government officials were scared that the old man would collapse the Red Line. So everyone was on edge. Though I doubted Whitebeard would do that since collapsing the Red Line would also destroy Fishman Island. But I didn't bother telling that to any of the officials, they didn't have any spies on Whitebeards' crew to know just how compassionate the man was and how important Fishman Island was to him.
If I was in his position though, I would have threatened the World Government with collapsing the Red Line if they didn't return Ace. But I don't care for Fishman Island and would have collapsed the Red Line for real after some preparation and making sure that I wouldn't make an enemy of the fishmen.
Either saving them or killing them all was the solution to not make enemies of the fishmen. They would be a troublesome existence as enemies since this world was mostly water.
....
As I laid down on my bed, a naked Raynare sleeping next to me, many other thoughts went through my head too.
"Boss-man," Negan interrupted my thoughts as I heard his voice came from the other side of the door. "We have had our call to duty. It seems like the Marines' final confrontation against Whitebeard will happen."
Ah… so the Marineford War will come? Well, this is a good world stage for me too, some people needed to disappear during this war. People like that will grow like tumors on my side so it's better to get rid of them now while I can.
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-Normal POV-
At the same time on an undocumented island in the New World, Blackbeard whose right side of his face had a huge burning scar.
His teeth were shown as the flesh in half of his face was burned. The man's eyelid too was burned, the eye under the eyelid was burned too and only showed as a white hue. The fight against Ace had been harder than expected this time and he hadn't fallen for any tricks.
He smiled while reading a newspaper about Ace's execution. "Zehahahaha~ pops made a big wreck for this brat, we weren't able to get any new friends from Impel Down because of that."
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A/N: Though this time Negan wasn't gonna die. I curiously flipped a coin like I had done last time when he was about to die last time. If it was heads, he would survive, I rolled once... it was heads. Rolled again... and it was heads again. Honestly, it was just for curiosity, but I feel Negan has stupid ammount of luck.
P.S: While fighting Katakuri, Max had mentioned that he had three submarines underwater in case of an escape. There were top-notch doctors in case he was injured too So Negan essentially survived because one of Max's escape plans.
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