บท 14: 14 Vendetta
For the next 3 days, I did the exact same thing as last time. Heading deep into the jungle to fight more and more dangerous opponents.
This time I got hurt earning a few scratches and bite marks here and there but nothing compared to the first time I wandered into the jungle.
So after we gathered another massive pile of corpses, we began our trek back to Spring village.
On our way there we saw a column of smoke rise into the air and I got a bad feeling. I called Barry, "Is that column of smoke normal? It looks a lot bigger than usual."
Barry looked and immediately paled. In an agitated voice, he said, "That's a fire, a massive fire right over where Spring Village should be."
He rushed to the plume of smoke and I followed. The implications of the statement made my stomach roil. Who would burn down Spring Village?
As far as I could tell they didn't have any enemies. And now that they had the pelts and bones I got them they should be the strongest village around these parts.
This question swirled in my head until we got close enough to the village to see the massive fire engulfing it. There I saw the burning corpses of people I had met just a few days ago.
Around the burning village, I saw men with guns shooting anyone who tried to escape the burning wreckage.
To the side of them was a pile of the furs and bones I had given the villagers. Those pelts and furs were covered in blood and had yet to be made into tools or clothing.
In my rage, I Bo-bup to the nearest man with a gun and shattered his skull with a Hwechook.
Then the men around him all pointed their guns at me and panicked. I disappeared, once again using Bo-bup to appear within their midst.
This caused them to miss their shots or shoot into the crowd causing mass panic. As the guns they were using were flintlocks they were out of bullets.
So with no danger of getting hit by any bullet, I massacred them. They tried to run but I was much faster than them.
I crushed them. Breaking their bodies with kicks that could fell trees and punches that could penetrate steel.
After the quick massacre, Barry caught up to me. He said, "Is there anyone left alive in the village?"
I looked at the burning village and saw a figure running down the streets on fire. He was one of the trash collectors I had met during the feast a few days ago.
He managed to get out of the fire but he was badly burnt. Just looking at him I knew he wouldn't survive the next 10 minutes.
Before he died, I asked, "Is there anyone else still alive?"
He collapsed on the ground but managed to get out between deep wheezes and sobs, "One one is alive, those Shark Eaters killed all of us."
A torrent of fury rushed through me. The Shark Eaters, why? I asked, "What did the Shark Eaters want with you?"
He said, "They wanted our pelts and bones. They were worried about a new power rising that could challenge their dominion."
"When they asked where we got it from, Old Warren wouldn't tell them about you. So they killed him and looted our village before burning it to the ground."
He then looked at me, "Kill them. Kill them all for what they have done. It is the least you can do after bringing this disaster to the village."
He then died and I was left in front of a village that I had just helped destroy due to not thinking ahead.
Of course, the Shark Eater would want to know where a group of random villagers suddenly got bulletproof furs and predator-bone tools.
But I hadn't really cared. I only did it because I didn't want the furs to go to waste. I killed an entire village due to my carelessness.
Then I felt a slap on my face and I looked at where it came from. It was Barry was standing above me and said, "Get up our work is not yet done."
"We still got a raging fire and if we don't take care of it soon a massive part of the Devil's Shithole will be lost in flames."
I shook myself out of my shock. I would not be letting even more people die due to my poor choices so I stood up and faced the fire.
With the rage coursing through my body and my cheeks being stained with tears, I felt something. My body seemed under my complete control.
I tamped down on my anger and calmed myself. In this state where I felt every part of my body throb with unadulterated rage and power I tried something.
I felt the air around me. I noticed the way it curled around my skin and moved past certain obstacles. So I gather the wind around me spinning to feel the wind currents around me.
When I felt like a tornado was surrounding me I knew what to do. I released all of the wind in one explosive kick, blowing out all the fires in the village.
I had done a poor man's imitation of the Jin Mo-Ri Original: Blue Dragon's Kick. It did not have the focused power to do any damage to an actual person. Just enough to quell some fires.
Even though I knew that this was a massive step up for me, allowing me to unlock some of the most complicated parts of Renewal Taekwondo, I couldn't feel happy.
I was standing in front of a village that held the lives of children, adults, and elders who all had a vision of a great future that the bones and fur I provided them allowed them to achieve.
But all I did was ruin a village and kill any possibility of such a future occurring. I heard Barry kneel down next to me.
He said, "What are you going to do now?"
What am I going to do now!? I going to fucking kill those Shark Eaters one by one till all that is left is the whispers in the mouths of children of what it means to fuck with me!
"What am I going to do", I said, "I am going to kill all those Shark Eaters!"
Barry sighed and said, "They do deserve for what they have done, but how are you going to achieve that? You need to think clearly, don't go rushing off to your death."
"My death!?", I yelled, "did you not see me slaughter those 10 men with guns like it was nothing. Even if they have 100 men with guns I can kill them all."
He nodded, "If they were normal men, yes, but I heard that his lieutenants are much more powerful. I don't know much about them but you need to be careful."
I tried to calm down. Yes, yes this is the world of One Piece I can't afford to be careless. For all I know they might have a devil fruit that could kill me instantly.
No, I need to prepare, gather information, and then when they are at their weakest, strike. I nodded, "You're right old man. I won't go rushing off. But I will kill them all."
He nodded and I could see tears falling down his cheeks.
"Yes boy, you do that. Make sure that their deaths are not painless for old Warren and me."
I said, "Don't worry, they will suffer before they die I swear it."
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