Chương 49: Base G8!
"The impregnable fortress, G8~
Pirates can't come near it~
With 108 cannons jutting out~
It's a hedgehog that protects peace~
Our pride G8~" The patrolling marines sing with each other.
"You know though, I hear our fortress isn't very popular within the Navy." Marine 1
"Yeah! I hear there are some people who call us dim-witted hedgehogs made soft by peace behind our back… It's not surprising since, we've had hardly any pirate attacks the past few years." Marine 2
"What'd you say?!" Marine 1
"It wasn't me who said that! It's a rumor! A rumor!" Marine 2 finishes as he walks away with the 3rd marine.
"Tsk! What's their problem?! Peace is wonderful! What's wrong with peace?!" Marine 1 yells then continues to sing the G8 song.
…
A group of mechanics and carpenters are fixing a really torn up marine ship.
"Man, they really tore up this ship!" Repair guy 1
"It'll probably take at least a week to fix it." RG 2
"Our orders are to fix it in three days." RG3
"Oh man…" RG 2
"Did this ship climb a mountain or something?" The old man by the side starts to giggle.
"Oh, it's you Mechao." RG 2
"Hahahaha! That's a good way of putting it! Yeah, it'd have to climb a mountain or something to get this wrecked!" RG 3
"Well, you know, it might have fallen from the sky." RG 2 jokes
"It probably got caught around the sea gate when entering a port." RG 1 reasons.
"Yeah, that area is very narrow, so it's hard to pass through, even for a navigator who is used to it." RG 2
"Ok, enough joking around, let's go work!" RG 1 says as they walk away.
The old man just looks after them, sips some whisky from his bottle and comments.
"Geez… Sailors these days don't have enough love for their ships…" Mechao comments and gazes up into the air.
But then the bottle falls from his hand as his mouth widens from shock.
*Crack!*
"What's the matter, Mechao?!" Everybody stops working and looks at the old man.
*Incoherent gasping and muttering as if he is choking on a dick*
He points at the sky as he makes the weird noises.
Everybody looks up and sees a ship falling from the sky towards the middle of the lagoon.
*FUUUUUOOOOOOOOO!!!*
...
"LUFFY!!! COMBINE WITH ME INTO A PARACHUTE!!!" I yell towards Luffy.
"GUM GUM PARACHUTE!!!" We both wrap our limbs around the hull of the ship and expand our bodies into parachutes.
"Front wind!!!" I reverse the wind to slow the ship from below.
*Fwoosh! SPLASH!!!*
The Going Merry lands in the water, finally tasting the salty sea after a few days in the sky. Most of the people would most likely crash on the deck, but as I held everyone with the chains, we were all alright.
As we pull ourselves together, I look at our surroundings.
'Not the open seas? Did we land in the G8 base? Hmm, should I have everyone have some fun?' I think to myself.
"Everyone! We landed inside a navy base!" Lynx
"WHAT?!" Usopp and Nami yell.
"Now! I can get us out easily, but do you guys want to have some fun?" I grin at the crew.
"Now wait a minut-!" Nami tries to say something, but her mouth is covered up by Luffy.
"Do you even have to ask?" Zoro grins.
"Let's play! Let's play! Lufy-fy-fy-fy!" Luffy laughs.
"So what's the game we are playing?" Lux is already excited again.
"Do we really have to play games now?" Aisa looks disbelievingly.
"Yes, since the majority wants to! Everyone will abandon ship for now and infiltrate the base. You can mask yourself, hide and whatever else you want. Your goal is to troll and sabotage the marines. You are allowed to defend yourself, but not actively attack and kill." Lynx
"Uh and why would we abandon the Merry to play these games?" Mikita
"Yea, this would endanger the Merry!" Usopp
"Siren will watch the ship from the sea as she can't really infiltrate the base. She and the one who creates the most havoc and annoys the marines the most will get one wish from me. Be it money, a devil fruit I own, a new weapon,... As long as I have it, you can wish for it. But money caps at 100 million and the countries under me are not available." Lynx
"MONEY?!?!" Nami
"Devil fruit?!" Conis and Aisa.
"Weapon!!!" Zoro and Usopp scream.
"How will daddy grade who caused the most damage?" Robin asks thoughtfully.
"Yell or write who caused it. The ones who get the biggest additional bounty will win."
"Do we have to show our faces? for them to post our faces with the bounty?" Usopp
"No, as long as they know who caused it, they will put the bounty on you. Take this as a chance to make a nickname for yourself. I don't think you would like a nickname like 'Cat Burglar Nami' or something." Lynx
"..." Nami
"Can I ask you to teach me how to get a woman as well?" Sanji comes closer and whispers into my ear.
"Um, if you want to get experience before 'that' woman, I can try?" I give him a weird look, since I know I am popular because of my luck and the lasso's.
"WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?! LOVEEE!!!!" Sanji jumps off board and he disappears with her waver.
"HEY! Be fair!!!" Luffy and some others scream immediately following him.
…
"An invasion from the sky? … F-From the sky you say?!" Marine commie
*Sirens start to howl*
A flood of marines start to rush through the hallways running to their battlestations.
"An unidentified mysterious object has invaded the base!" Marine 1
"Hurry up! Guard the sea gate!!!" Marine 2
"You guys go watch the coast!" Marine 3
"Sniper unit! Move it!" Marine 4
"But I'm sleepy…" The snipers get up groggily.
"Close the sea gate!!" Marine 2
The giant metal sea gate rises from the sea, enclosing the sea in the base fully. Reflectors are lit as they search for their target. As they are watching the light flashes upon something.
"Over there! 4 o'clock!" Marine 1
"4 o'clock! All lights on the target!!!" Marine 3
All the reflectors focus on the target, revealing a small lifeless caravel.
"P-Pirate ship… The pirate flag has… a skull with a straw hat! Th-The Straw hat pirates?! The rookie's with a 630 million combined bounty?!?!" Marine 1 yells disbelievingly.
"WH-WHAT?!" All Marines
[AN: The government thinks that Tashigi and Smoker have joined and are traveling with them. Again: Lynx-250, Luffy-150, Smoker-100, Zoro-70, Braum-40, Tashigi-20]
"Ready! Target the Straw hat pirates' ship!!" Marine 4
"Did somebody say 'Straw hat'?!" Mechao pushes his way through to the front.
…
Lt.Commander Drake! The ship that has invaded our base is the Straw hat's ship!" Marine commie salutes with all the marines i the room
"Straw hat, you say?! Where is commander Jonathan?!" Drake
"Well… We can't find him." Marine commie
"Honestly, that man…!" Drake stomps out of the room in anger.
…
"Resistance is futile! We have you completely surrounded!" A marine yells through the speakers while everyone else is in position to fire.
But no nothing on the ship moves, as if it's empty.
...
"Commander! Where have you been?!" Drake
Jonathan walks inside his office, throws his fishing pole to Lt. commander Drake and walks towards the window.
"I didn't catch anything today." Jonathan
"And you won't be catching anyone else today either~" A man's voice echoes from the corner of the room.
"Who are you?!" This time, even the easy going Jonathan jumps in a defensive stance at the voice that shouldn't be in the room.
"Hm? Is this corner not well lit or you don't know who I am? Do you not have any wanted posters or something?" The man tilts his head at their question.
"You! You're Clawe D Lynx!!!" Lt. commander Drake yells as he quickly pulls out a handgun.
"So you do know me! But do put that gun away, as it will not do a thing to me." I lazily stretch, clearly showing how relaxed I am in their company.
"So why are you here then? What is your goal by invading base G8?" Jonathan looks at me appraisingly.
"Just bored as I gave my friends some time to play and get a bounty. We didn't really plan to invade this base, but you can't really control a seaship when it's flying through the air, right?" I shrug as I walk towards them.
*Bang!*
Lt. commander Drake shoots his gun at me when I pass him by, but the bullet misses by inches.
*Zap!*
Drake falls to his knees twitching in response to a small lightning discharge aimed at him.
"I told you to put it away, now look what you made me do! Behave now and sit down." I pick him up and drop him in the chair in front of the desk before promptly sitting down next to him.
"C'mon, sit down~ Wanna play some chess?" I point at the chessboard on his desk.
From my reaction to my move, Jonathan already knows that I would be very dangerous to fight here, so he decides to play along.
"White or black?" He sits down and asks.
"Black. We are the troublemakers here~" I grin at him.
Jonathan arranges the pieces and stars his first move.
"So what is your plan here now? You didn't just let them wander wantonly in the base, right?" Jonathan
"I did! I wanted to see how much trouble they can cause with some rules in place." I move my piece.
"Rules? What rules?" Jonathan raises an eyebrow.
"Oh, they have to sabotage or annoy your troops to no end, without getting caught. They aren't allowed to actively attack or kill your marines, but allowed to defend themselves. But don't worry, this will be positive for you too~" I chuckle lightly.
"In what way?" Jonathan
"Your troops are too used to peace, so this will be a wake up call for them. Also there will be an inspector coming here, to close the base for no other reason than the money he can embezzle." Lynx
"The first one is indeed true and it will do well if your crewmates aren't allowed to kill. But how do you know about the inspector?" Jonathan
"A little birdie told me~ So? You want to play a game of cat and mouse with us? You win and I surrender myself." I grin at him.
"And if we lose?" Jonathan knows there aren't free meals in the world.
"You give a bounty to my members evaluating their powers. I will be using that as the results of my crewmates. It sounds fun to have a crew of pirates with each of them having a bounty~" Lynx
"That's not all, right?" Jonathan
"Well, I was thinking what you could give us in return… Nothing much pops into my head besides your affiliation, but that's not gonna happen. Here. This is my denden mushi number. If you're curious about our adventures, give me a call and I'll explain the real story behind it. One that isn't tainted by the government's censorship~ If you ever become sick of them and want to jump to the new rising power of the world, I will be glad to recruit real good men." I wink at him and pass it into his hand while Drake is still unconscious.
"You have a bad habit of revealing a lot of information, but not the critical one. It's making me curious…" Jonathan sighs.
"So it's a deal then?" I give him my hand.
"Fine. But you have to tell me what happened to Smoker, his aide Tashigi and the missing Captain Hina." Jonathan shakes my hand.
"Oh, I made a deal with them in Alabasta. They lost and had to help with Crocodile. The government gave them a bounty in anger for the news I sent to Morgans. Now they are hired and work under me with having a better life than being the lapdogs of the government.
Hina just got in our way and found it annoying. Went to beat up all her troops, gave her a deal in which case I surrendered, she lost and became employed under me like Smoker and Tashigi." I grin at him like a devil.
Jonathan freezes and looks at me dispiritedly.
"There is no way for me to win this, is there?" Jonathan
"Nope!" Lynx
"Was there even a choice of me not taking the deal?" Jonathan grabs his head.
"Well, my crewmates would still go cause chaos and I would still give you my number. The deal doesn't do much besides grade my friends' performances. But the rules for your people are to not damage our ship or take anything from it or I will zap the person to ashes. Also do keep silent about my ex marines, or this fortress will disappear~" I wink at him as I flip the chessboard to annoy him and disappear with a flash.
Jonathan looks at the game sad as he was having fun against this guy.
'Time to get serious then…' Jonathan sighs as he walks towards Drake and splashes him with water.
"Who-What?!" Drake's eyes flutter in confusion as he jumps up.
"Get ready. We are going to the command room. The game has started." Jonathan
"Game? What game?!" Drake is even more confused.
Jonathan doesn't say anymore and walks outside.
…
"Commander Jonathan! We have investigated the people who saw the ship 'fall from the sky'. They claim that it's a ghost ship. They say multiple shadows escaped from the ship, with many horror elements." Marine commie
"What?! That's ridiculous! The ship is clearly from the-!" Lt commander Drake has his mouth covered by Jonathan.
"Ghost ship eh? Then let's start the investigation. Go fetch the ship and bring it to the dock. But remember, don't take anything or you might get cursed~" Jonathan jokes.
"Y-Y-YES SIR!!!" The commie sweats a bit and relays this.
"Why are you saying a ghost ship? With all due respect sir, we should organize a special investigation unit and search for them as fast as we could." Drake whispers to Jonathan.
"Don't be hasty. We should build up our defense first, then you can organize the unit. It would also shine a bad light that our base was invaded by pirates. So let's keep the man thinking that they are ghosts." Jonathan whispers back.
"Understood." Drake nods.
"Alright, as the eye witnesses mentioned, the ghosts might have invaded our base. Tell everyone to be extra on alert and if there are any suspicious people, report them immediately." Jonathan commands.
"Yes sir!" Marines.
…
"So where do we go now?" Marianne asks.
"There are about 10 people coming here from that hallway. Let's hide and first make a plan." Aisa opens up a door and enters it.
Following inside, Marianne and Annie casually walk to a table and sit at the chairs.
"So what do you two wanna do? We can go either sabotage, destroy something, beat up some people or ruin their self esteem with insults~" Annie grins maleficently.
"Well, he did tell us to have some fun, so why not all four? But beating up has to wait until they attack us, or Lynx might disqualify us." Marianne reasons.
"I will rely on you two, since I am new to this. What do I have to do?" Aisa looks at the two.
"Alright, since it's those three options I have an idea! We sabotage their cannons by tinkering with them a bit, let's blow up some ammo and then insult everyone until they are a weeping wreck lying on the floor. Sounds good?" Annie asks the two.
"I will make sure that they can only listen to us insult them without attacking us." Marianne says.
"I will scout ahead so we can make traps for them. But how do you plan to insult them to such a state?" Aisa is confused.
"Oh? Guess we will waste the first hour here so I can give you a quick crash course for insulting. By the end, you will be able to make weak willed people do suicide." Annie nods in understanding.
"I am curious Annie. I was with you listening in on the insult lessons from Lynx. He is never that destructive with words as you are now. Is there something I was missing?" Marianne glances at Annie.
"Nope! I took everything he told us, practiced and practiced it in my head everyday. I molded it and learned from my own experience by watching others react to what was offensive to them the most. By now, I upgraded it so much that I can just look at a person and the insults will pop up into my head by themselves." Annie explains proudly like a sage who hit enlightenment.
"Even for us?" Aisa asks nervously.
"Do you really want the answer~?" Annie smiles.
Shuddering, the two shake their heads wildly as to deny hearing about it.
Annie wouldn't really tell them the insults, since she already has one kind of a friendship with them.
Marianne and Aisa are somewhat similar looking agewise to her, She and Marianne both love Lynx while Aisa respects him for his strength, even with his weird trolling personality.
Annie is already looking at them as her first and second mates when she decides to run her future pirates.
'Hmmm? What would be a good name for my future crew? Since we will be mostly kids… Mostly 'his' kids, I should take inspiration from him. He said he wanted the nickname 'Devil's deal'? Alright! We will be the Devilchild pirates!' Annie grins.
"Now let's begin with the lessons! Aisa, tell me what you know about insults already, so I can correct you." Annie starts acting like a friendly teacher.
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Natsujan Sorry for the extremely late chap! >.<
I have no excuses as I just wasn't in the mood after a whole day of brewing alcohol- Šnops (for thos who know it xD)
This will be more of a filler arc of a couple of chaps, so the characters can have some time playing around.
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