章節 75: Peacefully (Part 1)
"Hello hello...
Are you having a good time?"
Those were the words that interrupted Fred's delight and the impromptu auction that had been created around Fred himself.
As if they had heard the roar of a gigantic bloodthirsty monster, the hundreds of people who had been shouting and talking in that large venue until now suddenly became totally speechless. And as if he were the carrier of some kind of virulent plague, they all began to behave like the origin of that voice, opening the way for him to reach the epicenter of that event.
It didn't take many seconds for his bidders to back off far enough for Fred to see those who were making him lose money right now
'Let's see who these bastards are…'
There were a total of seven men, all elegantly dressed in the same type of black suit, wearing a matching hat on their heads, and wearing sunglasses, except for the guy who was leading the group.
A guy who stood out among his peers not only for dressing slightly differently. He was almost four meters tall with huge rocky muscles that showed through the tuxedo, an ugly and rude face full of scars and right hand disproportionately larger than the other in which he carried a brass knuckle
Physical characteristics more gorilla-like than human capable of easily intimidating any gutsless weakling, like everyone who used to frequent this place.
"Hello Don Vito, what brings you here today?" Asked the man who bought Fred first fish, bowing his head and forcing his smile to the extreme in front of the man who had just appeared "If I remember correctly, the payment day is in two weeks"
"Oh, I know, I know... that's not why I'm here..." Don Vito responded as he put his large open right hand in front of the sealer face to indicate that he shouldn't continue talking about topics of not actual interest of him "I was passing by here coming back from work and I heard that there was a very good atmosphere
I wanted to see with my own eyes if everything is fine"
"I see..." Only a few expressed verbally, but the sentiment was shared by all the regulars of that market "Well..."
Everyone felt great relief although they tried by all means to hide it, with as much or more effort with which they tried to maintain their forced smile.
"And I also see a new face here...
Could someone introduce him to me?" Don Vito asked as he pointed to Fred with one of the giant fingers of his huge right hand.
And with that question, the hidden relief and forced smile quickly vanished, being replaced by an unmaskable discomfort.
"..."
The atmosphere became tense... extremely tense... so tense that no one dared to answer the question. However, the longer that uncomfortable silence lasted, the more tense the environment became, so the youngest, bravest and most unconscious dared to raise his voice timidly...
"He's Pet..."
"Wayne... Bruce Wayne" Fred said, introducing himself with a new fake name, but this time a rich man's name "And you...
Are you the owner of this market or something?"
"Ho Ho Ho...
My friends call me Vito, but you can call me Don Vito
And no, I'm not the owner of the market or any of these businesses...
I am a simple and humble insurance salesman" Don Vito responded with what was intended to be a friendly smile, but which turned out to be frankly unpleasant with his ugly face... as he offered his hand to Fred
His hand disproportionately larger than the other, presumably his most powerful weapon and with which he supposedly intended to have a... friendly... handshake.
A childish pretext with which to start a conversation that Fred was beginning to sense he wouldn't like.
'I wanted not to draw attention or resort to violence here...
But you're not making it easy for me...' Fred thought as he accepted the... friendly... handshake as cordially as he could, which wasn't much. "Nice to meet you, but I don't need any insurance at the moment
The only thing I had insurable was my boat and it blew up a few days ago… spontaneously, obviously"
"Ho Ho Ho... you're funny...
I like funny people, but working without insurance is not funny
Because if someone work without our insurance they could be... unprotected... before... any accident...
That's why everyone here... hires... our services for a modest price of 15% of the monthly benefits" Don Vito said, increasing the pressure he exerted on Fred's hand in his…soft handshake…exponentially with each of his words.
But so did the pressure in the environment
"..."
Specifically the pressure around Fred!
Ever since the handshake began, but especially when Vito finished pronouncing the last sentence, something strange began to happen.
'This unpleasant feeling...
I think... I've already felt it once'
Some of the fishermen and sailors present felt a horrible chill run through their entire bodies and souls. A feeling very similar to the one that once alerted them that a deadly storm was about to descend on them and allowed them to prepare in time and avoid certain death.
And right now that sixth sense acquired in some cases innately, but in general after many years of experience pounded like never before, pointing out that Fred had become something even more dangerous than the most dangerous of sea storms.
So, following their instinct, they took several steps back to prevent something from happening to them...
However, Vito didn't seem to be one of them...
'This guy… he has some strength…'
Despite noticing that Fred's hand was still steady and that neither his body nor his face showed any hint of pain despite all the force he was exerting, hinting that Fred was a strong guy, hinting that Fred was a strong guy, Vito was unable to process the significance of this finding.
Perhaps due to an excess of confidence that made him believe that he was untouchable, pride in the strength of his right hand, stupidity or a combination of all of them he didn't follow the example of the other people behind them. Instead of taking several steps back, she kept squeezing Fred's hand until she could elicit some kind of reaction from him or break a bone.
"But...
Because you're new here, you entered in the middle of the month and I like you, I will charge you the insurance for this entire month only with the benefits of the remaining month
A bargain right? I have a reputation for being generous" Don Vito said, thinking he was really generous in offering those terms because he was minimally respectful to Fred's strong grip... but mostly because of the large amount of money Fred had made today, which Vito attributed to a fluke that possibly wouldn't be repeated any time soon
A generosity that only made Fred angrier, whose neck veins were beginning to bulge!
Don Vito and his men seemed unable or unwilling to notice, but the atmosphere around Fred was becoming more tense and threatening than before. To the point where the weakest, sensitive to danger and fearful people began to feel nauseated
None of them knew this Fred in disguise or knew if he had the means to deal with Don Vito [Big Hand] and his men... but they were sure by his attitude that he wouldn't be intimidated and that a fight would inevitably break out near them
Neither of them wanted Fred to end up hurt, but they also didn't think they could do anything about it, much less without getting hurt in some way. Except the youngest, brave and unconscious worker, who dared to raise his voice timidly...
"This... Don Vito...
He's not from the island...he's just passing through and..."
And his youthful boldness...
PLASHHHH!!!
"DON'T INTERRUPT ME WHILE I'M TALKING!!!"
Was answered with a big punch from Don Vito in the face, which deformed his nose, cruhed several teeth, cut his lip and sent his body flying towards his father, who luckily was able to cushion his impact.
"SON!"
With this action Don Vito sent a clear message to all the workers, clients and visitors of the market through which he walked as if he were the king.
He was a dangerous guy and no one should dare to meddle in his affairs if he didn't want to end up like that boy!
"..."
And only when he saw his... clients... lower their heads, afraid to even meet his eyes, replacing any feelings of anger with sheer helplessness... including the father of the boy he had beaten... Don Vito, satisfied, turned to face Fred again.
"What was I about to say? I lose the thread when people interrupt me..." Don Vito said as he wiped the blood from his fist and offered that same hand to Fred again to continue his handshake, convinced that he had understood his message "Oh yeah ...
You see... everyone needs to be insured by us if they want to work and operate here, even for a single day...
Those are the rules boy..."
"And who has established that rule?
The owner of the market?" Perona asked, showing her almost usual impertinent, annoying and even unpleasant tone that she used to dedicate to people she considers annoying, like Don Vito at this moment.
An attitude that made the people around her panic.
'OH NO!
He won't dare to…'
They had already seen what Vito did to a teenager for interrupting him and they were afraid that he might do the same to that small, weak and unconscious girl who didn't seem to understand what was going on
However, apparently even Don Vito had his limits, especially with the family of the people he was trying to negotiate with "No...
It was me, little girl..."
"HMM...
And what exactly does that insurance protect us from?" Perona asked again, not satisfied with that explanation and such incoherent and contradictory actions.
"Good question little girl...
From many things, but mainly from bad guys who could come to hurt you, your big brother and to damage or steal your big brother's goods" Don Vito responded with an increasingly nasty smile as he was almost forced to perform this didactic task "If your brother hire our insurance we will make sure that no one lays a finger on him and we will punish those who dare to do so…
We're good people as you can see"
"Oh, I understand...
Then that insurance is totally unnecessary!" Said Perona puffing out her hypothetical chest "My brother is very strong!
I doubt anyone here can hurt him
Horo-horo-horo-horo-horo!"
And that last answer and annoying laugh exhausted Don Vito's extremely limited patience "It seems you don't understand, little girl...
If you doesn't hire our insurance you're completely unprotected... and anyone could harm you with impunity..."
And immediately afterwards, to facilitate his didactic tasks...
"PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION!"
Vito threw a powerful punch against Perona's supposed brother to make him pay for her insolence in her place since he didn't have the guts to hit a girl with the same age of his niece
PLOSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!
The biggest mistake of his life!
"I didn't want incidents or attract attention...
That's why I want to solve this... misunderstanding... in a... peaceful way...
If you don't mind, I'll give you some advice..." Replied Fred, who countered Don Vito's punch with his own, turning the brass knuckles into rose petals with the power of this Akuma no mi an…
Destroying some of his fingers, knuckles, metacarpals and even Vito's carpals!
AND EVERYTHING ELSE!!
"UAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
MY FIST! MY FIST!!!!!
MY PRECIOUS FIST!!!!" Don Vito screamed in pain upon see the state of his precious weapon and hallmark
Fred practically turned the hand of which he was so proud into a stump!
"I was going to advise you to use that hand to squeeze your testicles, but...
It will be easier for you to put it inside your ass now..." Fred said as he wiped the blood from his hand on Don Vito's jacket, who kept writhing in pain and traumatized by the horrible state in his favourite hand "But I'm saying it peacefully"
"DON VITO!" His minions screamed while the rest of the onlookers were completely speechless and petrified.
Everything happened too fast and no one expected that something like this could even happen, so no one knew how to react to events they still believed to be unreal!
"SHOOT HIM! SHOOT HIM!" Don Vito yelled at his henchmen to for them to react "SHOOT H...
UUUGGGHHH!!! AAAGGHHHH!!!"
However, the message was shorter than expected, since Fred grabbed him tightly by the throat, preventing him from breathing, much less speaking. Despite this, the message reached his stunned henchmen who began shooting at Fred.
PAM! PAM! PAM!
"I would also advise you not to spew so much shit out of your mouth...
If you want to rob me, say it directly without insulting my intelligence, that only makes me angrier." Said Fred, who while strangling Don Vito with his right hand also pinched his enemy's thick lip with his left hand, turning it little by little into minced meat with his great grip.
PAM! PAM! PAM!
And while that was happening, Fred's body was progressively covered in rose petals from the enemy bullets that he was transforming with his Akuma No Mi.
"FUCK! BULLETS DON'T WORK ON HIM!" shouted one of Vito's lackeys, who realized this detail only after emptying his magazine
And Don Vito, seeing that his lackeys were of no use to him, tried to fight for his life by punching Fred in the face, even if it was with his normal-sized fist.
Plom!
A punch that did Fred no harm and didn't even weakened the strangulation and lip torture he was being subjected to... but managed to damage Fred's mask and knock off his pink wig
Thus showing his more than recognized real appearance
"NO WAY!!
That angry demon face...
That reddish hair...
That obsession with money...
THAT STRENGTH!" The excited and hopeful non-gangsters yelled as they put all the pieces of the puzzle together.
While the gangsters who could still speak screamed in terror "HE IS…
Doctor Doom!
Demon Hunter!
Demon Face Torturer!
Greedy monster!
Bloody Hair!
FrFr!"
"Yeah…
That's me" Answered Fred while twisting Vito's lip more forcefully "All of them…"
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