NOVEL WEB Chapter 95: :)Ch95
"What the bloody fuck is going on down there?" The voice I assume belongs to the 'Red Witch' blares. "Did you morons kill the bird fucker yet?"
I can't resist. "You know you curse a lot for a lady!" I shout back up. "Congratulations on your bounty going up to 30 million by the way!"
Dozens of bullets rain down blindly through the ceiling as those above fire indiscriminately into the lower-level. 'Geez. Temper temper. It's like the idiots don't care at all how much they damage their own ship.' Waiting out the hailstorm is a simple matter. Most of the shots don't come anywhere near me and [Tekkai] easily defends against any grazers. Once it subsides I throw my legs into a somersault kick and release another crescent of energy straight up, destroying the already weakened ceiling. A double-tap of [Geppo] has me follow the [Rankyaku] out into the sunlight and I sweep my eyes over the players.
Nine low-ranking marines still tied up. Roughly three dozen pirate grunts of little import.
And the stars of today's show.
'Red Witch' Mira-jane, Lv. 40 Crowler, 'The Weasel', Lv. 27 Yuriko, Marine Lieutenant, Lv. 32 My appearance, totally unmarked save for a few blood splashes from their comrades, combined with the two supernatural powers has put most of them on edge. The Witch's grunts in particular. In typical One Piece fashion they're wide-eyed, nervously shaking in place and clutching their rifles tightly in white-knuckle grips.
"You know I was kind've worried about coming after you today Mira-jane." I taunt with a smile meant to goad. "Last time we met I almost died. So far though I can't say I'm impressed." The provocation works as intended when the redheaded captains sneer gains a hint of confusion and she loudly insists we've never met before. Meanwhile, I'm using this small window of time to skim through the profiles of both her and the first-mate.
'The hell? She's Fruit-less? I would've put money on a ...Snare-Snare Fruit or something... How the heck is she bewitching sea-monsters then?' My eyes dart left 'And her first mate is totally ordinary too. This may end up being simpler than I thought.' "I guess I wouldn't expect you to remember. After all I was pretty busy killing your little beastie while my friend took your man Crowler's eye. Stormy night, big red eel thing. Ringing any bells bitch?"
"YOU!" The captain's eyes boiled in realization. "You're the one who killed my baby!
My Slinny!"
Several things happened all at once. 1. Guilford weakly rasping "..jack?" in a more dry, scratchy, and broken way than I ever wanted to hear.
2. Lieutenant Yuriko using the wonderful distraction I've created as an opportunity to pulverize the testicles of one of the two holding her down with a backwards elbow jab.
3. Crowler producing a pair of throwing knives from behind his back and launched them at my face.
4. Myself wheeling around and throwing a hasty, yet carefully aimed [Rankyaku] at the rope holding the civilian prisoners tied to the mast.
And finally,
5. Mira-jane drawing an ornate jewel-covered cutlass from her hip and raising it high with a vicious snarl, triggering a massive rumbling from beneath the ship. Ducking the knives required little effort. Almost as little as firing off a retaliatory shot into Crowlers right kneecap. I wheel to the civilians and see two of the woman holding Guilford up by his arms. "Get inside and stay low!"
In the corner of my vision, Yuriko throws her second captor over her shoulder, steals the sword off the one still cradling his family jewels, and kicks the whining thug under his chin to knock him out. "Bounty hunter!" the officer calls. "Free my men! I'll take care of the bitch!"
Yuriko charges the captainess to engage in a classic 1 vs.1 duel before I can object thus leaving me with not just her request but the entire crew of fodder to deal with and the rising creature of the deep as well. 'Must I do everything these days?'
"What are you idiots doing!" Crowler simpers from the ground, hissing through his teeth as he clutches his bleeding leg. "Shoot him! Shoot him already!"
One of the closer grunts seems to find his nerve and lets the words galvanize him into action. He lifts his rifle to eye level...and that's it, because I've already sent him flying with an iron [Tekkai Kenpo] infused punch to his ribs.
+35 Exp!
The five nearest panic and raise their guns in self-defense. 'Alright, guess we're doing this now!'
I've become quite proficient at bulldozing my way through crowds of fodder at this point. Throw a punch here, kick a man there. I wish I could say it still managed to excite me, really 'get the blood flowing' as the saying goes, but unfortunately that would be a lie. In truth it's just unfair. There's no sport in it. Some of these men are of a similar caliber to the nameless flunkeys who worked for Buggy or Don Krieg. And I'm going after them with fucking rokushiki.
I retract my statement. That's not unfair. That's brutal.
In less than half a minute it's a complete rout. Most were ejected over the Bloody Jewel's side with only the occasional one being saved by a piece of railing. 'Well if nothing else they're good for some Exp. I'm only a few hundred from Lv. 53.'
"Bounty hunter! Bounty hunter! Little help here!" Turning to the voice I see the..understandably.. panicked faces of the still tied up marines watching the spiky blue dome rising off the starboard side of the ship. A massive cyclopean eye breaks the waters surface and continues to rise until the mythically large octopus is towering over the ship like a primeval god. Still on the ground Crowler laughs maliciously between sucking pained breaths through his teeth. "Dead now. You're all dead now you stupid sons of bitches."
"Hey." I chirp, getting his glare on me as I walk over with revolver in hand "The man who was tied to the mast. You blind him? Two eyes for your one, shit like that?"
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