Chapter 24: Taking Out Trash
As I slowly began to walk towards this piece of shit. The woman who was briefly being choked by him lunged at me, she pointed her finger at me as if she was about to poke a hole in my head. I continued to stare at her, waiting for her to make contact with me. However, just as she was about to get close. She froze, though I couldn't tell what expression she was making because of the mask, I could tell that she didn't want to die. I was curious though, who was this chick? I felt like I had seen her somewhere before. I slowly made my way to her and took off her mask gently before throwing it away.
To my surprise, an oval shaped face with blonde short curly hair with blue eyes met my gaze. 'Stussy?!' My eyes flashed with surprise as I locked eyes with the beauty. I didn't know that the future queen of pleasure Island was a CP0 agent. What a shocker, I continued to stare at her for a bit before walking past her and looking down at the piece of shit I was going to butcher. The fat man looked quite scared as he was still on the ground. I slowly took out my axe and I was going to chop one of his limbs off before Stussy decided to reason with me.
If I were to be honest Stussy was more of a looker in real life than she was in the anime. Her saphire blue eyes could have easily captivated anyone who met eye contact with her. Alas, now was not the time to make such detailed comments. I had trash to take out and that took precedent over anything else. So I went back to what I was doing and chopped his left leg off first. The bastard screamed like a frightened pig and started to threaten me, talking about how he would torture me in ways I could not imagine once reinforcements arrive. However, little did they know of the battle that was currently being held in their base camp.
Rocks was probably rampaging around the camp trying to kill anyone he laid his eyes on while Garp and Roger did their damnest to stop him. I could sense that Whitebeard had met Sengoku and was currently fighting him whereas the other cadres of the Rocks Pirates were causing mayhem to the other World Nobles. Nobody was going to come here in the name of saving him. There was simply too much chaos happening on this island. However, I wasn't going to tell him that. Instead, I responded by chopping off his right leg and listened to his screams a little while more. I wouldn't call myself a sadist, but I sure did enjoy the melody his screams produced. His tone had changed, he cried while asking him why I was doing this to him.
I could only give him a cold reply before pointing my axe at his head. I was satisfied with the pain I had inflicted on this fool, now I wanted to split his head open like a watermelon and end his life in one fell swoop. So slowly, I raised my axe high in the sky and laced it with haki. I didn't know what were the properties of that bubble, but I did know that this attack would be more than enough to split his head off. As lightning flashed, I slammed down my axe, and sure enough, his head split open immediately. Blood just gushing out like a fountain as his corpse fell on its back on the ground. The feeling my first kill gave me was rather weird. While many would feel horrible at performing the act of murder, I could feel myself get a burst of ecstacy out of it. Almost as if I enjoyed the act of murder.
Anyway, I swang my axe to get rid of the man's blood and brain matter out of my blade before looking back at stussy. Who watched the entire event helplessly, since she was CP0, she'd end up being responsible for letting the World Noble die. Moreover, the World Nobles family would probably demand for her head after this. I looked at her before asking her, "So.....what are you going...to do?" She stared at the World Nobles corpse for a while. As if she was contemplating her options after all this had happened.
She tore her eyes from the corpse before looking right back at me, "I'll have to go into hiding, the World Government often kills guards; even CP0 agents, who fail to protect World Nobles due to pressure from the Noble's families. I don't want to die just yet." We both locked eyes for a but as the rain began to simmer down. She was beginning to turn around and leave when I gave her an offer, saying,"You... can join me... if you want" Stussy froze before turning around, looking at me with a calculated gaze. I guess she was trying to uncover my intentions with the proposal, so I decided to explain a bit more about the current situation, "There.....is a battle...happening on the Island....Rocks....is going to die.....It's easier to join us....for protection....from what comes next" She stood their deep in thought. Contemplating over the proposal, ideally, it would've been a win-win situation for both of us. Since Stussy has had her fair share of espionage she would have been an invaluable asset for us, especially when we have traitors on the ship that we don't know of. Also, she might have already known some World Government secrets that could prove to be useful to us in the future. Whereas she would be getting protection from the strongest man in the world. Nobody would be capable of touching her for quite some time, except after the war that is.
Before she could make a decision, she gave me a cold look before asking, "What's your angle in this? What do you have to benefit by having me join you? What happens if I betray you?" She had asked some very good questions that would have sent me into doubting my actions. What would happen if she decided to betray us? I continued to look at her before replying, "If that.....time....were to come.....I will handle it.....myself" This wasn't so much as a threat as it was a promise. Bringing her aboard Whitebeard's ship would essentially be my responsibility. As such, taking care of her in the case of mutiny would end up being my responsibility as well. I was quite ready to take on the gamble.
Another staring contest emerged as we stood in silence. The rain by now was beginning to let up to a light drizzle as the clouds began to glow light gray. After a while of thinking, she finally smiled before looking at me and accepting the offer. We both shook hands, and thus, began a relationship that would last for decades.