Let the game begin

'Monster...

He's a monster...' Thought one of the most scared surviving pirates, who got behind his companions who in turn hid behind whatever he could.

'Why?

Why did we have to provoke two monsters on the same day?' Another of the surviving pirates thought, that after seeing that the infernal child was unstoppable he tried to hide among the corpses of his fallen comrades like a fucking coward.

Chof!

But without any success...

"One less..."

Fed heard him hyperventilate among the corpses and skillfully stuck one of his needles into him, knocking him out and thus increasing his infamy before the infamous Leech pirates

"Fff… UUUUUKKK!!!"

In a few seconds Fred managed to kill or put out of action almost half of the current enemy troops in a spectacular and relentless way, without even suffering a scratch and without failing or hesitating at any time when he delivered his coups de grâce

Perhaps another day this fact wouldn't have terrified the Leech pirates so much, but after drinking like buckets and having experienced how another person a few hours ago did something similar to Fred, the weak minds of the filler pirates broke due to the trauma. They completely succumbed to fear, they feared to follow the same fate as their companions, who died without having any chance to save their lives.

Furthermore, Fred's identity and tactics made the situation worse...

Fighting Marlon, a huge, muscular, tough man capable of destroying your head with a mace blow was certainly terrifying, but still they knew what they were up against just by looking and they could even formulate strategies to avoid being within its reach...

However, Fred was a complete enigma!

Fred had perfect aim and was somehow able to determine their exact location even when they took cover behind some solid object, which he pierced with his throwing knives piercing heads again and again

He also threw poisoned needles that made adult men fall in a matter of seconds and with those same needles he created traps on the ground, forcing them to split their attention if they didn't want to suffer an untimely fate.

Not only was he good with ranged attacks, but he could kill grown men stronger than them at close range in eccentric ways they had never seen before, and to top it all off, his speed, reflexes, and guts that was able to dodge and block bullets

It was as if everything on him was a deadly weapon and the worst part was that they didn't know if he still had more hidden surprises, and that fear of the unknown was what terrified the Leech pirates even more. If we add to that that Fred was a child who didn't behave like a child at all... one of the most effective horror elements in movies to scare adults... and that the face he was making right now in front of them looked more like that of a bloodthirsty sadistic demon than that of a human...

Fred completely crushed the fighting and survival spirit of the pirate trash!

Something that the top management of the Leech pirates realized, so they had no choice but to park their fancy dinner and intervene...

"CLAP! CALAP! CLAP!" Captain John applauded, redirecting the attention of the entire room to him as he descended the stairs and walked slowly towards Fred accompanied by Smith, his faithful squire, before saying enthusiastically "BRAVO! BRAVO!

It has been spectacular!

Can I ask you some questions boy?"

"As long as you pay full attention to me, don't do anything on my account, and your subordinates don't interrupt us, no problem

Do you accept all the terms?" Said Fred pointing and looking at not only John and Smith, but also the rest of the crew who were still conscious.

"Ok…

We accept your terms…

Right guys!?" John said to the rest of the crew, demanding their answer as he always did.

"Yes captain…" The rest of the crew responded, but with less enthusiasm than on other occasions.

And after that answer and seeing how Fred nodded his head, John asked the first question with which to break the ice a bit "How old are you?"

"120 months, but counting the time I was in my mother's womb is 129 more or less, which in my humble opinion should also be counted to calculate the age

However, I am very sorry for this inaccuracy. I don't know the exact days of that period... I couldn't count them well and I never asked my parents the exact day I was conceived...

But… why are you interested in knowing my age?

If this is what I'm thinking...

No thanks... I'm underage and I don't like guys…

And in the unlikely event that I liked them, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be my type, you have very small boobs" Fred replied as he replaced in his hand one of the poisonous needles that he had used a few seconds ago

Fred didn't know what the hell Captain John was up to by striking up a conversation, much less in such a positive and even friendly tone... but he didn't mind… This gratuitous loss of time was quite good for him, after all they were giving away seconds to the poison they had in their system to act

Therefore, Fred tried to find a way to drag out and continue an unsuccessful conversation as much as possible… and believed that this absurd approach could work, especially to hide his possible identity and the reason why he was hunting the crew.

"Pfff...

LEECH! LEECH! LEECH!

You're a pretty funny little bastard!

I am simply impressed that you're so good despite being so young

Is this your first time killing a human?" John the Leech asked with a big laugh due to the unexpected and amused response of the little assassin in front of him. That answer did nothing but increase his interest in that little invader

And Fred, seeing that playing the role of the eccentric kid overloaded with ultra-sarcastic bad jokes could be successful in killing time, played along with John "Let's see, let me remember...

Throughout my short but intense life I have hunted hundreds of wild animals, I have slaughtered thousands of rodents in the name of science, I may have accidentally stepped on some bugs or other insects, statistically I have killed countless microorganisms without even realizing it and today and some disgusting and vomitive infra beings…

In fact today I have killed almost a dozen of them here for the first time… but no, so far I haven't killed any human yet..."

A more insulting response than the previous one, especially for the pirates who had died at his hands, but it didn't matter at all to John since he found it funny, shocking and somehow believable "LEECH! LEECH! LEECH!

Interesting answer...

Where're you from? How did you find this hideout? And how did you get in without anyone noticing?"

It was clear that John wanted not only to gather information about Fred to satisfy his curiosity and possibly use it against him, but also how the location of his secret base had been leaked, if he had shared that information with someone else and who would he have to kill for allowing that situation... if he wasn't already dead...

And obviously Fred wasn't stupid enough to answer that question more or less correctly like on previous occasions, so he increased his level of ridicule to the extreme. "I will answer your questions with pleasure and also in the same order that you have asked me

1. I am from planet Earth, from the Iberian Peninsula, from a place hundreds of kilometers from Andorra

2. I was bored at home, I threw a dart at a map and it landed on this place, that's why I came to inspect

3. I put on a fake mustache and your nakamas thought it was one of yours

And I don't lie!

At least not about the third answer, you can ask...

Oops, sorry, I stuck a knife in his skull... he won't be able to testify on my behalf..."

This mockery and lack of a correct answer, although more or less expected, tempered John's good mood, making him more serious and forcing him to start his next question without his characteristic laugh "I see...

What do you..."

Chof!

A question that was abruptly interrupted by a sudden movement of Fred's hand, which launched a needle that forced John and Smith to be on guard.

PLAMP!

However, that needle wasn't directed at any of them, but at an ordinary pirate who moved from his place to do something

"Sorry to interrupt, but that one wanted to run away in the middle of a serious conversation, it's rude to do that" Fred said matter-of-factly as he replenished his poisoned needles again

But knowing that this attack wasn't directed at them didn't lower the level of alertness of John and Smith. It was likely that Fred had tested them to see their ability to react when it comes to blocking or dodging his effective and efficient projectiles

In other circumstances John and Smith would have looked back to see the new corpse and even started their attack against the perpetrator, but the pirate captain still had questions to ask Fred, in fact, after this incident he had added another to his list "Apologies accepted...

By the way, what kind of poison do you use?

From what I see it's not a deadly one, you just put them to sleep...

How long does it takes effect?"

"Oh that...

I have only sprayed the needles with a few millilitres of valerian and vaginal lubricant

They will wake up when their Prince Charming gives them a little kiss on the glan

You want to try?" Fred replied, focused on continuing with his strategy to answer with extremely obvious taunts in case the pirates asked a question that obviously he wouldn't answer

That's why John's limited sense of humor reached its limits, at first he found his jokes funny, even witty, but now they irritated him like a festering sore around his anus.

"Let's put the jokes aside...

Boy, why don't you join us?" John said once again in a friendly way, surprising and even angering his vice-capitan with this proposal.

Even to Fred...

"Really?

Are you offering a job to a minor who just killed half of your gang?

Have any of you been hired through a similar selection process?

Nobody?" Fred asked without forgetting to buy more time by absurdly lengthening his sentences, praying to the god who brought him into this world so that the poison would start to take effect soon with all the gang

One more joke in Fred's repertoire that John blithely tried to ignore, since Fred hadn't given him a resounding no, something that slightly relieved him.

Ever since he saw Fred, he wondered what pushed a boy to infiltrate a gang of pirates to exterminate them.

The first reason he thought of was to avenge and rescue the women, after all they had earned the enmity of many children whom he had orphaned, either directly or indirectly. However, seeing how Fred answered made him discard that initial hypothesis... after all, no one could expect that someone could joke in such an absurd way with the person who had killed and/or kidnapped and tortured his family and friends unless it was in a Marvel movie

Precisely one of Fred's intentions when interpreting this character!

That's why John was relieved, if this was the case there was still the possibility of convincing him since he would only have questioned his intentions, something not unreasonable. In this way the captain insisted, exposing his utilitarian ands insensitive reasons "Why not?

You have shown that right now you are stronger and more useful than all of them combined...

AND YOU'RE ONLY TEN YEARS OLD!

You have incredible potential that I would love for you to use it for the Leech Pirates

If you join us I promise that I won't only forget this little incident, I will also give you a big welcome gift, not to mention the authority and remuneration that I will grant you, similar to what my second in command has.

It's a very generous offer for a newcomer"

And Fred obviously replied, but this time with a very serious attitude and with a body expression that showed that he was willing to listen "Can you explain to me what those benefits are?

I would like to hear everything before making such an important decision..."

And obviously John was glad to hear that response and see that change in attitude, so he started to be a little more specific about what his job offer was "Yes, of course, it's understandable that you want concrete data

You see, the monthly salary would be..."

'That's right, keep wasting your time' Fred thought, who obviously didn't give a shit about what he was explaining to him. He just stood there, listening and lengthening the conversation with his questions as much as possible without seeming suspicious while he waited for the poison to shut him up and monitoring that everything went well

So after a few minutes John, after finishing writing all the possible points of the contract, replied "What do you think?

Do you want to be my new nakama?

"Um... thanks, but I'm not interested...

I will tell you almost the same thing that I answered to the Marine when they asked me

I like being my own boss and I doubt your generous offer can get me 90 million berries anytime soon like your heads do.

But seriously, thanks for the job offer." Fred responded in a similar way as he did several times in his previous life while claiming that this invasion was for economic purposes instead of ransom and revenge, implying in a very clear way that he's a bounty hunter with no relation to the village of Narhad

And although Fred rejected his proposal in a more or less respectful way and without jokes due to the habit he had inherited from his previous life, this umpteenth unsatisfactory answer ended Smith's patience, so he decided to intervene in the conversation "It seems you aren't getting it...

Accepting this offer is your only alternative if you want to live longer

Seriously, accept it willingly, we don't like killing children, but you wouldn't leave us any other choice."

"What makes you think you can kill me?

So far I've given you a good beating

And from what I see you're pretty tired, injured, drunk and drugged in general

Especially you, Mr Smith" Fred responded by provoking the second in command, who seemed to be as talkative as the captain.

And although Smith wasn't really much of a talker, much less with his head injuries, he continued to drag out the conversation as Fred wanted due to that provocation "Do you really think that scum and the two of us are on the same level?

Don't overestimate yourself or underestimate us child"

"I neither overestimate my poison nor underestimate your body's tolerance to poison Mr. Mummy

I just need to touch you a little with one of these beauties and you will have lost, as you have seen with your lackeys" Fred responded in an arrogant manner by showing poisoned needles to show that he wasn't at all intimidated by them, even though it was a bluff...

Fred knew that what that wounded pirate said was true, facing the two of them at the same time was practically suicidal.

Defeating random pirates or bandits was a fairly simple thing, in fact Ace, Sabo and Luffy at their age, having trained much less than him and with worse resources, were capable of beating up and robbing several at once, however they were unable to do anything when facing a moderately powerful character by East Blue standards

And those two pirates in front of him, although now they were quite wounded, tired and somewhat drunk, had a much higher reward than the elite of the East Blue and had been able to fight and even win Marlon even if he was in the worst possible circumstances. Fred had never been able to win Marlon in a match, not even using dirty tactics like the ones he was planning to use now and he didn't think the surprise element would help much, after all Marlon always held back in those sparring matches.

Fred never forgot that in this world it was practically impossible for a 10 year old to defeat a powerful adult unless you are a born monster like Kaido or Big Mom. That's why Fred was so insistent on following his plan to win without a fight and now he was desperately clinging to his old plan trying to buy time until the poison took effect

"I thought you were smart, but you turned out to be just another idiot kid.

Analyse the situation you are in before speaking act

GROW UP A LITTLE KID!" Smith said, offering Fred a chance to reconsider and accept Captain John's offer

However, Fred set out to drive him completely crazy with insightful comments like "HAHAHA!

You said [Anal]!"

And while Fred and Smith had a deep discussion of transcendental issues, John took advantage of that moment to think and began to analyze the situation correctly, something that he hadn't been able to do in detail until now 'That's strange...

His first attack, what had to be the most important surprise attack, was used against Albert. If he really was a bounty hunter with the aim of getting my head, the most sensible thing would have been to use that opportunity on me.

It's true that at that moment Albert was drawing everyone's attention, but...

Or I see... plus he also changed weapons when my idiots used the whores as human shields

I doubt it's related to whores, but it seems that boy has a compassionate side even if he tries to hide it

Be that as it may, I can take advantage of that in my favour'

John the Leech was determined to get this freakishly talented little monster to join his gang and was willing to go to any lengths to accomplish it, either offering him big rewards, making deals, threatening him, coercing him, torturing him, brainwashing him... any method was good if he managed to get this valuable asset

Her first attempt to lure him in with a nice reward was a failure, but that didn't mean other approaches would fail. After all according to his theory, he might have his hands some pretty valuable hostages that he could use to make him cooperate as he always did with everyone else, but to kill them, something he didn't plan to do with Fred

"WHAT THE..."

However, when John turned to personally grab the woman that the kid saved from Albert what he found shocked him...

He didn't see Roxanne anywhere or any of the girls in the party room, they had all disappeared as if by magic, his precious hostages weren't where they were supposed to be.

On other occasions he would have gone into a rage, screaming at his subordinates demanding a good explanation of what and why it had happened to immediately order them to go look for them… however, this useless act was now avoided, since all his subordinates were unconscious on the ground

'How the hell didn't I notice?'

All the lackeys who were scared but conscious a few minutes ago were now in the same state as those who were poisoned by Fred's needles!

Well, no, not all... John was missing four people who, at least today, remembered their faces perfectly.

One was the two cooks, whom he held in special esteem, after all they are one of the few members of his gang who did their job correctly… and the others were the two cowards he almost killed a few hours ago but were forgiven for bringing such an innovative ship

'Wait...don't tell me that…'

Although he still didn't understand how he hadn't realized until now that all this had happened behind his back... as if a lightning bolt had struck his head, captain John's brain began to work like never before and with almost instantaneous processing speed began to link up everything that had happened up to this point

'Everything, everything is interconnected!'

The early return of the two cowards from Narhad, the big barrels of meat they carried into the kitchen, the boy's first intervention when Ablert was abusing the woman they kidnapped from Narhad, the fact that all his lackeys suddenly fell asleep, that the women, the two cowards and the two cooks have disappeared at the same time while the child monopolized their attention...

John almost instinctively, without the need to process all this information, had a very rough idea of what had really happened! And although his great curiosity and desire to be right pushed him to question Fred from the beginning to the end to find out if his hypothesis was true and know how he had managed to get four of his lackeys to betray him in such a short time… his survival instinct pushed him to ask only one question

"You poisoned the food and drink, right?" John asked as he abruptly turned to Fred with an extremely somber expression.

There was no longer any trace of the optimism, security and greed on John's face. Once again that day his face showed stress and fear... the same stress and fear or even higher than the one he felt when facing Marlon at the moment he showed greater ferocity

"As I already told you, I have a lot of confidence in my poisons

It's only a matter of time before you guys join in on nap time too...

An eternal nap...

MUA HAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Fred replied with a ghoulish facial expression, smile and laughter that echoed shrilly in the huge and previously noisy party room that was now completely silent except for his creepy voice

Rationally, it could be said that Fred was laughing in such an extreme way to calculatedly intimidate and unsettle his enemies in hopes that they would make the wrong decisions from now on, but the reality is that all that madness was genuine.

Seeing how the biggest sons of bitches he had met to date, whom he wanted to kill in the most painful ways possible for having killed and harmed his family began to express fear on their faces after discovering that their emergency plan was succeeding… made all the negative emotions that Fred had been suppressing for so long to deceive them explode all at once like a volcano

"What a son of a bitch…" Smith stutters as he realizes the precarious situation he was in, making all the hairs on his body stand up.

Neither he nor John saw in front of them the child with enormous potential that they had to recruit at all costs that was trapped in their hideout, but the greatest threat to their lives since the day they were born.

"Child, give us the antidote right now

Unless you want something horrible to happen to the little pink-haired bitch and the rest of the bitches in your shitty little town.

And you too, of course…" John the Leech said, threatening Fred as he unsheathed his saber, pointing it at Fred.

Beating Fred wasn't John and Smith's top priority, but to neutralize the poison that had KO'd his entire gang as soon as possible

They were terrified, extremely terrified...since they didn't know what exactly that poison did.

Maybe it was just a sleeping poison and they would wake up within a few hours regardless of whether they used an antidote or not. If that was the case they should kill Fred as soon as possible so that he doesn't kill them in their sleep.

However, it could also be the opposite, that it was a poison that could somehow cause death sooner or later. If that was the case they had to get the antidote as soon as possible in any way.

'He said [eternal nap]

I can't know for sure but...

Fuck...'

The two feared that it was the latter case, so without even talking to each other they decided that they should capture Fred, bind him and torture him until he gave them the antidote that he surely had with him or that he had hidden somewhere on the island!

After all, poison users carry the antidote to their poisons in case they poison themselves or unintended victims.

'If the poison isn't deadly and we tie him up he won't be able to kill us while we sleep and we will be able to kill him later when we wake up

If the poison is deadly and we tie him up he will eventually die of starvation or for the injuries that we will inflict on him in the event that he doesn't give us the antidote

Be that as it may, we have to capture him alive!'

None of them wanted to bet with their lives, so they bet everything on that alternative, capture him, tie him up so he couldn't escape and force him to give them the antidote...

'We have to act fast'

The worst thing is that they didn't know how much time they had until the poison had an effect on them and if they even had time to do what they should do to stay alive or at least avenge his own death

"HIAHIAHIAHIAHIAHIA!!!"

And Fred knew this very well...

He knew perfectly well what they were thinking since himself had oriented their thoughts in that direction from the beginning! And the best thing is that hadn't yet finished with the mental games…

"Do you want the antidote?

I wonder where could it be..." Said Fred without stopping to smile grimly as he showed the two pirates the contents inside his jacket, especially the multiple colored plastic tubes that hung from it. "Maybe is this one? Or is this other? Or maybe is another one? Or maybe it's neither of these?

I am immune to my poisons, so I may have left it at home, I am very bird-brained even if you don't believe it

MUA HAHAHAHA!"

His plan M was going perfectly until now...

From the beginning, Fred foresaw that the most powerful pirates would be able to resist the poison better than the others, especially if they began to eat and drink later.

Fred thought that in the event that something like this happened he could use the four scum to stab their superiors with a poisoned knife and thus remove them from the middle, but he dismissed it because it had a high chance of failing due to how weak and stupid they're even using Pact Magic

That's why he ordered them instead to get all the girls out of there to prevent them from becoming hostages!

Sooner or later the poison would take effect and the only hope that Smith and John had to [survive] was for Fred to confess, something that he wasn't going to do in any way.

"Son of a bitch!" Smith and John shouted at the same time, seeing that their precarious situation could even get worse if what Fred said was true.

Despite being outnumbered and bing weaker than any of his enemies, Fred was in control of the situation!

There was less and less difference between the pirates in front of him and the boar he guided into a hole, made to fall into it and calmly killed when he was left with no escape

Now he just needed them to definitely fall into one of the holes he was leading them to.

"Shall we start the chase fucking boars?"

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