16 Chapter 16 Misfortune

South Blue.

"Swish!

The vast blue sky and vast blue sea were facing each other, with a huge shining ball of fire in the middle. The wind blew, rustling the waves high and bringing the salty smell of the sea.

There was a lot of greenery, tall trees, and absolute silence on the island.

The grass and trees were all gone from a 100-meter radius in the island's center, leaving a clear area where a wooden hut had been constructed.

"Splash!"

"Aghh..." where?"

The brown-haired child was lying by the wall when a bucket of cold water was poured on him. The child had a vertical slash mark on his right closed eye, and the water immediately roused him to consciousness. He looked around while groaning in pain, covering his right eye.

"Huh…This…" But just as the child was writhing in agony, his one and only eye landed on the grey shackles around his wrists. The pain vanished, and was replaced by clarity as the child remembered everything that had happened earlier.

"Sigh..." so...unlucky..."

Everything gradually became clearer, Rox spotting a burly bald figure before looking at him with a grin, Rox sighing with a helpless look. His journey of revenge was over before it even started.

He wasn't given a system like cheat; rather, he was given some memories to draw strength from. It was impossible for him to grow strong enough to kill someone worth 800,000,000 berries in just six months, especially since he is only 10 years old and a child, whose body is still developing.

Even if he had spent two or three years training, Rox was confident that the outcome would not have been significantly different from what had just occurred—anger turning into helplessness and sighing in the end.

"Haha…I can bet what are you thinking! *If I had ten or more years to grow, I would have definitely defeated him" something like this, frustrating right?"

Said Boris laughing loudly, his amused eyes stuck at Rox who was sighing, his ring and thumb finger rubbing his chin, the usual golden axe on his shoulder, placed at the corner, along with two swords.

"How do you know my name?" Asked Rox calmly, not getting angry at Boris's words, he was defeated thoroughly, cursing and showing anger, would only make him look like a fool, rather then that he was curious how Boris knew his name.

Only his mother and Uncle Ralph knew his full name, the name with a D in it, how could Boris know.

"Oh~ quite calm we are" Mused Boris, raising his eyebrows in surprise, as he was expecting a frustrated response from Rox.

Thud…

Gudong!

"So how do I know your name?" But Boris didn't care much and picking a wine bottle on the side, he sat before Rox who lay by the wall, after pouring around half a bottle inside, he spoke, in a rather low voice, his eyes down, no one able to say what he had in his eyes.

"Haha…that night there was this woman looking around madly for her child, that despairing look on her face at the end…tsk…tsk…"

But Boris didn't keep his down for much longer, as with a grin on his face, he began to talk, a cruel and amused look in his eyes that gazed at Rox.

Kach…

Rox stayed silent at his words, but his red eyes stared at him, hands clenched into fists, making cracking sounds, it seemed like he could lung at Boris any moment.

"Ha.."

But he found his body not being able to move much, feeling weak, heaving a big breath.

"Finally angry huh…but then again you shouldn't worry how I know you name; you should worry about what I'm going to do with you!!"

"Gudong!"

Said Boris nonchalantly, pouring another mouthful down after speaking, his tone vicious.

...…..

"Ha…just kill me…you were stronger…I was weak…I lost…that's it." The anger in Rox's eyes subsided at his words, as after staying silent for a while, he spoke in a calm tone, though some regret in his eyes.

He had already died once, then in his memory of Ryuma, he saw him dying to a disease, it was nearly a real experience, he didn't fear death much now, the only regret was that he couldn't even take revenge for his mother.

"Kill you? Haha…what are you talking about? Do you think I kept you alive all this time just to have a talk with you…"

"Huh"

Rox scowled at the situation, while Boris laughed as if he had just heard the biggest joke of his life.

"Someone with Haoshoku, isn't it a bit too wasteful to kill? You should know that Celestial Dragons have issued a reward for you, a full 1 billion berries to catch and send you to them alive. "

"And by giving you to them, I might be able to get my bounty cancelled, since they have the authority to do so, hehe...Tell me, why would I kill you if I could benefit so much from keeping you alive?

The enormous amount of impending berries seemed to have sent Boris to heaven in joy, as he questioned loudly, laughing, and flailing his arms in an haughty manner.

"You!! I'd rather feed myself to crows than become a toy for those pigs, you hear that? This is the last insult you can throw at me."

Rox's face finally changed, as with his face blood red from anger he spoke out, exhausting his lungs, a red aura appearing around him, his only eye gleaming red.

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