Chapter 11: Dot
A cloaked masked man can be seen looking at a marine ship docked close to the Cocoyashi village.
The man wore a red mask with a black dot in the middle. It had no holes. The eye parts were covered with red cloth as well. It made everything have a red tint. The rest was something like ceramic. It was indeed a bit shiny.
The rest of the man's clothes were also in a similar theme. The cloak was red. The boots and pants were dirty black. But the leather jacket he was wearing was red.
Blood red.
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Captain Nezumi can be seen inside the Marine ship counting the treasures he stole from Nami.
"He he he. This was a great haul." Nezumi laughed as he handled all the beautiful treasures.
"Sir, what are we going to do anything about the Arlong situation? Our informants say that they are going to have a clash with the newcomer kids. His name is Monkey D Luffy and he is also a pirate." An officer next to Nezumi said.
"We can't afford to have this leak out that we facilitated and worked with Arlong for this long. That straw hat...
Hmm....
If he wins, he will be branded as a criminal, making it look like he was the main criminal who did the things and fewer people will notice our involvement.", Nezumi pondered.
"Brilliant idea Sir! But if he does not win, do we need to step up? Arlong has been growing more and more uncontrollable." Nezumi's right-hand man wondered.
"No need. We can't defeat Arlong if he is not beaten. Even if he is weakened, it's not possible. Well, it does not matter.
As long as we just keep getting money from these idiots, they can do whatever they please. There's only so much they can do. But if they make too much of a mess, we can just call headquarters. It's not our job to protect these peasants." Nezumi said in a happy mood.
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"Not your job huh...."
Suddenly Nezumi heard an ominous voice from right above him.
And there he was standing on the mast, a man in a black cloak, wearing a white mask with a large red dot in the middle.
And seeing that man, Nezumi felt a sudden chill creep up on him.
"Wh..Who are you?", Nezumi asked.
"Me? Call me Red Dot."
Saying that, the man with the mask dropped on the deck instantly cutting down and killing two men.
"Ahhhhh!!"
one yelled before he died. The other man didn't have that chance as he died instantly.
"Why are you killing people?" Nezumi yelled as he ran back.
The men were in disarray and not prepared for this sudden assault.
"No need to talk for now. This is your punishment." The masked man said as he kept killing more and more.
But, suddenly there was a gunshot that pierced right through the man's head, and his mask.
The masked man dropped down on the floor.
"What? Is he dead?" Nezumi exclaimed.
The men were also stunned. This man was killing people left and right yet was killed with only one gunshot.
In just one moment that man managed to kill 7 marines, generating great fear and surprise among the Marines.
"He's dead, right? Someone, poke him! Also, who shot the bullet?" Nezumi was stunned by the development.
"It was me, sir!" One gunner raised his hand.
"Good job. Now, someone check his identity, we need to see who this abominable murderer was. Hmph! how dare he kill so many marines! His entire family will be executed!"
And that's when the body broke down into tiny feathers.
"Interesting. So that's what happens." A chilling voice suddenly said from behind Nezumi.
And before he could turn back, there were more. There were 12 more masked people that surrounded them all.
"Sigh, there is no escape. give up and surrender." The man said to Nezumi again.
"What...Who are you people? Why are you targeting the Marines? Not even the revolutionaries target the Marines.....Who are you?"
Nezumi just kept on stammering and asking the same question.
"Hmm, you don't need to know..... unfortunately dead men tell no tales."
And before Nezumi could react, his head was lopped off.
And no matter how the rest of the marines reacted or tried to fend these people off, they kept being killed one after the other.
Only two people were allowed to live. One was a new cadet and the other was a woman that was found in the captain's cabin.
"Leave. I'll be taking this ship for now. Also, if they ask you who did this, tell them that it was done by the 'Red Dot'. Don't forget to tell them everything. Including the things that Nezumi had been doing. If I hear that you spared anything about the things that Nezumi had been doing.....
I'll find you.
Remember that."
After saying that the 12 men wearing the red dot masks, readied the ship and left off for who knows where.
back on the beach, a woman and a man can be seen shaking in fear praying to god.
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Back in Cocoyashi village. the fight was coming to an end.
The stragglers that managed to not get beaten up were beaten up by Harry while Sanji was beating up the fishman that used fishman karate.
"Hmm, what's taking Luffy so long? Shouldn't he be done already?" Harry said looking towards the Arlong Park building where Arlong and Luffy were having their final bout.
'Anytime now..'
And that was when everyone heard the shout that they didn't know they had been waiting to hear.
"GOMU GOMU NO...AXE!!"
And then they all saw it, a leg that was bigger than the building stretching towards the sky only to fall and destroy all in its path.
And then there was nothing more. The entire building was destroyed.
Nami yelled out in fear that Luffy might've been killed, "LUFFYYYYY!!"
But then Luffy came out of the rubble and yelled, "NAMI!"
And everyone got quiet. Waiting to hear what he had to say.
"YOU ARE MY CREWMATE, GOT IT!?"
And with a tear in her eye, Nami replied, "Got it!"
And then the celebration began.
The people of Cocoyashi village were finally free. And so a banquet began. But this time, the corrupt Captain, Nezumi was nowhere to be seen. But Nami did find all her money in her house.
Nami figured that they must've realized that the crew was not to be trifled with and that they just quietly returned the money.
Well, she had other better things to think about.
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After the banquet was over, Harry can be seen talking with Sanji in a corner,
"Hey, I don't think we had the time and chance to get acquainted. My name is Harry."
"Yeah. My name is Sanji and I'm the cook."
"That I did pick up on. Luffy picked you up from Baratie huh."
"Yeah, he did. What about you? Where did he pick you up from?", Sanji asked.
"From a random island, I was shipwrecked in. It was a good time that he came in. I would've probably made a raft and left there a couple of months later. I wasn't alone. There was Gaimon there too. He was good company. He saved my life. Couldn't get him to come with me though. He loved that island and everything in it." Harry said wistfully.
"So, even though Luffy asked, I didn't join him immediately. I've been observing the team for a while. Not in Baratie though. I wasn't there." Harry ended.
"I've gotta ask by the way, why are you wearing the mask? Any special reason?" Sanji asked.
"Hmm, not really. My face is extremely disfigured. So, anyone who sees it, calls me a demon and gets super scared." Harry replied.
"What? ha ha ha. No way. It can't be that bad."
And in response, Harry took off his mask.
"Heuk! That is horrible. What happened!!" Sanji couldn't help but respond.