A power in the shadows does not sleep
[Chapter 2: A power in the shadows does not sleep]
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"BUAHAHA! Today is such good night guys! Let's drink until we get drunk!" An enormous man with a large beard and an Afro started laughing while making ruckus inside a bar along with what seemed to be his tripulation.
""UOOOOOOOOH!!"" The men screamed in delight at the words of the man.
"E-excuse me sir..." A sudden voice came from the side of the enormous man.
"Huh? What do you want?" He asked with visible irritation in his eyes.
"Do you... have the money to pay for all your companions?" A skinny old man with a short beard approached slowly to the enormous man with a trace of fear in his eyes.
"Huuuuh?! What do you mean...?!" The enormous man raised his voice in anger, and scared the poor old man that seemed to be the owner of the bar before adding with a mocking tone "You are the one that is inviting this drink to us... Right?"
"Bu-"
*Shiiiiing* A long sword suddenly stopped next to the neck of the old man, letting out a bit of blood and scaring him instantly.
"Right?"
"Y-yes sir, I'm the one inviting you all..."
"Exactly what I wanted to hear, now... how about you "invite" us your daughter and your wife that are hiding over there" The enormous man pointed over to a door at the corner of the room while licking his lips lecherously.
"N-no, please sir I beg you, leave them alone!"
A group of men soon approached the door and opened it abruptly.
""Kyaaaaaaaah!""
"Iyaaaaah! They are such beauties! Thank you for inviting us old man" One of the men said before trying to pull his pants down.
"NO! DON'T TOUCH THEM!" The old man got infuriated and attacked the aggressor with a bottle right in the head.
*CRASH!!*
"JOHNNY! HOW DARE YOU OLD MAN!!" The other thugs soon noticed their partner in the floor with his head covered in blood, and became enraged at the actions of the old man.
The enormous man suddenly stood up and grabbed the neck of the old man before he could notice.
"Honey!" "Dad!" Both daughter and wife screamed in worry after seeing the old man being strangled by the Enormous man.
"Hooh~ You actually dare to touch one of my men?! You have quite the guts to touch one of my subordinates"
"Let- Let go- of me-"
"Do you know who I am?! I'm the great Afro Jackson from the Afro pirates. With a bounty of over 4 million bellies!"
"I can't- breath-"
"And you won't breathe never again old man, you should have just let my men to have fun with your daughter and wife" Afro Jackson said before tightening his grip around the neck of the old man.
"Mo-ther fu-cker..." Were the last words of the old man before losing consciousness.
"BOOOOM!!!"
Suddenly the door of the place was blown apart and a small figure covered in black clothes entered the bar while holding a sword in his hand.
"HYAHA~! BRING OUT ALL YOUR MONEY AND VALUABLES RIGHT NOW!!"
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-Sid POV
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"HYAHA~! BRING OUT ALL YOUR MONEY AND VALUABLES RIGHT NOW!!" I screamed in delight after hearing the great bounty that Afro motherfucker had for his head.
"W-who the hell is this kid?! Get out of here before we- GAAAH!!" The man could finish his sentence as he was cut apart by my sword instantly after I pounced on them.
"ORAAA! I SAID TO BRING OUT ALL YOUR MONEY!"
"What the heck is wrong with this kid?! Oi, Don't space over, stop him!"
"Don't get cocky- GAAAAH!"
"You- AAAARGHHH!!!"
"Retreat!!"
"ENOUGH!" The voice of Afro jackson sounded through the whole bar.
"You kid... I'm going to crush you until you turn into nothing more than a meat paste!"
"I want to see you try dumbass~!"
Finally, someone strong to fight! Let's see how far has my own swordsmanship style reached against an experienced swordsman.
*Swing!*
*Clank!*
*Kashiiiiiin!*
As the sparks flew away after each time we clashed swords, the face of Afro Jackson soon started getting covered in sweat.
'Hmm... He is good, however, his style is still not a refined swordsmanship, as it's only covered the basics of swinging, parrying, and stabbing. I guess my sword style is enough to deal with guys like these. Though I'm still not sure If I could be able to defeat someone that knows true swordsmanship...'
"You're good with the sword brat, however, let's see if you can clash against this- AFRO THUNDER!!" Jackson said before his muscles bulged and increased in size while swinging his sword down in order to cut me in half.
Yare yare, such a crude attack. You're all open for me to attack...
*CRASH!!*
I moved rapidly right in front of him, completely avoiding his attack that crushed the floor in which I was standing a second ago, and swung my sword right at his treasured place between his legs.
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Sorry about that. However, that's the fastest way to end this. I already measured my own strength compared to you, so I don't really need to fight you anymore.
At least these two years have not been for nothing. Watching and observing Ryan practicing swordsmanship along with his teacher to join the marines was enough for me to understand and learn swordsmanship to this level. Though developing my own swordsmanship style and improving it was the tough part, I still managed to do it.
"T-the boss has been defeated?!!"
"Retreat!!!"
Oops, I can't get distracted now, no one shall escape this place tonight.
"Gyaaaaaah, stop! I'll be good from now on!!!"
"No can do"
"Leave me alone please!! AAAAARGH!!!"
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As I finished hunting down the remaining pirates, I then took the body of Afro Jackson towards the marine headquarters and changed my appearance to that of your average mob bounty hunter. Average muscles on my body and brown hair. Nothing too incredible aside from the fact that I also created a few wounds on my body, so that they believe that it was actually hard catching this guy.
The daughter and wife of that poor old man thanked me deeply after I took care of the pirates, and promised to not tell anyone of my appearance after I told them not to.
Well, nothing really stops them from telling everyone how I looked like. But what they didn't actually know was that the face they saw was NOT my real face!
I also wore a mask just in case, but nevertheless they won't be able to tell anyone my real appearance anyways.
"Stop right there!"
As I finally arrived to the marine headquarters, two marine soldiers came to me after seeing me carrying the corpse of Jackson.
"Hey, there's a bounty for this guy here right?"
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*Knock*
*Knock*
*Knock*
"Sid, are you there?
As I entered my room using the window, mom started knocking the door and calling me.
"Yes! I'm opening right now!"
I quickly changed my clothes to my pajama and opened the door
*Click*
"What's up mom"
"Humph! Don't "what's up" me Sid, you should know very well that today we were gonna visit our neighbors, yet you took so much time to open the door!"
"Ugh... But mom why do I have to go...?"
"Don't ugh me Brat, you are already a 4 years old and you don't talk with any other kid besides your brother! You need to improve your social skills or else you will be a loner! Besides... I've heard that the son of my friend Kathy is very friendly and kind to everyone, so maybe he will become your friend."
Hoh~? That kid sounds like a protagonist candidate... Maybe this is an opportunity for me to improve my Mob-Fu techniques?
"Fine" I pouted while looking sightly annoyed. Luckily, my grumpy expression made her think that it was just my natural expression.
Maybe having a grumpy face is not that bad after all?
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