96 It's just business! (part 2)

Almost at the same time that chaos took over the square, inside the Slowagon company

Fred and Stephen met with the family friend who introduced them to the Slowagon company since they were little, Percy Slowagon, the dude who always bought and sold things for them one day of every month in Narhad. And at his side was his father, President Robet Slowagon, also a good friend with whom they had been able to collaborate directly for years and with whom they had to close their new business agreement.

A business agreement that was quite easy to reach, but not only due to the friendship and previous agreements that had united them for years. The points that the contract should have were almost all agreed weeks before in Percy's last visit to Narhad, everyone won in this agreement and Fred's Pact Magic gave extra security that everyone would fulfil their part

In short, most of the time they had been chatting, eating, drinking and laughing, even in the most important moment of the meeting.

"And with these signatures we have already formalized our new relationship" Said President Robet Slowagon, visibly happy after having signed the last document. "It's a shame that in a few days we'll no longer be able to distribute and sell your products personally in Ballywood...

Even so, I'm glad to see that you're finally starting to take your role as an entrepreneur seriously, President Fred.

But above all I'm glad that you still trust our humble company to distribute your products throughout West Blue."

"You have reasonable prices, your professionalism is impeccable and we're united by friendship

Obviously we would continue to trust you" Said Fred while doing the classic handshake with his partners after closing the agreement "In fact, we'll have the opportunity to collaborate in more ways in the future, but we'll have time to talk about that in some months.

Officially we're not here to establish our headquarters, we're just doing tourism…"

"Hahaha... yes, we'll remember it in case someone asks us, but I hope you make it official as soon as possible

I think I speak in everyone's name, but we feel safer knowing that you'll be constantly in this country" Percy said very happy, relieved, nostalgic and even sentimental "Snif... it seems like was yesterday when you were shorter than me and came to me to buy and sell a lot of weird things on my boat

Sniff...

And look at you now!

Sniff…"

A nostalgia and sentimentality that spread like wildfire in that meeting room and ended up exploding in a waterfall of tears among the most sensitive beings who were gathered there.

But Fred wasn't one of them…

"Hahahaha

Thank you for the compliment and for the tears of nostalgia" Fred said as he handed out tissues with his long, stretchy hair to the two crybabies in the room. "But I'm sure not everyone is so happy about our presence.

Right Stephen"

"Sniff… sniff…

Just as she suspected, there were people following us!" Stephen said as he quickly wiped away his tears to clearly see the live broadcast through his smartmuchi. "And they were planning to kidnap Perona-chan."

Outside this room, following Fred's orders, Hawky was still watching Perona and David through the huge video camera at the other side of his window-eyes. From beginning to end he was able to record how Perona and David spent money uncontrollably and also confirmed Stephen's suspicions.

Before reaching the shopping district, Stephen's sniper and metal detector senses detected that some suspicious people were following them and that there were also suspicious people waiting for them in the first place.

If it hadn't been for the fact that Fred seemed to know what he was doing, he would have been against leaving his inexperienced companions alone and wouldn't have agreed to simply watch them through their invention.

But now, seeing them surrounded, Stephen regretted having listened to his brother, whose face was little by little mutating into his classic expression of a manipulative villain...

"Evidently they were planning to do that!

Days before the annual meeting of the five mafia families Frederick Freed and Stephen Steel arrive in Ballywood with a girl who seems perfectly normal.

They walked with her all day and at certain point they left her alone with an unknown unarmed guy.

I have practically provoked them to act and I have even given them time to make a plan." Fred said as he took out his own smartmushi see the show without Stephen's help. "They have felt threatened by our presence here and since they know that they cannot do anything against us without paying a brutal cost they have tried to kidnap our Perona to blackmail me.

BUT THAT WAS ALL PART OF MY PLAN!

MUA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

A plan to use Perona as bait that Stephen knew nothing about, although at one point he had started to have suspicions... but until now he wanted to think it was just his imagination.

"I suspected it…

This is why you haven't disguised yourself, we haven't travelled efficiently inside Hawky between trade and trade, we haven't come here from the beginning even though we were closer and you have told Perona to pretend to walk while she was in her astral form!" Stephen shouted, exploding in fury as he wielded his large hammer. "If it weren't for the fact that they physically can't do anything to her by being inside Hawky, I'd beat you up for putting her in danger!"

"And I also gave them a lot of money to give the kidnappers more incentives in case following orders from their bosses wasn't enough motivation.

But it seems like they won't be able to get a bonus, those kids waste money in record time!

Mua hahahahaha!!" Fred shouted evilly incessantly, only stopping when he saw the shadow of Stephen's hammer too close to his cliché villain face "Come on, come on...

Put down that hammer, big guy...

I needed to create an opportunity for David to shine in combat and...

AND...

MUAHAHA MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

You'll see soon..."

It was certainly impressive and terrific how many extremely manipulative evil plans that usually resulted in success could fit into the head of the 15 year old boy in front of them.

Normally this interaction would have created some rejection in his usual partners and some interest in knowing what its continuation will be, but...

"Wow!"

The compact, elegant, multipurpose and practical kind of den den mushi with no visible snail through which they were watching the start of a battle a few meters away, was much more interesting than the curiosity that this evil plan aroused in them.

"Incredible…

You have to put this new kind of Den Den Mushi on sale" Exclaimed the two Slowagon's, who stood next to Fred and Stephen to watch the video while they wiped off their own drool. "It will be a global success, I can guarantee it!

It will be sold in all seas with great ease!"

"I know, but it's not time yet" Fred said as he moved into a better position to watch the video together. "But when the time comes, you'll be among the first to know.

And profit from them!

MUA HAHAHAHA"

An evil laugh that quickly spread among all the businessmen in that room

"MUA HAHAHAHAHA!"

"MUA HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

"MUA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

All except one...

"Guys... more seriousness, please..." Protested Stephen, who would have already gone out to the streets to help if it weren't for Fred's Pact Magic. "Our comrades are fighting to the death out there!"

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A big commotion happened in the main square of the Ballywood shopping district.

Dozens of heavily armed men invaded the center of the square and cornered two young people who seemed to be compulsively shopping in complete tranquillity.

Seeing the danger most civilians… and even non-civilians… ran for their lives fleeing from the now dangerous commercial district.

Only those who had taken refuge inside the stores, entered their own nearby houses or who couldn't run because their legs were numb from waiting for their wife to finish shopping were able to have the opportunity to become spectators of this great event

An incident that began when that small army of masked kidnappers cut off all exit routes for David.

And now they were advancing intimidatingly with their weapons ready towards that unarmed young man and his immaterial companion.

"Don't worry, young man..." Said kindly the kidnapper closest to David . "We don't want to kill you."

But that was just a trap!

"WE JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU HALF DEAD!!"

Behind David a man accelerated dangerously towards him wielding a sword with the firm intention of injuring his back and thus leaving him out of combat.

FIU!

What that idiot who exposed his position and intentions with that unnecessary shout didn't take into account is that the young man he intended to attack carried more than two decades of combat experience on his back, so he was able to react perfectly, turn in record time and…

POM!

Deliver a powerful punch to his enemy before he could even react!

A powerful punch that sent his corpse flying at such speed that disappeared from everyone's sight!

"Eh?"

What the kidnappers, the few spectators of that battle, the guy abandoned by his wife who couldn't move his legs didn't know and that David almost forgot...

"Ups…"

What they didn't know and someone forgot is that this wasn't just any punch, was a punch that contained all the power of a powerful giant of almost sixty meters. Such enormous power that sent that guy flying towards the sea several kilometres from the island, although his companions and public hadn't noticed such incredible feat.

They just saw him disappear!

"Where's Mormon?"

"Don't know! But don't stand still!

Charge!!"

Without thinking that David may have killed his companion accidentally, some of those who were idiotic enough not to wonder what had happened charged at their enemy in the same way, without any plan!

Unlike David...

'This time I won't hit so hard' David thought, who decided to change his strategy against such fragile enemies 'Or else there will be no bad guys for sempai to interrogate'

Instead of hitting with all his strength as before, this time David only put his arm and fist in the same direction as his assailant, and without making any kind of physical effort.

POOOMMM!!!

His fist suddenly grew larger!

It grew so big and so fast that completely hit his target and some of his companions around him, who died almost instantly with their organs burst, as if they had been hit by a truck at full speed.

"Uppps…" David said in amazement and concern as he accidentally killed villains once again. "When I practiced the [Mini Release: Gigant Jab] with Fred and Stephen it didn't seem so dangerous… and I had restrained myself now…"

On board the Underworld, specifically on its deck, during the days of travel David was training in the use of his Mini Mini No Mi to get all the potential out of his new power. David had a very simple power, but in his simplicity was his strength... or so Fred demonstrated with a simple question that now resonated in David's mind in flashback mode.

"For now we know that the Mini Mini No Mi allows its user to modify the size of their body or body parts between their minimum and maximum size, but…

Can the speed at which that size is modified be improved?"

With that question in mind David practiced for days until he was able to proudly develop his first effective Akuma No Mi combat technique.

Mini Release: Gigant Jab

A simple technique that, without any additional movement or effort, made his 28-meter, twenty-ton fist reach the acceleration of a powerful bullet at the precise moment of leaving the muzzle of it's gun in a simple instant.

A humongous mass accelerating at 1.800 m/s capable of destroying practically anything in its path!

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!"

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIS FIST!?"

Panic was about to spread among the kidnappers, who began to understand that David wasn't the easy prey they had imagined.

But before they took any intelligent action against their enemy, David proceeded with his next attack.

¡Mini Gigant Cyclone!

Without minimizing the size of his gigantic hand and arm, David made several rapid turns around himself, thus sending all the kidnappers who had surrounded him within his reach flying without even giving them time to scream before perishing or becoming completely incapacitated.

The only ones lucky enough to escape that cruel fate were those cowardly enough to keep a safe distance.

"SHOT SHOOT!!!"

"FORGET ABOUT THE KIDNAPPING! YOU HAVE TO KILL THEM!!!

"DON'T GO NEAR THEM!!! THEY'RE MONSTERS!!!"

"DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

The experienced gunmen aimed at David with precision, making sure to hit him with each and every bullet in their magazines, unlike other filler villains from other films and series that are unable to hit an elephant from a foot away.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

However, fate was capricious with these filler villains too...

Plinck!

None of those hundreds of bullets fired from all angles and directions were able to hit their target.

"Where has he gone?"

"Has he disappeared?"

David disappeared from their field of vision but from the square. He simply shrank at dizzying speed until he reached 5 millimetres in order to evade all the bullets and also the tracking of his enemies. But especially from one specific enemy, who didn't even realize he was sitting on top of his cowboy hat right now.

'Although I'm strong and resistant, my skin is not made of iron and those bullets can still do some damage to me' David thought as he sat comfortably on the top of the hat, holding back the urge to laugh when he saw the kidnappers looking for him despite being so close.' Until I have armor I'll have to fight more cautiously against these weapon...'

Although David retained his same giant strength regardless of the size to which he shrank, his weight was reduced in the same proportion. Thanks to this convenience David was able to walk in his 5 millimeter size without destroying everything he stepped on by not having his actual 100 tons compressed to the size of an ant... or worse, killing anyone he stepped on, like the guy who was serving as his seat until he rethought his strategy.

(Author's message: Antman is fucking inconsistent in this section)

'I think I know how to do it, but...' David thought very deeply in the classic thinker's posture as he began to find sad that they hadn't found him at this point 'The question is…

What shall I call this technique?'

But while Stephen continued to debate with himself about the name of his new and amazing technique, the search continued.

"Your girl!" The kidnappers shouted at Perona after not being successful in their search "Where's your friend?"

"Say it!

Or else the consequences will be catastrophic" The most idiotic ones shouted as they pointed their weapons at her "We're not kidding, we'll shoot you!"

"Oh noooo…" Perona answered with bloody irony "I'm dying of fear…

Horo-horo-horo!"

A fruitless and ridiculous search that ended just when...

POOMM!!!

Without warning and without knowing how one of the masked kidnappers was thrown into the air at high speed

POOOMM!!!

And instantly that happened with another

POOOMMM!!!

And other...

POOOMM!!!

And other...

POOOMM!!!

AND OTHER!

POOOMM!!!

ALL THE KIDNAPPERS WERE THROWN OUT TO ALL PLACES IN AN INEXPLICABLE WAY!

The only thing they understood about that situation was that after one of their companions flew, the next victim was always the one closest to the previous one.

"RUN! STAY AWAY FROM...!"

POOMM!!

"Tell my mother that..!"

POOMM!!

Chaos began to spread among the gangsters who distanced themselves from their colleagues as if they were carriers of an infectious disease.

POOOMMM!!!

But didn't matter how many meters they distanced themselves from each other!

POOOMMM!!!

No one was safe from David's [Mini Mini Living Bullet]!

'HUA-HUA-HUA! THIS TECHNIQUE IS GREAT 'David thought, elated with his new invention 'THIS IS SO FUNNY'

Compressed to his minimum size, David simply pushed himself with all his gigantic strength over the body of one enemy to reach another. With the great strength of David's legs the living platform on which he propelled himself was inevitably thrown anywhere with the impact, but David focused the direction of his momentum perfectly, specifically on the closest villain.

POOMMM!

After landing with his legs on the chest of his next victim in record time, David propelled himself off again, once again leaving his living platform KO and out of the square while he flew towards his next victim.

POOMMM!

OVER AND OVER AGAIN!

"This is… ABSURD!!!"

Everything was happening very quickly and none of the kidnappers understood how they were being destroyed. And obviously in the face of so much confusion, fear and helplessness, the panic spread until it reached critical mass.

"Keeping distance is not enough!

WE HAVE TO RUN FROM HERE!!"

"FORGET ABOUT THE MISSION!

RUN!!"

The few who hadn't yet succumbed to that invisible deadly blow didn't want to be next, so they ran in all directions to avoid a brutal and incomprehensible death, but…

"I don't deserve to be considered human"

"I'm incapable of stealing candy from a child."

As soon as they had the will to flee, they all fell to their knees on the ground completely depressed, but at least alive.

"Where do you think you're going?" Peron said as she immobilized her prey by perpetually piercing them with Negative Hollows. "My boss hasn't interrogated people in a while."

I'm sure he'll be happy to practice with you

"Horo-Horo-Horo!"

POOOM!

POOOM!!

And…

POOM!!

Finally, after a few very frantic seconds in which dozens of people were sent flying through the air, falling into the sea, being crushed on the ground or being embedded in a building, the almost involuntary killing machine stopped he spree when he ran out of springboards to kill, therefore returning to his previous "normal" size

"How did I do?" David asked his partner, proud of the results of his first real battle against people "I've been incredible, haven't I?"

"Yes, you have been as mortal as your Fred-sempai, maybe even more so" Perona congratulated her partner before pointing out a certain setback. "But, I think you have caused more collateral damage than him…"

Although many of the kidnappers after being hit by David ended up falling into the sea to be eaten by fish, not all of them were lucky enough to contribute to the marine ecosystem. Many others, or at least their crushed corpses, fell somewhere in the square, becoming horrendous pieces of contemporary art stamped on the walls, ceilings, destroyed floors or nearby and not so nearby streetlights.

Gravel, splinters, blood and organs scattered everywhere in what was an elegant, recently repaired and presentable square with barely a paper on the ground

"Fu...fuck!" David shouted, almost suffering an anxiety attack when he realized what he had just done. "I think… cleaning and repairing all of this will be… very expensive.

Oh… my… gods… what have I done…"

"Yes… but our boss is rich, surely he can afford it.

But you should show more restraint when using your powers, like me" Said Perona, as she puff out her hypothetical chest "Look at your Perona-sempai!

I beat people without causing collateral damage and I don't even hurt them like others!

Horo-Horo-Horo!"

But no matter how much destruction and minced meat they had spread throughout the commercial district. Those two nice unarmed teenagers who had spent a lot of money in practically every store had managed to defeat this squad of armed bad guys without any innocent being hurt in the process.

More than enough qualities to make you a mass idol in Ballywood!

"Incredible!"

"You're very strong for being so young."

"YES! Like certain someone!"

"You defeated all these thugs without suffering a single injury."

It's a miracle!"

"Can someone help me up or at least look for my wife?

Seriously, I can't feel my legs!"

"Hi guys!

Do you have time for an interview?"

Seeing that the danger had passed, the cowardly and weak average Ballywood average citizens addicted to fawning over people cooler than them came out of the stores where they were hiding and began to cheer for those great little heroes who defeated the bad guys.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Said the tsundere Perona, who began to suffer from the typical diva complex after receiving so much attention even though she tried to feign humility "We have only done what any strong and good person would have done

We don't need you to thank us!

Horo-Horo-Horo!"

"So... you're not angry about the destruction?" David sighed, relieved to see the happy reactions of the people whose workplace had been destroyed and dirty because of him. "Ugh... thank goodness... I thought they would want to kill me."

Everything seemed to have gone well!

"Stop there you two! Bollywood Police!

"You're under arrest!"

Too well…

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