66 Short break (Part 1)
After doing all the paperwork in the office of Lieutenant Commander Lex and negotiating with the now a little calmer Captain Zola about the bank transfer of all the millions they owed him... after subtracting the taxes... Fred went to his friend Lex's house to get some rest.
And now, after a shower, a few hours of well-deserved sleep, helping out a little at his foster home and doing his obligatory dose of training, it was time for the family nightly barbecue... and entertaining one of his biggest fans.
"And there I was Clark!
Infiltrated inside the warehouse of the ship of those stupid pirates/traffickers of exotic animals, together with all the animals they stole from the Dacuza Zoo.
Evidently I was there to rescue the stolen, collect their ransom reward... and obviously also to torture/kill the pirates and collect their reward, as usual...
Something I could have easily done with a few sword swings, but as you know I like to be imaginative."
"Too imaginative, fortunately or unfortunately..." Both parents said in unison with some concern. Both had heard many of the tactics used by Fred so far and each one was more macabre than the last...
And Fred didn't want to disappoint his audience, especially the youth one, who looked at him with great admiration and anticipation "I usually drug pirates to kill or torture them while they are asleep or paralyzed, but this time I had a different idea...
I gave all the animals some of my masterpiece [Slow Down Super Aphrodisiac Mark 13] and while I waited for it to take effect I discreetly sprayed the pirate crew with my now obsolete [Anti-discrimination pheromones Mark 18] while they slept and…
I opened all the cages"
"Oh no..." The worried parents sighed as they intuit the worst
So worried that they decided to cover the innocent ears of their little offspring to prevent him from hearing the inappropriate story.
"Ppfff..."
However, that more than reasonable act wasn't enough to censor the controversial story
"Ha... pff... hahaha!!!"
Although Clark couldn't hear anything and didn't understand certain concepts due to his young age, the great expressiveness worthy of a silent film actor that Fred used to enhance his obscene gestures with his hands, fingers, arms and fists... extremely grotesque and expressive faces that showed the horror that the pirates experienced that night… and that he manipulated his own hair to represent that night as if it were a Chinese shadow show
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
The elementary school boy ended up crying with laughter without really knowing why, to the point that his parents gave up covering his ears.
"AND ALMOST EXPLODED!
MUAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Fred said, nearly finishing his disgusting tale of which was so proud. "Some pirates died during that looooong night of animal fun, like the one paired with the elephant... and the lion... and the tiger... and the bear...
The son of a bitch was very popular…"
"Poor animals..." Veronica said from the bottom of her heart as she filled her glass of wine to the top, just like her husband
"The fact is that I managed to capture the pirates with ease and return the animals to the Zoo in more than perfect condition and collect both rewards
BUT NOT ONLY THAT!
The Zoo owners were so impressed with the effects of my [Slow Down Super Aphrodisiac Mark 13] that they became my clients from then on" Said Fred before rehearsing one of his hypothetical future commercials "Four panda cubs and many wheelchair pirates confirm that my product is of great quality!
Don't hesitate to buy it!"
"Ha ha ha!" A new eccentricity that also amused Clark, that after wiping away his tears once again emphasized about one of his favorite topics "And thanks to that you get passes to the zoo for life."
"Which we'll use to go on your birthday if you're good..." Fred said as he looked for extra reasons to make that visit, reasons he quickly found "I've heard they have some new species, I'd like to see them so I can create them with my Life Life No My!"
"Maybe the world's best ability!
It was all delicious! And also free!" Said Veronia, extremely delighted with Fred's new powers "Before you go, could you fill the fridge for us, right?"
Fred's power allowed him to create living beings and also parts of living beings. Thanks to that power, he supplied all the meat they were eating at the barbecue, as well as all the vegetables they used to accompany the main dishes.
Top quality meat and vegetables at zero cost that everyone enjoyed very much, especially Verónica, who dreamed of having this power so as not to go shopping
"Of course! And not only that!
I'll spare you the trouble of taking out the garbage tonight!" Fred said with a big smile as he turned all the leftovers and dirt that were thrown into the garbage can into delicious fruits "Who wants dessert?"
"MEEEEEEEE!!!" The entire Lionel family yelled for more than obvious question.
At first they were a little apprehensive about eating the food that Fred created with his newly acquired ability, especially if it had originated from waste. However, after seeing Fred demonstrate in front of them that there were no problems and recognizing how absurdly practical this power is, the Lionel family abused this all-you-can-eat buffet along with Fred.
"So you're finally a Akuma No MI user...something that makes you even more dangerous than before..." Lex said slightly relieved "Fortunately it's not a destructive ability"
Being a Marine officer after many years, Lex knew the incredibly destructive potential of many Akuma No Mi and the damage and collateral damage they could cause in the wrong hands. Lex knew Fred and was confident...more or less...that he would be able to use highly destructive powers with responsibly, ven so he was very relieved to see that he had obtained a power as innocuous as this one
However, Fred had a slightly different opinion of his own power...
"It's very destructive if you use it correctly!
I can transform the ground under my feet to create hordes of beasts that attack my enemies from all sides and in all means
It's more elaborate and exhausting, but I can create traps by turning part of the ground under my feet into sharp bamboo poles, fire ants or snakes under a roof of roots hidden by the earth that give way when someone steps on them.
Also turn giant stones into small birds, make them fly above my enemies and... reverse the transformation to crush them!
Shoot someone and turn that bullet into a giant tree that flies hundreds of meters per second or transform a bullet if it gets stuck inside his body to rip him apart from the inside out!
Turning swords or poison into food or extremely small bugs and reverting them back to their normal state once the enemy has intentionally or unintentionally swallowed them!
Miniaturize bombs, cannons or weapons of mass destruction to the literal size of a grain of rice to always carry them with me and return them to their original state when are necessary!
Turn sand into extremely combustible oil, turn that oil into animals, send those animals out to kill my enemies and in the event they die revert their corpse back into oil to cause a huge fire!
AND THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG!
THIS ABILITY HAS MORE TO OFFER" Said Fred, explaining some destructive methods that he had already used and that came to his mind along with one of his usual craziness attack. "Muuuuuuch, much more...
MUA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
An explanation that caused quite different reactions among the Lionel family
"Cooool!" Clark exclaimed with eyes full of admiration.
"Fu..ck..
How could you turn an ability that until now seemed so wonderful to me into something so sinister?" Said Veronia, who after losing her appetite for more or less obvious reasons got up from the table to wash the dishes and cutlery.
"So...
Now you just have to turn the ground into an army of animals, wait until they massacre the pirates while you eat grapes, pick up their heads and come to our base to recieve money?" Lex asked with great envy and indignation realizing that the young millionaire in front of him would have an easier time becoming even richer from now on.
And what was worse... he would still be in charge of delivering those million sums to the boy who was laughing like a psychopath in front of him.
"MUA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Mostly, but no..." Fred said after finishing his half-imposed laugh to speak more soberly, very soberly "I won't opt for this method, in fact I think I'll try not to be so imaginative from now and fight in a slightly more traditional way...
Although it would be very difficult for me not to succumb to temptation"
An answer that startles Lex and Clark.
"Huh!? Why?"
A quite justifiable startle, since for years they had heard Fred criticize and even classify as idiots the pirates, marines and other bounty hunters who only used brute force to win their battles
Seeing how he changed his mind so radically left them very confused, but obviously Fred would try to get them out of that state
"I've suspected for a long time... but what I think I've recently corroborated thanks to that guy immune to poisons... is that to grow fast we need difficult fights that force us to exceed our physical and mental limits to win and thus polish our will
Something that can hardly be achieved by killing with poisons or other indirect but extremely effective, efficient, intelligent and imaginative tactics.
Tch..." Fred replied rather reluctantly
From a very young age, Fred had always criticized typical shōnen clichés that also existed in One Piece, such as obtaining a power-up in a life-or-death situation or becoming significantly stronger after defeating a powerful enemy without any training involved.
In fact, he kept doing it, but after living in one of those shōnen worlds he began to realize that these clichés were like physical laws that governed the world. He himself had experienced them several times so far, being the most impressive and conclusive of all a few days ago... and as a fervent believer in the scientific method, he couldn't ignore this reality.
'Fuck...
I have worked so hard to put my safety first and now...'
A reality that he didn't like at all since he would have to force himself... partly by his contract... to fight dangerous battles on many occasions. Dangerous battles that he could better control with less typical Shonen methods but at the cost but now giving up having power-ups like Luffy, Zoro and company...
"This...
Don't you think you're exaggerating?" Father and son asked with some concern as they saw how Fred looked up at the sky with tears in his eyes.
"Exaggerate?"
Look what I have managed to learn tonight when I was on the brink of death" Fred answered as he drew his sword, made a cut in the air with it and...
SLASH!!!
From the sword came a beam of slashing energy, splitting an apple orchard in front of him in two.
"WOOOO!!!" Clarck yelled as he looked at Fred with even more admiration than before.
"Awesome!" Lex yelled, also with admiration, but mostly with relief "I will no longer need to ask for favors to acquire the manual for you"
And while the Lionels were still baffled, Fred coldly sheathed his sword after proving his sad theory "Do you see what I was telling you?
If I want to get stronger quickly I'll have to lower my IQ drastically...
At least with enemies with a power slightly higher than mime... sometimes...
Not only have I learned how to use this ability, I also notice that I have become physically stronger… as if I had trained for moths, but in one night...
That's cheating…"
"Fred...
That's mom's favorite tree." Clark said, adding more concerns to his friend.
"Ups!"
Realizing that he had made a miscalculation Fred looked towards the kitchen to see if Veronica had noticed what had happened. After confirming that she hadn't realized his crime, Fred like lightning towards the fallen tree, used his power to turn it into a captus spike that instantly he drove into the severed log and...
Fliu!
In a few seconds that spike became the cut part of the tree again, as if it had never been cut in the first place
"Awesome...
But do you always have to nail something down before regenerating severed or amputated parts?
Or whatever that's considered" Lex asked who was very interested in this application of Fred's Life Life No Mi "It's painful?"
That's right..." Fred replied as he cut the branch of a tree with less sentimental value to show Lex the logic behind the application of this power "If I lost an arm and wanted to put on the new one without the puncture method, I would have to do it with a surgical procedure... or botanical... quite complicated, risky and expensive that consists of sewing flesh, bone and nerves that also entails a very long rehabilitation
However, with my nail method the organism assimilates that new part created in the same flesh fusing it quickly but painfully and also makes it easier for me to create an exact clone of the limb to be created for maximum compatibility...
It's almost like a transplant, the greater the compatibility the better, otherwise the body may reject my creation"
Lex was really impressed, not only by the powers of his fruit, but also by how Fred had managed to figure out these impressive and complex applications in such a short time. He wanted to ask how he discovered that his power had this ability, but after careful thought he chose not to…
Although he didn't specify much, Fred explained that he was forced to test his power on the fly in the middle of a battle against some pirates to discover good applications of his power... and Lex knew very well how his little friend uses to treat filler pirates he captures
That's why instead Lex opted for a somewhat more general and ambiguous question "Fred, how does your ability work?
There are limits, conditions, repercussions..."
"I still have to investigate, but when I have everything completely clear I will tell you
For now, think of me as a perfect provider of meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables" Fred replied, turning the branch in his hands into a tangerine, which he handed to Lex.
"Okay..." Replied Lex, who after accepting the dessert continued to ask him something he didn't understand "Changing the subject
Why have you revealed to the press that it was you who killed Damian/Lerna?
Aren't you afraid that that mysterious buyer will decide to come after you now?"
"There's not much point in hiding it..." Fred answered as he picked up the tangerine skin that Lex had dropped to turn it into an orange and start peeling it "If that guy is someone influential, he would have found out sooner or later that it was me who collected the reward and I'm not willing to give it up in exchange for covering my tracks
Were are talking about more than 300 millones berries!
By exposing it to the press I capitalize my success and show that I am not afraid of him, after all I have killed several crews in one night
At tomorrow's press conference I will try to show my teeth well to scare him, among many other things
And if that guy doesn't understand these warnings and comes to bother me I hope he's a strong guy, I need someone to help me awaken the Haki"
No matter what he heard Lex was still worried, however, he couldn't do anything to rectify what happened "Well... it's your life, I hope you know what you're doing"
And once the conversation between Lex and Fred ended, Clark, who had been politely waiting his turn all this time like a good boy, he was finally able to take over from his father
"This Fred-niichan…
I have thought...
If you can create trees and you're that fast...
Would it be possible for you to perform the famous Kawarimi no Jutsu?" Asked the young ninja fanatic
A question that perplexed Fred, who replied "This...
Damn!
YES I CAN!
Attack me! NOW!"
Following Fred's instructions, Clark charged at him with a flying kick.
FIU!
However, he only managed to kick an excessively well-cut small log that was right in Fred's old position. Something that made him scream and look at his childhood hero with even more admiration than before.
"WOOOOOOOOHHH SOOOO COOOOOL!!!"
¡FINALLY! He was seeing real ninjutsu, like the one he had seen in the comics! Probably the coolest moment of his entire life so far! And had been his idea!
"Do you have any other ideas?" Fred asked, ready to indulge the ninja fantasies of the boy he practically saw as a little brother "Today is your chance, I'm leavin tomorrow"
"Yeah! I have many!" Clark yelled before turning to his mother and father to beg, "Mom! Dad!
Can I stay up late today playing with Fred?
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!"
"Okay, one day is one day...
But don't make too much noise, even if that's impossible
And don't break anything! I'll keep an eye on you!" Answered Veronica, who returned from the kitchen without knowing what had happened to her tree
An answer that filled with joy the happy boy who didn't want to sleep that night "GREAT!
COME ON FRED!
First of all, let's practice the jutsu to run over the walls!"
In this way, the two minors laughingly began a brainstorming session and a long testing session to find ninja applications for Life Life No Mi while the two adults watched that event with some tenderness.
"When I look at him like this, it's hard to believe that he's the same kid who has the West Blue pirates terrified" Veronica said with a wide smile as she watched how the famous Fred played with his hyperactive son and did his best to keep up with him and have fun. "Are you sure those stories and rumors about inhumane torture are true?
"He just brings out the monster in him in front of other monsters…and tax collectors…
He has his flaws, like every human being, but he's a good boy" Lex said with a big smile too… before hesitating a bit and asking for a second opinion "Is it true Captain Mcnugget?"
"KYAAHHH!!"
"I don't know why you ask, we don't understand him" Veronica said before offering the hawk some more meat.
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